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Quantitative Aptitude [ Question No: 1 To 4 ] :
Aman, Anil and Atul agree to buy ₹10 worth of lottery ticket with Aman contributing ₹5, Anil ₹3 and Atul ₹2. They agree that if they win anything with this ticket, it should be shared out in the same ratio as their contributions. If they win ₹25,000, how much does Anil get?
In a class, there are 15 students. During a Christmas party all of them shook hands with each other only once. How many handshakes took place in the class?
The base radii of two circular cones of the same height are in the ratio 3 : 5. The ratio of their volumes are
A person \(X\) sold an Item to \(Y\) at \(40\)% loss, then \(Y\) sold it to third person \(Z\) at \(40\)% profit and finally \(Z\) sold it back to \(X\) at \(40\)% profit. In this whole process what is the percentage loss or profit of X?
Reasoning [ Question No: 5 To 9 ] :
Direction for [ Question No: 5 To 5 ] :
In each question below is given a statement followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true and on the basis of the information given in the statement, decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing
Statement: SkyTV is concerned about the quality of its programmes particularly in view of stiff competition it is facing from STAR and other satellite TV channels and is contemplating various measures to attract talent for its programmes.
Courses of Action:
1. In an effort to attract talent, the SkyTV has decided to revise its fee structure for the artists.
2. The fee structure should not be revised until other electronic media also revise it.
Which one of the following shapes can be used to tile (completely cover by repeating) a flat plane, extending to infinity in all directions, without leaving any empty spaces in between them? The copies of the shape used to tile are identical and are not allowed to overlap.
Statement:
"Enjoy your challenges" - an advertisement of a car brand.
Assumptions:
I. People wish to enjoy challenges.
II. There are people who are willing to buy a car.
How many numbers amogst the numbers 9 to 54 are there which are exactly divisible by 9 but not by 3 ?
Input :Together over series on feast the so. Which of the following steps will be the last but one ?
English Language [ Question No: 10 To 14 ] :
Direction for [ Question No: 10 To 10 ] :
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
Legends will tell you that flamingoes are no ordinary visitors to Kachchh. They were the honoured guests of King Lakho and he had forbidden the hunting of flamingoes, which came to Kachchh from various parts of the world every year to breed. For centuries, the region had been a haven for the migratory bird. Today, Flamingo City, an island in the middle of the Rann of Kachchh, known the world over as one of the biggest breeding grounds of the Greater Flamingo, is strewn with bodies of hundreds of flamingo chicks. The parents of these chicks have fled the island due to lack of food. Zooplanktons, algae and the small fish that these birds survive on are dying due to a sudden increase in the salinity of the Rann waters. One can even see dead fish floating. Flamingoes need salt-encrusted, damp mud to build nests. The place where they build their nests has to be inaccessible to predatory cats and birds. It should also have sufficient food. The right mix of sweet and brackish water in the Rann is crucial for the proliferation of planktons and algae that the flamingoes feed on. Faced with starvation, flamingoes have fled the island leaving their chicks to fend for themselves. Till date, around a thousand flamingoes have died.
Maharaj Kumarshi Himmatsinghji, a member of the royal family of Kachchh and an expert on the birds of Kachchh, traces the problem of increased salinity in the Rann waters to the construction of dams on rivers that flow into the region. He emphasises that efforts should be made to ensure that at least some water flows into the Rann. In fact, over the years, the number of flamingoes coming to the island has decreased because of the change in salinity of the Rann water. In 1945, Salim Ali, the late ornithologist, had found 5 lakh birds on the island. Since then, the number has not gone above 2.2 lakh. However, the studies carried out on the Flamingo City so far cannot be taken as 100 percent accurate.
The flamingoes are not ordinary visitors to Kachchh as
Direction for [ Question No: 11 To 11 ] :
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
A Planning Commission by any other name will (1) pretty much the same. The government has (2) announced the successor body to the Planning Commission, which had been decommissioned by the Prime Minister halfway (3) his first Independence Day address. It will be called NITI Aayog (meaning policy institution) and is (4) as a think tank that will service both the Centre and the States. Much is made of the new body promotion cooperative (5) as opposed to the top-down approach of the (6) commission. This is much of a muchness. The new body is (7) with, among other things, designing planning at the (8) of the village and monitoring and evaluation of implementation of schemes. Both sound decidedly top-down, rather than of a call to states to (9) in unfettered autonomy. Nor is there anything (10) within this.
Which word best fits blank (5)?
Direction for [ Question No: 12 To 12 ] :
Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase to make the grammatically correct?
The small child does whatever his father was done.
Direction for [ Question No: 13 To 13 ] :
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
In the sentence below, find the part that contains an error. If the sentence is correct as it stands, choose "No error".
Direction for [ Question No: 14 To 14 ] :
Pick out the most effective word(s) from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
Brothers must live in harmony. They must never fall ......
General Awareness / General Knowledge (GK) [ Question No: 15 To 19 ] :
Which of the following is not a western Rajasthani dialect ?
"Spanish" is the official language of _____.
Constitutional Law [ Question No: 20 To 20 ] :
The Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission shall consist of maximum
Total number of questions : 20
Number of answered questions : 0
Number of unanswered questions : 20
Quantitative Aptitude [ Question No: 1 To 4 ] :
Aman, Anil and Atul agree to buy ₹10 worth of lottery ticket with Aman contributing ₹5, Anil ₹3 and Atul ₹2. They agree that if they win anything with this ticket, it should be shared out in the same ratio as their contributions. If they win ₹25,000, how much does Anil get?
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : D
Anil gets ₹7,500.
The contributions are 5 : 3 : 2, which add up to 10 parts. Anil put in 3 of the 10 parts, so his share of the prize is
\[ \frac{3}{10} \times 25000 = 7500 \]
Aman receives ₹12,500 and Atul ₹5,000, and the three shares add to ₹25,000 as a check. ₹5,000 is Atul's share, not Anil's; ₹4,000 and ₹6,500 do not correspond to any of the three fractions.
In a class, there are 15 students. During a Christmas party all of them shook hands with each other only once. How many handshakes took place in the class?
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : C
A handshake involves two people and the order does not matter, so the count is a combination.
\[ {}^{15}C_{2} = \frac{15 \times 14}{2} = 105 \]
The 210 on offer is \( 15 \times 14 \), counting each handshake from both sides.
The base radii of two circular cones of the same height are in the ratio 3 : 5. The ratio of their volumes are
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : A
For cones of equal height the volume \( \tfrac{1}{3}\pi r^{2}h \) varies as \( r^{2} \), so the height cancels from the ratio.
\[ \frac{V_{1}}{V_{2}} = \frac{r_{1}^{2}}{r_{2}^{2}} = \frac{3^{2}}{5^{2}} = \frac{9}{25} \]
The ratio is \( 9 : 25 \). Carrying the radii through unsquared would give \( 3 : 5 \), which is the shape of the second distractor.
A person \(X\) sold an Item to \(Y\) at \(40\)% loss, then \(Y\) sold it to third person \(Z\) at \(40\)% profit and finally \(Z\) sold it back to \(X\) at \(40\)% profit. In this whole process what is the percentage loss or profit of X?
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : C
Let the Cost Price \(= Rs. 100.\) for \(X.\)
\(Y's\) Cost Price \(= Rs. 60.\)
\(Z's\) Cost Price \(= Rs. 84.\)
Finally, \(X's\) Cost Price \(RS. 117.6.\)
\(\therefore X's\) loss \(117.6 - 60 = Rs. 57.6\)
\(\therefore X's \) loss percentage \(= 57.6\)%
Reasoning [ Question No: 5 To 9 ] :
Direction for [ Question No: 5 To 5 ] :
In each question below is given a statement followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true and on the basis of the information given in the statement, decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing
Statement: SkyTV is concerned about the quality of its programmes particularly in view of stiff competition it is facing from STAR and other satellite TV channels and is contemplating various measures to attract talent for its programmes.
Courses of Action:
1. In an effort to attract talent, the SkyTV has decided to revise its fee structure for the artists.
2. The fee structure should not be revised until other electronic media also revise it.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : A
Clearly, the decision to revise its fee structure for artists is taken by SkyTV as a remedy to the challenging problem that had arisen before it. It cannot wait till other media take action. So, only course I follows.
Which one of the following shapes can be used to tile (completely cover by repeating) a flat plane, extending to infinity in all directions, without leaving any empty spaces in between them? The copies of the shape used to tile are identical and are not allowed to overlap.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : D
A rhombus tiles the plane.
Copies of any parallelogram, a rhombus included, can be laid in rows by translation: each row fits edge to edge, and the next row sits on top of it, so the plane is covered with no gaps or overlaps. At each vertex the angles meet as two acute and two obtuse angles, which sum to 360°.
Circles always leave curved gaps between them. A regular polygon tiles the plane on its own only if its interior angle divides 360° exactly: the regular pentagon’s 108° and the regular octagon’s 135° do not, so both leave gaps (octagons need extra squares to fill the space between them). Only the equilateral triangle, the square and the regular hexagon tile among regular polygons.
Statement:
"Enjoy your challenges" - an advertisement of a car brand.
Assumptions:
I. People wish to enjoy challenges.
II. There are people who are willing to buy a car.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : D
As the advertisement reads - enjoy challenges. It is as if an advise is given.
So, I is not implicit.
According to the statement people found these people to be good, but not the author by himself. Hence, II is not implicit. So, II is not implicit.
Neither I nor II is implicit.
How many numbers amogst the numbers 9 to 54 are there which are exactly divisible by 9 but not by 3 ?
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : D
Correct answer: 0
Every multiple of 9 is also a multiple of 3, since \( 9 = 3 \times 3 \). So no number whatever can be divisible by 9 and not by 3, and the count is 0.
Input :Together over series on feast the so. Which of the following steps will be the last but one ?
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : D
1st Step : feast Together over series on the so 2nd Step : feast on Together over series the so 3rd step : feast on over Together series the so 4th step : feast on over series Together the so 5th Step : feast on over series so the Together (Last step)
English Language [ Question No: 10 To 14 ] :
Direction for [ Question No: 10 To 10 ] :
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
Legends will tell you that flamingoes are no ordinary visitors to Kachchh. They were the honoured guests of King Lakho and he had forbidden the hunting of flamingoes, which came to Kachchh from various parts of the world every year to breed. For centuries, the region had been a haven for the migratory bird. Today, Flamingo City, an island in the middle of the Rann of Kachchh, known the world over as one of the biggest breeding grounds of the Greater Flamingo, is strewn with bodies of hundreds of flamingo chicks. The parents of these chicks have fled the island due to lack of food. Zooplanktons, algae and the small fish that these birds survive on are dying due to a sudden increase in the salinity of the Rann waters. One can even see dead fish floating. Flamingoes need salt-encrusted, damp mud to build nests. The place where they build their nests has to be inaccessible to predatory cats and birds. It should also have sufficient food. The right mix of sweet and brackish water in the Rann is crucial for the proliferation of planktons and algae that the flamingoes feed on. Faced with starvation, flamingoes have fled the island leaving their chicks to fend for themselves. Till date, around a thousand flamingoes have died.
Maharaj Kumarshi Himmatsinghji, a member of the royal family of Kachchh and an expert on the birds of Kachchh, traces the problem of increased salinity in the Rann waters to the construction of dams on rivers that flow into the region. He emphasises that efforts should be made to ensure that at least some water flows into the Rann. In fact, over the years, the number of flamingoes coming to the island has decreased because of the change in salinity of the Rann water. In 1945, Salim Ali, the late ornithologist, had found 5 lakh birds on the island. Since then, the number has not gone above 2.2 lakh. However, the studies carried out on the Flamingo City so far cannot be taken as 100 percent accurate.
The flamingoes are not ordinary visitors to Kachchh as
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : D
The flamingoes are not ordinary visitors because they have been the honoured guests of King Lakho.
The passage opens: 'Legends will tell you that flamingoes are no ordinary visitors to Kachchh. They were the honoured guests of King Lakho and he had forbidden the hunting of flamingoes'. That is the reason given.
The birds are said to come 'from various parts of the world', not from Australia alone. Their beauty and any medicinal value are not mentioned.
Direction for [ Question No: 11 To 11 ] :
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
A Planning Commission by any other name will (1) pretty much the same. The government has (2) announced the successor body to the Planning Commission, which had been decommissioned by the Prime Minister halfway (3) his first Independence Day address. It will be called NITI Aayog (meaning policy institution) and is (4) as a think tank that will service both the Centre and the States. Much is made of the new body promotion cooperative (5) as opposed to the top-down approach of the (6) commission. This is much of a muchness. The new body is (7) with, among other things, designing planning at the (8) of the village and monitoring and evaluation of implementation of schemes. Both sound decidedly top-down, rather than of a call to states to (9) in unfettered autonomy. Nor is there anything (10) within this.
Which word best fits blank (5)?
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : B
Correct answer: federation
Cooperative federalism is the term of art, and federation is the noun the sentence needs to set against the top-down approach. Goodwill and accord describe a mood rather than a structure.
Direction for [ Question No: 12 To 12 ] :
Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase to make the grammatically correct?
The small child does whatever his father was done.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : D
It should read does.
The main verb is present - the child does whatever - so the subordinate clause must be present too. Whatever his father does is the habitual action being copied; was done is passive and past, and fits neither.
Direction for [ Question No: 13 To 13 ] :
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
In the sentence below, find the part that contains an error. If the sentence is correct as it stands, choose "No error".
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : C
The error is in I will have helped him.
The if-clause is had known, a past perfect, so the sentence is a third conditional and the main clause must take would have helped. Will never appears in this pattern.
Direction for [ Question No: 14 To 14 ] :
Pick out the most effective word(s) from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
Brothers must live in harmony. They must never fall ......
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : B
Correct answer: out
Fall out means to quarrel, which is what brothers living in harmony must avoid.
Fall off is to decline, fall apart is to disintegrate, and fall away is to desert or dwindle.
General Awareness / General Knowledge (GK) [ Question No: 15 To 19 ] :
Which of the following is not a western Rajasthani dialect ?
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : D
The dialect that is not western Rajasthani is Mewati.
In the usual classification of Rajasthani dialects, Marwari is the main western dialect, and Shekhawati and Bagri (Bagdi) are western dialects spoken in the north-west, around Shekhawati and the Ganganagar-Hanumangarh belt.
Mewati is spoken in the Mewat region of Alwar and Bharatpur in the north-east and is grouped with the north-eastern Rajasthani dialects, so it is the odd one out.
"Spanish" is the official language of _____.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : C
It is El Salvador.
Spanish is the official language of the smallest country in Central America. Nawat, the indigenous language, has only a few elderly speakers left.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : C
Because the water that oozes out does not evaporate quickly, the air being already humid.
An earthen pot cools by evaporation of the water seeping through its pores, and evaporation draws latent heat from what remains. On a rainy day the air is close to saturation, so evaporation is slow and little heat is carried away.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : A
Farokh Engineer played just five one-day internationals, all of them late in a career that was largely over before the format took hold.
He played 46 Tests as India's wicketkeeper-batsman between 1961 and 1975, and had a long county career with Lancashire.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : C
Imtiaz Dharker received it.
The Pakistan-born British poet, who grew up in Glasgow and has long lived partly in Mumbai, was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 2014.
Constitutional Law [ Question No: 20 To 20 ] :
The Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission shall consist of maximum
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : B
The key gives five members.
Under Article 316 of the Constitution the Governor appoints the Chairman and other members of a State Public Service Commission, and under Article 318 the Governor fixes by regulation the number of members. So the maximum for Madhya Pradesh is a matter of the state's own regulation.
I could not find the regulation's text or an official page stating the cap. One reference describes the Commission as a chairman and not more than five members, but another source on the same Commission is inconsistent. The answer therefore rests on the key. Four, six and seven are the other figures offered.
Marks
Total number of questions : 20
Number of answered questions : 0
Number of unanswered questions : 20