Reading comprehension

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. A long time ago, on a big
tree in the lap of the mountain, lived a bird named Sindhuka. It was a rather special bird because its
droppings turned into gold as soon as they hit the ground. One day, a hunter came to the tree in search of
prey and he saw Sindhuka's droppings hit the ground and turn into gold. The hunter was struck with
wonder. He though, "I have been hunting birds and small animals since I was a boy, but in all my 80 years, I
have never seen such a miraculous creature. He decided that he had to catch the bird somehow. He
climbed the tree and skillfully set a trap for the bird. The bird, quite unaware of the danger it was in, stayed
on the tree and sang merrily. But it was soon caught in the hunter's trap.
The hunter immediately seized it and shoved it into a cage. The hunter took the bird home joyfully. But as
he had time to think over his good fortune later, he suddenly realised, "If the king comes to know of this
wonder, he will certainly take away the bird from me and he might even punish me for keeping such a rare
treasure all to myself. So it would be safer and more honourable if I were to go to the king and present the
unique bird to him," The next day, the hunter took the bird to the king and presented it to him in court
with great reverence. The king was delighted t o receive such an unusual and rare gift. He told his courtiers
to keep the bird safe and feed it with the best bird food available.
The king's prime minister though, was reluctant to accept the bird. He said "O Rajah, how can you believe
the word of a foolish hunter accept this bird? Has anyone in our kingdom ever seen abird dropping gold?
The hunter must be either crazy or telling lies. I think it is best that you release the bird from the cage."
After a little thought, the king felt that his prime minister's words were correct. So he ordered the bird to
be released. But as soon as the door of the cage was thrown open, the bird flew out, perched itself on a
nearby doorway and defecated. To everyone's surprise, the dropping immediately turned into gold. The
king mourned his loss.
1. Which of the following is possible the most appropriate title for the story?
a) The Skilled Hunter b) The King’s Prime Minister c) The King’s Defeat
d) The Bird with the Gold Dropping e) The Trials and Tribulations of the Foolish Bird Sindhuka
2. Which of the following emotions made the hunter gift the bird to the king?
a) Respect b) Joy c) Pride d) Fear e) Awe
3. Which of the following is true according to the story?
a) Birds like Sindhuka were very common in the area near the mountain
b) Sindhuka remained caged for the rest of its life c) Sindhuka was unaware of the trap laid by the
hunter
d) The King, when told to not accept the bird, did not listen to his Prime Minister e) All are true
4. Why was the king’s Prime Minister reluctant to accept the bird?
a) He believed that the bird would die if caged b) He know about the hunter’s habit of lying
c) He believed that the bird would bring bad luck to the king
d) His sources had informed him that the hunter was crazy e) None of these
5. How did the hunter find Sindhuka?
a) He had read stories about the bird and had set traps at various locations in the city
b) He followed the bird’s droppings c) He was on the lookout for a prey when he chanced upon it
d) People from the city had informed him about the bird’s whereabouts
e) He was attracted by the birds calls
Directions (Q. 6-8) Choose the word which is most similar in meaning to the word/group of words printed
in bold as used in the passage.
6. Rather
a) Regular b) Quite c) Instead d) But e) Known
7. Release
a) Free b) Vacate c) Vent d) Let expire e) Make public
8. Reverence
a) Respect b) Detail c) Astonishment d) Hope e) Remembrance
Directions (Q. 9-10) Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning to the word printed in bold as
used in the passage.
9. Reluctant
a) True b) Clever c) Averse d) Hesitant e) Keen
10. Skilfully
a) Angrily b) Haphazardly c) Highly d) Cheaply e) Deftly

psaaege 2 :

Elections were in the air of the world’s youngest democracy when I arrived in Thimphu. This was
for a by-election in the capital city, that dominated the conversation at dinners, even in Thimphu’s
most fun night-spot Mojo Park (the best music in town). Bhutan has taken to democracy with ease
ever since 2008 when the first proper elections were held, a process India has helped out with,
sending officials from the Election Commission travelling to check arrangements, explain
electronic voting machine (EVM) technology and procedures. However, there are many things
uniquely Bhutanese:
Monks and nuns in this deeply religious Buddhist majority are not allowed to vote, so as to avoid
mixing religion and politics. All voters must wear their national dress on polling day, but no one—
candidate, campaigner or voter—is allowed to wear the kabney silk and gyentag (scarf of honour,
for men and women respectively, bestowed only by the King), patang (ceremonial sword), or any
other sign of rank or royal patronage to avoid a misuse of influence. And, in deference to the
environment, no posters can be put up on any public property, including trees, and are mostly
restricted to a community billboard for all. Maybe a thing or two the world’s largest democracy
could learn from the youngest?

Royal textiles
If you’re in Thimphu, put the Textile Museum on your must-do list. The museum, run by the Royal
Textile Academy is the project of Ashi Sangay Choden Wangchuck, one of the Queen Mothers of
Bhutan (the former King had four Queens, all sisters). The museum is dedicated to preserving the
oldest and rarest woven fabrics worn in Bhutan and used in their religious scrolls and Thangkhas.
As you walk in, it is the ‘Thongdrel’ or massive silk work of the Zhabdrung Phuensum Tshogpa (in
honour of a sacred meal served to Bhutan’s political and spiritual founder in 1637) that greets you.
The thongdrel stands 34 feet tall, running 23 feet across and is set against a glass window that
runs three stories high.
Another on your must-see list is the relatively new Tara Lakhang and Pangrizampa monastery on
the outskirts of Thimphu. This is Bhutan’s only monastery dedicated to 21 Taras, the female
Bodhisattva and it is a powerful display of ancient feminism. Compared to the rest of the
subcontinent, women have a status more equal to men in Bhutan. There isn’t the obvious
preference for the male child, girls and boys go to school in equal numbers.

Not so equal
While polygamy is practiced in some parts, so is polyandry, and divorce settlements are equal and
even-handed. Even so, Bhutanese women lag behind in one place that it counts: parliament. In the
last National Assembly elections, 3/4ths of the 47 seats had only male candidates (nine had
females), and four women were elected as MPs. “Misogyny plays only one part of it,” explains the
only leader of a party (DCT) Lily Wangchuk, who runs a hotel in downtown Thimphu. “Women just
don’t vote for women, and the lack of women role models in modern Bhutan becomes a vicious
cycle.”
While Bhutan’s government and people tell you they are devoted to preserving the country and its
beauty, it is plain to see Bhutan is changing everyday in little ways. Less youngsters adhere to the
traditionaland once mandatory national dress (Goh and Kira), more and more buildings now get
permission to rise above the originally regulated two stories, and glass and granite is seen more in
Thimphu where once only wood and paint were allowed. Some modernities are welcome, and the
abundance of hydropower electricity means many Bhutanese (including the very dashing U.S.-
educated Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay) drive hybrid cars. The countryside is still pristine, and
not covered with the plastic waste ubiquitous in India, even as Bhutan explores more ‘non-wood’
uses for its 70% forest cover that is also mandated in the constitution.
There is, however, one place that doesn’t change, and it is always my first stop when I land in Paro:
the Kyichu Lhakhang. This is one of Bhutan’s oldest and simplest monasteries, believed to be
constructed in 659 CE, by Tibetan king Songtsen Gampo and has a link to the Jokhang temple in
Lhasa.
All year round, one is welcomed into Kyichu with a spectacular and miraculous orange
tree laden with fruit. It is here that you know the truth of Bhutan Tourism’s catchy slogan,
‘Happiness is a place.’
(1). Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the 2008 Elections of Bhutan?
I. India helped Bhutan in elections by sending officials from Election Commission of India.
II. Monks and nuns were not allowed to vote.
III. Wearing National Dress on Election day was compulsory.
(a) All are Correct
(b) II and III only
(c) I and III only
(d) I and II only
(2). Who is 'Ashi Sangay Choden Wangchuck' as mentioned in the passage?
(a) The elected Prime Minister of Bhutan
(b) The elected President of Bhutan
(c) Queen Mother of Bhutan
(d) None is Correct
(3). Consider the following statements regarding the 'Mojo Park' as mentioned in the passage.
I. It is situated in the Northeast India.
II. It is famous for its Music Shows.
III. It is situated in the City of Thimphu.
(a) All are Correct
(b) II and III only
(c) I and III only
(d) I and II only
(4). Which of the following statements is correct as given in the Passage?
(a) Polyandry is not practiced in Bhutan.
(b) Polygamy is practiced in Bhutan.
(c) There is not a single Female Member in Bhutan's Parliament.
(d) None is Correct
(5). Why was candidate, campaigner or voter not allowed to wear any sign of rank or royal
patronage in the 2008 Elections of the country?
(a) Due to some kind of superstition.
(b) To neglect the misuse of influence of wealthy and famous people.
(c) Both are Correct
(d) None is Correct
(6). Consider the following statements regarding the 'Kyichu Lhakhang' as given in the passage:
I. He was the first Prime Minister of Bhutan.
II. It is one of Bhutan’s oldest monasteries.
III. It was built in 7th Century.
(a) I and II only
(b) All are Correct
(c) I and III only
(d) II and III only
(7). Choose the word which is Most Similar to the word printed in bold in the passage.
Scrolls
(a) Document
(b) Aimless
(c) Rolling
(d) None is Correct
(8). Choose the word which is Most Similar to the word printed in bold in the passage.
Outskirts
(a) Downtown
(b) Away
(c) Center
(d) Periphery
(9) Choose the word which is Most Opposite to the word printed in bold in the passage.
Laden
(a) Empty
(b) Full
(c) Charged
(d) Encumbered
(10).Choose the word which is Most Opposite to the word printed in bold in the passage.
Misogyny
(a) Woman-hater
(b) Sexist
(c) Feminist
(d) None is Correct
1) a 2) c 3) b 4) b 5) b 6) d 7) a 8) d 9 a 10) c
Passage 3 :
Marcus Bartley hails from a family of renowned doctors in Yercaud. It was expected that Bartley
too would enter that profession. But even in school, he knew what he wanted to do. His parents
left him to make his own choices, and in 1940, Bartley headed to Bombay and got a job as a rookie
photographer/reporter with a leading newspaper.
Starting young
In the small, closely-knit coterie of press photographers, he met Ellis R Dungan, Shantilal Shah
(whom I married much later), BK Dilwali of Simla Studios, Carlo Marconi, and Homai Vyarawalla.
Bartley did not have any formal training in photography, but he was willing to work hard and do the
smallest of jobs. He observed, read, watched and absorbed. My husband would say that as a
press photographer, you clicked on the run, and considered yourself lucky if you got four to five
clear photographs from a roll of 36. With Bartley, it was almost always 36 out of 36.
In 1945, with the War over, Bartley returned to Madras and cranked his first film. When we caught
up with him in 1956, this tall, welcoming man with bright blue eyes was head of the photography
department of Vauhini Studios owned by B Nagi Reddy.
Much has been said of Bartley being a difficult person to get along with, because of his bad
temper. The truth is that he was a perfectionist, and could not deal with an unprofessional
attitude. He didn’t believe in hierarchies and treated everyone the same; it is possible he didn’t
even know the names of the stars in his films. All that mattered to him was that they were
punctual.
The lensman
He did not understand Hindi, spoke fractured Tamil and Telugu, but he made it a point to sit with
the script writer and director, understanding the screenplay, so he could work on his lighting style.
His specialty was special effects, particularly for mythological films. Bartley had hand-picked a
team of light boys and assistants, who carried out his instructions, working in efficient silence. He
rarely allowed anyone to handle his lenses. I have seen him holding on to them as though they
were the Holy Grail. He was focussed and would work for nights before the actual shooting,
lighting the set to make it perfect. He worked with glamorous film stars, but rarely socialised with
them. He was teased for being one of the rare Anglo Indians who never danced.
Chemmeen and beyond
He was excited when Ramu Kariat signed him on for Chemmeen (Malayalam). There were endless
problems with this film. After the famed Hrishikesh Mukherjee stepped in to re-edit the confused
footage, the film was released in 1965, to unanimous acclaim by critics and audiences. Every
aspect of the film was highly praised, in particular the photography by Bartley.
But there were also rumours that Bartley had walked out midway over money matters. No one who
knew him would believe he would jeopardise a production over money. Creative differences or
unprofessionalism perhaps, but money was the least important aspect of his profession. Sadly,
some portions of the film had to be completed by another cameraman and that was enough to
cost Bartley the National Award that year. Many years later, senior cameraman U Rajagopal told
me that he was only called in to complete patchwork. Bartley finally received the Award in
1969/1970 for Shanti Nilayam.
Later years
Bartley was not in good health. He had long suffered with diabetes, refused to go to a doctor,
treating himself instead. By 1988, he seemed to lose his driving interest. He was restless and
lonely. He decided to give up cinematography, but had more work than he could cope with,
repairing lenses.
Arriflex made him their authorised service person and Bartley would sit for hours, doing precision
work alone, in silence. He had never had a large circle of friends as his scholarship and
iconoclastic brilliance did not allow casual chat. His son Alan admitted him to a hospital but Nagi
Reddy shifted Bartley to Vijaya Hospital where he was given personal attention. From the Studios
to the Vijaya Hospital, it was as though the wheel had come full circle.
A few days later, as I was about to drive to the hospital, I received his son’s call that Bartley had
passed away. The roads to his home were jammed for hours. Cars were abandoned and we
walked. There were hundreds of weeping people, friends choked with grief, mounds of garlands.
His peers, members of every association of the film industry were present. There are not many
who remember him today. But his achievements as pioneer, visionary, genius, and guru live on.
Rajiv Menon and Madhu Ambat call me on occasion and we speak of Marcus Bartley. He will
never be forgotten.

(1). According to passage, it was difficult to get along with Marcus Bartley because of his
(a) bad temper.
(b) rude behaviour.
(c) tough style of working in film industry.
(d) drug addiction.
(2). Consider the following statements regarding the film 'Chemmeen '
I. Bartley was very excited when Ramu Kariat signed him for Chemmeen.
II. Chemmeen was a Tamil film.
III. It was released in 1965.
Select the correct statements using the code given below.
(a) II and III only
(b) I and II only
(c) All are Correct
(d) I and III only
(3). Where did Marcus Bartley get his first job?
(a) Bollywood
(b) Acting School
(c) Newspaper
(d) Writer
(4). For which film Marcus Bartley got his first National Award 1969-1970?
(a) Chemmeen
(b) Shanti Nilayam
(c) Mayabazaar
(d) Vyarawalla
(5). Which of the following statements is incorrect about Marcus Bartley?
(a) He was fluent in Tamil and Telugu.
(b) He got his first film in Madras.
(c) He was an Anglo-Indian.
(d) He was a cinematographer.
(6). Choose the word/words which is Most Similar to the word printed in bold in the passage.
Grail
(a) Cup
(b) Beaker
(c) Sacred Vessel
(d) draught
(7). Choose the word which is Most Similar to the word printed in bold in the passage.
Unanimous
(a) Divided
(b) Universal
(c) Popular
(d) Cut
(8). Choose the word which is Most Opposite to the word printed in bold in the passage.
Rookie
(a) Expert
(b) Colt
(c) Trainee
(d) Apprentice
(9). Choose the word which is Most Opposite to the word printed in bold in the passage.
Jeopardise
(a) Stake
(b) Risk
(c) Imperil
(d) Protect
(10). Choose the word which is Most Similar to the word printed in bold in the passage.
Iconoclastic
(a) Individualistic
(b) Agnostic
(c) Atheistic
(d) Unbelieving
1) a 2) d 3) c 4) b 5) a 6) c 7) b 8) a 9) d 10) a
Passge 4 :
The Supreme Court Judgement which abolishes punishment for attempted suicide will prove to be
a milestone in India's Judicial history. This is so because the judgment will benefit tens of
thousands of
miserable souls who are prosecuted for failing to kill themselves. Around 50,000 suicides are
reported in India every year.Considering that three suicide bids take place for every successful
one, we can safely assume that the failed suicides amount to 1,50,000 a year in India .
These 1,50,000 individuals could be sentenced to one year in jail under Section 309 of the Indian
penal Code Which the Supreme Court Judgement has effected as being unconstitutional. Quite
rightly, the judgement said that Section punishment for a troubled individual whose deep
unhappiness had caused him to try and end his life.
Yet, time and again,, the Indian police had launched these prosecutions.The Supreme Court
Judgment has overturned a 1987 decision by a division bench which had upheld the constitution
Validity of the Indian law against Suicide. The judgment had ruled that the right to life implied
in the Indian Constitution does not include the right to die.

1. Which judgement of the supreme Court will be a milestone in India's Judicial History?
(a) The one abolishing Suicide
(b) the one abetting suicide
(c) the one doing away with punishment for attempted suicide
(d) the one condoning suicide

2. Why is the judgement hailed as a milestone?

(a) because it will bring relief all around
(b) because it will lessen the work of the police
(c) because it is very balanced
(d) because it will bring relief to all those being punished for attempting suicide

3. What punishment according to the passage was envisaged for unsuccessful suicide attempts,
under the Indian law ?
(a) a fine of thousand rupees
(b) death sentence
(c) one year in jail
(d) extreme torture

4. The judgement has termed Section 309 as cruel and irrational because
(a) it takes away the right to life
(b) it doubles the punishment of a tortured soul
(c) it is very lenient
(d) it provides for false accusations

5. What has the Indian police done time and again ?

(a) it has attempted to punish those guilty of trying to end their life
(b) it has punished those who have committed suicide
(c) it has imposed hardships on citizens
(d) it has violated the Constitution

6. The Supreme Court judgement

(a) has come up with the decision on its own
(b) has reversed an earlier judgement dealing with suicide
(c) is a continuation of the 1987 decision
(d) is a unique one

7.In 1987, a division bench had

(a) rejected the Indian law against suicide
(b) changed the Indian law against suicide
(c) supported the Indian law against Suicide
(d) given a new meaning to the suicide law
8. The 1987 judgement had reasoned that
(a) a man was free to die
(b) the constitution did not provide for Suicide
(c) right to die in Indian Constitution was upheld
(d) the right to life in Indian Constitution had no implication of right to die

9. The word 'effaced' in the passage means

(a) included
(b) deleted
(c) devised
(d) dismissed

10. The word 'validity' in the passage means

(a) soundness
(b) remainder
(c) invocation
(d) legality

1) C 2) d 3) c 4) b 5) a 6) b 7) c 8) d 9) b 10) a

Passage 5 :
Germany has been plunged into an anguished debate about how to encourage reluctant couples
to breed after new figures showed Germany with the world's highest proportion of childless
women.
Thirty percent of German women have had no children, according to European Union statistics
from 2005, with the figure rising among female graduates to 40 percent. Germany's family
minister, Ursula von der Leyen, said that unless the birth rate picked up the country would have to
"turn the light out".
Von der Leyen, a mother of seven and Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel, told Stern magazine
that not only women but also "deeply uncertain" men were to blame for it. "They are unsure about
the role of fatherhood," she said
Last month, Von der Leyen tabled a series of radical proposals, including requiring men to take
two months off work to look after a newborn child if they wished to qualify fully for state-funded
child welfare support. The scheme would offer parents 67 per cent of their previous incomes while
staying at home. It would be limited to a year, up to a monthly maximum of 1,800 euros. Working
parents would also be able to offset 3,000 euros a year of childcare costs against tax, encouraging
women to have more children. The proposals are based on scheme in Scandinavia, where birth
rates are higher than those of Germany.
However, her proposals have met resistance. Several male politicians in her own Christian
Democrat party have derided the idea to men abandoning work to change nappies. The Social
Democrats, junior Partners in Germany's coalition government, have also expressed unease
because the themes of childcare and women’s right traditionally belonged to the left.
“Compulsory paid leave for fathers is a good idea”, Professor Norbert Schneider, a sociologist at
Maniz University, said. Germany now has the highest number of childless women in the world.
This trend has been going on since at least the 90's. What we also know is that higher the level of
education, the more likely a woman is to remain childless.
Schneider said several factors were to blame for Germany's low birth rate, including inadequate
childcare provision, a school day that ends at 1 pm, and old-fashioned attitudes among employers.
By the time they had finished university, and found a good job, many German women were already
in their mid-30s, he said.

1) What is Germany most worried about?

Germany is worried about:
(a) the rising population of Germany
(b) the falling population of Germany
 (c) how to encourage their reluctant couples to breed
(d) how to raise the birth rate among their reluctant female graduates

2) The percentage of childless German Women Since 2005 is:

(a) 40%
(b) 30%
(c) 50%
(d) 60%
3) According to the German Chancellor the person(s) to be blamed for the falling birth rate of
Germany are:
(a) only women
(b) only men
(c) both men and women
(d) the government and the breeding couple
4) The men are disinterested in breeding because of
(a) non-cooperative attitude of their wives
(b) Their unsure role of fatherhood
(c) discouraging attitude of the government
(d) Non-availability of facility of rearing them up.
5) Birth rate of Germany can be increased if
(a) compulsory paid leave is allowed to husbands to look after their newly born babies.
(b) extra facilities are given to prospective mothers
(c) the employer's attitude is changed to suit the convenience of the educated women
(d) adequate facilities to look after children, compulsory paid leave to husband and change
in the old-fashioned attitude of employers are taken care of.
6) Which of the following statements is false in the given context of the passage:
(a) Women should not be educated
(b) Men should be made more responsive to their role of fatherhood
(c) Government should provide all facilities to encourage the prospective couples to breed.
(d) Employers' old-fashioned attitude should give way to the new realities at the work place.
Directions: Choose from the following words the word which conveys nearly the same meaning
as the given word used in the passage.
7) RADICAL
(a) Basic
(b) Essential
(c) Extreme
(d) Fundamental
8) RESISTANCE
(a) fight
(b) Opposition
(c) Counteraction
(d) Obstruction
9) COMPULSORY
(a) desirable
(b) free
(c) Voluntary
(d) Optional
 10) DERIDE
(a) Insult
(b) Respect
(c) Jeer
(d) Taunt
1) c 2) b 3) c 4) b 5) d 6) a 7) c 8) b 9) d 10) b
Passage 6:
The happy man is the man who lives objectively, who has free affections and wide interests, who
secures his happiness through these interests and affections and through the fact that they, in
turn, make him an entity of interest and fondness to many others. To be the recipient of affection
is a potent cause of happiness, but the man who demands affection is not the man upon whom it
is bestowed. The man who receives liking is, speaking generally, the man who gives it. But it is
useless to attempt to give it as a calculation, in the way in which one might lend money at interest,
for a
calculated affection is not honest and is not felt to be so by the beneficiary. What then can a man
do who is doomed because he is enclosed in self? So long as he continues to think about the
causes of his unhappiness, he continues to be self-centred and therefore does not get outside it. It
must be of genuine interest, not by simulated interests adopted merely as a medicine. Although
this difficulty is real, there is never the less much that he can do if he has rightly diagnosed his
trouble. If for instance, his woe is due to a sense of depravity, conscious or unconscious, he can
first influence his conscious mind that he has no reason to feel sinful, and then proceed, to plant
this rational conviction in his unconscious mind, concerning himself meanwhile with some more
or less neutral activity. If he prospers in dismissing the sense of immorality, it is possible that
genuine unbiased interests will arise spontaneously.
If his trouble is self-pity, he can deal with it in the same manner after first persuading himself that
there is nothing extraordinarily unfortunate in his circumstances. If fright is his worry, let him drill
exercises designed to give bravery. Courage has been recognized from time immemorial as an
important virtue, and a great part of the training of boys and young men has been devoted to
producing a type of character capable of fearlessness in battle. But moral courage and intellectual
courage have been much less studied. They also, however, have their technique. Admit to yourself
every day at least one painful truth, you will find it quite useful. Teach yourself to feel that life
would still be worth living even if you were not, as of course, you are, immeasurably superior to all
your friends in virtue and in intelligence. Exercises of this kind protracted through numerous years
will, at last, enable doing, might free you from the empire of fear on a very large scale.
Q1. What does calculated affection mean?
a. affection which is recieved unwillingly
b. affection which is temporary
c. affection which is bogus and forge
d. affection which comes as an alm

Q2. According to the passage, a happy man

a. is self-engaged
b. has free affection and wide interests
c. is free from outward passions
d. has no grudge
e. None of these
Q3. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE in the context of the passage?
(a) The happy man has wide interests.
(b) Courage has been recognized as an important virtue.
(c) A happy man lives objectively
(d) A happy man does not demand affection
(e) moral courage and intellectual courage has been extensively studied.

Q4. Which of the following virtues, according to the passage, has been recognized for long as an
important virtue?
a. isolation
b. oblation
c. courage
d. unassertiveness
e. None of these

Q5. Which of the following words is SIMILAR in the meaning of the word ‘simulated’ as used in
the passage?
(a) imitated
(b) accommodated
(c) trusted
(d) directed
(e) none of these

Q6. A man who is suffering from the feeling of self-pity should

a. develop a feeling of fearlessness.
b. persuade himself that everything is alright in his circumstances.
c. seek affection from others.
d. control his passions and emotions
e. consult an expert to diagnose his trouble.

Q7. Which of the following statements is TRUE in the context of the passage?
a. Passions stem from unhappiness
b. A happy man lives subjectively
c. Virtues have dark sides as well
d. Affection can be demanded
e. Courage is the virtue to face worries

8. Which of the following statements is SIMILAR in meaning to the word ‘potent’ as used in the
passage?
a. adventurous
b. callous
c. vigourous
d. shrinking
e. audible

9. Which of the following words is OPPOSITE in meaning of the word ‘ conviction‘ as used in the
passage?
a. belief
b. certainity
c. stance
d. doubt
e. influential
10 When you think about the cause of your unhappiness, you
a. introspect and look critically at yourself.
b. realize that life can be lived in different ways.
c. practise exercise designed to give coverage.
d. become a self-centred person.
e. None of these

1) C 2) b. 3) e 4) c 5) a 6) d 7) e 8) c 9) d 10) d

Passage 7:

The development of nationalism in the third world countries, as is well known, followed a very
different trajectory from that in the advanced capitalist countries. In the latter it was a part of the
process of the emergence of the bourgeois order in opposition of feudalism, while in the former it
was a part of the anti-colonial struggle. The impact of colonialism, though it differed across
countries, had on the whole been in the direction of transcending localism and unifying supra-local
economic structures through the introduction of market relations. The struggle against
colonialism, consequently, took the form of a national struggle in each instance in which people
belonging to different tribes or linguistic communities participated. And the colonial power in each
instance attempted to break this emerging national unity by splitting people.
The modus operandi of this splitting was not just through political manipulation as happened for
instance in Angola, South Africa and a host of other countries; an important part of this modus
operandi was through the nurturing of a historiography that just denied the existence of any
overarching national consciousness. The national struggle, the national movement were given a
tribal or religious character, they were portrayed as being no more than the movement of the
dominant tribe or the dominant religious group for the achievement of narrow sectional ends. But
the important point in this colonialism, while, on the one hand, it objectively created the condition
for the coming into being of a national consciousness at a supra-tribal, supra-local and supra-
religious level, on the other hand it sought deliberately to subvert this very consciousness by using
the same forces which it has objectively undermined.

1)Which of the following was the advantage of struggle against colonialism?

(a) Tribal groups held their separate identity throughout the struggle.
(b) Communities got divided on the basis of religion and language.
(c) Backwardness of tribals was eradicated.
(d) Awareness beyond linguistic and religious identity was generated.
(e) None of these

2)How did colonial power react to topple the anti-colonial structure?

(a) by splitting people on the basis of their financial positions
(b) by using tempting economic strategies
(c) by creating linguistic, tribal and religious divides
(d) by instigating tribals against anti-communal forces.
(e) None of these

3)The author has given the example of Angola, South Africa, etc in order to
(a) bring out the similarity of tactics used by the rulers of colonies to divide the natives
(b) emphasise how nationalism has become almost extinct and capitalism has borne roots
(c) support the argument that feudalism was opposed by people in underdeveloped countries also
(d) lay stress on the fact that tribals in those countries were divided on account of language
(e) None of these
5)What was the role of an introduction of market relations in the process of economic
integration?
(a) It had different impacts in all colonial exercises.
(b) It overthrew the capitalistic approach in the third world countries.
(c) It advocated importance of localism and restricted economic growth.
(d) It broke the shackles of localism and helped unify the economic structures.
(e) None of these

6)How did nationalism originate in the third world countries?

(a) as a struggle against feudalism
(b) as vehement opposition to colonialism
(c) to advocate capitalistic movement
(d) to strengthen localism
(e) None of these

7)What was the motive of colonial powers in writing a distorted history?

(a) to emphasise he existence of domination by one tribe over other weaker tribes
(b) to make people aware of and to integregate on the basis of their rich cultural heritage
(c) to make people aware of their glorious religion and widely used language
(d) to give an impression to general people that there was no national consciousness and to
prevent them from being united
(e) None of these

8)Which of the following statements is definitely true in the context of the passage?
(A)Colonialism internally helped awakening nationalism among people of different tribes,
religions, etc.
(B) Advanced capitalist countries had nurtured nationalism as an opposition to feudalism.
(C) The national struggle was not successful because the colonial powers succeeded in dividing
the people.
(a) A and B only
(b) B and C only
(c) A only
(d) B only
(e) C only

9)From the content of the passage, it appears that the author is

(a) a vehement critic of anti-feudalism
(b) a staunch follower of capitalistic pattern
(c) an impartial commentator of historical and political events
(d) a person holding colonialism in high esteem
(e) a historian with view coloured in favour of nationalism
10)The colonial powers tried to camouflage national movement and to show it as only
(a) a historical fact having ancient roots
(b) skirmish led by a dominating tribe or a religious group with selfish motive
(c) dominance of narrow sectional ends over national goals
(d) survival of the fittest in the struggle against colonialism
(e) None of these Directions

(Q. 10-12): Choose the word which is most SAME in meaning as the word printed in bold as used
in the passage.
TRAJECTORY
(a) result
(b) tradition
(c) path
(d) consequence
(e) precedence

TRANSCENDING
(a) widening
(b) reviving
(c) encompassing
(d) surpassing
(e) piloting

EMERGENCE
(a) renaissance
(b) onslaught
(c) imposition
(d) development
(e) rise Directions

(Q. 13-15): Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the word printed in bold as
used in the passage.
SPLITTING
(a) severing
(b) uniting
(c) adding
(d) collecting
(e) assembling

NURTURING
(a) weakening
(b) cultivating
(c) demolishing
(d) fostering
(e) poisoning

SUBVERT
(a) conquer
(b) escalate
(c) create
(d) emanate
(e) strengthen

1) D 2) c 3) a 4) d 5) b 6) d 7) a 8) c 9) b 10) c 11) d 12) e 13) b 14) c 15) e

Passage 8:
The work, which Gandhi had taken up, was not only achievement of political freedom but also the
establishment of a social order based on truth and non-violence, unity and peace, equality and
universal brotherhood and maximum freedom for all. This unfinished part of his experiment was
perhaps even more difficult to achieve than the achievement of political freedom. In the political
struggle, the fight was against a foreign power and all one could do, was either join it or wish it
success and give it their moral support. In inaugurating the communal order of his pattern, there
was a sparkling possibility of a skirmish arising between groups and classes of our own people.
Experience shows that man values his possessions even more than his life because, in the former,
he sees the means for perpetuation and survival of his descendants even after his body is reduced
to ashes. A new order cannot be proven without fundamentally changing the mind and attitude of
men towards property and, at some stage or the other, the ―haves‖ have to yield place to the have-
nots. We have seen, in our time, attempts to achieve a kind of egalitarian society and the picture of
it after it was achieved. But this was done, by and large, through the use of physical force. In the
ultimate analysis, it is difficult, if not impossible, to say that the instinct to possess has been
rooted out or that, it will not reappear in an even worse form under s different guise. It may even
be that like a gas kept confined within containers under great pressure, or water held by a big dam,
once a barrier brakes, the reaction will one day sweep back with a violence equal in extent and
intensity to what was used to establish and maintain the outward egalitarian form. This obligatory
equality contains in its dearest the seed of its own destruction. The root cause of class conflict is
possessiveness or the acquisitive instinct. So Long as the ideal that is to be achieved is one of
securing the maximum material satisfaction, possessiveness is neither suppresses nor eliminated
but grows on what it feeds. Nor does it cease to be such it is possessiveness, still whether it is
confined to only a few or is shared by many. If egalitarianism is to endure, it has to be based not
on the possession of the maximum material goods by few or by all but on voluntary, enlightened
renunciation of those goods, which cannot be shared by others or can be enjoyed only at the
expense of others. This calls for substitution of spiritual values for purely material ones. The
paradise of material satisfaction that is sometimes equated with neither progress these days
spells peace nor progress. Mahatma Gandhi has shown us how the acquisitive instinct inherent in
man could be transmuted by the adoption of the ideals of trusteeship by those who have for the
benefit of all those who have not so, that instead of leading to exploitation and conflict, it would
become a means and incentive for the amelioration and progress of society respectively.
According to the passage, impartiality will not survive if
(a) It is based on voluntary renunciation.
(b) It is achieved by resorting to physical forces.
(c) Underprivileged people learn to love and are not involved in its establishment.
(d) People‘s outlook towards it is not radically changed
(e) None of these.

According to the passage, why does man value his belongings other than his life?
(a) He has inherent desire to share his possessions with others.
(b) He is endowed with the possessive instinct.
(c) Only his possessions help him earn love and respect from his descendants.
(d) Through his possessions, he can preserve his name even after his death.
(e) None of these.

According to the passage, which was the unfinished part of Gandhi‘s experiment?
(a) Educating people to avoid class conflict
(b) Achieving total political freedom for the country.
(c) Establishment of an egalitarian society.
(d) Radically changing the mind and attitude of men towards truth and non-violence.
(e) None of these.

Which of the following statements is not true in the context of the passage?
(a) True egalitarianism can be achieved by giving up one‘s possessions under compulsion.
(b) Man values his life more than his possessions.
(c) Possessive instinct is a natural part of human being.
(d) In the political struggle, the fight was against the alien rule.
(e) The root cause of class conflict is possessiveness.

According to the passage, true egalitarianism will last if.

(a) It is thrust upon people.
(b) It is based on truth and non-violence.
(c) People inculcate spiritual values along with material values.
(d) Haves and have-nots live together peacefully.
(e) None of these.

According to the passage, people ultimately overturn the form of a social order.
(a) Which is based on coercion and oppression
(b) Which does not satisfy their basic needs.
(c) Which is based upon conciliation and rapprochement.
(d) Which is not congenial to the spiritual values of the people.
(e) None of these.

Which of the following statements is ―not true in the context of the passage?
(a) A new order can be establishment by radically changing the outlook of people towards it.
(b) Adoption of the ideal of trusteeship can minimize possessive instinct.
(c) Enforced egalitarianism can be the cause of its own destruction.
(d) Ideal o the new order is to secure maximum material satisfaction.
(e) None of these.

According to the passage, the root cause of class conflict is.

(a) The paradise of material satisfaction
(b) Dominant inherent acquisitive instinct in man
(c) Exploitation of the have-nots by the haves
(d) A social order where unprivileged are not part of the establishment
(e) None of these.

According to the passage, which of the following statements is ―true?

(a) A social order based on truth and non-violence alone can help the achievement of political
reedom.
(b) In establishing the social order of Gandhi’s pattern, the possibility of a conflict between
different classes of society hardly exists.
(c) It is difficult to change the mind and attitude of men towards property
(d) In an egalitarian society, material satisfaction can be enjoyed only at the expense of others
(e) None of these

According to the passage, what does adoption of the ideals of trusteeship mean?
(a) Equating peace and progress with material satisfaction
(b) Adoption of the ideal by the haves for the benefit of the society
(c) Voluntary, enlightened renunciation of the possessive instinct by the privileged class.
(d) Substitution of spiritual values by material one by those who live in the paradise of material
satisfaction.
(e) None of these.

1) D 2) e 3) c 4) a 5) b 6) a 7) b 8) d 9) c 10) c
Passage 9 :
Today, Comprehensionrize to its credit, Grameen is one of the largest microfinance organizations
in the world. It started out providing small sums to underprivileged tycoons in Bangladesh to help
them grow from a survival living to a livelihood. The great discovery its founders made was that
even with few assets, these entrepreneurs repaid on time. Grameen and microfinance have since
become financial staples of the developing world. It‘s approach, distinct from other microfinance,
uses the group lending model. Costs are kept down by having borrowers vet one another, tying
together their financial fates and eliminating expensive loan officers entirely. The ultimate promise
of Grameen I to use business lending as a way for people to lift themselves out of poverty.
Recently, Grameen has taken on a different challenge by setting up operations in the US .money
may be tight in the waning recession, but it is still a nation 1,00,000 bank branches. Globally, the
occupied microfinance equation consists of borrowing reserves economically and keeping loan
evasions and overhead expenses adequately low. Microlenders, including Grameen, do this by
charging colossal interest rates as high as 60% or 70%-which is necessary to compensate for the
risk and attract bank funding, but loans rates much above the standard 15% would most likely be
attacked as usurious in America. So, the question is whether there is a role for a Third World
leader in the world‘s largest economy. Grameen America believes that in a few years it will be
successful and turn a profit, thanks to 9 million US households untouched by mainstream banks
and 21 million using the likes of payday loans and pawn shops for financing. But enticing the
unbanked won‘t be easy. after all, profit has long eluded US microfinanciers and if it is not
lucrative, it is not microlending, but charity. when Grameen first went to the US, in the late 1980s, it
tripped up. Under Grameen‘s tutelage, banks started microloans to entrepreneurs with a shocking
30% loss. But Grameen America says that this time results will be making loans, not training an
American bank to do it. More often than not, the borrowers, Grameen finds, in the US already have
jobs(as factory workers for example) or side business-selling toys, cleaning houses etc. the loans
from Grameen, by and large, provided a steadier source of funding, but they don‘t create
businesses out of nothing. But money isn‘t everything. More importantly for many entrepreneurs,
group members are tremendous sources of support to one another.

What has adversely affected the success of microfinance institutions in the US?
(a) The focus of these institutions is on making a profit at any cost instead of being charitable to
the needy
(b) American banks engaged in microlending were the most severely hit during the recession
(c) A widespread perception is better suited to developing countries
(d) Their failure to attract those outside the formal banking system as customers
(e) American‘s are too proud to accept aid from Third World Countries

Why was Grameen made a second attempt to launch itself in the US?
(a) The willingness of US banks to provide the necessary staff and funds to facilitate the spread of
microfinance
(b) The rates of interest on loans in the US are exorbitant, making it easier to recover capital.
(c) The realization that a large percentage of the American population not reached by mainstream
banks can be tapped
(d) Recognition of the fact that disbursing credit in developing countries during the recession is
too risky
(e) None of these

Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

(a) Microfinance has been effective only in Asian nations
(b) Microfinance makes individual borrowers dependent rather than independent
(c) America has the largest number of banks in the world
(d) There is scope for microfinance institutions to be profitable in developed countries
(e) There are no informal sources of credit in developed countries

According to the author, what has enhanced the likelihood of success for Grameen America at
present?
(a) Its success in Bangladesh and other developing countries
(b) Absence of other microfinance institutions for competition
(c) The fact that America is currently in the midst of a recession
(d) It provides loans at nominal rates of interest ie below 15 percent
(e) None of these

Which of the following can be said about Grameen?

(A)Its success in developing countries will ensure its success in developed countries
(B) It guarantees that the unfortunate in developing countries enjoy a survival standard of living
(C) It has demonstrated that the poor are far more likely to repay loans than the affluent
(a) None
(b) Only (A)
(c) Only (A) and (C)
(d) Only (B)
(e) Only (C)

What is the central theme of the passage?

(a) The conventional that Grameen is doomed to fail in developed countries
(b) A comprehensive evaluation of the current status of the American economy
(c) A brief discussion about the forecasts of Grameen and microfinance in the US.
(d) The role of banks in facilitating micro-lending efforts in developed nations
(e) Microfinance efforts are useful in developing countries but are futile in developed ones.

Why was Grameen America‘s initial US initiative of a flop?

(A) Shortage of correct training to Grameen American staffs.
(B) Grameen‘s refusal to adapt their system to meet the needs of the American poor.
(C) It ended up giving loans at half their customary rates of interest
(a) None
(b) only (A)
(c) Only (A) and (C)
(d) Only (B)
(e) Only (C)

Which of the following is a benefit of the Grameen system of microfinance?

(a) If a single member is unable to repay a loan, other group members will repay
(b) Dispensing with the expense of technology networks to monitor advances
(c) It utilizes the vast bank network already existing in a country
(d) Group members can sanction loans and verify if borrowers have sufficient collateral
(e) Backing that borrowers receive from other group members

Which of the following is most similar in meaning to the word ―ELUDED‖ as used in the
passage?
(a)Avoided
(b) Duped
(c) Abandoned
(d) intangible
(e) Betrayed

Which of the following is most opposite in meaning to the word ―COLOSSAL‖ as used in the
passage?
(a) short
(b) Lavish
(c) Minority
(d) Frugal
(e) Insignificant

1) D 2) c 3) c 4) e 5) a 6) c 7) b 8) e 9) a 10) d
Passege 10 :
Italian super - luxury sports car manufacturer Lamborghini has spread its wings in India. And it,
has just opened a dealership in bengaluru, the IT (information technology). capital of the country,
It has already a dealership in Mumbai, the financial capital, and Delhi, the political capital. At a
price tag of over Rs. 1 Crore. Who will buy a Lamborghini car? Rather, what gives the Italian car
maker the confidence to not only drive into India but also expand its presence? The choice of its
location for dealership gives a clue or two to its game plan, and also an insight into its prospective
customer profile. While dealership in Mumbai and Delhi are understandable considering the wealth
and power that reside in these two metros, the choice of Bengaluru to locate it new dealership
indicates that the Italian company is betting big on the neo rich who have sprouted in big numbers
in the wake of an unprecedented growth experienced by this city. If super - luxury brand like
Lamborghini is sensing an unfolding big opportunity in a New India, other traditional global luxury
car makers have turned very ambitious with new launches. Despite high import duty barriers,
global luxury car markers continue to believe that roll out new models and ramp up dealership in a
bid to sustain the appetite of India's super rich for expensive cars is only likely to grow. After the
launch of BMW M5, priced at Rs. 1.35 crore its german rival Mercedes - Benz launched next -
generation C- Class, priced at Rs. 40.9 lakh in New Delhi. The C- Class is one of the most
successful products of Merc in India. It has so far sold over 20,000 units C- class in India. Till date,
Lamborghini had sold around 94 sports cars in the country. It said the high import duty would
impact the company's sales in India, and 2014 might see a lower volume. In 2013, it sold around
22 super - luxury sports cars in India. "The import duty in India is higher than many other counties.
We want to sell more cars in the country but the import duty in India is high as much as 167
percent. This huge import tax will impact the sales of the super cars in the country," said
Automobili Lamborghini President and CEO Stephan Winkelman. Apart from the high import duty,
the late launch of its new model Huracan into India market was another reason for lower sales this
year. The company expects to improve the sales next year. Lamborghini is also considering the
possibility of launching its SUV in India by 2018. In April 2012 the company showcased its
concept SUV at the Beijing Auto Show.

1. Which of the following rationale explains the curtailing of Lamborghini car trade in India?
(A) The price figure ranges over one crore.
(B) Lofty import duty
(C) Delayed launch of its new model
1. Only A
2. Only B
3. Only C and A
4. Only B and C
5. Only A and B

2. What kind of strategy is mentioned in the passage about the car selling geographical factor?
1. Launching a new model every six months will give lots of choices to buyers.
2. Competitive environment leads to better designing of Lamborghini cars.
3. Seeking out well - heeled people who have enormously emerged in Bengaluru.
4. Mumbai and Delhi are having many rich people, so it was easy for the company to launch their
car first here.
5. None of these

3. Which of the following statements is true according to the given passage?

1. Lamborghini in the only company to flourish better in India when it comes to car sales.
2. The new model Huracan's predecessor is Mercedes' C- class
3. Lamborghini proliferates augmentation in India.
4. Mercedes- Benz is an adherent of Lamborghini.
5. None of these

4. According to the passage what makes the company think that their sales will grow in the
country?
(A) The ability of afford high import duties by Indians who are living in rich metropolitan areas.
(B) The inclination of moneyed people towards sports car will potentially grow.
(C) The luxury car is a stipulated requirement or thriving people as it has been seen in Delhi,
Mumbai and Bengaluru.
1. Only A
2. Only B
3. Only C and A
4. Only B and C
5. Only A and B
5. What can be concluded from the passage about the buyers and sellers of Lamborghini cars?
(A) People in India have a good preference and knowledge about the Lamborghini car.
(B) Buyers are afar of sellers in India, therefore new metropolitan city was opted to launch a new
dealership.
(C) Regarding car sales competitive environment is ubiquitous in India.
1. Only A
2. Only B
3. Only C
4. Only B and C
5. Only A and B

1. Only B and C
2. Seeking out well - heeled people who have enormously emerged in Bengaluru.
3. Lamborghini proliferates augmentation in India.
4. Only B
5. Only C
 Passage 11 :
Italian super - luxury sports car manufacturer Lamborghini has spread its wings in India. And it,
has just opened a dealership in bengaluru, the IT (information technology). capital of the country,
It has already a dealership in Mumbai, the financial capital, and Delhi, the political capital. At a
price tag of over Rs. 1 Crore. Who will buy a Lamborghini car? Rather, what gives the Italian car
maker the confidence to not only drive into India but also expand its presence? The choice of its
location for dealership gives a clue or two to its game plan, and also an insight into its prospective
customer profile. While dealership in Mumbai and Delhi are understandable considering the wealth
and power that reside in these two metros, the choice of Bengaluru to locate it new dealership
indicates that the Italian company is betting big on the neo rich who have sprouted in big numbers
in the wake of an unprecedented growth experienced by this city. If super - luxury brand like
Lamborghini is sensing an unfolding big opportunity in a New India, other traditional global luxury
car makers have turned very ambitious with new launches. Despite high import duty barriers,
global luxury car markers continue to believe that roll out new models and ramp up dealership in a
bid to sustain the appetite of India's super rich for expensive cars is only likely to grow. After the
launch of BMW M5, priced at Rs. 1.35 crore its german rival Mercedes - Benz launched next -
generation C- Class, priced at Rs. 40.9 lakh in New Delhi. The C- Class is one of the most
successful products of Merc in India. It has so far sold over 20,000 units C- class in India. Till date,
Lamborghini had sold around 94 sports cars in the country. It said the high import duty would
impact the company's sales in India, and 2014 might see a lower volume. In 2013, it sold around
22 super - luxury sports cars in India. "The import duty in India is higher than many other counties.
We want to sell more cars in the country but the import duty in India is high as much as 167
percent. This huge import tax will impact the sales of the super cars in the country," said
Automobili Lamborghini President and CEO Stephan Winkelman. Apart from the high import duty,
the late launch of its new model Huracan into India market was another reason for lower sales this
year. The company expects to improve the sales next year. Lamborghini is also considering the
possibility of launching its SUV in India by 2018. In April 2012 the company showcased its
concept SUV at the Beijing Auto Show.

1. Which of the following rationale explains the curtailing of Lamborghini car trade in India?
(A) The price figure ranges over one crore.
(B) Lofty import duty
(C) Delayed launch of its new model
1. Only A
2. Only B
3. Only C and A
4. Only B and C
5. Only A and B

2. What kind of strategy is mentioned in the passage about the car selling geographical factor?
1. Launching a new model every six months will give lots of choices to buyers.
2. Competitive environment leads to better designing of Lamborghini cars.
3. Seeking out well - heeled people who have enormously emerged in Bengaluru.
4. Mumbai and Delhi are having many rich people, so it was easy for the company to launch their
car first here.
5. None of these

3. Which of the following statements is true according to the given passage?

1. Lamborghini in the only company to flourish better in India when it comes to car sales.
2. The new model Huracan's predecessor is Mercedes' C- class
3. Lamborghini proliferates augmentation in India.
4. Mercedes- Benz is an adherent of Lamborghini.
5. None of these

4. According to the passage what makes the company think that their sales will grow in the
country?
(A) The ability of afford high import duties by Indians who are living in rich metropolitan areas.
(B) The inclination of moneyed people towards sports car will potentially grow.
(C) The luxury car is a stipulated requirement or thriving people as it has been seen in Delhi,
Mumbai and Bengaluru.
1. Only A
2. Only B
3. Only C and A
4. Only B and C
5. Only A and B

5. What can be concluded from the passage about the buyers and sellers of Lamborghini cars?
(A) People in India have a good preference and knowledge about the Lamborghini car.
(B) Buyers are afar of sellers in India, therefore new metropolitan city was opted to launch a new
dealership.
(C) Regarding car sales competitive environment is ubiquitous in India.
1. Only A
2. Only B
3. Only C
4. Only B and C
5. Only A and B

1. Only B and C
2. Seeking out well - heeled people who have enormously emerged in Bengaluru.
3. Lamborghini proliferates augmentation in India.
4. Only B
5. Only C

Passage 12 :
We admire better hygiene and better traffic discipline abroad, but would breach the
same back home. We condemn our system for churning out unemployed youth, but
don’t like working hard to acquire knowledge. Students demanded their right to cheat
in an examination; it is the same set of discards that later become a burden as they
fail to acquire a skill for gainful employment. Rights are forcefully demanded, but
duties generally detested .

As citizens of a functioning democracy, we welcome populist policies and government

bounties. The State is expected to provide free electricity, free Wi-fi, free water, free
books, free housing, free transport, free health facilities, free education. This will not
raise much cavil if they are provided to the deserving sections of society. The problem
arises when undeserving elements try to corner these benefits through devious
means. The benefits that are provided by the government are seldom used in a
responsible manner. Water and electricity are wasted, public utilities vandalised. We
want the State’s delivery mechanism to be prompt and efficient, but we seldom
reciprocate. We forget that it is the people who make the country and not the other
way round. We resent nepotism and favouritism in government service delivery, but
would not mind peddling

influence to seek undue favours. The plan to develop smart cities would turn out to be
still-born if we don’t have smart citizens who would be willing to make sacrifices for a
dignified living. We under-report our income and underpay our taxes, but we resent
the government’s plea on inadequate resources to provide for basic amenities.
Digging the road for a private purpose, piling building materials on thoroughfares,
tapping of the sources of water or electricity is a common sight; but the same people
will complain of congested roads, contaminated water or load-shedding without
realising that it is their selfish actions which are affecting the quality of public
services. There are enough laws and rules, but enforcement is seldom effective. While
you pay a hefty $ 1000 fine for littering in a developed country or for a traffic
violation, in India you can get away without penalty through various desi jugad
(influence-peddling). Sometimes, the systemic imperfections impede the enforcement
of the rule of law as the law-abiding citizens do not always get their rightful dues.
Today, hundreds of thousands of applications for a fire licence or a building plan are
allegedly pending in government offices for years, unless you pass on the speed
money to those in the gravy train. Many services in the government are rightly being
outsourced on account of the inability to deliver in a timely, transparent and efficient
manner. Similarly, many other critical services with substantive time and cost
overruns, such as clearing a building plan or sanctioning a statutory licence should
also be outsourced. Information technology needs to be suitably harnessed for most
of these services. E-governance is definitely the way to the future. As a country we
shall continue to grovel in the dust until the citizens are aware of their
responsibilities. One only hopes that we shall soon wake up by acting as responsible
citizens of a great nation.

1. According to the passage, what are the main causes of outsourcing of the
government works?
1) Lack of technology aptitude among the government employees.
2) Lack of resource and man power.
3) Inability to maintain robust pattern of work process.
4) Lack of confidence to implement process in time with transparency and efficiency.
5) Other than given options

2. Which of the following is/are valid suggestion given by the author?

(A) Responsibility should be shared among the citizen.
(B) E–governance should be encouraged.
(C) Rules should not be seen in totality.
1) Both (A) and B)
2) Both (B) and (C)
3) All (A), (B) and (C)
4) Only (C)
5) Only (A)

3. Which of the following is/are the ironical part of Indian citizens, according
to the passage?
(A) We blame our government for non availability of jobs, but don't like to
work hard.
(B) We admire better hygiene and better traffic discipline abroad but usually
breach the same in our country.
(C) Rights are violently expected, but duties are generally neglected.
(D) People resent favouritism and nepostim but would not mind seeking
favours.
1) Only (A) and (C)
2) Only (B) and (C)
3) All (A), (B), (C) and D
4) Only (C)
5) Only (A) and (D)

4. Which of the following is the most suitable phrase/word to 'Cavil' as used

in the passage?
1) A trivial and annoying objection
2) To act in an objectionable manner
3) To lower the dignity
4) Possessing qualities that given great satisfaction
5) Exercising the power

5. Which of the following is/are the constraints to the healthy civil/society?

(A) Lack of effective enforcement of rules.
(B) Lack of political will
(C) Selfish actions by the irresponsible citizens.
(D) An organised cartels to seek private interests.
1) Only (A) and (B)
2) Only (A) and (C)
3) Only (B) and (D)
4) All (A), (B), (C) and (D)
5) Only (A), (B) and (C)

6. What does the grary train expression mean?

1) An activity from which people make a lot of money very quickly and easily
2) Very fast train
3) Very comfortable train
4) A situation of high inflation
5) Growing economy

7. Choose the word which is most similar in meaning to the word 'Grovel' as
used in the passage?
1) Crawl
2) Search
3) Value
4) Elevate
5) Exalt

8. Which of the following is false in the context of the given passage?

1) As citizens of the largest democracy, we a lot but flinch from doing anything that is
expected of its people.
2) A sense of duty is conspicuous by its absence in a predominant majority of our civil
society.
3) People are usually apathetic when it comes to their duties.
4) People regale themselves by indulging in vanadlism of government properties.
5) Other than given options
9. Choose the word which is most similar in meaning to the word 'Devious'
as used in the passage?
1) frank
2) open
3) truthful
4) dishonest
5) straightforward

10. Choose the word which is most similar in meaning to the word 'Pedding'
as used in the passage?
1) Flagging
2) Suggesting
3) Pulling
4) Offering
5) Urging

Directions (Q.11–Q.15): Which of the phrases 1 , 2 , 3 and 4 given below

each statement should replace the phrase which is underlined in the
sentence to make it grammatically correct ? If the sentence is correct as it is
given and No correction is required, mark 5 as the answer.

11. The launch of the new phone was delayed which resulted in heavily
losses.
1) result in heavily losses
2) resulted in heavy losses
3) resulted in heavily loss
4) had resulted in heavily loss
5) No correction required

12. Since he failed to pay his rent on time the landlord denied him access to
the premise.
1) access to premise
2) to access the premise
3) to access the premises
4) access to the premises
5) No correction required

13. Having lifted the heavy bag , I suffered a severe pain in my hand.
1) suffered from a server pain
2) was suffered a severe pain
3) was suffering the severe pain
4) suffered the severe pain
5) No correction required

14. Ritu doubts when she will be ready for the interview in time.
1) Ritu doubt if
2) Ritu has doubt
3) Ritu doubts whether
4) Rit has doubts
5) No correction required
15. According to the branch manager not more than three per cent of
education loans taken by students are overdue.
1) by students is overdue
2) by the student are overdue
3) by student are overdue
4) by us are overdue
5) No correction required

Answer Key :
Answer 1. 4 Answer 2. 1 Answer 3. 3 Answer 4. 1 Answer 5. 2 Answer 6. 1
Answer 7. 1 Answer 8. 5 Answer 9. 4 Answer 10. 5 Answer 11. 2 Answer 12. 4
Answer 13. 1 Answer 14. 3 Answer 15. 1

Passage 13 :

The economic development in India followed socialist- inspired policies for most of its
independent history, including state-ownership of many sectors; India's per capita income
increased at only around I % annualised rate in the three decades after its independence. Since the
mid 1980s, India has slowly
opened up its markets through economic liberalisation. After more fundamental reforms since
1991 and their renewal in the 2000s, India has progressed towards a free market economy. In the
late 2000s, India's growth reached 7.5%, which will double the average income in a decade.
Analysts say that if India pushed more fundamental market reforms, it could sustain the rate and
even reach the government's 2011 target of 10% . States have large responsibilities over their
economies. The annualised 1999- 2008 growth rates for Tamil Nadu (9.9), Gujarat (9.6%),
Haryana (9.1 0/0), and Delhi (8.9%) were significantly higher than for Bihar (5.1 0/0), Uttar Pradesh
(4.4%), and Madhya Pradesh (6.5%). India is the tenth-largest economy in the world and the third
largest by purchasing power parity adjusted exchange rates (PPP). On per capita basis, it ranks
140th in the world or 129th by PPP. The economic growth has been driven by the expansion of
services that have been growing consistently faster than other sectors. It is argued that the
pattern of Indian development has been a specific one and that the country may be able to skip
the intermediate industrialisation — led phase in the transformation of its economic structure.
Serious concerns have been raised about the jobless nature of the economic growth favourable
macroeconomic performance has been a necessary but no sufficient stipulation for the significant
reduction of poverty amongst the Indian population. The rate of poverty decline has not been
higher in the post-reform period (since 1991). The improvements in some other non-economic
dimensions of social development have been even less favourable. The most palpable example is
an exceptionally high and importunate level of child malnutrition (46% in 2005-06). The progress
of economic reforms in India is followed closely. The World Bank suggests that the most
important priorities are public sector reform, infrastructure, agricultural and rural development,
removal of labour regulations, reforms in lagging states, and HIV /AIDS. For 2015, India ranked
142nd in Ease of Doing Business Index, which is setback as compared with China 90th, Russia
62nd and Brazil 120th. According to index of Economic Freedom World Ranking an annual survey
on economic freedom of the nations, India ranks 123rd as compared with China and Russia which
ranks 138th and 144th respectively in 2012.

1) According to the passage, the economic growth has been driven by the expansion of which of
which genre of services?
1) The services growing slower than other sectors available in the world.
2) The services growing more easily than other sectors available in the world.
3) The services growing erratically faster than all other sectors available in India.
4) The services growing consistently faster than other sectors available in the world.
5) None of these

2) Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

l) More than one hundred and fifty countries are doing better than India on PPP basis.
2) India is doing better than 140 countries on per capita basis.
3) India ranked 1 17th on the basis of economic growth which is a setback.
4) India ranked 142nd in 2015 in Ease of Doing Business Index.
5) None of these

3. What was the opinion of the World Bank particularly on public sector reforms according, to the
passage?
A. Infrastructures development
B. Health reforms
C. Removal of labour regulations
D. Agricultural development
l) Only (A) and (B)
2) only (C) and (D)
3) only (B) and (D)
4) only (A), (B) and (D)
5) None of these

4. "Economic liberalisation have been beneficial for Indian according to the passage, which of the
following statements support the given statement ?
1) India bit by bit kicks off its markets through economic liberalisation.
2) India opened new markets all over world within 10 years of its initiation.
3) India gave a lot of employment compared to the last decade after its initiation.
4) India's growth rate increased by 7.5% after initiating economic liberalisation.
5) None of these

5. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage regarding economic development?
1) Index of Economic Freedom World Ranking did an annual survey on economic freedom.
2) India's per capita income increased at only around 1% annualised rate.
3) The progress of economic reforms in India is followed closely.
4) Economic liberalisation is a fusion of growth and economic development.
5) None of these

Answer:
1. 4
2. 4
3. 5
4. 1
5. 4
Passage 14 :

Once upon a time Shree Krishna and Arjun went for a short stroll around the city. They saw a poor
looking priest begging. Arjun felt pity for him and he gave him a bag full of 100 gold coins. The
priest became very happy and thanked Arjun. He left for his home. On way, he saw another person
who needed help. The priest could have spared a coin or two to help that person. However, he
chose to ignore it. But on way to his home, one thief robbed him of his bag of coins and ran away.
The priest became dejected and went back again for begging. Next day again when Arjun saw the
same priest begging and he was surprised that after getting a bag full of coins which can last a
lifetime, the priest was still begging! He called the priest and asked him the reason for this. The
priest told him about the whole incident and Arjun again felt pity at him. So, this time he gave him
a diamond.
The priest became very happy and left for home and he again saw someone who needed help but
he chose to ignore again. Upon reaching home, he safely put the diamond in an empty pot of water
with a plan to cash it out later and live a wealthy life. His wife was not at home. He was very tired
so he decided to take a nap. In between, his wife came home and picked up that empty pot of
water, walked towards the river close by to fill up the water. She had not noticed the diamond in
the pot. Upon arriving at the river, she put the whole pot into the running river water to fill it up. She
filled up the pot but the diamond was gone with the water flow!
When the priest woke up, he went to see the pot and asked his wife about the diamond. She told
him, she had not noticed it and it must have been lost in the river. The priest couldn’t believe his
bad luck and again started begging. Again Arjun and Shree Krishna saw him begging and Arjun
inquired about it. Arjun felt bad and started thinking if this priest will ever have a happy life.
Shree Krishna who is an incarnation of God smiled. Shree Krishna gave that priest one coin which
was not even enough for buying a lunch or dinner for one person. Arjun asked Shree Krishna,
“Lord, I gave him gold coins and diamond, which could have given him a wealthy life, yet it didn’t
help him. How will just one coin help this poor guy?” Shree Krishna smiled and told Arjun to follow
that priest and find out.
On the way, the priest was thinking that one coin Shree Krishna gave him, he can’t even buy a
lunch for one person. Why would he give so little? He saw a fisherman who was getting a fish out
of his net. Fish was struggling. The priest felt pity at fish. He thought that this one coin won’t solve
my problem, why not I save that fish. So the priest paid the fisherman and took the fish. He put the
fish in his small pot of water which he always carried with him.
The fish was struggling in a small pot of water, ended up throwing out a diamond from the mouth!
The priest screamed with a joy, “I got it, I got it”. At that same point, the thief who had robbed the
priest’s bag of 100 gold coins, was passing through there. He thought that the priest recognized
him and may get him punished. He got nervous and ran to the priest. He apologized to the priest
and returned his bag full of 100 gold coins. The priest couldn’t believe what just happened.
Arjun saw all this and said, “Oh Lord, Now I understand your play”.

Question 1:
What is the moral of the story?
A. One day you will get everything, so do not lose hope.
B. When you have enough to help others, don’t let that chance go.
C. Your good deeds will always be repaid to you.
D. You cannot get enough if you have bad luck.
E. Arjun was kind and worried for the well-being of poor people.
1. Only A
2. Both B and C
3. Only B
4. Only C
5. Both D and E
New Pattern Reading Comprehension Part- 2
Question 2:
What is the meaning of “The priest could have spared a coin or two to help that person”?
1. The priest could have thanked the person by giving him one or two coins.
2. The priest could have given some coins to help the needy person.
3. The priest did not give any coin to the poor person.
4. The poor person asked for one or two coins but the priest did not help him.
5. Some coins could be given to priest.

Question 3:
Which of the following statements is correct?
1. Arjun felt pitty at priest when he saw him begging again.
2. Arjun who is an incarnation of God smiled.
3. The priest kept coin of bags in empty pot of water.
4. The priest’s wife knew about the diamond still she took the pot to river to fill up water.
5. As opposed to first two times, the priest offered his help third time.

Question 4:
Why did the priest screamed with joy?
1. He recognized the thief who stole his bag of coins.
2. He was happy to save the life of the fish.
3. He got the lost diamond
4. He found his stolen bag of coins.
5. Not clearly mentioned in the passage

Question 5
Why did the priest help the fish?
1. He realized his mistake of not helping others for the first two times.
2. The coin given to him by Krishna was of no use to him.
3. He was unable to buy even a single meal with that coin.
4. He felt pity at fish and realized that the coin, that could not solve his problem, can save fish.
5. He knew that the fish had his lost diamond.

Question 6
Which of the following is the most appropriate title of the story?
1. Always help others
2. Bad luck dos not let people get rich
3. The circle of Good Deed
4. Story of a Priest
5. Helping others and getting rich

Question 7
Find the synonym of SPARED as used in the passage.
1. Extra
2. Afford
3. Complimentary
4. Unoccupied
5. Additional

Question 8:
Find the synonym of STROLL as used in the passage.
1. Wander
2. Shopping
3. Relieve
4. Embolden
5. Fortune

Question 9:
Find synonym of incarnation
1. Blessing
2. Ruler
3. Veteran
4. Avatar
5. Influx

Question 10:
Find antonym of Dejected
1. Dark
2. Murky
3. Morbid
4. Depressed
5. Ecstatic

Answers
Answer 1
Option 2
Answer 2
Option 2
Answer 3
Option 5
Answer 4
Option 3
Answer 5
Option 4
Answer 6
Option 3
Answer 7
Option 2
Answer 8
Option 1
Answer 9
Option 4
Answer 10
Option 5

Passage 15 :
The group of tired dusty riders arrived at a fork in the road. Their leader immediately sprang to the
ground after first throwing his rein to one of the others, and began to examine minutely the sandy
track,
The problem was simple; if the fleeing enemy had taken the left turning, there remained little hope
of catching them, since he knew that it led back to a small settlement of native huts where they
should be sheltered by the friendly inhabitants. If, on the other hand, they had branched to the
right, they would have before them the open desert, not a flat expanse of sand such as they had
just crossed, but a country broken by a series of ridges, behind any of which a whole army could
hide.
He turned to his companions to see if he could read any solution in their faces. But they were too
occupied by their aching limbs and several were taking a quick drink from the flasks which hung at
their belts. He realized every minute's delay lessened their chances of overtaking their adversaries.
So, with a rapid glance at the sun, he jumped once more into the saddle and with his whip
indicated the way they were to go.

Q1. Why did the leader look at the sun?

a) To estimate what daylight still remained
b) He sent a silent prayer to the sun - god to show the way
c) To estimate chances of their overtaking their adversaries
d) To estimate their position in the desert

Q2. What, if any, was the difference in the nature of the terrain they had already traversed and
the one lying ahead?
a) The country - side already traversed was ups and downs
b) There was hardly any difference as it was a vast expanse of unending desert
c) The terrain hitherto was dusty and tiring, the road ahead led back to a habitation
d) What they had crossed was a flat expanse of sand and what they lay ahead to the right was a
series of ridges of sand

Q3. What difficulties did they expect if they took the branch to the right?
a) The open desert ahead promised no oasis to shelter them at night
b) They were absolutely in the dark about what they lay ahead of them
c) Ahead lay a country full of ridges of sand providing cover to the fleeing enemy
d) They would have before them the open desert obstructing pursuit

Q4. What was the aim of the group of riders?

a)They were fleeing from a pursuing enemy
b) They had a small settlement of native huts as their goal
c) They were exploring a desert
d) They were pursuing a fleeing enemy

Q5. What difficulties did the pursuers expect if they took to the left hand track?
a) It led through a trackless expanse of unending desert
b) It led to a settlement where the residents would surely shelter the enemy they were after
c) The settlement it led to was hostile to them
d) The leader anticipated a possible revolt among his followers, foot - sore, dust covered and tired
as they already were

Q6. Where and why did they stop?

a) At a fork in the road to examine the sandy track for foot - prints of the fleeing enemy
b) At the huts of some friendly inhabitants in order to rest their weary limbs
c) At a three - way crossing where the leader wanted to study the position of the sun in the sky
d) At a fork in the road in order to decide whether they should turn left or right

Solution
Answer 1 (Option A)
Answer 2 (Option D)
Answer 3 (Option C)
Answer 4 (Option D)
Answer 5 (Option C)
Answer 6 (Option D)

Passage 16 :
Italian super - luxury sports car manufacturer Lamborghini has spread its wings in India. And it,
has just opened a dealership in bengaluru, the IT (information technology). capital of the country,
It has already a dealership in Mumbai, the financial capital, and Delhi, the political capital. At a
price tag of over Rs. 1 Crore. Who will buy a Lamborghini car? Rather, what gives the Italian car
maker the confidence to not only drive into India but also expand its presence? The choice of its
location for dealership gives a clue or two to its game plan, and also an insight into its prospective
customer profile. While dealership in Mumbai and Delhi are understandable considering the wealth
and power that reside in these two metros, the choice of Bengaluru to locate it new dealership
indicates that the Italian company is betting big on the neo rich who have sprouted in big numbers
in the wake of an unprecedented growth experienced by this city. If super - luxury brand like
Lamborghini is sensing an unfolding big opportunity in a New India, other traditional global luxury
car makers have turned very ambitious with new launches. Despite high import duty barriers,
global luxury car markers continue to believe that roll out new models and ramp up dealership in a
bid to sustain the appetite of India's super rich for expensive cars is only likely to grow. After the
launch of BMW M5, priced at Rs. 1.35 crore its german rival Mercedes - Benz launched next -
generation C- Class, priced at Rs. 40.9 lakh in New Delhi. The C- Class is one of the most
successful products of Merc in India. It has so far sold over 20,000 units C- class in India. Till date,
Lamborghini had sold around 94 sports cars in the country. It said the high import duty would
impact the company's sales in India, and 2014 might see a lower volume. In 2013, it sold around
22 super - luxury sports cars in India. "The import duty in India is higher than many other counties.
We want to sell more cars in the country but the import duty in India is high as much as 167
percent. This huge import tax will impact the sales of the super cars in the country," said
Automobili Lamborghini President and CEO Stephan Winkelman. Apart from the high import duty,
the late launch of its new model Huracan into India market was another reason for lower sales this
year. The company expects to improve the sales next year. Lamborghini is also considering the
possibility of launching its SUV in India by 2018. In April 2012 the company showcased its
concept SUV at the Beijing Auto Show.

1. Which of the following rationale explains the curtailing of Lamborghini car trade in India?
(A) The price figure ranges over one crore.
(B) Lofty import duty
(C) Delayed launch of its new model
1. Only A
2. Only B
3. Only C and A
4. Only B and C
5. Only A and B

2. What kind of strategy is mentioned in the passage about the car selling geographical factor?
1. Launching a new model every six months will give lots of choices to buyers.
2. Competitive environment leads to better designing of Lamborghini cars.
3. Seeking out well - heeled people who have enormously emerged in Bengaluru.
4. Mumbai and Delhi are having many rich people, so it was easy for the company to launch their
car first here.
5. None of these

3. Which of the following statements is true according to the given passage?

1. Lamborghini in the only company to flourish better in India when it comes to car sales.
2. The new model Huracan's predecessor is Mercedes' C- class
3. Lamborghini proliferates augmentation in India.
4. Mercedes- Benz is an adherent of Lamborghini.
5. None of these

4. According to the passage what makes the company think that their sales will grow in the
country?
(A) The ability of afford high import duties by Indians who are living in rich metropolitan areas.
(B) The inclination of moneyed people towards sports car will potentially grow.
(C) The luxury car is a stipulated requirement or thriving people as it has been seen in Delhi,
Mumbai and Bengaluru.
1. Only A
2. Only B
3. Only C and A
4. Only B and C
5. Only A and B

5. What can be concluded from the passage about the buyers and sellers of Lamborghini cars?
(A) People in India have a good preference and knowledge about the Lamborghini car.
(B) Buyers are afar of sellers in India, therefore new metropolitan city was opted to launch a new
dealership.
(C) Regarding car sales competitive environment is ubiquitous in India.
1. Only A
2. Only B
3. Only C
4. Only B and C
5. Only A and B

Answer :
1. Only B and C
2. Seeking out well - heeled people who have enormously emerged in Bengaluru.
3. Lamborghini proliferates augmentation in India.
4. Only B
5. Only C

Passage 17 :
For all the killing and beheading they do on the LoC (Line of Control), we thrashed them so badly
on the cricket field yesterday,” my Uber driver told me, with a palpable tinge of pride in his voice,
the morning after the Indian cricket team won the ICC Champions Trophy match against Pakistan
on June 4. “But Pakistan has beaten India several times in the past,” I reminded the young man
who kept checking for WhatsApp messages on his smart phone at every traffic signal. “Yeah,
sometimes they (the Indian team) let us down,” he complained, irritated. I imagine that would have
been the response had I spoken to him now about India’s defeat by Pakistan in the Trophy final on
Sunday.
Notice the subject of the two references to the Indian cricket team: victory is associated with ‘we’
and defeat is associated with ‘they’ or ‘our team’. The underlying point is simple: we would like to
associate with feelings and messages of positivity, prosperity and good news. And by extension,
just as we would prefer bearing good news rather than bad news, we instinctively like those who
give us positive messages and promise acts of pride and achievement. Several psychologists
have reached these conclusions using scientific studies.
It’s basic psychology that we like to hear good things — about our country, religion, cricket team,
Olympic medals, etc. — as, they are, to some extent, an extension of our own selves. When our
team wins a match, we are winning the match. But when they lose, we instinctively try to shift the
burden of failure to the team. This desire and imagery of positivity is not limited to present
achievements alone; rather, it extends to imaginary glories of the past, revenge on the enemy,
sacrifices for collective good, among others. Politicians and political parties habitually use
symbols and images associated with positivity to gather domestic political support. “Make
America great again” and “Bharat Mata ki jai” are two of the best examples of positive messaging
in our times.
Having been in power for over three years now, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has
little to show for itself in terms of economic growth, employment generation or national security.
And yet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity has only spiked. What explains this? Part of
the answer lies in their ability to master the fine art of positive messaging by effectively fusing
national pride with our ordinary selves and daily lives. Mr. Modi’s well-televised visits to great
power capitals, accompanied by an abundance of glamour and grandeur, are choreographed to
look like our own teleported visits there, and we feel that the ‘land of snake charmers’ has finally
arrived on the world stage. From invoking ‘Gujarati asmita’ when he was the Gujarat Chief Minister
to invoking national pride today, Mr. Modi’s ability to give a positive twist to just about any
situation is unparalleled. Consider, for instance, how Mr. Modi reframed the curse of poverty with
clever word play: “I find great potential among the poor. The poor are the strength of this country.”
There are three core styles of positive messaging that the BJP typically engages in, and thereby
successfully connecting with the masses on the ground, who could do with some positive news
amidst all the anxieties of their daily lives. The language of greatness and growth are the
most prominent in the BJP’s tool kit of political messaging. The promise of “ achhe din (good
days)” galvanised the national imagination and brought Mr. Modi to power in 2014. From A.B.
Vajpayee’s “India Shining” to “ Mera Desh Badal Raha Hai, Aage Badh Raha Hai(my country is
changing, its’ moving ahead)” to calming, without any basis of course, that plastic surgery has
ancient Indian roots, BJP leaders consistently emphasis India’s lost glory, and the need to restore
that. It strikes a chord with the average Indian voter.
The BJP also uses the language of revenge for positive messaging. What makes the post-Uri
‘surgical strikes’, giving an occasional ‘ muh tod jawab (solid response)’ to Pakistan, or engaging in
a war of nerves with China attractive to the public is not any novelty about them, given that
previous governments have also done similar things, but the way these developments are
packaged to project a strong India and a stronger Prime Minister.
Third, the BJP and Mr. Modi have managed to give a positive twist to even painful, and proving to
be counter-productive, decisions by the government by using the language of sacrifice. For a
country that was distressed by scams after scams during the second United Progressive Alliance
government, Mr. Modi’s assertive and impassioned calls for making personal sacrifices to curb
corruption and terror financing came across as being driven by a national sense of purpose and
invoked our deep sense of patriotic duty.

Q.1 The subject of the two references to the Indian cricket team is:
A. victory is associated with ‘me’ and defeat is associated with ‘we’ or ‘our team’.
B. victory is not associated with ‘we’ and defeat is associated with not ‘they’ or ‘our team’.
C. victory is associated with ‘they’ or ‘our team’ and defeat is associated with ‘we’.
D. victory is associated with ‘we’ and defeat is associated with ‘they’ or ‘our team’.
E. None of these

Q.2 Which of the following statement is true? \

A. I imagine that would have been the response had you spoken to me now about India’s defeat by
Pakistan in the Trophy final on Sunday.
B. I imagine that would have been the response had I spoken to him now about Pakistan’s defeat
by England in the Trophy final on Sunday.
C. I imagine that would have been the response had I spoken to him now about England’s defeat
by Pakistan in the Trophy final on Sunday.
D. I imagine that would have been the response had I spoken to him now about India’s victory by
Pakistan in the Trophy final on Sunday.
E. I imagine that would have been the response had I spoken to him now about India’s defeat by
Pakistan in the Trophy final on Sunday.

Q.3 Arrange the following statements according to the passage.

(i) and images associated with positivity to gather domestic political support.
(ii) rather, it extends to imaginary glories of the past, revenge on the enemy,
(iii) This desire and imagery of positivity is not limited to present achievements alone;
(iv) sacrifices for collective good, among others. Politicians and political parties habitually use
symbols

A. (iii), (iv), (i), (ii)

B. (iii), (ii), (iv), (i)
C. (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)
D. (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
E. (i), (iv), (iii), (ii)

Q.4 How Mr. Modi reframed the curse of poverty with clever word play:
(i) I find great potential among the poor.
(ii) Poverty should be removed from india.
(iii) The poor are the strength of this country.”

A. (i) and (ii)

B. Only (i)
C. Only (iii)
D. (i) and (iii)
E. Only (ii)

Q.5 Which of the following statement is not true according to the passage?
(i) The BJP also uses the language of revenge for positive messaging.
(ii) The promise of “ achhe din (good days)” galvanised the national imagination and brought Mr.
Modi to power in 2014.
(iii) The language of greatness and growth are the most prominent in the BJP’s tool kit of political
messaging.

A. Only (iii)
B. (i) and (iii)
C. All are true
D. (ii) and (iii)
E. Only (ii)

Q.6 Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in
the passage.
Prominent
A. Obscure
B. Salient
C. Common
D. Inconspicuous
E. Sunken

Q.7 Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in
the passage.
Instinctively
(i). Generally
(ii) Naturally
(iii) Earned

A. Only (ii)
B. (i), (ii) and (iii)
C. (ii) and (iii)
D. Only (iii)
E. (i) and (ii)

Q.8 Choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in
the passage.
Thrash
A. Help
B. Hit
C. Cane
D. Twist
E. Beat

Answers With Solution:

1. Ans. D.
Solution:
Notice the subject of the two references to the Indian cricket team: victory is associated with ‘we’
and defeat is associated with ‘they’ or ‘our team’.
2. Ans. E.
Solution:
I imagine that would have been the response had I spoken to him now about India’s defeat by
Pakistan in the Trophy final on Sunday.
3. Ans. B
Solution:
This desire and imagery of positivity is not limited to present achievements alone; rather, it
extends to imaginary glories of the past, revenge on the enemy, sacrifices for collective good,
among others. Politicians and political parties habitually use symbols and images associated with
positivity to gather domestic political support.
4. Ans. D.
Solution:
Consider, for instance, how Mr. Modi reframed the curse of poverty with clever word play: “I find
great potential among the poor. The poor are the strength of this country.”
5. Ans. C.
Solution:
The language of greatness and growth are the most prominent in the BJP’s tool kit of political
messaging.
The promise of “ achhe din (good days)” galvanised the national imagination and brought Mr.
Modi to power in 2014.
The BJP also uses the language of revenge for positive messaging
6. Ans. B
Solution:
Prominent synonym: Salient
7. Ans. E.
Solution:
Instinctively synonyms: Generally, Naturally
8. Ans. A.
Solution:
Thrash antonym: Help
Passage 18 :
The WannaCry ransomware attack raised perplexing questions, such as who was behind it, how
did it get unleashed, and why the code was configured the way it was. The malware exploited
vulnerabilities in Windows 7 that the US National Security Agency (NSA) apparently knew about for
a few years.
At some point, these vulnerabilities were either leaked or electronically stolen, and in March, an
entity known as ShadowBrokers made them public. Microsoft very soon released an update that
removed the vulnerabilities. Windows systems have the capability to automatically install updates,
but in many corporate setups, the auto-update is disabled to give IT departments more control
over company machines. This left many machines vulnerable to the attack.

This is where the discussion moves out of the realm of the purely technical and becomes a matter
of public debate. Despite the best efforts of software companies, their products will have flaws,
including security weaknesses. Rigorous testing would prevent many exploits, but it takes too
many resources to consider every possibility.
So, independent security researchers, commercial security companies and intelligence agencies
such as the NSA specialise in trying to find weaknesses that were missed. Some researchers
privately notify software makers when they find a vulnerability, but there are also companies that
sell them; selling can be lucrative. It is believed that the FBI paid $9,00,000 to a private company to
access a locked iPhone. Intelligence agencies and even police departments have been collecting
vulnerabilities known as “zero-days”. Clearly, the motivation is to protect national interest and
public safety, yet it is worth asking what the trade-off is.
Security expert Bruce Schneier has criticised governments for hoarding zero-days. He argues that
it is better for the common good to disclose the vulnerabilities before someone else uses them for
ill. The WannaCry incident seems to bear this out. Policymakers need to dig into the claims that
zero-days are effective at preventing terrorism and crime.
Disclosing vulnerabilities doesn’t help much if the software creators don’t take timely action. In
general, large corporations such as Microsoft, Google or Apple have reacted quickly. They can do
more to publicise vulnerabilities and fixes and highlight the risk to customers if they do not
update.
Finally, a failure to update systems poses a real issue. Those individuals and organisations that
did not apply Microsoft’s update were taking a risk; whether the reasons were cost, lack of
attention or negligence, their actions had an impact on others. The reasons for making computer
software up to date are the same as vaccinating a population against diseases. Policymakers may
want computer owners to take the same approach.
One curious aspect of WannaCry is that once it enters a computer, it tries to connect to a domain
on the internet, and if it succeeds, it stops its activity. An alert cybersecurity researcher created
that domain and helped slow WannaCry’s spread. Researchers are puzzled why this “killswitch”
was left in the code. What’s worrisome is that perhaps a future variant of ransomware will try to
send contents of the disk to a remote server before locking the computer, thereby stealing
sensitive health or financial details, embarrassing photos or vital state secrets.
The targets may react to the ransom part of the attack and fail to see the data theft. This may
have already happened. In response to an RTI, the RBI said that at least one bank was attacked by
ransomware last year. If data-stealing malware targets computers in a corporate or government
network, the real damage is not to the owners of the computers but the people whose data is
exposed. In the case of government secrets, the entire country may be worse off.
Since the attack, the government has downplayed the effects on Indian systems. No private
companies have disclosed that they were affected. However, there are many cyber attacks on a
global scale and it stretches credulity to believe that Indian systems are somehow spared. The
government wants to promote Digital India and internet companies want Indians to use their
services and spend money online. For that, they need to build and keep the public’s trust.
One way to do that is by being forthright and owning up to mistakes or breaches. It would
demonstrate a level of responsibility and sophistication that people can respect.

(1). Consider the following statements regarding the Ransomware:

1. It is a Malware.
2. It has exploited vulnerabilities in Windows 10.

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 2 only
(b) Both are correct
(c) None is correct
(d) 1 only

(2). How can Software companies prevent weaknesses in their softwares?

(a) By rigorous testing.
(b) By updating their softwares.
(c) By consulting Security agencies.
(d) None of the above

(3). Which of the following statements given below is/are correct regarding the Microsoft
Windows system?
1. Windows systems have the capability to automatically install updates
2. Microsoft very soon released an update that removed the vulnerabilities(caused because of
Ransomware)
Select the correct option using the codes given below.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both are correct
(d) None is correct

(4). What are 'Zero Days'?

(a) The specific days of the year when Ransomware attacks computers.
(b) Software's Vulnerabilities.
(c) The specific days of the years when Security agencies around the world do rigorous testings
on Softwares.
(d) None of the above

(5). According to RBI, which Indian Bank has confirmed an attack by Ransomware last year?
(a) Punjab National Bank
(b) State Bank of India
(c) Bank of Baroda
(d) Not mentioned in the Passage

(6). Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in
the passage
Perplexing
(a) Explicate
(b) Enlighten
(c) Clarify
(d) Baffle

(7). Choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in
the passage
Realm
(a) Scope
(b) Kingdom
(c) Range
(d) None of the above

(8). Choose the word which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in
the passage
Dig
(a) Cultivate
(b) Excavate
(c) Till
(d) All of the above

(9). Choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in
the passage
Domain
(a) Sphere
(b) Territory
(c) Department
(d) None of the above

(10). Choose the word which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word printed in bold as used
in the passage
Breaches
(a) Intrude
(b) Infract
(c) Violate
(d) Keep

1) D 2) a 3) c 4) b 5) d 6) d 7) d 8) d 9) d 10) d
Passage 19 :
The total stress in the Indian banking system is about Rs. 14 lakh crore. In other words, this is the
amount for which loans have been given to industry and for which there is now no certainty of
repayment.
The figure is set to increase with the banking regulator recently raising a red flag over the
indebtedness of the telecom sector and asking banks to increase standard asset provisioning.
This means that even if the account is not a non-performing asset (NPA), banks have to set aside
higher capital. In fact, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked banks to identify stressed sectors
and to make higher provisions to prepare for bad days ahead.
Bad loans in the Indian banking system have almost doubled in the past year. According to
Reserve Bank of India data, gross NPA, as a percentage of gross advances, went up to 9.1% in
September 2016 from 5.1% in September 2015. In the same period, stressed assets (which is
gross NPA plus standard restructured advances and write-offs) moved up from 11.3% to 12.3%.
Some estimates suggested it had doubled since 2013. Public sector banks share a
disproportionate burden of this stress. Stressed assets in some public sector banks have
approached or even exceeded 20%.
A PARA solution
Amid the sharp rise in NPA, talks of setting up a ‘bad’ bank have been gaining momentum. The
government and the RBI are drawing up strategies on how to operationlise such a scheme. The
economic survey of 2016-17 pointed out the twin balance sheet problem — stressed companies
on one hand and NPA-laden banks on the other — and advocated a centralised Public Sector Asset
Rehabilitation Agency (PARA) be established to deal with the bad loans problem.
“Private Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) haven’t proved any more successful than banks
in resolving bad debts,” the economic survey had said while proposing the ‘bad’ bank. “But
international experience shows that a professionally-run central agency with government backing
— while not without its own difficulties — can overcome the difficulties that
have impeded progress,” it added.
One challenge private sector ARCs face is that of capital. None of the entities till now has been
allowed to tap the capital market for raising funds. Kotak Mahindra Bank, which recently took its
board’s approval to raise Rs. 5,300 crore equity said the bank also wanted to capitalise on
opportunities in acquisition and resolution of stressed assets in the banking sector including
participation in a ‘bad’ bank. Kotak Mahindra Prime and Kotak Mahindra Investments, companies
in the Kotak Mahindra Group are sponsors of the asset reconstruction company Phoenix and
together own 49% stake in it.
“The ARCs are badly capitalised. We see significant opportunity for Kotak in this,” Mr. Kotak said
adding the country would need 2-3 well-capitalised ‘bad’ banks.
Some central bank as well as government officials also admitted capital was the biggest
challenge in setting up a ‘bad’ bank. “At least Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 30,000 crore of capital will be
required to set up a bad bank in the initial stages. Where will the money come from?” asked a
senior central bank official.
Two models
RBI deputy governor Viral Acharya recently suggested two models to solve the problem of
stressed assets. The first, Private Asset Management Company (PAMC), is said to be suitable for
sectors where the stress is such that assets are likely to have economic value in the short run,
with moderate levels of debt forgiveness. Some of the sectors which this model could address
metals are telecom and textiles.
In this model, each resolution plan would get vetted and rated by at least two credit rating
agencies to assess the financial health and in terms of timeline, the banking sector may be asked
to resolve and restructure, say, its 50 largest stressed exposures in these sectors, by December
31, 2017, the deputy governor had proposed.
The second model is the National Asset Management Company (NAMC), which would be
necessary for sectors where the problem is not just one of excess capacity but possibly also of
economically unviable assets in the short- to medium-term. Mr. Acharya cited the example of the
power sector, where projects have been created to deliver aggregate capacity that is beyond the
estimated peak utilisation any time soon.
(Source: The Hindu)

(1). According to passage, what is the possible reason behind the increase of the total stress in
the Indian banking system?
(a) Indian Government is not serious about it.
(b) The banking regulator recently has raised a red flag over the indebtedness of the telecom
sector and asked banks to increase standard asset provisioning.
(c) Government has decided to waive farm loans totalling more than Rs 1 lakh crore.
(d) None of the Above

(2). Consider the following statements:

1. Bad loans in the Indian banking system have almost doubled in the past year.
2. Stressed assets in some public sector banks have approached or even exceeded 20%.
Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?
(a) Both are Correct
(b) 1 only
(c) 2 only
(d) None is Correct
(3). Why is the economic survey of 2016-17 advocated for a centralised Public Sector Asset
Rehabilitation Agency (PARA)?
(a) To deal with the Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) problem.
(b) To waive farm loans.
(c) To waive industrial loans.
(d) To deal with the bad loans problem.

(4). What is the biggest challenge in setting up of a ‘bad’ bank?

(a) Approval of the Finance Ministry.
(b) Approval of the RBI.
(c) Capital
(d) An efficient policy.

(5). Which model is suitable for stressed assets in Power Sector?

(a) Private Asset Management Company (PAMC)
(b) National Asset Management Company (NAMC)
(c) Public Sector Asset Rehabilitation Agency (PARA)
(d) None of the Above

(6). Choose the word which is Most Similar to the word printed in bold in the passage.
Amid
(a) During
(b) Separate
(c) Outside
(d) Beyond

(7). Choose the word which is Most Similar to the word printed in bold in the passage.
Momentum
(a) Lethargy
(b) Weakness
(c) Drive
(d) Stuff

(8). Choose the word which is Most Similar to the word printed in bold in the passage.
Impeded
(a) Block
(b) Advance
(c) Unclog
(d) Liberate

(9). Choose the word which is Most Opposite to the word printed in bold in the passage.
Vetted
(a) Audit
(b) Explore
(c) Sweep
(d) Ignore

(10). Choose the word which is Most Opposite to the word printed in bold in the passage.
Peak
(a) Crest
(b) Nadir
(c) Spike
(d) Aiguille

1) B 2) a 3) d 4) c 5) b 6) a 7) c 8) a 9) d 10) b

Passage 20 :
The collapse of a great wall of garbage in east Delhi’s Ghazipur area, sweeping people and
vehicles into a nearby canal, is a stark reminder that India’s neglected waste management crisis
can have deadly consequences. More than a year after the notification of the much-delayed Solid
Waste Management Rules, cities and towns are in no position to comply with its stipulations,
beginning with the segregation of different kinds of waste at source and their scientific
processing. Neither are urban local governments treating the 62 million tonnes of waste generated
annually in the country as a potential resource. They have left the task of value extraction mostly
to the informal system of garbage collectors and recyclers. Improving on the national record of
collecting only 80% of waste generated and being able to process just 28% of that quantum,
requires behaviour modification among citizens and institutions. But what is more important is
that the municipal bodies put in place an integrated system to transport and process what has
been segregated at source. The Swachh Bharat programme of the Centre has focussed too
narrowly on individual action to keep streets clean, without concurrent pressure on State and
municipal authorities to move closer to scientific management by the deadline of April 2018 set
for most places, and arrest the spread of pollution from trash.

In the absence of stakeholders at the local body level, recoverable resources embedded in
discarded materials are lost due to dumping. Organic refuse, which forms about 50% of all
garbage, readily lends itself to the generation of compost or production of methane for household
use or power generation. But it is a major opportunity lost. Organic waste that could help green
cities and feed small and affordable household biogas plants is simply being thrown away. It is
also ironic that while some countries such as Rwanda and Kenya have introduced stiff penalties
for the use of flimsy plastic bags, India is doing little to prevent them from drifting into suburban
garbage mountains, rivers, lakes and the sea, and being ingested by cattle feeding on dumped
refuse. A new paradigm is needed, in which bulk waste generators take the lead and city
managers show demonstrable change in the way it is processed. There has to be a shift away
from large budgets for collection and transport by private contractors, to the processing of
segregated garbage. As the nodal body for the implementation of the new rules, the Central
Pollution Control Board should put out periodic assessments of the preparedness of urban local
bodies in the run-up to the deadline. Without a rigorous approach, the national problem of merely
shifting city trash to the suburbs, out of sight of those who generate it, will fester and choke the
landscape. Considering that waste volumes are officially estimated to grow to 165 million tonnes
a year by 2030, many more suburbs are bound to be threatened by collapsing or burning trash
mountains.
Question 1.
Which among the following is true according to the passage?
A. The national record of collecting more than 80% of waste generated and being able to process
just 28% of that quantum requires behaviour modification among citizens and institutions.
B. the national record of collecting below 80% of waste generated and being able to process just
28% of that quantum, requires behaviour modification among citizens and institutions
C. the national record of collecting only 80% of waste generated and being able to process less
than 28% of that quantum, requires behaviour modification among citizens and institutions
D. the national record of collecting only 80% of waste generated and being able to process just
28% of that quantum, requires behaviour modification among citizens and institutions
E. all are false
Answer: D
Explanation: Improving on the national record of collecting only 80% of waste generated and being
able to process just 28% of that quantum, requires behaviour modification among citizens and
institutions

Question 2.
Which of the following can be the suitable title for the passage?
A. Mountains of garbage
B. Negligence of waste management
C. Waste management and clean India.
D. Clean India campaign
E. None of These
Answer: A
Explanation: Mountains of garbage is the suitable title for the passage.

Question 3.
Which of the following statement is/are wrong according to the passage.
I. The Swachh Bharat programme of the Centre has focussed too much on individual action to
keep streets clean.
II. Organic waste that could help green cities and feed small and affordable household biogas
plants is simply being thrown away.
III. Organic refuse, which forms more than 50% of all garbage, readily lends itself to the generation
of compost or production of methane for household use or power generation
A. Only I
B. (I) and (III)
C. Only B
D. Only C
E. (I) and(II)
Answer: option B

Question 4.
Which of the following country/countries introduced stiff penalties for the use of flimsy plastic
bags?
A. Rwanda and Kenya
B. Kenya and India
C. India
D. Rwanda
E. Kenya
Answer: A
Explanation: It is also ironic that while some countries such as Rwanda and Kenya have
introduced stiff penalties for the use of flimsy plastic bags.

Question 5.
Choose the word, which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the
passage.
Flimsy
A. Tough
B. Coarse
C. Thin
D. Lasting
E. Durable
Answer: C
Explanation: Flimsy means without material strength or solidity.

Question 6.
Choose the word, which is MOST SIMILAR in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the
passage.
Sweeping
A. far-reaching
B. Narrow
C. Restricted
D. Limited
E. Specific
Answer: A
Explanation: Sweeping means having considerable extent.
Question 7.
Choose the word, which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the
passage.
Segregation
A. Isolation
B. Solitude
C. Seclusion
D. Camaraderie
E. Separateness
Answer: D
Explanation: Segregation means the state of being alone or kept apart from others.

Question 8.
Choose the word, which is MOST OPPOSITE in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the
passage.
Embedded
A. Fixed
B. Encapsulate
C. Uproot
D. Ingrain
E. Entrench
Answer: C
Explanation: Embedded means to fix into a surrounding mass.

Seating arrangement
(Directions 1–5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Seven Persons Arun, Babu, Karthik, Kavin, Velu, Rahul and Prabhu are sitting in the linear row facing north.
They speak seven different languages Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada and Marathi but
not necessarily in the same order. No two people speak same language. Babu speaks Telugu language. Only
two persons are sitting to the left of Babu. Only one person is sitting between Babu and Kavin. Rahul sits
second to the right of Kavin. Velu speaks Marathi. Only three persons sits between Velu and Prabhu. Only
one person is sitting between Prabhu and one who speak Malayalam. One who speaks Malayalam is not
sitting at the extreme ends. Arun speaks Hindi. Velu is not the immediate neighbour of Arun. One who
speaks Bengali sits second to the right of one who speaks Kannada
1) Who among the following sits one of the extreme ends?
a) Rahul b) Velu c) Kavin 0d) Karthik e) None of these
2) Who sits second to the left of Karthik?
a) Arun b) Babu c) Prabu d) Velu e) None of these
3) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way thus forms a group. Find the one who does not belongs to the
group?

a) Velu b) Babu c) Kavin d) Karthik e) Rahul

4) Which of the following language does Karthik Speaks?

a) Malayalam b) Tamil c) Telugu d) Kannada e) None of these

5) How many persons sit to the left of the one who speaks Tamil?

a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four e) None

Directions (6-10): 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 circular table and facing outside. They like different
subjects viz. Tamil, English, Chemistry, Physics, Hindi, History, Maths and Civics but not necessarily in the
same order. A likes Hindi. D sits second to the right of A. Only two persons sit between D and B. The one
who likes Tamil sits opposite to B. Only one person sits between C and G. Only three persons sit between
the one who likes English and Civics. D does not like Civics. Only one person sits between B and C. C is not
an immediate neighbour of A. Only two persons sit between F and E. F is one of the immediate neighbour
of B. E does not like Tamil. E likes history. The one who likes Maths sits second to the right of the one who
like Chemistry. The one who likes chemistry is not an immediate neighbour of H. Only two persons sit
between F and the one who likes History.
11) Who among the following sits diagonally opposite to S?
a) D b) A c) B d) C e) None of these
12) Who among the following does not belong to the group?
a) Q b) S c) C d) D e) E
13) Who sits opposite to A?
a) P b) Q c) R d) T e) S
14) How many persons sitting between D and C?
a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four e) None
15) Who sits second right of S?
a) P b) Q c) R d) S e) T
(Directions 16–20): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Eight persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting in the circular table. Some of them are facing inside and
some of them are facing outside but not necessarily in the same order. Q sits second to the left of P. Only
two person sits between Q and S. S is not the immediate neighbour of P. U sits second to the left of W.
Only three persons are sitting between V and W. But W is not the immediate neighbour of P. S is facing
opposite direction as P. R is sitting immediate left of S. Immediate neighbour of T are facing same
direction. T is facing inside. Q sits second to the right of R. Not more than one person sitting together is
facing same direction. U is not the immediate neighborof S. U faces opposite direction that of Q. Q faces
same direction as T.
16) Who among the following sits to the immediate right of S?
a) P b) Q c) R d) T e) None of these
17) Who among the following sits opposite to R?
a) P b) U c) V d) S e) None of these
18) How many persons are facing inside?
a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four e) None of these
19) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way thus forms a group. Find the one that does not
belong to the group?
a) T b) U c) W d) S e) V
20) How many persons are sitting between Q and T when counted in clockwise direction from T?
a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four e) None
Directions (21–25): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Eleven persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J and K sits in the circle and facing the centre but not necessarily in
the same order. D sits third to the right of B and three persons sit between D and I. A does not sits near to
I. K sits second to the right of A and K does not sit near to D. Three persons sit between I and J. C sits third
to the right of K. E is not the immediate neighbour of A and D. G sits second to the left of H
21) Who sits second to the left of J?
a) F b) A c) H d) K e) D
22) How many persons sit between A and G when counted from left of A?
a) Four b) Three c) Five d) Two e) None
23) Who sits second to the right of the person who sits third to the left of H?
a) G b) C c) E d) D e) I
24)When we arrange all the persons in alphabetical order starting from A in clockwise direction (excluding
A) then the position of how many persons does not change?
a) Two b) One c) Four d) Three e) None
25) Who sits fourth to the right of F?
a) C b) G c) A d) B e) D
(Directions 26–30): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it.
There are six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U are sitting in a triangular shaped seating arrangement. Three
persons are sitting at the corner of the triangle facing outside. Three Persons are sitting at the sides of the
triangle facing inside. The persons are in different occupations lawyer, politician, doctor, teacher,
astrologer and scientist not necessarily in the same order. Two persons sit between scientist and politician.
One person sits between teacher and lawyer. Astrologer sits second to the right of the politician. U sits
second to the right of the astrologer. U and T sits adjacent to each other. S sits second to the left of T. Q
sits second to the right of politician. Teacher sits immediate left of politician. Lawyer sits at one of the
corners of the triangle. P sits to the immediate left of T. S is not a doctor.
26) Who among the following sits to the immediate right of teacher?
a) Doctor b) Lawyer c) Politician d) Astrologer e) None of these
27) Who among the following sits opposite to doctor?
a) P b) Q c) S d) T e) None of these
28) What is the occupation of R?
a) Lawyer b) Politician c) Scientist d) Teacher e) None of these
29) Who among the following sits exactly between S and R?
a) Q b) R c) U d) Cannot be determined e) Either R or U.
30) Who sits second to the left of the doctor?
a) Politician b) Doctor c) Astrologer d) Lawyer e) None of these
(Directions 31–35): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Ten persons are going to ten different cities Pune, Mumbai, Shimla, Jaipur, Chennai, Raipur, Agra, Patna,
Kolkata and Delhi not necessarily in the same order. They are sitting in two parallel rows five persons per
each row. In row 1 all are facing south and in row 2 all are facing north. The person goes to Agra sits
opposite to one who is adjacent to the person who goes to Mumbai. One person sits between Agra and
Pune. Person who goes to Chennai sits immediate right of the person who goes to Delhi. Person from
Jaipur sits one of the extreme ends of the row and also sits second to either side of the person who goes to
Delhi and both are in same row with the person who goes to Chennai. The person who goes to Mumbai
and the person who goes to Shimla are sits diagonally opposite to each other. Person who goes to Kolkata
sits second to the right of the person who goes to Raipur. Person who goes to Agra is not facing the person
who goes to Patna. Person to Patna faces north.
31) Who among the following person is not comes under the group?
a) Kolkata b) Raipur c) Mumbai d) Pune e) Agra
32) Who among the following sits opposite to the person goes to Raipur?
a) Delhi b) Kolkata c) Patna d) Mumbai e) None of these
33) Who sits to immediate left of person from Kolkata?
a) Agra b) Patna c) Pune d) Shimla e) None of these
34) Who sits between the persons who goes to Delhi and Mumbai?
a) Pune b) Chennai c) Raipur d) Delhi e) None of these
35) How many persons sit between Agra and Kolkata?
a) One b) Two c) No one d) Ten e) None of these
Directions (36-40): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below. Eight
persons are sitting in two parallel rows.
Four persons are sitting in each row. The persons sitting in Row 1 is facing north and the persons sitting in
row 2 facing south Such that each person in row 1 exactly faces the person sitting in row 2. F faces the
person who sits second to the right of G. H sits second to the left of I. H is facing N. H doesn’t sits at any
extreme ends. E and C sit in the same row. D sits in Row 1. C and F don’t sits in the same row. F and C don’t
face each other
36) Who sits second to the left of E?
a) H b) G c) I d) C e) None of these
37) What is the position of I with respect to D?
a) Immediate Left b) Second to the left c) Third to the right d) None of these
e) Immediate Right
38) Who sits opposite to the one who sits immediate right of N?
a) The one who sits immediate right of H b) The one who sits second to the right of D
c)The one who sits extreme right end of the Row d) The one who faces the
person who sits second to the right of G e) None of these
39) Four of the Five among the following are similar in such a way in their arrangement to form a group,
which one of the following doesn’t belongs to the group?
a) E b) C c) G d) I e) F
40) Which of the following statement is correct?
a) N and G are immediate neighbors b) Only one person sits between D and F
c) More than two persons sit to the left of E
d) Number of person sitting to the left of H is one less than that of number of person sits right of G
e) All of the statements are correct
(Directions 41-45): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions:
Eight persons M, R, S, Q, W, P, H and T are sitting around a circular table facing centre but not necessarily
in the same order. Each one of them has different mobile Oppo, Vivo, Nokia and Samsung. Not more than
two persons have same mobiles. Only one person sits between M and R. Two persons sit between R and Q.
Q and M are not immediate neighbours. Person sitting on opposite sides have same mobiles. R has
Samsung mobile and sits second to the right of S. The one who has Nokia mobile does not sit immediate
left of the one who has Samsung mobile. S and the one who has Oppo mobile are not immediate
neighbour. W is an immediate neighbour of the one who has Vivo mobile. The one who has Nokia mobile
sits second to the right of H. T does not have Vivo mobile.
41) Which of the following person sits third to the left of T?
a) Q b) W c)S d) The one who has Oppo mobile e) Both option (c) and option
(d)
42) How many persons sit between Q and R, when counted from right of R?
a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four e) None of these
43) If W is related to Samsung, M is related to Oppo, Q is related to which of the following?
a) Oppo b) Vivo c) Nokia d) Samsung e) Cannot be determined
44) Which of the following is true?
a) P and the one who likes Nokia are immediate neighbours
b) H and the one who likes Samsung are not immediate neighbours
c) As many persons sit between P and Q sit between R and M d) Less than two persons sit between W and
S, when counted from left of W
e) None is true
45) Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the above arrangement. Find which one
does not belongs to that group?
a) Q-Samsung b) H-Oppo c) R-Vivo d) S-Nokia e) M-Samsung
Directions (46-50): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions:
Eight persons K, H, T, E, D, W, Q and S are sitting in a square table. Four persons sit at corner and four
persons sit at middle side of the table. Person those sitting at corner faces the centre and Person those
sitting at middle side of the table faces away from the centre. Three persons sit between K and H. As many
persons sit between H and D sits between D and K. Q sits immediate left of D. Q and K are not immediate
neighbours. As many persons sit between T and W sits between W and S. W does not faces away from the
centre. H and S are not immediate neighbours. Q does not sit opposite to S.
46) How many persons sit between Q and E, when counted from left of Q?
a) One b) Two c) Four d) Three e) None of these
47) Which of the following statement is true?
a) E sits third to the right of S b ) W sits opposite to D c ) As many persons sit between Q and H
sits between D and S d) Only one person sits between T and S e) None is true
48) Which of the following person sits fifth to the left of S?
a) Q b) The one who is Immediate left of T c) The one who is Immediate left of Q
d) The one who is Second to the right of D e ) None of these
49) If all the persons are made to sit alphabetically from D in clockwise direction, then how many persons
remain unchanged?
A) None b) One c) Two d) Three e) None of these
50) Who sits second to the left of the one who sits opposite to E?
a) K b) Q c) T d) H e) None of these
Error detection
Directions: The given sentence has been broken up into four different parts. The error, if any, will be in any
one part of the sentence. Select the option which contains the part of the sentence which has an error
(spelling, grammatical or contextual). If there is no error, choose option E.
1) Parts of northern France were also (A) / put in drought alert, with (B) / water supplies to
businesses, (C) / farmers and ordinary residents restricted. (D) / No error (E)
(A). Parts of northern France were also (B). put in drought alert, with (C). water supplies to
businesses, (D). farmers and ordinary residents restricted. (E). No error
(2). As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) points out, (A) / drawing over large amounts
of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (B) / is essential if we are to stand any chance of preventing (C) /
more than 1. 5C or even 2C of global heating. (D) / No Error(E)
(A). As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) points out,
(B). drawing over large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
(C). is essential if we are to stand any chance of preventing
(D). more than 1. 5C or even 2C of global heating. (E). No error
3) We hypothesized that the (A) / trustworthyness of the original source (B) / might be an element that
contributed to the (C) / accuracy of people’s judgment about online images. (D) / No error (E)
(A). We hypothesized that the (B). trustworthyness of the original source
(C). might be an element that contributed to the (D). accuracy of people’s judgment about online images.
E). No error
(4). Local gold prices hit a record 35,960 rupees per 10 grams (A) / on Tuesday, having jumped more than
(B) / 10 percent over the past month, rising in lines with (C) / international prices on tensions in the Middle
East. (D) / No error (E)
(A). Local gold prices hit a record 35,960 rupees per 10 grams
(B). on Tuesday, having jumped more than
(C). 10 percent over the past month, rising in lines with
(D). international prices on tensions in the Middle East.
(E). No error
(5). Farmers like Baburao Tadas from Wardha district in Maharashtra (A) / is praying for normal monsoon
rains after (B) / their incomes were hit by erratic weather and (C) / lower crop prices over the past few
years. (D) / No error (E)
(A). Farmers like Baburao Tadas from Wardha district in Maharashtra
(B). is praying for normal monsoon rains after
(C). their incomes were hit by erratic weather and
(D). lower crop prices over the past few years. (E). No error
(6). This is an egregious example (A) / of the worst inequalities of (B) / the housing crisis, but (C) / also not
as unusual as you may think. (D) / No error (E)
(A). This is an egregious example
(B). of the worst inequalities of
(C). the housing crisis, but
(D). also not as unusual as you may think.
(E). No error
(7). Lower purchases by India, (A) / the world’s second big consumer after China, (B) / could limit a rally in
global prices (C) / that hit a 6-year high earlier this week. (D) / No error (E)
(A). Lower purchases by India,
(B). the world’s second big consumer after China,
(C). could limit a rally in global prices that
(D). hit a 6-year high earlier this week.
(E). No error
(8). The company wants to stay in (A) / the fossil fuel business, but it needs (B) / to fend for the regulation
(C) / that might threaten this business. (D) / No error (E)
(A). The company wants to stay in
(B). the fossil fuel business, but it needs
(C). to fend for the regulation
(D). that might threaten this business.
(E). No error
(9). A set of eminent statisticians (A) / jumped the fray, (B) / vehemently defending their (C) / colleagues
and their findings. (D) / No error (E)
(A). A set of eminent statisticians
(B). jumped the fray,
(C). vehemently defending their
(D). colleagues and their findings.
(E). No error
(10). She is expected to abide to a checklist (A) / taped to the back of the front door, which insists (B) / that
hair straighteners are turned off and lists the various doors, (C) / windows and skylights that must be
locked prior to leaving. (D) / No error (E)
(A). She is expected to abide to a checklist
(B). taped to the back of the front door, which insists
(C). that hair straighteners are turned off, and lists the various doors,
(D). windows and skylights that must be locked prior to leaving. (
E). No error
(11). The RBI rules led to an aggressively (A) / lobbying effort from the United States government and
American companies (B) / who said the directive would increase infrastructure costs (C) / and hurt firms’
investment plans. (D) / No error (E)
(A). The RBI rules led to an aggressively
(B). lobbying effort from the United States government and American companies
(C). who said the directive would increase infrastructure costs
(D). and hurt firms’ investment plans.
(E). No error
(12). The index is a useful tool as it helps identify (A) / the problems as well as the success stories (B) / and
provides an opportunity for states to learn (C) / from each other’s successes as well as failures. (D) / No
error (E)
(A). The index is a useful tool as it helps identify
(B). the problems as well as the success stories
(C). and provides an opportunity for states to learn
(D). from each other’s successes as well as failures.
(E). No error
(13). Demand usual picks up (A) / in the second half of (B) / the year due to (C) / the wedding season. (D) /
No error (E)
(A). Demand usual picks up
(B). in the second half of
(C). the year due to
(D). the wedding season.
(E). No error
(14). Even India is (A) / feeling the pinches (B) / and it has increasingly (C) / weighed on business
confidence. (D) / No error (E)
(A). Even India is
(B). feeling the pinches
(C). and it has increasingly
(D). weighed on business confidence.
(E). No error
(15). While the tooth fairy continues to lag ahead (A) / tech developments, there are already piggy bank
apps, (B) / ones for pocket money with contactless cards, and (C) / schools use cashless payment systems
for lunches and trips. (D) / No error (E)
(A). While the tooth fairy continues to lag ahead
(B). tech developments, there are already piggy bank apps,
(C). ones for pocket money with contactless cards, and
(D). schools use cashless payment systems for lunches and trips.
(E). No error
(16). Parties were counselled (A) / to advice new (B) / entrants to (C) / refrain from heckling. (D) / No error
(E)
(A). Parties were counselled
(B). to advice new
(C). entrants to
(D). refrain from heckling.
(E). No error
(17). These restrictive ads amply (A) / underline the extent to which power, (B) / like wealth, is (C) /
concentrated in the hands of landlords. (D) / No error (E)
(A). These restrictive ads amply
(B). underline the extent to which power, (
C). like wealth, is
(D). concentrated in the hands of landlords.
(E). No error
(18). The new Government has made a good beginning by (A) / turning its front on dubious statistics and
(B) / officially endorsing the unflattering unemployment figures (C) / and marking down the GDP for the
January-March quarter. (D) / No error (E)
(A). The new Government has made a good beginning by
(B). turning its front on dubious statistics and
(C). officially endorsing the unflattering unemployment figures (
D). and marking down the GDP for the January-March quarter.
(E). No error
(19). Most people are used in (A) / abiding by rules (B) / and good manners (C) / when cohabiting with
others. (D) / No error (E)
(A). Most people are used in
(B). abiding by rules
(C). and good manners
(D). when cohabiting with others.
(E). No error
(20). There is a tendency among legislators to seek greener pastures (A) / at a time of crisis for their
parties, but the nature of these defections (B) / suggest that this was not a simple case of leaving a party
(C) / whose political strength had considerably diminished. (D) / No error (E)
(A). There is a tendency among legislators to seek greener pastures
(B). at a time of crisis for their parties, but the nature of these defections
(C). suggest that this was not a simple case of leaving a party
(D). whose political strength had considerably diminished.
(E). No error
(21). Weather scientists say (A) / the initial phase of the monsoon (B) / was marred by (C) / adverse
climactic conditions (D) / No error (E)
(A). Weather scientists say
(B). the initial phase of the monsoon
(C). was marred by
(D). adverse climactic conditions.
(E). No error
(22). People whom are (A) / concerned can avoid products (B) / that contain triclosan by (C) / reading the
labels. (D) / No error (E)
(A). People whom are
(B). concerned can avoid products
(C). that contain triclosan by
(D). reading the labels. (E). No error
(23). With temperatures in northern Spain and southern France (A) / set of exceed 44C, governments
urged their citizens (B) / to take the utmost precaution, warning that (C) / in some areas the worst was yet
to come. (D) / No error (E)
(A). With temperatures in northern Spain and southern France
(B). set of exceed 44C, governments urged their citizens
(C). to take the utmost precaution, warning that
(D). in some areas the worst was yet to come.
(E). No error
(24). The US may want to pass laws about (A) / Hong Kong’s special position, but with (B) / US and China
now at logerheads, Hong Kong residents (C) / will have to decide where their ultimate loyalty lies. (D) / No
error (E)
(A). The US may want to pass laws about
(B). Hong Kong’s special position, but with
(C). US and China now at logerheads, Hong Kong residents
(D). will have to decide where their ultimate loyalty lies.
(E). No error
(25). Li and colleagues examined data on 1,848 women in the U. S. and found that (A) / those with the
highest levels of triclosan in (B) / their urine were two and a half times as likely to have (C) / osteoporosis
than women with the lowest triclosan levels. (D) / No error (E)
(A). Li and colleagues examined data on 1,848 women in the U. S. and found that
(B). those with the highest levels of triclosan in
(C). their urine were two and a half times as likely to have
(D). osteoporosis than women with the lowest triclosan levels.
(E). No error
(26). This is not something that (A) / India would be able to forgo, (B) / however much the US (C) / might
oppose it. (D) / No error (E)
(A). This is not something that
(B). India would be able to forgo,
(C). however much the US
(D). might oppose it.
(E). No error
(27). Some municipalities like Chennai, Mumbai and Hyderabad (A) / were forced to cutting water supplies
(B) / to ensure their reserves lasted until (C) / monsoon rains replenished reservoirs. (D) / No error (E)
(A). Some municipalities like Chennai, Mumbai and Hyderabad
(B). were forced to cutting water supplies
(C). to ensure their reserves lasted until
(D). monsoon rains replenished reservoirs.
(E). No error
(28). The United Airlines has suspended it’s services (A) / between Newark and Mumbai (B) / amid
heightened tensions (C) / in the Gulf of Oman. (D) / No error (E)
(A). The United Airlines has suspended it’s services
(B). between Newark and Mumbai
(C). amid heightened tensions
(D). in the Gulf of Oman.
(E). No error
(29). Other than RBI’s directive for payment companies, (A) / India has also drafted an overarching law on
(B) / data storage which calls out all personal data (C) / determined to be critical to be processed locally.
(D) / No error (E)
A). Other than RBI’s directive for payment companies,
(B). India has also drafted an overarching law on
(C). data storage which calls out all personal data
(D). determined to be critical to be processed locally.
(E). No error
30). The threat of El Nino (A) / has now ebbed, (B) / which had helped the (C) / monsoon regain
momentum. (D) / No error (E)
(A). The threat of El Nino
(B). has now ebbed,
(C). which had helped the
(D). monsoon regain momentum.
(E). No error
(31). The sowing of summer crops (A) / such as rice, soybeans and corn (B) / have been (C) / lagging as a
result. (D) / No error (E)
(A). The sowing of summer crops
(B). such as rice, soybeans and corn
(C). have been lagging
(D). as a result.
(E). No error
(32). The Indian monsoon has been (A) / progressing slow with rainfall 37% (B) / below average since (C) /
the start of the season on June 1. (D) / No error (E)
(A). The Indian monsoon has been
(B). progressing slow with rainfall 37%
(C). below average since
(D). the start of the season on June 1.
(E). No error
(33). The medical fraternity (A) / fears that the law (B) / would be adversely (C) / used against it. (D) / No
error (E)
(A). The medical fraternity
(B). fears that the law
(C). would be adversely
(D). used against it
(E). No error
(34). The biggest platforms for budding (A) / singers in today’s age (B) / are reality shows but they’re (C) / a
dime in dozen. (D) / No error (E)
(A). The biggest platforms for budding
(B). singers in today’s age
(C). are reality shows but they’re
(D). a dime in dozen.
(E). No error
(35). At least four people died in (A) / bathing accidents in (B) / different parts in the (C) / country on
Wednesday. (D) / No error (E)
(A). At least four people died in
(B). bathing accidents in
(C). different parts in the
(D). country on Wednesday
(E). No error
(36). Without strong public support, you end up with (A) / weak governments and beleaguered civil
servants, (B) / including the much vaunted police force, being caught (C) / daily in the media in an
acusatory meat grinder. (D) / No error (E)
(A). Without strong public support, you end up with
(B). weak governments and beleaguered civil servants,
(C). including the much vaunted police force, being caught
(D). daily in the media in an acusatory meat grinder.
(E). No error
(37). Chennai’s aspirations to grow into (A) / a global economic hub (B) / appear considerable weakened
(C) / as it struggles to find water. (D) / No error (E)
(A). Chennai’s aspirations to grow into
(B). a global economic hub
(C). appear considerable weakened
(D). as it struggles to find water.
(E). No error
(38). The immediate priority for the government should be (A) / to fix the country’s dysfunctional and
inefficient (B) / healthcare system, starting with provision of (C) / clean drinking water, sanitation and
nutrition. (D) / No error (E)
(A). The immediate priority for the government should be
(B). to fix the country’s dysfunctional and inefficient
(C). healthcare system, starting with provision of
(D). clean drinking water, sanitation and nutrition.
(E). No error
(39). The local fire service has (A) / warned that devices should (B) / not be charged on (C) / potentially
unflammable surfaces (D) / No error (E)
(A). The local fire service has
(B). warned that devices should
(C). not be charged on
(D). potentially unflammable surfaces.
(E). No error
(40). It’s possible that triclosan exposure could trigger changes (A) / in the production of thyroid hormones
and estrogen (B) / that interrupts normal skeletal development and (C) / maintenance of healthy bones as
women age. (D) / No error (E)
(A). It’s possible that triclosan exposure could trigger changes
(B). in the production of thyroid hormones and estrogen
(C). that interrupts normal skeletal development and
(D). maintenance of healthy bones as women age.
(E). No error
(41). Most schools in Paris (A) / will stay open (B) / until the summer holidays (C) / start after Friday
afternoon. (D) / No error (E)
(A). Most schools in Paris
(B). will stay open
(C). until the summer holidays
(D). start after Friday afternoon.
(E). No error
(42). Though economic development does bear (A) / with the health condition of the nation in (B) / the
wider canvas, it is the will and determination (C) / to act that is of paramount importance. (D) / No error (E)
(A). Though economic development does bear
(B). with the health condition of the nation in
(C). the wider canvas, it is the will and determination
(D). to act that is of paramount importance.
(E). No error
43). Expecting prospective tenants to live (A) / under a quasi-feudal regime (B) / reflects the power wielded
by (C) / landlords in our centric-property society (D) / No error (E)
(A). Expecting prospective tenants to live
(B). under a quasi-feudal regime
(C). reflects the power wielded by
(D). landlords in our centric-property society.
(E). No error
44). What is clear is that State governments now have (A) / greater resources in their command under the
new scheme (B) / of financial devolution, and, in partnership with the Centre, (C) / they must use the funds
to transform primary health care. (D) / No error (E)
(A). What is clear is that State governments now have
(B). greater resources in their command under the new scheme
(C). of financial devolution, and, in partnership with the Centre,
(D). they must use the funds to transform primary health care.
(E). No error
(45). The El Nino phenomenon had started developing (A) / which delayed the offset of the (B) / southwest
monsoon by a week and (C) / severely retarded its northward movement. (D) / No error (E)
(A). The El Nino phenomenon had started developing
(B). which delayed the offset of the
(C). southwest monsoon by a week and
(D). severely retarded its northward movement.
(E). No error
(46). The RBI clarification comes days after India’s commerce ministry, (A) / following a meeting with
technology and payment companies, (B) / said the central bank would “look into” (C) / concerns raised by
the industry. (D) / No error (E)
(A). The RBI clarification comes days after India’s commerce ministry,
(B). following a meeting with technology and payment companies,
(C). said the central bank would “look into”
(D). concerns raised by the industry
(E). No error
(47). Describing the Modi-Abe meeting as warm, (A) / Gokhale said the two leaders were old friends and
(B) / they had cordially and fruitful discussions on (C) / the entire gamut of bilateral relationship. (D) / No
error (E)
(A). Describing the Modi-Abe meeting as warm,
(B). Gokhale said the two leaders were old friends
(C). and they had cordially and fruitful discussions on
(D). the entire gamut of bilateral relationship.
(E). No error
(48). The main factors that determined (A) / whether a person could correctly perceive (B) / each image as
a fake was their level of (C) / experience with the internet and digital photography. (D) / No error (E)
(A). The main factors that determined
(B). whether a person could correctly perceive
(C). each image as a fake was their level of
(D). experience with the internet and digital photography.
(E). No error
(49). Despite of the burst of interest in caps and (A) / bucket hats recently, the concept of (B) / a more
decorative designer hat hasn’t (C) / looked this likely to take off in years. (D) / No error (E)
(A). Despite of the burst of interest in caps and
(B). bucket hats recently, the concept of
(C). a more decorative designer hat hasn’t
(D). looked this likely to take off in years.
(E). No error
(50). Some observers have pointed out that the (A) / coastal expeditions will be much small (B) / than
previous research hunts and would save hundreds (C) / of whales that Japan once caught in more distant
waters. (D) / No error (E)
(A). Some observers have pointed out that the
(B). coastal expeditions will be much small
(C). than previous research hunts and would save hundreds
(D). of whales that Japan once caught in more distant waters.
(E). No error

Fillers

Directions (1-9): Each question below has one blank, which is indicating that something has been omitted.
Find out which option can be used to fill up the blank in the sentence to make it meaningfully complete.
1. Digital services have made great __________ into India with the triumvirate of mobile phones, Aadhaar
and unified payments interface (UPI).
(a) Debacle (b) Prospective (c) Inroads (d) Slumped (e) Waver
2. Many animals have a colour __________ ability that is far beyond our comprehension, for example, the
Mantis Shrimp.
(a) Dabble (b) Mode (c) Realm (d) Perception (e) Seizure
3. The world’s most powerful super computer today can ___________ 148,000 trillion operations in a
second.
(a) Rekindle (b) Wrecked (c) Affable (d) Juggle (e) None of these.
4. Amazon fires were caused by __________ who wanted to use the land for cattle grazing and farming. (a)
Ranchers (b) Dement (c) Frenzy (d) Conjecture (e) None of these.
5. India’s recent decision to ___________ Prime Minister’s visit to Turkey scheduled for later this year
contradicts the fundamental principle of policymaking.
(a) Fall through (b) Draw up (c) Put off (d) Clamp down on (e) Clam up
Directions (6-10): In each of the question given below, a statement has been given with a blank. Five words
have been given in the options following the statement. Choose the most appropriate word that could fit
in the statement to make it contextually meaningful and grammatically correct.
6. Factory output continued to contract in July, ____________ marginally slower than in June, reflecting
the depressed economic conditions as the pandemic rages on.
(a) Notwithstanding (b) Subsequently (c) Simultaneously (d) Nevertheless (e)
Albeit
7. The manufacture of pharmaceuticals climbed 22% in July, making it the _______________ product to
post an expansion of 1.8% over April-July.
(a) Suffix (b) System (c) Solitary @cetexamgroup (d) Stiffen (e) Solidarity
8. In our ____________ with managing the COVID-19 pandemic, we should not lose sight of special issues
that may pose problems for women in the reproductive age group.
(a) Persecution (b) Preoccupation (c) Prohibition (d) Premonition (e) None of these.
9. The ongoing crisis in eastern Ladakh has raised many issues on the range and _____________ of India-
China relations.
(a) Transitional (b) Tranquility (c) Transient (d) Trajectory (e) None of these.
10. Some experts argue that the ______________ of the current problem lies in the first agreement signed
between India and China in 1993.
(a) Gerund (b) Germane (c) Genesis (d) Genetics (e) None of these
Directions (11-25):
11. Drug abuse, unemployment and _______________ are among the many difficulties facing our
communities.
(a) Abilities (b) Grovel (c) Prejudice (d) Refractory (e) Dregs
12. His illness was concealed from the American public in the __________ period after the end of the First
World War.
(a) acceptance (b) appeared (c) analyzed (d) Commiserate (e) Fraught
13. I have gone through financial ruin, personal _________________, the distress and dismay of my family.
(a) official (b) evidence (c) criticism (d) area (e) disease
14. Eating too much of junk food can be a _____________ to your health.
(a) Detriment (b) Abjure (c) persistent (d) evolving (e) Inflammatory
15. Most strains of the bacteria are _________________, but some can cause serious food poisoning.
(a) Machination (b) strong (c)stubborn (d) harmless (e) powerful
Directions (16-20): In each of the question given below, a statement has been given with a blank. Five
words have been given in the options following the statement. Choose the most appropriate word that
could fit in the statement to make it contextually meaningful and grammatically correct.
16. More than a year after the 17th Lok Sabha was constituted, the constitutionally _________ post of
Deputy Speaker is lying vacant.
(a) Mason (b) Mansion (c) Manipulate (d) Mandated (e) None of these
17. The ______________ crisis in eastern Ladakh has raised many issues on the range and trajectory of
India-China relations.
(a) Omission (b) Onus (c) Ongoing (d) Onslaught (e) None of these
18. In our _____________with managing the COVID-19 pandemic, we should not lose sight of special
issues that may pose problems for women in the reproductive age group.
(a) Perpetuator (b) Persecution (c) Preceptor (d) Preoccupation (e) None of these
19. Factory output continued to contract in July, albeit marginally ____________ than in June.
(a) Slower (b) Sever (c) Secluded (d) Sedition (e) None of these
20. It has been clearly _____________ that if mothers are infected close to the time of delivery, the virus
can infect the placenta.
(a) Derail (b) Dire (c) Disposed (d) Demonstrated (e) None of these

21. Income support goes a long way in providing security to those left out of the _____________.

A. Mainstream B. Slow C. Fast D. Growing E. Growth

Ans. A.

22. They work only when they are ____________by other enabling changes, each of which
addresses key elements of the poverty syndrome in India.

A. Caught B. Feared C. discouraged D. accompanied E. Covet

Ans. A.

23)Sivakumar where are you? _____, up this tree.

(A) There am I (B) There I am (C) Here I am (D) Here am I

24) This book is quite similar _____
(A) with the ‘ Treasure Island’ (B) of that film we saw at school
(C) to the one I read last week (D) than a story told by our teacher
25) I don’t know the time _____
(A) when the accident had happened (B) when the accident happened
(C) at which the accident happened (D) the accident happened
26) When I met her last year _____
(A) she had been married since five years (B) she was married five year s ago
(C) she had been married for five years (D) she had married since five years
27)The income tax raid was too sudden _____
(A) so that the man escaped (B) for the man escaping
(C) then the man escaped (D) for the man to escape
28) _____ at all is doubtful.
(A) Whether he will come (B) If he will come (C) He will come (D) His coming
29)Anything in this shop can be bought, _____
(A) Can’t it? (B) Can’t anything? (C) Can’t we? (D) Can’t all?
30)My mother is so poor ______
(A) that she cannot buy food for us (B) to get medical help for my father
(C) because she will not work (D) to send me to school
31) I shall see him ______
(A) before I would be leaving for England (B) before I have left for England
(C) before I shall leave for England (D) before I leave for England
32) He tames animals because he _____
(A) hates them (B) is fond of them (C) is afraid of them (D) seldom loves them
33)In order to raise the company’s profit, the employees _____
(A) offered to work over time without any compensation
(B) decided to raise the cost of raw material
(C) decided to go on paid holidays (D) demanded two additional increments
34)How much a man earns is as important as _____
(A) why does he earn of all (B) when does he do so (C) how does he do it (D) where does he earn
35)Unless you work very hard, _____
(A) you will not be successful (B) you are not being successful
(C) you be not successful (D) you ought to be successful
36)With great difficulty, _____
(A) he could get annoyed. (B) he could keep his cool. (C) he could lose his temper.
(D) he could not tolerate his nonsense.
37)He seized control of the country _____
(A) by diplomacy and being forceful (B) by being a diplomat and forceful
(C) not only because of diplomacy but force (D) by using diplomacy and force
38) Seeing that the child was ill, the _____
(A) bottle of medicine was found empty (B) mother sent for the doctor
(C) doctor was sent for (D) windows of the room were closed
39) Unless you work very hard, _____
(a) you will not be successful
(b) (b) you are not being successful
(c) (c) you be not successful
(d) (d) you ought to be successful
Ans: A you will not be successful
40) With great difficulty, _____
(a) he could get annoyed.
(b) he could keep his cool.
(c) he could lose his temper.
(d) he could not tolerate his nonsense.
Ans: B he could keep his cool.
41) He seized control of the country _____
(a) by diplomacy and being forceful
(b) (b) by being a diplomat and forceful
(c) (c) not only because of diplomacy but force
(d) (d) by using diplomacy and force
Ans: D by using diplomacy and force
42) Seeing that the child was ill, the _____
(a) bottle of medicine was found empty
(b) (b) mother sent for the doctor
(c) (c) doctor was sent for
(d) (d) windows of the room were closed
Ans: B mother sent for the doctor
43) One of you must help me, _____
(a) Mustn’t you?
(b) Won’t you?
(c) Wouldn’t you?
(d) Shan’t you?
Ans: A Mustn’t you?

DATA INTERPRETION

Directions (1-5): Study the following the pie-chart and table carefully to answer the questions
given below:
The following pie-chart shows the distribution of the monthly family budget of a person.
The following table shows the further distribution (in percent) of the above-mentioned items
among the five family members i.e P (the person himself), W (his wife), Rahul (son), Rohit (son),
and Preeti (his daughter). His monthly family budget is Rs. 1,20,000

1. What is the average expenses of P?

1. Rs. 5620
2. Other than the given options
3. Rs. 5640
4. Rs. 5460
5. Rs. 5480

2. What is the approximate percentage increase in the amount Which Rahul enjoys for
entertainment as compared to Preeti for the same?
1. 33%
2. 31%
3. Other than the given options
4. 37%
5. 35%

3. The average expenses of Rohit is approximately what percent of the average expenses of W
(Wife)?
1. 76.4%
2. 81.5%
3. 79.5%
4. 83.5%
5. Other than the given options
4. Find the difference (in percentage of the budget) between the average expenses of Education
and the average expenses on Entertainment of the couple?
1. 1.3%
2. 0.9%
3. 2%
4. Other than the given options
5. 2.5%

5. The total amount spent by Rahul on Travelling and Food is approximately what percent of the
total amount spent by Preeti on Education and Food?
1. Other than the given options
2. 168%
3. 171%
4. 175%
5. 174%

Directions (1-5): Study the pie-charts carefully and answer the questions given below:
The following pie-charts show the run scored by a batsman against different countries in one-day
internationals (ODI) and Twenty (T20) world cup matches. Runs scored by the batsman in ODI and
T20 are 2800 and 2000 respectively.

1. If the batsman played 14 innings against Sri lanka in ODI and remained not out in 5 innings.
Find his average runs scored against Sri lanka.
1. 28
2. 24
3. 26
4. Other than the given options
5. 22

2. Runs scored by the batsman against New Zealand in T20 matches are approximately what
percent of the runs scored against Pakistan in ODI?
1. 64%
2. 66%
3. 62%
4. Other than the given options
5. 68%
3. In case of which of the following countries, the difference between the runs scored in ODI and
T20 is the second lowest?
1. Sri lanka
2. Pakistan
3. South Africa
4. WI
5. Other than the given options

4. The runs scored by the batsman against WI in T20 is approximately what percent of the runs
scored against Australia in ODI?
1. Other than the given options
2. 71%
3. 75%
4. 73%
5. 69%

5. If the batsman had scored 280 runs against Pakistan in T20 matches, What would habv been
its percentage in the T20 match, if the total runs scored in T20 remains the same?
1. Other than the given options
2. 12%
3. 16%
4. 14%
5. 10%

Directions (Q.1-5):- Study the following graph and answer the following questions:-
Total students in Six different schools:-

Q.1 What is the average of girls in all school?

A. 1375
B. 1275
C. 1225
D. 1350
E. None of these

Q.2 What is the difference between the boys in school F and the girls in school D?
A. 600
B. 700
C. 400
D. 200
E. None of these

Q.3 If in school E 30% students got first division, 28% students got second division, 26% students
got third division and rest did not pass. Find the failed students.
A. 1000
B. 900
C. 940
D. 960
E. None of these

Q.4 What is the ratio between girls in school B and boys in school C?
A. 8:5
B. 5:8
C. 6:7
D. 7:6
E. None of these

Q.5 The boys in school B and C is approximately what % of total no. of boys?
A. 23
B. 28
C. 38
D. 40
E. None of these
Directions (1-5): Study the following line graph carefully and answer the questions given below:

Ques 1. The percentage increase or decrease in the income of company C₂ is highest in which of
the following years?
1. 2013
2. 2012
3. 2011
4. 2009
5. 2010

Ques 2. If the expenditure of company C₁ in the year2009 was Rs. 2.25 lakh, then what was the
profit percentage of C₁ in that year?
1. 124%
2. 112%
3. 122%
4. 108%
5. 118%

Ques 3. If the profit percentage of company C₂ in the year 2011 is 20%, what was its expenditure
in that year? (in Rs, lakh)
1. 5.83
2. 4.58
3. 4.12
4. 6.83
5. 3.45

Ques 4. What is the average income of company C₃ over all the years? (in Rs. lakh)
1. 4.63
2. 3.83
3. 4.83
4. 4.23
5. 4.18

Ques 5. What was the approximate percentage increase in the income of company C₁ in the year
2010 as compared with the year 2008?
1. 40%
2. 36%
3. 32.5%
4. 34.75%
5. 31%
Directions (1-6): Study the following line graph carefully and answer the questions given below:

Assuming that there is no fixed component and all the units produced are sold in the same year.
 1) In which of the following years is per unit cost the maximum?
1. 2009
2. 2010
3. 2007
4. 2011
5. 2013

2) What is the average cost during the period 2007 to 2014?

1. Rs. 1600.5
2. Rs. 1862.5
3. Rs. 1962.5
4. Rs. 1752.5
5. Rs. 1662.5

3) If the SP per unit decreases by 20% during 2007 to 2010 and the cost per unit increases by
20% during 2011 to 2014. then during how many years is there no profit or loss?
1. None
2. One
3. Two
4. Four
5. Three

4) What is the average of quantities sold during the period 2008 to 2012?
1. 146
2. 144
3. 154
4. 150
5. 158

5) if the SP per unit decreased by 25% during 2007 to 2010 and the CP per unit increased by
25% during 2011 to 2014 then the cumulative profit for the entire period 2007 to 2014
decreased by:
1. Rs. 5725
2. Rs. 5125
3. Rs. 5225
4. Rs. 5600
5. Rs. 5825

Directions (1-5): Study the line graph carefully and answer the following questions:
The graph given below represents the production (in tonnes) and sales (in tonnes of a company 'A'
from 2010-15.
The table given below shows the ratio of the production (in tonnes) of company A to the
production (in tonnes) of company B, and the ratio of the sales (in tonnes) of company A to the
sales (in tonnes) of company B.

1. In which of the following year is the percentage increase/ decrease in the production of
company A from the previous year the second highest?
1. 2012
2. 2011
3. 2014
4. 2010
5. 2015

2. The total sale of company A in all the years together is approximately what percent of the total
production of company A?
1. 61.5%
2. Other than the given options
3. 63.5%
4. 65%
5. 67%

3. What is the average production of company B in all the years together?

1. 675 tonnes
2. 680 tonnes
3. 690 tonnes
4. 655 tonnes
5. other than the given options

4. What is the total sale of company B in all the years together?

1. 3182 tonnes
2. 3072 tonnes
3. Other than the given options
4. 3192 tonnes
5. 3172 tonnes

5. What is the ratio of production of company B in 2010 to the production of company A in 2012?
1. 77:62
2. 80:79
3. 80:61
4. 80:63
5. 79:63

Directions (1-7: Study the graph carefully and answer the following questions:

The graph given below represents the production (in tonnes) and sales ( in tonnes) of a company
from 2009-2014

The table given below represents the ratio of the production (in tonnes) by company A to the
production (in tonnes) by company B; and the ratio of the sales ( in tonnes) by company A to the
sales (in tonnes) by company B.
1) What is the approximate percentage increase in the production of company A from the year
2012 to the production of company A in the year 2013?
1. 33%
2. 30%
3. 36%
4. 26%
5. 28%

2) What is the average production of company B (in tonnes) from the year 2009 to the year 2014?
1. 368
2. 362.5
3. 378.5
4. 372.5
5. 376

3) The sales of company A in the year 2012 was approximately what percent of the production of
company A in the same year?
1. 44%
2. 40%
3. 36%
4. 38%
5. 42%

4) What is the ratio of the total production (in tonnes) of company A to the total sales (in tonnes)
of company B in all the years together?
1. 161:126
2. 161:125
3. 161:123
4. 169: 126
5. 158: 126

5) What is the average sales of company A from the year 2009 to the year 2014?
1. 254
2. 243
3. 234
4. 256
5. 248

6) What is the ratio of production of company B in the year 2009 to the production of company B
in the year 2011?
1. 9:10
2. 6:7
3. 7:8
4. 5:6
5. 8:9

7) What was the approximate percentage more in the production of company B in the year 2014
as compared with the production of Company A in the year 2014?
1. 6%
2. 7%
3. 8%
4. 10%
5. 12%
Directions (1-5): Study the following bar graphs to answer the questions given below:
Income of railways from the Super fast trains and Express trains

Total Expenditure of the Railway on both (Super fast trains and Express trains ) [Profit = Income -
Expenditure]

1. In which of the following years is the percentage increase/ decrease in the percentage
increase/decrease in the total income of the Railways the maximum in comparison to its pevious
year?
1. 2012 - 13
2. 2014 -15
3. 2011-12
4. 2013-14
5. Both 1) and 3)

2. In which of the following years is the profit of hte Railways the maximum?
1. 2011-12
2. 2012-13
3. 2013-14
4. Other than the given options
5. 2010- 11
3. In hoe many years is the income from Express trains less than the average income the Express
trains in all the given years together?
1. 3
2. 1
3. None
4. Other than the given options
5. 2

4. What is the approxiamate percentage income from Super fast train in 2011-12 in comparison
to the total income from Super fast trains for all the given years?
1. Other than the given options
2. 24%
3. 28%
4. 20%
5. 29%

5. The total expenditure of the Railways on both the trains is approximately what percent of the
total income of the Railway from both the trains for all the given years together?
1. 83.7%
2. 81.6%
3. Other than the given options
4. 78.9%
5. 86.7%

Direction (1-5): Study the bar graph and line graph carefully to answer the questions given below.
The bar graph shows the number of males and females (in thousand) in town X during the
givenyears.

The line graph shows the number of males and females (in thousand) in town Y during the given
years.
1. What is the ratio of the average number of males in town X to the average of males in town Y
for the given period?
1. 269:282
2. 265:281
3. 265:283
4. 265:282
5. Other than the given options

2. In which of the following years, is the percentage increase or decrease in the number of
females for town Y the minimum?
1. 2015
2. 2014
3. 2012
4. 2013
5. Both 1) and 2)

3. The population o town X in 2011 and 2012 together is approximately what per cent of the
population of town Y in 2014 and 2015 together?
1. Other than the given options
2. 81.6%
3. 89.6%
4. 84.5%
5. 86.6%

4. Find the number of years in which the number if females in town X and Y are less their
respective average numbers.
1. One, Two
2. Two, Two
3. None
4. Three, Two
5. Other than the given options

5. In which of the following pairs of years in the difference in the number of males and females
the maximum for town Y and minimum for town Y and minimum for town X respectively?
1. 2011 and 2014
2. 2015 and 2011
3. 2015 and 2014
4. 2013 and 2015
5. Other than the given options
Directions (1-5): Study the following pie - charts carefully and answer the questions given below:

Percentage break up of the number of children in five different villages and break up of children
Attending school from those villages

1. What is the total number of children not attending school from village V₂ and V₃ together?
1. 528
2. 508
3. 518
4. 618
5. 628

2. The number of children attending school from village V₁ is approximate, what percent of the
number of children from that village?
1. 54%
2. 56%
3. 60%
4. 53%
5. 58%

3. What is the approximate average number of children not attending school from village V₂, V₃
and V₄ together?
1. 269
2. 258
3. 264
4. 270
5. 266

4. The number of children not attending school from village V₄ and V₅ is approximately what
percent of the total number of children from village V₄ and V₅ together?
1. 43.65%
2. 42.5%
3. 48%
4. 46%
5. 49.45%
5. What is the ratio of the total number of children from village V₄ to the number fo children
attending school from the same village?
1. 22:21
2. 29:28
3. 29:21
4. 29:27
5. 23:21

Puzzle set
Set -1
Direction: Read the given information carefully and answer the questions given beside:
Four persons participated with their cars in a car race. The colour and brand of each of the cars is different.
Those colours are White, Black, Red and Brown and the brands are - Benz, Hyundai, Maruti and Toyota.
The persons mentioned got four Prizes I, II, III and IV where I Prize is for the best performance in the race.
(1)The colour of Modi’s car is not Red.
(ii) Toyota, which is not white, got either first position or the last position in the Car race.
(iii) Amit’s car got one position ahead of Modi’s but one position below the black Car.
(iv) Arvind’s car was positioned just above Maruti, but was just below the white car.
(v) Arvind’s car is not Hyundai. Maruti, who is the friend of Arvind, was also one of the participants in the
race.
1. Whose car won the first Prize?
A. Maruti B. Arvind C. Modi D. Amit E. None of these
2. Who owns Maruti?
A. Maruti B. Arvind C. Amit D. Modi E. None of these
3. Which of the following depicts the colour of Modi’s car?
A. White B. Black C. Red D. Brown E. None of these
4. Which of the following cars won the Second Prize?
A. Hyundai B. Toyota C. Benz D. Maruti E. None of these
5. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Hyundai is owned by Amit. B. The colour of Arvind’s car is Brown. C. Toyota is owned by
Arvind. D. The colour of Maruti’s car is White. E. None of these

Set – 2
Six candidates Kejriwal, Modi, Rahul, Mayawati, Akhilesh and Mamta belonging to different parties BSP,
BSP, Congress, SP, AAP and 'Others' not in the same order, have been declared winner from six different
constituencies. Their party symbols are – Hand, Broom, Cycle, Elephant , Lotus, Lion but not in the same
order
Lotus was not the party symbol of SP. Mamta who belongs to Congress party, has won either with the
party symbol Cycle or Hand. Elephant is the party symbol of AAP party. Modi does not belong to party AAP
or SP. Lion is not the party symbol of 'Others' party. Akhilesh and Mayawati, who won their elections with
the party symbols Broom and Cycle though not respectively, belong to BJP and BSP, again not respectively.

6. What was the party symbol of Mamta?

A. Hand B. Cycle C. Elephant D. Can’t be determined E. None of these
7. Modi belongs to which party?
A. SP B. AAP C. Others D. Can't be determined E. None of these
8. Who has won the election with the party symbol of Elephant?
A. Kejriwal B. Rahul C. Either Rahul or Modi D. Either Kejriwal or Rahul E. None of these
9. Lion is the party symbol of which party?
A. Others B. AAP C. SP D. Can’t be determined E. None of these
10. Which of the following is definitely true?
A. Rahul has contested with party symbol of Elephant. B. Mayawati belongs to BJP.
C. Akhilesh has been elected with the party symbol of Lotus.
D. Modi has been elected with the party symbol of Lotus. E. None is true.

Set – 3
Seven friends Aarav, Bindu, Chander, Devi, Etti, Goswami and Harikesh lives in a seven-storey building, but
not necessarily in the same order. The ground floor is numbered 1 and the topmost floor is numbered 7.
Each of them likes different colours Azure, Begonia, Claret, Cyan, Drab, Ebony and Fallow but not
necessarily in the same order. They all were born in different year’s viz. 1953, 1967, 1970, 1977, 1982,
1990 and 2002 but not necessarily in same order. But the date and month of birth of all these persons are
same. Calculation is done with respect to the present year 2017 and assuming months and date to be
same. The ages of Bindu and Aarav are perfect cube.
The difference between the ages of Aarav and Harikesh is perfect square. The difference between age of
Bindu and Goswami is perfect cube. Chander was born in a year which is an even number. The one who
was born in 1967 likes Azure colour and lives on third floor. There are two persons live between the one
who was born in 1967 and one who was born in 1953. The one who was born in 1953 likes Fallow colour.
Devi lives on top floor and likes Drab colour. There is one person lives between the Etti and Bindu. There
are two persons live between Bindu and Chander. There is one person lives between the Chander and
Goswami, who likes Cyan colour. The one who likes Ebony colour live on ground floor but he is not the
youngest person. The one who likes Claret colour is younger than Chander.
11. How many persons live between Devi and Chander?
A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four E. None of these
12. Who among the following likes Begonia colour?
A. Devi B. Chander C. Bindu D. Aarav E. None of these
13. Find the age difference of Etti and the one who likes Cyan color?
A. 12 B. 22 C. 17 D. 15 E. None of these
14. Find the age and floor no. of Goswami?
A. 35 years, 2nd floor B. 40 years, 2nd floor C. 47 years, 3rd floor D. 50 years, 4th floor E. None of
these
15. Harikesh was born in which of the following year?
A. 1990 B. 1977 C. 1982 D. 2002 E. None of these

Set -4
Six teachers Anand, Bablu, Chitresh, Dharam, Eshan and Falguni of St. Xavier’s school teaches six subjects
Commerce, Hindi, Arts, Civics, Algebra and Mechanics on different days of the week starting from Monday
not necessarily in the same order. One of the days is an off day and no lecture is scheduled on that day.
Anand teaches Arts a day before Eshan takes his lecture. Only one lecture is scheduled between Eshan's
and Dharam's lecture. Falguni teaches Commerce but not on Monday or Wednesday.Mechanics is taught
just after the day off. Bablu teaches on Sunday. Dharam and Falguni teach at a gap of 3 lectures. Civics is
taught on Thursday. Chitresh's lecture and Hindi lecture were scheduled on consecutive days.
16. Which one of the following teacher teaches Algebra?
A. Anand B. Dharam C. Eshan D. Chitresh E. None of these
17. Which subject does Anand teaches?
A. Arts B. Commerce C. Mechanics D. Hindi E. None of these
18. On which day of the week does school remain closed?
A. Tuesday B. Monday C. Saturday D. Friday E. None of these
19. Who teaches on Friday?
A. Falguni B. Eshan C. Chitresh D. Bablu E. None of these
20. Who teaches the subject which is taught just after the day off?
A. Chitresh B. Anand C. Falguni D. Bablu E. None of these

Set-5
Seven persons Ashu, Nikhil, Ram, Karan, Anuj, Parth and Amit have different numbers of Kit Kat and Perk
chocolates. They have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 chocolates of both types not necessarily in the same order. No
two persons have same number of chocolates of same type.
Only Anuj had same number of both chocolates. Karan has 4 more Kit Kat chocolates than Ram. Only Nikhil
and Ram's sum of both chocolates is same. Karan’s total number chocolates is twice of Amit’s total number
of chocolates. The number of Kit Kat chocolates of Nikhil was equal to the number of Perk chocolates of
Parth.
Parth has a total of 11 chocolates of both types. Not more than 2 persons have less Perk chocolates than
Anuj. The number of Perk chocolates of Ram was twice the number of Kit Kat chocolates owned by him.
21. Who among the following has the highest number of Perk chocolates?
A. Parth B. Karan C. Ashu D. Ram E. None of these
22. What was the absolute difference between Perk chocolates of Amit and Kit Kat chocolates of Karan?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. None of these
23. On which day of the week does school remain closed?
A. Tuesday B. Monday C. Saturday D. Friday E. None of these
24. Who among the following has lowest number of Kit Kat chocolates?
A. Ashu B. Nikhil C. Amit D. Parth E. None of these
25. Who among the following has lowest total number of chocolates?
A. Chitresh B. Anand C. Falguni D. Bablu E. None of these

Set – 6
Anshika, Babli, Cheena, Daanu, Ekisha, Farheen, Gaurav and Sheena are eight employees of an organization
working in three departments, viz. Human Resource, IT and Sales with not more than three of them in any
department. They use to play different sports as their hobby viz. Carom, Shooting, Chess, Badminton, Lawn
tennis, Basketball, Hockey and Table Tennis, not necessarily in the same order.
Daanu works in IT and does not like either Carom or Shooting. Farheen works in Human Resource with only
Anshika, who likes table tennis. Ekisha and Sheena do not work in the same department as Daanu. Cheena
likes hockey and does not work in Sales. Gaurav does not work in IT and does not like either Shooting or
Badminton. One of those who work in IT likes Carom. The one who likes Chess works in Human Resource.
None of those who work in IT likes either badminton or lawn tennis. Sheena does not like Shooting.
26. Which of the following group of employees work in IT department?
A. Babli, Daanu, Cheena B. Anshika, Sheena, Farheen, C. Gaurav, Cheena, Daanu
D. Cheena, Sheena, Anshika. E. None of these
27. In which department does Ekisha work?
A. Human Resource B. Sales C. IT D. Data inadequate E. None of these
28. Which of the following combinations of employee-department-favourite sport is correct?
A. Ekisha – IT – Shooting B. Farheen – Human Resource – Lawn Tennis C. Sheena – Sales –
Lawn Tennis D. Babli – IT – Table tennis E. None of these
29. What is Ekisha’s favourite sport?
A. Chess B. Badminton C. Basketball D. Shooting E. None of these
30. What is Gaurav’s favourite sport?
A. Chess B. Badminton C. Basketball D. Lawn Tennis E. None of these

Set -7
There are 7 persons P, Q, R, S, T, U and V who live in a same building. The building has 7 floors (where the
ground floor is numbered 1 and the floor above it is numbered 2 and so on). No two persons live on the
same floor. Each of these persons has a different age.
U, T, Q, V do not live at the ground floor. Ages of U and V are 24 and 60 respectively. Age of the person
living at 7th floor is 50 and the age of the person living at 3rd floor is 20. Age of Q is double the age of U.
None of them lives at the third floor. Age of T is equal to the average of sum of the ages of V and P and the
age of T is 40. Age of the person living at the 2nd floor is one more than the age of the person living at 1st
floor
T lives just below the floor at which Q lives and just above the floor at which U lives. T does not live at 3rd
floor. S is older than R.

31. Who among the following lives immediately above the one whose age is 40?
A. R B. S C. T D. V E. None of these
32. What is the age of the person who lives on the 5th floor?
A. 60 B. 48 C. 40 D. 24 E. None of these
33. What is the difference of the ages of T and P?
A. 16 B. 20 C. 26 D. 32 E. None of these
34. How many person(s) lives between R and S?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. None of these
35. Who among the following is the second youngest?
A. V B. U C. T D. S E. None of these

Set – 8
Eight runners – Aditya, Chunnu, Golu, Mamu, Anuj, Ankit, Amit and Bholu from different cities – Ranchi,
Agra, Jaipur, Mumbai, Pune, Kota, Delhi and Goa not necessarily in the same order participated in a race.
The ranks of these players were different from 1 – 8 not necessarily in the same order
The sum of the ranks of runners Mamu and Ankit together is equal to the rank of the runner from Kota.
The rank of the runner from Mumbai and Golu together was equal to rank of Anuj. Chunnu's rank was
twice the rank of Golu. The runner from Ranchi was 3 ranks lower than the runner from Mumbai. Anuj's
rank was thrice the rank of Ankit. Aditya's rank was more than the rank of Golu. Bholu was from Goa and
the runner from Kota did not have 3rd rank. The rank of the runner from Jaipur was twice the rank of the
runner from Delhi. The rank of the runners from Agra and Delhi together was equal to the rank of the
runners from Goa and Pune.
36. What is the rank of the runner from Pune?
A. 1st B. 3rd C. 4th D. 6th E. None of these
37. How many persons finished after the runner from Pune?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. None of these
38. Who among the following was from Kota?
A. Anuj B. Ankit C. Amit D. Chunnu E. None of these
39. Who among the following scored first rank?
A. Bholu B. Aditya C. Ankit D. Mamu E. None of these
40. What is the difference of the ranks of the runner from Jaipur and Bholu?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D.5 E. None of these

Set – 9
Anu, Babli, Choti, Dholu, Esha, Goggy and Indu are seven friends who study in three different standards,
namely 5th, 6th and 7th, such that not less than two friends study in the same standard. Each friend has a
different favorite subject, namely Geography, Chemistry, English, Physics, G.K, Hindi and Commerce also
but not necessarily in the same order.
Babli likes to study English and Indu does not like G.K. Anu likes Hindi and studies in the 5th standard with
only one friend who likes Physics. Indu studies with two other friends. Both the friends who study with
Indu and she herself like subjects which include G.K, Geography and English. Dholu studies in the 6th
standard with only one friend and does not like Chemistry. Esha studies with only one friend. The one who
likes Geography does not study in the 5th or 6th standard. Esha does not like G.K, Physics and English.
Choti does not like English, G.K and Geography.
41. Which combination represents Esha’s favorite subject and the standard in which she studies?
A. Chemistry and 7th B. Commerce and 5th C. Chemistry and 6th D. Geography and 7th
E. None of these
42. Which of the following is Indu’s favorite subject?
A. Geography B. Chemistry C. Physics D. Either English or Physics E. None of these
43. Who among the following studies in the 7th standard?
A. Goggy B. Choti C. Esha D. Dholu E. None of these
44. Which of the following combinations is definitely correct?
A. Indu and G.K B. Goggy and English C. Choti and Physics D. Babli and G.K E. None of
these
45. Which of the following subjects does Goggy like?
A. Hindi B. Physics C. G.K D. Chemistry E. None of these

Set – 10
Six persons Sachin, Sneha, Ravi, Anuj, Priya and Manav in which only Sneha and Priya were females went to
take the exam of SBI PO in different cities viz. Jaipur, Kanpur, Patna, Kota, Delhi and Pune. The exam was
conducted in three slots – Slot 1, Slot 2 and Slot 3. Except for one person who went to the exam in Slot 1
and one person who went to the exam in Slot 3, all the other four persons went to the exam in Slot 2. Each
of the six persons has different age. No two persons have the same age.
The person who went to Jaipur has the same slot of exam as that of Priya. The person who went to Patna
didn’t take the exam in Slot 2. Ravi went to Delhi. Sachin is older than Anuj. Manav as well as the female
who went to Kanpur went to take the exam in Slot 2. The female who went to Kota is younger than at least
four persons. The person who was second youngest went to an exam in Slot 3. The exam of the person
who went to Pune was 1 slot earlier than that of the youngest person. The person who went to take the
exam in Slot 1 is younger than Sneha but older than exactly two males. Manav was younger than Ravi.
46. How many males were younger than the person who went to Delhi?
A. None B. One C. Two D. Three E. Can’t be determined
47. Who among the following was oldest?
A. Ravi B. Sneha C. Sachin D. Anuj E. Can’t be determined
48. To which of the following cities Anuj went?
A. Delhi B. Patna C. Kanpur D. Kota E. Can’t be determined
49. Who among the following went to take his/her exam in slot 1?
A. Manav B. Sachin C. Sneha D. Priya E. Can’t be determined
50. What was the number of males and females went to take their exam in Slot 2?
A. 4 males B. 3 males 1 female C. 2 males 2 females D. Other than these options
E. Can’t be determined