CAT 1990 Question Paper with Answer Key PDF

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The CAT 1990 question paper includes the following:

174 questions (single sitting), in 5 question groups: Quantitative Ability (50); Data Interpretation (25); Verbal Ability (50); Reading Comprehension (38); Critical Reasoning (11)
Choices: every question has four answer choices

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Quantitative Ability (Q1 - Q50)

Question 1:

If R is an integer between 1 & 9, $ P - R = 2370 $, what is the value of R?
I. P is divisible by 4.
II. P is divisible by 9.

(A) The question can be answered with the help of statement I alone,
(B) Both, statement I and statement II are needed to answer the question, and
(C) The question can be answered with the help of statement II alone,
(D) The statement cannot be answered even with the help of both the statements.

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Question 2:

A man distributed 43 chocolates to his children. How many of his children are more than five years old?
I. A child older than five years gets 5 chocolates.
II. A child 5 years or younger in age gets 6 chocolates.

(A) if the question can be answered with the help of statement I alone
(B) if the question can be answered with the help of statement II alone
(C) if both statement I and statement II are needed to answer the question
(D) if the statement cannot be answered even with the help of both the statements

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Question 3:

Ramu went by car from Calcutta to Trivandrum via Madras, without any stoppages. The average speed for the entire journey was 40 kmph. What was the average speed from Madras to Trivandrum?
I. The distance from Madras to Trivandrum is 0.30 times the distance from Calcutta to Madras.
II. The average speed from Madras to Trivandrum was twice that of the average speed from Calcutta to Madras.

(A) if the question can be answered with the help of statement I alone
(B) if the question can be answered with the help of statement II alone
(C) if both statement I and statement II are needed to answer the question
(D) if the statement cannot be answered even with the help of both the statements

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Question 4:

$x$, $y$, and $z$ are three positive odd integers. Is $x + z$ divisible by 4?
I. $y - x = 2$
II. $z - y = 2$

(A) if the question can be answered with the help of statement I alone
(B) if the question can be answered with the help of statement II alone
(C) if both statement I and statement II are needed to answer the question
(D) if the statement cannot be answered even with the help of both the statements

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Question 5:

The unit price of product P1 is non-increasing and that of product P2 is decreasing. Which product will be costlier 5 years hence?
I. Current unit price of P1 is twice that of P2.
II. 5 years ago, unit price of P2 was twice that of P1.

(A) if the question can be answered with the help of statement I alone
(B) if the question can be answered with the help of statement II alone
(C) if both statement I and statement II are needed to answer the question
(D) if the statement cannot be answered even with the help of both the statements

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Question 6:

X is older than Y, Z is younger than W and V is as old as Y. Is Z younger than X?
I. W may not be older than V
II. W is not older than V

(A) The question can be answered with the help of statement I alone,
(B) The statement cannot be answered even with the help of both the statements.
(C) Both, statement I and statement II are needed to answer the question, and
(D) The question can be answered with the help of statement II alone,

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Question 7:

How long did Mr. X take to cover 5000 km journey with 10 stopovers?
I. The $i^{th}$ stopover lasted $i^2$ minutes.
II. The average speed between any two stopovers was 66 kmph.

(A) if the question can be answered with the help of statement I alone
(B) if the question can be answered with the help of statement II alone
(C) if both statement I and statement II are needed to answer the question
(D) if the statement cannot be answered even with the help of both the statements

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Question 8:

$\left[ \frac{x^{-1} - y^{-1}}{x^2 - y^2} \right]>1$?
I. $x + y>0$
II. $x$ and $y$ are positive integers and each is greater than 2.

(A) if the question can be answered with the help of statement I alone
(B) if the question can be answered with the help of statement II alone
(C) if both statement I and statement II are needed to answer the question
(D) if the statement cannot be answered even with the help of both the statements

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Comprehension:

In a game played by two people there were initially N match sticks kept on the table. A move in the game consists of a player removing either one or two matchsticks from the table. The one who takes the last matchstick loses. Players make moves alternately. The player who will make the first move is A. The other player is B.

Question 9:

The smallest value of N (greater than 5) that ensures a win for B is

(A) 6
(B) 7
(C) 10
(D) 8

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Question 10:

The largest of N (less than 50) that ensures a win for B is

(A) 46
(B) 47
(C) 49
(D) 48

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Question 11:

There were 'x' pigeons and 'y' mynahs in a cage. One fine morning, 'p' birds escaped to freedom. The bird-keeper, knowing only that p = 7, was able to figure out without looking into the cage that at least one pigeon had escaped. Which of the following does not represent a possible (x,y) pair?

(A) (10,8)
(B) (7,2)
(C) (25,6)
(D) (12,4)

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Question 12:

The remainder when $26^{60}$ is divided by 5 equals:

(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) None of these

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Question 13:

Mr X enters a positive integer Y(>1) in an electronic calculator and then goes on pressing the square root key repeatedly. Then

(A) The display does not stabilize
(B) The display becomes closer to 0
(C) May not be true and the answer depends on the choice of Y
(D) The display becomes closer to 1

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Question 14:

What is the sum of the following series:
$\frac{1}{1 \times 2} + \frac{1}{2 \times 3} + \frac{1}{3 \times 4} + + \frac{1}{100 \times 101}$

(A) $\frac{99}{100}$
(B) $\frac{1}{100}$
(C) $\frac{100}{101}$
(D) $\frac{101}{102}$

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Question 15:

The value of $ \dfrac{1}{1-x} + \dfrac{1}{1+x} + \dfrac{2}{1+x^2} + \dfrac{4}{1+x^4} $

(A) $ \dfrac{4}{1-x^6} $
(B) $ \dfrac{4x}{1+x^2} $
(C) $ \dfrac{8}{1-x^8} $
(D) $ \dfrac{4}{1+x^4} $

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Question 16:

Let a, b be any positive integers and x = 0 or 1, then

(A) $ a^{x} b^{(1-x)} = a(1-x)bx $
(B) $ a^{x} b^{1-x} = (1-x)a + xb $
(C) $ a^{x} b^{1-x} = xa + (1-x)b $
(D) None of the above is necessarily true.

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Question 17:

There are six boxes numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Each box is to be filled up either with a white ball or a black ball in such a manner that at least one box contains a black ball and all the boxes containing black balls are consecutively numbered. The total number of ways in which this can be done equals.

(A) 21
(B) 15
(C) 63
(D) 64

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Question 18:

Consider the following steps:
1. Put $x = 1$, $y = 2$
2. Replace $x$ by $xy$
3. Replace $y$ by $y + 1$
4. If $y = 5$ then go to step 6 otherwise go to step 5
5. Go to step 2
6. Stop
Then the final value of $x$ equals:

(A) 1
(B) 24
(C) 120
(D) 720

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Question 19:

In a stockpile of products produced by three machines M1, M2 and M3, 40% and 30% were manufactured by M1 and M2 respectively. 3% of the products of M1 are defective, 1% of products of M2 defective, while 95% of the products of M3 are not defective. What is the percentage of defective in the stockpile?

(A) 2.5%
(B) 5%
(C) 3%
(D) 4%

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Question 20:

From any two numbers $ x $ and $ y $, we define $ x * y = x + 0.5y - xy $. Suppose that both $ x $ and $ y $ are greater than 0.5. Then $ x * x < y * y $ if

(A) $ x > 1 > y $
(B) $ 1 > x > y $
(C) $ 1 > y > x $
(D) $ y > 1 > x $

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Question 21:

Consider a function $ f(k) $ defined for positive integers $ k = 1, 2, .. $; the function satisfies the condition $ f(1) + f(2) + .. = \dfrac{p}{p-1} $. Where $ p $ is fraction i.e. $ 0 < p < 1 $. Then $ f(k) $ is given by

(A) $ p(1-p)^{k-1} $
(B) $ (-p)(p)^{(k-1)} $
(C) $ (p(1-p))^{k-1} $
(D) None of these

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Question 22:

116 people participated in a singles tennis tournament of knockout format. The players are paired up in the first round, winners of the first round are paired in the second round, and so on till the final is played between two players. If after any round, the number of players is odd, one player is given a bye (he skips that round and plays the next round with the winners). Find the total number of matches played in the tournament.

(A) 115
(B) 53
(C) 232
(D) 116

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Question 23:

If n is any positive integer, then $ n^3 - n $ is divisible

(A) Always by 6
(B) Never by 12
(C) Always by 12
(D) Never by 6

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Question 24:

The value of $\frac{(1 - d^3)}{(1 - d)}$ is:

(A) > 1$ if $d>-1$
(B) > 3$ if $d>1$
(C) > 2$ if $0<d<0.5$
(D) $< 2$ if $d<-2$

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Question 25:

Gopal went to a fruit market with certain amount of money. With this money he can buy either 50 oranges or 40 mangoes. He retains 10% of the money for taxi fare. If he buys 20 mangoes, then the number of oranges he can buy is

(A) 25
(B) 20
(C) 18
(D) None of these

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Comprehension:

A dealer deals only in colour TVs and VCRs. He wants to spend up to Rs.12 lakhs to buy 100 pieces. He can purchase a colour TV at Rs.10,000 and a VCR at Rs.15,000. He can sell a colour TV at Rs.12,000 and a VCR at Rs.17,500. His objective is to maximize profits. Assume that he can sell all the items that he stocks

Question 26:

For the maximum profit, the number of colour TVs and VCRs that he should respectively stock are

(A) 60, 40
(B) 20, 80
(C) 80, 20
(D) None of these

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Question 27:

If the dealer would have managed to get an additional space to stock 20 more items, then for maximizing profit, the ratio of number of VCRs and number of TVs that he should stock is

(A) 7 : 3
(B) 1 : 2
(C) 0
(D) None of these

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Question 28:

The maximum profit, in rupees lakh, the dealer can earn from his original stock if he can sell a colour TV at Rs. 12200 and VCR at Rs.18300 is

(A) 2.72
(B) 2.49
(C) 2.64
(D) 2.87

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Comprehension:

Ghosh Babu has a certain amount of property consisting of cash, gold coins and silver bars. The cost of a gold coin is Rs. 4000 and the cost of a silver bar is Rs. 1000. Ghosh Babu distributed his property among his daughters equally. He gave to his eldest daughter gold coins worth 20% of the total property and Rs. 25000 in cash. The second daughter was given silver bars worth 20% of the remaining property and Rs. 50000 cash. Among the third and fourth daughters, he distributed the remaining gold and silver bars equally both together accounting each for 20% of the property remaining after the previous distribution. He also gave the third and fourth daughters Rs. 25000 more than what the second daughter had received in cash.

Question 29:

The amount of property in gold and silver possessed by Ghosh Babu is

(A) 2,25,000
(B) Rs. 4,25,000
(C) 2,75,000
(D) None of these

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Question 30:

Total property of Ghosh Babu (in Rs.lakh) is

(A) 7.5
(B) 5.0
(C) 10.0
(D) 12.5

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Question 31:

If the ratio of the gold to silver bars that Ghosh Babu had is 7:27, the number of silver bars he has is

(A) 135
(B) 60
(C) 75
(D) 90

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Comprehension:

The following questions relate to a game to be played by you and your friend. The game consists of a 4 x 4 board (see below) where each cell contains a positive integer. You and your friend make moves alternately. A move by any of the players consists of splitting the current board configuration into two equal halves and retaining one of them. In your moves you are allowed to split the board only vertically and to decide to retain either the left or the right half. Your friend, in his/her moves, can split the board only horizontally and can retain either the lower or the upper half. After two moves by each player a single cell will remain which can no longer be split and the number in that cell will be treated as the gain (in rupees) of the person who has started the game. A sample game is shown below.

Initial Board

2	1	2	4
5	1	6	7
9	1	3	2
6	1	8	4

After your move (retain left)

2	1
5	1
9	1
6	1

After your friend's move (retain upper)

2	1
5	1

After your move (retain right)

After your friend's move (retain lower)

So your gain is Re.1. With the same initial board configuration as above and assuming that you have to make the first move, answer the following questions.

Question 32:

In the board game described, the initial board (rows from top to bottom) is: 2 1 2 4 / 5 1 6 7 / 9 1 3 2 / 6 1 8 4, and you make the first move. If you choose (retain right) (retain left) in your turns, the best move sequence for your friend to reduce your gain to a minimum will be

(A) (retain upper)(retain lower)
(B) (retain upper) (retain upper)
(C) (retain lower) (retain upper)
(D) (retain lower) (retain lower)

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Question 33:

If both of you select your moves intelligently, then at the end of the game your gain will be:

(A) Rs. 4
(B) Rs. 3
(C) Rs. 2
(D) None of these

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Question 34:

If your first move is (retain right), then whatever moves your friend may select, you can always force a gain of no less than:

(A) Rs. 3
(B) Rs. 6
(C) Rs. 4
(D) None of these

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Question 35:

The roots of the equation $ax^{2}+3x+6=0$ will be reciprocal to each other if the value of $a$ is

(A) 6
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 3

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Question 36:

A car after traveling 18 km from a point A developed some problem in the engine and speed became 4/5 of its original speed. As a result, the car reached point B 45 minutes late. If the engine had developed the same problem after traveling 30 km from A, then it would have reached B only 36 minutes late. The original speed of the car (in km per hour) and the distance between the points A and B (in km.) is

(A) 25, 130
(B) None of these
(C) 20, 90
(D) 30, 150

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Question 37:

A, B and C individually can finish a work in 6, 8 and 15 hours respectively. They started the work together and after completing the work got Rs. 94.60 in all. When they divide the money among themselves, A, B and C will respectively get (in Rs.):

(A) 44, 33, 17.60
(B) 43, 27.20, 24.40
(C) 45, 30, 19.60
(D) 42, 28, 24.60

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Question 38:

Two trains are traveling in opposite direction at uniform speed 60 and 50 km per hour respectively. They take 5 seconds to cross each other. If the two trains had traveled in the same direction, then a passenger sitting in the faster moving train would have overtaken the other train in 18 seconds. What are the lengths of trains (in metres)?

(A) 112.78
(B) 97.78, 55
(C) 102.78, 55
(D) 102.78, 50

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Question 39:

N the set of natural numbers is partitioned into subsets $S_1=(1)$, $S_2=(2,3)$, $S_3=(4,5,6)$, $S_4=(7,8,9,10)$ and so on. The sum of the elements of the subset $S_{50}$ is

(A) 61250
(B) 62525
(C) 42455
(D) 65525

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Question 40:

A square is drawn by joining the midpoints of the sides of a given square. A third square is drawn inside the second square in the same way and this process is continued indefinitely. If a side of the first square is 8 cm, the sum of the areas of all the squares thus formed (in sq.cm) is:

(A) 128
(B) 120
(C) 96
(D) None of these

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Comprehension:

The pages of a book are numbered 0, 1, 2 … upto M, M > 0. There are four categories of instructions that direct a person in positioning the book at a page. The instruction types and their meanings are :
1. OPEN : Position the book at page No. 1

2. CLOSE : Position the book at page No. 0
3. FORWARD, n :From the current page move forward by n pages; if, in this process, page number M is reached, stop at M.
4. BACKWARD, n : From the current page, move backward by n pages; if in this process, page number 0 is reached, stop at page number 0.
In each of the following questions, you will find a sequence of instructions formed from the above categories.
In each case, let n1 be the page number before the instructions are executed and n2 be the page number at which the book is positioned after the instructions are executed

Question 41:

FORWARD, 25 ; BACKWARD, 10. which of the following statements is true?

(A) $n_1=37$ provided $M=25$
(B) $M=20$ provided $n_1>0$
(C) $n_1>30$ provided $M=900$
(D) $n_1=n_2$ if M=10 and $n_1=0$

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Question 42:

BACKWARD, 5 ; FORWARD, 5 — Which of the following statements is true?

(A) $n_1 = n_2$ provided $n_1 \ge 5$
(B) $n_1 = n_2$ provided $n_1>0$
(C) $n_2 = 5$ provided $M>0$
(D) $n_1>n_2$ provided $M>0$

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Question 43:

FORWARD, 10; FORWARD, 10. Which of the following statements about the above instructions is true?

(A) $n_2 - n_1 = 20$ only if $n_1 = 0$
(B) $n_2 > n_1$ if $M > 0$
(C) $n_2 - n_1 = 10$ if $M = 21$ and $n_1 = 0$
(D) $n_2 - n_1 = 20$ if $M > 20$ and $n_1 = 1$

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Question 44:

FORWARD, 5; BACKWARD, 4. Which of the following statements about the above instructions is true?

(A) $n_2 = n_1 + 1$ provided $M - n_1 > 5$
(B) $n_2 = n_1$ provided $M < 6$
(C) $n_2 = n_1 + 4$ provided $1 < n_1 < 7$
(D) $n_2 - n_1 < 0$ provided $M > 0$

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Comprehension:

There are 5 cities, A, B, C, D and E connected by 7 roads as shown in the figure below:

[Figure: the five cities are drawn as circles - A (top left), B (top middle), E (right), C (bottom left) and D (bottom middle). The 7 roads, each a straight line joining two cities, are listed below.]

Road	From city	To city
1	A	B
2	A	C
3	B	C
4	B	D
5	B	E
6	C	D
7	D	E

Design a route such that you start from any city of your choice and walk on each of the 7 roads once and only once, not necessarily returning to the city from which you started.

Question 45:

For a route that satisfies the above restrictions, which of the following statements is true?

(A) There is no route that satisfies the above restriction.
(B) D can be only an intermediate city in the route.
(C) A route can either start at C or end at C, but not both.
(D) The route has to necessarily end at E.

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Question 46:

How many different starting cities are possible such that the above restriction is satisfied?

(A) one
(B) two
(C) three
(D) zero

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Question 47:

If $ xy + yz + zx = 0 $, then $ (x + y + z)^2 $ equals

(A) $ (x + y)^2 + xz $
(B) $ (x + z)^2 + xy $
(C) $ x^2 + y^2 + z^2 $
(D) $ 2(xy + yz + xz) $

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Question 48:

If equal numbers of people are born on each day, find the approximate percentage of the people whose birthday will fall on 29th February. If we are to consider people born in the 20th century (1901-2000) and assuming no deaths.

(A) 0.374
(B) 0.5732
(C) None of these
(D) 0.0664

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Question 49:

I brought 30 books on Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry, priced at Rs.17, Rs.19, and Rs.23 per book respectively, for distribution among poor students of Standard X of a school. The physics books were more in number than the Mathematics books but less than the Chemistry books, the difference being more than one. The total cost amounted to Rs.620. How many books on Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry could have been bought respectively?

(A) 5, 8, 17
(B) 5, 10, 15
(C) 5, 12, 13
(D) 5, 6, 19

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Question 50:

The last time Rahul bought Diwali cards, he found that the four types of cards that he liked were priced Rs.2.00, Rs.3.50, Rs.4.50 and Rs.5.00 each. As Rahul wanted 30 cards, he took five each of two kinds and ten each of the other two, putting down the exact number of 10 rupees notes on the counter payment. How many notes did Rahul give?

(A) 8
(B) 9
(C) 11
(D) 10

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Data Interpretation (Q51 - Q75)

Comprehension:

In these questions, you are provided data in the form of charts and/or tables. Study the data carefully and answer the questions following them.
101-104: The following graph shows the value of liquor supplied by the 5 states in 1996 and the excise duty rates in each state.

Question 51:

What is the lowest percentage difference in the excise duty rates for any two states?

(A) 15
(B) 12
(C) 20
(D) 25

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Question 52:

Which of the five states manufactured liquor at the lowest cost?

(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Delhi
(C) Cannot be determined.
(D) The states which has the lowest value for (wholesale price-Excise duty) per litre

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Question 53:

If Excise duty is levied before the goods leave the factory (on the value of the liquor), then which of the following choices shows distilleries in ascending order of the excise duty paid by them for the year 1996? (Assume the total liquor in TN is supplied by only these 5 distilleries).

(A) DCEBA
(B) ADEBC
(C) ECABD
(D) Cannot be determined.

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Question 54:

If the Tamil Nadu distillery, with the least average simple annual growth in amount of liquor supplied in the given period, had shown the same rate of growth as the one which grew fastest, what would that company's supply have been in 1998, in lakh litres?

(A) 130
(B) 15.11
(C) 13
(D) Cannot be determined.

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Question 55:

Saira, Mumtaz and Zeenat have a ball, a pen and a pencil, and each girl has just one object in hand. Among the following statements, only one is true and the other two are false.

I. Saira has a ball.
II. Mumtaz does not have the ball.
III. Zeenat does not have the pen.

Who has the ball?

(A) Mumtaz
(B) Saira
(C) Zeenat
(D) Cannot be determined

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Question 56:

Albert, David, Jerome and Tommy were plucking mangoes in a grove to earn some pocket money during the summer holidays. Their earnings were directly related to the number of mangoes plucked and had the following relationship: Jerome got less money than Tommy. Jerome and Tommy together got the same amount as Albert and David taken together. Albert and Tommy together got less than David and Jerome taken together. Who earned the most pocket money? Who plucked the least number of mangoes?

(A) David, Jerome
(B) Jerome, Albert
(C) Jerome, Tommy
(D) David, Albert

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Question 57:

I happened to be the judge in the all India Essay Competition on Nylon Dying, organized some time back by a dyestuff firm. Mill technicians were eligible to enter the competition. My work was simplified in assessing the essays, which had to be done under five heads - Language, Coherence, Subject Matter, Machinery and Recent Developments. Integral marks were to be given out of a maximum of 20 under each head. There were only five entries. The winner got 90 marks. Only a single person can be made the winner. Akhila got 13 in Coherence and Divya 10 in Machinery. Bhanu's total was less than Akhila's. Charulata has sent an entry. Ela had got as many marks as Divya. None got 20 under any head. Who was the winner?

(A) Divya
(B) Bhanu
(C) Ela
(D) Charulata

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Comprehension:

Refer to the following Bar-chart and answer the questions that follow

Question 58:

What is the average value of the contract secured during the years shown in the diagram?

(A) Rs. 103.48 crore
(B) Rs. 105 crore
(C) Rs. 100 crore
(D) Rs. 125.2 crore

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Question 59:

Compared to the performance in 1985 (i.e. taking it as the base), what can you say about the performances in the years ’84, ’85, ’86, ’87, ’88 respectively, in percentage terms?

(A) 150, 100, 211, 216, 97
(B) 100, 67, 141, 144, 65
(C) 150, 100, 200, 215, 100
(D) 120, 100, 220, 230, 68

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Question 60:

Which is the year in which the highest percentage decline is seen in the value of contract secured compared to the preceding year?

(A) 1985
(B) 1988
(C) 1984
(D) 1986

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Comprehension:

The table below shows the estimated cost (in Rs. Lakh) of a project of laying a railway line between two places.

Question 61:

The total expenditure is required to be kept within Rs. 700 lakh by cutting the expenditure on administration equally in all the years. What will be the percentage cut for 1989?

(A) 22.6
(B) 42.5
(C) 32.6
(D) 52.6

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Question 62:

If the length of the line to be laid each year is proportional to the estimated cost for cement, steel, bricks, building material and labour, what fraction of the total length is proposed to be completed by the third year?

(A) 0.9
(B) 0.6
(C) 0.7
(D) 0.3

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Question 63:

What is the approximate ratio of the total cost of materials (cement, steel, bricks, building materials) for all the years to the total labour cost?

(A) 4 : 1
(B) 8 : 1
(C) 12 : 1
(D) 16 : 1

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Question 64:

If the cost of materials (cement, steel, bricks, building materials) rises by 5% each year from 1990 onwards, by how much will the estimated cost rise for the years 1990 and 1991?

(A) Rs. 11.45 lakh
(B) Rs. 21.45 lakh
(C) Rs. 16.35 lakh
(D) Rs. 26.45 lakh

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Question 65:

It is found at the end of 1990, that the entire amount estimated for the project has been spent. If for 1991, the actual amount spent was equal to that which was estimated, by what percent (approximately) has the actual expenditure exceeded the estimated expenditure?

(A) 39
(B) 29
(C) 19
(D) 9

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Question 66:

After preparing the estimate, the provision for contingencies is felt inadequate and is therefore doubled. By what percent does the total estimate increase?

(A) 1.50
(B) 2.45
(C) 3.47
(D) 3.62

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Comprehension:

The first table gives the number of saris (of all the eight colours) stocked in six regional showrooms. The second gives the number of saris (of all the eight colours) sold in these six regional showrooms. The third table gives the percentage of saris sold to saris stocked for each colour in each region. The fourth table gives the percentage of saris of a specific colour sold within that region. The fifth table gives the percentage of saris of a specific colour sold across all the regions. Study the tables and for each of the following questions, choose the best alternative.

Question 67:

Which region-colour combination accounts for the highest percentage of sales to stock?

(A) (1, Brown)
(B) (2, Yellow)
(C) (4, Brown)
(D) (5, Red)

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Question 68:

Which colour is the most popular in region 1?

(A) Blue
(B) Brown
(C) Green
(D) Violet

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Question 69:

Which region sold the maximum percentage of magenta saris out of the total sales of magenta saris?

(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 1
(D) 2

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Question 70:

Out of its total sales, which region sold the minimum percentage of green saris?

(A) 1
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 2

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Question 71:

In which region is the maximum percentage of blue saris sold?

(A) 1
(B) 3
(C) 2
(D) 4

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Comprehension:

The table below gives the achievements of Agricultural Development Programmes from 1983 - 84 to 1988 - 89. Study the following table and for each of the following questions, choose the best alternative.

Question 72:

The consumption of chemical fertilizer per hectare of gross cropped area is lowest for the year

(A) 1984 - 85
(B) 1985 - 86
(C) 1986 - 87
(D) 1987 - 88

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Question 73:

In which year does the area cropped under high yielding varieties show a decline for the maximum number of crops?

(A) 1988 - 89
(B) 1985 - 86
(C) 1986 - 87
(D) None of these

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Question 74:

How much area, in million hectares, was brought under irrigation during the year 1986 - 87?

(A) 58.20
(B) 1.43
(C) 0.80
(D) 2.23

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Question 75:

It is possible that a part of the minor irrigated area is brought under major and medium areas. In which year has this definitely happened?

(A) 1984 - 85
(B) 1985 - 86
(C) 1986 - 87
(D) 1987 - 88

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Verbal Ability (Q76 - Q125)

Question 76:

The .............., those cellular bodies which contain the .............. particles, the genes, provide us with basic facts of genetic transmission.

(A) protoplasm, microscopic
(B) globules, fat
(C) cytoplasm, minute
(D) chromosomes, hereditary

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Question 77:

The insurance claim was .............. by the relevant documents.

(A) sustained
(B) backed out
(C) backed up
(D) proved

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Question 78:

I should not have .............. to talk in such a .............. strain especially when I had not studied the man to whom I was talking.

(A) daring, commanding
(B) try, bold
(C) ventured, peremptory
(D) emboldened, reckless

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Question 79:

Fill in the Blanks: High prices are often the __________ of __________ of goods

(A) accompaniment, dearth
(B) concomitant, scarcity
(C) cause, destitution
(D) result, glut

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Question 80:

The recent disturbances in the country will .............. and peace will be restored.

(A) blow past
(B) blow over
(C) pass through
(D) come to pass

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Question 81:

Choose from among the given alternatives the one which will be a suitable substitute for the expression in quotes. The "marriage of the princess with the commoner" caused a furore among the royalty.

(A) misogyny
(B) misalliance
(C) elopement
(D) romance

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Question 82:

Choose from among the given alternatives the one which will be a suitable substitute for the expression in quotes. The victim's "involuntary responses to stimulus" proved that he was still living.

(A) reactions
(B) reflexes
(C) feedback
(D) communication

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Question 83:

Choose from among the given alternatives the one which will be a suitable substitute for the expression in quotes. "The art and science of good eating and drinking is now a lost art".

(A) Gastronomy
(B) Osteopathy
(C) Gluttony
(D) Cooking

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Question 84:

Choose from among the given alternatives the one which will be a suitable substitute for the expression in quotes. The thrilling narrative caused "the hair on the skin to stand erect".

(A) tension
(B) horror
(C) terror
(D) horrification

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Question 85:

Choose from among the given alternatives the one which will be a suitable substitute for the expression in quotes. "The body of Macedonian infantry drawn up in close order" was like a formidable castle of steel.

(A) phalanx
(B) phagocyte
(C) phenomenon
(D) phaeton

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Question 86: