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Quantitative Aptitude [ Question No: 1 To 4 ] :
The sum of three numbers in G.P. is 14 and their product is 64. The numbers are:
Two poles standing on the same side of a tower in a straight line with it, measure the angles of elevation of the top of the tower at 25º and 50º respectively. If the height of the tower is 70 m, find
The base radii of two circular cones of the same height are in the ratio 3 : 5. The ratio of their volumes are
What are the least number of square tiles required to pave the floor of a room 15 m 17 cm long and 9 m 2 cm broad ?
Reasoning [ Question No: 5 To 8 ] :
Direction for [ Question No: 5 To 7 ] :
In each question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
Give answer
- (A) If only assumption I is implicit
- (B) If only assumption II is implicit
- (C) If either I or II is implicit
- (D) If neither I nor II is implicit
- (E) If both I and II are implicit.
Statement: A's advice to B - "If you want to study Accounts, join Institute Y."
Assumptions:
1. Institute Y provides good Accounts education.
2. B listens to As advice
Statement: "Blue tie would help us identify our staff from others." - A suggestion in a company.
Assumptions:
1. The company needs to identify its staff.
2. Blue tie is the latest fashion.
Statement: "But out of A, B, C and D products, you buy B which alone is based on the international technology."- A shopkeeper tells a customer.
Assumptions:
1. The customers normally accept the recommendation of the shopkeeper.
2. Use of international technology is supposed to ensure better quality standards.
Direction for [ Question No: 8 To 8 ] :
Choose the word which is least like the other words in the group.
Choose the word which is different from the rest.
English Language [ Question No: 9 To 14 ] :
Direction for [ Question No: 9 To 9 ] :
Choose the appropriate meanings of the phrases/idioms given below :
To cry wolf
Direction for [ Question No: 10 To 10 ] :
Find out the incorrect sentence from amongst the sentences given below :
(a) He said, "My God ! I ain ruined.
(b) This admits no excuse.
(c) He asked me if I would accompany him.
(d) None of these.
Direction for [ Question No: 11 To 11 ] :
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
Usually the first question I ask a newbie birder is, "What do you think is the most important physical requisite to be a birder ? Your eyes, your ears, your nose or any other ?"
Most often, the answer is "eyes", but several do home into what is the most important faculty - at least, according to me : your ears. Spotting birds in foliage is hard enough, but if you hear them, you know they are there.
But early the other morning, I realised it went much beyond that. The first bird call I heard as I left the house for my walk was the madcap ringing laugh of black-rumped flameback, earlier known as the golden-backed woodpecker. It was a wild, exultant laugh that set the tone and mood for the entire day. And then I realised that every bird call evokes a different reaction, memory or emotion in the listener.
Indian mynas, for example, invariably remind me of people in Delhi-always ready to argue and pick a fight, belligerent and in your face. Yet, they taught me not to make sweeping generalisations because when a pair perch on the window sill in the afternoons, they have meaningful civilised conversations with each other. There is inquiry, humour and affection in their voices.
Study the following statements :
(a) Different chirpings of birds evoke different emotions in a birder.
(b) Sometimes birds make their nests hidden from public view.
Direction for [ Question No: 12 To 12 ] :
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
At that moment, we heard a big bang from outside, as if a bomb had exploded! We felt as if we were being thrown violently to the ground. From the shadow of a tree nearby, someone emerged and walked slowly towards the shop to stand before us. Everything had happened in the fraction of a second and seeing his face now, my throat went suddenly dry.
He was a young boy. Across his cheek ran a deep gash, from eye to lip made by a bullet or a sharp knife. There was blood and pus in it. The flesh under his lip looked as if it had been ripped open and we could see his teeth in the quavering light.
I went to the old woman and took her hand in mine, gripping it tightly. We were both shivering. The boy was wearing black jeans and a khaki jacket. And what was that in his hand ? A revolver ? Even in the smoky light of the kerosene lamp, the barrel shone. The old woman burst into a hysterical cry.
'Oh my Kanbap, my son! I told your father a thousand times to bring you from the railway track. Oh my son, what has happened to you ? Why are you bleeding like this ?'
Suddenly the boy's eyes fell on the girl sitting in the corner and trembling with fear. He sped like a bullet towards the girl and grabbing her hair, rained blows and kicks on her stomach, shouting, 'I will smash your womb! I will kill the bastard child of that soldier you are carrying... Making love with a soldier, dirty bitch! Phooh! Phooh!
State which of the following statements is True/False ?
(A) The boy was dressed in casual wear.
(B) On seeing his sister, the boy attacked her in rage.
Direction for [ Question No: 13 To 13 ] :
Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'E' as the answer.
Direction for [ Question No: 14 To 14 ] :
In each of the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
General Awareness / General Knowledge (GK) [ Question No: 15 To 19 ] :
Which of the following is not correct?
Choose the most appropriate option from below:
Which are not fat soluble vitamins?
1. The Great Himalayan National Park 2. Rani-ki-Vav 3. The Western Ghats 4. Golconda Fort
Current Affairs [ Question No: 20 To 20 ] :
Where is the world's first "Vedic Clock" installed ?
Total number of questions : 20
Number of answered questions : 0
Number of unanswered questions : 20
Quantitative Aptitude [ Question No: 1 To 4 ] :
The sum of three numbers in G.P. is 14 and their product is 64. The numbers are:
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : B
Let the numbers be \(a/r, a, ar\). Their product is \(a^3 = 64\), so \(a=4\). Their sum is \(a/r + a + ar = 14 \Rightarrow 4/r + 4 + 4r = 14 \Rightarrow 4/r + 4r = 10 \Rightarrow 4+4r^2=10r \Rightarrow 4r^2-10r+4=0 \Rightarrow 2r^2-5r+2=0 \Rightarrow (2r-1)(r-2)=0\). So \(r=2\) or \(r=1/2\). If r=2, numbers are 2, 4, 8. If r=1/2, numbers are 8, 4, 2.
Two poles standing on the same side of a tower in a straight line with it, measure the angles of elevation of the top of the tower at 25º and 50º respectively. If the height of the tower is 70 m, find
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : B
Let AB be the tower and C and D the poles. AB = 70 m.
In Δ ABC, cot 50º = BC/AB
Or, cot (90º - 40º) = BC/70
Or, tan 40º = BC/70
Or, 0.8391 = BC/70
Or, BC = 0.8391 × 70 = 58.74 m.
In Δ ABD, cot 25º = BD/AB
Or, cot (90º - 65º) = BD/70
Or, tan 65º = BD/70
Or, 2.114451 = BD/70
Or, BD = 2.114451 × 70 = 148.01 m.
Hence, distance between people = CD = BD - BC
= 148.01 - 58.74 = 89.27 m.
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.
What are the least number of square tiles required to pave the floor of a room 15 m 17 cm long and 9 m 2 cm broad ?
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : C
Square tiles must divide both dimensions exactly, and the fewest tiles means the largest tile - the highest common factor.
\[ 15 \text{ m } 17 \text{ cm} = 1517 \text{ cm}, \qquad 9 \text{ m } 2 \text{ cm} = 902 \text{ cm} \]
\[ 1517 = 37 \times 41, \qquad 902 = 2 \times 11 \times 41 \]
\[ \text{HCF} = 41 \text{ cm} \]
\[ n = \frac{1517}{41} \times \frac{902}{41} = 37 \times 22 = 814 \]
The awkward 17 cm and 2 cm are deliberate: they force a common factor of 41 rather than a round number.
Reasoning [ Question No: 5 To 8 ] :
Direction for [ Question No: 5 To 7 ] :
In each question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
Give answer
- (A) If only assumption I is implicit
- (B) If only assumption II is implicit
- (C) If either I or II is implicit
- (D) If neither I nor II is implicit
- (E) If both I and II are implicit.
Statement: A's advice to B - "If you want to study Accounts, join Institute Y."
Assumptions:
1. Institute Y provides good Accounts education.
2. B listens to As advice
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : A
Correct answer: Only assumption I is implicit
Recommending the institute presupposes that it teaches accounts well - assumption I; otherwise the advice would be worthless. Assumption II is about whether B will act on it, which is no part of what A takes for granted in giving it. Only I is implicit.
Statement: "Blue tie would help us identify our staff from others." - A suggestion in a company.
Assumptions:
1. The company needs to identify its staff.
2. Blue tie is the latest fashion.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : A
Clearly, the suggestion is given for providing a method of identification. This means that the staff needs to be identified. So, I is implicit. The statement does not mention anything about the fashion. So, II is not implicit
Statement: "But out of A, B, C and D products, you buy B which alone is based on the international technology."- A shopkeeper tells a customer.
Assumptions:
1. The customers normally accept the recommendation of the shopkeeper.
2. Use of international technology is supposed to ensure better quality standards.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : E
The shopkeeper tells the customer the merits and demerits of various products, thus making it easy for him to choose. So, I is implicit. Since the shopkeeper stresses on buying B because it is based on international technology, so II is also implicit.
Direction for [ Question No: 8 To 8 ] :
Choose the word which is least like the other words in the group.
Choose the word which is different from the rest.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : B
Correct answer: Director
A producer, investor, financier and entrepreneur all put up or arrange the money for a venture and carry its financial risk. A director manages and directs the work, and is employed rather than investing.
English Language [ Question No: 9 To 14 ] :
Direction for [ Question No: 9 To 9 ] :
Choose the appropriate meanings of the phrases/idioms given below :
To cry wolf
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : B
To cry wolf means to give false alarm: to call for help when there is no need, so that one is not believed when there really is danger.
It comes from the fable of the shepherd boy who kept shouting 'Wolf!' as a joke. When a wolf really came, the villagers ignored his cries.
The other choices are the meanings of other expressions: to be all ears (to listen eagerly), to turn pale, and to keep the wolf from the door (to keep off starvation), which shares a word with this idiom but not its meaning.
Direction for [ Question No: 10 To 10 ] :
Find out the incorrect sentence from amongst the sentences given below :
(a) He said, "My God ! I ain ruined.
(b) This admits no excuse.
(c) He asked me if I would accompany him.
(d) None of these.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : B
The incorrect sentence is This admits no excuse.
In the sense 'allow' or 'leave room for', admit is followed by of: This admits of no excuse. Without 'of', admit means 'let in' or 'confess', which does not fit.
The sentence in (a) is the direct speech He said, "My God! I am ruined."; the booklet prints 'ain' for 'am' and drops the closing quotation mark, but the sentence it intends is correct. Sentence (c) correctly uses 'would' after the past tense 'asked'. Since (b) is wrong, 'None of these' is also wrong.
Direction for [ Question No: 11 To 11 ] :
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
Usually the first question I ask a newbie birder is, "What do you think is the most important physical requisite to be a birder ? Your eyes, your ears, your nose or any other ?"
Most often, the answer is "eyes", but several do home into what is the most important faculty - at least, according to me : your ears. Spotting birds in foliage is hard enough, but if you hear them, you know they are there.
But early the other morning, I realised it went much beyond that. The first bird call I heard as I left the house for my walk was the madcap ringing laugh of black-rumped flameback, earlier known as the golden-backed woodpecker. It was a wild, exultant laugh that set the tone and mood for the entire day. And then I realised that every bird call evokes a different reaction, memory or emotion in the listener.
Indian mynas, for example, invariably remind me of people in Delhi-always ready to argue and pick a fight, belligerent and in your face. Yet, they taught me not to make sweeping generalisations because when a pair perch on the window sill in the afternoons, they have meaningful civilised conversations with each other. There is inquiry, humour and affection in their voices.
Study the following statements :
(a) Different chirpings of birds evoke different emotions in a birder.
(b) Sometimes birds make their nests hidden from public view.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : C
The key takes both (a) and (b) as right.
(a) The writer says that 'every bird call evokes a different reaction, memory or emotion in the listener', as the flameback's laugh set a cheerful mood and the mynas recalled people in Delhi.
(b) The passage does not mention nests, so this statement does not come from the text. It is, however, generally true that birds often hide their nests among foliage, and the key counts it as right. Read strictly from the passage, only (a) is supported, so this is a question where the key relies on general knowledge for the second statement.
Direction for [ Question No: 12 To 12 ] :
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
At that moment, we heard a big bang from outside, as if a bomb had exploded! We felt as if we were being thrown violently to the ground. From the shadow of a tree nearby, someone emerged and walked slowly towards the shop to stand before us. Everything had happened in the fraction of a second and seeing his face now, my throat went suddenly dry.
He was a young boy. Across his cheek ran a deep gash, from eye to lip made by a bullet or a sharp knife. There was blood and pus in it. The flesh under his lip looked as if it had been ripped open and we could see his teeth in the quavering light.
I went to the old woman and took her hand in mine, gripping it tightly. We were both shivering. The boy was wearing black jeans and a khaki jacket. And what was that in his hand ? A revolver ? Even in the smoky light of the kerosene lamp, the barrel shone. The old woman burst into a hysterical cry.
'Oh my Kanbap, my son! I told your father a thousand times to bring you from the railway track. Oh my son, what has happened to you ? Why are you bleeding like this ?'
Suddenly the boy's eyes fell on the girl sitting in the corner and trembling with fear. He sped like a bullet towards the girl and grabbing her hair, rained blows and kicks on her stomach, shouting, 'I will smash your womb! I will kill the bastard child of that soldier you are carrying... Making love with a soldier, dirty bitch! Phooh! Phooh!
State which of the following statements is True/False ?
(A) The boy was dressed in casual wear.
(B) On seeing his sister, the boy attacked her in rage.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : D
Both (A) and (B) are True.
Statement (A): the narrator notes that 'the boy was wearing black jeans and a khaki jacket', which is casual clothing and not formal or uniform dress. Statement (B): when the boy's eyes fell on the girl, he 'sped like a bullet towards the girl' and attacked her, shouting abuse and threats, which shows rage. The question treats the girl as his sister.
Options that call either statement false are contradicted by these lines.
Direction for [ Question No: 13 To 13 ] :
Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'E' as the answer.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : A
It should read take it for granted.
Take for granted is the fixed phrase, with for. The it is the anticipatory object standing in for the that-clause that follows.
Direction for [ Question No: 14 To 14 ] :
In each of the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : D
The opposite is understatement.
Hyperbole is deliberate exaggeration for effect, from the Greek for throwing beyond. Understatement, or litotes, is its rhetorical opposite.
General Awareness / General Knowledge (GK) [ Question No: 15 To 19 ] :
Which of the following is not correct?
Choose the most appropriate option from below:
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : C
The statement that is not correct is In battle of Tunga, Maratha had the upper hand.
The battle of Tunga (1787), near Jaipur, was fought between the Rajput forces of Jaipur and Jodhpur under Sawai Pratap Singh and Vijay Singh and the Maratha army of Mahadji Scindia. The Rajputs had the better of it and Scindia had to withdraw, so the Marathas did not have the upper hand.
The battle of Patan (1790) was again between the Rajputs and the Marathas, and this time Mahadji Scindia's army, led by the French commander de Boigne, won decisively. So statements A, B and D are correct.
Which are not fat soluble vitamins?
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : D
The vitamins that are not fat soluble are the B vitamins.
Vitamins fall into two groups. The fat-soluble vitamins, A, D, E and K, dissolve in fats, are absorbed with dietary fat and can be stored in the liver and fatty tissue. The water-soluble vitamins, the B complex and vitamin C, dissolve in water, are not stored to any great extent and are lost in urine, so they are needed regularly.
A, D and K are all in the fat-soluble group, so they are the wrong choices.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : B
The ozone layer, in the stratosphere between about 15 and 35 km, shields the earth from the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation.
Ozone absorbs almost all UV-C and most UV-B, which would otherwise cause skin cancer, cataracts and damage to crops and plankton. Absorbing that energy is also what warms the stratosphere.
1. The Great Himalayan National Park 2. Rani-ki-Vav 3. The Western Ghats 4. Golconda Fort
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : D
All of 1, 2 and 3 are on the list.
The Western Ghats were inscribed in 2012, and the Great Himalayan National Park and Rani-ki-Vav, the stepwell at Patan in Gujarat, both in 2014. Golconda Fort, despite its scale and history, has never been inscribed.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : B
The dying out of a front is frontolysis. It happens when the temperature contrast across the front weakens until the two air masses are no longer distinguishable.
The opposite process, in which a front is created or sharpened as contrasting air masses are brought together, is frontogenesis.
Current Affairs [ Question No: 20 To 20 ] :
Where is the world's first "Vedic Clock" installed ?
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : C
The world's first Vedic Clock is in Ujjain.
The Vikramaditya Vedic Clock was installed at Jantar Mantar (Jiwaji Observatory) in Ujjain and inaugurated in 2024. It shows time according to the Indian panchang system, from sunrise to sunrise, along with standard time.
Ujjain was chosen because it was the prime meridian of ancient Indian astronomy. Varanasi, Prayagraj and Bhopal were not the location.
Marks
Total number of questions : 20
Number of answered questions : 0
Number of unanswered questions : 20