Q1.In the Constitution of India, the term ‘federal’appears in
Q2.Which article of the Indian Constitution provides for the financial provisions?
Q3.What is the scientific name of National Animal –tiger–of India?
Q4.How many spokes are there in the Dharma Chakra (Ashok Chakra) depicted on the National Flag of India?
Q5.What is the scientific name of National Fruit-Mango-of India?
Q6. In this question, different letters stand for various symbols as indicated below:
R : Addition
S : Subtraction
T : Multiplication
U : Division
V : Equal to
W : Greater than
X : Less than
Out of the four alternatives given in these questions, only one is correct according to the above letter symbols. Identify the correct one.
Solution:
24 ÷ 3 × 2 = 2 × 8 or 16 = 16, which is true.
Q7. The positions of how many digits in the number 529468173 will remain same when the digits are arranged in ascending order?
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Q8. In this question, a word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as in the two given matrices. The columns and rows of Matrix I are numbered from 0 to 4 and those of Matrix II from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and then the column number . Similarly you have to identify the correct set for the word “BOLD”
Solution:
“O” = 01, 10, 24, 33, 42
“L” = 59, 68, 77, 86, 95
“D” = 00, 14, 23, 32, 41
Q9. Pointing to a photograph a woman says, “He is the brother of the daughter of my mother-in-law’s only son”. How is the man related to the woman?
Solution:
Now, the brother of the daughter of woman’s husband implies woman’s son.
Q10. In a certain code language ‘tree is very beautiful’ is written as ‘kana da ta’ and ‘this is strong tree’ is written as ‘na pa saka’. How is ‘beautiful’ written in that code language?
Solution:
Directions (11-15): In the following questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in the sentence. Choose the one that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase.
Q11. Harshad Mehta could be easily arrested because the police were tipped off in advance.
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Q12. You cannot have your cake and eat it too.
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Q13. In the beginning of his career, he was practically rolling in money.
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Q14. Those were only crocodile tears.
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Q15. He was murdered in cold blood.
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Q16. The difference between the two positive numbers is 10 and the ratio between them is 5 : 3. Find the product of the two numbers.
Solution:
Then, 5x – 3x = 10
x = 5
Required product = 5x × 3x = 5 × 5 × 3 × 5 = 375.
Q17. When we increase both the numerator and the denominator by 7, a fraction changes to 3/4. Find the original fraction.
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Q18. A and B invested Rs. 12,000 and Rs. 18,000 respectively in a business for the whole year. At the year-end, there was a total profit of Rs. 2,000. What is the share of A in the profit? (a) (b) (c) (d)
Solution:
A’s share in profit = (2/5) × 2000 = Rs. 800
Q19. A, B, C, and D purchase a gift worth Rs. 60. A pays ½ of what others are paying, B pay 1/3rd of what others are paying and C pays 1/4th of what others are paying. What is the amount paid by D?
Solution:
So, the amount paid by A = 60/3 = Rs. 20
Similarly, B is paying 1/4th of the total and C is paying 1/5th of the total.
Hence, the amount paid by B and C are Rs. 15 and Rs. 12 respectively.
So, the amount paid by D = Rs. 13
Q20. Pranesh can do a work in 15 days. In how many days will the work be completed by his brother Saket if the efficiency of Saket is 60% more than that of Pranesh?
Solution:
= 5 : 8
The number of days taken by Pranesh and Saket will be in the ratio of 8: 5
Since, Pranesh takes 15 days to do this work, Saket will take 15 × 5/8 = 9.37 days.
