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The leading brand of artificial sweetener in India, ‘Sugar Free’ is owned by

• (A) Cipla
• (B) Cadila
• (C) Glaxo
• (D) Monsanto

Monsoon is caused by

• (A) Movements of cloud
• (B) Impact of Summer temperature on the sea
• (C) Rise in temperature
• (D) Seasonal reversal of winds

An Indian company manufacturing automobiles for Mitsubishi is

• (A) Tata Motors
• (B) Bajaj Tempo
• (C) Mahindra
• (D) Hindustan Motors

The name “Koneru Humpy” is associated with which of the following sport?

• (A) Badminton
• (B) Cricket
• (C) Chess
• (D) Weight Lifting

The new coin ‘Rupiya’ was issued for the first time by

• (A) Sher Shah Suri
• (B) Akbar
• (C) Ala ud din Khilji
• (D) Mohammed Shah Tughlaq

One of the following allows an individual to start and continue to share regularly any of his/her own personal experience, knowledge, opinion or thought with the internet community?

• (A) Portal
• (B) Email
• (C) Blog
• (D) Chat

Phishing is

• (A) A Govt. plan
• (B) A stem cell
• (C) A fraudulent way of getting the PIN and bank passwords using emails
• (D) None of these

In the sports world, the sobriquet ‘Indo-Pak Express’ is applied to

• (A) Shree Santh and Shoaib Akhtar
• (B) Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi
• (C) Sania Mirza and Shahar Peer
• (D) Rohan Bopanna and Shahar Peer

A film that has not been directed by Mira Nair is

• (A) Earth
• (B) Monsoon Wedding
• (C) Kamasutra
• (D) Salaam Bombay

In banking terminology, CRR means

• (A) Credit Reserve Ratio
• (B) Cash Reserve Ratio
• (C) Credit Rating Ratio
• (D) Cash Rating Ratio

Some of the large deals entered into by IT majors in India (all are billion dollar deals) are listed here as options. Which one is not?

• (A) TCS–Nielson
• (B) Tech Mahindra–BT
• (C) Infosys–BN AM O
• (D) IBM–Bharti

Suicide car bomb caused havoc in England in July 2007 at which airport?

• (A) Glasgow
• (B) Heathrow
• (C) Birmingham
• (D) Nottingham

Pakistan has signed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and a five-year investment package with

• (A) USA
• (B) European Union
• (C) China
• (D) Russia

Major oil finds in India have been reported in

• (A) Krishna Godavari Basin
• (B) Cauvery Basin
• (C) Rajasthan Desert
• (D) Lower Assam Valley

The propagation of radio signals is greatly influenced by

• (A) Troposphere
• (B) Ionosphere
• (C) Exosphere
• (D) Thermosphere

According to Dun and Bradstreet which one of the following is the largest employer among Indian ITeS and BPO companies?

• (A) Genpact
• (B) Accenture Services
• (C) Wipro BPO
• (D) IBM Daksh

“In God we trust, the rest have to bring data on the table.” This statement was made by the famous industrialist

• (A) J.R.D. Tata
• (B) Aditya Birla
• (C) Dhirubhai Ambani
• (D) Narayan Murthy

The runner-up in the recent Vice-Presidential election was

• (A) Mr. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
• (B) Dr. Najma Heptullah
• (C) Mr. Praful Patel
• (D) Mr. Hameed Ansari

Which of the following is not provided in the constitution?

• (A) Election Commission
• (B) Planning Commission
• (C) Public Service Commission
• (D) Finance Commission

When did Governor General’s rule end in India?

• (A) 15^th August 1947
• (B) 9^th August 1948
• (C) 26^th January 1950
• (D) 2^nd October 1950

The newspaper which was recently voted as the largest selling newspaper in the world is

• (A) The Los Angeles Times
• (B) The Times of India
• (C) The London Times
• (D) The New York Times

Which of the following countries is the top source of FDI inflows into India at present?

• (A) Singapore
• (B) USA
• (C) UK
• (D) Mauritius

The human cell contains

• (A) 44 chromosomes
• (B) 48 chromosomes
• (C) 46 chromosomes
• (D) 23 chromosomes

In year 2006, the three largest economies in the world were

• (A) USA, Japan & Germany
• (B) USA, China & Japan
• (C) USA, UK & Germany
• (D) USA, UK & France

Identify an entry that is reversed in terms of the forex rates for US Dollar on a day recently.

• (A) 1 US $ = Rs. 39.35
• (B) 1 US $ = € 1.42
• (C) 1 US $ = £ 0.48
• (D) 1 US $ = ¥ 114

Starbucks, the coffee chain retailer’s name is inspired from which book?

• (A) The Scarlet Letter
• (B) Moby Dick
• (C) Uncle Tom's Cabin
• (D) None of the above

A major US toy manufacturer which suffered a breakdown in supply chain from China on account of legally unacceptable toxic substances in its products is

• (A) Leo Toys
• (B) Mattel Toys
• (C) Universal Toys
• (D) Funskool Toys

Bollywood name has been granted as a trademark to which US-based Media and Entertainment company by Indian Trademark Registry?

• (A) Viacom
• (B) Universal Studios
• (C) Disney Enterprises
• (D) Miramax

Lakshmi Mittal, the famous NRI industrialist, is partnering with Govt. of India for which of the following big projects?

• (A) Oil Refinery
• (B) Atomic Power Plant
• (C) Biotechnology
• (D) Mining

Tyeb Mehta, Nand Lal Bose and Majit Bewa are

• (A) Classical Singers
• (B) English Poets
• (C) Photographers
• (D) Painters

Zapak Digital Entertainment (a gaming venture) belongs to which business group?

• (A) UTV
• (B) Balaji Telefilm
• (C) Zee TV
• (D) Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Enterprises

In August 2007, Chennai High Court passed a landmark judgment that may have far reaching consequences on pharmaceuticals industry, dismissing a writ petition filed by

• (A) Ranbaxy
• (B) Sandoz
• (C) Novartis
• (D) Glaxo

The busiest port in the world today is

• (A) Port of Rotterdam
• (B) Port of Shanghai
• (C) Port of Singapore
• (D) Port of Dubai

In recent months the monks of Myanmar marched the streets of Yangon in hundreds

• (A) To spread the message of peace
• (B) To celebrate Buddha Purnima
• (C) To protest against the government that was ruling
• (D) To take the normal route for alms

To recover the national loss suffered by small investors in the IPO allotment scam from the National Securities Depository Services Ltd, Central Depository Services Ltd, and eight depository participants, a second interim order was passed by

• (A) SEBI
• (B) RBI
• (C) FMI
• (D) Supreme Court

Indian Broadcasting Service was renamed in 1936 as

• (A) Kshwani
• (B) Nabhowani
• (C) Doorwani
• (D) All India Radio

Which of the following is not a principal organ of the UNO?

• (A) General Assembly
• (B) Trusteeship Council
• (C) Security Council
• (D) World Health Organization

Who was the composer of the classical composition ‘Moonlight Sonata’?

• (A) Ludwig Van Beethoven
• (B) Joseph Haydn
• (C) Johann Bach
• (D) Handel

During the year 2006-07 Indian Railways earned a profit of approximately

• (A) Rs. 20,000 crores
• (B) Rs. 14,000 crores
• (C) Rs. 18,000 crores
• (D) Rs. 16,500 crores

Egg is a rich source of nutrients except

• (A) Vitamin C
• (B) Protein
• (C) Vitamin D
• (D) None of the above

Common people consider some of the questions asked by scholars as unimportant

• (A) since they are not worth asking or answering
• (B) because the question is related to new machines and gadgets
• (C) because the common man doesn’t understand questions without years of explanations.
• (D) scholars ask very minute, specialized questions beyond the comprehension of the common man.

In the statement ‘that is mainly what a university is for’ ‘that’ refers to

• (A) parents refusal to answer questions.
• (B) children’s curiosity that survives parents’ structures.
• (C) questions not worth answering.
• (D) the aim and scope of the university to provide an opportunity to curious minds to find out the answers to their questions.

According to the passage the general public respects

• (A) new inventions.
• (B) any useful invention.
• (C) any invention that makes life easier for them.
• (D) a scientist who invents gadgets and machines for them.

The writer compares the scientist to

• (A) a historian and mountain climber.
• (B) a historian.
• (C) a mountain climber.
• (D) a scholar.

The primary function of a scholar is different from the search for a cure for cancer because

• (A) the answers to the scholar’s question have no consequence unlike the results of the research involving a cure for cancer.
• (B) the answer sought by the scholar is selfish unlike the consequences of cancer research which are for the common weal.
• (C) the primary function of a scholar is satisfaction of his mental curiosity, while research involving a cure for cancer demands a constant, systematic and planned pursuit by several scholars.
• (D) several scholars work for a cancer cure while a single scholar works with a selfish motive.

Idle curiosity means

• A. curiosity is lazy.
• B. idle people are curious.
• C. curiosity is apt.
• D. casual curiosity.

Find the correct match of definition/meaning with usage for the word: WOULD

• (A) 1-8, 2-5, 3-6, 4-6
• (B) 1-6, 2-7, 3-5, 4-8
• (C) 1-5, 2-7, 3-8, 4-6
• (D) 1-7, 2-5, 3-6, 4-8

Choose the most appropriate passive construction of the sentence: ‘He is doing his job well.’

• (A) His job is done well by him.
• (B) His job is being done well.
• (C) He has been doing his job well.
• (D) His job is being well done.

There are three underlined words below, followed by their usages. Determine the sentences in which the use of words is correct or appropriate: Pray. Prey. Prying.
A. If you pray with faith, they say, it will be answered.
B. He has fallen a prey to cheats.
C. Prying into the affairs of others is bad.

• (A) A and B
• (B) A and C
• (C) A, B and C
• (D) B and C

According to the article Sangwan-Vemuganti team’s cutting-edge procedure of implanting cornea grown from stem cells is considered a major advancement by the experts because

• A. They derive stem cells from embryos.
• B. Their labs are customised to grow stem cells.
• C. They regrow cells in hearts, brains, livers with stem cells from tissues of living adults.
• D. They derive stem cells from tissues of living adults and grow cells in labs.

Sangwan-Vemuganti procedure is carried out on

• A. Patients requiring any corneal transplant
• B. Patients with damaged corneas
• C. Patients with damaged eyes of any kind
• D. None of the above

The world recognises this Indian innovation because Indian scientists are normally known

• A. To be good at analysing and finding out a method of how an existing drug is made.
• B. As they are good researchers of drugs.
• C. As they are good at carrying out experiments to create generic drugs.
• D. As they are able to carry out drug trials on large samples.

The pathologist, Vemuganti, started growing cornea in a petri dish

• A. By following procedures published in research papers
• B. By inventing a totally new procedure
• C. By experimenting with procedures published in journals
• D. By following the instruction of the transplant surgeon

In the context of the passage choose the correct set of meanings for the words: PLATFORM and GENERIC

• A. Lab table; related to genes
• B. Method; related to genes
• C. Lab experiments; without a brand name
• D. Methodology; without a brand name

Choose the option which is closest in meaning to the word SUBTLE

• A. Innocent
• B. Elusive
• C. Dangerous
• D. Insidious

The following sentence has a missing punctuation mark, choose the right answer.
My mother who is from the village is very superstitious.

• A. Brackets
• B. Comma
• C. Semicolon
• D. Apostrophe

For the pair of sentences below choose the right option.
1. Those are them.

2. Those are they.

• A. The first sentence has an error.
• B. The second sentence is erroneous.
• C. Both sentences are incorrect.
• D. Both sentences are correct.

The author points out that intellectual property rights and their administration mechanism

• (A) is throttling the interest of global bio-diversity
• (B) is working to help sustain global bio-diversity
• (C) is being sustained by global bio-diversity
• (D) is what the global bio-diversity needs

Which of the following has been said by the author in the passage?

• A. A high number of countries have signed both CBD and TRIPs, two conflicting treaties.
• B. A narrow genetic base, if stuck to for long, is fraught with danger.
• C. Although a nondiscriminatory approach has been followed in the applicability of TRIPs, there has been a confessional attitude in prescribing a time frame for Transition, as per needs of the respective countries.
• D. The author is supportive of international conventions and treaties such as TRIPs, CBD etc.

Out of the countries that signed CBD, the percentage of those that signed the TRIPs also, is

• A. 76.5
• B. 74.5
• C. 78.5
• D. 80.2

According to the author, a higher-yield seed variety is not always welcome as it also ultimately leads to

• A. diseases among the consumers.
• B. diseases among the plants.
• C. monopoly of developed countries.
• D. monopoly of developing countries.

As per the TRIPs agreement not much differentiation is made between a developed country such as the USA and an undeveloped country such as Sudan. This is

• A. definitely true
• B. probably true
• C. probably false
• D. definitely false

A single word equivalent for the statement ‘Speak falsely with deliberate intent’ is

• (A) repudiate
• (B) prevaricate
• (C) disparage
• (D) equivocate

Identify the option with the correct spelling.

• (A) paraphenalia
• (B) progame
• (C) pediatrics
• (D) beserk

Which two sentences in the following convey the same idea?

1. Wasn’t there any checking at the airport?

2. I want to know if there was any checking at the airport.

3. I wonder if there should have been any checking at the airport.

4. There should have been checking at the airport.

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

Choose the grammatically correct sentence.

• (A) You should at once report it to the concerned authority.
• (B) You should report it at once, to the authority concerned.
• (C) You should report it at once, to the concerned authority.
• (D) You should at once report it to the authority concerned.

Find the correct match of grammatical function with usage for the word: AFTER


Grammatical function – Usage

1) adjective – (6) It appears to be the after effect of the disease.

2) adverb – (8) He came soon after.

3) conjunction – (5) You may go after having your lunch.

4) preposition – (7) Many graduates are hankering after jobs.

• (A) 1-8, 2-5, 3-6, 4-7
• (B) 1-6, 2-5, 3-8, 4-7
• (C) 1-5, 2-8, 3-7, 4-6
• (D) 1-6, 2-8, 3-5, 4-7

NEOPHYTE is the opposite of

• A. student
• B. clown
• C. veteran
• D. professional

Find the maximum number of times that any one of the given words fits the set of sentences.

Words: disabled, flimsy, crippled, lame

• (A) Don’t make __________ excuses.
• (B) Liberalization may have __________ smaller manufacturers.
• (C) Being a defaulter at the stock exchange makes him a __________ duck.
• (D) A __________ person may limp.

• A. in all the four sentences
• B. in three sentences
• C. in two sentences
• D. in only one

Which of the following does not make a sensible word/ phrase when added to the given word?

Word: FIRE

• A. fly
• B. engine
• C. stick
• D. escape

Arrange the sentence 1,2,3,4 to form a logical sequence between sentences I and II. Choose the alternative where the four combinations make a meaningful sentence.

I. We all value having the freedom
1) which many of us fail to honour
2) to make the choices we want in our careers
3) but with great freedom comes great responsibility
4) so most companies fall prey to the policies which become rigid
II. and that’s probably one reason we find most companies not following what they preach

• A. 1, 3, 4, 2
• B. 2, 3, 1, 4
• C. 1, 4, 2, 3
• D. 3, 2, 1, 4

Identify the appropriate business model of the kind of enterprise described by the author.

• A. Servicing societies at no profit
• B. Profiting from poor people
• C. Setting up enterprises for masses of low-income groups on experimental basis
• D. Setting up enterprises for social causes for profit and expand rapidly

Which of the following companies does not illustrate the idea explained by the author?

• A. SKS Micro finance
• B. Acumen Fund
• C. Ziqitza
• D. Vaatsalya Healthcare

According to the author, which of the following options describes ‘for profit’ entrepreneurs most appropriately?

• A. NRI’s paying back to their motherland
• B. Those affluent, middle-class professionals treating it as charity
• C. Those who work towards getting financial returns on social business by expanding quickly
• D. Those who have sympathetic investors for their business ideas for poor

A contextual usage is provided for the word below. Pick the word that is most inappropriate.

MALINGER: The young man made it a point to malinger in spite of the assigned work load.

• A. Wander
• B. Laze
• C. Evade
• D. Argue

The following is a scrambled sentence with the segments marked 1,2,3 and 4. Choose the alternative with the order of segments that best reconstructs the sentence.

1. For all the padre's rhetoric about the English as God's Chosen People, the padre had a whole tribe of Anglo-Indian first cousins.

2. Padre Rotton was an even more striking case.

3. By various Indian wives, all of whom were at that moment engaged in fighting on the rebel side in Avadh, where they took an active part in besieging the British Residency in Lucknow.

4. These included James Rotton who could not speak English and the twenty two Muslim sons of his convert cousin, Felix Rotton.

• A. 1, 2, 3, 4
• B. 2, 1, 4, 3
• C. 1, 4, 2, 3
• D. 2, 4, 1, 3

Choose the sentence in which the given word is used correctly (grammatically and semantically). Word: ALMOST

• A. As I crossed the road a scooterist almost hit me.
• B. Crossing the road a scooterist hit me almost.
• C. A scooterist across the road almost hit me.
• D. A scooterist almost hit me crossing the road.

In the following sentence choose the erroneous segment.

A. We took a taxi

B. so we would be on time for the meeting

C. ---

• A. Error in segment A
• B. Error in segment B
• C. Error in segment C
• D. No error

Find the ODD one out from the group of words which are related in some way or the other.

• A. din
• B. cacophony
• C. racket
• D. cadence

Fill in the blanks with the correct alternative.

Caw is to crows as ............... is to cows.

• A. bleat
• B. snort
• C. low
• D. bellow

In 4 years, the SI on a certain sum of money is \(\tfrac{7}{25}\) of the principal. What is the annual rate of interest?

• A) 4%
• B) 4.5%
• C) 7%
• D) 9%

Thirty days are in September, April, June and November. Some months are of thirty one days. A month is chosen at random. Then its probability of having exactly three days less than maximum of 31 is:

• A) \(\dfrac{15}{16}\)
• B) 1
• C) \(\dfrac{3}{48}\)
• D) None of these

Two persons are climbing up on two moving escalators which have 120 steps. The ratio of 1st person’s speed to that of 1st escalator is 2:3. The ratio of 2nd person’s speed to that of 2nd escalator is 3:5. Find the total number of steps they both have taken together.

• A) 85
• B) 93
• C) 80
• D) 75

The table below shows the noontime temperatures (in \(^\circ\)F) in a city over one week. If \(m\) is the median temperature, \(f\) is the temperature that occurs most often (mode), and \(a\) is the average (arithmetic mean) of the seven temperatures, which of the following is the correct order of \(m, f,\) and \(a\)?

• (A) a < m > f
• (B) a < m < f
• (C) m < a < f
• (D) m < f < a

Inside a triangular park, a flower bed forms a similar triangle. Around the flower bed runs a uniform path so that the sides of the park are exactly double the corresponding sides of the flower bed. What is the ratio of the area of the path to the area of the flower bed?

• (A) \(1:1\)
• (B) \(1:2\)
• (C) \(1:3\)
• (D) \(3:1\)

Consider the piecewise function

Evaluate \(f(-3)\).

• (A) \(6\)
• (B) \(0\)
• (C) \(11\)
• (D) \(-7\)

A special lottery is to be held to select a student who will live in the only deluxe room in a hostel. There are 100 Year-III, 150 Year-II, and 200 Year-I students who applied. Each Year-III's name is placed in the lottery 3 times; each Year-II's name, 2 times; and each Year-I's name, 1 time. What is the probability that a Year-III's name will be chosen?

• (A)\(\dfrac{1}{8}\)
• (B)\(\dfrac{2}{9}\)
• (C)\(\dfrac{2}{7}\)
• (D)\(\dfrac{3}{8}\)

The average of nine numbers is \(M\) and the average of three of these is \(P\). If the average of the remaining numbers is \(N\), then

• A) M = N + P
• B) 2M = N + P
• C) 3M = 2N + P
• D) 3M = 2P + N

The intersection of two cubes cannot be

• A) cube
• B) triangle
• C) rectangle
• D) none of these

In a factory, the expected number of accidents per day is linearly related to the overtime hours \(x\). On a day with \(x=1000\) overtime hours there were \(8\) accidents; on a day with \(x=400\) hours there were \(5\) accidents. What is the expected number of accidents when no overtime is logged (\(x=0\))?

• (A) 2
• (B) 3
• (C) 4
• (D) 5

A rainy day occurs once in every \(10\) days. Half of the rainy days produce rainbows. What percent of all days do not produce a rainbow?

• (A) 95%
• (B) 10%
• (C) 50%
• (D) 5%

Bags I, II, and III contain at least one ball each and together have \(10\) balls. How many balls are in each bag? Decide whether the statements are sufficient.

(1) Bag I contains five balls more than Bag III.

(2) Bag II contains half as many balls as Bag I.

• (A) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
• (B) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
• (C) BOTH statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
• (D) EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.

Area of a square natural lake is 50 sq. kms. A diver wishing to cross the lake diagonally, will have to swim a distance of

• A) 10 miles
• B) 12 miles
• C) 15 miles
• D) None of these

If \(n = 1 + x\), where \(x\) is the product of 4 consecutive positive integers, then which of the following is/are true?

1. \(n\) is odd

2. \(n\) is prime

3. \(n\) is a perfect square

• A) 1 and 3 only
• B) 1 and 2 only
• C) 1 only
• D) None of these

How many arrangements can be formed out of the letters of the word EXAMINATION so that vowels always occupy odd places?

• A) 72,000
• B) 86,400
• C) 10,800
• D) 64,000

In a school drill, a number of children are asked to stand in a circle. They are evenly spaced and the 6th child is diametrically opposite the 16th child. How many children are made to stand in the circle?

• (A) 16
• (B) 20
• (C) 22
• (D) None of these

A man purchased 40 fruits (apples and oranges) for Rs.~17. Had he purchased as many oranges as apples and as many apples as oranges (i.e., interchanged the counts), he would have paid Rs.~15. Find the cost of one pair consisting of one apple and one orange.

• (A) 70 paise
• (B) 60 paise
• (C) 80 paise
• (D) 1 rupee

The number \(311311311311311311311\) is

• (A) divisible by 3 but not by 11
• (B) divisible by 11 but not by 3
• (C) divisible by both 3 and 11
• (D) neither divisible by 3 nor by 11

A man earns 6% SI on his deposits in Bank A while he earns 8% simple interest on his deposits in Bank B. If the total interest he earns is Rs.\,1800 in three years on an investment of Rs.\,9000, what is the amount invested at 6%?

• A) 3000
• B) 6000
• C) 4000
• D) 4500

Two identical trains A and B running in opposite directions at the same speed take 2 minutes to cross each other completely. The number of bogies of A are increased from 12 to 16. How much more time would they now require to cross each other?

• A) 40 s
• B) 50 s
• C) 60 s
• D) 20 s

A ladder is lying against a wall which is 5 metres high. If the ladder slips 2 metres away from the wall, the top of the ladder touches the foot of the wall. The length of the ladder is

• A) 5 m
• B) 5.25 m
• C) 7.25 m
• D) 4 m

If the rice production in 2003 was 4 lac tons, what was its wheat production during 2003?

• (A) 1.2 lac tons
• (B) 3.6 lac tons
• (C) 4.8 lac tons
• (D) 5.0 lac tons

In how many years was wheat production more than the rice production?

• (A) 2
• (B) 3
• (C) 4
• (D) 5

If the total annual grain requirement (wheat + rice) of the state is 5 lac tons and the rice production during 2001 was 3 lac tons, how much grain had to be imported from other states to fulfill the requirement?

• (A) 2.00 lac tons
• (B) 1.55 lac tons
• (C) 1.05 lac tons
• (D) 0.65 lac tons

The profits of Biscuits India Ltd soared by 32% in the year 2006–07 as compared to year 2005–06. By what % did Biscuits India’s Sales increase in 2006–07 compared to the previous year? (Assume: Profit = Sales – Expenses) Decide whether the information given in the two statements is sufficient to solve the problem.

Statement (1): Expenses in 2006–07 were Rs 1,400 crores, as compared to Rs 1,220 crores in 2005–06.

Statement (2): Sales in 2006–07 were Rs 4,300 crores.

A) Any one of the two statements (1) or (2) taken alone, is sufficient to answer the question.

B) Each of the statement (1) or (2) taken alone, is sufficient to answer the question.

C) Both statements, taken together, are sufficient to answer the question, but neither of them alone is sufficient.

D) Both the statements together are insufficient to answer the question.

During the three-hour period shown in the table, the speed of the train increased by

A) 25%

B) 100%

C) 75%

D) 125%

At time \(t\) (minutes) after the beginning, which formula fits the train’s speed according to the table (assume linear change over time)?

How fast was the train travelling \(2\tfrac{1}{2}\) hours after the beginning of the time period?

• A) 50 km/h
• B) 55 km/h
• C) 60 km/h
• D) 65 km/h

In March 2007, Computers Ltd. made a bundled offer of its laptops together with Deskjet printers to boost sales, though both were also available individually. What is the price of the printer, if purchased separately? Decide whether the information given in the two statements is sufficient to answer the question.

Statement (1): The bundled offer price was Rs 42,600.

Statement (2): The laptop, without the bundle offer, was priced at Rs 39,400.

• (A) Any one of the two statements (1) or (2) is sufficient to answer the question.
• (B) Each of the statements (1) or (2), taken alone, is sufficient to answer the question.
• (C) Both statements, taken together, are sufficient to answer the question, but neither of them alone is sufficient.
• (D) Both the statements together are insufficient to answer the question.

Statement X: The percentage increase in number of Registrations from 2004 to 2005 is higher for Managerial candidates than for Technical candidates.

Statement Y: The overall Registrations have grown by more than 25%.

• A) Only [X] is True
• B) Only [Y] is True
• C) Both [X] and [Y] are True
• D) Neither [X] nor [Y] is True

Statement X: The percentage of drop-outs (from Registration stage to posting CV’s) had decreased from 2004 to 2005 for Managerial category.

Statement Y: The percentage of drop-outs was higher for Technical than for Managerial category in 2005.

• A) Only [X] is True
• B) Only [Y] is True
• C) Both [X] and [Y] are True
• D) Neither [X] nor [Y] is True

Statement X: The success rate of candidates getting short-listed based on CV’s is higher for Managerial category than for Technical category in 2005.

Statement Y: The success rate of candidates getting short-listed based on CV’s is better for Managerial category in 2005 than in 2004.

• A) Only [X] is True
• B) Only [Y] is True
• C) Both [X] and [Y] are True
• D) Neither [X] nor [Y] is True

Statement X: In 2004, the number of candidates offered jobs as a proportion of the number of CV’s posted was higher for Technical than for Managerial candidates.

Statement Y: In 2004, among those short-listed by Employers, the Technical category had a higher success rate in securing jobs than the Managerial category.

• A) Only [X] is True
• B) Only [Y] is True
• C) Both [X] and [Y] are True
• D) Neither [X] nor [Y] is True

Which share and which market showed the highest % increase on 3rd Dec 2003?

• A) SIFY on BSE
• B) INFY on NQE
• C) WIPRO on NQE
• D) TCS on NQE

Arbitrage means buying in one market and selling simultaneously in another market. If Mr. Ghosh Babu buys a share at the opening price on one exchange and sells it at the opening price on the other exchange, on which share does he make maximum % profit? (Exchange rate: # = Rs 11)

• A) SIFY
• B) INFY
• C) WIPRO
• D) TCS

In an M\&A deal SIFY is purchased by its parent company SATYAM which purchases 15% of SIFY’s equity shares. Total SIFY equity shares are 1 million. How much does Satyam pay in rupees for the stake if 50% of its purchases were on BSE’s opening price and the balance on BSE’s closing price?

• A) 36 million
• B) 3.5 million
• C) 363 million
• D) 217 million

If the average monthly salary of employees in Administration was Rs 12,000 in 2005, what was the approximate total salary expense of Administration in 2005?

• A) Rs. 57 lakhs
• B) Rs. 4.7 crores
• C) Rs. 66 crores
• D) Rs. 66 lakhs

What is the percentage increase in the number of employees in Sales & Marketing from 2005 to 2006?

• A) 2%
• B) 2.34%
• C) 23.45%
• D) None of these

In which department is the variation in strength (absolute change) the maximum in 2006 compared to 2005?

• A) A (Administration)
• B) B (Operations)
• C) D (Finance & Accounts)
• D) E (Corporate HQ)

If 300 employees left Operations at the end of 2005, how many joined in 2006?

• A) 480
• B) 960
• C) 1360
• D) None of these

You have three chests in front of you. The first chest is labeled “GOLD”, the second is labeled “SILVER” and the third is labeled “GOLD OR SILVER”. You have been told that all the labels are on the wrong chests and that one chest contains gold coins, one contains silver coins and one contains bronze coins. How many chests do you need to open to deduce which label goes on which chest?

• A) 0
• B) 1
• C) 2
• D) Cannot deduce

How many minutes before 12 noon is it when it is 27 minutes past 10 am?

• A) 30
• B) 93
• C) 49
• D) 94

The ideal candidate to occupy the office furthest from Mr. Brar would be

• (A) Miss Harsha
• (B) Mr. Minhas
• (C) Mr. Tanjore
• (D) Mr. Dongre

The three employees who are smokers should be seated in the offices

• (A) 1, 2 and 4
• (B) 2, 3 and 6
• (C) 1, 2 and 6
• (D) 1, 2 and 3

In the event of what occurrence, within a month of the assignment of the offices, would a request for a change in office be put forth by one or more employees?

• (A) Mr. Dongre quitting smoking
• (B) The installation of a noisy teletype machine by Miss Harsha in her office
• (C) Miss Ruby needs silence in the office(s) next to her own
• (D) Mr. Tanjore taking over the duties formerly taken care of by Miss Ruby
• (A) Dongre quitting smoking only relaxes the smoking constraint—no change needed.
• (B) Harsha in Room 5 adding noise affects Rooms 4 and 6, but Ruby already uses the phone often; occasional equipment noise need not force a swap given no “silence next to her” rule.

Shankar and Jwala are both members of a Youth club, though they are not speaking to each other and refuse to work with each other. Chaya, the club president, is appointing members to the fundraising committee, but she has resolved that she will not appoint anyone without his or her explicit consent. Shankar says, “I will not consent unless I know whether Jwala is to be a member.” Jwala says, “I will not consent unless I know whether Shankar is to be a member.” If all three stick to these resolutions, then:

• A) Neither of them can be appointed to the committee.
• B) They must either both be appointed or both left out.
• C) The committee may have one of them, both of them, or neither.
• D) Either one can be appointed, but not both.

A bank customer had Rs. 100 in his account. He then made 6 withdrawals, totaling Rs. 100. He kept a record of these withdrawals, and the balance remaining in the account, as follows:



So, why are the totals not exactly right?

• A) There is a mistake in the total of withdrawals.
• B) There is a mistake in the total of the balance.
• C) The two totals need not be equal.
• D) The bank has cheated the customer.

Which image from the bottom row should replace the question mark?

• A) 3
• B) 6
• C) 2
• D) 5

Question 129:

• (A) 1
• (B) 2
• (C) 3
• (D) 4

Which pattern from the bottom line (A, B, C, D or E) is missing from the top line?
 

• (A) A
• (B) B
• (C) D
• (D) E

What is Chinmay's current profession?

• (A) MD
• (B) Lawyer
• (C) Doctor
• (D) Engineer

What was the Lawyer's starting salary?

• (A) 40,000
• (B) 50,000
• (C) 60,000
• (D) 70,000

Who received the highest starting salary?

• (A) Arvind
• (B) Biswajeet
• (C) Chinmay
• (D) Dhruv

A man has a job which requires him to work 8 straight days and rest on the ninth day. If he started work on a Monday, the 12th time he rests will be on what day of the week?

• A) Sunday
• B) Wednesday
• C) Tuesday
• D) Friday

From the images below (1–7) find 3 odd ones out.

• (A) 1, 2, 3
• (B) 2, 3, 7
• (C) 3, 7, 4
• (D) 4, 1, 6

Babloo and Bunty describe the result of a race among Snehal, Tanmay, and Waman.
Babloo: “Tanmay won; Waman was second.”
Bunty: “Snehal won; Tanmay came second.”
Each boy made exactly one true and one false statement. What was the correct finishing order (1st, 2nd, 3rd)?

• (A) Snehal, Waman, Tanmay
• (B) Snehal, Tanmay, Waman
• (C) Waman, Snehal, Tanmay
• (D) Tanmay, Waman, Snehal

What is the number of routes from \(P\) to \(Q\) in the network shown?

• A) 5
• B) 6
• C) 9
• D) 12

Find the circle that does not include a word using all its letters.

• A) A
• B) B
• C) C
• D) D

Eight of the nine numbers \(2,3,4,5,7,10,11,12,13\) are to be placed in the empty cells of the \(3\times4\) array (with \(1,9,14,15\) already placed) so that the arithmetic average of the numbers in each row and each column is the same integer. Which one number must be left out?

• A) 4
• B) 10
• C) 15
• D) 7

What number will replace the question mark?

• (A) 40
• (B) 18
• (C) 19
• (D) 24

Where should the letter 'W' be placed?

• (A) Above
• (B) Below
• (C) Both
• (D) None

At a family reunion were the following people: one grandfather, one grandmother, two fathers, two mothers, four children, three grandchildren, one brother, two sisters, two sons, two daughters, one father-in-law, one mother-in-law, and one daughter-in-law. But not as many people attended as it sounds. How many people were there?

• (A) 5
• (B) 10
• (C) 15
• (D) 7

On the counter are six squares marked 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Players are invited to place as much money as they wish on any one square. Three dice are then thrown.

1 If your number appears on one die only, you get your money back plus the same amount. 1 If two dice show your number, you get your money back plus twice the amount you placed on the square. 1 If your number appears on all three dice, you get your money back plus three times the amount. 1 If the number is not on any of the dice, the operator gets your money. For example, suppose that you bet one Rupee on square No. 6. If one die shows a 6, you get your Rupee back plus another Rupee. If two dice show 6, you get back your Rupee plus two Rupees. If three dice show 6, you get your Rupee back plus three Rupees. From a player’s point of view, the chance of his number showing on one die is 1/6, but since there are three dice, the chances must be 3/6 or 1/2, therefore the game is a fair one. Of course this is the way the operator of the game wants everyone to reason, for it is quite fallacious. What is the probable story?

• (A) Operator gets a profit of 6% on each Rupee bet.
• (B) Operator suffers a loss of 7.8% on each Rupee bet.
• (C) Operator gets a profit of 7.8% on each Rupee bet.
• (D) The player suffers a loss of 6% on each Rupee bet.

Jaideep was given some money by his mother on his birthday. Jaideep spent all of it in five stores. In each store he spent one rupee more than half of what he had when he came in. How much did he get from his mother?

• (A) Rs. 25
• (B) Rs. 30
• (C) Rs. 50
• (D) Rs. 62

Consider the following two statements to be true if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from two given statements. Select the correct alternative.

Statements:
All Lawyers are extrovert. Some wise men are extrovert.
Conclusions:

• (A) Only [ja] follows
• (B) Only [jb] and [jc] follows
• (C) Only [ja] and [jc] follows
• (D) Only [jc] follows

What was the total number of students surveyed?

• A) 210
• B) 350
• C) 390
• D) None of these

How many students did not read Business India?

• A) 40
• B) 170
• C) 240
• D) None of these

In May 2007, with the same students: all read India Today, 120 read Outlook, and none read Business India. How many students read only India Today?

• A) 60
• B) 110
• C) 230
• D) None of these

An ingredient in coffee, known as RTC, has been found to inactivate common cold viruses in experiments. In previous experiments, researchers found that inactivated common cold viruses can convert healthy cells into cancer cells. It can be concluded that the use of coffee can cause cancer. Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

• A) Several teams of scientists performed the various experiments, and all of the teams had similar results.
• B) The carcinogenic effect of RTC could be neutralized by the other ingredients found in coffee
• C) When RTC kills common cold viruses it weakens the immune system, and it might thus diminish the body’s ability to fight other viruses, including viruses linked to cancers.
• D) If chemists modify the structure of RTC, RTC can be safely incorporated into medications to prevent the common cold.

A census taker approaches a house and asks the woman, “How many children do you have, and what are their ages?” Woman: “I have three children, the product of their ages is 36, the sum of their ages is equal to the address of the house next door.” The census taker checks, then says, “I need more information.” Woman: “My oldest child is sleeping upstairs.” What are the ages of the three children?

• A) 9, 2, 2
• B) 6, 6, 1
• C) 12, 3, 1
• D) 6, 3, 2