REASONING ABILITY

Direction for Q.1 to 6: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions which follow.

Eight girls, namely Radha, Rita, Rina, Riya, Ritu, Ruchi, Rachna and Rani, are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre. Each of them has a different hobby, viz Singing, Reading, Dancing, Driving, Cooking, Travelling, Writing and Gossiping, but not necessarily in the same order.
Radha and Rina, whose hobby is Dancing, can never sit together. There are two persons between the persons whose hobbies are Writing and Cooking.
The girl whose hobby is Cooking sits second to the right of Ruchi.
There are two girls sitting between Rina and the girl whose hobby is Travelling. Rita and Ritu are immediate neighbours of each other. The girl whose hobby is Singing sits on the immediate left of the girl whose hobby is Gossiping.
Rani does not like Reading or Singing and she is also not an immediate neighbour of the one whose hobby is Travelling. The girl whose hobby is Singing cannot sit with the girl whose hobby is Driving.
Radha is second to the right of the girl whose hobby is Writing. Riya likes neither Travelling nor Writing. Ritu and Rachna are not immediate neighbours. Rachna, who does not like Cooking sits on the immediate right of Rani. There is only one girl sitting between those two girls whose hobbies are Gossiping and Travelling. There is only one girl sitting between Rachna and the girl whose hobby is Travelling and that girl can never be Ruchi.

1.	Which of the following is the hobby of Rani?
	A. Dancing B. Driving C. Cooking D. Singing E. Singing Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option B Explanation (Q.1 to Q.6) [#]

2.	Gossiping is the hobby of which of the following girls?
	A. Radha B. Reena C. Rachna D. Ritu E. None Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option E [#]

3.	Which of the following pairs of girls and hobbies is definitely true?
	A. Rina → Gossiping B. Riya → Singing C. Rachna → Dancing D. Rita → Writing E. All are false Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option D [#]

4.	Which of the following is the position of Ruchi with respect to the girl whose hobby is Driving?
	A. Second to the left B. Fourth to the right C. Third to the left D. Third to the right E. Third to the right Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option C [#]

5.	How many girls are sitting between Ritu and Rita when counted in anticlockwise direction from Ritu??
	A. 1 B. 2 C. 4 D. 5 E. 6 Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option E [#]

6.	Which of the following girls would be second to the left of the girl whose hobby is Reading when all of them are allowed to sit in a direction facing away from the centre??
	A. Riya B. The girl whose hobby is Writing C. The girl whose hobby is Dancing D. The girl whose hobby is Travelling E. Radha Directions Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option D [#]

Directions (7-10):

Study the following information and answer the given questions.

Eight friends A, B, C, D, P, Q, R and S are sitting in two opposite rows facing each other such that each member of one row sits exactly opposite the member of the other row. In row 1, P, Q, R and S are sitting and all of them are facing south while in row 2, A, B, C and D are sitting, facing north.
Moreover, each of the eight friends studies in different colleges, namely IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Lucknow, Indore, Shillong, Kozhikode and Ranchi but not necessarily in the same order.
D is neither from JIM Shillong nor from Indore and faces R, who is neither from IIM Kolkata nor from Lucknow. The immediate neighbour of the person from IIM Ahmedabad faces the immediate neighbour of the person from IIM Ranchi.
A, who is from IIM Kozhikode, can never sit at the extreme ends and faces the immediate neighbour of the person from IIM Bangalore.
R sits second to the left of S, who is not at any of the extreme ends. The persons from IIM Indore and Ahmedabad sit at the extreme ends of the rows and both of them are in separate rows.
Q, who is not from IIM Bangalore, does not face A. The persons from IIM Lucknow and Kolkata are immediate neighbours and one of them faces B, who is from Shillong.
The persons from IIM Ranchi and Kozhikode sit in the same row but they are not immediate neighbours.?

7.	Who among the following is from IIM Indore?
	A. R B. P C. C D. B E. Can't be determined Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option C Explanation (Q.7 to Q.12) [#]

8.	The person from JIM Kolkata is facing which of the following persons?
	A. A B. D C. B D. P E. None Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option D [#]

9.	Which of the following is false about R??
	A. He sits on the immediate left of the person from IIM Kolkata. B. He sits at one of the extreme ends of the row. C. He is from IIM Bangalore. D. He is facing the person from IIM Indore. E. More than one statement is false Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option E [#]

10.	Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions and form a group. One of them is different from the others. Which of the following is different?
	A. S B. B C. R D. A E. Q Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option C [#]

11.	Which of the following is true about the person from IIM Lucknow?
	A. He is on the immediate left of the person from IIM Bangalore. B. He faces the person who is from IIM Kozhikode. C. He is not sitting at any of the extreme ends. D. All are true E. None Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option D [#]

12.	P is from which of the following colleges? ?
	A. JIM Ahmedabad B. IIM Indore C. IIM Kolkata D. IIM Bangalore E. Either IIM Bangalore or IIM Lucknow Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option D [#]

Direction (Q.13 to Q.16)

In each question below are given two/three 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 with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer

Statements:

All stars are galaxies.

No planet is sun.

Some galaxies are suns.

13.

Conclusions: All sun being stars is a possibility. Some stars are galaxies.

A. if only conclusion I follows. B. if only conclusion II follows. C. if either conclusion I or II follows D. if neither conclusion I nor II follows. E. if both conclusions I and II follow Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option E Explanation All stars are galaxies → implication → Some stars are galaxies. Hence conclusion II follows. Again, All stars are galaxies (A) + Some galaxies are sun (I) = A + I = No conclusion. But there can be a possible relation between Star and Sun. Thus, conclusion I follows. [#]

14.

Conclusions: No galaxy is a planet. Some planets are galaxies.

A. if only conclusion I follows. B. if only conclusion II follows. C. if either conclusion I or II follows D. if neither conclusion I nor II follows E. if both conclusions I and II follow Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option C Explanation Some galaxies are suns (I) + conversion of No planet is sun (E) Some galaxies are not planets(0). However, conclusions I and II make a complementary pair (I-E). Thus, either conclusion I or II follows. [#]

Statements:

No RNA is DNA.

Some cells are tissues.

All DNA are cells.

15.

Conclusions: All DNAs are tissues. Some cells are definitely not RNA..

A. if only conclusion I follows B. if only conclusion II follows. C. if either conclusion I or II follows D. if neither conclusion I nor II follows E. if both conclusions I and II follow Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option B Explanation All DNAs are cells (A) + Some cells are tissues (I) - A + I = No conclusion. Thus, conclusion I does not follow. Again, No RNA is a DNA (E) + All DNAs are cells (A) = E + A = 0* = Some cells are not RNAs. Thus, conclusion II follows. [#]

16.

Conclusions: All RNAs being cells is a possibility.. All cells being RNA is a possibility

A. if only conclusion I follows B. if only conclusion II follows. C. if either conclusion I or II follows D. if neither conclusion I nor II follows E. if both conclusions I and II follow Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option A Explanation No RNA is a DNA (E) +All DNAs are cells (A) = E + A = 0* = Some cells are not RNAs. But All RNA being cells is a possibility. Hence, conclusion I follows. But conclusion II does not follow. [#]

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

Directions (Q. 17-20): Find out the number in place of question mark (?) in the following number series.

17.	58, 71, 60, 67, 62, ?
	A. 73 B. 71 C. 80 D. 65 E. 72 Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option D Explanation The Series is +13, -11, +7, -5, +3 Note: Consecutive prime numbers added alternately. [#]

18.	7, 15, 53, 239, 1259, ?
	A. 7982 B. 7275 C. 7679 D. 7148 E. 7895 Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option C Explanation The series is x2+ 13 , x3 +23 , x4 +33 , x5 +43 , x6+53..... [#]

19.	13, 14, 44, 223, 1565, ?, 154996
	A. 18967 B. 17342 C. 19810 D. 17598 E. 14090 Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option E Explanation The series The series is x1 + 1, x3 +2, x5 +3, x7 +4, x9 + 5, ... [#]

Directions (20-22): What value should come in place of question mark (?) in the following questions?

20.	(-175 x 30 x(-16)÷?= 800?
	A. 95 B. 115 C. -95 D. -105 E. 105 Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option E Explanation (-175 x 30 x-16)÷?= 800 ? = 84000/800=105 [#]

21.	2.6 x 1.8/ 0.6
	A. 13.2. B. 7.8 C. 6.4 D. 10.6 E. 18.6 Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option B Explanation ?= 2.6 x 1.8/ 0.6 =7.8 [#]

22.	A travel van normally reaches its destination at 75 kmph in 22 hours. Find the speed of that travel bus at which it travels to reduce the time by 7 hours?
	A. 110 kmph B. 160 kmph C. 150 kmph D. 140 kmph E. 130 kmph Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option A Explanation 75 x 22 = a x 15 a = 110 kmph [#]

23.	Makesh borrows 12000 at simple interest from a money lender. At the end of 2 years, he again borrows 9000 and closes his account after paying 12255 as interest after 7 years from the time he made the first borrowing. Find the rate of interest.
	A. 6% B. 6.5% C. 8% D. 9.5% E. 9% Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option D Explanation Let z be the rate of interest 12000 x 2z/100 + 21000 x 5z/100 = 12255 240z + 1050z = 12255 z = 9.5 [#]

24.

A rectangular piece of metal is 60cm by 25cm. Equal squares of side 10cm are cut off at the corners and the remainder is folded up to form an open rectangular box. The volume of the box is

A. 1000cm³ B. 1260cm³ C. 1250cm³ D. 1680cm³ E. 1760cm³ Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option A Explanation Length of rectangular piece = 60 cm Breadth of rectangular piece = 25 cm Since, squares of side 10 cm are cut off from the corner of the piece. Therefore, new length = 60 − (10+ 10) cm = 40 cm new breadth = 25 − (10 + 10) cm = 5 cm Now, volume of the open box = (40 x 5 x 5) cm³ = 1000 cm³ [#]

25.	A container is filled with liquid, 5 parts of which are water and 9 parts syrup. How much of the mixture must be drawn off and replaced with water so that the mixture may be half water and half syrup?
	A. 1/12 B. 2/9 C. 1/8 D. 1/5 E. 1/2 Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option B Explanation Suppose the container initially contains 14 litres of liquid. Let ß litres of this liquid be replaced with water. (5-(5ß/14) +ß) = (9-(9ß/14)) ß = 28/9 So, part of the mixture replaced = 28/9 x 1/14 = 2/9 [#]

26.	Babu and Vishnu can together finish a work in 40 days. They worked together for 25 days and then Vishnu left. After another 20 days, Babu finished the remaining work. In how many days Babu alone can finish the work?
	A. 145 B. 160 C. 135 D. 150 E. 165/7 Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option B Explanation Babu + Vishnu 25 days work = 1/40 x 25 = 5/8 Remaining work = 3/8 3/8 work in 20 days so whole work in 160/3 days. [#]

27.

The monthly income of Sathya and Vimal together is ₹36000. The income of Sathya and Vimal is increased by 40% and 20% respectively. The new income of Vimal becomes 130% of the new salary of Sathya. What is the new income of Sathya?

A. ₹23261.5 B. ₹28041.5 C. ₹24036.5 D. ₹26055.5 E. ₹25115.5 Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option A Explanation The monthly income of Sathya and Vimal → S + V = 36000 −(1) Sathya's income = x; Vimal's income = 36000 − x. V = 130/100 × S − (2) V’s new income = (28000 − x)×120/100 S’s new income = x × 140/100 (36000 − x)×120/100 = x × 140/100 x = 16615.38 New Income of Sathya = 140% of 16615.38 = 23261.5 [#]

28.

The average weight of four persons P, Q, R and S is 84 kg. The fifth person T is included and the average weight decreases by 5 kg. P is replaced by U. The weight of U is 4 kg more than T. Average weight decreases because of the replacement of P and now the average weight is 80 kg. Find the weight of P.

A. 57kg B. 56kg C. 55kg D. 60kg E. 58kg Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option E Explanation Sum of the weight of P, Q, R and S = 84×4= 336 kg and average weight of P, Q, R, S and T = 79 kg sum of the weight of P, Q, R, S and T = 79 × 5 = 395 kg weight of T = 395 − 336 = 59 kg & weight of U = 59 + 4 = 63 kg Now, average weight of U, Q, R, S and T = 80 kg Sum of the weight of U, Q, R, S and T = 80 × 5 = 400 kg Q + R + S = 400 − 59 − 63 = 278 kg. Weight of P = 336 − 278 = 58 kg. [#]

29.	If a discount of 18% is given on the marked price of a article, the publisher gains 25%. If the discount is increased to 22% the gain percent is
	A. 18.9% B. 26.9% C. 32.9% D. 9.9% E. 65.9% Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option A Explanation Let the marked price be Rs. 100 and the cost price be Rs. µ (82 - µ)/µ x 100 = 25 µ = Rs. 65.6 Gain% = (78 − 65.6)/65.6 x 100 = 18.9% [#]

30.

In 180 litres of mixtures of milk and water, water is only 32%. The milkman sold 50 litres of this mixture and then he added 35 litres of pure milk and 15 litres of pure water in the remaining mixture. What is the percentage of water in the final mixture?

A. 29.35% 1) 29.35% 2) 31.44% 3) 24. 57% 4) 27. 74% B. 31.44% C. 24.57% D. 27.74% E. 26.57% Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option B Explanation Now, milkman sold 50 litre of mixture So, remaining mixture = 180 − 50 = 130 litre Quantity of water = 130 × 32/100 = 41.6 litre Quantity of milk = 88.4 litre. Now, milkman made new mixture in which water = 41.6 + 15 = 56.6 litre milk = 88.4 + 35 = 123.4 litre Percentage of water in the new mixture = 56.6/(56.6 + 123.4) × 100 = 31.44% [#]

31.	Difference between the compound interest and the simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs. 21000 in two year is Rs. 565. What was the rate of interest?
	A. 14% B. 17% C. 12.5% D. 16.4% E. 15.5% Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option D Explanation Difference of CI and SI in 2 years = Pr²/(100)² r = 16.4% [#]

32.	12 men can complete any work in 40 days. 20 women can complete the same piece of work in 60 days. 10 men and 25 women work together for 25 days. If only the women were to complete the remaining work in 5 days, then how many women would be required?
	A. 60 B. 74 C. 68 D. 75 E. 65 Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option E Explanation 12 men × 40 days = 20 women × 60 days 2m = 5w 10m = 25w (10m + 25w) × 25 days + xw × 5 days = 20w × 60 days 5x = 1200 – 875 =325 x = 325/5 = 65 women [#]

33.	Out of 4 women and 5 men, a committee of three members is to be formed in such a way that at least one member is man. In how many different ways can this be done?
	A. 60 B. 100 C. 120 D. 90 E. 80 Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option E Explanation Total number of ways = 5C1 × 4C2 + 5C2 × 4C1 +5C33 = 30 + 40 + 10 = 80 ways [#]

34.	If on Tuesday, Bike R and Bike T travelled at the same speed, what was the ratio of the time taken by Bike R and that taken by Bike T to cover their respective distances?
	A. 161 : 173 B. 173 : 159 C. 169 : 164 D. 161 : 154 E. None Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option C Explanation [338/x]:[328/x] = 169 : 164 [#]

English

Directions (35-39):In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.

Nicolas Sarkozy being unceremoniously (35) off the menu, and Sole Hollandaise becoming the plat du jour has been (36) as the neo french revolution. But I found myself updating words worth's stirring (37) to the original as I travelled on 9W302 from Delhi to Mumbai. Both he and Coleridge were totally (38) by the (39) events which rolled (40) the cobblestones of Paris in 1789, and wordsworth penned Bliss was it in that down to be alive, but to be young was very (41). Sitting next to me on 10B was a spunky lass in a hot pink (42). We got talking, and as she (43) off the varied layers of her life, I realised how, in this roller-coaster age to be young is again the closet thing to (44). Virgins or no virgins. Pearls is a DJ, but that's one name and three jobs later. Her parents had called her Shweta, but I detested it, not even being happy with the cool 'Shwets'.To me 'Peatls' seemed a stateless, substitute, but I presumedthat it had the right degree of culture- neutrality for the global world of high-octance entertainment. Wrong among the many offhand revelations she tossed off, it was chose by the friend who had helped her with pranic healing.

35.	Select Below
	A. well off B. wiped C. well kept D. wimp E. Call on Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option B [#]

36.	Select Below
	A. touted B. stint C. snood D. pastor E. shouted Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option A [#]

37.	Select Below
	A. contribute B. match C. honour D. trumph E. tribute Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option C [#]

38.	Select below
	A. besotted B. plotted C. resolved D. presumed E. shouted Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option A [#]

39.	Select below
	A. pleasant B. before C. trendy D. heady E. wild Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option D [#]

40.	Select below?
	A. in B. at C. on D. of E. off Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option E [#]

41.	Select Below?
	A. hell B. good C. wonder D. heaven E. late Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option D [#]

42.	Select Below#
	A. tee B. drink C. water D. placate E. molar Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option A [#]

43.	Select below.
	A. shut B. reveal C. peeled D. used E. cleared Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option C [#]

44.	Select Below
	A. paradise B. place C. area D. city E. space Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option A [#]

Directions (Q.45 to Q.50)

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is, No error, the answer is 5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

45.	A) They understood how just a twitch, a shuffle, smirk or a glare on stage or screen/ B) can give audiences more insight/ C) into the impenetrable depths of a personality/ D) than a thousand-word dialogue./ E) No error.
	A. They understood how just a twitch, a shuffle, smirk or a glare on stage or screen B. can give audiences more insight C. into the impenetrable depths of a personality D. than a thousand-word dialogue E. no-error Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option B Explanation 'could' in place of 'can'. [#]

46.	A) Gone are the days/ B) when people used to / C) plan and save for years before buying/ D) the big- ticket items they aspired for./ E) No error.
	A. Gone are the days B. when people used to C. plan and save for years before buying D. the big- ticket items they aspired for E. No error Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option E [#]

47.	A) To be eligible for a loan, / B) you need to have a/ C) regular source of income - salary, / D) business or any occupation./ E) No error.
	A. To be eligible for a loan, B. you need to have a C. regular source of income - salary, D. business or any occupation E. No-error Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option D Explanation any other occupation. [#]

48.	A) Women tend to outlive their spouses,/ B) which makes it important for them/ C) to save money in instruments that will help them/ D) build corpse to list a lifetime./ E) No error.
	A. Women tend to outlive their spouses B. which makes it important for them C. to save money in instruments that will help them D. build corpse to list a lifetime. E. No error Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option D Explanation 'corpus' in place of 'corpse'. [#]

49.	A) Success at work should not carry a disproportionate price tag/ B) whereby we end up souring relationships/ C) with our family members and friends/ D) which matter to us./ E) No error.
	A. Success at work should not carry a disproportionate price tag B. whereby we end up souring relationships C. with our family members and friends D. which matter to us. E. No error Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option D Explanation who in place of which. [#]

50.	A) Whole word is / B) today facing the/ C) threat of extinction/ D) due to inventions of Science./ E) No error
	A. Whole word is B. today facing the C. threat of extinction/ D. due to inventions of Science E. No error Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option A Explanation Add 'the' before 'whole world'. [#]