ePracCAT # 09

(Part of the 268 All-India Mock Tests provided by PT)

TEST FORM NUMBER

TEST BOOKLET SR. NO.

444

Test Code: CT 19

INSTRUCTIONS
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SectionI QuantitativeAbilityandDataInterpretation Totalnumberofquestions:30 Timeallowed:70minutes

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In miniOlympics thisyear,there will be 100 individualeventsand18countries will be participating. If it is certain that no country will win more than 6 events, then identifytheleastnumberofcountriesthatwillwinatleastoneevent. (1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 17 (4) 18 Amit has to repay a loan of Rs. 3,000 over a period of two months. The interest charged is 5% monthly. How much would he have to pay every month (approx. amount)topayofftheloan? (1) Rs.1704 (2) Rs.1504 (3) Rs.1604 (4) Rs.1613

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Thereare365roomsinahostelwithonebulbineachroom.Everyday,thewardenputson a certain number of bulbs depending on the number of days passed in the year. For example, on the first day of the year, he puts on all the bulbs in the 365 rooms. On the second,heallowsonlythebulbs inrooms2,4, 6 andsoontostayon, on the third,only th rooms 3,6, 9 andsoontill the365 day, when he allows only the lastroom tohave the bulbon. 3. If the life of a bulb is only 15 days in the on state, then the bulbs in which of the followingroomswillnotfunctionanymoreafterayear? th th (1) 350 (2) 300 th th (3) 250 (4) 200 Howmanybulbswereononlyfor2days? (1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 72 (4) 83 Howmanybulbswereononlyfor3days? (1) 19 (2) 20 (3) 21 (4) 22 After the tsunami, the municipal records of Hoshnagar city were all messed up. Actually, 60.1% of the total population was wiped off due to the calamity. But, the recordsshowedthat30%ofthepeoplewrittenoffasdeadwereactuallyalive.Also, 25% ofthepeople whoweresupposed tobealivewereactuallydead.Whatis the percentageofpeoplewhowererightlywrittenoffasbeingdead? (1) 5,460 (2) 4,650 (3) 6,000 (4) 5,640

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The Police department bought 10 units each of badges, firstaid kits and firearms. Outofthese,therewasadiscountof12%onthepurchaseoffirearms,10%onfirst aid kitsand 8%discountonthe purchaseof badges.Which ofthe following would help in knowing whether there was an overall discount of 10% on the purchases made? (1) Thediscountedpricesofanytwooftheitems (2) Thediscountedpricesofthetwomostexpensiveitems (3) Thesellingpriceofanytwooftheitems (4) Noneofthese

Directions for Question 8: The following question is followed by two statements (I) and(II).Markyouransweras (1) Ifthequestioncanbeansweredbyusingoneofthestatementsalonebutnot byusingtheotherstatementalone (2) Ifthequestioncanbeansweredbyusingeitherofthestatementsalone (3) Ifthequestioncanbeansweredbyusingboththestatementstogetherbutnot byeitherstatement (4) Ifthequestioncannotbeansweredevenbyusingbothstatementstogetheror aloneandmoreinformationisrequired 8.
3 3 Whatisthevalueof(abc) +(def) ? 2 2 2 2 2 2 (I) (a b c +d e f abcdef)=163 (II) (abc+def)=0

Directions for Question 9: The following question is followed by two statements (I) and(II).Markyouransweras (1) Ifthequestioncanbeansweredbyusingoneofthestatementsalonebutnot byusingtheotherstatementalone (2) Ifthequestioncanbeansweredbyusingeitherofthestatementsalone (3) Ifthequestioncanbeansweredbyusingboththestatementstogetherbutnot byeitherstatement (4) Ifthequestioncannotbeansweredevenbyusingbothstatementstogetheror aloneandmoreinformationisrequired 9. Whatwastheaverageattendanceoftheclassforthefirstquarterof2011? (I) Theclasswasscheduledfor25daysinJanuary,andinFebruary,therewere 20% less working days thanJanuary. In March, there were again 20% less workingdaysthaninFebruary (II) TheaverageattendanceoftheclassforJanuarywas65,forFebruary,itwas 60andforMarch,itwas66

DirectionsforQuestion10:Thefollowingquestionisfollowedbytwostatements(I) and(II).Markyouransweras (1) Ifthequestioncanbeansweredbyusingoneofthestatementsalonebutnot byusingtheotherstatementalone (2) Ifthequestioncanbeansweredbyusingeitherofthestatementsalone (3) Ifthequestioncanbeansweredbyusingboththestatementstogetherbutnot byeitherstatement (4) Ifthequestioncannotbeansweredevenbyusingbothstatementstogetheror aloneandmoreinformationisrequired 10. ShaileshandNitinstartedworkinginthePNBtogetheronthesamedate.Theywere both brilliant and went on to achieve great results for the company. By what percentagedoesNitinearnmorenowthanShaileshdoes? (I) Nitinsearningshaveskyrocketedandheearnsnow35%morethanwhathe earnedatthestart (II) Shaileshhasgottentoanincreaseof22%morethanhisinitialearnings

DirectionsforQuestion11:Thefollowingquestionisfollowedbytwostatements(I) and(II).Markyouransweras (1) Ifthequestioncanbeansweredbyusingoneofthestatementsalonebutnot byusingtheotherstatementalone (2) Ifthequestioncanbeansweredbyusingeitherofthestatementsalone (3) Ifthequestioncanbeansweredbyusingboththestatementstogetherbutnot byeitherstatement (4) Ifthequestioncannotbeansweredevenbyusingbothstatementstogetheror aloneandmoreinformationisrequired 11. 64% ofthefruits inthemarket areripe. 12%of the unripe fruitsareexportquality. Howmanyripefruitsinthemarketareexportquality(expressedinpercentageofthe totalnumberoffruitsinthemarket)? (I) Number of unripe exportquality fruits is 8% more than those of ripe export qualityfruits (II) 25%ofthefruitsinthemarketareexportquality

Thecircumferenceofacircleis1100meters.TwoantsstartfrompointAandtravelonthe circumference. Ant 1 can travel at the speedof 2 meters in a minute and then rest for 2 minutes,oritcancover3metersin2minutesandthenrestfor1minute.Ant2,ontheother hand,cantravelatthespeedof2metersin2minutesandrestfor1minuteoritcancover2 metersinthreeminuteswithoutanyrest. 12. IfeachantwantstoreachbacktothestartingpointAintheleastpossibletime,then howlongwillittakeAnt1tocompleteafullcircle? (1) 18hoursand18minutes (2) 18hoursand19minutes (3) 18hoursand20minutes (4) 18hoursand21minutes

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IfeachantwantstoreachbacktothestartingpointAintheleastpossibletime,then bywhatdistancecanAnt1beatAnt2? (1) 366meters (2) 367meters (3) 368meters (4) 369meters Whatisthemaximumamountofbreaktimethatthetwoantscantake,iftheyhave totravelacombineddistanceof100meters?(Bothstartmovingatthesametime) (1) 73minutes (2) 72minutes (3) 38minutes (4) 88minutes In how many ways can 8 laptops be arranged on a shelf, if two particular laptops mustneverbetogether? (1) 27! (2) 8! (3) 278! (4) 67!
1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 12 12 12 12 (1 +2 +3 +4 )+(1 +2 +3 +4 )+(1 +2 +3 +4 )+(1 +2 +3 +4 )is tobedividedby5.Whatistheremainder? (1) 1 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 2

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Convictsinapenitentiarywerenumberedfrom1to500.Oneday,whenariotbroke up,someoftheconvictsinaparticularareaoftheprisonwerekilled.Todetermine the number ofcasualties, the prisonnumbersof the dead were collected and their sum wascalculated as 3945. Since, they were from the same area, their numbers wereallconsecutive.Howmanyprisonersdied? (1) 10 (2) 15 (3) 30 (4) Cannotbeuniquelydetermined Whatisthevalueof(0.25) (1) (3) 4
( log (0.125+0.0625+0.03125+)) ? 4

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n 2n If we know that n is a positive integer, then what is the unit digit of (11) (12) + 2n n 4n 2n (13) (14) +(17) (19) ? (1) Either1or3 (2) Either2or4 (3) Either5or9 (4) 6 2 2 2 Which of the following is the largest value of (a b c ), when a, b and c are consecutiveoddintegerswithc>b>a? (1) 7 (2) 15 (3) 35 (4) 9

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ThegraphbelowshowsthenutrientcontentofthesoilinVijaygarhforaperiodofsix months:
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Richnessofthesoilinaparticularnutrientisdefinedasthechangeinnutrientcontentover aperiodoftimedividedbytheaveragenutrientcontentforthattimeperiod. InconsistencyofaparticularnutrientinthesoilisdefinedastheHighestnutrientcontentin anymonth(forthatnutrient)Lowestnutrientcontentinanymonth(forthatnutrient)and theresultdividedbytheaveragenutrientcontentforthattimeperiod. 21. Overthesixmonths,Richnessofthesoilwastheleastinwhichofthenutrients? (1) Potassium (2) Nitrogen (3) Calcium (4) Phosphorous Over the six months, Inconsistency of the soil was the highest in which of the nutrients? (1) Potassium (2) Nitrogen (3) Calcium (4) Phosphorous Which nutrient shows the highest percentage decrease in its content over the previousmonth? (1) Potassium (2) Nitrogen (3) Calcium (4) Phosphorous

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AdditionalinformationforQuestion24:Forevery100mgofCalciuminthesoil,afarmer canmake Rs.100 inprofitson thesaleof the produce,andsimilarly for every 100mgof Potassium, Phosphorous and Nitrogen, the farmer can make Rs. 150, 200 and 300 respectively. 24. WhatisthedifferenceintheprofitsofthemonthsofJanuaryandFebruary? (1) Rs.500 (2) Rs.600 (3) Rs.700 (4) Rs.800

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Two friends A and B have a habit of saying He is correct and He is incorrect respectively. If they were asked abouteach other and they replied with their usual answers,itwouldconstitute (1) ThatAisincorrect (2) Thateitherofthemiscorrect (3) Thatbothofthemareincorrect (4) Aparadox

In an elementary table (imaginary), there are 12 elements arranged in three rows of four elements each. The arrangement is done on the basis of their reactivity. Reactivity increases when we go towards right from left or top from bottom in the elementary table. Theknownfactsare: 1) Sc,Wr,andBdareallintherowbelowtherowoccupiedbyJp. 2) VyisdirectlytotherightofKl. 3) NbisdirectlyaboveNw,anddirectlytotherightofDp. 4) CpisdirectlyaboveAs,andAsisplaceddirectlytotherightofJp. 5) BdisdirectlybelowDpanddirectlytotherightofWr. 6) K,KlandVyareallinthesamerowabovetherowinwhichAsandDpareplaced. 26. Whichisthemostreactivesubstance? (1) K (2) Cp (3) Vy (4) Cannotbedetermined Whichistheleastreactivesubstance? (1) Sc (2) Wr (3) Dp (4) Cannotbedetermined Fromamongthefollowing,whichisthemostreactive? (1) K (2) As (3) Bd (4) Cannotbedetermined

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Thereare fourmenwithstrange names: Mr. Kill,Mr. Steal,Mr. Rob andMr. Loot. These mencommitted four differentcrimes ofkilling, looting, robbing andstealing.Noneof them committed acrime which was their namesake. Neither Mr. Kill, nor Mr. Loot, rob anyone. ThelootingwasnotdonebyMr.Kill. 29. WhatcrimedidMr.Lootcommit? (1) Kill (2) Steal (3) Rob (4) Cannotbedetermined Whocommittedtherobbing? (1) Mr.Kill (2) (3) Mr.Loot (4)

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SectionII VerbalAbilityandLogicalReasoning Totalnumberofquestions:30 Timeallowed:70minutes Directions for Q. 31 to 33: Each of the following questions has a paragraph from which the last sentence has been deleted.From thegivenoptions, choose the one thatcompletestheparagraphinthemostappropriateway. 31. Pulling off the subterfuge required a false mailing address, signatures obtained under false pretenses, backdated investment documents, and phony doctors bills. Yet Kumar initially believed that he was going to pass information to Rajaratnam legally. He soon realized that Rajaratnam wanted tips that he could convert into profitable stock trades. Once the flow of money created an obligation, Rajaratnam beganaskingforfinancialdetailsaboutcompaniesthatKumaradvised. (1) Despite his conscience beckoning him every day, Kumar never made any apparenteffortatgoingback. (2) Atonepointoftime,Kumarwaseventellinghimhisfamilysecrets. (3) Soon, Kumar was breaking both McKinseys confidentiality rules and the securitieslawsthatforbidsuchexchanges. (4) ThishappenedrightundertheSECsnose. TheDamascusSpringof2001wassocalledbecauseSyriandemocratshopedthat President Bashar alAssad, a mildmannered doctor trained in London, who had beeninstalledasthesuccessortohisruthlessfather,Hafez,mightforsweartyranny. That Spring ended, and some of the hopeful landed in torture rooms. Four years later, activists issued the Damascus Declaration for Democratic National Change, whichcalledonAssadtoholdfreeparliamentaryelections,launchpublicfreedoms, andabolishallformsofexclusioninpubliclife. (1) AndAssaddidobligebylooseningupachordinthetightstrungSyrianlife (2) Instead,heimprisonedthedocumentsleadingsignatories (3) Notonlythat,theyrequestedhimtoreleaseallpoliticalprisonerstoo (4) Tyrannyknowsnobounds "David is a dieselpowered freight train, pure and simple," Sullivan said while profferingaclassphotoinwhichBaileytowersoverhisclassmateslikehe'sfroma differentspeciesaltogether."I'mjustgladhe'ssuchasweetkid.I'veneverhadany behavior problems with him, and he never seems to quarrel with his classmates, thankGod. Can you imagine thathuman jumbo jet slamming into a normal kid his age? (1) According to sources, the recent interest in the colossal Bailey kid has reneweddiscussionsurroundingthatAndersonboy,whoisonly12andreally punybutsomehowpracticallyhasafullbeard. (2) TheBaileykidislikeaboulder." (3) There'dbenothingleft." (4) GodhelpBailey!

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Its rich that Standard & Poors would lower the boom on the United States government. Therearemanypeopleinthefinancialindustryandelsewherewhoweresurprisedthatthe government didnt put S. & P. and the other ratings agencies out of business after the meltdown of 2008, for their infamous role in polishing all those mortgagebacked turds. Whether because of incompetence or some kind of subornation (well sign off on your turkeys if you give us more turkeys to sign off on), the ratings agencies bestowed AAA ratingsonbundlesofsecuritiesthat,astimewouldshow,wererottentothecore.S.&P. anditscompetitorsconstitutedacrucialcoginthewheelofcorruption,greed,andmagical thinkingthat eventuallybroughtthefinancialsystem and the economy totheirinterlocking knees.Youcantpinalltheblameontheratingsagencies,notevenclose. Buttheratingsfiascodeservesitsplacenearthetopofit.Youdalmostthinkthatthefree pass, the rating agencies got from the government would require their recusal in matters pertainingtoitsdebt.Whatthanksdidthegovernmentgetforitsleniency?Asuddenspasm ofhonesty and accuracy(giveor take $2 trillion).S.&P.chose acurious moment tokick thegradeinflationhabit. As for the downgrade itself, it may just be an expression of the obvious, not unlike the shellacking the stock market took. The underlying logicof both downgrade and downturnhasbeenplaintoseeforawhile.TheUSeconomyisamessinthelongterm because weve spent too much, and in the short term, perhaps, because we wont spend enough.Thepoliticalandideologicalargumentsthatariseoutofthiscontradictionmakefor adismalspectacle. Werealittlelikeagamblerdeepinthehole.Theonlywayoutoftheholeistobetmore. Theproblemis,theguysaroundthetablearentaskeenastheyusedtobetostakeusthe cash tostayin. Do wewalkawaybroke,orsell oursnakeskinboots for ashotatanother hand? Either way, were facing ruin. But its the doing nothingthe ditheringthat might justgetusshot. 34. Whatwouldrecusalmean,asspecifiedinthepassage? (1) To abstain from participation in a decision ongrounds such as prejudice or personalinvolvement. (2) Incapableofbeingboughtbackdirectlyorpaidoff (3) Notsubjecttochallengeorobjection (4) HavingorshowingorexpressingreverencefortheGovernment Whatdoestheauthormeanbytheline,ItsrichthatStandard&Poorswouldlower theboomontheUnitedStatesgovernment.? (1) It isasatiricalsituationin which S&P, which hadgot the free pass from the USGovernment,hitbackinsteadofhelping (2) Itisastrangesituationinwhichacompanywhichwasheldtobeoutofline, cameoutofaditchtoaidtheGovernmentitself (3) It isabeautiful caseofasymbioticrelationshipbetween twoentities, where onefeedsontheothersleftovers (4) Noneofthese

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Whatisthemainideaofthepassage? (1) Standard & Poors has shown the truestate of the economy in an untimely fashionandtheUSeconomicsituationisspiralingoutofcontrol (2) TheUShas gotnothing to protect itself fromtheeconomicupheaval that is suretofollow (3) The world is disillusioned of the US charm and there is the place forsome othercountrytofillitsshoes (4) Standard & Poors is a lost case and US Government should focus on economicbettermentinsteadofbailoutpackages

Since its peak of close to twentythree thousand adoptions, in 2004, the international adoption rate has plummeted by almost half in the U.S., to 12,753 in 2009. In 2010, the number is likely to be fewer than ten thousand, and by 2013 below seven thousand. In additiontotheclosingofseveralprominentsendingnations,likeGuatemalaandVietnam, othershavecutback.In2009,ChinasentlessthanhalfthenumberofchildrentotheU.S. than it sent in 2004, and has introduced a welter of new restrictions on who may adopt (includingtheweightoftheadoptiveparents)theaveragewaittimeforachildfromChina cannowbesixyears. International adoption should be an option for some orphans, but, sadly, those options seem to be going away, Dr. Jane Aronson, the founder of the Worldwide Orphans Foundation,saidrecently.Thisisntbecausethenumberoforphansisdeclining:according toUNICEF,thereareahundredandsixtythreemillion,worldwide.Norisitbecauseofany compellingdatashowingthatinternationaladoptiondoesntwork.Moststudieshavefound thatadoptedchildren,evenwhentheyrefromdifferentcountriesandraces,dojustaswell in life as biological children, provided that they are adopted early enough, while children who spend years in orphanages have much less chance of normal development. Internationaladoptionisdwindlingbecausenoonecanagreeonwhatconstitutesanethical adoption.AsKarenDubinsky,aprofessorofhistoryatQueensUniversityinOntario,whois theadoptivemotherofaGuatemalanchild,andtheauthorofBabiesWithoutBorders,put ittome,Adoption,ofwhateversort,worksbetterinminiaturethanonthebigscreen.Inthe abstractitishideous,butindividuallyitcansometimesevenoftenmakesense. 37. Which of the following can be a reason for the smaller number of international adoptionseveryyear? (1) Thenumberof orphans worldwide cannotbedetermined becauseof lackof propermeasures (2) Thelegalbarriersareincreasingeveryday (3) Noonecanjustifythemoralitybehindinternationaladoption (4) Not a single parent has ever expressed discontent over the adoption companiesworkings Whichofthefollowingisincorrectaccordingtothepassage? (1) The number of Chinese adopted children in the US as a percentage of the internationaladoptionsinUShasstayedalmostthesamefrom2004to2009 (2) Thenumberofchildrensendingcountrieshasbeengoingdown (3) Orphans have a better chance of having a good life in families than in orphanages (4) AccordingtotheUNICEF,thereareahundredandsixtythreemillionorphan familiesinthisworld.

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Whichofthefollowingisacorrectinferencedrawnbasedontheinformationgivenin thepassageabove? (1) Sincenoone knows whether internationaladoptionsare ethical,hencethey shouldbeavoided (2) Internationally,theideaispickingupthatinterracialrelationshipscansurvive thetestoftime (3) AchildadoptedfromChinabyUSparentsmighthavetowait morethansix yearstomeethisfamily (4) By normal development, it is meant that the person would have as much a chancetoencountergenocideasanyoneelse Despiteskepticism over thestation'sSaudi funding anda (_____) ofcensorshipof antiSaudi content, Al Arabiya has successfully (_____) Al Jazeera, garnered a significantaudienceshare,andhasalsogottensimilarlyinvolvedincontroversy. (1) perception,emulated (2) plethora,downgraded (3) string,championed (4) list,challenged (_____) of the labor rights movement claim that regulation (_____) by labor rights activistsmaylimitopportunitiesforwork. (1) champions,upheld (2) critics,promoted (3) promoters,endorsed (4) detractors,withdrawn Freeridingisusuallyconsideredtobean(_____)problemonlywhenitleadstothe nonproduction or underproduction of a public good (and thus to Pareto inefficiency),orwhenitleadstothe(_____)useofacommonpropertyresource. (1) exogenous,massive (2) endogenous,minimal (3) avaricious,incremental (4) economic,excessive The Croix de guerre may either be (_____) as a unit award or to individuals who (_____)themselvesbyactsofheroisminvolvingcombatwithenemyforces. (1) bestowed,distinguish (2) provided,outshine (3) lavished,shame (4) given,degrade

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44. (A) (B) (C) The Soviet Union needed a strong, independent and assertive India as a balancingforceintheregion. Massive Soviet defence supplies turned India into the dominant military powerintheregion. TheSovietsupportstemmedfromthecongruenceofnationalinterests,rather than ideologydriven hopes of getting India to embrace the Sovietstyle socialistpathsomeday,assertsProf.Volodin. Eventoday,theSovietandRussianmadeweaponplatformsconstitute6080 percentoftheIndianarmoury.

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TheSovietUnionofferedIndiacheapcreditsandtechnologicalassistancein setting up steel, machinebuilding, power generation, mining and pharmaceuticalindustriesthatensureditseconomicindependence. (1) ABCDE (2) AEBCD (3) CAEBD (4) BDCAE

45. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) GodchoseDaleforthejobbecausehewassuchahugefanofSupermarket Sweep. He told Dale that he was to be God's final messenger because all God's previousattemptsatcontactingthehumanracehadgoneastray. Godhimself appeared toDale and gavehim two stone tabletscontaining a newmessagefortheworld. Dale wasonholiday inEgypt and decided togofor awalkin the desert "to cruiseformen"whenthemiraclehappened. Dale Winton has controversially announced that he is a messenger of God, andthathehasanimportantmessageforthehumanrace. (1) ABDCE (2) EDCBA (3) AEDBC (4) EADBC

46. (A) (B) (C) SpokesmenforJOPexplainedthattheproblemlieswithmajorityrule. "Inademocracy,themajoritycanoutruleaminority,andthat'sreallyunfair onminorities." One example the spokesmen like to give is that of Hitler, who was democraticallyelectedbyamajority,butwhoruthlesslyoppressedminorities whopresumablydidn'tvoteforhim. Left wing think tank JOP have released a report in which they say that moderndemocracyisnotcompatiblewiththeidealsofmoderndemocracy. "Under democracy, one can never have a minorityled government. It's an inherentlyunfairsystemwhichdiscriminatesagainstminoritygroups." (1) BACED (2) BEDAC (3) DEBCA (4) DABCE

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Unconditional support from the Indians to the Burmese revolution before the internationalcommunitywakesuptoit,canhelptherevolutionistscauseenoughto affecttheoutcomeoftherebellion,createanIndiafriendlyenvironmentthatcanaid Indiasforeignpolicy. (1) toaffecttheoutcomeoftherebellion,create (2) thattheoutcomeoftherebellionisaffected,create (3) toaffecttheoutcomeoftherebellion,andcreate (4) thattheoutcomeoftherebellionisaffected,andcreates

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Irkedbytherecentchangesinthecyberlawsinrecentyearseverywherearoundthe globe, the idea of One Hack For All was raised by the prominent members of the HackersAssociationattheirannualmeet. (1) the idea of One Hack For All was raised by the prominent members of the HackersAssociationattheirannualmeet. (2) theideationofOneHackForAllwasraisedbytheprominentmembersofthe HackersAssociationattheirannualmeet. (3) the prominent members of the Hackers Association raised at their annual meettheideaofOneHackForAll (4) the prominent members of the Hackers Association, at their annual meet, raisedtheideaofOneHackForAll In 2010, when the IA introduced the talking robots, the designers argued that they wouldbesmarter,sharperandmoretalkativethanthepreviousgenerationrobots. (1) theywouldbesmarter,sharperandmoretalkative (2) they would be smarter, they would be sharper and they would be more talkative (3) therobotswouldbesmarter,sharperandmoretalkative (4) therobotswouldbesmarter,sharperandwillbemoretalkative ThebiologistsareclaimingthattheerosionofthefertileJaweriKamorapeninsulais adirectresultofthewastefulpracticesofthefarmers. Whichofthefollowing,iftrue,wouldmoststronglyweakenthebiologistsclaim? (1) Wastefulfarmingisconsideredtobeoneoftheleastdangerouspracticesfor thefertilityofland (2) Farmerscaremoreforthelandthandothebiologists (3) ThefertilityoftheJaweriKamorapeninsulawasatitsalltimelowaround200 yearsago (4) Thedraughtthathitlastyeartookawaythemostimportantnutrientsfromthe topsoilofthepeninsula Thereare4crateseachpackedwith10dumbbellsof20kgeach.Butacratehaving 10dumbbellsof19kgeachhasbeenmixedwiththese.Fromamongthese5crates, youhavetoidentifythe190kgcrate.Howmanyminimumweighingsarerequired? (1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 4

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In acompany,workhasto beallottedkeepingin mind workerspreferences. Thereare 4 projects (P1. P2, P3 and P4) to be assigned to 4 workers (W1, W2, W3 and W4). The workershavethefollowingrequirements: W2willnottakeupP2unlessW1getsP1&W3getsP3 W1willnottakeupP3unlessW4getsP4&W2getsP1 W3willnottakeupP4unlessW2getsP2&W1getsP1 W2willnottakeupP1unlessW4getsP4&W3getsP3 W1willnottakeupP1unlessW2getsP4&W3getsP3 W2willnottakeupP4unlessW1getsP2&W4getsP1 W4willnottakeupP4unlessW1getsP2&W2getsP3 W2willnottakeupP3unlessW1getsP4&W3getsP2 W4willnottakeupP1unlessW3getsP2

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WhichprojectdoesW1takeup? (1) P2 (2) P3 (3) P4 (4) Cannotbedetermined WhichprojectdoesW2takeup? (1) P1 (2) P2 (3) P3 (4) Cannotbedetermined WhichprojectdoesW4takeup? (1) P1 (2) P2 (3) P3 (4) Cannotbedetermined Inaparticularstate,all1sare2s.All2sthatareneither3snor4sare5s.A3thatis nota6,isnota2.Whichofthefollowingistrue? (1) All2sare6s (2) Some2sare6s (3) All2sareeither3sor4sor5s (4) Some2sare4s

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TheMumbaiMarathonwasorganizedandsponsoredbyStandardChartered.TheKenyan runnerswhoparticipatedpulledoutagreat time andwere theoneswhograbbedthefirst fourspots.Thefollowinginformationwasknownaboutthemarathon: (A) Therewerenostopsinthemarathon,i.e.arunnercouldnotstopduringthecourse oftherun (B) There were 4 refilling stations (RS1 to RS4) where the runners could grab energy drinksorwater,(therewasnostoppagetime). Theyappearontherouteaccording totheirnumbers. (C) TheKenyanteamwascomposedofJulius,Daniel,JohnandKenneth (D) All the four employedsimilar runningstrategies, i.e. they ran with constantspeeds afterreachingRS1,focusedonthestepdistanceandavoidedthenoiseatalltimes (E) EachKenyanusedtheservicesofexactlytwoRefillingStations (F)Two of the Kenyans reached RS4 at the same time and they were the earliest runnerstoreachthere (G) The distance between RS1 and RS3 is three times the distance between RS1 and RS2 (H) JuliusarrivedatRS1 at7:30amandatRS2 at9:30am (I) DanielarrivedatRS1 at8:10amandatRS3 at12:10pm (J) JohnreachedRS2 at10:00amandRS4 at01:00pm (K) KennetharrivedatRS3 at12:15pmandatRS4 at12:30pm 56. Whoaretherunnerswiththesamespeed? (1) JuliusandKenneth (2) DanielandKenneth (3) DanielandJohn (4) JohnandKenneth WhendoesJuliusreachRS4? (1) 2:00pm (2) (3) 1:30pm (4)

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2:30pm Cannotbedetermined

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WhendoesKennetharriveatRS1? (1) 9:30am (2) 9:15am (3) 9:35am (4) Cannotbedetermined

AdditionalinformationforQuestion59:Therunnerskepttherunningatthesamespeeds andfinishedtheracewithoutanydisqualifications.RS4 wasnotatthefinishline. 59. Whowontherace? (1) Daniel (2) Kenneth (3) EitherofDanielorKenneth (4) DependsonthedistancebetweenRS4 andthefinishline

Every month, there happens a reshuffle in ABC Inc. There are 6 floors (excluding the ground floor,which isnot ABC Incs property) in thebuildingin whichABCInc. ishoused and each floor is manned and managed by a manager. There are 6 managers A Managing Director (MD), an Operations Manager (OM), a Key Departmental Manager (KDM),aRelationshipManager(RM),andtwoManagementTrainees(MT1andMT2).Last month,theallocationofthefloorswas: Floor1:MDFloor2:OMFloor3:KDMFloor4:RMFloor5:MT1Floor6:MT2 Butstrangely,thismontheachmanagergotadifferentfloorfromwhathehadgotthelast month.Thefollowinginformationisalsoknown: (A) If the floor numbers that have been assigned to the RM in these two months be multiplied, then the product is going to be the same as the product of the floor numbersassignedtoMT2inthetwomonths (B) ThedifferencebetweenthefloornumbersassignedtotheOMinthetwomonths,is thehighestamongthesixmanagers 60. Whowasinthefirstfloorthismonth? (1) ManagementTrainee1 (2) RelationshipManager (3) OperationsManager (4) KeyDepartmentalManager