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3. Statements: W % N, N ^ R, R @ F
Reasoning Conclusions: I.F ? N II.W ? N III.R $ W
Directions (1-4): In the following questions, the symbols @,?, A) None is true B) Only III is true
%, ^, and $ are used with the following meanings illustrated. 'P C) Only I and II are true
% Q' means 'P is either greater than or equal to Q'. P? Q' D) Only II and III are true E) None of these
means 'P is neither greater that nor smaller than Q'.
'P $ Q' means 'P is smaller than Q'. 'P @ Q' means 'Pis either 4. Statements: F ^ K, K ^ M, M @ V
smaller than or equal to Q'. 'P ^ Q' means 'P is greater than Q'. Conclusions: I. F % V II. V @ K III. M ? K
In each of the following questions assuming the given statements A) Only I is true B) Only II is true C) Only
to be true, find out which of the three conclusions I, II and III III is true
given below them is/are definitely true and mark your answer D) All are true E) None of these
accordingly.
5. Statements: N @ D, D $ T, T % J
1. Statements: M $ T, T@ K, K ? D Conclusions: I.J $ D II. N ? J III.T^ N
Conclusions: I. D % T II. K ^ M III. D ^ M A) Only III is true B) Only II is true
A) Only I and II are true B) Only I and III are true C) Only I and II are true
C) Only II and III are true D) Only I is true E) None of these
D) All are true E) None of these
6. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so
2. Statements: B^ H, H % A, A? K form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that
Conclusions: I.B % K II.K@ H III.A $ B group?
A) Only I and II are true B) Only I and III are true A) Building B) Toy C) Vehicle
C) only II and III are true D) Mountain E) Machine
D) only II is true. E) None of these
7. In a certain code language 'pik na ha' means 'who is there ', 'na
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ta ka' means 'what is that' and 'ha ja pa' means 'here and there. A) M < D < Y B) M < Y < D C) D < M < Y
Which of the following means 'here' in that code language? D) cannot be determined E) D < Y < M
A) ha B) pa C) ja
D) pa or ja E) None of these 11) Statistics indicate that men drivers are involved in more
accidents than women drivers. Hence it may be concluded
8. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so that
form a group. Which of the following does not belong to that A) sufficient information is not there to conclude anything
group? B) Men are actually better drivers but drive more frequently
A) HJ B) PR C) NP D) BE E) VX C) Women Certainly drive more cautiously than Men
D) Men chauvinists are wrong about women's abilities.
E) Statistics sometimes present a wrong picture of things
9) In a murder case there are four suspects P,Q,R,S. Each of
them makes a statement. They are 12)Given that A,B,C,D,E each represent one of the digits
P: "I had gone to the theatre with S at the time of the murder". between 1 and 9 and that the following multiplication holds:
Q: "I was playing cards with P at the time of the murder". ABCDE
R: "Q didn't commit the murder". x 4
S: "R is not the murderer". ---------------
Assuming the only one of the above statement is false and that EDCBA
one of them is the murderer, who is the murderer? What digit does E represent?
A) P B) Q C) R D) cannot be concluded E) S
A) 4 B) 6 C) 8 D) 7 E) 2
10) Mohan earned twice as much as Deep. Yogesh earned Directions: Look at the flow chart and answer the questions that
rs.3/- more than half as much as deep. If the amounts earned follow
by Mohan,Deep,Yogesh are M, D, Y respectively, which of
the following is the correct ordering of these amounts?
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northern and southern. After one month, the routes of the

northern and southern groups converge for a brief time and at
that point the knights can, if they wish, rearrange their traveling
parties before continuing, again in two parties along separate
northern and southern routes. Throughout the entire trip, the
composition of traveling parties must be in accord with the
following conditions:
P and R are deadly enemies and, although they may meet briefly,
can never travel together. P must travel in the same party with S.
Q can't travel by the southern route. U can't change routes

16) If one of the two parties of knights consists of P and U

and two other knights and travels by the southern route, the
13. What is the value of S at the end of the first iteration if p =3? other members of this party besides P and U must be
a. 12 b. 11 c. 10 d. 0
14. What is the value of P the end of the first iteration if p=3 ? A) Q and S B) Q and T
a. 4 b. 5 c. 0 d. 6
C) R and S D) R and T
15. What is the value of S at the end of the first iteration if p =2?
a. 12 b. 11 c. 10 d. 0 E) S and T

Six knights - P,Q,R,S,T and U - assemble for a long journey in 17) If each of the two parties of knights consists of exactly
two travelling parties. For security, each traveling party consists three members, which of the following is not a possible
of at least two knights. The two parties travel by separate routes, traveling party and route?
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A) P,S,U by the southern route 20) If, when the two parties of knights encounter one another
B) P,S,T by the northern route after a month, exactly one knight changes from one traveling
C) P,S,T by the southern route party to the other traveling party, that knight must be
D) Q,U,R by the northern route A) P B) Q C) R D) S E) T
E) Q,R,T by the northern route

18) If one of the two parties of knights consists of U and two

other knights and travels by the northern route, the other
members of this party besides U must be Quantitative
A) P and S B) P and T
C) Q and R D) Q and T E) R and T 1) Worker A produces n units in 5 hours. Workers A and B
can work together and produce n units in 2 hours. How long
19) If each of the two parties of knights consists of exactly would it take B alone to produce n units?
three members of different parties and R travels by the A) 1 hr 26 min B) 1 hr 53 min
northern route, then T must travel by the C) 2 hr 30 min D) 3 hr 30 min E) 3 hr 20 min
A) southern route with P and S
B) southern route with Q and R 2) if q <> 0 and k = qr/2 -s, then what is r in terms of k,q,s?
C) southern route with R and U A) 2k+s q B) 2sk q C) 2(k-s) q
D) northern route with Q and R D) 2k+sq q E) 2(k+s) /q
E) northern route with R and U 3. How many of the integers between 25 and 45 are even?
A) 21 B) 20 C) 11 D) 10 E) 9
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4. If taxi fares were Rs 1.00 for the first 1/5 mile and Rs 0.20 A) 10 B) 20 C) 50 D) 200 E) 500
for each 1/5 miles thereafter. The taxi fare for a 3-mile ride
was
A) Rs 1.56 B) Rs 2.40 C) Rs 3.00 7. A digital wristwatch was set accurately at 8.30 a.m and
D) Rs 3.80 E) Rs 4.20 then lost 2 seconds every 5 minutes. What time was indicated
on the watch at 6.30 p.m of the same day if the watch
operated continuously till that time?
5. A computer routine was developed to generate two A)5:56 B)5:58 C)6.00 D)6.23 E)6.26
numbers x, y the first being a random number between 0 and
100 inclusive, and the second being less than or equal to the
square root of the first. Each of the following pair satisfies 8. A 5 litre jug contains 4 litres of a salt water solution that is
the routine EXCEPT 15 percent salt. If 1.5 litres of the solution spills out of the
A) (99.10) B) (85.9) C) (50.7) jug, and the jug is then filled to capacity with water,
D) (1.1) E) (1.0) approximately what percent of the resulting solution in the
jug is salt?
A)7.5% B)9.5% C) 10.5% D)12% E)15%
6. A warehouse had a square floor with area 10,000
sq.meters. A rectangular addition was built along one entire
side of the warehouse that increased the floor by one-half as 9. A plane travelled K miles in the first 96 minutes of flight
much as the original floor. How many meters did the time. If it completed the remaining 300 miles of the trip in 1
addition extend beyond the original buildings? minute, what was its average speed in miles per hour for the
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entire trip? 13. A merchant sells an item at a 20 percent discount. But

A. (300)/K+96 B. (300+k)/97 * 60 still makes a gross profit of 20 percent of the cost. What
C. (300+k)/96 * 60 D. (300+k)/97 percent of cost would be gross profit on the item have been if
it had been sold without the discount?
A) 20% B) 40% C) 50% D) 60% E) 66.6%
10. A sink has 12 litres of water. Some quantity of water is
taken out. If the remaining water is 6 litres less than the 14. A millionaire bought a lot of hats. 1/4 of which were
water taken out then quantity of water taken out is. brown. The millionaire sold 2/3 of the hats including 4/5 of
A. 3 B. 6 C. 9 D. 1 the brown hats. What fraction of the unsold hats was brown?
A) 1/60 B) 1/15 C) 3/20 D) 3/5 E) 3/4
11. Which is the 4 digit number whose second digit is thrice
the first digit and 3'rd digit is sum of 1'st and 2'nd and last 15. An investor purchased shares of stock at a certain price.
digit is twice the second digit. If the stock increased in price Rs 0.25 per share and the total
A.2674 B.1349. C.3343 D.3678 increase for the x shares was Rs 12.50, how many shares of
stock had been purchased?
12. In a straight highway 2 cars starts from the same point in A) 25 B) 50 C) 75 D) 100 E) 125
opposite directions each travels for 8 Kms and take left turn
then travel for 6 Kms what is the distance between them 16. At a special sale, 5 tickets can be purchased for the price
now. of 3 tickets. If 5 tickets are purchased at the sale, the amount
A.16 B.20 C.25 D.10 saved will be what percent of the original price of the 5
tickets?
A) 20% B) 33.3% C) 40% D) 60% E) 66.6%
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20. There are 20 poles with a constant distance between each

pole. A car takes 24 seconds to reach the 12th pole, how much
17. How many integers n greater than 10 and less than 100 will it take to reach the last pole
are there such that, if the digits of n are reversed, the a)41.45 sec b)45 sec
resulting integer is n+9? c)40 sec d)38 sec e)42.25sec
A)5 B)6 C)7 D)8 E)9

18. Working independently, Tina can do a certain job in 12 Verbal

hours. Working independently, Anna can do the same job in
Directions (Q. 1-5): In each of the following sentences there are
9 hours. If Tina works independently at the job for 8 hours
two blank spaces. Below each sentence there are five pairs of
and then Anna works independently, how many hours will it words denoted by letters A), B), C), D) and E). Find out which
take Anna to complete the remainder of the job? pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the
A)2/3 B)3/4 C)1 D)2 E)3 same sequence to make it meaningfully complete.

19. A man sold two cows for Rs. 210 at a total profit of 5 %. 1.) The truth is that in highly capital-intensive business _______
He sold one cow at a loss of 10% and another at a profit of deep pockets, domestic civil aviation is _______
undercapitalized.
10%. What is the price of each cow?
A) ascertaining, highly B) requiring, woefully
(a) Rs. 150 and Rs. 50 (b) Rs 160 and Rs 40 C) sustaining, alarmingly D) balancing, astonishingly
(c)Rs 100 and Rs 100 (d)Rs 120 and Rs 80 E) demanding, niggardly
(e)Rs 110 and Rs 90
2.) Time has now come for all agencies working in the
development sector to launch a multi-pronged __________ to
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_________ malnutrition. Directions for Questions 6-10: Read the passage and answer
A) system, abjure B) weapon, annihilate the questions that follow on the basis of the information
C) policy, deviate D) strategy, eradicate provided in the passage
E) fact, demolish The last half of my life has been lived in one of those painful
epochs of human history during which the world is getting
3.) A well- _________, physically and mentally active ________ worse, and past victories which had seemed to be definitive
alone can contribute to the speedier economic progress of a
have turned out to be only temporary. When I was young,
nation.
A) educated, subjects B) organized, systems Victorian optimism was taken for granted. It was thought
C) advanced, brethren D) formulated, citizens that freedom and prosperity would speed gradually
E) nourished, populace throughout the world by an orderly process, and it was
hoped that cruelty, tyranny, and injustice would continually
4.) We must develop _____ systems from the village upwards diminish. Hardly anyone was haunted by the fear of great
and up to the national level to constantly _______ the nutritional wars. Hardly anyone thought of the nineteenth century as a
status of the people.
brief interlude between past and future barbarism.
A) monitoring, review B) machinery, tackle
C) efficient, emancipate D) sound, harbor 6. The author feels this way about the latter part of his life
E) inherent, inundate because
A) The world had not become prosperous
5.) Democracy has taken a ______ in a system which promotes B) He was nostalgic about his childhood.
sycophancy and _____. C) The world was painfully disturbed during that period of
A) dive, bureaucracy B) delve, dictatorship time.
C) beating, mediocrity D) ride, heredity
D) The author had not won any further victories.
E) privilege, intolerance
7. The victories of the past
A) Filled men with a sense of pessimism
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B) Proved to be temporary events 11. Our is the only(A) / country in the world(B) / than can
C) ended, cruelty, tyranny, and injustice boast of(C) / unity in diversity(D) / no error(E)
D) Brought permanent peace and security (a)A (b)B (c)C (d)D (e)E
8. The world 'definitive' as used in the passage means 12. May I know(A)/who you want(B) / to see please(C) / No
A) Incomplete B) defined C) temporary D) final error(D)
9. During the Victorian age people believed that (a)A (b)B (c)C (d)D
A) There would be unlimited freedom 13. Due to my being a newcomer(A) / I was unable to get a
B) Strife would increase house(B) / suitable for my wife and me (C)/ No error (D)
C) Peace would prevail and happiness would engulf the whole (a)A (b)B (c)C (d)D
world. 14. This is the boy(A) / whom I think had won (B) / the gold
D) Wars would be fought on a bigger scale medal in the dance competition (C)/ No error(D)
10. A brief interlude between past and future barbarism can (a)A (b)B (c)C (d)D
be interpreted as 15. The number of vehicles(A) /plying on this road(B) /is
A) A dramatic performance during wars more than on the main road (C)/ No error(D)
B) An interval between cruel wars (a)A (b)B (c)C (d)D
C) A short space of time between two great events 16. There has not been any rainfall (A) / in this part of the
D) A short period of time between past and future acts of country (B) / since the last two years (C) / No error(E)
savagery. (a)A (b)B (c)C (d)D
Direction 11-16: In each of the following questions, find out Directions 17-20: In each question, a part of sentence is
which part of the sentence has an error. If there is no mistake printed in italics. Below each sentence, some phrases are
the answer is 'no error' given which can substitute the italicized part of the sentence.
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If the sentence is correct as it is, the answer is 'No correction

required'
17. No sooner I saw the tiger, I ran away
A. No sooner I had seen B. No sooner did I see
C. As soon as I saw D. No Correction required
18. Let he andI work together
A. him and I B. him and me
C. he and me D. No Correction required
19. The child is the father ofthe man
A. A child, man B. Child, a man
C. Child, Man D. No Correction required
20. I am used to hard work
A. hard working B. work hard
C. work hardly D. No Correction required