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Maths By Amiya, QUESTIONS &
Solutions 121-180
121.
Sol: c
How many real values of x satisfy the relation) , = , where [x] refers to greatest
*
integer less than or equal to x.

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Let)+, = . = 6, where k is an integer. Thus, x = 2k, x also being an integer

*
Next, )+, = 6 6 + < 6 + 1 => 6 0

*
The left had relation gives 6
.A
+
which could be true only for k 0
The right hand relation gives, + < 6 + 1. This boils down to 26 < 36 + 3=. B. 6 > 3.
*
Thus, the only acceptable k are -2 , -1 and 0. Thus, only 3 values of x satisfy the relation
i.e. -4, -2 and 0.
Directions for questions 122 to 125:
125 Read the passage and answer the questions that
follow.
The early going in the Vasily Kandinsky retrospective, at the Guggenheim Museum, is
gruelingly pleasurable, with splurges of paint as vertiginous as Frank Lloyd Wrights
building, It is a kind of apotheosis, seeing this work-mainly from the years 1909-14,
when its creator invented and road-tested abstract art-in this museum, whose founding
collection centered on Kandinsky, and whose architecture ratified his spirit of shootthe-works modernity. Nor for the first time, but with extra verve, the spiral ramp acts
as a time machine, whirling us back into years when it seemed that paint of a brush
could change the world. The feeling may begin to fade, like the dream that it always
was, when youre out on Fifth Avenue again, but certain queasiness will likely
accompany you home. Kandinskys best art, which climaxes in the period of the First
World War and the Russian Revolution, demands more indulgent fortitude, amounting
almost to physical courage, than that any of the other half-dozen greatest artists of the
early twentieth century. His artistic personality, at once narcissistic and hectoring,
tempts us to shrug him off. I still do in the case of most of his later work, with its fustian
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arrays of glyphs and ciphers, which crowd the picture plane like bugs peppering
a windshield. But Kandinskys excesses make him easy to underrate, too. He was really
something.
Kandinsky was born to an haut-bourgeois family in Moscow in 1866, and moved soon
afterward to Odessa-he was a near-contemporary of Toulouse-Lautrec, Seurat, and
Munch, and fourteen years older than Picasso. He was thirty when he started painting,
after training in law and economics, and forty-three when, in 1909, he hit stride among
the Expressionists in and around Munich, with whom, in 1911, he formed the Blue Rider
group, named for one of his paintings. His art has nothing important in common with
Cubism, Futurism, or the tidier breakout movements of the epoch. His independence of
Picasso made him a crucial influence on the efforts to blow open the knitted pictorial
space of Parisian modernism-first of Joan Miro and later of Arshile Gorky and the
Abstract Expressionists. The formal difference is apparent in Kandinskys shadings of
fragmented shapes: they stay flat, rarely suggesting the outward and inward tilts, the
bumps and hollows, of Cubism. Any illusion of internal space is usually an effect of the
push and pull (a famous formulation by the artist and teacher Hans Hoffman) of cool
and warm colors, or the front-and back dynamic of linear designs overlaid on colored
grounds.
Kandinskys ambitions theories of abstraction, promulgated in his book On the
Spiritual in Art, published in 1911, constitute a dicier legacy. Saturated in Theosophist
mysticism, eccentric takes on science, and, most of all, accounts of his own subjective
process, the theories relate only tangentially to the two most cogent innovators of
abstract painting, Kazimir Malevich and Piet Mondrian. Each of them found a way, by
reduction, to establish fundamental forms that yield firm and clear impressions.
Kandinsky remained, at heart, a romantic idealist of a nineteenth-century Germanic
sort, enraptured by the tumult of his feelings. His preservation of that cast of mind
happened to keep alight a slow-burning fuse for Abstract Expressionism, which
reoriented modern painting to dramas to personal emotion.
122.
According to the passage, which of the following is true of Kandinskys paintings?

a. They established fundamental forms that yield firm and clear impressions.
b. They had an eccentric take on science.
c. They were, effectively, dramas of personal emotion.
d. They were very similar to the paintings of Kazimir Malevich and Piet
Mondrian.
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123.
124.
The authors attitude towards the later work of Kandinsky can best be described
as
a. Disregard
b. Antipathy
c. Admiration
d. Envy
According to the passage, which of the following is most likely to be true?

a. Kandinsky is not as great as some of his contemporaries.
b. Kandinsky is credited with painting the first abstract works.

c. Kandinsky was hugely influenced by Picasso.
125.
d. Kandinsky remained, at heart, a romantic.
According to the passage which of the following in NOT true?

a. Picasso was born in 1880.
b. Kandinsky started painting in 1896.
c. Kandinsky helped found the Blue Rider group when he was 45.
d. Kandinsky finished his training in law and economics in 1896.
Sol 122.c
122.c
Question Type: Detail

A look at the answer choices should tell us that this question has been asked from the
last paragraph.
(a) This is true for Kazimir and Piet, not for Kandinsky.
(b) Kandinskys book (On the Spiritual in Art, had an eccentric take on science; we
dont know if is also true for his paintings.
(c) This is the correct answer. The sentence is explicitly mentioned in the last line of the
last paragraph.
(d) Kandinskys theories, not paintings, were related (and that too only tangentially) to
Kazimir and Piet.
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Sol 123.a
123.a
Questions Type: Detail

The authors attitude towards the later work of Kandinsky is explicitly mentioned in the
1st paragraph: His artistic personality, at once narcissistic and hectoring, tempts us to
shrug him off.

off I still do in the case of most of his later work.
To shrug someone/something off is to disregard someone.
(b) and (d) are wrong as the author doesnt show any strong negative feelings for
Kandinskys work whether earlier or later.
(c) is true for the authors feelings towards Kandinskys early works, not his later ones.
Sol 124.b
124.b
Question Type: Detail/Inference

(a) No such thing can be figured out from the passage. The only reference to
Kandinskys contemporaries is in the first paragraph which says, Kandinskys best art,
which climaxes in the period of the First World War and the Russian Revolution,
demands more indulgent fortitude, amounting almost to physical courage, than that of
any of the other half-dozen greatest artists of the early twentieth century.
(b) This is the correct answer. The first para says, . Mainly from the years 1909-14,
when its creator invented and road-tested abstract art. Here its creator refers to
Kandinsky.
(c) This is the opposite; The 2nd para says, His independence of Picasso made him a
crucial influence. This means that Kandinsky wasnt influenced by Picasso.
(d) According to the last paragraph Kandinsky remained at heart a romantic idealist
which is not the same as a romantic.
Sol 125.d
125.d
Question Type: Detail/Inference

This question is a little tricky in the sense that you will have to make minor calculations,
All the answers can be found in the 2nd paragraph.
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(a) If Kandinsky was born in 1866 and he is fourteen years older than Picasso
then obviously the latter was born in 1880.
(b) Kandinsky started painting when he was 30 years old. 1866 + 30 = 1896.
(c) Kandinsky formed the Blue Rider group in 1911. That means when he was 45 years
old.
(d) Kandinsky started painting when he was 30 in 1896 after finishing his training in
law and economics. However this does not mean that he finished his training 1896. It
just means before this time. When he did this cannot be figured out.

128: On a board are written the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 .10
sequentially, in order, in a straight row. Starting with the first person, the two players
take turns to place a + or a -in front of any one of the numbers (including a sign in
front of 1). After all the signs are placed, the sum of the sequence is found, taking into
consideration the signs. If the sum is negative, A pays B an amount equal to the absolute
value of the sum and if the sum is positive. B pays A an amount equal to the sum.
126.
127.
128.
What could be the minimum possible amount that A has to pay B?

a. Rs. 1
b. Rs. 2
c. Rs. 3
d. Rs. 5
If, A starts the game, and if both A and B are perfect logicians and play the game
for their maximum benefit, which of the following is true about the result?
a. A pays B Rs. 5
b. B pays A Rs. 5
c. A pays B Re. 1
d. B pays A Re. 1
Which of the following could NOT be a possible result?

a. B pays A Rs. 55
b. A pays B Rs. 27
c. A pays B Rs. 28
d. B pays A Rs. 1
Sol 126.a
126.a
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The total sum of the 10 numbers is 55. They can be broken into two groups
having sums of 27 and 28 (in many ways). Thus the least possible difference between
the positive numbers and negative numbers is 1.
Sol 127 .b
If they are perfect logicians, and A is starting, he would want to make the net sum as
large a positive value as he can. But B will strive to make the sum negative if he can or
atleast as less a positive number as he can.
Thus, A will place a + sign before 10 in his first move and B will place a - sign before 9.
In the next move, A will place a + sign before 8 and B a - sign before 7.
And so on. In the end, the net result has to look like 1 + 2 3 + 4 5 + 6 7 + 8 9 +
10.
And the net sum will be +5. Thus, B will pay A Rs. 5.
Sol 128 .c
The sum of the absolute value of the positive and negative sum has to be 55. Thus,
one of them has to be even and other odd. Taking their signs into consideration, the net
sum has to be odd. Thus no even amount can change hands.
Directions for questions 129 & 130:

130: The following functions have been defined for three
real numbers, x, y and z..
la (x, y, z) = min(x + y, y + z), where min (a, b) refers to the minimum of a, b.
le (x, y, z) = max(x y, y z), where max (a, b) refers to the maximum of a, b.
ma (x, y, z) =
129.
cd (*,e,f)g ch (*,e,f)
.
Given that x > y > z > 0, which of the following is necessarily true?
a. la(x, y, z) < le(x, y, z)
b. ma(x, y, z) < la(x, y, z)
c. ma(x, y, z) < le(x, y, z)
d. None of these
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130.
What is the value of ma(10, 4, le(la(10, 5, 3), 5, 3))

a. 8
b. 6.5
c. 7
d. 7.5
Sol 129.d
129.d
Taking three different values z = 1, y = 2 and x = 3, we have la(x, y, z) = 3 ; le(x, y, z) =

1 ; ma(x, y, z) = 2.
These values rule out options (a) and (c).
Another set of value cane be taken to see that (b) is always true. Say z = 1, y = 4, x =
10.
La(x, y, z) = 5 ; le(x, y, z) = 6 ; ma(x, y, z) = 5.5. This also rules out (b).
Sol 130.b
130.b
la(10, 5, 3) = min(15, 8) = 8
le(8, 5, 3) = max(3, 2) = 3
ma(10, 4, 3) = (6 + 7)/2 = 6.5

Directions for questions 131 to 132
132 Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in
which usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
131.
Play:
a. The kids were tired but wanted to continue with the play.
b. The pitcher was replaced in the fourth inning of play.

c. We admired his fine play throughout the game.
132.
d. It was a fountain with a leaping play of water.

Stick:
a. The threat of unemployment was the stick that kept the workers toiling overtime.
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b. Having lived in a large city all his life, he found it hard to adjust to the sticks.
c. The old man used his walking stick to shoo away the naughty children.
d. I will stick to you in sickness and health.
Sol131.a
Sol131.a : The correct usage is to play.
Sol 132.d
132.d The correct usage is stick with you.
133.
In the following figure, D, E and F are the points of trisection of the respective
sides. Further, each of the ratio AX : XD, BY : YE and CZ : ZF is 3 : 4. Find the ratio of
the areas of triangle XYZ and triangle ABC
a. 1 : 10
b. 1 : 9
c. 1 : 8
d. 1 : 7
Sol 133.d
133.d
re is a unique answer (as the options suggest, we can safely assume triangle
Since there
ABC to be equilateral. This will reduce our work considerably.
Now the non-overlapping
overlapping areas that appear similarly placed about the three vertices
will equal in area. Assuming the areas as x, y and z as shown in the figure, we have
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k(lkmn)
k(lkom)
= ompq = . =. B.
mnpq
= . 3s = t =. B. s = +
*g.egf
.*ge
Also, k(lkvu) = vupqw = x =. BB. egf = x 4s + y = 3t.

k(lkun)
unpq
*ge
Plugging x in terms of z, we have y = + .

zf
We need to find the ratio of ffg+*g+e =. B. fgfgzf =. B. {

f
Directions for questions 134

137:
134 to 13
The denomination of the coins in circulation in Denziland is designed in such a way that
any integral amount is payable by using a maximum of 1 coin of each available
denomination.
Besides, there is a change machine which gives out the change of a coin you put in,
again in a way such that minimum numbers of coins are given out.
The currency of the country is called Den.
134.
If an article costs 100

0 Den, what is the minimum number of coins that are needed
to purchase it?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
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135.
Below mentioned are four articles and their prices. If I have 93 Den in minimum
possible number of coins, which combination of articles given in the choices, is it
possible to purchase without having to visit the change machine? Each article
bought has to be paid independently.
I. A bread packet costing 25 Den
III. A pastry costing 20 Den
a. I and II
136.
137.
b. I and IV
II. A book costing 60 Den
IV. A watch costing 65 Den
c. II and III
d. III and IV
A person wants to buy an article worth 428 Den, but has just one coin of
minimum denomination but sufficient to cover the cost. How many times will he
need to use the change machine?
a. 5 times
b. 6 times
c. 7 times
d. 8 times
What is the minimum number of coins that I need to carry with me if I intend to
shop for one article whose exact price is not known, but its known that it costs
less than 400, such that I need not visit any change machine?
a. 6 coins
b. 8 coins
c. 9 coins
d. 10 coins
For questions 13
134to 13
137:
Since each integral amount is payable by using a maximum of 1 coin of each

denomination, the denominations necessarily have to be 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 i.e.
powers of 2.
Sol 134.c
134.c
Writing 100 as sum of powers of 2; 100 = 64 + 32 + 4.

Thus, 3 coins will be needed.
Sol 135.d
135.d
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93 is available in least number of coins. Since 93 = 64 + 16 + 8 + 4 + 1, these

are the coins that I have.
Now checking what coins will have to be given for each article:
Article I, Bread costing 25: I would have to give 16 + 8 + 1
Article II, Book costing 60: I would have to give 32 + 16 + .Since I dont have a coin
of 32, this article cannot be purchased. So options a. and c. are eliminated.
Article III, Pastry costing 20: I would have to give 16 + 4
Article IV, Watch costing 65: I would have to give 64 + 1,
Option b. asks if I can purchase I and IV. Since I have only one coin of 1, I cannot
purchase both the articles. Remember we dont have to give the total amount in one go,
we have to pay for each article independently, as asked by the question.
Option d, asks if I can purchase III and IV. Since the coins used for each of these articles
are different, and I have all the required denominations, I can make this purchase.
Sol 136 .c
Since 1 coin is there to cover the cost, it has to be 512.
Now, to pay for 428, we would have to give, 256 + 128 + 32 + 8 + 4.
First use of change machine will give us two coins of 256 in lieu of 512..
Second use will change a coin of 256 to 128 + 128.
Third use will change a coin of 128 to two coins of 64.

Fourth use will change a coin of 64 to two coins of 32.
Fifth use will change coin of 32 to two coins of 16.
Sixth use will change coin of 16 to two coins of 8
And last, seventh visit will change a coin of 8 to two coins of 4.

Now, I will have atleast one coin of each of 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 and 256 and can pay for
the article.
Sol 137.c
137.c
So that I dont visit a change machine, I have to carry coins of denominations, 1, 2, 3, 8

and so on such that their sum has to be 400 or more.
1 + 2 + 4 + 8 +..+ 2| = 2|gr - 1.
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Thus, 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 +.+ 128 will be only 255 and if one more coin of 256 is
carried, the sum will become 511. Thus, coins to be carried are 1, 2, 4, 8 256 i.e. 9
coins.
138.
r
.
+ + +
+
. 10 +
Sol :[B]
r
.
rz
r~
+ .+
r.x
r.+
r.x
. 9 +
=?
r
r.x
. 10
r.x
. 9
r.x
+ x + } + r~ + . + r.x = 1 . + 1 x + 1 } + + 1 r.x
+
rz
r.+
= 10 . + x + } + . . + r.x = 10
r
139.
w w
r
w
r
= 9 + r.x
r
How many integral sided triangles are possible given that perimeter is 100 unit.
a. 206
Sol: [c]
b. 207
c. 208
Number of integral triangle = BB =BB )
r
x}
d. None of these
, = 208
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Directions for questions 140 & 141:
141: The first line of a paragraph is given. The next
five sentences are jumbled up in order and given as A, B, C, D and E. You have to
identify the correct order of these five sentences so as to make a coherent
paragraph. Choose the order from the options given.
140.
The afternoon sun was warm on the five workmen t here, busy upon doors and
window-frames and wainscoting.
A.
On a heap of those soft shavings a rough, grey shepherd dog had made
himself a pleasant bed, and was lying with his nose between his forepaws, occasionally wrinkling his brows to cast a glance at the tallest of the
five workmen, who was carving a shield in the centre of a wooden
mantelpiece.
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B.
C.
D.
E.
a. DBCDE
141.
Here some measurement was to be taken which required more

concentrated attention, and the sonorous voice subsided into a low
whistle; but it presently broke out again with renewed vigour Let all thy
converse be sincere, Thy conscience as the noonday clear.
Such a voice could only come from a broad chest, and the broad chest
belonged to a large-boned, muscular man nearly six feet high, with a back
so flat and a head so well poised that when he drew himself up to take a
more distant survey of his work, he had the air of a soldier standing at
ease.
A scent of pine-wood from a tent like pile of planks outside the open door
mingled itself with the scent of the elder-bushed which were spreading
their summer snow close to be open window opposite; the slanting
sunbeams shone through the transparent shavings that flew before the
steady plane, and lit up the fine grain of the oak paneling which stood
propped against the wall.
It was to this workman that the strong baritone belonged which was
heard above the sound of plane and hammer singing Awake, my soul,
and with the sun Thy daily stage of duty run; Shake off dull sloth..
b. DAEBC
c. DAECB
d. BDECA
The Browns have become illustrious by the pen of Thackeray and the pencil of
Doyle, within the memory of the young gentlemen who are now matriculating at
the universities.
A.
Wherever the fleets and armies of England have won
renown,
there stalwart sons of the Browns have done yeomens work.
B.
C.
D.
For centuries, in their quiet, dogged, homespun way, they have been
subduing the earth in most English counties, and leaving their mark in
American forests and Australian uplands.
Notwithstanding the well-merited but late fame which has now
fallen upon them, any one at all acquainted with the family must
feel that much has yet to be written and said before t he British
nation will be properly sensible of how much of its greatness it
owes to the Browns.
With the yew bow and cloth-yard shaft at Cressy and Agincourt
with hand-grenade and sabre, and musket and bayonet, under
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E.
a. CBDAE
Rodney and St. Vincent, Wolfe and Moore, they have carried their
lives in their hands, getting hard knocks and hard work in plenty
which was on the whole what they looked for.
Talbots and Stanleys, St. Maurs, and such-like folk, have led armies
and made laws time out of mind; but those noble families would be
somewhat astounded if the accounts ever came to be fairly taken
to find how small their work for England has been by the side of
that of the Browns.
b. AECDB
c. ADCBE
d. CBADE
Sol 140 .b
The opening sentence introduces the five workmen. D ( the transparent
shavings) should be followed by A (On a heap of those soft shavings .). A goes on
to talk about one of the five workmen, i.e. the tallest one. E starts with It was to this
workman. And hence should follow A. E talks about the strong baritone being heard
above the should of plane and hammer, depicting that the workman was singing loudly.
B gives the contrast when the singing subsided into a lot whistle because concentration
was required and hence should follow E. Finally we should have C which refers to
where the voice could come from. Hence the correct sequence is DAEBC.
Sol 141.d
141.d
The opening sentence says that the Browns have become famous because of the
writings of Thackeray and Doyle. C further talks about the fame which has fallen upon
them and hence should follow the opening sentence. A says that Browns have done
yeomens work (yeoman is a petty naval office having clerical duties) and D goes on to
describe that work, hence it should follow A. Hence CD and CBD are incorrect
sequences. The correct sequence is CBADE.
142.
What will be the last three digits of the product

5 p 25 p 125 p 625 p 3125 p p 5r .
a. 125
b. 375
c. 625
d. 975
Sol .a
A power of 5 (three or more digits) will have the last three digits as 125 for
wpww
5 625 > 5dd| . In this case the product is 5rg.g+g..gr = 5

its last three digits will be 125.
= 5zz and thus
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143.
If |s| + |y| ,, where |s| |y| are whole numbers has 145 solutions
for the ordered pair (x, y), then how many solutions will |s| + |y| < where |s| and
|y| are natural numbers?
a. 84
b. 94
c. 98
d. 113
Sol .a
|s| + |y| will have ( + 1). + . integral solutions to x and y (if you are not aware
of this, read the note given at the end of the explanation of this question). Thus,
checking for two perfect squares adding to 145 we get 81 + 64 = 145.
Thus, n = 8
|s| + |y| < , by the same logic will h

have . + ( 1). integral solutions to x and y.
In this case, 64 + 49 = 113. But, in this question we need x and y to be integers other
than 0. With n = 8, the number of solutions where x = 0 will be y being from -7 to 7 i.e.
15 solutions and another 15 solutions with y = 0. But, 1 solution to these 30 are
common i.e. x = y = 0. Thus, 29 solutions are not acceptable. Hence answer = 113 29
= 84.
Note:
Graph of |s| + |y| 6 (6 is just taken example) will be:
Starting from the lowest point, y = -6, the number

mber of integral solutions for each
incremental integral value of y (i.e., -4, -3)
3) will be 1, 3, 5 Thus, number of
solutions for y = -6
6 to 0 will be sum of first 7 odd numbers i.e. 7. .
Similarly logic can be constructed for upper part (y = 6 to y = 1). And dont end
up double counting for y = 0.
144.
If
*h
*
h
a. a + b + c
, then which of the following is equal to x?

b.
hgg
+
c. -1
d. Either (b) or (c)
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Sol.b
Sol.b
s = 6( ); s = 6( ) ; s = 6( ).
Adding all the three, 3x = a + b + c.
145.
If the perimeter of a triangle is 42 units and its area is 42 sq. units, Find the value
of 1/x + 1/y + 1/z , where x, y and z are the lengths of the three altitudes to the
three sides of the triangle.
a. 1
b. 1/2
Sol.
Sol. b
c. 1/6
d. 1/7
Let the three sides be a, b and c and let x, y and z be the altitudes to these respective
sides. Thus, . s = 42 =
r
}x
*
Similarly other two relations can be found and adding them we get
}x
*
}x
e
146.
}x
e
= + + * + e + e = }x = .
r
x.
If a, b and c are positive real numbers such that a p p = 288. What

value of c would result in a + 3b + 2c being minimum?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
SOl: .c
d. None of these
The set of numbers for which while comparing the AM and GM we will get expressions
of (a + 3b + 2c) and a p p + respectively will be . , . , 3,

h h
, + . And for a given
. . .
+
value of . p p + the sum (a + 3b + 2c) will be minimum when . =
.
+
.
+
so, . p p + = 288 => . . 3
.
+
.
+
.
+
. ~
h
.
= 3 =
.
+
= 64 = + . when c = 3.
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149: Read the passage and answer the questions
that follow.
If worry is an integral part of what makes us human, can it also serve a positive
function? Psychologist Graham Davey of the University of Sussex in England was one of
the first experts of suggests potential plus sides to worry. In a 1994 study Davey
explored a range of consequences stemming from this natural tendency; he found
people reported that although fretting can make things worse, it can also be
constructive, helping to motivate them to take action, resolve problems and reduce
anxiety.
More recent research supports the idea that elevated levels of worry can improve
performance. In 2005 psychologist Maya Tamir, then at Stanford University, showed
that neurotic students were more likely to believe that increasing their level of worry
when working on a cognitively demanding task, such as a test, would allow them to
excel. Worrying before the test indeed helped the more neurotic individuals do better,
whereas the pretest level of worry did not particularly influence the overall experience
or outcomes for the less neurotic participants.
Not only can worry benefit performance, but it may also encourage action. A 2007
study in the journal Cognition and Emotion revealed that smokers may be more
convinced to quit if they worry about the risks of smoking. The promising results
prompted the study authors to suggest potential strategies, such as having doctors
remind smokers about the downsides, capitalizing on the worry-motivation
relationship to encourage smokers to dispense with cigarettes.
Although it is difficult to determine the precise line between healthy, beneficial worry
and unhealthy, detrimental worry, Michel Dugas, a psychologist at Concordia University
in Montreal, likes to think of worry as a bell curve whereby moderate levels are
associated with improved functioning, but excess levels are associated with a decline in
performance.
Christine Calmes, a postdoctoral fellow at the VA Capitol Mental Illness Research,
Education and Clinical Center in Baltimore, believes that successful people operate a
little higher on the worry scale. As long as fretting doesnt get the better of someone, it
can work to his or her advantage. Its all about how people cope with the worry,
Calmes says. If its incapacitating, then its not okay. But if worrying motivates people
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to go above and beyond-put in longer hours, attend to details that others may
miss-then its a good thing.
147.
The central idea of the passage can best be described as
a. The precise line between healthy, beneficial worry and unhealthy, detrimental
worry is difficult to determine.
b. Worrying improves performance, encourages action and motivates people.
c. Recent research suggests that worrying is not what its made out to be.
148.
d. Worrying, with qualifications, can be a good thing.

The primary purpose of the passage is to
a. Describe an alternative hypothesis and provide evidence and arguments that
support it.
b. Challenge the validity of a theory by exposing the inconsistencies and
contradictions in it.
c. Discuss a plan for investigation of a phenomenon that is not yet fully
understood.
149.
d. Present two explanations of a phenomenon and reconcile the differences

between them.
The author quotes the study done by Maya Tamir in order to
a. Show that worrying before the test helped the more neurotic individuals do
better than the less neurotic ones.
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b. Show that neurotic students were more likely to believe that increased
worry would allow them to excel, when working on a cognitively
demanding task.
c. Refute the belief that worrying has only negative consequences.
d. Substantiate the claim that there are potential plus sides to worry.
147.d
147.d
Question Type: Main Idea
In most cases, the central idea of a passage is outlined in the first and the last
paragraphs. This is true for the present passage. Just a glance at these two paragraphs
would give us the answer.
However a couple of answer choices can confuse you. If you understand why they are
wrong, you probably will never have problems with these types of questions.
(a) Even though this is a fact as per the passage that does not make it the right answer.
This is what is called a narrow answer choice; it deals with one paragraph only not the
entire passage.
(b) This is what is called a broad answer choice. It goes way beyond the passage. If
youve read the passage carefully you would understand that it is not that worry does
improve performance, it is that it may do so. Also worrying does not help without any
limits. It helps when it is not incapacitating. Read the last part of the last paragraph to
understand this.
(c) This is use of language which is ambiguous. It may mean anything. A good, answer
should use specific language.
(d) This is the right answer. Here qualification means limitation.
148.a
148.a
Question Type: Logical Structure
This question requires you to identify the primary concern of the passage as a whole.
The first paragraph presents a recent hypothesis suggested by Graham Davey about the
potential plus sides to worry. This implies that before that worry was considered only
negative (earlier hypothesis).
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The second paragraph describes another research that supports the idea that
elevated levels of worry can improve performance.
The third and fourth paragraphs bolster the fact introduced in the first paragraph and
provide evidence and arguments that support this alternative hypothesis.
149.d
149.d
Question Type: Function
(a) According to Maya Tamir, the more neurotic individuals dont do better than the less
neurotic ones, rather they do better then themselves (2nd paragraph).
(b) This is what Maya Tamir showed; this is not why the author is quoting her study.
(c) The study, or the passage, does not aim to refute anything. Rather the purpose of the
passage (which the study exemplifies) is to try to show the positive sides of worrying.
(d) This is how the first paragraph starts to which all the subsequent paragraphs
(including the one on Maya Tamirs research) lend credence.
150.
L refer to the length of a diagonal of a regular convex polygon with 12 sides,
with each side being 10 units. How many different values can L assume?
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 8
Sol .b
There are a total of 12 vertices. Consider any one vertex. 9 diagonals can be formed
from this of which 4 pairs will be equal in length. Thus, we have 5 different lengths for
the diagonals. And these 5 lengths will be the same irrespective from which vertex we
draw the diagonals from.
151.
How many different last two digits one can get for N^4 , where N is natural
number.
a. Infinite
b. 25
c. 22
d. 12
Sol: [d]
00,01,16, 21,25, 36, 41, 56, 61, 76, 81, 96 :- 12 different values
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152.
Bag A contains x coins of 50 paisa and bag B contains y coins of 25 paisa. When a
certain number of coins is transferred from Bag A and B and the same number of
coins are transferred from Bag B to A, the amounts in the two bags are equal.
Find the number of coins that are transferred.
a.
|*e|
b.
Sol.
Sol. b
|.*e|
c.
|*.e|
.
d.
*ge
.
The total amounts in the two bags (in paisa) are 50x + 25y. After the transfer when the
two bags have equal amount, each will have
z*g.ze
.
If n coins are transferred, the first bag will have (x n) coins of 50 paisa and n coins of
25 paisa. Thus,
50(x-n) + 25n =
z*g.ze
.
100 x 100n + 50n = 50x + 25y i.e. 50x 25y = 50n i.e.
n=
.*e
.
We would arrive at the same relation even if we write the expression for the amount in
the second bag.
153.
Three people predicted the outcome of a race among A, B and C as: ABC (i.e. A is
first, B is second and C is third), BAC and CBA. What was the actual outcome of
the race?
A.
Exactly two of the predictions were entirely wrong i.e. they did not get
even a single position correct in their predictions.
B.
Two predictions correctly predicted exactly one position and one

prediction was wrong in predicting all positions.
Choose (a) if question can be answered by using either statement A or B alone

but cannot be answered by using the other statement alone
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Choose (b) if the question can be answered by using A alone and can also be
answered by using B alone, independently
Choose (c) if the question can be answered by using both the statements
together but not by either statement alone
Choose (d) if the question cannot be answered on the basis of the two
statements
Sol.
Sol. d
Since there are only three participants, one could even check all the possible six
outcomes viz. ABC, ACB, BAC, BCA, CAB, CBA against the given conditions in the
statements.
Using statement A only: For the outcomes ACB and CBA, exactly two predictions were
entirely wrong. Thus outcome of the race cannot be uniquely identified.
Using statement B only: Both the outcomes BCA and CAB satisfy the conditions given in
the statement. Thus outcome of the race cannot be uniquely identified.
In this question there is no possibility of considering both statements A and B together
because they contradict each other.
154.
Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which usage of the word is
incorrect or inappropriate.
Drink:
a. It is a wine that will drink deliciously for many years.

b. Drink in the liquid and you shall not regret.
c. He drank in the beauty of the scene.
d. Drink was his downfall.
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Sol.B
The correct usage is Drink the liquid.
155.
If = 3.z + 3.~ + 3.{ + 3.} , then there are how many factors of N
a. 110
b. 107
c. 156
d. None of these
Sol: [d]
3.z + 3.~ + 3.{ + 3.} = 3.z (1 + 3 + 3. + 3+ ) = 3.z 40 = 2+ 3.z 5
So, Total number of factors = 4*26*2 = 208
156.
In which base B (0.6666666....)B = (1/7)10 ; (x)B represents Number x in Base
Sol: B= 43,
6/(B-1)= 1/7 => B=43
157.
Two distinct numbers such that their LCM is 2z p 3+ p 5. . Find the number of
un-ordered solutions to the two numbers.
a. 143
b. 144
c. 192
d. 288
e. None Of These
Sol: [c]
Ordered pair = (6. 5. )(4. 3. )(3. 2. ) = 385 ; where 6, 4, and 3 are one more
than power of 2, 3 &5 respectively.
So, ordered pair =
158.
+}zr
.
= 192
A teacher gave a test to six students. He entered their marks in a random order
in a computer, which recalculated the average after each mark was entered. The
average thus found was always an integer. The marks scored in ascending order
were 41, 46, 50, 52, 56 and 61. Which of the following data is enough to uniquely
identify the last mark that was entered?
I. 41 was the fourth mark to be entered
II. The average calculated after two numbers were entered was 49.
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a. Only I
c. Both I and II
b. Only II
d. Either I or II independently.
Sol.
Sol. d
The sum of the first two marks entered has to be even; the sum of the first three marks
entered has to be divisible by 3; the sum of the first four marks entered has to be
divisible by 4 and so on. Rather than waste time finding the perfect order in the order
of entry, we could start from reverse.
The remainders of the marks when divided by 3 are 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1.
Thus, the only way in which three of the marks entered will give a integral average is
when those three leaving 2 as the remainder are used (41, 50, 56) or those three leaving
1 as the remainder are used (46, 52, 61)
Case i: The first three marks to be entered, in no specific, order are: 41, 50, 56. The sum
of these when divided by 4 leave a remainder of 3. Thus, the next number has to be the
one which when divided by 4 leaves remainder 1. Only such number left is 61. The sum
of the four numbers when divided by 5 leaves a remainder of 3. Thus, the next number
has to be 52 and the last number has to be 46. Thus, the numbers entered have to be
(41, 50, 56), 61, 52, 46.
Case ii. Using a logic exactly same as above, the numbers entered have to be (46, 52, 61),
41, 50, 56.
In both the case, among the first 3 numbers, the odd one has to be the 3rd mark entered
and the first two could be either of the remaining.
Thus, using each of I and II independently, the last number to be entered can be found
out.
159.
From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most
appropriate way:
In the absence of hard information from the meeting rooms, I gather gossip. It is all
pretty tame stuff: many of these people have done the conference circuit together for
years. Rumor, naturally circulates about whether some members of delegations are
sleeping with each other, or even with the NGOs, or even both at the same time.
a. A stern Japanese negotiator is known for letting his hair down at the NGO parties and
dancing to fervently that he sweats through several shirts.
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b. Although maybe I misheard that slightly.
c. In Barcelona this week, I hear that one of the male delegates was up until three in the
morning in his hotel room negotiating text with a female representative of an NGO.
d. And as if to confirm my prejudices that the young have all the fun, a researcher tells
me that the NGOs are all at it lik
like rabbits.
Sol.
Sol. c
The next sentence should, most probably, be an example of what he writer is saying.
This leaves us with (a) and (c) as possible options. Now (c) serves as a perfect example
of sleeping, whereas (a) is about partying or having fun. So (c) is the correct answer.
(b). what is it that writer misheard? Thus should be before this sentence.
(d) This is a sort of a concluding statement which first needs more information.
160.
In right triangle ABC, = 60 = 30. D is the midpoint of AC and

E is on BC such that BE: EC is 1: 2. If BD and AE intersect at F, find the ratio of the
area of quadrilateral CDFE to the area of triangle ABC
a. 3/12
b. 4/12
c. 5/12
d. 6/12
Sol .c
Triangle ABC is a 30-60-90
90 triangle. Thus, AB : AC = 1 : 2. The angle bisector of angle A
would pass through a point on BC that divides BC in the ratio 1 : 2. Since this point is
unique and E also divides BC in ration 1 : 2, AE is the angle bisector. Thus, angle BAE =
angle CAE = 30 degrees.
Sincee D is the midpoint of the hypotenuse of a right angle triangle, AD = AB (AC is twice
of AB). AF is the angle bisector in triangle ABD as well. Thus, BF : FD is same as AB : AD
i.e. 1 : 1 i.e. F is the midpoint of BD or AF is the median in triangle ABD.
If area of triangle ABC is 12k units, the area of ABE is 4k. Area of triangle ABD is 6k and
area of triangle AFD is 3k. Thus, area of non
non-overlapping
overlapping triangle ABE and AFD is 4k
and 3k respectively. Thus, area of quadrilateral CDFE = 12k 7k = 5k. And required
ratio if 5/12.
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161.
Each statement can be classified as one of the following:
-Facts, which deal with pieces of information that one has heard, seen or read, and
which are open to discovery or verification (the answer option indicates such a
statement with an F).
-Inferences, which are conclusions drawn about the unknown, on the basis of the known
(the answer option indicates such a statement with an I).
-Judgments, which are opinions that imply approval or disapproval of persons, objects,
situations and occurrences in the past, the present or the future (the answer option
indicates such a statement with a J).
1. Something must be done to stop spam.

2. In early days, people seldom received unsolicited email advertisement; but now
numerous bulk email software and email address finders are developed to collect
email address all around the world.
3. Advertisers use email addresses to market their products and even sell such email
lists to other advertisers.
4. As a result, almost everyone gets junk email, and sometimes several and even tens of
annoying emails a day. So, relevant anti-spam regulations should be framed to stop
unsolicited advertising.
a. IFFI
Sol.b
b. JFFI
c. JIFI
d. FFFI
2 and 3 are facts acre they are verifiable. You can check whether people did or did not
receive unsolicited email advertisements in the early days and also whether the
situation is different or not. Also you can verify 3 by checking whether advertisers do or
dont the mentioned fact.
This leaves us with a. b and d.
1 is a judgment because its an opinion, even though you might agree with it. Remember
the advertisers would probably disagree with this.
This gives us the answer as b.
4 is an inference because the first part of it is a fact and the second part is a conclusion
based on that fact. In other words, the second part is a statement about the unknown
based on the known first part.
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162.
An Arithmetic Progression is such that its 1st, 2nd, 4th, 8th and so on terms
form a Geometric Progression. For a given non-zero first term, how many such
distinct Arithmetic Progressions (with infinite terms) exist?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
Sol: [c]
a, (a + d), (a + 3d), (a + 7d), (a + 15d) are in a G.P. Thus,
hg
h
hg+
hg
hg{
hg+
d. Infinite
If we take any two terms and cross multiply, we get the same expression i.e. E.g.:
hg
h
hg+
hg
hg
h
hg+
=. B. . + 2 + . = . + 3 =. B. . = 0
hg
hg{
= hg+ =. B. . + 6 + 9. = . + 8 + 7. =. B. . = = 0
= hg+ =. B. . + 4 + 3. = . + 7=. B. . = 0.
hg{
Thus, d = 0 or d = a.
Thus, for any given first term, i.e. for a fixed a, we can get two such A.P.s, one with d = 0
and one with d = a. E.g. If first term is a, the two APs are a, a, a, a or a, 2a, 3a, 4a, 5a.

166:
Three children, Mandira, Yuvi and Mahi went to a sweet-shop after school and each of
them purchased atleast one of each of toffees, lollypops and bubble-gums.
For each child, the numbers of items purchased of the three goodies are distinct.
For each type of goodies, no two child purchased the same number of it.
All the child bought the same total number of goodies.
The prices of one item of each of the goodies, in no particular order, were 25 paisa, 50
paisa and 1 Re. Each of the child had the same amount of money with it.
163.
164.
165.
What is the minimum amount that each of the child must have had?
a. Rs. 2.75
b. Rs. 3
c. Rs. 4
a. Rs. 2
b. Rs. 1.50
d. Rs. 4.25
If the children carried Rs. 5 each and one of them exhausted all the money, then
what is the maximum amount left with a child?
c. Rs. 0.75
d. Rs. 0.50
If each child bought 8 articles, what is the least amount spent by the three
children together?
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166.
a. Rs. 14
b. Rs. 10.50
c. Rs. 11.25
d. Rs. 12.50
a. Rs. 4
b. Rs. 4.50
c. Rs. 5
d. Rs. 5.50
If the minimum and maximum amount spent by two of the three children was Rs.
3.75 and Rs. 6.25, what amount did the third child spend?
Sol 163.
163. c
The least amount they spend will be when they purchase the least number of items.
Since for a child, the number of items bought is different for each of the three goodies,
the least number they bought would be 1 of one type of goody, 2 of another type of
goody and 3 of the third type of goody.
Even with these assumptions, two distinct ways exists where they could make the
purchase.
Possibility 1:
Rs.1
Rs. 0.5
Rs. 0.25
Total
Child A
1
2
3
Rs. 2.75
Child B
2
3
1
Rs. 3.75
Child C
3
1
2
Rs. 4
Since all carry the same amount, the minimum each ahs to carry is Rs. 4.
Possibility 2:
Rs.1
Rs. 0.5
Rs. 0.25
Total
Child A
1
3
2
Rs. 3
Child B
2
1
3
Rs. 3.25
Child C
3
2
1
Rs. 4.25
Since all carry the same amount, the minimum each has to carry Rs. 4.25.
No other possibility exists with these being the number of items purchased and making
sure that no two children has purchased the same number of items of each of the
goodies.
Thus, the least amount that each has to carry is with possibility 1 i.e. Rs. 4.
Sol 164.a
164.a
If the children bought a total of 6 items, then all the possible way of purchasing 1, 2 and
3 items of three types of goodies is worked out in the previous question. And in none of
the ways does any child spend Rs. 5. There is no other way in which the children could
have bought 6 items. Infact the maximum amount that a child can spend by purchasing
total of 6 articles is only Rs. 4.25.
But in this question a child has spent Rs. 5. Thus, its a good starting point to assume
they bought a total of 7 items. And the only way 7 can be written as a sum of three
distinct numbers is 1 + 2 + 4. Thus, each of them has bought 1 item of one goody, 2
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items of another goody and 4 items of another goody. Proceeding in the same
manner as above, i.e. listing the two possibilities .
Child A
Child B
Child C
Rs.1
1
2
4
Rs. 0.5
2
4
1
Rs. 0.25
4
1
2
Total
Rs. 3
Rs. 4.25
Rs. 5
Since all carry the same amount, Rs. 5, the maximum amount left with a child would be
that child who spent the least i.e. child A in the above listing and the amount will be Rs.
2.
Possibility 2:
Rs.1
Rs. 0.5
Rs. 0.25
Child A
1
4
2
Child B
2
1
4
Child C
4
2
1
This is not possible because no one has spent exactly Rs. 5.
Total
Rs. 3.50
Rs. 3.50
Rs. 5.25
Sol 165.
165. d
8 articles can be bought in two combinations (1, 2, 5) and (1, 3, 4). No other
combination exists with three distinct numbers being used. Since amount spent has to
be least, we will have to do a bit of hit and trial such that the least quantity of the
costliest goody is bought. Also no two children can purchase the same number of a
similar goody. The two possibilities worth trying are:
Rs.1
Rs. 0.5
Rs. 0.25
Total
Child A
1
2
5
Rs. 3.25
Child B
2
5
1
Rs. 4.75
Child C
3
1
4
Rs. 4.50
The total expenditure is Rs. 3.25 + 4.75 + 4.50 = 12.50
Possibility 2:
Rs.1
Rs. 0.5
Rs. 0.25
Total
Child A
1
3
4
Rs. 3.50
Child B
2
1
5
Rs. 3.75
Child C
3
4
1
Rs 5.25
The total expenditure is Rs. 3.50 + 3.75 + 5.25 = 12.50
In both the cases, the amount spent turns out to be the same. Any other way would
involve a higher spending.
Sol 166.
166. a
In previous questions, we have listed down all possible ways of purchasing a total of 6
and 7 items respectively. And in none of the cases did the least and highest spend be Rs.
3.75 and Rs. 6.25.
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So trying out the possibility that all three must have bought items numbering 1, 2
and 5 of the three types of goodies (we dont have to try larger numbers because the
maximum spend by a child is only Rs. 6.25)
It is easy to identify that for the maximum spend, 5 items should be of the costliest
goody i.e. that costing Rs. 1. And now a spend of Rs. 6.25 can easily be thought of as 5
items of that costing Rs. 1, 2 items of that costing Rs. 0.5 and 1 item of that costing Rs.
0.25. The other children then spend:
Rs.1
Rs. 0.5
Rs. 0.25
Total
Child A
5
2
1
Rs. 6.25
Child B
2
1
5
Rs. 3.75
Child C
1
5
2
Rs. 4
Thus, the maximum and minimum spend get satisfied with this case. And the third
child has spent Rs. 4. Since the options do not suggest any other possibility, this will be
the unique answer.
167.
What is the value of the co-efficient of sr in the continued product:

(x + 1) (2s + 1) (4s + 1) (8s + 1) . . (1024s + 1)?
a. 2zz 2xz
b. 2z~ 2xz
c. 2zz 2xx
d. 2z~ 2xx
Sol.
Sol. b
The given expression is:(s + 1)(2r s + 1)(2. s + 1)(2. s + 1) . . (2r s + 1) i.e. it has
11 brackets.
There are going to be 11 terms in sr and the terms are going to be:
s p 2r s p 2. s p 2+ s p p 2} s p 2} s p 1
s p 2r s p 2. s p 2+ s p . .p 2} s p 1 p 2r s
s p 2r s p 2. s p 2+ s p .p 1 p 2 s p 2r s
1 p 2r s p 2. s p 2+ s p p 2} s p 2 s p 2r x
Adding them we will get coefficient of sr as 2rg.g+ggr p .w + . + . + . + 1.
r
Considering the term in bracket as a GP with first them 1, common ration and
number of terms being 11, its sum can be found and the above expression becomes
2
zz
p1p
w ww
w
r
= 2zz p
(.ww r)
.ww
p r = 2xz (2rr 1) = 2z~ 2xz

.
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168.
If x being a whole number, a function (x) is defined as:

(s + 3)=> s 10
(s) (s 2)=> 10 < s < 20
((s 4)=>s 20
What is the value of (100)?
a. 3
d. 13
b. 4
e. None of These
c. 12
Sol.
Sol. c
>(20) = >>(16)
.(i)
>(16) = >(14) = >(12) = >(10) = 13
Plugging in (i); >(20) = >(13) = >(11) = >(9) = 12
Next, >(21) = >>(17)
(ii)
>(17) = >(15) = >(13) = >(11) = >(9) = 12
Plugging in (ii); >(21) = >(12) = >(10) = 13
Next, >(22) = >(>(18))
..(iii)
>(18) = >(16) = >(14) = >(12) = >(10) = 13
Plugging in (iii); >(22) = >(13) = >(11) = >(9) = 12
Observe that for all values of x more than 10, there will be only 2 values of
>(s), 12 13.
For s 20: For all even s, >(s) = 12 and for all odd s, >(s) = 13.
Thus, >(100) = 12
171:
A 20 over match was played between Magical MP and Awesome AP. The line graphs
below refer to the current run rate for the team that batted first and the required run
rate for the team that batted second. However it is not known which is line is the
current run-rate and which is the required run rate. But it is known that the top line
refers to that of team Magical MP and the lower line refers to awesome AP. Hence we
do not know who batted first and who batted second.
The current run rate and required run rate is defined as:
Current Run Rate = . d cd
nd| d
Required Run Rate =
d dd |nd| d
. d dh||
Score required to win is atleast 1 more than the score that the team batted first made.
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Y-axis
axis represents the run rate at the end of every 2 overs e.g. run rate for Magical
MP at the end of 2 overs was 10, at the end of 4 overs was 8.5 and so on.
Since the required run-rate
rate is not defined at the end of the 20th over, hence neither is
the required run-rate
rate nor the current rate given in the two line graphs at the end of 20th
over. Instead it is know that the team that batted first made 7 runs in the last two over
and the team that batted second mad
madee 12 runs in the last two overs. Also since the
current run-rate
rate at start of the game is not significant, hence the first value of the
required run-rate
rate is also only after two overs and not at start of the innings.
169.
170.
171.
Which of the following questions can be answered using the above data?
I. Which team batted first?
II. Which team won the match?
a. Only I
b. Only II
c. Neither I nor II
d. Both I and II
a. 161
b. 321
c. 319
d. 317
a. 3-4
b. 7-8
c. 11-12
d. 17-18
What were the total runs scored in the match i.e. total of the runs scored by both
the teams?
In which two overs did Awesome AP make minimum runs?
For 169 to 171 :

If the top line that of Magical MP, is that of the current run rate i.e. assuming Magical MP
battled first, we can make the following table of the runs scored per two overs:
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Overs
Current Run Rate
Cum Score
Score in the overs
12
10
20
20
34
8.5
34
14
56
10
60
26
78
10.5
84
24
9 10
11
110
26
11 12
9.5
114
13 14
10
140
26
15 16
144
17 18
8.5
153
160
7 (given)
19 20
Thus, there is nothing unusual as of now.
If the lower line, that of Awesome AP, is that of the current run rate i.e. assuming Awesome
AP batted first, the table will look like:
Over Bowled
Current
Rate
12
Run
Cumulative
Score
Scored in these
overs
14
14
34
24
10
56
6.5
39
15
78
7.5
60
21
9 10
7.5
75
15
11 12
60
-15
This is a problem because the cumulative score cannot decrease for any team.
Hence Magical MP would have batted first and Awesome AP would have batted second. The
graph of Awesome AP would then be that of the required run rate and its scoring pattern
would have been as follows:
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Overs
bowled
Overs
remaini
ng
Require
d
run
rate
Runs
needed
(X)
Runs
scored
(161-X)
Scored
in these
overs
Current
run rate
12
18
126
35
35
17.5
34
16
96
65
30
16.25
56
14
6.5
91
70
11.66
78
12
7.5
90
71
8.875
9 10
10
7.5
75
86
15
8.6
11 12
40
121
35
10.08
13 - 14
5.5
33
128
9.14
15 16
24
137
8.5
17 18
16
145
8.05
157
12
(given)
7.85
19 20
169. (d), 170. (d), 171. (b)

Directions for questions 172
172 to 174:
174: Answer the questions that follow the passage based
on the content of the passage only.
Around two thousand years ago, a Greek doctor named Dioscorides described a plant
that he considered to be medically useful. It was called crocodilium, he said, and it was
supposed to help people who were splenetic. When boiled and drunk, it causes copious
bleeding at the nose. Other characteristics, apart from the shape of its roots and seeds,
and the fact that it grew in wooded places, were unfortunately obscure.
What exactly was crocodilium? And why should anyone care? As Anna Pavord
splendidly makes plain in this elegant and scholarly history of taxonomy, a science
usually regarded as even dismaller than economics, such questions are far from
insignificant. Exactly which plant is which, and what its relationship is to other plants,
are matters central to our understanding of the world we live in. Crocodilium is a case
in point, though on the whole a depressing one. The confusion surrounding it, as with
so many of the plants mentioned by Dioscorides, lasted for hundreds and hundreds of
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years. Even when the sixteenth- century Italian botanist Luca Ghini finally
managed to pin it down as being most likely a species of Eryngium (at the same time
apologizing for not drinking an infusion to see whether it really did make his nose
bleed), he was taking only a modest step out of the chaos.
In Pavords firmly expressed view, the problem started with the ancient assumption
that plants should be viewed primarily in terms of their usefulness. In practice, this
meant their use in medicine. Right up until and during the Renaissance, botanical
studies concentrated on pharmacology, ignoring what she calls the big picture, the
altruistic, intellectual search for the key to the order of the universe. What was seen to
be interesting about clove pinks was their efficacy against the plague, not their flowers
or the genus they belonged to.
Yet from the very beginning, in the work of the often overlooked third-century-BC Greek
philosopher and proto-botanist Theophrastus, another approach could be discerned.
Theophrastus is one of Pavords heroes, and rightly so. The first man to write to book
about plants, his complex, quizzical take led him beyond mere recording to think about
plant relationships, about names, about the actual shape of the natural world and the
way living things fit into it. Unfortunately, his works were lost in the West; they
survived only among Arab scholars in the East. Dioscorides, the medicine man (and far
less important figure), held sway in Europe, repeatedly translated, the one and greatest
authority right up until the seventeenth century.
So most writing on plants took the form of herbals, simple lists of plants together with
their therapeutic qualities. Despite advances in technology during the Renaissance in
engraving, printing, papermaking which brought huge improvements in the way
plants could be described, the old-fashioned herbal continued supreme. Pavord is
wonderful on this phenomenon, and The Naming of Names is beautifully illustrated.
Gradually, however, the constant recourse to classical authority became harder and
harder to justify. Northern Europe had plants that the ancient Greeks could not have
known (and vice versa); still more new species were flooding in from the Near East and
the Americas. Instead of simply copying precedent, men like Otto Brunfels, Leonhart
Fuchs, Ghini, and Andrea Cesalpino were inspire4d to make their own observations and
develop their own techniques, such as herbaria of dried specimens. They also began to
think about how plants might be related to each other. All science, wrote Cesalpino
consists in the gathering together of things that are alike. In support of this thesis, he
set out 1,500 plants in his own 1583 book De Plant is in thirty-two different groups
ranging from Umbelliferae to Compositae.
172.
The author is most likely to agree with which of the following statements?
a. Dioscorides was one of the first to go from mere recording about plants to thing
about them in terms of relationships, names, and their role in the whole scheme of
things
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b. Crocodilium is illustrative of everything that was wrong with peoples attitude

towards plants for a very long time
c. Anna Povards book is an exception in a genre where only utility is paramount
d. Dioscorides is the reason why the use of plants rather than their any other trait
started taking precedence.
173.
The author used the words, unfortunately obscure at the end of the 1st
paragraph because
a. When we know about a plant and its relationship with other plants, we increase
our understanding of the world we inhabit
b. Crocodilium, it was later found out, is extremely useful in a variety of conditions

c. Crocodilium has remained a mystery to this day and a lot could have been
avoided if more was known about it
d. Nobody cares about crocodilium and the author thinks that thats a tragedy
174.
We can infer that one of the reasons behind the development of new
observations and techniques was
a. Ancient Greeks were not able to list all the plants in their surroundings
b. Errors in the taxonomic data of the ancient Greeks
c. Difference in plants of different areas or countries
d. The urge to do things on ones own
172. b
Question Type: Inference
This question could be done through elimination. a is wrong because of two reasons:
one, it is Theophrastus and not Dioscorides about whom a is, and two, even if
Dioscorides was mentioned correctly, it would become a fact and not an inference. How
is someone likely to agree with something that he/she has said in the first place?
c is wrong because utility was the only important thing in the olden days, and for a
very long time; however, the passage then goes on to talk about how all that changed.
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Povards book is a recent book. It shouldnt be an exception. In fact, we dont

know anything about what others have written, lately, in this genre.
d is way off the mark. Nothing in the passage supports that Dioscorides is the reason
behind utility taking precedence.
173. a
Question Type: Specific Detail
The very next paragraph (2nd para) answers the question. The author starts with,
What exactly was crocodilium? And why should anyone care? And then in the 4th line
the author says, Exactly which plant is which, and what its relationship is to other
plants, are matters central to our understanding of the world we live in. This is just a
paraphrase of a.
b is nowhere mentioned in the passage.
c also cannot be figured out from the passage. Nothing, apart from some uses, was
known earlier but whether that is still true is not mentioned. Also nothing about things
that could have been avoided is mentioned.
d is almost a rephrase or the question rather than an answer to it.
174.c
174.c
Question Type: Inference
The answer can be inferred from the last paragraph which says that the recourse to
classical authority became harder and harder to justify because the ancient Greeks
could not have known Northern European plants and vice-versa. This clearly implies c.
a, b and c cannot be figured out from anywhere in the passage.
175.
If a+b, b+c, & c+a are in H.P. then, hg . g , gh are in
a. AP
b. GP
Sol: (a)
a+b, b+c, & c+a are in H.P.
c. HP
d. None of these
hg , g , gh B = . .
hgg hgg hgg

hg
g
h
gh
B = . .
hg + 1, g + 1, gh + 1 B = . .
hg g gh
B = . .
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176.
a. 1
Sol: [a]
+
x
+~
+~
rxx
b. 1.5
rxx
+ . =?
c. 2
+.=
r .
d. None of These
. +
+ x
x z
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
+ .
1. 2.
2. 3.
3. 4.
4. 5.
r
= 1 = 1
177.
Four alternative summaries are given below. Choose the option that best
captures the essence of the text.
In practice the government will have the last word on what an individuals rights are,
because its police will do what its officials and courts say. But that does not mean that
the governments view is necessarily the correct view; anyone who thinks it is must
believe that persons have only such moral rights as the government chooses to grant,
which means that they have no moral rights at all.
a. Individuals have no rights at all unless the government says that they do.
b. What government officials and courts say an individuals rights are may not be
correct.
c. Individuals have rights unless the government says that they do not.
d. The police always agree with government officials and the courts about what an
individuals rights are.
Sol .b
Substituting the word because for the semicolon yields the structure explicitly and
confirms b as correct. The governments view of what a persons rights are may not
be correct, because a belief in the governments unerring correctness requires an
additional belief (in the individuals utter lack of moral rights) that the author clearly
sees as absurd. b echoes the conclusion as expressed in the first clause of sentence 2.
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a Remember that the answer should be a combination of summary and

essence i.e. conclusion. Clearly the author believes that individuals do have rights and
that the government is not the final arbiter of such rights. Thats the whole point of his
argument.
c misstates the issue as being whether the individual has rights at all, when the issue is
really whether the governments determination of rights is necessarily the correct one.
d That the police will do what [the government says is not the same as saying that
the police always agree. They might carry out the governmental will in spite of their
own opposing beliefs. In any case, d raises a side issue at best.
178.
If x and y are positive, is x > y?
I. s < y
II. x < y
Mark (a) as the answer if any one of the statements, I or II, is sufficient to answer the
question but the question cannot be answered by the other statement.
Mark (b) as the answer if either of the statements, I or II, alone is sufficient to answer
the question.
Mark (c) as the answer if both statements, I and II together are sufficient to answer the
question but neither statement alone is sufficient.
Mark (d) as the answer if the question cannot be answered even by considering
statements I and II together.
Sol.c
.c
Using Statement I:
s < y
Using Statement II:
s+ < y
Using both statement
together
Case I: 0 < x < 1
s < s. Together, we have

s < s < y i.e. x is less than
y
s + < s Thus, both x and y
are greater thans + . But x
may or may not be greater
than y.
The condition satisfying
both the above cell is x is
less than y.
Case II: x > 1
s < x. Thus, both x

and y are greater thans.
But x may or may not be
greater than y.
s < s + . Together we
have s < s + < y i.e. x is
less than y.
The condition satisfying
both the above cell is x is
less than y.
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179.
45 students take a test and each one scores an integral score distinct from
the others. If the difference between the highest marks scored and the least
marks scored is 99, find the difference between the maximum average and
minimum average of the scores of the 45 students.
a. 35.18
b. 45
c. 52.55
d. cannot be determined
Sol.c
Let the least and highest score by x and x + 99.
For the minimum average, the 45 scores have to be: x, x + 1, x + 2, x + 3 x + 43, x +
99.
For the maximum average, the 45 scores have to be: x, x + 56, x + 57, x + 58 x + 97, x
+ 98, x + 99.
The difference between the two sum of scores is 0 + 55 + 55 + .....+ 55 + 55 + 0
Thus the difference in averages will be
180.
xz
= 52.55
rrpx+
If x, y and z are 3 positive real numbers and s x + y . + t . = 8s . , what is the

ef
maximum value of ?
*
a. +
b. 8+
Sol.d
Sol.d
zzpx+
c. 16+
s x + y . + t . = 8s . s . +* + * =8
e
d.
r~
+
.
+
When the sum of three positive numbers is a constant, the product is maximum when
} +
the numbers are equal. Hence maximum value of s . p * p * is i.e. maximum

ef .
value of * is + i.e. maximum value of

}
ef
*
is + = + +
}
r~
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