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Directions for the following 4 (four) 2. Land productivity is adversely
items : affected by the prevailing trend of
Read the following two passages and food loss and wastage.
answer the items that follow the passages. 3. Reduction in the loss and wastage of
Your answers to these items should be based food results in lesser carbon
on the passages only. footprint.

Passage - 1 4. Post-harvest technologies to prevent

or reduce the loss and wastage of food
According to the Food and Agriculture
are not available.
Organization, one-third of food produced for
human consumption is lost or wasted Select the correct answer using the code
globally. Food is lost or wasted throughout given below.
the supply chain, from initial agricultural (a) 1, 2 and 3
production to final household consumption. (b) 2 and 3 only
The increasing wastage also results in land (c) 1, 3 and 4
degradation by about 45%, mainly due to (d) 1, 2 and 4
deforestation, unsustainable agricultural
practices, and excessive groundwater 2. Based on the above passage, the
extraction. The energy spent over wasted following assumptions have been made:
food results in about 3.5 billion tonnes of 1. The food distribution mechanism
carbon dioxide production every year. Decay needs to be reimagined and made
also leads to harmful emissions of other effective to reduce the loss and
gases in the atmosphere. Addressing the loss wastage of food.
and wastage of food in all forms is critical to 2. Ensuring the reduction of wastage
complete the cycle of food sufficiency and and loss of food is a social and moral
food sustainability. responsibility of an citizens.

1. Which of the following statements best Which of the assumptions given above
reflect the most logical and rational is/are valid ?
inferences that can be made from the (a) 1 only
passage ? (b) 2 only
1. The current methods of food (c) Both 1 and 2
distribution are solely responsible (d) Neither 1 nor 2
for the loss and wastage of food.

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 Passage - 2 Which of the assumptions given above
As inflation rises, even governments is/are valid ?
previously committed to budget discipline (a) 1 only
are spending freely to help households. (b) 2 only
Higher interest rates announced by central (c) Both 1 and 2
banks are to supposed to help produce (d) Neither 1 nor 2
modest fiscal austerity, because to maintain
stable debts while paying more to borrow, 5. What is the least possible number of cuts
governments must cut spending or raise required to cut a cube into 64 identical
taxes. Without the fiscal backup, monetary pieces ?
policy eventually loses traction. Higher (a) 8 (b) 9
interest rates become inflationary, not (c) 12 (d) 16
disinflationary, because they simply lead
6. In the expression 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1, * is
governments to borrow more to pay rising
chosen from +, –, × each at most two
debt-service costs. The risk of monetary
times. What is the smallest non-
unmooring is greater when public debt
negative value of the expression ?
rises, because interest rates become more
important to budget deficits. (a) 3 (b) 2
(c) 1 (d) 0
3. Which of the following statements best
reflects/reflect the most logical and 7. A certain number of men can complete a
rational inference/inferences that can be piece of work in 6k days, where k is a
made from the passage ? natural number. By what percent should
1. Central banks cannot bring down the number of men be increased so that
the work can be completed in 5k days ?
inflation without budgetary
backing. (a) 10% (b) (50/3)%
2. The effects of monetary policy (c) 20% (d) 25%
depend on the fiscal policies pursued 8. X, Y and Z can complete a piece of work
by the government. individually in 6 hours, 8 hours and
Select the correct answer using the code 8 hours respectively. However, only one
given below. person at a time can work in each hour
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only and nobody can work for two consecutive
hours. All are engaged to finish the
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
work. What is the minimum amount of
4. Based on the above passage, the time that they will take to finish the
following assumptions have been made : work ?
1. Fiscal policies of governments are (a) 6 hours 15 minutes
solely responsible for higher prices.
(b) 6 hours 30 minutes
2. Higher prices do not affect the long- (c) 6 hours 45 minutes
term government bonds.
(d) 7 hours

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9. How many consecutive zeros are there planning, spawned some of the most
at the end of the integer obtained in the ingenious planners, who were experts in
product these domains. This was because these very
12 × 24 × 36 × 48 × … × 2550 ? subjects were absorbed into the planning
curriculum that had its roots in the social
(a) 50 (b) 55
sciences, geography and architecture.
(c) 100 (d) 200 Planning in India, and its education differ
10. On January 1st, 2023, a person saved from the West.
Rs. 1. On January 2nd 2023, he saved 11. Which one of the following statements
Rs. 2 more than that on the previous best reflects the most logical and
day. On January 3rd, 2023, he saved Rs rational inference that can be made
2 more than that on the previous day from the above passage ?
and so on. At the end of which date was
(a) Curriculum for urban planning
his total savings a perfect square as well
courses should have diverse and
a perfect cube ?
interdisciplinary approach.
(a) 7th January, 2023
(b) In India, city administration is
(b) 8th January, 2023 under bureaucracy which lacks
(c) 9th January, 2023 formal training in urban planning
(d) Not possible and management.
(c) In India, the management of urban
Directions for the following 4 (four)
areas is a local affair with a chronic
items :
problem of insufficient funds.
Read the following two passages and
(d) With high density of population and
answer the items that follow the passages.
widespread poverty in our urban
Your answers to these items should be based
areas, planned development in them
on the passages only.
is very difficult.
Passage - 1
12. Based on the above passage, the
Today, if we consider cities such as New following assumptions have been made :
York, London and Paris as some of the most
1. India needs a new generation of
iconic cities in the world, it is because plans
urban professionals with knowledge
carrying a heavy systems approach were
relevant to modem urban practice.
imposed on their precincts. The backbone of
the systems theory is the process of 2. Indian universities at present have
translating social, spatial and cultural no capacity or potential to impart
desirables into mathematical models using training in systems approach.
computing, statistics, optimization and an Which of the assumptions given above
algorithmic way of formulating and solving is/are correct ?
problems. The early universities of the West (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
which began to train professionals in (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

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 Passage - 2 15. 222333 + 333222 is divisible by which of
Not every voice on the internet commands the following numbers ?
the same kind of audience. When (a) 2 and 3 but not 37
anonymous private entities with high
(b) 3 and 37 but not 2
capital can pay for more space for their
opinions, they are effectively buying a (c) 2 and 37 but not 3
louder voice. If political discourse in the (d) 2, 3 and 37
digital sphere is a matter of outshining one's
opponent till the election is Won, then the 16. What percent of water must be mixed
quality of politics suffers. The focus of social with honey so as to gain 20% by selling
media is restricted to the promotion of the mixture at the cost price of honey ?
content that generates more user (a) 20% (b) 10%
engagement, regardless of how
(c) 5% (d) 4%
inflammatory the content may be.
13. Which one of the following statements 17. What is the rightmost digit preceding
best reflects the central idea of the above the zeros in the value of 3030 ?
passage ? (a) 1 (b) 3
(a) Constructed as a marketplace of (c) 7 (d) 9
views, social media ensures instant
access to information. 18. 421 and 427, when divided by the same
(b) Social media are not ideal or moral number, leave the same remainder 1.
institutions but the products built by How many numbers can be used as the
companies to make profits. divisor in order to get the same
(c) Social media have been created to remainder 1 ?
strengthen democracies. (a) 1 (b) 2
(d) In today's world, social media are (c) 3 (d) 4
inevitable for well-informed social
life. 19. A can X contains 399 litres of petrol and
a can Y contains 532 litres of diesel.
14. Based on the above passage, the
following assumptions have been made : They are to be bottled in bottles of equal
1. Internet is not inclusive enough. size so that whole of petrol and diesel
would be separately bottled. the bottle
2. Internet can adversely affect the
quality of politics in a country. capacity in terms of litres is an integer.
How many different bottle sizes are
Which of the assumptions given above
is/are valid ? possible ?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (a) 3 (b) 4
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (c) 5 (d) 6

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20. Consider the following statements in wants to go back to agriculture. On the other
respect of the sum S = x + y + z, where hand, abilities in terms of academic
x, y and z are distinct prime numbers competencies are far lower than they should
each less than 10 : be even based on curricular expectations of
1. The unit digit of S can be 0. class 8.
2. The unit digit of S can be 9. 21. Based on the above passage, the
3. The unit digit of S can be 5. following assumptions have been made :
Which of the statements given above 1. For effective school education,
are correct ? parents have greater role than the
governments.
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only
2. School curriculum that conforms to
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
today's requirements and is uniform
Directions for the following 3 (three) for the entire country may address
items : the issues brought out.
Read the following two passages and Which of the assumptions given above
answer the items that follow the passages. is/are valid ?
Your answers to these items should be based (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
on the passages only. (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Passage - 1 22. Which one of the following statements
By the time children reach class 8, the bulk best reflects the central idea conveyed
of them tend to be in the age range of 13 by the passage ?
years to 15 years. But in our country, about (a) Total eradication of poverty in the
a quarter of all children in class 8 struggle country will resolve the issue of
with reading simple texts and more than under-performance of our school-
half are still unable to do basic arithmetic children.
operations like division. Every year about
(b) Monetary incentives to parents and
25 million young boys and girls from
teachers is a strategy to improve the
elementary school move into the life that
children's academic performance.
lies for them beyond compulsory schooling.
They cannot enter the workforce at least in (c) Public policy should ensure that
the organized sector till they are 18. For competencies and achievements of
many families, these children are the first young people are aligned with their
from their families ever to get this far in expectations.
school. Parents and children expect that (d) India is not going to take advantage
such 'graduates' from school will go on to of the demographic dividend unless
high school and college. Hardly anyone some school pass-outs go back to
agriculture.

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 Passage - 2 25. Two persons P and Q enter into a
We take it for granted now that science has business. P puts Rs. 14,000 more than
a social responsibility. The idea would not Q, but P has invested for 8 months and
have occurred to Newton or Galileo. They Q has invested for 10 months. If P’s
thought of science as an account of the world share is Rs. 400 more than Q’s share out
as it is, and the only responsibility that they of the total profit of Rs. 2,000, what is
acknowledged was to tell the truth. The idea
the capital contributed by P ?
that science is a social enterprise is modern,
and it begins at the industrial revolution. (a) Rs. 30,000 (b) Rs. 26,000
We are surprised that we cannot trace a (c) Rs. 24,000 (d) Rs. 20,000
social sense further back, because we nurse
26. P’s salary is 20% lower than Q’s salary
the illusion that the industrial revolution
which is 20% lower than R’s salary. By
ended a golden age.
how much percent is R’s salary more
23. Which one of the following statements than P’s salary ?
best reflects the thinking of the author
(a) 48.75% (b) 56.25%
about the science ?
(a) Science must value the commitment (c) 60.50% (d) 62.25%
of the scientists. 27. A number is mistakenly divided by 4
(b) Science is a product of civilized instead of multiplying by 4. What is the
society and must be used for the percentage change in the result due to
promotion of scientific awareness in this mistake ?
people.
(a) 25% (b) 50%
(c) Industrial revolution was made
possible by the advancements in (c) 72.75% (d) 93.75%
science. 28. In an examination, 80% of students
(d) Science must pursue truth but be passed in English, 70% of students
responsible for social welfare. passed in Hindi and 15% failed in both
24. Consider the sequence: the subjects. What is the percentage of
A _ BCD _ BBCDABC _ DABC _ D students who failed in only one subject ?
that follows a certain pattern. Which (a) 15%
one of the following completes the (b) 20%
sequence ?
(c) 25%
(a) B, A, D, C (b) B, A, C, C
(d) 35%
(c) A, A, C, D (d) A, A, D, C

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29. A father said to his son, “n years back I and conveniently blamed for the horrors of
was as old as you are now. My present age war. Science and mankind cannot be
is four times your age n years back”. If divorced from time to time at men's
the sum of the present ages of the father convenience. Yet we have seen that, in spite
and the son is 130 years, what is the of countless opportunities of improvement,
difference of their ages ? the opening years of the present period of
(a) 30 years (b) 32 years civilization have been dominated by
international conflict. Is this the inevitable
(c) 34 years (d) 36 years
result of the progress of science or does the
30. Consider the following : fault lie elsewhere ?
1. 1000 litres = 1 m3
31. Which of the following is/are
2. 1 metric ton = 1000 kg emphatically conveyed by the author of
3. 1 hectare = 10000 m2 the passage ?
Which of the above are correct ? 1. Without science, mankind could not
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only have continued to exist till today.
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 2. It is the science that will ultimately
determine the destiny of mankind.
Directions for the following 4 (four)
Select the correct answer using the code
items :
given below.
Read the following two passages and
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
answer the items that follow the passages.
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Your answers to these items should be based
on the passages only. 32. Based on the above passage, the
following assumptions have been made :
Passage - 1
1. The horrors of modem life are the
“The history of science is the real history of
inevitable result of the progress of
mankind.” In this striking epigram, a
science.
nineteenth-century writer links science with
its background. Like most epigrams, its 2. The aspect of truth likely to be
power lies in emphasizing by contrast an overlooked is that science is what
aspect of truth which may be easily man has made it.
overlooked. In this case, it is easy to overlook Which of the assumptions given above
the relations between science and mankind, is/ are correct ?
and to treat the former as some abstract (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
third party, which can sometimes be praised (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
for its beneficial influences, but frequently

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 Passage - 2 Which of the assumptions given above
Only with long experience and opening of are valid ?
his wares on many a beach where his (a) 1 and 2 only
language is not spoken, will the merchant (b) 2 and 3 only
come to know the worth of what he carries, (c) 1 and 3 only
and what is parochial and what is universal
(d) 1, 2 and 3
in his choice. Such delicate goods as justice,
love and honour, courtesy, and indeed all 35. Let X be a two-digit number and Y be
the things we care for, are valid everywhere another two-digit number formed by
but they are variously moulded and often interchanging the digits of X. If (X + Y)
differently handled, and sometimes nearly is the greatest two-digit number, then
unrecognizable if you meet them in a what is the number of possible values
foreign land, and the art of learning of X ?
fundamental common values is perhaps the (a) 2 (b) 4
greatest gain of travel to those who wish to (c) 6 (d) 8
live at ease among their fellows.
36. Consider the following :
33. When we meet other people while we Weight of 6 boys = Weight of 7 girls =
travel, we learn to differentiate between Weight of 3 men = Weight of 4 women.
(a) imagination and understanding If the average weight of the women is 63
(b) communities and nationalities kg, then what is the average weight of
the boys ?
(c) local values and universal values
(a) 40 kg (b) 42 kg
(d) friends and foes
(c) 45 kg (d) 63 kg
34. With reference to the above passage,
37. How many times the hour hand and the
the following assumptions have been minutes hand coincide in a clock
made : between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. (same
1. Travel leads to an understanding of day) ?
humans. (a) 3 times (b) 4 times
2. Travel helps those who wish to learn (c) 5 times (d) 6 times
fundamental common values. 38. The calendar for the year 2025 is same
3. A person with long experience in for
travel can resolve differences (a) 2029 (b) 2030
amongst people. (c) 2031 (d) 2033

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39. Let p, q, r and s be distinct positive education. Repeating the same ineffectual
integers. Let p, q be odd and r, s be even. script in the realm of skill education will not
Consider the following statements : produce different results.
1. (p – r)2(qs) is even. 41. Which of the following statements best
2. (q – s)q2s is even. reflects/reflect the most logical and
3. (q + r)2(p + s) is odd. rational inference/inferences that can be
Which of the statements given above made from the passage ?
are correct ? 1. In conventional classroom learning,
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only the central goal is duration of
learning rather than attainment of
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
competency.
40. What is the angle between the minute 2. Conventional classrooms encourage
hand and hour hand when the clock one-size-fits-all approach and stamp
shows 4:25 hours ? out all differentiation.
(a) 12.5° (b) 15° Select the correct answer using the code
(c) 17.5° (d) 20° given below.
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
Directions for the following 4 (four)
items : (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Read the following two passages and 42. Based on the above passage, the
answer the items that follow the passages. following assumptions have been made :
Your answers to these items should be based 1. As a large number of workers in our
on the passages only. country are employed in
Passage - 1 unorganized sector, India does not
need to change its present
Conventional classrooms, by emphasizing
conventional classroom system of
fixed duration over learning effectiveness,
education.
resign themselves to variable outcomes. The
tyranny of the classroom is that every 2. Even with its present conventional
learner is subjected to the same set of classroom system of education, India
lectures in the same way for the same produces sufficient number of skilled
duration. In the end, a few learners shine, workers to fully realize the benefits
some survive, and the rest are left behind. of demographic dividend.
After the fixed duration, the classroom Which of the assumptions given above
model moves on, with not a thought spared is/are valid ?
for those left behind. This is how we end up (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
with 10 percent employability in our
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
graduates after a decade and half of formal

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 Passage - 2 (c) Modern-day nuclear families are not
When a child reaches adolescence, there is capable of bringing up children
apt to be a conflict between the parents and properly.
the child, since the latter considers himself (d) In modern societies, adolescents
to be by now quite capable of managing his tend to be stubborn, disobedient and
own affairs, while the former are filled with careless.
parental solicitude, which is often a disguise 45. What is the number of fives used in
for love of power. Parents consider, usually, numbering a 260-page book ?
that the various moral problems which arise
(a) 55 (b) 56
in adolescence are peculiarly their province.
The options they express, however, are so (c) 57 (d) 60
dogmatic that the young seldom confide in 46. What is the sum of the first 28 terms in
them, and usually go their own way in the following sequence ?
secret. 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 1, 5, 4, 3, 2, …
43. Based on the above passage, the (a) 83 (b) 84
following assumptions have been made : (c) 85 (d) 86
1. The adolescent does not feel
47. A person buys three articles P, Q and R
comfortable with his parents because
for Rs. 3,330. If P costs 25% more than
they tend to be dominating and
R and R costs 20% more than Q, then
assertive.
what is the cost of P ?
2. The adolescent of modern times does
(a) Rs. 1,000
not have much respect for parents.
(b) Rs. 1,200
Which of the assumptions given above
is/are valid ? (c) Rs. 1,250

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (d) Rs. 1,350

(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 48. If the sum of the two-digit numbers AB
and CD is the three-digit number 1CE,
44. Which one of the following statements
where the letters A, B, C, D, E denote
best reflects the central idea of the above
distinct digits, then what is the value of
passage ?
A?
(a) Parents in general may not be of
(a) 9
much help when children are on
their way to becoming adults. (b) 8

(b) When children reach adolescence, (c) 7

involvement of parents in their lives (d) Cannot be determined due to
is unnecessary. insufficient data

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49. Three numbers x, y, z are selected from 51. Which one of the following statements
the set of the first seven natural best reflects the most logical, rational
numbers such that x > 2y > 3z. and practical suggestion implied by the
How many such distinct triplets passage ?
(x, y, z) are possible ? (a) It is a cheap and practical method
(a) One triplet (b) Two triplets to produce limestone at commercial
level for building purposes.
(c) Three triplets (d) Four triplets
(b) This can be used as one of the
50. The total cost of 4 oranges, 6 mangoes methods of carbon sequestration.
and 8 apples is equal to twice the total
(c) Basalt rock can be made a good
cost of 1 orange, 2 mangoes and 5
source of calcium and magnesium
apples.
minerals by this method.
Consider the following statements :
(d) Good rock-dissolving acid can be
1. The total cost of 3 oranges, 5 produced by mixing carbon dioxide
mangoes and 9 apples is equal to the and water.
total cost of 4 oranges, 6 mangoes
and 8 apples. Passage - 2
2. The total cost of one orange and one Geographers analyzed 175 satellite images of
mango is equal to the cost of one ocean colour, which is an indicator of
apple. phytoplankton productivity at the ocean’s
Which of the statements given above is/ surface, and found that giant icebergs are
are correct ? responsible for storing up to 20 percent of
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only carbon in the Southern Ocean. The researchers
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 discovered that melting water from giant
icebergs which contains iron and other
Directions for the following 3 (three) nutrients, supports hitherto unexpectedly high
items : levels of phytoplankton growth.
Read the following three passages and 52. Based on the above passage, the
answer the items that follow the passages. following assumptions have been made :
Your answers to these items should be based
1. Giant icebergs have a bearing on
on the passages only.
primary productivity and food
Passage - 1 chains of the Southern Ocean.
When an international team of scientists 2. Melting of giant icebergs can
pumped a carbon dioxide and water mix into produce climate change effects and
underground basalt rocks, basic chemistry impact world fisheries.
took over. The acidic mixture dissolved Which of the assumptions given above
rocks’ calcium and magnesium and formed is/are valid ?
limestone. Basically, carbon dioxide is
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
converted into stone, exclaimed the
scientists. (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

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 Passage - 3 56. A person walks 100 m straight from his
Evolution has endowed caterpillars that feed house, turn left and walks 100 m, again
on corn with a unique ability, they can turns left and walks 300 m, then turns
induce the plant to turn off its defence right and walks 100 m to reach his office.
against insect predators. This helps In which direction does he walk initially
caterpillars to eat more and grow faster. The from his house if his office is exactly in
agent that causes this effect is the the North-East direction ?
caterpillar's faeces or frass. The find could
(a) North-West (b) West
throw new light on compounds associated
with plant response to pathogens like fungi (c) South (d) South-West
or bacteria. 57. A person walks 100 m Westward, then
53. Which one of the following statements turns left and walks 100 m. He then
best reflects the most logical, rational takes 225° turn clockwise.
and practical message conveyed by the In which direction is he walking now ?
passage ? (a) South-West (b) South-East
(a) Farmers can use caterpillars to feed
(c) North-West (d) North-East
on weeds in their crop fields/
plantations. 58. A Statement is given followed by two
(b) This finding can help in the Conclusions number 1 and 2. Consider
development of clinically useful the Statement and the Conclusions.
antimicrobial compounds. Statement:
(c) This finding can help in the India is the world’s largest producer of
development of organic, ecologically milk.
sustainable pesticides.
Conclusion-1:
(d) Caterpillars can be genetically
modified to be predators of the other India is the world’s largest exporter of
plant pests. milk.
Conclusion-2:
54. 325 + 227 is divisible by
India does not import milk.
(a) 3 (b) 7
Which one of the following is correct ?
(c) 10 (d) 11
(a) Only conclusion-1 follows.
55. Let p and q be positive integers satisfying
(b) Only conclusion-2 follows.
p < q and p + q = k. What is the smallest
value of k that does not determine p and (c) Both conclusion-1 and conclusion-2
q uniquely ? follow.
(a) 3 (b) 4 (d) Neither conclusion-1 nor conclusion-
2 follows.
(c) 5 (d) 6

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59. A Question is given followed by two Which one of the following is correct in
Statements 1 and 2. Consider the respect of the above Question and the
Question and the Statements. Statements ?
Question: (a) The Question can be answered by
What are the values of m and n, where using one of the Statements alone,
m and n are natural numbers ? but cannot be answered using the
Statement-1: other Statement alone.
m + n > mn and m > n. (b) The Question can be answered by
Statement-2: using either Statement alone.
The product of m and n is 24. (c) The Question can be answered by
using both the Statements together,
Which one of the following is correct in
but cannot be answered using either
respect of the above Question and the
Statements ? Statement alone.
(a) The Question can be answered by (d) The Question cannot be answered
using one of the Statements alone, even by using both the Statements
but cannot be answered using the together.
other Statement alone.
Directions for the following 3 (three)
(b) The Question can be answered by items :
using either Statement alone.
Read the following three passages and
(c) The Question can be answered by answer the items that follow the passages.
using both the Statements together,
Your answers to these items should be based
but cannot be answered using either
on the passages only.
Statement alone.
(d) The Question cannot be answered Passage - 1
even by using both the Statements In a robust democracy, reality, howsoever
together. inconvenient it may be, finds its expression
60. A Question is given followed by two both in the speech of political leaders and
Statements 1 and 2. Consider the the other social forms of assertion. The
Question and the Statements. existence of the real has to be transparent,
Question: both through its circulation in and by the
What is the time required to download media as well as its argumentative
the software ? articulation in deliberative democracy. A
normatively responsible media through its
Statement-1:
communication effect has the responsibility
The size of the software is 12 megabytes. to circulate the content of reality without
Statement-2: distortion.
The transfer rate is 2.4 kilobytes per
second.

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61. Which one of the following statements (c) Interconnected devices give a lot of
best reflects the crux of the above comfort to home users and improve
passage ? the overall quality of life.
(a) Responsible media should not (d) Interconnected devices can be at
distort the real in an ideal security risk and home users may
democracy. have privacy risk.
(b) Fake news seems inherent in the life Passage - 3
of an ideal democracy.
Green growth involves rethinking growth
(c) There should not be any kind of strategies with regard to the impacts on
restrictions on the freedom of environmental sustainability and the
expression in an ideal democracy. environmental resources available to poor
(d) Irresponsible media and political and vulnerable groups. In rethinking
leaders cannot be effectively growth, we need to focus on the current
controlled in an ideal democracy. reality of a resource-constrained world.
Resource intensive and, in particular energy
Passage - 2 intensive processes will need to make way
Now-a-days there is a growing trend to use for more efficient and resource frugal
interconnected home devices. As consumers development strategies if we are to avoid an
increasingly network their homes, the economic dead end or a world in which only
connected home device manufacturers and a small elite is able to enjoy affluence in the
service providers will seek to overcome “thin midst of a sea of poverty.
profit margins by gathering more of our
personal data—with or without our 63. Which one of the following statements
agreement—turning the home into a best reflects the crux of the above
corporate storefront”. Corporate marketers passage ?
will have powerful incentives to observe (a) Environmental sustainability is
consumer behaviour to understand the inimical to our objective of achieving
buying needs and preferences of the device a high rate of GDP growth.
owners. (b) Poverty eradication is not possible
62. Which one of the following statements without a rapid economic growth
best reflects the most logical, rational and the consequent environmental
and practical message implied by the degradation.
passage ? (c) Maintaining high environmental
(a) Knowledge of consumer behaviour standards is now a prerequisite for
leads to more capital expenditure in achieving a steady, sufficient and
manufacturing sector. inclusive growth.
(b) Knowledge of consumer behaviour (d) With large populations, rampant
stimulates the growth of commerce poverty and limited resources of
and trade and thus helps in the today’s world, environmental
overall economic development of the degradation cannot be prevented
country. and inequalities are inevitable.

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64. A Question is given followed by two Statement-2:
Statements 1 and 2. Consider the Y received 2/7 of what X and Z together
Question and the Statements. received.
Question: Which one of the following is correct in
What are the unique values of x and y, respect of the above Question and the
where x, y are distinct natural numbers ? Statements ?
Statement-1: x/y is odd. (a) The Question can be answered by
Statement-2: xy = 12. using one of the Statements alone,
Which one of the following is correct in but cannot be answered using the
respect of the above Question and the other Statement alone.
Statements ? (b) The Question can be answered by
(a) The Question can be answered by using either Statement alone.
using one of the Statements alone, (c) The Question can be answered by
but cannot be answered using the using both the Statements together,
other Statement alone. but cannot be answered using either
(b) The Question can be answered by Statement alone.
using either Statement alone. (d) The Question cannot be answered
(c) The Question can be answered by even by using both the Statements
using both the Statements together, together.
but cannot be answered using either 66. A Question is given followed by two
Statement alone. Statements 1 and 2. Consider the
(d) The Question cannot be answered Question and the Statements.
even by using both the Statements Question:
together. If the average marks in a class are 60,
65. A Question is given followed by two then what is the number of students in
Statements 1 and 2. Consider the the class ?
Question and the Statements. Statement-1:
A certain amount was distributed The highest marks in the class are 70
among X, Y and Z. and the lowest marks are 50.
Question: Statement-2:
Who received the least amount ? Exclusion of highest and lowest marks
Statement-1: from the class does not change the
X received 4/5 of what Y and Z together average.
received. Which one of the following is correct in
respect of the above Question and the
Statements ?

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 (a) The Question can be answered by 68. A Question is given followed by two
using one of the Statements alone, Statements 1 and 2. Consider the
but cannot be answered using the Question and the Statements.
other Statement alone. Question:
(b) The Question can be answered by Is (x + y) an integer ?
using either Statement alone.
Statement-1:
(c) The Question can be answered by
using both the Statements together, (2x + y) is an integer.
but cannot be answered using either Statement-2:
Statement alone. (x + 2y) is an integer.
(d) The Question cannot be answered Which one of the following is correct in
even by using both the Statements respect of the above Question and the
together. Statements ?
67. A Question is given followed by two (a) The Question can be answered by
Statements 1 and 2. Consider the using one of the Statements alone,
Question and the Statements. but cannot be answered using the
There are three distinct prime numbers other Statement alone.
whose sum is a prime number. (b) The Question can be answered by
Question: using either Statement alone.
What are those three numbers ? (c) The Question can be answered by
Statement-1: using both the Statements together,
Their sum is less than 23. but cannot be answered using either
Statement alone.
Statement-2:
(d) The Question cannot be answered
One of the numbers is 5.
even by using both the Statements
Which one of the following is correct in together.
respect of the above Question and the
Statements ? 69. A Question is given followed by two
(a) The Question can be answered by Statements 1 and 2. Consider the
using one of the Statements alone, Question and the Statements.
but cannot be answered using the A person buys three articles p, q and r
other Statement alone. for Rs. 50. The price of the article q is
(b) The Question can be answered by Rs. 16 which is the least.
using either Statement alone. Question:
(c) The Question can be answered by What is the price of the article p ?
using both the Statements together, Statement-1:
but cannot be answered using either
Statement alone. The cost of p is not more than that of r.
(d) The Question cannot be answered Statement-2:
even by using both the Statements The cost of r is not more than that of p.
together.

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 Which one of the following is correct in (b) The Question can be answered by
respect of the above Question and the using either Statement alone.
Statements ? (c) The Question can be answered by
(a) The Question can be answered by using both the Statements together,
using one of the Statements alone, but cannot be answered using either
but cannot be answered using the Statement alone.
other Statement alone.
(d) The Question cannot be answered
(b) The Question can be answered by
even by using both the Statements
using either Statement alone.
together.
(c) The Question can be answered by
using both the Statements together, Directions for the following 2 (two)
but cannot be answered using either items :
Statement alone.
Read the following two passages and
(d) The Question cannot be answered
even by using both the Statements answer the items that follow the passages.
together. Your answers to these items should be based
on the passages only.
70. A Question is given followed by two
Statements 1 and 2. Consider the Passage - 1
Question and the Statements. Unlike religion and science, poetry does not
P, Q, R and S appeared in a test. posit or expect any belief in absolute truths.
Question: Those forces or individuals who claim to
Has P scored more marks than Q ? have absolute truths in their grasp tend to
Statement-1: turn dictatorial and tyrannical. Truth
The sum of the marks scored by P and usually does not admit any contradictions
Q is equal to the sum of the marks scored or imperfections. It is unitarian. It is,
by R and S.
therefore, not of much use for poetry. Poetry
Statement-2:
abides by the plurality of life and existence.
The sum of the marks scored by P and
Perhaps poetry follows reality which is
S is more than the sum of the marks
plural, anachronistic, full of contradictions.
scored by Q and R.
Against the tyranny of truth, poetry
Which one of the following is correct in
respect of the above Question and the remains a partisan of democratic reality.
Statements ? Against the arrogance of power, wealth and
(a) The Question can be answered by hierarchy, poetry proposes both humility
using one of the Statements alone, and defiance.
but cannot be answered using the
other Statement alone.

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71. Which one of the following statements Which of the assumptions given above
best reflects the most logical and is/are valid ?
rational message conveyed by the above (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
passage ? (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(a) It is the poetry, not science or
73. A Question is given followed by two
religion, which recognizes and
Statements 1 and 2. Consider the
accepts imperfections in humans.
Question and the Statements.
(b) Truth is revealed through science or
Age of each of P and Q is less than 100
religion and poetry is anathema to
years but more than 10 years. If you
truth.
interchange the digits of the age of P,
(c) Poetry is romantic, imaginary and the number represents the age of Q.
is about feeling whereas science and
Question:
religion are about truth.
What is the difference of their ages ?
(d) In a world of violence, tyranny and
bigotry, poetry is a form of dynamic Statement-1:
resistance. The age of P is greater than the age of
Q.
Passage - 2
Statement-2:
The flower was not invented to please us. It
The sum of their ages is 11/6 times their
flaunted its petals and spread its perfume
difference.
to attract an insect. The insect carries the
pollen from flower to flower so that pollen is Which one of the following is correct in
not carried away by wind and thus not respect of the above Question and the
wasted. What we call a flower's beauty is Statements ?
merely a by-product and a human invention. (a) The Question can be answered by
The perfume is not there to please us, it using one of the Statements alone,
pleases us because it is there and we have but cannot be answered using the
been conditioned to it. other Statement alone.
72. Based on the above passage, the (b) The Question can be answered by
following assumptions have been made : using either Statement alone.
1. The author of the passage believes (c) The Question can be answered by
that flowers are creations of Nature’s using both the Statements together,
luxury. but cannot be answered using either
Statement alone.
2. The author of the passage does not
believe in the usefulness of flowers (d) The Question cannot be answered
except as things of beauty. even by using both the Statements
together.

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74. A Main Statement is followed by four 77. If in a certain code, ‘ABCD’ is written
Statements labelled P, Q, R and S. as 24 and ‘EFGH’ is written as 1680,
Choose the ordered pair of the then how is ‘IJKL’ written in that code ?
Statements where the first Statement
(a) 11880
implies the second, and the two
Statements are logically consistent with (b) 11240
the Main Statement. (c) 7920
Main Statement : (d) 5940
Pradeep becomes either a Director or a
78. If in a certain code, ‘POT’ is written as
Producer.
ATOP and ‘TRAP’ is written as APART,
Statement P: Pradeep is a Director. then how is ‘ARENA’ written in that
Statement Q: Pradeep is a Producer. code ?
Statement R: Pradeep is not a Director. (a) AARENA
Statement S: Pradeep is not a Producer.
(b) AANREA
Select the correct answer.
(c) AANEAR
(a) SP only
(d) AANERA
(b) RQ only
(c) Both SP and RQ 79. What will come in place of * in the
(d) Neither SP nor RQ sequence 3, 14, 39, 84, *, 258 ?
(a) 150
75. If a + b means a – b; a – b means a × b;
a × b means a y b; a y b means a + b; (b) 155
then what is the value of 10 + 30 – 100 × (c) 160
50 y 25 ? (Operations are to be replaced (d) 176
simultaneously)
(a) 15 (b) 0 80. In some code, letters P, Q, R, S, T
represent numbers 4, 5, 10, 12, 15. It is
(c) –15 (d) –25
not known which letter represents which
76. If P means ‘greater than (>)’; Q means number. If
‘less than (<)’; R means ‘not greater than Q – S = 2S and T = R + S + 3, then what
( )’; S means ‘not less than ( )’ and T is the value of P + R – T ?
means ‘equal to (=)’, then consider the
following statements : (a) 1
1. If 2x(S)3y and 3x(T)4z, then 9y(P)8z. (b) 2
2. If x(Q)2y and y(R)z, then x(R)z. (c) 3
Which of the statements given above (d) Cannot be determined due to
isare correct ? insufficient data
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

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