1. The next term in the series 0, 1, 9, 36, 100, 4.

If ABODE is coded as ADRHJ, then the code

______ is : for AGRO will be :

1. 216 1. AIVX

2. 164 2. AIUS

3. 196 3. AIST

4. 225 4. AVCD

Answer: 4 Answer: 2

2. Jenifer’s father-in-law is my brother. Helen is 5. Which one of the following can be validly
a grand-daughter of my mother. How is Helen inferred from the proposition – “all animals
related to Jenifer? are wild” ?

1. Daughter-in-law 1. No non-animals are wild.

2. Sister 2. Some animals are not wild.

3. Sister-in-law 3. No animals are wild.

4. Mother 4. Some animals are wild.

Answer: 3 Answer: 4

3. Given below are two premises (a) and (b). 6. The next term in the letter series DEF, HIJ,
Four conclusions are drawn from them. Select LMN, PQR, TUV, ______ IS :
the code that states validly drawn
conclusion(s). [Taking the premises 1. XYZ
individually or jointly] 2. WYZ
Premises : 3. WXY
(a) all judges are lawyers. 4. YZA
(b) no doctors are lawyers. Answer: 1
Conclusions : 7. In the year 2000, the total number of villages
(1) no lawyers are doctors. in State D was 15,000. In the year 2010, the
total number of villages had increased to
(2) no doctor are judges. 20,000 out of which 10,000 villages were yet
to be electrified.
(3) all lawyers are judges.
The % of villages not electrified in 2010 in state
(4) some doctor are judges. D has thus_______.
1. (1) and (3) 1. Not enough data
2. (1) and (2) 2. Gone up
3. (1) and (4) 3. Come down
4. (2) and (3) 4. Cannot be computed
Answer: 2 Answer: 3
8. The next term in the series -1, 5, 15, 29, (3) 28, 70
________, … is
(4) 32, 80
(1) 36
Answer: 4
(2) 47
13. Yearwise Details for DI Year-wise Production,
(3) 59
Exports and Per Capita Consumption of Rice
(4) 63 Year Production (in million kg)

Answer: 2 Exports (in million kg) Per Capita Consumption

(in kg)
9. The next term in the series: ABD, DGK, HMS,
MTB, SBL, ________, … is: 2012 186.5 114 36.25

(1) ZKU 2013 202 114 35.2

(2) ZCA 2014 238 130 38.7

(3) ZKW 2015 221 116 40.5

(4) ZKU 2016 215 88 42

Answer: 3 Where, Per Capita Consumption =

(Consumption in million kg) / (Population in
10. If VARANASI is coded as WCUESGZQ, then million) and consumption (in million kg) =
the code of KOLKATA will be: Production – Exports.
(1) LOQOZEH 14. The Percentage increase in the consumption of
rice over the previous year was the highest in
(2) HLZEOOQ
which year?
(3) ZELHOQO
(1) 2013
(4) LQOOFZH
(2) 2014
Answer: 4
(3) 2015
11. Introducing, Rakesh to her husband a women
(4) 2016
said, “His brother’s father is the only son of
my grandfather”. The woman is related to Answer: 2
Rakesh as:
15. What is the population of the country in the
(1) Aunt year 2014 (in million)?
(2) Mother (1) 2.64
(3) Sister (2) 2.72
(4) Daughter (3) 2.79
Answer: 3 (4) 2.85
12. Two numbers are in the ratio 2: 5. If 16 is Answer: 3
added to both the numbers, their ratio becomes
1: 2. The numbers are: 16. . The ratio of exports to consumption in the
given period was the highest in the year:
(1) 16, 40
(1) 2012
(2) 20, 50
 (2) 2013 21. A person buys 3 items of Rs. 1500 each and 2
items of Rs. 1800 each from a shopping mall.
(3) 2014 On the total bill a discount of 10% is given.
What is the average cost of the items?
(4) 2015
1) 1000
Answer: 1
2) 1458
17. . In which year, the population of country was
the highest? 3) 1658
(1) 2013 4) 1550
(2) 2014 Answer: 2
(3) 2015 22. The smallest integer greater than 1 which is
simultaneously a square and a cube of certain
(4) 2016
1. 8
Answer: 4
2. 9
18. What is the average consumption of rice (in
million kg) over the years 2012 – 2016? 3. 36
(1) 104 4. 64
(2) 102.1 Answer: 4
(3) 108 23. Consider of the following table that shows the
amount of exports (in crore) from three different
(4) 100.1
companies A, B, and C over these years 2012-
Answer: 4 2018. Based on the date in the table.

19. A 50 year old man has a son whose age is 2/5 Answer the questions 26-30
of his age. After how many, the ratio of the
Year-wise amount of Exports from companies
age of the man to his son will be 5/3?
(1) 10 Years
(2) 15 years
(3) 20 years year Amount of exports (in crores)
(4) 25 years 2012 40 90 70
2013 70 50 100
Answer: 4
2014 50 70 130
20. The length of the side of a square 2015 80 70 100
(5.0cmx5.0cm) is increased by 1%. By what 2016 110 90 70
percentage (%), the area of the square
2017 60 110 90
increases?
2018 130 150 110
1. 1%
Q.26 In how many of the given years, were the
2. 2% exports from company A more than its average
annual exports over the given years?
3. 5%
1. 2
4. 4%
2. 3
Answer: 2
3. 4
4. 5 Answer: 3

Answer: 2 24. Which of the following fractions is the result

of the sum of an integer and its reciprocal?
Q.27 In which year, the absolute difference
between the exports from companies A and B 1. 15/8
was the minimum?
2. 26/5
1. 2013
3. 36/7
2. 2014
4. 37/5
3. 2015
Answer: 2
4. 2016
25. Sanjay sold an article at a loss of 25%. If the
Answer: 3 selling price had been increased by Rs. 175,
there would have been a gain of 10%. What
Q.28 What was the difference between the was the cost price of the article?
average exports of three companies in 2017
and the average exports of three companies in (1) Rs. 350
2012?
(2) Rs. 400
1. 15.33 crores
(3) Rs. 500
2. 18.67 crores
(4) Rs. 750
3. 25 crores
Answer: 3
4. 20 crores
26. A train leaves Agra at 5 am and reaches Delhi
Answer: 4 at 9 am. Another train leaves Delhi at 7 am
and reaches Agra at 10:30 a.m. At what time
Q.29 For which of the following pairs of years, do the two trains cross each other?
the total exports from the three companies put
together are equal? (1) 6:36 am

1. 2014 and 2017 (2) 6:56 am

2. 2015 and 2017 (3) 7 am

3. 2016 and 2017 (4) 7:56 am

4. 2014 and 2015 Answer: 4

Answer: 4 27. The proposition ‘No red is black is equivalent

to which of the following propositions?
Q.30 Average annual amount of exports
during the given period for company B is (i) No black is red
approximately what percent (%) of the average
annual amount of exports for company C? (ii) All red are black

1. 64% (iii) Some red are not black

2. 21% (iv) Red is not black

3. 03% Select the correct answer from the options

given below :
4. 33%
(1) (i), (ii). (iii) and (iv)
 (2) (iii) only (2) 7

(3) (1) and (iv) (3) 8

(4) (iv) only (4) 9

Answer: 3 Answer: 2

28. Given below are two premises with four 31. Complete the following series
conclusions drawn from them. Which of the
following conclusions could be validly drawn 9,11,15,23,39, ______?
from the premises? 1. 71
Premises: 2. 65
(i) Some bags are tables 3. 44
(1i) All bags are chairs. 4. 68
Conclusions: Answer: 1
(a) Some tables are chairs 32. A, B, C, D, E and F are standing in a circle and
(b) No chair is table looking at the centre. Only D is between A and
B. Only F is between A and C. E is just left of
(c) Some chairs are bags B. Who is the only one standing between E
and F?
(d) Some bags are not tables
1. A
Select the correct answer from the options given
below : 2. B

(1) (a) and (c) 3. D

(2) (b), (c) and (d) 4. C

(3) (a) and (d) Answer: 4

(4) (b) only 33. Given below are two statements Statement I:
Sum of the angles of a triangle is 180
Answer: 1
Statement II: The sum of any two sides of a
29. The average of 35 raw scores is 18. The average triangle is greater than the third side
of first seventeen of them is 14 and that of last
seventeen is 20. Find the eighteenth raw score. In light of the above statements, choose the
correct answer from the options given below
(1) 42
1. Both Statement I and Statement II are true
(2) 46
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are false
(3) 52
3. Statement I is correct but Statement II is
(4) 56 false
Answer: 3 4. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is
false
30. If REASON is coded as 5 and GOVERNMENT
as 9, than what is the code for ACCIDENT? Answer: 1
(1) 6
 34. Consider the following three sets of numbers 2000 respectively. Based on the data in the table,
A. 2, 5, 9 answer the questions 1 – 5:

B. 1, 6, 10

C. 3, 4, 8 country Per cent (%) of runs scored

ODI T20
Which of the following represents correct Pakistan 10.50 % 09.50 %
ascending order of the averages of three sets
England 11.00 % 09.00 %
A, B, and C?
Australia 17.0 % 11.50 %
Choose the correct answer from the options South Africa 12.50 % 16.50 %
given below Sri Lanka 09.00 % 12.50 %
New Zealand 12.00 % 10.00 %
1. C < A < B
West Indies 14.00 % 18.00 %
2. B < C < A Others 13.50 % 13.00 %

3. B < A < C
Q.1) Total runs scored by the batsman against
4. C < B < A New Zealand in T20 matches are
Answer: 1 approximately what percent (%) of the total
runs scored against Pakistan in ODI matches?
35. The product of the ages of Sagun and Srishti is
240. If twice the age of Srishti is more than (1) 64 %
Sagun’s age by 4 years, then what is Srishti’s (2) 66 %
age?
(3) 62 %
1. 15
(4) 68 %
2. 12
Answer: 4
3. 10
Q.2) In the case of which of the following
4. 20 countries, the difference between the runs
Answer: 2 scored by the batsman in ODI and T20 is the
second lowest?
36. If 30% of A=0.25 of B=1/5 of C, then which
of the following is true about A: B: C? (1) Sri Lanka

1. 10:11:12 (2) Pakistan

2. 10:15:12 (3) South Africa

3. 10:12:15 (4) West Indies

4. 10:11:15 Answer: 3

Answer: 3 Q.3) If the batsman played 14 innings against

Sri Lanka in ODI and remained not out in 5
37. Comprehension: innings, then the average runs scored by the
batsman against Sri Lanka are:
Consider the following table that shows the percentage
(%) distribution of runs scored by an Indian batsman (1) 28
against different countries in one-day internationals
(ODI) and T20 world cup matches. Total runs scored (2) 24
by the Indian batsman in ODI and T20 are 2800 and (3) 26
 (4) 22 In the light of the above statements, choose the
most appropriate answer from the options
Answer: 1 given below:
Q.4) The runs scored by the batsman against (1) Both Statement I and Statement II are
West Indies in T20 are approximately what correct
percent (%) of the runs scored against
Australia in ODI? (2) Both Statement I and Statement II are
incorrect
(1) 71 %
(3) Statement I is correct but Statement II is
(2) 75 % incorrect
(3) 73 % (4) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is
correct
(4) 69 %
Answer: 2
Answer: 3
40. Given below are two statements
Q.5) If the batsman had scored 280 runs
against Pakistan in T20 matches, then what Statement I: A number is divisible by 3, if the
would have been the percentage of runs scored sum of its digits is divisible by 3.
by the batsman in the T20 matches against all
other countries (Assuming that the total runs Statement II: A number is divisible by 9, if the
scored by the batsman in T20 remains the sum of its digits is not divisible by 9.
same (that is 2000))?
In the light of the above statement, choose the
(1) 88 % most appropriate answer from the options
given below:
(2) 84 %
(1) Both Statement I and Statement II are
(3) 86 % correct
(4) 90 % (2) Both Statement I and Statement II are
incorrect
Answer: 3
(3) Statement I is correct but Statement II is
38. At what angle the hands of a clock are inclined
incorrect
at 15 minutes past 5?
(4) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is
(1) 581/2
correct
(2) 671/2
Answer: 3
(3) 681/2
41. The difference between the squares of two
(4) 721/2 consecutive numbers is 35. The smaller
number is
Answer: 2
(1) 14
39. Given below are two statements:
(2) 15
Statement I: If an article is sold at a gain of 19
%, then selling price is 109 % of cost price. (3) 16

Statement II: if an article is sold at a loss of 9 (4) 17

%, then selling price is 109 % of cost price.
Answer: 4
42. Find odd one out in from the following: Q.1) If the percentage production of type-B
cars in 2020 was the same as that of 2019, then
5, 7, 12, 17,19, 23 what would have been the number of type-B
cars produced in 2020?
(1) 7
[1] 112500
(2) 12
[2] 120000
(3) 17
[3] 130000
(4) 19
[4] 135000
Answer: 2
Q.2) What is the ratio of number of type-C
43. Given below are two statements:
cars produced in 2019 to the number of type-D
Statement I: The value of hexadecimal number cars produced in 2020?
21 is 33 in decimal number system.
[1] 29:27
Statement II: The value of binary number 1110
[2] 23:22
is 14 in decimal number system.
[3] 27:26
In the light of the above statements, choose the
correct answer from the options given below: [4] 27:23
(1) Both Statement I and Statement II are true Q.3) What was the difference in the production
of number of type-C cars between 2019 and
(2) Both Statement I and Statement II are false
2020?
(3) Statement I is correct but Statement II is
[1] 5000
false
[2] 7500
(4) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is
true [3] 8500
Answer: 1 [4] 2500
44. The following table shows the percentage (%) Q.4) If the number of type-A cars
distribution of five different types of cars (A- manufactured in 2020 was the same as that of
E) produced by a company during two 2019, then what would have been its
consecutive years 2019 and 2020. The total approximate percentage share in the total
number of cars produced was 4,50,000 in the production of 2020?
years 2019 and 5,20,000 in the year 2020.
[1] 11%
Based on the data in the table, answer the
question 1-5: [2] 18%

Year-wise percentage distribution of [3] 15%

production of cars
[4] 9%

Q.5) If 85% of type-E cars produced during

(Type of cars produced in (%) 2019 and 2020 together are sold by the
year A B C D E company, then how many type-E cars are left
unsold by the company?
2019 15% 25% 30% 10% 20%
2020 10% 30% 25% 25% 10% [1] 21825

[2] 29100
 [3] 25200
[4] 21300
45. Given below are two statements:
Statement (I): One-fourth of sixty percent of a
number is equal to two-fifth of twenty percent
of another number. Then the respective ratio of
the first number to the second number is 8:15.
Statement (II): A student is studying for a test
from 11:00am to 8:00pm on weekdays and
one-third of that time on Saturday. On Sunday,
he takes a break and goes for a movie. The
fractional part of the entire week that the
student is studying is 3/7.
In the light of the above statements, choose the
correct answer from the options given below:
[1] Both Statement (I) and statement (II) are
true
[2] Both statement (I) and statement (II) are
false
[3] Statement (I) is true, but statement (II) is
false
[4] Statement (I) is false, but statement (II) is
true
46. Given below are two statements:
Statement (I): A man sells his goods at 10%
profit. If he sells his goods at 15% profit, he
gets 160rupes more. The cost price of his
goods is 4.200rupes
Statement (II): A man spends 80% of his
earnings. His earnings increased by 25% and
his expenses increased by 20%. The man’s
savings thus increased by 45%.
In the light of the above statements, choose the
correct answer from the options given below:
[1] Both statement (I) and statement (II) are
true
[2] Both statement (I) and statement (II) are
false
[3] Statement (I) is true, but statement (II) is
false
[4] Statement (I) is false, but statement (II) is
true
47. In a test consisting of 150 questions carrying 1
mark each, Rishab answered 80% of the first
75 questions correctly. What percent of the
other 75 questions does he need to answer
correctly to score 60% overall?
[1] 20
[2] 40
[3] 50
[4] 60
48. The simple interest on a sum of money is 1/9
of the principal and the number of years is
equal to the rate percent per annum. The rate
percent per annum is:
[1] 3%
[2] 0.33%
[3] 3.33%
[4] 2.33%
49. A man who can swim 48meter/minute in still
water swims 200meter against the current and
200 meters with the current. If the difference
between these two times is 10 minutes, then
what is the speed of the current?
[1] 30 meter/minute
[2] 31 meter/minute
[3] 29 meter/minute
[4] 32 meter/minute
50. The following table presents the findings of a
survey into how people travel to work:
(number of people travelling to work by)
Cycle Car Bus Walk
72 18 35 55
Note: (a) 1 in 8 of the people who cycled to
work were found to be over 65 years of age)
(b) 1 in 3 of the Cyclists stated that they
travelled to work by bus on rainy days. Based
on the above, answer the question:
Q.1) How many people cycled to work on a Choose the correct answer from the options
rainy day? given below:

1)24 1) A and B Only

2)48 2) A and C Only

3)72 3) B and C Only

4) 64 4) B and D Only

Answer: 2)48 Answer: 2) A and C Only

Q.2) How many respondents indicated that Q.5) How many more people indicated that
they cycled to work and were over 65 years of they cycled to work compared with those who
age? travelled by either bus or car ?

1) 12 1) 72

2) 9 2) 35

3) 8 3) 18

4) 7 4) 19

Answer: 2) 9 Answer: 4) 19

Q.3) Which of the following statements is
true?
1) Slightly fewer than twice as many people
indicated that they travelled to work by bus
than by car.
2) Slightly more than twice as many people
indicated that they travelled to work by bus
than by car.
Q.21) The monthly income of a person in the
year 2020 was ₹ 65,000 and his monthly
expenditure was ₹ 45,000. In the year 2021 his
monthly income increased by 15% and his
monthly expenditure by 7% What is the
percentage increase in his savings?
1) 33%
2) 31%

3) Slightly more people indicated that they 3) 35%

travelled to work by bus than by car.
4) 28%
4) Slightly fewer people indicated that they
travelled to work by car than by bus. Answer: 1) 33%

Answer: 1) Slightly fewer than twice as many
people indicated that they travelled to work by
bus than by car.
Q.4) The sum of which modes of travelling to
work represents half the number of responses
represented in the survey?
51. 5/9 of a number is equal to twenty five percent
of a second number. Second number is equal
to 1/4 of a third number. The value of the third
number is 2960. How much is the 30% of the
first number?
1) 9.99

A) Cycle and Car 2) 99.9

B) Bus and Car 3) 89.9

C) Walk and Bus 4) 88.9

D) Walk and Cycle Answer: 2) 99.9

52. A man invested 1 / 3 of his retirement gratuity 3) A, B and D Only
at 6% simple interest: 1/4 of his gratuity at 7%
and the rest at 8% simple interest. If his annual 4) A, B and C Only
return on these investments is 7012)5, find the Answer: 3) A, B and D Only
total amount of gratuity invested by the man.
56. If the statement “no animals are fishes” is
1) 89,000 given as false, then which of the following
2) 99,000 statements can be immediately inferred to be
true?
3) 95,000
A) All fishes are animals.
4) 1,05,000
B) Some animals are not fishes.
Answer: 2) 99,000
C) All animals are fishes.
53. If in a certain, Coding language, ‘Cheater’ is
coded as ‘ejgcvgt’, then how ‘Preacher’ will D) Some animals are fishes.
be coded in that language? Choose the correct answer from the options
1) ‘rtgcejgt’ given below:

2) ‘qsfbdifs’ 1) B and D Only

3) ‘rtgbdjgt’ 2) A, C and D Only

4) ‘stgbdjgt’ 3) C and D Only

Answer: 1) ‘rtgcejgt’ 4) D Only

54. What number should replace question mark? Answer: 4) D Only

in the series given below? 7, 10, 19, 46, 127? 57. Which of the following propositions are
1) 202 contrary to each other?

2) 192 A) All fishes are mammals.

3) 173 B) Some fishes are mammals.

4) 370 C) No fishes are mammals.

Answer: 4) 370 D) Some fishes are not mammals.

55. Which of the following statements are Choose the correct answer from the options
logically equivalent? given below:

A) Some animals are birds. 1) B and D Only

B) Some animals are not non-birds. 2) A and C Only

C) Some non-birds are not non-animals. 3) A and D Only

D) Some birds are animals. 4) B and C Only

Choose the correct answer from the options Answer: 2) A and C Only
given below: 58. The following Table – 1 and Table – 2 show
1) B and C Only the breakup of 4170 vacant posts in six Banks
A-F, and the percentage (%) breakup of the
2) B, C, D Only requirement of personnel in six different
cadres in a Bank, namely, IT officers (ITO), joined Bank C) The number of new recruits of
Agricultural Field Officers (AFO), Law ITOS in Bank A and Bank C have now
Officers (LO), Finance Executives (FE), become equal. The percentage of new recruits
Technical Officers (TO) and Probationary who left Bank A is
Officers (PO), respectively. Assume that these
percentages are the same for all the six Banks. 1) 12.5%
Based on the data in the tables, answer the 2) 22.5%
questions.
3) 39%
Tables 1: Bank-wise Vacant Posts
4) 78%

Answer: 1) 12.5%
Bank Bank number of
vacant posts Q.2) By what percent is the number of
A 800 recruitments of LOS more/ less in C, E and F
taken together than in A, B and D taken
B 940 together?

1) More By 37.11%
C 600
2) Less By 33.22%

D 820 3) More By 33.22%

4) Less By 37.11%
E 450
Answer: 4) Less By 37.11%
F 560 Q.3) The ratio of recruitment of AFOS in C
and E taken together with that of D and F
taken together is
Table-2: Cadre-Wise Percentage Breakup of 1) 46:35
Posts
2) 233:174
Cadre in bank Breakup (%)
ITO 11% 3) 174:233

4) 35:46
AFO 35%
Answer: 4) 35:46

LO 10% Q.4) Banks D and F hired 15% more POS

than their requirement. After one year, the
FE 26% total strength of the staff in both D and F was
brought down to the original strength through
retrenchment of some employees. By what
TO 8%
percent is the retrenchment less/more in Bank
D than in Bank F?
PO 10
1) 46.43% more in Bank D

2) 46.43% less in Bank D

Q.1) Banks A and C recruited ITOS as per 3) 43.46% less in Bank D
given requirement. After few days, some of
the newly employed ITOS left Bank A and 4) 43.46% more in Bank D
 Answer: 1) 46.43% more in Bank D 2) 5 meters

Q.5) In Bank E, how many more TOS should 3) 8 meters

be employed than the required number so that
the ratio of number of TOs to that of number 4) 10 meters
of FEs becomes 2:3? Answer: 2) 5 meters
1) 42 62. What number should replace question Mark(?)
2) 34 in the series given below.

3) 23 55, 47, 74, 10, 135, -81, 262?

4) 39 1)774

Answer: 1) 42 2) -250

59. An amount of ₹8500 becomes ₹ 9500 in 3 3) 343

years time at some simple rate of interest. How 4) -343
much the amount of ₹10,200 will become in 5
years at the same rate of simple interest? Answer: 2) -250

1)11800 63. In a certain code language, the word

TECHNOLOGY is written as
2) 12000 ‘ETHCONOLYG’. How will the word
3) 12200 GENERATION be written in that language?

4)12500 1) EGENARITNO

Answer: 3) 12200 2) EGNERATINO

60. A man looks at the photograph of a person X 3) EGENARTINO

and says “She is the daughter of the husband 4) EGENARITON
of only daughter of father of my brother-in-
law (Wife’s brother)”. How is the person X Answer: 1) EGENARITNO
related to the man?

1) Daughter

2) Sister

3) Wife

4) Mother

Answer: 1) Daughter

61. A person starts from point A and walks 30

meters in the North direction and then 20
meters towards West and reaches a point B)
Thereafter, he takes a southward turn and
walks 10 meters to point C) After that, he turns
eastward and covers 15 meters to reach point
D) Finally, turning to his right he walks 20
meters, Find the distance from his starting
point to the end point.

1) 4 meters