(D)

1. A man can row at 5 kmph in still water. If the velocity of current is 1 kmph and it takes him
1 hour to row to a place and come back, how far is the place?
2.4 km
1) 2.4 km
2) 2.5 km
3) 3 km
4) 3.6 km

2. Two goods train each 500 m long, are running in opposite directions on parallel tracks.
Their speeds are 45 km/hr and 30 km/hr respectively. Find the time taken by the slower
train to pass the driver of the faster one.
1) 12 sec
2) 24 sec
3) 48 sec
4) 60 sec

3. A farmer travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot @ 4 km/hr and

partly on bicycle @ 9 km/hr. The distance travelled on foot is:
1) 14 km
2) 15 km
3) 16 km
4) 17 km

4. An observer 1.6 m tall is 203 away from a tower. The angle of elevation from his eye to the
top of the tower is 30°. The height of the tower is:
1) 21.6 m
2) 23.2 m
3) 24.72 m
4) None of these

5. 4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can
complete it in 10 days. In how many days will 10 women complete it?
1) 35
2) 40
3) 45
4) 50

6. A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of
the cycle?
1) Rs. 1090
2) Rs. 1160
3) Rs. 1190
4) Rs. 1202

7. Ayesha's father was 38 years of age when she was born while her mother was 36 years
old when her brother four years younger to her was born. What is the difference between
the ages of her parents?
1) 2 years
2) 4 years
3) 6 years
4) 8 years

8. How many times do the hands of a clock coincide in a day?

1) 20
2) 21
3) 22
4) 24
9. The average weight of A, B and C is 45 kg. If the average weight of A and B be 40 kg and
that of B and C be 43 kg, then the weight of B is:
1) 17 kg
2) 20 kg
3) 26 kg
4) 31 kg

10. An error 2% in excess is made while measuring the side of a square. The percentage of
error in the calculated area of the square is:
1) 2%
2) 2.02%
3) 4%
4) 4.04%

11. Find the odd man out. 10, 14, 16, 18, 21, 24, 26
1) 26
2) 24
3) 21
4) 18

12. A bag contains 4 white, 5 red and 6 blue balls. Three balls are drawn at random from the
bag. The probability that all of them are red, is:
1) 1/22
2) 3/22
3) 2/91
4) 2/77

13. The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to second is 2 :3 and that of the
second to the third is 5 : 8, then the second number is:
1) 20
2) 30
3) 48
4) 58

14. The largest 4 digit number exactly divisible by 88 is:

1) 9944
2) 9768
3) 9988
4) 8888
5) None of these

15. Find the highest common factor of 36 and 84.

1) 4
2) 6
3) 12
4) 18

16. Fill the blank in the middle of the series or end of the series with the letter pattern.
JAK, KBL, LCM, MDN, _____

1) OEP
2) NEO
3) MEN
4) PFQ

17. Which word does NOT belong with the others?

1) core
2) seeds
3) pulp
 4) slice

18. The logic problems in this set present you with three true statements: Fact 1, Fact 2, and
Fact 3. Then, you are given three more statements (labeled I, II, and III), and you must
determine which of these, if any, is also a fact. One or two of the statements could be true; all
of the statements could be true; or none of the statements could be true. Choose your answer
based solely on the information given in the first three facts.

Fact 1:Pictures can tell a story.

Fact 2:All storybooks have pictures.
Fact 3:Some storybooks have words.
If the first three statements are facts, which of the following statements must also be a fact?
I: Pictures can tell a story better than words can.
II: The stories in storybooks are very simple.
III:Some storybooks have both words and pictures.
1) I only
2) II only
3) III only
4) None of the statements is a known fact.

19. In each question below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I
and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance
from commonly known facts. Read the conclusion and then decide which of the given
conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known
facts.
Give answer:
 (A) If only conclusion I follows
 (B) If only conclusion II follows
 (C) If either I or II follows
 (D) If neither I nor II follows and
 (E) If both I and II follow.

Statements:

No house is school.
All colleges are schools.
All schools are teachers.

Conclusions:
I. No house is teacher.
II. All colleges are teachers.
III. Some teachers are not houses.
IV. No college is house.

1) None follows
2) Only either I or IV follows
3) Only II, III and IV follow
4) All follow
5) Only either I or IV, and III follow

20. Each of the following questions contains a small paragraph followed by a question on it.
Read each paragraph carefully and answer the question given below it.

He only true education comes through the stimulation of the child's powers by the demands of
the social situations in which he finds himself. Through these demands he is stimulated to act
as a member of a unity, to emerge from his original narrowness of action and feeling, and to
conceive himself from the standpoint of the welfare of the group to which he belongs.

The passage best supports the statement that real education -

 1) will take place if the children imbibe action and feeling.
2) will take place if the children are physically strong.
3) is not provided in our schools today.
4) comes through the interaction with social situations.
5) comes from the self-centred approach of the students.

21. Today's workforce has a new set of social values. Ten years ago, a manager who was
offered a promotion in a distant city would not have questioned the move. Today, a manager in
that same situation might choose family happiness instead of career advancement.
This paragraph best supports the statement that

1) most managers are not loyal to the corporations for which they work.
2) businesses today do not understand their employees needs.
3) employees social values have changed over the past ten years.
4) career advancement is not important to today's business managers.
5) companies should require their employees to accept promotions.

22. Read the below passage carefully and answer the questions:
Giving children computers in grade school is a waste of money and teachers time. These
children are too young to learn how to use computers effectively and need to spend time on
learning the basics, like arithmetic and reading. After all, a baby has to crawl before she can
walk.

1.Which of the following, if true, would strengthen the speaker's argument?

1) studies showing computers are expensive

2) research on the effect of computer games on children
3) examples of high school students who use computers improperly
4) proof that the cost of computers is coming down
5) evidence that using computers makes learning to read difficult

2.Which of the following, if true, would weaken the speaker's argument?

1) a demonstration that computers can be used to teach reading and arithmetic

2) analysis of the cost-effectiveness of new computers versus repairing old computers
3) examples of adults who do not know how to use computers
4) recent grade reports of students in the computer classes
5) a visit to a classroom where computers are being used

3.Which of the following methods of argument is used in the previous passage?

1) a specific example that illustrates the speaker's point

2) attacking the beliefs of those who disagree with the speaker
3) relying on an analogy to prove the speaker's point
4) displaying statistics that back up the speaker's point
5) comparing different methods of learning

23. Find out which of the figures (1), (2), (3) and (4) can be formed from the pieces given in
figure (X).

1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
 4) 4

24. In the following the questions choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the
given word.

AUGUST

1) Common
2) Ridiculous
3) Dignified
4) Petty

25. Pick out the most effective word(s) from the given words to fill in the blank to make the
sentence meaningfully complete.

The parliament invested the new organisation ...... judicial authority.

1) by
2) with
3) from
4) through

26. In each question below, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up.
Rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence.
Choose the proper sequence.

When it began to rain suddenly on the first of January

P: to celebrate the new year

Q: we ran for shelter
R: to the neighbouring house
S: where many people had gathered

The Proper sequence should be:

1) QRPS
2) PSQR
3) PRSQ
4) QRSP

27. In each question, an incomplete statement (Stem) followed by fillers is given. Pick out the
best one which can complete incomplete stem correctly and meaningfully.

He is so lazy that he ......

1) cannot depend on others for getting his work done

2) cannot delay the schedule of completing the work
3) can seldom complete his work on time
4) dislike to postpone the work that he undertakes to do
5) always help others to complete their work

28. Many parents greet their children's teenage years with needless dread. While teens ...(1)...
assault us with heavy metal music ...(2)... outlandish clothes and spend all ...(3)... time with
friends, such behaviour ...(4)... adds up to full scale revolt teenage ...(5)... according to
psychologist laurence steinberg, has been exaggerated.

1.Solve as per the direction given above

1) should
2) may
3) must
4) can
2. Solve as per the direction given above
1) put
2) show
3) dress
4) flaunt

3. Solve as per the direction given above

1) our
2) their
3) his
4) her

4. Solve as per the direction given above

1) infrequently
2) sporadically
3) scarcely
4) always

5. Solve as per the direction given above

1) revolution
2) mania
3) subversion
4) rebellion

29. In the following questions choose the word which is the exact OPPOSITE of the given
words.
EXODUS
1) Influx
2) Home-coming
3) Return
4) Restoration

30. Rearrange the following five sentences in proper sequence so as to for a meaningful
paragraph, then answer the questions given below them.

1. After Examining him, the doctor smiled at him mischievously and took out a syringe.
2. Thinking that he was really sick, his father summoned the family doctor.
3. That day, Mintu wanted to take a day off from school
4. Immediately, Mintu jumped up from his bed and swore the he was fine
5. Therefor; he pretended to be sick and remained in bed.

(a) 35214
(b) 41253
(c) 12453
(d) 32145