The SNAP 2008 Question Paper is now available for download with answer key and detailed solutions PDF. SNAP is conducted as a computer‑based test and divided into three sections: General English, Quantitative, Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning. There is no sectional time limit, and each correct answer is awarded one mark, while each incorrect answer incurs a penalty of 0.25 marks.
SNAP 2008 Question Paper with Solutions PDF
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SNAP 2008 Questions with Solutions
General English
Match the following idiomatic references to parts of the human anatomy:
| 1) palm | 5) could not tolerate the insult | |
| 2) foot | 6) to look at with envy and desire | |
| 3) eye | 7) to put the blame on someone else | |
| 4) stomach | 8) forced to pay the bill |
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Find the maximum number of times any one of the given words fits the sets of sentences:
RAISE, ARISE, AROSE, RISE
i) Opportunities will ............, and you must grab them.
ii) A hot wind ............ from the desert.
iii) I ............ at dawn on most days.
iv) A mood of optimism ............ among the people.
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Which two sentences in the following convey the same idea? Choose from the combinations listed below:
1) He is in a fool's paradise
2) He can't see the wood for the trees
3) He can't distinguish between reality and fancy
4) He is unable to separate unimportant details from the really important ones
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Step 1: Parse the core meaning of each sentence
(1) "in a fool's paradise" means living happily in false hopes or illusions, unaware of the harsh reality.
(2) "can't see the wood for the trees" means being so distracted by small details that one misses the overall picture or the main point.
(3) "can't distinguish between reality and fancy" means confusing what is real with what is imagined; a problem of reality vs. imagination.
(4) "unable to separate unimportant details from the really important ones" restates the idea of failing to prioritize essentials over trivialities.
Hence, (2) and (4) both describe the same cognitive error: over-focusing on details and missing the big picture.
Step 2: Eliminate non-matching pairs using precise contrasts
(1) vs others: (1) is about illusion/false hope, not about prioritizing information; therefore it does not match (2) or (4), and it is different from (3) which is about reality vs imagination rather than optimism based on illusion.
(3) vs others: (3) concerns reality vs fancy, which is a different error from failing to prioritize details; thus (3) does not align with (2) or (4).
Therefore, only the pair (2) and (4) shares the same idea.
\[ \boxed{Matching pair: (2,4)} \] Quick Tip: When two statements seem close, label the \textbf{type of error} each describes—illusion/false hope, reality vs imagination, or poor prioritization. Pairs that share the same error type are the correct matches.
Find the correct match of grammatical function with usage for the word THEN.
| Function | Usage |
|---|---|
| 1) Noun | 5) He was the then King of Nepal. |
| 2) Adjective | 6) I have not heard about him since then. |
| 3) Adverb | 7) He is not feeling well, then how can he possibly go for the picnic. |
| 4) Conjunction | 8) He was not a graduate then. |
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We can never make our beliefs regarding the world certain. Even scientific theory of a most rigorous and well-confirmed nature is likely to change over a decade or even tomorrow. If we refuse to even try to understand, then it is like resigning from the human race. Undoubtedly life of an unexamined kind is worth living in other respects—as it is no mean thing to be a vegetable or an animal. It is also true that a man wishes to see this speculation domain beyond his next dinner. From the above passage it is clear that the author believes that:
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Step 1: Understanding the key idea of the passage
The passage highlights that human beliefs about the world are never absolutely certain, not even in science. Scientific theories evolve with time and knowledge.
However, the author emphasizes that refusing to reason or speculate is equivalent to stepping away from humanity itself. This shows that speculation and reasoning are what distinguish humans from animals.
Step 2: Elimination of incorrect options
Option (A): "men would do well not to speculate" contradicts the passage. The author insists speculation is essential to human life. Hence, (A) is incorrect.
Option (B): "progress in the scientific field is impossible" is also wrong, since the passage shows science does progress, although theories may change over time.
Option (C): "one should live life with the dictum 'what will be will be'" is rejected because the author opposes passive acceptance and promotes active questioning and reasoning.
Step 3: Correct interpretation
Option (D) states: "men are different from animals as far as their reasoning abilities are concerned."
This directly aligns with the passage, which contrasts a reasoning, speculative life with the passive existence of an animal or vegetable.
Thus, the author believes that the power to reason and speculate is what makes humans distinct.
\[ \boxed{Correct answer is (D)} \] Quick Tip: In Reading Comprehension, focus on the contrast presented in the passage. Here, the author contrasts human reasoning with animal existence, which gives a direct clue to the correct option. Always eliminate extreme or contradictory statements first.
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Answer the question based on the passage given below. Rajendra K. Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, is getting nightmares because of the Nano, Tata’s soon - to - be - launched Rs. One lakh car. Sunita Narain of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) says that it isn’t the Nano by itself but cars overall that give her nightmares. The villains in my nightmares are neither the Nano nor cars overall, but stupid government policies that subsidize and encourage pollution, adulteration and congestion. Sanctimonious greens call the Nano disastrous because of its affordability - millions more will now clog roads and consume more fossil fuel. This is elitism parading as virtue. Elite greens own cars, but cannot stand the poorer masses becoming mobile, since the consequent congestion will eat into the time of the elite! More logical would be a protest against big cars that use more space and fuel, or highly polluting old cars. Instead, green hypocrites aim at a new car with the lowest cost, best mileage and least emissions. The Nano will not burden us with too many cars. India has very few cars per person by world standards. London and New York have ultra-high car densities, yet have clearer air than Delhi. Our problem is too many bad policies, not too many cars. We subsidize vehicles on a gargantuan scale invisible to lay folk. Roads and flyovers cost crores to build and maintain, yet road use is free (save on a few toll roads). Traffic police and lights are costly, yet are provided free. These invisible subsidies starve cities of funds to expand roads and public transport. Land in cities now costs lakhs per square metre. Yet parking is free in the suburbs, and often costs just Rs. 10 day per day in city centres. A single parking space of 23 square meters occupies land worth Rs. 40 lakhs. A car occupies more space than an office desk, yet the desk space pays full commercial rent while parking space costs just about Rs. 10 per day. Daily parking charges range from $30 (Rs. 630) in Washington to $30 (Rs. 1260) in New York. CSE launched a sensible campaign to raise parking fees in Delhi to Rs. 120 per day, but was foiled. So, parking space now exceeds green space, a scathing comment on priorities. The world price of crude oil has risen 13 fold since 1998 to over $139 per barrel, but Indian petrol prices have barely doubled. Left Front politicians, who once wanted to soak the rich, now want to subsidize them. Under-recoveries of oil companies’ total may be Rs. 2,00,000 crore, even after a recent price hike. This is far more than the cost of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (education for all) and the Employment Guarantee Scheme put together. We sanctimoniously lecture rich countries to reduce their green house emissions, yet subsidize our own. Diesel is subsidized to be cheaper than petrol. So, Indian car makers produce the highest proportion of diesel cars in the world. Diesel fumes contain suspended particles that are highly toxic. This subsidy kills. So does kerosene provided at throwaway prices, ostensibly to benefit poor villagers. One third of all kerosene is used to adulterate petrol and diesel. This causes horrendous pollution even in the greenest of cars. What’s the way forward? We must abolish subsidies and raise taxes on vehicles and fuels to reflect their full social cost. The biggest but least visible subsidy is for parking, and we should start there. Many car owners in the West take public transport to work since parking space downtown is costly and scarce. We should levy parking fees on an hourly, not daily, basis. Rs. 10 per hour could be a starting point in the metros. In parts of Tokyo, you cannot own a car unless you own a private parking space. This is too extreme for India, but indicates the future path. If we charge owners the full social cost of parking, people will buy smaller and perhaps fewer vehicles, and fewer still will take them to work. That will slash congestion and pollution. Cities should levy stiff annual taxes on vehicles, not a one-time tax, and use the revenue to constantly expand public transport and roads. This will create economic synergy: Private transport will finance public transport. London and New York have high density public transport as well as high car density. Apart from underground rail, cities need elevated roads to ease congestion and pollution. Lata Mangeshkar helped kill a proposal for an elevated road near her Mumbai flat: perhaps she felt her throat and singing would be affected. She did not care that the throats of poor people living on the pavements were far worse affected by fumes, and might get relief if some fumes were diverted to a higher level. What elitism! Next, some medicine that will be really bitter, politically. The excise duty on all automotive vehicles should be raised to reflect their social costs. Fuel subsidies should be abolished. Price differentials between petrol, diesel and kerosene should be removed, ending incentives for adulteration. Diesel cars should bear a heavy additional cess to finance improved healthcare for those affected by their emission of harmful particulate matter. That is a long, politically difficult agenda. Only part of it will ever be achieved. Yet that is the way to go, rather than agitate the Nano.
By ‘Sanctimonious greens’ the writer refers to:
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The elite are:
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The paradox of the situation is that:
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In saying 23 square metres of parking space costs 40 lakhs, the writer is:
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The writer blames India for:
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The most suitable title for this passage is:
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The plural of Virus is:
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If the following segments of a sentence are to be rearranged in logical order as A, B, C, D where would ‘3’ be placed?
1) to see that students do not altogether forget to write especially during exam time
2) the education groups are now asking for hand writing classes
3) thanks to mobile testing and computer literacy
4) writing in long hand is becoming a vanishing art
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If leaf is to leaves and knife is to knives, then belief is to --------
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Choose the sentence where the underlined word is used correctly.
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When the fire alarm rang _____ left the building immediately
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In the following sentence choose the erroneous segment/s:
He is one of those people /A who thinks /B he owns the world /C
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Choose the correct meaning for the word: cynic -
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Choose the word with incorrect spelling:
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Pick out the right sentences.
1) I will go with you.
2) There was nobody I could go with.
3) I have a glass with painting on it.
4) The curtains do not match with the furniture.
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About the following pair of phrases, choose the correct option:
i. A two days' visit
ii. A two day's visit
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Answer the question based on the passage given below. Nearly two thousand years have passed since a census decreed by Caesar Augustus became part of the greatest story ever told. Many things have changed in the intervening years. The hotel industry worries more about overbuilding than overcrowding, and if they had to meet an unexpected influx, few inns would have managed to accommodate the weary guests. Now it is the census taker that does the travelling in the fond hope that a highly mobile population will stay put long enough to get a good sampling. Methods of gathering, recording and evaluating information have presumably been improved a great deal. And where then it was the modest purpose of Rome to obtain a simple head count as an adequate basis for levying taxes, now batteries of complicated statistical series furnished by governmental agencies and private organizations are eagerly scanned and interpreted by sages and seers to get a clue for future events. The Bible does not tell us how the Roman census takers made out, and as regards our more immediate concern, the reliability of present-day economic forecasting, there are considerable differences of opinion. They were aired at the celebration of the 125th anniversary of the American Statistical Association. There was the thought that business forecasting might well be on its way from an art to a science, and some speakers talked about new-fangled computers and high-faulting mathematical systems in terms of excitement and endearment, which we, at least in our younger years when these things mattered, would have associated more readily with the description of a fair maiden. But others pointed to a deplorable record of highly esteemed forecasts and forecasters with a batting average below that of the Mets and the President-elect of the Association cautioned that “high-powered statistical methods are usually in order where the facts are crude and inadequate, statisticians assume.” We left his birthday party somewhere between hope and despair and with the conviction, not really newly acquired, that proper statistical methods applied to ascertainable facts have their merits in economic forecasting as long as neither forecaster nor public is deluded into mistaking the delineation of probabilities and trends for a prediction of certainties of mathematical exactitude.
According to the passage, taxation in Roman times was based on
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The author refers to the Mets primarily in order to
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The author’s tone can best be described as
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Disinterested is closest in meaning to
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Choose the option which is the nearly opposite in meaning to BERATE
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Arrange the following in the right order to make a complete sentence:
i. with interconnected vibrating balls and springs
ii. in a naïve sense, a field in physics may be envisioned as if space were filled
iii. as the displacement of a ball from its rest position
iv. and the strength of the field can be visualized
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Select the odd man out from the given alternatives.
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In each of the following sentences, parts of the sentence are left blank. Beneath each sentence, different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the best alternative among them.
He told the teacher that ....................
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Match the several meanings of the word COMPLEX with their appropriate usages.
| Meaning | Usage |
|---|---|
| 1) complicated | 5) A new sports complex is coming up for the Commonwealth Games. |
| 2) abnormal state of mind | 6) Culture is a complex whole of many things. |
| 3) group of structures | 7) She has a complex about being overweight. |
| 4) mixture | 8) His motives in carrying out the crime were complex. |
Which does not make a sensible word/phrase when added to the word: Honey
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Answer the question based on the passage given below. In September of 1929, traders experienced a lack of confidence in the stock market’s ability to continue its phenomenal rise. Prices fell. For many inexperienced investors, the drop produced a panic. They had all their money tied up in the market, and they were pressed to sell before the prices fell even lower. Sell orders were coming in so fast that the ticker tape at the New York Stock Exchange could not accommodate all the transactions. To try to reestablish confidence in the market, a powerful group of New York bankers agreed to pool their funds and purchase stock above current market values. Although the buy orders were minimal, they were counting on their reputations to restore confidence on the part of the smaller investors, thereby affecting the number of sell orders. On Thursday, October 24, Richard Whitney, the Vice President of the New York Stock Exchange and a broker for the J.P. Morgan Company, made the effort on their behalf. Initially it appeared to have been successful, then, on the following Tuesday, the crash began again and accelerated. By 1932, stocks were worth only twenty percent of their value at the 1929 high. The results of the crash had extended into every aspect of the economy, causing a long and painful depression, referred to in American history as the Great Depression.
The New York bankers counted on -
The cause of downfall of share market was -
Choose the word in the passage that is an antonym of ‘minimal’.
Identify the correct sentence.
A band passes around all the wheels so that they can all be turned by the driving wheel. When the driving wheel turns in the direction shown, which way will the wheel B turn?
In a certain language, (A) “Sun shines brightly” is written as “ba lo sul”; (B) “Houses are brightly lit” is written as “kado udo ari ba”; and (C) “Light comes from sun” as “dapi kup lo nro”. What words will be written for “sun” and “brightly”?
Given are the following three equations:
Each child in a family has at least 4 brothers and 3 sisters. What is the smallest number of children the family might have?
In the following question two statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Assume the two statements are true even if they are at variance with commonly known facts. Then pick the correct answer from the choices given below.
Statements: Some doctors are fools. Joshi is a doctor.
Conclusions:
I. Joshi is a fool.
II. Some fools are doctors.
Debu walks towards the east then towards north and turning 45° right walks for a while and lastly turns towards left. In which direction is he walking now?
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Answer the following questions based on the information given below.
I. There is a rectangular wooden block of length 4 cm, height 3 cm and breadth 3 cm.
II. The two opposite surfaces of 4 cm × 3 cm are painted yellow on the outside.
III. The other two opposite surfaces of 4 cm × 3 cm are painted red on the outside.
IV. The remaining two surfaces of 3 cm × 3 cm are painted green on the outside.
V. Now, the block is cut in such a way that cubes of 1 cm × 1 cm × 1 cm are created
A rectangular wooden block of length 4 cm, height 3 cm and breadth 3 cm is painted as follows:
- The two opposite surfaces of \(4 \times 3\) cm are painted yellow on the outside.
- The other two opposite surfaces of \(4 \times 3\) cm are painted red on the outside.
- The remaining two surfaces of \(3 \times 3\) cm are painted green on the outside.
Now, the block is cut in such a way that cubes of \(1 \times 1 \times 1\) cm are created.
How many cubes will have only one colour?
How many cubes will have no colour?
How many cubes will have any two colours?
Read the following about the grid given below and answer.
The cells in this grid contain the digits 1 to 9 in random order.
Column A contains no odd digits.
Cell C3 minus Cell C2 equals 4.
The sum of three digits in Row 1 is 17.
Number 7 is in Column B; its left hand neighbour is not 4.
The digits of Column C add up to 14.
2 is not in the same horizontal row as 8; and 9 is not immediately below 3.
Which cell holds the number 9?
Replace the question mark with the right option.
4, 32, 288, ?, 31680
In the Sunday bazaar, Jamuna sells her lemons at Rs.\ 0.50 for two, and her neighbour Seema sells smaller lemons at Rs.\ 0.50 for three. After a while, when both have the same number of lemons left, Seema is called away and Jamuna mixes both lots and sells at five lemons for one rupee. At the end, all lemons are sold; when they tally the money, there is a shortage of Rs.\ 3.50 compared to what they would have earned at their original rates. If they divide the actual money equally, how much does Jamuna lose with this deal?
There are two cups, one containing orange juice and one containing an equal amount of lemonade. One teaspoon of the orange juice is taken and mixed with the lemonade. Then a teaspoon of this mixture is mixed back into the orange juice. Is there more lemonade in the orange juice or more orange juice in the lemonade?
Consider the statement and decide which of the assumptions are implicit:
“In the present period of economic hardships, education and small family norm may lead the nation to progress and prosperity.”
Assumptions:
A. Education and small family norms are directly related to nation’s progress.
B. Big families find it difficult to bear the cost of education.
Fill in the blanks in the two letter-wheels to obtain two words that are synonyms.
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Step 1: Read the letters on the left wheel and guess the target word
The left wheel already shows the letters M, O, D, E, T, I, C, E with two blank slots (indicated by black dots).
Ignore order for a moment and look for a common adjective related to character or behavior that might be a synonym with some word from the right wheel.
From the visible set we can already pick out M, O, D, E, T, ?—this strongly suggests the adjective MODEST.
To complete MODEST, the letters missing are S (we already have M, O, D, E, T).
Placing the pair MS into the two blanks ensures that the left wheel can spell MODEST using the subset of letters \{M,O,D,E,S,T\.
Any extra letters (like I, C, E) in the wheel are distractors and need not be used once a valid six-letter dictionary word emerges.
Hence, the left wheel is satisfied by inserting MS, yielding the word MODEST.
Step 2: Read the letters on the right wheel and infer the complementary word
The right wheel shows the letters T, I, N, E, C, E with two blanks.
A very common adjective that pairs semantically with MODEST is DECENT; both describe propriety and good behavior.
To spell DECENT we need the multiset of letters \{D, E, C, E, N, T\.
From the wheel we already have \{T, E, C, E, N\; the only missing letter is D.
But we have two blanks, so what second letter should be added?
Notice that the wheel also contains an extra I that is not part of DECENT. By inserting the pair DN into the blanks, we can select the subset \{D, E, C, E, N, T\ from the wheel and read the word DECENT.
Thus, the right wheel is satisfied by inserting DN, yielding DECENT.
Step 3: Verify the synonym requirement
The obtained words are MODEST and DECENT.
Both words mean proper, respectable, or marked by propriety; in everyday usage they are near-synonyms describing socially acceptable conduct or moderation.
Therefore, the pair MS (for the left wheel) and DN (for the right wheel) correctly produces two synonymous words.
\[ \boxed{Left wheel: MODEST (insert MS) \quad and \quad \boxed{Right wheel: DECENT (insert DN)}} \]
Quick Tip: For letter-wheel puzzles, first hunt for a \textbf{recognizable core pattern} (here, MODET → MODEST and \{E, C, N, T\} → DECENT).
Treat extra letters as distractors and choose the blank-fill pair that lets you form a \textbf{dictionary word} with a \textbf{clear semantic relation} demanded by the question (synonyms/antonyms).
Abdul, Mala and Chetan went bird watching. Each of them saw one bird that none of the others did. Each pair saw one bird that the third did not. And one bird was seen by all three. Of the birds Abdul saw, two were yellow. Of the birds Mala saw, three were yellow. Of the birds Chetan saw, four were yellow. How many yellow birds were seen in all? How many non-yellow birds were seen in all?
In each of the following two sets I \& II, find the word or pair of words different from the other three words or pair of words:
Set I:
| J. Lake | K. Brook |
| L. Stream | M. River |
Set II:
| J. Weighty-Heavy | K. Broad-Wide |
| L. Big-Large | M. Tiny-Small |
A, B, C and D are standing on the four corners of a square field as shown in the figure. From the positions shown in the figure, A walks to the North position and B walks to the East position while C decides to walk two sides in anticlockwise direction. B walks to North and then changes his mind to take the previous position. Identify the choice with correct positions.
A gambler bet on a horse race, but the bookie wouldn’t tell him the results of the race. The bookie gave clues as to how the five horses finished – which may have included some ties – and wouldn’t pay the gambler off unless the gambler could determine how the five horses finished based on the following clues:
- Penn Fe finished before Night Marvel and after Wish Bones.
- If Hallelujah is not tied with Sundae, then Wish Bones is tied with Penn Fe.
- Penn Fe finished as many places after Sundae as Sundae finished after Wish Bones if and only if Wish Bones finished before Night Marvel.
The gambler thought for a moment, then answered correctly. How did the five horses finish the race?
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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?
In this question insert the missing number at the sign of interrogation.
Steel cylinders are made so that each one has a large and small hole through the middle. In the drawing, six cylinders have been stacked on top of each other. To stop the cylinders from rolling on the smooth floor, they are wedged by heavy blocks at each side of the bottom row. If the heavy blocks are removed, what would be the position of the cylinder when they stopped rolling?
Which of the groups has only ladies?
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Answer the following questions based on the information given below.
i. There is a group of 5 persons A, B, C, D and E
ii. In the group there is one badminton player, one chess player and one tennis player
iii. A and D are unmarried ladies and they do not play any games
iv. No lady is a chess player or a badminton player
v. There is a married couple in the group of which E is the husband
vi. B is the brother of C and is neither a chess player nor a tennis player
Who is the tennis player?
Who is the wife of E?
Consider the following statements and answer the question.
M, N, O and P are all different individuals. M is the daughter of N. N is the son of O. O is the father of P.
Which among the following statements is contradictory to the above premises?
The drawing shows a cross section where the land meets the sea. The section covered is 5 kilometers. On a hot day, in which direction, indicated by four arrows, is the wind most likely to blow?
Uneducated urban hard-working and honest people are indicated by:
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Answer the following questions based on the information given below. In the diagram below, the circle stands for ‘educated’, square stands for ‘hard working’, triangle for ‘urban people’ and rectangle for ‘honest’. The different regions of the diagram are numbered from 1 to 12. Study the diagram carefully and answer the questions
Non-urban educated people who are neither hard-working nor honest are indicated by:
A. M. Turing award is considered as the Nobel Prize in the field of computers, given annually by Association for Computing Machinery co-sponsored by Intel and Google. Who was A. M. Turing in whose memory the award was instituted?
Find the most accurate description of ‘Bt Cotton’.
Las Vegas, US-based tour operator AMX Company has filed a trademark patent for which of the following Tagline?
Which out of the following holds the highest number of shares of ICICI Bank?
Indian Standard Time is based on the longitude of 82.5 degrees passing through which of the following places?
The Black Box of an aircraft is an important part as all the conversations and data are recorded therein. Although it is named black box, its color is not black. What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?
Find the person who plays the odd sport out of the following.
Sariska and Ranthambore are the reserves for which of the following animals?
March, 2008 witnessed a turning point in the history of which of the following Himalayan Kingdoms when democracy was ushered in replacing monarchy?
Neil Armstrong brought back a rock from the moon. On earth:
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Milk, Cheese and Eggs are the source of
In August 2008, India’s longest runway for passenger aircraft was commissioned in:
The first ever public hearing in India, almost like a referendum, on the fate of SEZ was held during the month of September 2008 in / at:
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Al Ahram is
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India’s largest and first multi-national pharmaceutical giant Ranbaxy is being bought over by ...........
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Find the odd product out of the following:
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In the internet sphere, ‘Opera’ is the name of a :
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Which of the following pair is not correct?
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At what frequency SENSEX calculation is carried out?
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The second largest manufacturer of CD’s, DVD’s and other optical media in the world is:
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Which of the following is a legal right and not a fundamental right?
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The term Net Shot is associated with
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What is Dry Ice?
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The rail-based mass rapid transit system in Mumbai has been awarded to a consortium of companies led by:
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If bilirubin is high in a human body, which organ is most affected?
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Who of the following is one of the most celebrated Photo Journalists in India?
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Inflation implies
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The India-US Nuclear Deal is called 123 Agreement. What does 123 denote?
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In the United States of America, the President is elected
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The term “Uruguay Round” is associated with an important world organization. Which one?
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Siebel is a software firm that is now taken over by:
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First Indian motion picture insured by a General Insurance company is
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India’s first coalition government in New Delhi was formed under the leadership of:
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WiMax stands for:
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El Nino is
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Quantitative Aptitute
Question 100:
A factory is to commission two production lines. Production line 1 is to use existing technology. Production line 2 is to use the latest innovation in technology and, while promising to achieve considerable advances in productivity, it will take longer to start and is likely to experience teething problems. Graph indicates the productive record of each product line. Refer to the graph to answer the following:
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Step 1: Observing Production Line 1 and Line 2
From the graph, Production Line 1 begins earlier (around month 2) and shows a steady increase in productivity. Production Line 2 starts late (around month 4) and has a stagnant phase between months 4 and 6 before it starts to rise again.
Step 2: Identifying the breakdown duration
In the case of Production Line 2, we see a flat line (BC) from months 4 to 6, which indicates a breakdown period or stagnation in production. Hence, the duration of the breakdown can be established as 2 months. This answers Question A.
Step 3: Analyzing the possibility of quantifying production loss
To quantify production loss, we need a benchmark of how much production was expected during the breakdown period. However, the graph does not provide the expected productivity trend of Production Line 2 in the absence of a breakdown. Without that reference, we cannot calculate the exact production loss. Hence, Question B cannot be answered.
Step 4: Eliminating incorrect options
- (A) Both questions A and B can be answered → Incorrect, because production loss cannot be calculated.
- (C) Only B question can be answered → Incorrect, as only A is answerable.
- (D) Neither question can be answered → Incorrect, since breakdown duration can clearly be seen.
Step 5: Final Answer
Thus, the correct option is (B), as only the breakdown duration (Question A) can be answered from the given data.
\[ \boxed{Only A question can be answered} \] Quick Tip: In graph-based reasoning, \textbf{flat lines indicate stagnation or breakdown}, while slopes indicate productivity growth. Loss quantification requires an expected trend line, which is not always available.
From a book, a number of consecutive pages are missing. The sum of the page numbers of these pages is 9808. Which pages are missing?
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In the following series find the one number that is wrong: \; 2, 3, 13, 37, 86, 167, 288
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Two sea trawlers left a sea port simultaneously in two mutually perpendicular directions. Half an hour later, the shortest distance between them was 17 km and another 15 minutes later, one sea trawler was 10.5 km farther from the original than the other. Find the speed of each sea trawler.
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The image below indicates the number of residents at 5 hotels on 1 Feb and 1 July 1998. Which hotel had the greatest increase in the total number of adult residents on 1 July 1998 compared with 1 Feb of that year?
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This question consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II. Decide whether the data given in the statements are sufficient to answer the question.
Question: What is the 57th number in a series of numbers?
Statements:
I. Each number in the series is three more than the preceding number.
II. The tenth number in the series is 29.
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The cost of levelling and turfing a square field at Rs. 160 per hectare is Rs. 2624.40. The cost of surrounding it with a railing costing 25 paise per metre is:
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When the Sun ray’s inclination increases from \(30^\circ\) to \(60^\circ\), the length of the shadow of a tower decreases by 60 m. Find the height of the tower.
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How many viewers in the city C watch less than one movie a week?
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Answer the following questions based on the information given below. A survey of movie goers from five cities A, B, C, D and E is summarized below. The first column gives the percentage of viewers in each city who watch less than one movie a week. The second column gives the total number of viewers who view one or more movies per week
Which city has the highest number of viewers who watch less than one movie a week?
A city with second lowest number of movie watchers is:
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Given (from the summary table used in Q9–Q10):
Column I gives % who watch \(<1\) movie per week, and Column II gives the count who watch \(\ge 1\) movie per week.
City A: \(60%\) \(<1\) movie, \(\ge1\) movie \(=2400\)
City B: \(20%\) \(<1\) movie, \(\ge1\) movie \(=3000\)
City C: \(85%\) \(<1\) movie, \(\ge1\) movie \(=2400\)
City D: \(55%\) \(<1\) movie, \(\ge1\) movie \(=2700\)
City E: \(75%\) \(<1\) movie, \(\ge1\) movie \(=8000\)
Step 1: Find total viewers in each city using the \(\ge 1\)-movie counts (Column II).
A: \(40%\) corresponds to \(2400 \Rightarrow T_A=\dfrac{2400}{0.40}=6000\)
B: \(80%\) corresponds to \(3000 \Rightarrow T_B=\dfrac{3000}{0.80}=3750\)
C: \(15%\) corresponds to \(2400 \Rightarrow T_C=\dfrac{2400}{0.15}=16000\)
D: \(45%\) corresponds to \(2700 \Rightarrow T_D=\dfrac{2700}{0.45}=6000\)
E: \(25%\) corresponds to \(8000 \Rightarrow T_E=\dfrac{8000}{0.25}=32000\)
Step 2: Compute watchers who view \(<1\) movie per week for each city (needed later in Q12 and to cross-check).
A: \(0.60 \times 6000=3600\)
B: \(0.20 \times 3750=750\)
C: \(0.85 \times 16000=13600\)
D: \(0.55 \times 6000=3300\)
E: \(0.75 \times 32000=24000\)
Step 3: Identify the second lowest number of \emph{movie watchers}.
Here “movie watchers” naturally refers to those who watch \(\ge 1\) movie per week (Column II).
Counts \(\ge1\) movie: A \(2400\), B \(3000\), C \(2400\), D \(2700\), E \(8000\)
Ordering: \(2400\) (A \& C), \(2700\) (D), \(3000\) (B), \(8000\) (E)
The unique second lowest value is \(2700\), which belongs to City D.
\[ \boxed{City D is second lowest} \]
Quick Tip: When a prompt says “second lowest,” list all relevant counts in order (including ties) and then pick the next higher distinct value.
If the word “watchers” is ambiguous, prefer the direct column label—in this dataset, Column II explicitly counts weekly movie watchers (\(\ge 1\)).
The total number of all movie goers in the five cities who watch less than one movie per week is:
The 288th term of the sequence \(a,\; b,b,\; c,c,c,\; d,d,d,d,\ldots\) is:
The inequality \(p^2+5<5p+14\) can be satisfied if:
What is the ratio of glucose to lactose in a mixture as sweet as maltose?
A colourless cube is painted blue and then cut parallel to sides to form two rectangular solids of equal volume. What percentage of surface area of each new solid is not painted blue?
There are 10 stations on a railway line. The number of different journey tickets that are required by the authorities is:
A and B throw one die for a stake of Rs.\;11. The stake is won by the player who first throws a six. The game ends when the stake is won by A or B. If A has the first throw, what are their respective expectations?
Which investment gives a better return, assuming the face value of shares is Rs.\;10?
A. \(5%\) stock at \(75\), subject to \(30%\) income tax
B. \(4%\) stock at \(90\), tax free
Four stacks containing an equal number of chips are to be made from \(11\) orange, \(9\) white, \(13\) black, and \(7\) yellow chips.
All chips are used and each stack contains at least one chip of each colour.
What is the maximum number of white chips in any one stack?
A \(14.4\) kg gas cylinder runs for \(104\) hours when the \emph{smaller burner is fully opened, while it runs for \(80\) hours when the \emph{larger burner is fully opened. Which of the following is closest to the \emph{percentage difference in gas usage per hour of the smaller burner over the larger burner?
Study the question and the three statements. Decide whether any information in the statements is redundant and/or can be dispensed with to answer it.
Question: If \(7\) is added to the numerator and denominator of a fraction \(a/b\), will the new fraction be \emph{less than the original one?
Statements:
I. \(a=73,\; b=103\)
II. The average of \(a\) and \(b\) is less than \(b\).
III. \(a-5\) is greater than \(b-5\).
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Coefficient of variation is useful to study:
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Step 1: Define coefficient of variation (COV).
The coefficient of variation is defined as the ratio of the standard deviation to the mean, often expressed as a percentage:
\[ COV = \frac{\sigma}{\mu} \times 100 \]
Step 2: Uses of COV.
- It measures relative risk, since higher variability relative to the mean indicates higher uncertainty.
- It measures disparity, as it compares the spread of data across different samples.
- It measures consistency, since a lower COV implies more stable and consistent data.
Step 3: Conclusion.
Since COV can be used to measure risk, disparity, and consistency, the correct answer is:
\[ \boxed{All of the above} \] Quick Tip: COV is useful when comparing variability across datasets with different units or widely different means, since it standardizes variability relative to the mean.
A cyclist drove one kilometer with the wind in his back in three minutes and drove the same way back, against the wind, in four minutes. If we assume that the cyclist always exerts constant force on the pedals, how much time would it take him to drive one kilometer without wind?
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A, B and C started a business by investing \(\tfrac{1}{2},\; \tfrac{1}{3}\) and \(\tfrac{1}{6}\) of the total capital respectively. After \(\tfrac{1}{3}\) of the total time A withdrew his capital completely, and after \(\tfrac{1}{4}\) of the total time B withdrew his capital. C kept his capital for the full period. In what ratio should the total profit be divided among A, B and C?
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A number lock has \(3\) rings, each marked with \(10\) different numbers. In how many cases can the lock \emph{not be opened?
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A person buys \(18\) local tickets for Rs.\;110. Each first–class ticket costs Rs.\;10 and each second–class ticket costs Rs.\;3. What will another lot of \(18\) tickets cost if the numbers of first– and second–class tickets are interchanged?
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A clock loses \(12\) minutes every \(24\) hours. It is set right at \(7{:}25\) p.m. on Monday. What will be the \emph{actual time when the clock shows \(1{:}45\) p.m. the following day?
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In a row at a bus stop, A is 7th from the left and B is 9th from the right. They interchange their positions. After interchange, A becomes 11th from the left. How many people are there in the row?
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A merchant wants to make profit by selling food grains. Which of the following will maximize his profit?
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From the failure data of electronic components presented in the given bar chart, which statement is true?
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Answer the following questions based on the information given below
Which of the following components has a failure rate 25% more than that of signal devices?
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Lowest priority for investing in any changes or additions to the component manufacturing units, in the company's investment plans, may be given to which of the following?
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For the equipments using Integrated Circuit Boards: 400, Capacitors: 240 and Printed Circuits Boards: 120 to run with minimum downtime, how many spares should be kept in the store respectively?
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The water from a roof, \(9\ m^2\) in area, flows down to a cylindrical container of \(900\ cm^2\) base. To what height will the water rise in the cylinder if there is a rainfall of \(0.1\ mm\)?
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