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Quantitative Aptitude [ Question No: 1 To 3 ] :
Five people are planning to share equally the cost of a rental apartment. If one person withdraws from the agreement and others share equally the entire rental of the apartment, then the share of each of the remaining persons is increased by
A student was asked to divide a number by 6 and add 12 to the quotient. He, however, first added 12 to the number and then divided it by 6, getting 112 as the answer. The correct answer should have been:
What is the remainder when \((25! + 1)\) is divided by 23?
Reasoning [ Question No: 4 To 9 ] :
Direction for [ Question No: 4 To 4 ] :
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.
Give answer
- (A) If only I follows
- (B) If only II follows
- (C) If either I or II follows
- (D) If neither I nor II follows
- (E) If both I and II follow.
Statement: A large number of people die every year due to drinking polluted water during the summer.
Courses of Action:
1. The government should make adequate arrangements to provide safe drinking water to all its citizens.
2. The people should be educated about the dangers of drinking polluted water.
Direction for [ Question No: 5 To 5 ] :
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: The improvement in the quality of T.V. programmes will lead to increase in the sales of T.V.
Assumptions:
1. T.V. is a good entertainment medium.
2. The quality of T.V, programmes has improved recently.
Direction for [ Question No: 6 To 6 ] :
Each question given below consists of a statement, followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a 'strong' argument and which is a 'weak' argument.
Give answer:
- (A) If only argument I is strong
- (B) If only argument II is strong
- (C) If either I or II is strong
- (D) If neither I nor II is strong and
- (E) If both I and II are strong.
Statement: Should shifting agriculture be practised?
Arguments:
1. No. It is a wasteful practice.
2. Yes. Modern methods of farming are too expensive
Direction for [ Question No: 7 To 7 ] :
For the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) below, choose the correct alternative.
Assertion(A) : When common salt is kept open, it absorbs moisture from the air.
Reason (R) : Common salt contains magnesium chloride.
X and Y are two brothers. B is the brother of A and A is the mother of X. How is B related to Y ?
In a certain code language, ACCURACY is coded as XZFXZIBX. How will CONFUSED be coded in that language?
English Language [ Question No: 10 To 12 ] :
Direction for [ Question No: 10 To 10 ] :
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct/most appropriate options.
Did you know that there is a fiber that is as flexible and lightweight as nylon yet five times stronger than steel? Did you know that this fabric is resistant to temperatures higher than 500 degrees Fahrenheit? Did you know that a woman invented this fiber? This miraculous fabric is called Kevlar and it is used to make everything from body armor to musical instruments.
The year was 1964. There were gasoline shortages due to conflict in the Middle East. A Polish-American chemist named Stephanie Louise Kwolek was working for DuPont, an American chemical company. She and her group were trying to make a lightweight, yet durable fiber to be used in tires. Lighter tires would allow vehicles to get better gas mileage, but the tires had to be strong enough to resist the wear and tear of the road. They had been working on the problem for some time and had little success, until Kwolek had a breakthrough.
Kwolek and her group were synthesizing or creating fibers to test. During one of the steps in the process, Kwolek created a milky white solution by mixing two chemicals that were often used in the process. This solution was usually thrown away, but Kwolek convinced one of the technicians to help her test it. They were amazed to discover that the fabric that Kwolek had created was not only more durable than nylon, it was more durable than steel. Kwolek had invented Kevlar.
Kevlar is a remarkable fabric known for its strength and durability. Since its invention it has found its way into a wide variety of products. Kevlar is used in sporting equipment like bike tires, bowstrings and tennis racquets. It is used in musical instruments like drumheads, reeds and speaker cones. And it is used in protective gear like motorcycle safety jackets, gloves and shoes. However, Kevlar is best known for its ability to stop bullets.
Richard Armellino created the first Kevlar bulletproof vest in 1975. It contained 15 layers of Kevlar, which could stop handgun and shotgun bullets. The vest also had a steel plate over the heart, which made the vest strong enough to stop rifle rounds. Vests like Armellino's were quickly picked up by police forces and it is estimated that by 1990, half of all police officers in America wore bulletproof vests daily. By 2006, there were over 2000 documented police vest 'saves', or instances where officers were protected from deadly wounds by wearing bulletproof vests.
How much stronger is Kevlar than steel?
Direction for [ Question No: 11 To 11 ] :
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
I designed, after my first voyage, to spend the rest of my days at Baghdad, but it was not long ere I grew weary of an indolent life and I put to sea a second time with merchants of known probity. We embarked on board of a good ship and set sail. One day we landed on an island covered with several sorts of fruit trees, but we could see neither man nor animal. While some diverted themselves with gathering flowers, and other fruits, I took my wine and provisions and sat down near a stream betwixt two high trees, which afforded a delightful shade. I made a good meal and afterwards fell asleep. When I woke up, the ship was no longer in view.
In this sad condition, I was ready to die with grief. When I gazed towards the sea, I could discern nothing but sky and water, but looking over the land I beheld something white, and coming down, I took what provision I had left and went towards the object which was so distant that at first could not distinguish what it was.
As I approached, I thought it to be a white dome of a prodigious height and extent. I drew near to it, and walked round it and found no door to it. I found that I had not strength nor activity to climb it on account of its exceeding smoothness. I went round the dome measuring its circumference. I meditated upon some means of gaining an entrance into it but no means of accomplishing this occurred to me. By this time the sun was about to set, and all of a sudden the sky became as dark as if it had been covered with a thick cloud. I was much astonished at this sudden darkness but much more when I found it occasioned by a bird of a most extraordinary size that came flying towards me. I remembered that I had often heard mariners speak of a miraculous bird called the roc, and conceived that the great dome which I so much admired must be her egg. Shortly afterwards the bird alighted and sat over the egg.
Identify the tense of the underlined word in : 'I drew near to it....'
Direction for [ Question No: 12 To 12 ] :
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 'E'. (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".
General Awareness / General Knowledge (GK) [ Question No: 13 To 19 ] :
Match the following :
| Player Name | Related Game |
|---|---|
| a. Silvanus Dungdung | 1. Boxing |
| b. Shubbalaxmi | 2. Mountaing |
| c. Premlata Agrawal | 3. Cricket |
| d. Aruna Mishra | 4. Hockey |
Correct answer :
By virtue of which Act, Diarchy was introduced in India
Current Affairs [ Question No: 20 To 20 ] :
Which of the following statements are not correct in respect of Hunter Moon ?
(i) It is also called as 'December's Full Moon'
(ii) It is also called as 'Drying Rice Moon'
(iii) It is also called as 'Sanguine Moon'
(iv) It is also called as 'Pagan Black Moon'
Total number of questions : 20
Number of answered questions : 0
Number of unanswered questions : 20
Quantitative Aptitude [ Question No: 1 To 3 ] :
Five people are planning to share equally the cost of a rental apartment. If one person withdraws from the agreement and others share equally the entire rental of the apartment, then the share of each of the remaining persons is increased by
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : B
The keyed answer is 5%.
With five people, each pays 1/5 = 20% of the rent. When one withdraws, each of the remaining four pays 1/4 = 25% of the rent. So each person's share of the total rent rises from 20% to 25%, that is, by 5 percentage points of the rent, which is the reading the key takes.
Measured against each person's own earlier payment, the increase is (25 - 20)/20 = 25%, which is not among the options; 4%, 6% and 7% fit neither reading.
A student was asked to divide a number by 6 and add 12 to the quotient. He, however, first added 12 to the number and then divided it by 6, getting 112 as the answer. The correct answer should have been:
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : C
Let the number be x. The student performed \(\frac{x+12}{6} = 112\). So, x+12 = 672 => x=660.
The correct operation was to divide by 6 first and then add 12.
Correct Answer = \(\frac{x}{6} + 12 = \frac{660}{6} + 12 = 110 + 12 = 122\).
What is the remainder when \((25! + 1)\) is divided by 23?
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : B
The factorial 25! is the product \(25 \times 24 \times 23 \times ... \times 1\). Since this product contains the number 23 as a factor, 25! is a multiple of 23.
Therefore, the remainder when 25! is divided by 23 is 0.
The problem then becomes finding the remainder of \((0 + 1)\) when divided by 23, which is simply 1.
Reasoning [ Question No: 4 To 9 ] :
Direction for [ Question No: 4 To 4 ] :
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.
Give answer
- (A) If only I follows
- (B) If only II follows
- (C) If either I or II follows
- (D) If neither I nor II follows
- (E) If both I and II follow.
Statement: A large number of people die every year due to drinking polluted water during the summer.
Courses of Action:
1. The government should make adequate arrangements to provide safe drinking water to all its citizens.
2. The people should be educated about the dangers of drinking polluted water.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : E
The situation demands creating awareness among people about the dangers of drinking polluted water so that they themselves refrain from the same, and at the same time taking steps to provide safe drinking water. So, both the courses follow.
Direction for [ Question No: 5 To 5 ] :
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: The improvement in the quality of T.V. programmes will lead to increase in the sales of T.V.
Assumptions:
1. T.V. is a good entertainment medium.
2. The quality of T.V, programmes has improved recently.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : A
Correct answer: Only assumption I is implicit
To expect better programmes to raise sales is to treat television as something people watch for enjoyment - assumption I. Assumption II says the quality has improved, whereas the statement speaks of what would happen if it did. Only I is implicit.
Direction for [ Question No: 6 To 6 ] :
Each question given below consists of a statement, followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a 'strong' argument and which is a 'weak' argument.
Give answer:
- (A) If only argument I is strong
- (B) If only argument II is strong
- (C) If either I or II is strong
- (D) If neither I nor II is strong and
- (E) If both I and II are strong.
Statement: Should shifting agriculture be practised?
Arguments:
1. No. It is a wasteful practice.
2. Yes. Modern methods of farming are too expensive
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : A
Clearly, shifting agriculture is a practice in which a certain crop is grown on a land and when it becomes infertile it is left bare and another piece of land is chosen. Clearly, it is a wasteful practice. So, only argument I holds
Direction for [ Question No: 7 To 7 ] :
For the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) below, choose the correct alternative.
Assertion(A) : When common salt is kept open, it absorbs moisture from the air.
Reason (R) : Common salt contains magnesium chloride.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : A
Correct answer: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Common salt as sold contains traces of magnesium chloride, which is deliquescent - it absorbs moisture from the air until it dissolves in it. Pure sodium chloride does not do this, so the impurity is exactly the reason for the caking. Both are true and R explains A.
X and Y are two brothers. B is the brother of A and A is the mother of X. How is B related to Y ?
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : A
B is Y's maternal uncle.
A is the mother of X, and X and Y are brothers, so A is also the mother of Y. B is the brother of A, which makes B the brother of Y's mother: Y's maternal uncle.
B cannot be Y's mother, since B is a brother, a male. He is not Y's brother or father: he belongs to the generation of Y's mother, on her side of the family.
Drawing a quick family tree helps: put A at the top with her children X and Y below, and B beside A as her brother. B is then one generation above Y, on the mother's side.
In a certain code language, ACCURACY is coded as XZFXZIBX. How will CONFUSED be coded in that language?
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : A
In ACCURACY, each letter is first replaced by its opposite letter in the alphabet (A with Z, B with Y and so on), and then the letters are swapped in pairs. ACCURACY becomes ZXXFIZXB by the opposite letters, and swapping each pair gives XZFXZIBX, which is the given code.
For CONFUSED, the opposite letters are X L M U F H V W. Swapping each adjacent pair gives L X U M H F W V, that is LXUMHFWV. The other options are not formed by this rule: XLMUFHVW has the opposite letters without the swap, and WVHFUMLX and VWFHMUXL are reversals of the other forms.
English Language [ Question No: 10 To 12 ] :
Direction for [ Question No: 10 To 10 ] :
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct/most appropriate options.
Did you know that there is a fiber that is as flexible and lightweight as nylon yet five times stronger than steel? Did you know that this fabric is resistant to temperatures higher than 500 degrees Fahrenheit? Did you know that a woman invented this fiber? This miraculous fabric is called Kevlar and it is used to make everything from body armor to musical instruments.
The year was 1964. There were gasoline shortages due to conflict in the Middle East. A Polish-American chemist named Stephanie Louise Kwolek was working for DuPont, an American chemical company. She and her group were trying to make a lightweight, yet durable fiber to be used in tires. Lighter tires would allow vehicles to get better gas mileage, but the tires had to be strong enough to resist the wear and tear of the road. They had been working on the problem for some time and had little success, until Kwolek had a breakthrough.
Kwolek and her group were synthesizing or creating fibers to test. During one of the steps in the process, Kwolek created a milky white solution by mixing two chemicals that were often used in the process. This solution was usually thrown away, but Kwolek convinced one of the technicians to help her test it. They were amazed to discover that the fabric that Kwolek had created was not only more durable than nylon, it was more durable than steel. Kwolek had invented Kevlar.
Kevlar is a remarkable fabric known for its strength and durability. Since its invention it has found its way into a wide variety of products. Kevlar is used in sporting equipment like bike tires, bowstrings and tennis racquets. It is used in musical instruments like drumheads, reeds and speaker cones. And it is used in protective gear like motorcycle safety jackets, gloves and shoes. However, Kevlar is best known for its ability to stop bullets.
Richard Armellino created the first Kevlar bulletproof vest in 1975. It contained 15 layers of Kevlar, which could stop handgun and shotgun bullets. The vest also had a steel plate over the heart, which made the vest strong enough to stop rifle rounds. Vests like Armellino's were quickly picked up by police forces and it is estimated that by 1990, half of all police officers in America wore bulletproof vests daily. By 2006, there were over 2000 documented police vest 'saves', or instances where officers were protected from deadly wounds by wearing bulletproof vests.
How much stronger is Kevlar than steel?
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : C
Kevlar is five times as strong as steel.
The first paragraph describes a fibre 'as flexible and lightweight as nylon yet five times stronger than steel', and goes on to name it as Kevlar.
'Half as strong' and 'as strong' understate it, and 200 times is not in the passage.
Direction for [ Question No: 11 To 11 ] :
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :
I designed, after my first voyage, to spend the rest of my days at Baghdad, but it was not long ere I grew weary of an indolent life and I put to sea a second time with merchants of known probity. We embarked on board of a good ship and set sail. One day we landed on an island covered with several sorts of fruit trees, but we could see neither man nor animal. While some diverted themselves with gathering flowers, and other fruits, I took my wine and provisions and sat down near a stream betwixt two high trees, which afforded a delightful shade. I made a good meal and afterwards fell asleep. When I woke up, the ship was no longer in view.
In this sad condition, I was ready to die with grief. When I gazed towards the sea, I could discern nothing but sky and water, but looking over the land I beheld something white, and coming down, I took what provision I had left and went towards the object which was so distant that at first could not distinguish what it was.
As I approached, I thought it to be a white dome of a prodigious height and extent. I drew near to it, and walked round it and found no door to it. I found that I had not strength nor activity to climb it on account of its exceeding smoothness. I went round the dome measuring its circumference. I meditated upon some means of gaining an entrance into it but no means of accomplishing this occurred to me. By this time the sun was about to set, and all of a sudden the sky became as dark as if it had been covered with a thick cloud. I was much astonished at this sudden darkness but much more when I found it occasioned by a bird of a most extraordinary size that came flying towards me. I remembered that I had often heard mariners speak of a miraculous bird called the roc, and conceived that the great dome which I so much admired must be her egg. Shortly afterwards the bird alighted and sat over the egg.
Identify the tense of the underlined word in : 'I drew near to it....'
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : D
'drew' is in the Simple Past tense.
Drew is the past form of the irregular verb draw (draw, drew, drawn). In 'I drew near to it', draw near means approach, and the single past form describes a completed action in the past.
The simple present would be 'draw'. The past perfect would need had + past participle, 'had drawn', and the future perfect 'will have drawn'. Since drew stands alone without an auxiliary, it is simple past.
Direction for [ Question No: 12 To 12 ] :
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 'E'. (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 : A
The error is in the patient recover.
The subject is singular and the sentence is past, so the verb is recovered. The so ... that construction that follows needs a finite verb to hang on.
General Awareness / General Knowledge (GK) [ Question No: 13 To 19 ] :
Match the following :
| Player Name | Related Game |
|---|---|
| a. Silvanus Dungdung | 1. Boxing |
| b. Shubbalaxmi | 2. Mountaing |
| c. Premlata Agrawal | 3. Cricket |
| d. Aruna Mishra | 4. Hockey |
Correct answer :
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : C
The correct matching is a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1.
Silvanus Dungdung of Simdega was a member of India's gold-winning hockey team at the 1980 Moscow Olympics (a-4). Shubhalaxmi is linked with cricket (b-3). Premlata Agrawal of Jamshedpur climbed Everest in 2011 and later completed the Seven Summits, making her a mountaineer (c-2). Aruna Mishra of Jamshedpur is a boxer who won a silver medal at the 2006 Women's World Boxing Championships (d-1).
Options that pair Premlata Agrawal with boxing, or Silvanus Dungdung with anything but hockey, fail on these well-known names.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : A
Argon, copper and silver are diamagnetic.
A diamagnetic substance has all its electrons paired, so it has no permanent magnetic moment and is weakly repelled by a field. Oxygen has two unpaired electrons and is paramagnetic, and hydrogen atoms are paramagnetic though \(\mathrm{H_2}\) is not.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : C
Serena Williams won the 2013 French Open women's singles, beating Maria Sharapova in the final.
It was her second Roland Garros title, eleven years after her first, and her sixteenth Grand Slam singles title.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : D
It is Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari.
The Vivek Express covers 4,189 km in about 80 hours across nine states - the longest single railway journey in India, and among the longest in the world.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : C
The Missionaries of Charity, founded at Calcutta in 1950, was established by Mother Teresa.
She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and the Bharat Ratna in 1980, and was canonised in 2016.
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : C
Both groups are major sources of free gas in India. The South Bassein and Tapti fields in the western offshore are the largest, and the onshore fields of Tripura and the Krishna–Godavari basin in Andhra Pradesh add substantially to output.
Free gas is gas produced from a gas reservoir in its own right, as distinct from associated gas dissolved in crude oil.
By virtue of which Act, Diarchy was introduced in India
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : B
Diarchy was introduced by the Government of India Act, 1919, the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms.
Provincial subjects were split into 'transferred' subjects such as education and health, administered by ministers answerable to the legislature, and 'reserved' subjects such as police and finance, kept with the governor. It was abolished in the provinces by the 1935 Act.
Current Affairs [ Question No: 20 To 20 ] :
Which of the following statements are not correct in respect of Hunter Moon ?
(i) It is also called as 'December's Full Moon'
(ii) It is also called as 'Drying Rice Moon'
(iii) It is also called as 'Sanguine Moon'
(iv) It is also called as 'Pagan Black Moon'
Your Answer : (Not Answered)
Correct Answer : B
Statements (i) and (iv) are not correct, so the answer is (i) and (iv).
The Hunter's Moon is the first full moon after the Harvest Moon, so it usually falls in October, not December, which makes statement (i) wrong. 'Pagan Black Moon' is not one of its names, so statement (iv) is wrong too.
Statements (ii) and (iii) are correct: among the traditional names given to October's full moon are the 'Drying Rice Moon' and the 'Sanguine' or 'Blood' Moon. So any option that counts (ii) or (iii) as incorrect is wrong.
Marks
Total number of questions : 20
Number of answered questions : 0
Number of unanswered questions : 20