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Question Booklet Series as mentioned in the QUESTION Quantitative Skill (Part A) - 61 to 90
BOOKLET. Quantitative Skill (Part B) - 91 to 120
Analytical-Skill (Part A) - 121 to 150
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VERBAL SKILL 9. Which philosophy is expressed by a sentence, “God is
nonexistent!”
PART-A (1 to 30)
(A) Theism (B) Atheism (C) Agnosticism (D) Reverence
Question 1 to 5 Directions: By understanding the relationship
between the first and the second word find the most related word 10. Sharpness and bitterness of the speech or temper is known as
for the third word ______.

(A) Apathy (B) Alacrity (C) Assiduity (D) Acrimony
1. Patricide : Father : : Sororicide : ?
(A) Mother (B) Human (C) Brother (D) Sister
Question 11 to 16 Directions: Comprehension
2. Ornithology : Birds : : Entomology : ?
(A) Insects (B) Worms (C) Mammals (D) Reptiles Marie was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland, where her father was a
Professor of Physics. At an early age, she displayed a brilliant mind
and a blithe personality. Her great exuberance for learning prompted
3. Carpenter : Furniture : : Sculptor : ? her to continue with her studies after high school. She became
disgruntled, however, when she learned that the university in Warsaw
(A) Scooter (B) Pot (C) Building (D) Statue was closed to women. Determined to receive a higher education, she
defiantly left Poland and in 1891 entered the Sorbonne, a French
4. Shooting : Bullet : : Archery : ? university, where she earned her master's degree and doctorate in
physics.
(A) Bow (B) Spear (C) Arrow (D) Rocket
Marie was fortunate to have studied at the Sorbonne with some of the
greatest scientists of her day, one of whom was Pierre Curie. Marie
5. Monkey : Chatter :: Elephant : ? and Pierre were married in 1895 and spent many productive years
(A) Neigh (B) Squeak (C) Roar (D) Trumpet working together in the physics laboratory. A short time after they
discovered radium, Pierre was killed by a horse-drawn wagon in 1906.
Marie was stunned by this horrible misfortune and endured
Question 6 to 10 Directions: Fill in the blank with most appropriate
heartbreaking anguish. Despondently she recalled their close
word relationship and the joy that they had shared in scientific research. The
fact that she had two young daughters to raise by herself greatly
6. Docile person is _______ increased her distress.

(A) Hated (B) Lovable (C) Easily managed (D) Sick Curie's feeling of desolation finally began to fade when she was asked
to succeed her husband as a physics professor at the Sorbonne. She
was the first woman to be given a professorship at the world-famous
7. He looks at everything from a personal point of view
university. In 1911 she received the Nobel Prize in chemistry for
isolating radium. Although Marie Curie eventually suffered a fatal
(A) Egoist (B) Egotist (C) Egomaniac (D) Egocentric
illness from her long exposure to radium, she never became
disillusioned about her work. Regardless of the consequences, she had
8. _______ means the ridiculous and miserable failure. dedicated herself to science and to revealing the mysteries of the
physical world.
(A) Chimera (B) Anomaly (C) Blunder (D) Fiasco

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11. Marie had a bright mind and a ______ personality. 18. "It is not very cold. I don't think we need these woollen
sweaters."
(A) Strong (B) lighthearted (C) Humorous (D) Strange "I don't think so, _____."

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16. Even though she became fatally ill from working with radium,
Marie Curie was never _________.
Question 22 to 26 Directions: Pick up the most appropriate
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(A) Troubled (B) Worried (C) Disappointed (D) Sorrowful

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25. Exodus 32. The college library is open _____ nine until four.

(A) Influx (B) return (C) arrival (D) restoration (A) between (B) from (C) for (D) at

33. We must finish this job _____ next Monday.
26. Commissioned
(A) till (B) until (C) with (D) by
(A) started (B) revoked (C) finished (D) terminated
Question 34 to 36 Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing
Question 27 to 30 Directions: Pick up the word with the closest appropriate option
meaning.
34. Since Radha believed Krishna to be both candid and
trustworthy she refused to consider the possibility that his
statement is ___________
27. Inured
(A) mistaken (B) critical (C) irrelevant (D) insincere
(A) hardened (B) softened (C) adulterated (D) flattened
35. We cannot believe him because he never _____________ the
28. Mundane
grandiose promises he had made.

(A) worldly (B) global (C) futile (D) spatial
(A) Succeeded to (B) tired of

29. Patronize (C) delivered on (D) accomplished for

(A) oppose (B) support (C) bless (D) organize 36. The reasoning the newspaper article is so _________ that we
cannot see how anyone can be deceived by it.
30. Proxy
(A) specious (B) coherent (C) cogent (D) astute
(A) authorized agent (B) absent
(C) Substituted (D) Emulated Question 37 to 43 Directions: Comprehension

On their visit to school specifically, fire fighters tell the students these
things: A smoke detector should be placed on each floor of a home.
VERBAL SKILL While sleeping, people are in particular danger of an emergent fire, and
there must be a detector outside each sleeping area. A good site for a
PART- B (31 to 60)
detector would be a hallway that runs between living spaces and
bedrooms.
Because of the dead-air space that might be missed by turbulent hot air
Question 31 to 33 Directions: Choose the most appropriate
bouncing around above a fire, smoke detectors should be installed either
preposition to fill in the blank on the ceiling at least four inches from the nearest wall, or high on a
wall at least four, but no further than twelve, inches from the ceiling.
Detectors should not be mounted near windows, exterior doors, or other
places where drafts might direct the smoke away from the unit. Nor
31. I often take walks ___________ the morning. should they be placed in kitchens and garages, where cooking and gas
fumes are likely to cause false alarms.
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37. Which organizational scheme does this list of instructions 42. The passage indicates that one responsibility of a fire fighter is to
follow? (A) install smoke detectors in the homes of residents in the community.
(A) hierarchical order (B) check homes to see if smoke detectors have been properly installed.
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(D) how smoke detectors prevent fires in homes (D) in kitchens where fires are most likely to start.

39. The passage implies that dead-air space is most likely to be Question 44 to 47 Directions: Comprehension
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problem, the young of any species compete for survival. Those young
detectors have a that survive to produce the next generation tend to embody favorable
(A) 50% better chance of surviving a fire. natural changes that are passed on by heredity. His major work that
(B) 50% better chance of preventing a fire. contained these theories is On the Origin of the Species, written in 1859.
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(C) Natural forces do not affect life on Earth.
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46. Darwin’s explanation that the young of any species compete for Question 53 to 55 Directions: Find the erroneous construct in the
food and survival, and those that survive are strong and pass their sentence
traits on to their young was called which of the following?
53. I believe / that respect / is more preferable than / money.
(A) belief in creationism
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(B) the catastrophic theory
(C) theory of natural selection and survival of the fittest 54. I enjoyed / during my / stay in / Holland.
(D) the study of anthropology (A) (B) (C) (D)

47. According to the passage, how was Darwin’s book, On the Origin 55. Modern film techniques / are far superior / than that / employed in the past

of the Species, received? (A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) Scientists gave their immediate approval of Darwin’s book.
Question 56 to 60 Directions: Fill in the blanks by choosing
(B) Religious opponents condemned Darwin’s book.
appropriate word(s)
(C) The world ignored Darwin’s book.
(D) Darwin’s book became an immediate bestseller.
56. Unlike his calmer, more easygoing colleagues, the senator
was___, ready to quarrel at the slightest provocation.
(A) Whimsical (B) irascible (C) gregarious (D) ineffectual
Question 48 to 52 Directions: Find the most synonymous words
from the options.
57. Jill was ___ by her employees because she often ___ them for not
working hard enough.
(A) deified ----- goaded (B) loathed ---- berated
48. CONNOISSEUR (C) disregarded----- eulogized (D) cherished----- decided

(A) Lover (B) Interpreter (C) Expert (D) Timid
58. Deep ideological ___ and internal power struggles ___ the
49. CLANDESTINE government.
(A) similarities..... protracted (B) distortions....accelerated
(A) Public (B) Artistic (C) Secret (D) Violent
(C) agreements ....stymied (D) divisions .... paralyzed

50. GROVEL
59. A glue produced by bees to ______ their hives appears to
(A) Decide (B) Vomit (C) Throw (D) Crawl contain antibiotic substances.
(A) collect (B) design (C) build (D) decorate
51. SUBVERT

(A) Overthrow (B) Submit (C) Dictate (D) Decide 60. Next day the newspaper was filled with the _______details of
the murder.
52. BANAL
(A) macabre (B) condign (C) coherent (D) specious
(A) Common (B) Straight (C) Smooth (D) Slippery

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QUANTITATIVE SKILL
70. Nine persons went to a hotel for taking their meals 8 of them
PART-A (61 to 90) spent Rs.12 each on their meals and the ninth spent Rs.8 more
than the average expenditure of all the nine. What was the total
61. Evaluate: (303 x 303 + 208 x 208) money spent by them?
(A) 180348 (B) 91809 (C) 135073 ( D) 43264

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covers the journey
(A) 180,132 (B) 186,165 (C) 184,139 (D) 133,169 from A to B at 84 km per hour and returns back to A with a
uniform speed of 56 km per hour. Find the average speed of
the train during the whole journey.
64. Find the value of (1-(1/3))(1-(1/4))(1-(1/5))….(1-(1/100))
(A) 67.2 (B) 76.2 (C) 66.1 (D) 70
(A) 1/25 (B) 1/50 (C) 1/15 (D) 1/45
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66. A crate of oranges contains one bruised mango for every forty (A) 25, 35 (B) 30, 20 (C) 15, 35 (D) 20, 20
oranges in the crate. If three out of every four bruised oranges are
considerably unsalable and there are 12 unsalable oranges in the 75. The product of the ages of Ankita and Nikita is 240. If twice
crate then how many oranges is there in the crate? the age of Nikita is more than Ankita's age by 4 years, what is
Nikita's age?
(A) 640 (B) 1280 (C) 480 (D) 360
(A) 21 (B) 12 (C) 15 (D) 20
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(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 0 (D) 12
(A) Rs.20 (B) Rs. 10 (C) Rs.25 (D) Rs. 15
78 If 3y + x > 2 and x + 2y≤3, What can be said about the value of
y?
69. What is the square root of 0.0009?
(A) y = -1 (B) y >-1 (C) y <-1 (D) y = 1
(A) 0.03 (B) 0.3 (C) 3 (D) 0.003

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79. If the price of an item is decreased by 10% and then increased 87. The times taken by a phone operator to complete a call are 9,
by 10%, the net effect on the price of the item is, 2,3,1,5 minutes respectively. What is the average time per call?

(A) Decrease of 99% (B) No change (A) 4 minutes (B) 7 minutes (C) 1 minutes (D) 5 minutes
(C) decrease of 1% (D) An increase of 1%

80 There are 20 balls which are red, blue or green. If 7 balls are 88. A, B and C enter into partnership. A invests 3 times as much as
green and the sum of red balls and green balls is less than 13, B and B invests two-third of what C invests. At the end of the
at most how many red balls are there? year, the profit earned is Rs. 6600. What is the share of B ?

(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (A) 2400 (B) 6600 (C) 1200 (D) None of these

81. P, Q, R and S go for a picnic. When P stands on a weighing 89. On 8th Nov, 2016 Tuesday falls. What day of the week was it
machine, Q also climbs on, and the weight shown was 132 kg. on 8th Dec, 2017?
When Q stands, R also climbs on, and the machine shows 130
kg. Similarly the weight of R and S is found as 102 kg and that
of Q and S is 116 kg. What is Q weight? (A) Sunday (B) Thursday (C) Tuesday (D) Friday

(A) 58kg (B) 78 kg (C) 67 kg (D) 44 Kg

90. Sachin invested Rs. 95,000 in a business. After few months,
82. If the sales tax reduced from 3 1/2 % to 3 1/3%, then what Viju joined him Rs.57, 000. At the end of the year, the total
difference does it make to a person who purchases an article profit was divided between them in ratio 2:1. After how many
with market price of Rs. 9000? months did Viju join?

(A) 42 (B) 28 (C) 15 (D) None (A) 2 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) 3

83. Narendra’s salary was decreased by 50% and subsequently
increased by
50%.How much percent does he lose?
QUANTITATIVE SKILL
(A) 20 (B) 25 (C) 35 (D) 30
PART-B (91 to 120)
84. During one year, the population of town increased by 5% .If
the total
population is 9975 at the end of the second year , then what
91. If 20 men can build a wall 66 meters long in 6 days, what
was the population size in the beginning of the first year?
length of a similar can be built by 86 men in 8 days?
(A) 1000 (B) 10000 (C) 8500 (D) 9000
(A) 49m (B) 59m (C) 61m (D) 70m
85. In how many ways can we distribute 10 identical looking
92. Baban takes 8 hours to do a job. Mahendra takes 10 hours to do
pencils to 4 students so that each student gets at least one the same Job. How long should it take both Baban and
pencil? Mahendra, working together but independently, to do the same
job?
(A) 5040 (B) 210 (C) 84 (D) None of these
(A) 40/11 (B) 40/9 (C) 9/40 (D) 9
86. A father purchases dress for his three daughters. The dresses
are of same colour but of different size .the dress is kept in 93. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 36 hours and 46 hours
dark room .What is the probability that all the three will not respectively. If both the pipes are opened simultaneously, bow
choose their own dress. much time will be taken to fill the tank?

(A) 2/3 (B) 1/3 (C) 1/6 (D) 1/9 (A) 20 (B) 25 (C) 35 (D) 30

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94. A cyclist covers a distance of 750 m in 2 min 30 sec. What is 102. If Rs. 600 amounts to Rs. 683.20 in two years compounded
the speed in km/hr of the cyclist? annually, find the rate of interest per annum.

(A) 20 (B) 18 (C) 36 (D) 9 (A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 9 (D) 7

103. Simplify : (log 75/16-2 log 5/9+log 32/243)

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105. A clock is set right at 6 a.m. The clock loses 16 minutes in 24
hours. What will be the true time when the clock indicates 10
what will it pass a man who is running at 7 kmph in the p.m. on 4th day?
direction opposite to that in which the train is going?
(A) 11 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 9
(A) 55/3 (B) 12 (C) 18 (D) 66
106. A man buys Rs. 25 shares in company which pays 9 %
dividend. The money invested is such that it gives 10 % on
97. The average salary of 3 workers is 95 Rs. per week. If one investment. At what price did he buy the shares?

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sells 3/4 of his shares for Rs. 75000. What is the value of
108. If the height of a pole is 2meters and the length of its shadow is
Business? 2 meters, find the angle of elevation of the sun.
(A) 55/3 (B) 150000 (C) 180000 (D) 160000 (A) 30 (B) 90 (C) 180 (D) 60

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99. The average length of three tapes is 6800 feet. None of the tool wear (VB) at different cutting speed (rpm)
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109. Which oil shows lowest tool wear? 115. How many students of college placed in different branches?

(A) Sunflower (B) Coconut (C) Blassocut (D) Soyabean (A) 217 (B) 300 (C) 271 (D) 100

110. Which oil shows lowest tool wear?
116. How many students of college are not placed?
(A) Dry (B) Coconut (C) Blassocut (D) Soyabean
(A) 78 (B) 83 (C) 28 (D) 74
111. What is approximate difference between minimum and
maximum tool wear at 80 rpm.
117. How many students from computer and Electrical are placed?
(A) 0.1 (B) 0.2 (C) 0.3 (D) 0.4
(A) 78 (B) 96 (C) 32 (D) 74
112. Conclusion based on the graph

(A) Tool wear is higher for dry condition. 118. What is the difference between the numbers of placed students
(B) Tool wear increases as speed increases. from mechanical and civil students?
(C) Soyabean oil has lowest tool wear.
(D) All the above (A) 21 (B) 16 (C) 24 (D) 32

113. If all the 6 are replaced by 9, then the algebraic sum of all the
numbers from 1 to 100 (both inclusive) varies by 119. A motor boat covers a certain distance downstream in 30 minutes,
while it comes back in 45 minutes. If the speed of the stream is 5
(A) 330 (B) 350 (C) 300 (D) 100 kmph what is the speed of the boat in still water?

114. The perimeters of two squares are 40 cm and 32 cm. Find the (A) 10 kmph (B) 15 kmph (C) 20 kmph (D) 25kmph
perimeter of a third square whose area is equal to the
difference of the areas of the two squares.?
120 Find the missing numbers in the series: 0, 2, 5, ? , 17 , 28 , ? ,
(A) 24 (B) 48 (C) 40 (D) 32
(A) 11, 31 (B) 31, 51 (C) 10, 41 (D) 21,40

Question 115 to 118. The pie-chart provided below gives the
distribution of placement record of 300 students in an Engineering ANLYTICAL SKILL
College. Study the pie-chart carefully and answer the questions that
follow. PART-A (121 to 150)
121. Look at this series: 58, 52, 46, 40, 34 . . . What number should
come next?

students placed
(A) 26 (B) 28 (C) 30 (D) 32
Mech Civil Electrical
ETC Computer Unemployed 122 Find the number of triangles in the given figure.

28% 15% 8%

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(A) 18 B) 20 C) 24 D) 27

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questions based on them:
hours will be the true time when the clock indicates 1 p.m. on the
following day?
Six members of a family A, B, C, D, E and F are Psychologist,
(A) 48 min. past 12 (B) 46 min. past 12
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(C) Sunday (D) Saturday

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135. Re-entry occurs when a person leaves his or her social system for 138. If dinner is served on a day that plants are watered, which of
a period of time and then returns. Which situation below best
the following must be true?
describes Re-entry ?

(A) When he is offered a better paying position, Arvind leaves the (A) Plants are watered on Tuesday
restaurant. He manages to manage a new restaurant on the other
(B) Plants are watered on Saturday
side of town.
(C) Floors are polished on Thursday
(B) Datta is spending his junior year of college studying abroad in (D) Floors are polished on Wednesday
Australia.

(C) Neeta is readjusting to civilian life after two years of overseas 139. Assume that floors are polished on consecutive instead of non-
service.
consecutive days but that all other scheduling policies are unchanged.
(D) After several miserable months, Ravi decides that she can no
longer share an apartment with his roommate Ajinkya. For how many of the six days can it be determined both whether plants

Read the given information carefully and then answer the questions are watered and whether floors are polished?

based on them: (136 to 139)
(A) Two (B) Three (C) Five (D) Six

“Mirchi”, a specialty restaurant, is open for business every Monday
through Saturday but is closed Sundays. Lunch is the only meal served Directions for Questions 140-143:
on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Dinner is the only meal served
on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The restaurant's floors are Find the odd one out.
polished and its plants are watered only on days that “Mirchi”, is open
for business, according the following schedule: 140. 396, 462, 572, 427, 671, 264
Plants are watered two days each week, but never on consecutive days
and never on the same day are that floors polished. (A) 396 (B) 671 (C) 427 (D)264
Floors are polished on Monday and two other days each week, but never
on consecutive days and never on the same day that plants are watered. 141. 1, 4, 9, 16, 23, 25, 36

136. According to the schedule, the restaurant's floors are polished on (A) 1 (B) 16 (C) 23 (D) 25
either

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(A) Tuesday or Wednesday B) Tuesday or Thursday

(C) Wednesday or Thursday D) Thursday or Saturday (A) 5 (B) 17 (C) 50 (D) 64

137. According to the schedule, which of the following could be true? 143. 41, 43, 47, 53, 61, 71, 73, 81

(A) Floors are polished on Tuesday
(A) 41 (B) 53 (C) 71 (D) 81
(B) Plants are watered on Wednesday
(C) Lunch is served on Friday
(D) Dinner is served on Thursday

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150. "If you trouble me, I will slap you." - A teacher warns her 153. Sangita decided to get the railway reservation in October,
students for the journey she wants to make in December, to Mumbai.

I. With the warning, the students may stop troubling her. I. The railways issues reservations two months in advance.
II. All students are basically disobedient. II. There are more than one train to Mumbai.
(A) Only assumption I is implicit III. There will be vacancy in the desired class.
(B) Only assumption II is implicit (A) Only assumption I is implicit
(C) Either I or II is implicit (B) Only assumption II is implicit
(D) Both I and II are implicit (C) Only assumption I and II are implicit
(D) Only assumption II and III are implicit

Directions for Questions 154-158:
ANLYTICAL SKILL
PART-B (151 to 180)
Given below is a set of statements. Examine the statements and
state the nature of relationship between them:

151. Apart from the Communication value of mobiles, its 154. Statements:
education value cannot be ignored.
I. All the schools in the area had to be kept closed for
I. People buy mobile for communication only. most part of the week.
II. The educational value of mobile is not appreciated II. Many parents have withdrawn their children from the
correctly. local schools.
(A) Only assumption I is implicit (A) Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect
(B) Only assumption II is implicit (B) Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
(C) Either I or II is implicit (C) Both the statements I and II are independent causes
(D) Both I and II are implicit (D) Both the statements I and II are effects of independent
causes

152. The campaign of “Green City, Clean City”' started by 155. Statements:

the Municipal Council did not have any response from I. There has been a high increase in the incidents of
the people. atrocities against women in the city during the past few

I. People do not desire to keep their city clean and green months.

II. The Municipal Council has failed in its campaign. II. The police authority has been unable to nab the culprits
who are committing crime against women.

(A) Only assumption I is implicit (A) Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect

(B) Only assumption II is implicit (B) Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect

(C) Either I or II is implicit (C) Both the statements I and II are independent causes

(D) Both I and II are implicit (D) Both the statements I and II are effects of independent
causes

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156. Statements: Directions for Questions 159-160:

I. It is the aim of the municipal council authority to get the Find the missing term:
air pollution reduced by 20% in the next two months. 159. B2CD, _____, BCD4, B5CD, BC6D
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161. A bag contains 4 white, 5 red and 6 blue balls. Three balls
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(D) Both the statements I and II are effects of independent
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Directions for Questions 164-165: Question 168-172 are based on the criteria for selecting
team leader for the V-Sphere Software Company.
Find the missing term:

The candidate should
164. 8 : 28 :: 27 : ?
A) 65 (i) Have a Minimum four years of experience
(ii) Should have good communication skills..
B) 50 (iii) Have scored at least 90% in the interview.
C) 64 (iv) Know either Telugu or Hindi.
(v) be at least 30 years and not more than 40 years as on 01-
D) 74 12-2016

If the candidate satisfies all the above criteria, the candidate
165. BEGK : ADFJ :: PSVY : ? may be selected. If the candidate fulfills all the criteria except,

A) OQT (a) criterion (i), but has a work experience of at least five

B) ROUY years as a Testing Engineer, then he/she is referred to Senior

C) ORUX Software Engineer.

D) LSUF (b) criterion (v), but has a work experience of at least nine
years as a Software Engineer then he/she is referred to
Manager.
166. A, B, C, D and E play a game of cards. A says to B, "If
Based on the above information and data given in each
you give me three cards, you will have as many as E has
question, you have to decide the course of action. You are not
and if I give you three cards, you will have as many as D
to assume anything. The following information is provided as
has." A and B together have 10 cards more than what D
on 01-12-2016.
and E together have. If B has two cards more than what
If you are not able to decide the course of action because of
C has and the total number of cards be 133, how many
insufficient data, your answer is „data is inadequate‟. Mark
cards does B have?
your answer as,
(A) 35 (B) 26 (C) 33 (D) 25
Questions:-

167. A certain number of horses and an equal number of men 168. Ram has scored 92% in the interview and he is fluent in

are going somewhere. Half of the owners are on their English. He has six years of work experience as an

horses' back while the remaining ones are walking along Associate Engineer and knows Hindi. He was born in

leading their horses. If the number of legs walking on the 30th March 1984.

ground is 70, how many horses are there?
(A) if the candidate is to be rejected.
(A) 14 (B) if the candidate may be selected.
(B) 16 (C) if data is inadequate to take any decision.
(C) 18 (D) if the candidate is to be referred to the Manager.
(D) 20

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and Hindi. She has three years of work experience as an
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arthtusl means tile roof, Which word could mean "ceiling
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(B) if the candidate may be selected.
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176. Violating an Apartment Lease occurs when a tenant does 179. The largest 4 digit number exactly divisible by 88 is:
something banned by the legally binding document that (A) 8888
he or she has signed with a landlord. Which situation (B) 9944
below is the best example of Violating an Apartment (C) 9964
Lease? (D) 9988

(A) Priyanka has decided to move to another city, so he
calls his landlord to tell him that he is not interested in 180. Which one of the following is always associated with
renewing his lease when it expires next month. 'tree'?

(B) Sharad recently lost her job and, for the last three (A) Roots
months, has neglected to pay his landlord the monthly (B) Fruits
rent they agreed upon in writing when he moved into (C) Leaves
her apartment eight months ago. (D) Flowers

(C) Uday writes a letter to his landlord that lists numerous
complaints about the apartment he has agreed to rent
for two years.

(D) Anna thinks that her landlord is neglecting the building
in which she rents an apartment. He calls her attorney
to ask for advice.

177. From a group of 7 men and 6 women, five persons are to
be selected to form a committee so that at least 3 men
are there on the committee. In how many ways can it be
done?

(A) 564 (B) 546 (C) 746 (D) 756

178. The difference between a two-digit number and the
number obtained by interchanging the digits is 36. What
is the difference between the sum and the difference of
the digits of the number if the ratio between the digits of
the number is 1 : 2 ?
(A) 4
(B) 6
(C) 8
(D) 10

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Quantitative Part-A 61 C
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154 D
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