Held On : 11-11-2012 (Paper–I) (Second Sitting)

SSC FCI Assistant Grade–III Exam

Part–A : General Intelligence 17.
and Reasoning
Directions (Q.1–6): Select the related letters/
word from the given alternatives.
1. AFKP : ZUPK : : BGLQ : ? A) 9 B) 12 C) 8 D) 13
A) XSNI B) YTOJ 18. Which one of the four interchanges in signs and
C) ZVQM D) WRMH numbers would make the given equation correct ?
2. Bees : Hum : : Owls : ? 6 × 4 + 2 = 16
A) Roar B) Talk A) + and × and 4 B) + and ×, 2 and 4
C) Hiss D) Hoot C) + and ×, 4 and 6 D) None of the above
3. Confirmed : Inveterate : : Financial : ? 17
A) Callow B) Incredible 19. The sum of a number and its reciprocal is .
C) Bankrupt D) Knot 4
Find the numbers.
4. Furniture : Bench : : Stationery : ?
A) Pen B) Chair 1 1 1 1
A) 2, B) 4, C) 3, D) 5,
C) Godown D) Office 2 4 3 5
5. Coal : Black diamond : : Petroleum : ? Directions (Q.20–22): A series is given with
A) Solid gold B) Black gold one term missing. Choose the correct alternative
C) Liquid gold D) White gold from the given ones that will complete the series.
6. Poster : Wall : : Photograph : ? 20. SFJ, RGK, QHL, ?
A) Camera B) Film A) EMD B) VIJ C) PIM D) PKL
C) Negative D) Frame 21. 5, 22, 107, ?, 2657
Directions (Q.7–14): Find the odd number/ A) 230 B) 1627 C) 728 D) 532
word/number pair from the given alternatives. 22. 6, 24, 12, ?, 18, 8, 24, 0
7. A) Spice Jet B) Kingfisher A) 14 B) 18 C) 16 D) 20
C) Air India D) Indigo 23. Which word will appear third in the dictionary?
8. A) 500 B) 413 A) Paralysis B) Paralytic
C) 112 D) 433 C) Paralyse D) Parallelism
9. 37, 45, 49, 65, 79 24. Arrange the following Indian Nobel Prize winners
A) 37 B) 45 in chronological order :
C) 49 D) 65 1. Amartya Sen
10. A) Hinduism B) Communism 2. Mother Teresa
C) Buddhism D) Jainism 3. Rabindranath Tagore
11. A) Elephant B) Tiger 4. Venkatraman Ramakrishna
C) Lion D) Bear 5. Sir CV Raman
12. A) Lakshadweep B) Tamil Nadu A) 3, 5, 2, 1, 4 B) 3, 2, 5, 4, 1
C) Andhra Pradesh D) Kerala C) 3, 4, 1, 2, 5 D) 3, 5, 2, 4, 1
13. A) College B) Kindergarten 25. Which one set of letters when sequentially
C) School D) Education placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall
14. A) 73 – 61 B) 57 – 69 complete it ?
C) 42 – 29 D) 47 - 59 E_GF_E_FGF_E
Directions (Q.15–17): Select the missing A) EGFG B) GFEF C) FEGG D) FGEG
number from the given responses. Directions (Q.26–27): Find out the missing
15. 5 2 7 letters in the series.
? 3 1 26. B2CD, __, BCD4, B5CD, BC6D
4 5 2 A) B2CD B) BCD2 C) BC3D D) BCD7
15 7 13 27. a, k, e, o, i, s, __, __, q, a, u, e
A) 1 B) 5 C) 9 D) 7 A) I, v B) m, v C) I, w D) m, w
28. Find the wrong number in the series.
16. 44, 38, 35, 37, 48, 76, 135
48 12 64 16 ? 15
A) 35 B) 37 C) 76 D) 135
25 5 81 9 49 7 29. From the given alternatives, select the word
which cannot be formed using the letters of the
A) 75 B) 60 C) 30 D) 90 given word.
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HALLUCINATION A) Brother-in-law B) Father-in-law

A) LION B) LOAN C) Son D) Uncle
C) NATION D) LOTION 39. How many times is 9 preceded by either 6 or 1
30. If MILITARY can be written as 12324567, how and followed by either 5 or 8 in the following
can LIMIT be written in that code ? series?
A) 32124 B) 42123 C) 12324 D) 42125 895176982198435913695
31. In a certain code, ‘R’ is ‘%’, ‘E’ is ‘#’, ‘D’ is ‘@’, A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
and ‘A’ is ‘’. How is ‘DARE’ written in that code ? 40. The equation is solved on the basis of a certain
A) @ %  # B) @  % # system. Find out the correct answer for the
C) # %  @ D) %  # @ unsolved equation on that basis.
32. If 5472=18, 6342=15 and 7584=24, then 9236 = ? 9 × 6 × 2 = 269, 8 × 6 × 5 = 568, 5 × 4 × 1 = ?
A) 18 B) 19 C) 20 D) 21 A) 145 B) 415 C) 201 D) 451
33. In a certain code, P is #, A is %, C is  and E is 41. Four kids, P, Q, R and S are up on the ladder, P
@. How is ‘PACE’ written in that code ? is further up the ladder than Q. Q is between P
A) ##% B) %@% and R. If S is further up than P, who is the third
C) #%@ D) % @# from the bottom?
34. If ‘ACTOR’ is coded as ‘ZXGLI’ and ‘BOOK’ is A) Q B) R C) P D) S
coded as ‘YLLP’, then ‘PENCIL’ will be coded as 42. Study the following figures and find out the
A) KVMXRO B) KUMRXO number opposite to 3.
C) KZIXDG D) KVMXOR

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35. If 1986 is coded as o and 2345 as ,
then will be the code for
A) 865324 B) 896542 A) 6 B) 4 C) 5 D) 2
C) 864325 D) 869243 43. Study the following figures and find out the
Dir ections (Q.36–37): I n th e fo llowing number opposite to 2.
questions, one/two statements are given followed
by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider
the statements to be true, even if they seem to be
at variance from commonly known facts. You have
A) 1 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6
to decide which of the given conclusions, if any,
44. Which answer figure will complete the pattern
follow from the given statements.

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in the question figure ?
36. Statement:
Self-discipline is the key for order in the society. Question figure
Conclusions:
I. Disturbances in the society are due to people
without self-discipline.
II. There is nobody with self-discipline in the
society.
A) Both conclusions I and II follow Answer figures
B) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
C) Only conclusion I follows
D) Only conclusion II follows
37. Statements:
1. Reading is a good hobby. A) B) C) D)
2. In order to use leisure time wisely, one can 45. Select the answer figure in which the question
engage in hobbies. figure is hidden.
Conclusions:
Question figure
I. Generally wise people will select reading as
a hobby.
II. Reading can be used as one of the leisure
time hobbies.
A) Only conclusion I follows
B) Only conclusion II follows Answer figures
C) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
D) Both conclusions I and II follows
38. Tarun is the father of Rohit. Rohit is the brother
of Kala. Kala is the wife of Dilip. How is Dilip
related to Rohit? A) B) C) D)
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46. In the following diagram, rectangle represents
people who read English ne wspaper, circle
represents urban, and triangle represents people
who read Kannada newspaper. Which region
represents non-urban people who read English
newspaper?
50. A word is represented by only one set of
num bers 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 two matrices given
below. The columns and rows of Matrix–I are
numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix–II
are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these
matrices can be represented first by its row
an d nex t b y it s co lumn , eg, C can be
represented by 14, 21, etc, and K can be
represented by 76, 88, etc. Similarly, you
have to identify the set for the word JADE.
Matrix–I
0 1 2 3 4

A) N B) M C) P D) O 0 A B C D E
47. Identify the answer figure from which the pieces
given in the question figure have been cut. 1 D E A B C
Question figure
2 B C D E A

K
3 E A B C D

4 C D E A B
Answer figures
Matrix–II

5 6 7 8 9

5 I J K L M
A) B) C) D)
48. A square sheet of paper has been folded and
6 L M I J K
punched as shown by the question figures.
Which one of the answer figures shows the

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appearance of the paper when opened? 7 J K L M I
Question figures
8 M I J K L

9 K L M I J

A) 87, 43, 33, 42 B) 85, 43, 22, 30

Answer figures C) 75, 43, 10, 23 D) 75, 42, 10, 23

For Visually Handicapped

Candidates Only
A) B) C) D) Directions (Q.42–44): A series is given, with
49. How many cubes are unseen in the figure? one term missing. Choose the correct alternative
from the given ones that will complete the series.
42. mn, nop, op, pqr, qr, ?
A) rst B) stu C) qrs D) st
43. 31 (CAGE) 75
89 (?) 45
A) CALL B) SAFE C) HIDE D) HILL
44. YZWXUVSTQROP ?
A) ON B) MN C) NO D) MO
45. Select the one which is different from the other
three responses.
A) MANNER B) ATTIRE
A) 5 B) 6 C) 10 D) 15 C) RESPECT D) PARITY
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46. If the value of A is 3, that of B its square, that of 57. Who appoints Secretary General of the Lok
C the square of B’s value and so on, what is the Sabha?
value of D? A) Deputy Speaker B) Speaker
A) 8661 B) 9261 C) 6561 D) 6787 C) President D) Leader of Ruling Party
47. Find out one wrong number in the series. 58. The Judge of Supreme Court hold office till they
3, 5, 12, 39, 154, 772, 4634 reach the age of
A) 5 B) 12 C) 39 D) 154 A) 58 years B) 62 years
48. P is the father of Q, who is the brother of R. H is C) 65 years D) 60 years
daughter of M, who is the wife of P. How is P 59. Which of the following is presided by a non-
related to H? member?
A) Daughter B) Father A) Lok Sabha B) Rajya Sabha
C) Brother D) Uncle C) Vidhan Sabha D) Vidhan Parishad
49. Find the odd one. 60. In the inte gration of Prince ly State s, the
1. Week 2. Day 3. Month following played a major role
4. Time 5. Year A) Pannikar and Kunzru
A) 2 B) 3 C) 1 D) 4 B) SK Dhar and Fazal Ali
50. The average age of a husband and wife who were C) Vallabhbhai Patel and VP Menon
married 6 years ago was 20 years then. The D) Vallabhbhai Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru
average age of the family including the husband, 61. Who among the following Viceroys became a
the wife and the child which was born during victim of one of the convicts during his visit to
the interval is 18 years now. How old is the child the Andamans?

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now? A) Curzon B) Mayo
A) 14 years B) 12 years C) 6 years D) 2 years C) Ripon D) Lytton
62. The Third Battle of Panipat was fought between
A) the Marathas and the Afghans
Part–B : General Awareness B) the Marathas and the Mughals
51. The addition to total cost by producing an
C) the Mughals and the Afghans
additional unit of output by a firm is called D) the Marathas and the Rajputs
A) Variable cost B) Average cost 63. Who termed Cripps’ proposals as ‘a post dated
C) Marginal cost D) Opportunity cost cheque in a crashing bank’?
52. In a perfectly competitive market, a firm’s A) Ambedkar B) Annie Besant
A) Average Revenue is always equal to Marginal C) Patel D) Gandhiji
Revenue 64. The State Jhansi was made a part of the British
B) Marginal Revenue is more than Average Empire in India through

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Revenue A) Doctrine of Lapse
C) Average Revenue is more than Marginal B) Policy of Subsidiary Alliance
Revenue C) War against Rani Lakshmi Bai
D) Marginal Revenue and Average Revenue are D) None of the above
never equal 65. Mahatma Gandhi started his Dandi March from
53. Growing more than one crop on a piece of land A) Dandi B) Porbandar
during the year, is known as C) Ahmedabad D) Sabarmati Ashram
A) Uni cropping B) Multiple cropping 66. Which type of lake is forme d by volcanic
C) Double cropping D) Triple cropping activities?
54. The main difference between Gross Domestic A) Caldera lake B) Karst lake
Product (GDP) and Gross National Product C) Lagoon D) Fresh water lake
(GNP) is 67. The well through which water comes out through
A) Transfer payments hydraulic pressure, is called
B) Net foreign income from abroad A) Ordinary well B) Tube well
C) Capital consumption allowance C) Deep tube well D) Artesian well
D) Capital gains 68. Central Highlands of Indian peninsular block are
55. ‘NABARD’is a/an formed of
A) Bank A) Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks
B) Financial Institution B) Igneous and sedimentary rocks
C) Insurance Corporation C) Igneous and metamorphic rocks
D) Central Government Department D) Sedimentary rocks
56. What is the basis of classification of 69. Which of the following is a renewable resource?
governments as unitary and federal? A) Coal B) Mineral oil
A) Re lationship be twe e n le gislature and C) Natural gas D) Forests
executive 70. In a desert region, soil erosion can be checked by
B) Relationship between executive and judiciary A) Tree plantation/afforestation
C) Relationship between the Centre and States B) Crop rotation
D) Re lationship be twe e n the le gislature , C) Contour ploughing
executive and judicial wings of government D) Using farm manure
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71. Immunisation is a phenomenon of formation of 86. When a gas is compressed

antibodies by using inactive A) only pressure increases
A) Antigens B) Antibodies B) only temperature increases
C) Chemicals D) Blood C) both pressure and temperature increase
72. Which of the following is a monoge ne tic D) pre ssure incre ase s and te mpe rature
parasite? decreases
A) Hydra B) Fasciola 87. Ozone layer in the upper parts of the atmosphere
C) Ascaris D) Earthworm serves as a protective shield against harmful
73. Which of the following acids is synthesised in A) solar ultraviolet radiation
human stomach ? B) solar infrared radiation
A) Sulphuric acid B) Nitric acid C) CO2 in the air
C) Hydrochloric acid D) Phosphoric acid D) SO2 in the air
74. Filaria is transmitted by
88. What is the impact of advancing glaciers on the
A) Aedes mosquito B) Anopheles mosquito
rings of trees?
C) Culex mosquito D) Swamp mosquito
A) They become concentric
75. Which is the only mammal that can fly ?
A) Whale B) Bat B) Their shape is distorted
C) Hen D) Lizard C) They become widely spaced
76. Commonest mammal is D) They are immune to this change
A) Elephant 89. Which of the following citie s in India is
B) Lion considered greenest?
C) Man (Homo sapiens) A) Bengaluru B) Delhi
D) Panther C) Chandigarh D) Thiruvananthapuram

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77. A vehicle will topple if 90. Green manure is obtained from
A) its centre of gravity is within the base A) Fresh animal excreta
B) its centre of gravity is outside its base B) Decomposing green legume plants
C) it is less wide C) Domestic vegetable waste
D) it is not heavy D) Oil seed husk cakes
78. The following is an amplifying device 91. Which one of the following represents the correct
A) a transformer B) a transistor se quence of the countries include d in the
C) a diode D) a resistor BRICS?
79. The air becomes heated by A) Brazil, Russia, Indonesia, China, South Africa
A) Conduction B) Convection B) Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa
C) Radiation D) Diffusion C) Brazil, Romania, India, China, Spain
80. The density of water is D) Brazil, Russia, Indonesia, China, Sudan

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A) constant at all temperatures 92. Who among the following bowlers has taken more
B) maximum at 100°C than 500 wickets in test cricket?
C) maximum at 4°C A) Wasim Akram B) Kapil Dev
D) maximum at – 4°C C) Glenn McGrath D) Malcolm Marshall
81. A ‘bug’ in a program is
93. Serena Williams of USA won the women’s singles
A) Statement B) Error
US Open 2012 title by defeating in the final
C) Syntax D) Both (B) and (C)
A) Victoria Azarenka B) Maria Sharapova
82. Which one of the following allows computers to
transfer data using a telephone line ? C) Venus Williams D) Agnieszka Radwanska
A) Keyboard B) CPU 94. In which of the following States, is the Child
C) Modem D) Printer Sex Ratio the lowest in India?
83. Laughing gas is A) Punjab B) Haryana
A) Nitric oxide B) Nitrous oxide C) Chhattisgarh D) Bihar
C) Nitrogen trioxide D) Nitrogen pentoxide 95. The book ‘Satanic Verses’ was written by
84. Clothes made of polyester dry quickly after A) Agatha Christie B) Gunnar Myrdal
washing becasuse C) Gabriela Sabatini D) Salman Rushdie
A) water evaporates very quickly 96. Metric system of measurement started in the
B) polyester absorbs very little water country in
C) it is a water proof material A) 1954 B) 1955
D) it absorbs heat quickly C) 1956 D) 1957
85. Which one of the following pairs is correctly 97. The Idukki hydroelectric plant is on river
matched ? A) Godavari B) Krishna
A) Se ismograph—re cording inte nsity of C) Periyar D) Tungabhadra
earthquake shock 98. Name the temple in Indonesia where scenes from
B) Pyknometer—measuring solar radiation Ramayana and Mahabharatha are depicted
C) Pyrometer—measuring density of liquids A) Borobudur B) Kailashnath
D) Pyreheliometer—measuring high temperatures C) Angkor Wat D) Brihadeshwara
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99. In which State is the Guru Shikhar peak located? 112. In an exam, the average marks obtained by the
A) Rajasthan B) Gujarat students was found to be 60. After omission of
C) Madhya Pradesh D) Maharashtra computational errors, the average marks of
100. The 16th Summit Meeting of NAN countries was some 100 candidates had to be changed from
recently held at 60 to 30 and the average with respect to all the
A) Kabul B) Tehran examinees came down to 45 marks. The total
C) Dubai D) Manila number of candidates who took the exam, was
A) 200 B) 210 C) 240 D) 180
Part–C : Quantitative Aptitude 113. The average pocket money of 3 friends A, B, C
51.84 0.005184 is `80 in a particular month. If B spends double
101. If = 12, then the value of is and C spends triple of what A spends during
4.32 0.432
A) 0.12 B) 0.012 C) 0.0012 D) 1.2 that month and if the average of their unspent
pocket money is `60, then A spends (in `)
102. The value of 3
0.000125 is A) 10 B) 20 C) 30 D) 40
A) 0.005 B) 0.05 C) 0.5 D) 0.0005 114. An item when sold for `1,690 earned 30% profit
103. The number of odd composite divisors of 1848 is on the cost price. Then the cost price is
A) 4 B) 3 C) 2 D) 1 A) `507 B) `630 C) `1,300 D) `130
64 115. A man purchased an article and sold it to B at a
104. If 64x+1 = x , then the value of x is profit of 25% and B sold it to C at a loss of 10%
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1 and C paid `675 for it. For how much did A
A) 1 B) 0 C) D) 2 purchase it (in `)?
2
A) 625 B) 575 C) 600 D) 550
3 4
105. I read of a book on one day and of the 116. There is a rebate of 15% , if electric bills are
8 5
paid in due time. A man enjoyed a rebate of `54
remainder on another day. If there were 30
by paying the bill in time. What was his electric
pages unread now, how many pages did the
book contain ? bill?
A) 200 B) 60 C) 240 D) 65 A) `360 B) `240 C) `306 D) `630
106. The work done by (x – 1) men in (x + 1) days and 117. A sold a tape-recorder to B for `4,860 at a loss
the work done by (x + 1) men in (x + 2) days are of 19%. Again B sold it to C at a price that would
in the ratio 5 : 6 . x is give A a profit of 17%. The gain of B is
A) 16 B) 10 C) 8 D) 6 2 1 4 2

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107. A contractor undertook to build a road in 100 A) 22 % B) 33 % C) 44 % D) 66 %
9 3 9 3
days. He employed 90 men. After 40 days, he 118. Two trains start from a certain place on two
1 parallel tracks in the same direction. The speed
found that could be built. In order to complete of the trains are 45 km/hr and 40 km/hr
3
the work in time, the number of more men to respectively. The distance between the two
be employed is trains after 45 minutes will be
A) 30 B) 60 C) 120 D) 54 A) 2 km 500 m B) 2 km 750 m
108. A dealer purchased a washing machine for C) 3 km 750 m D) 3 km 250 m
`7,660. After allowing a discount of 12% on its 119. The compound interest on a certain sum of
marked price, he still gains 10% . Find the money for 2 years at 10% per annum is `420.
marked price of the washing machine. The simple interest on the same sum at the
A) `9437.12 B) `8,426 same rate and for the same time will be
C) `8,246 D) `9,755
A) `350 B) `375 C) `380 D) `400
109. A dealer marks his goods 20% above cost price.
120. The radius of a metallic cylinder is 3 cm and its
He then allows some discount on it and makes
height is 5 cm. It is melted and moulded into
a profit of 12%. The rate of discount is
small cones, each of height 1 cm and base
2 1 1 2
A) 6 % B) 6 % C) 33 % D) 16 % radius 1 mm. The number of such cones formed, is
3 4 3 3 A) 450 B) 1350 C) 8500 D) 13500
110. A box filled with paper bundles weighs 36 kg. If
121. A solid sphere of 6 cm diameter is melted and
the we ight of the box and pape r bundles
recast into 8 solid spheres of equal volume.
respectively are in the ratio of 3 : 22, then the
weight of the papers in grams is The radius (in cm) of each small sphere is
A) 30680 B) 30710 C) 31500 D) 31680 A) 1.5 B) 3 C) 2 D) 2.5
111. Two numbers are such that the square of one 122. The length of each edge of a regular tetrahedron
is 224 less than 8 times the square of the other. is 12 cm. The area (in sq cm) of the total surface
If the numbers are in the ratio of 3 : 4, then of the tetrahedron is
their values are A) 288 3 B) 144 2 C) 108 3 D) 144 3
A) 12,16 B) 6, 8 C) 9,12 D) 12, 9
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123. The heights of two cones are in the ratio 1 : 3 137. Three interior angles of a quadrilateral are 60°,
and the diameters of their bases are in the ratio 120°, 90°. The remaining angle in circular
3 : 5. The ratio of their volumes is measure is given by
A) 3 : 25 B) 4 : 25 C) 6 : 25 D) 7 : 25 c c c
3 c
124. The internal radius and thickness of a hollow A) B) C) D)
3 2 4 4
metallic pipe are 24 cm and 1 cm respectively.
138. A man 6 ft tall casts a shadow 4 ft long at the
It is melted and recast into a solid cylinder of
same time when a flag pole casts a shadow 50
equal length. The diameter of the solid cylinder
ft long. The height of the flag pole is
will be A) 80 ft B) 75 ft C) 60 ft D) 70 ft
A) 7 cm B) 14 cm C) 10 cm D) 5 cm
139. If 2 (cos2 – sin2) = 1,  is a positive acute
125. A circle is inscribed in a square whose length
angle, then the value of  is
of the diagonal is 12 2 cm. An equilateral
1
triangle is inscribed in that circle. The length A) 60° B) 30° C) 45° D) 22 °
2
of the side of the triangle is
1 tan 1 tan
A) 4 3 cm B) 8 5 cm 140. The value of (2 cos2  – 1) is
1 tan 1 tan
C) 6 3 cm D) 11 3 cm
A) 4 B) 1 C) 3 D) 2
126. If the perimeter of a square and a rectangle are
141. If A and B are complementary to each other,
the same, then the areas P and Q enclosed by
then the value of sec2 A + sec2 B – sec2 A sec2 B is
them would satisfy the condition
A) 1 B) –1 C) 2 D) 0
A) P < Q B) P < Q C) P > Q D) P = Q
Directions (Q.142–145): Study the bar-graph
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1 and answer the following questions:
127. If x = 3, the value of x3 is
x x3 Bar-graph showing the wages
A) 32 B) 36 C) 40 D) 49 of workers in a factory
128. The x-intercept of the graph of 5x + 6y = 30 is
A) 4 units B) 5 units
C) 6 units D) 15 units
1 1
129. If m 4 199 , then m =?
m4 m
A) ± 3 B) 4 C) ± 2 D) ± 1
130. If ax + by =3, bx – ay = 4 and x2 + y2 = 1, then the
value of a2 + b2 is
A) 1 B) 25 C) –1 D) – 25

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131. If the area of a rectangle be (x2 + 7x + 10) sq cm,
then one of the possible perimeters of it is
A) (4x + 14)cm B) (2x + 14)cm
C) (x + 14)cm D) (2x + 7)cm
132. The area of an equilateral triangle is 4 3 sq
cm. Its perimeter is
A) 12 cm B) 6 cm C) 8 cm D) 3 3 cm
133. I is the incentre of ABC. If ABC = 60°, BCA
= 80°, then the BIC is
A) 90° B) 100° C) 110° D) 120°
134. If two equal circles whose centres are O and
O’, intersect each other at the points A and B,
OO’ = 12 cm and AB = 16 cm, then the radius of
the circles is 142. The total number of workers in the factory is
A) 10 cm B) 8 cm C) 12 cm D) 14 cm A) 42 B) 48 C) 50 D) 46
135. In ABC, draw BE AC and CF AB and the 143. The ratio of the number of workers placed in
perpendicular BE and CF intersect at the point the lowest wage group to that of the workers in
O. If BAC = 70°, then the value of BOC is the highest wage group is
A) 125° B) 55° C) 150° D) 110° A) 3 : 7 B) 8 : 9 C) 3 : 4 D) 2 : 3
136. Two circles of radii 9 cm and 2 cm respectively 144. The total amount of money (approximately)
have centres X and Y and XY = 17 cm. Circle needed to pay the monthly wages of all the
of radius r cm, with centre Z touches two given workers is
circles externally. If XZY = 90°, find r. A) `69,100 B) ` 71,600
A) 18 cm B) 3 cm C) 12 cm D) 6 cm C) `70,500 D) `69,500
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145. In which wage group is the amount of money 145. 12 men or 18 women can reap a field in 14 days.
needed to pay the monthly wages the highest ? The number of days that 8 men and 16 women
A) 1400-1500 B) 1500-1600 will take to reap it is
C) 1700-1800 D) None of these A) 5 days B) 7 days C) 8 days D) 9 days
Dir ections (Q.146–150): The fol lowing 146. If `10,000 amounts to `11,664 in 2 years, the
pie-diagram shows the expenditure incurred on rate of compound interest per annum is
the preparation of a book by a publisher, under A) 11% B) 9% C) 6% D) 8%
different heads. Study the pie-diagram and answer 147. If cosec  + cot  = x, then the value of cosec 
these questions. – cot  is
1 1
A) B) x C) D) 0
x x
148. A train 100 metres long running at the speed of
50 km/hr crosses a 120 metres long train
coming from the opposite direction in 6 seconds.
The speed of the other train in km/hr is
A) 70 B) 82 C) 65 D) 75
149. The radii of two concentric circles are 6 cm and
10 cm. The chord of the greater circle is a tangent
of the smaller circle. The length of the chord is

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A) 8 cm B) 12 cm C) 16 cm D) 18 cm
146. Angle of the pie-chart representing expenditure
150. The 17th term of an arithmetic progression
incurred on paying royalty is
excee ds its 10th term by 7. The common
A) 27° B) 36° C) 15° D) 54°
difference is
147. If the expenditure on printing and binding of
A) 10 B) 7 C) 2 D) 1
one book is `110, then the cost of production
of the book is (in `)
A) 250 B) 200 C) 110 D) 550 Part–D : English Language
148. If the cost of publishing a book is `200, then Directions (Q.151–155): In the following
printing cost is (in `) questions, some parts of the sentences have errors
A) 40 B) 60 C) 20 D) 50 and some have none. Find out which part of a
149. Which two expenditures together will form an
sentence has an error and blacken the oval (•)

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angle of 108° at the centre of the pie-diagram ?
corresponding to the appropriate letter (A, B, C).
A) A and D B) A and C
If a sentence is free from error, blacken the oval
C) A and B D) A and E
150. The number of heads on which the expenditure corresponding to D) in the Answer Sheet.
of printing a book is more than the average is 151. On re ce iving the mark-she e t from the
A) 3 B) 2 University A)/I realised B)/that I had got only
C) 4 D) None of these passing marks in English. C)/No error D)
152. When she knocked the door A)/I said to her,
B)/‘come in.’ C)/No error D)
For Visually Handicapped 153. He said A)/that he will meet me B)/at the
Candidates Only restaurant. C)/No error D)
142. A, B and C invest `90,000, `80,000 and ` 70,000 154. Miss Rama Devi has A)/two elephants, ten
respectively in a business. A takes `6,000 per horses B)/and as much as fifty cars.C)/No error D)
month as salary as Manager and B takes `5,000 155. The month of January A)/takes its name B)/of
per month as Assistant Manager, out of their the Roman god Janus. C)/No error D)
Directions (Q.156–160): In the following
profit. Share of C in a profit of `1,92,000 is
questions, sentences are given with blanks to be
A) `17,500 B) `56,000
filled in with an appr opr iate wor d(s) . Fo ur
C) `52,500 D) `18,000
alternatives are suggested for each question.
143. A dealer sells a mixture of 2 varieties of tea A
Choose the correct alternative out of the four and
and B at `30 per kg making 25% profit. A costs
indicate it by blackening the appropriate oval.
`22 per kg. If they were mixed in the ratio 1 : 1, 156. They have lost _________ of their contacts.
then the cost of variety B (in ` per kg) is A) little B) much
A) 24 B) 26 C) 30 D) 22 C) many D) small
144. If two-fifths of a number is 20 more than 20% 157. I praise _________ honesty of this boy.
of the same number, then the number is A) a B) an
A) 50 B) 100 C) 150 D) 200 C) the D) your
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158. Three _________ four make seven. 172. The young boy’s act put his father in a pickle.
A) with B) into A) in a funny position
C) in D) fand B) in a serious position
159. The officer _________ the car to speak to the C) in a sad situation
driver. D) in an embarrassing or awkward situation
A) stops B) has stopped 173. They got on well with each other the moment
C) stopped D) had stopped they met.
160. I have to recite Tagore’s sonnet, I will be the A) had an agreement
_________ one to do so in my school. B) had a misunderstanding
C) had a friendly relationship
A) earliest B) initial
D) fell in love
C) solitary D) only
174. She trie d to slip off , but was caught
Directions (Q.161–165): In the following
immediately.
questions, out of the four alternatives, choose A) steal quietly B) go quickly
the one which best expresses the meaning of the C) leave quietly D) slide quickly
given word. 175. I am looking forward to her arrival.
161. Economical A) afraid of
A) extravagant B) lavish B) expecting with pleasure
C) thrifty D) stingy C) expecting
162. Superficial D) confident of
A) defective B) superior Directions (Q.176–180): In the following
C) deep D) shallow questions, a part of the sentence is bold. Below

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163. Mania are given alternatives to the bold part at A), B)
A) greatness B) fame and C) which may improve the sentence. Choose
C) madness D) wisdom the correct alternative. In case no improvement
164. Perish is needed, your answer is D).
A) disintegrate B) die 176. He has been growing weaker and his life now
C) destroy D) vanish hangs with a thread.
165. Allure A) on B) to
A) tempt B) attempt C) by D) No improvement
C) deceive D) praise 177. The passengers were afraid, but the captain
Directions (Q.166–170): In the following consoled them that there was no danger.
questions, choose the word opposite in meaning A) guaranteed B) assured
C) confided D) No improvement

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to the given word.
166. Malicious 178. Would you like some water ?
A) Can B) Do
A) malevolent B) spiteful
C) Shall D) No improvement
C) baneful D) benign
179. The injured man had been shot from his back.
167. Emerge
A) in the back B) to the back
A) disappear B) fall
C) by his back D) No improvement
C) mark D) fade 180. Luckily we’ve got the few minutes to spare.
168. Ample A) quite few B) a little
A) sufficient B) minimal C) a few D) No improvement
C) meagre D) optimal Directions (Q.181–185): In the following
169. Curb questions, out of the four alternatives, choose
A) help B) allow the one which can be substituted for the given
C) restrain D) remove words/sentence
170. Crooked 181. A place of good climate for invalids
A) twisted B) devious A) Hospital B) Asylum
C) bended D) straight C) Sanatorium D) Retreat
Directions (Q.171–175): In the following 182. To bite like a rat
questions, four alternatives are given for the A) Chew B) Cut
idiom/phrase bold in the sentence. Choose the C) Split D) Gnaw
alternative which best expresses the meaning of 183. A style in which a writer makes display of his
the idiom/phrase. knowledge.
171. He left the town under a cloud. A) Ornate B) Pedantic
A) of his own accord C) Artificial D) Showy
B) in disgrace 184. A list of books available in a library
C) with a heavy heart A) Catalogue B) Bibliography
D) when it was raining C) Booklist D) Index
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185. One who performs daring gymnastic feats 191. What did men eat if there was shortage of food?
A) Athlete B) Juggler A) Rotten whales
C) Acrobat D) Conjuror B) The bark of trees
Directions (Q.186–190): In the following C) The root of trees
questions, there are four different words out of D) A bird’s nest with eggs
which one is correctly spelt. Find the correctly 192. If men tamed animals, they made the animals
spelt word and indicate it by blackening the ___________ for them.
appropriate oval (•). A) race B) search
186. A) literate B) litterate C) work D) hunt
C) litarate D) litarete 193. Where did oranges come from?
187. A) ettiquet B) etiquette A) Brazil B) China
C) etiquet D) etiqquet C) USA D) Portugal
188. A) shcolar B) scholar 194. What difference did weapons make in the kinds
C) scoler D) schollar of food men ate?
189. A) consensus B) consenzas A) With weapons, they could kill animals.
C) concensus D) concensas B) With weapons, they could kill both birds and
190. A) upheval B) uphieval animals for meat.
C) upheaval D) upheival C) With weapon, they could kill all kinds of
Directions (Q.191–200): In the following animals for meat.
questions, you have a passage with 10 questions. D) With weapons, they could kill larger animals
for meat.

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Read the passage carefully and
choose the best answer to each question out of
the four alternatives.
Passage
(Q. No. 191–200)
Long ago men spent most of their time looking
for food. They ate anything they could find. Some lived
mostly on plants. They ate the fruit, stems, and leaves
of some plants and the roots of others. When food
was scarce, they ate the bark of trees. If they were
lucky, they would find a bird’s nest with eggs. People
who lived near the water ate fish or anything that
195. Which of the following statements is not true?
A) The Portuguese colonists carried orange
seeds to Brazil.
B) Oranges grow in California, in the United
States.
C) Explorers took back home new foods and
spices.
D) Peaches, melons, oranges, tea and spices
came from China.
196. The phrase ‘live on’ in the passage means
A) to eat a certain kind of food in order to
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washed ashore, even rotten whales. Some people also B) to eat greedily.
ate insects and small animals like lizards that were C) to eat everything that you are given to eat.
easy to kill. D) to de pe nd on plants and foods for a
Later, men learned to make weapons. With livelihood.
197. At first men wandered from place to place to
weapons, they could kill larger animals for meat. These
find their food. Then some of them began to
early people had big appetites. If they killed an animal,
stay in one place. Why?
they would drink the blood, eat the meat, and chew
A) Because they began to grow plants, and
the bones. When they finished the meal, there was
ate what they could grow.
nothing left.
B) Because they tamed animals and birds, and
At first men wandered from place to place to
killed them for meat.
find their food. But when they began to grow plants,
C) Because they trained wild animals and
they stayed in one place and ate what they could grow.
killed them for meat.
They tamed animals, trained them to work, and killed
D) Because they began to grow plants and
them for meat. Life was a little better then, but there
fruits /and ate what they could grow.
was still not much variety in their meals. Day after
198. Which word in the passage means ‘the main
day people ate the same foods.
axis of a plant that bears buds and shoots’?
Gradually me n be gan to trave l gre ate r
A) Roots B) Stems
distances. The explorers who sailed unknown seas
C) Bark D) Leaves
found new lands. And in these lands they found new
199. What does the word ‘stormy’ in the expression
foods and spices and took them back home. ‘the stormy Cape of Good Hope’ mean?
The Portuguese who sailed around the stormy A) Volcanic B) Strong
Cape of Good Hope to reach China took back “Chinese C) Hopeless D) Rough
apples”, the fruit we call oranges today. Late r, 200. Which of the following titles best expresses
Portuguese colonists carried orange seeds to Brazil. the main idea of the passage?
From Brazil oranges were brought to California, the A) Eat Healthy Food
first place to grow oranges in the United States. B) The Search for Food
Peaches and melons also came from China. So did a C) The Foods We Eat
new drink, tea. D) Great Food Regions of the World
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Answers and explanations

1. B; As, Opposite 20. C;
A F K P
   
Z U P K
(Pair of opposite letters)
Similarly,
B G L Q 21. D;
   
Y T O J
(Pair of opposite letters)
2. D; As, the sound of bees is known as ‘Hum’, 22. C;
similarly, the sound of owls is known as ‘Hoot’.
3. C; As, ‘Confirmed’ is related with ‘Inveterate’,
similarly, ‘Financial’ is related as ‘Bankrupt’.
4. A; As, ‘Bench’ is related with ‘Furniture’, similarly,
23. A; Parallelism, Paralyse, Paralysis, Paralytic.
‘Pen’ is related with ‘Stationery’.
24. A; 1. Rabindranath Tagore — 1913 (3)
5. C; As, ‘Coal’ is known as ‘Black diamond’, similarly,
2. Sir CV Raman — 1930 (5)
‘Petroleum’ is known as ‘Liquid gold’.
3. Mother Teresa — 1979 (2)
6. D; As, the ‘Poster’ is fixed at ‘Wall’, similarly,

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4. Amartya Sen — 1998 (1)
‘Photograph’ is fixed in ‘Frame’. 5. Venkatraman Ramakrishna — 2009 (4) (–)
7. C; Rest others are private airlines. 25. B; EGGF/FEEF/GFFE
8. D; Rest others are not prime numbers. 26. C; B2CD, BC3D, BCD4, B5CD, BC6D
9. C’ ‘49’ is a natural number as well as a perfect
square number. 27. D;
10. B; Rest others are different types of religions.
11. A; Rest others are non-vegetarians.
12. A; Lakshadweep is an Union Territory whereas
others are States.
13. D; Rest others are related with education.
14. C; Rest others have the difference of 12.
28. B; 37 is a prime number.

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15. B; As, 2 × 5 = 10, 10 – 3 = 7
29. D; In the given word ‘O’ comes once, therefore
and 7 × 2 = 14, 14 – 1 = 13 the word LOTION cannot be formed.
Similarly, 30. A; As, M I L I T A R Y
5 × 4 = 20, 20 – ? = 15        
? = 5 1 2 3 2 4 5 6 7
16. B; As, Similarly, L I M I T
12 × 4 = 48 and (5)2 = 25     
16 × 4 = 64 and (9)2 = 81 3 2 1 2 4
Similarly, 31. B; D A R E
15 × 4 = 60 and (7)2 = 49    
17. B; As, @  % #
(27 + 18 ) – (12 + 13) = 20 32. C; As, 5472  5 + 4 + 7 + 2 = 18
and (16 + 12 ) – ( 6 + 9) = 13 6342  6 + 3 + 4 + 2 = 15
Similarly, 7584  7 + 5 + 8 + 4 = 24
(10 + 11) – (5 + 4) = 12 Similarly, 9236  9 + 2 + 3 + 6 = 20
18. D 33. C; P A C E
19. B; Let the number be x.    
Now, according to the question, # %  @
34. A; As, A C T O R
1 17
x (Pair of opposite letters)
x 4     
4x2 + 4 = 17x Z X G L I
4x2 – 17x + 4 = 0 and B O O K
(x – 4) (4x – 1) = 0    
1 Y L L P
x = 4 and (Pair of opposite letters)
4
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Similarly, P E N C I L For Visually Handicapped

     
K V M X R O Candidates Only
(Pair of opposite letters)
35. A; As, 1 9 8 6 42. A;
   
O  > 43. C; As, 31 (C A G E) 75
and 2 3 4 5    
    3 1 7 5
+ × Similarly, 89 (H I D E) 45
Similarly,  > × +
   
     
8 9 4 5
8 6 5 3 2 4
36. B 37. B 44. B;
38. A; From family tree, we have

45. B; Rest others are related to human behaviour.

46. C; A = 3, B = (3)2 = 9, C = (9)2 = 81,
Clearly, Dilip is brother-in-law of Rohit. D = (81)2 = 6561

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39. C; 698, 198, 695

40. A; As, 47. C;

and

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Similarly,

Correct number = 12 × 3 + 2 = 36 + 2 = 38
 Required wrong number = 39.
41. C; 48. B; Draw family tree as given below :

42. C 43. C 44. C 45. B 46. B 47. C 48. D

49. B; The number of unseen cubes are 6 (5 at the
bottom and 1 at the middle).
50. C; J  56, 68, 75, 87, 99 Clearly, P is father of H.
A  00, 12, 24, 31, 43 49. D; Rest others are related to calendar.
D  03, 10, 22, 34, 41 50. D; The total age of husband and wife six years
E  04, 11, 23, 30, 42 ago.
= 20 × 2 years = 40 years
Options J A D E The present age of husband and wife
= (40 + 6 × 2) years = 52 years
A) 87 43 33 42
 The age of child now = (18 × 3 – 52) years
B) 85 43 22 30 = (54 – 52) years = 2 years
51. C 52. B 53. B 54. B 55. B 56. C
C) 75 43 10 23 57. B 58. C 59. B 60. C 61. B 62. A
63. D 64. A 65. D 66. A 67. D 68. C
D) 74 42 10 23 69. D 70. A 71. A 72. A 73. B 74. A
75. B 76. C 77. B 78. C 79. A 80. C
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81. B 82. C 83. B 84. B 85. A 86. C

87. A 88. A 89. C 90. B 91. B 92. C
93. A
94. B; According to the India’s Census 2011, the
Child Sex Ratio is as given below: Haryana—
830; Punjab—846; Bihar—933 and
Chhattisgarh—964. 1 2
95. D 96. B 97. C 98. A 99. B 100. B :
 3 3 : : 90 : x
0.005184 60: 40
101. B; The given expression
0.432 2 3 1
x= 40 90 120
5184 51.84 100 3 1 60
432 1000 4.32 100 1000  No. of more men to be employed
= 120–90 = 30
51.84 1 12
0.012 108. A; Let the marked price of the washing machine
4.32 1000 1000 be `x.
102. B; 3 3 (100 – 12)
0.000125 0.05 0.05 0.05  SP after 12% discount = x ×
1 100
3
(0.05) 3 0.05 22
= ` x ................ (i)
25
103. B; CP of the machine = `7660

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110
SP of machine for 10% gain = 7660 ×
100
= `8426
Now, according to the question,
22
x = 8426
25
8426
x= 25 = `9575
Reqd. number of composite odd divisors are 3. 22
64 109. A; Let CP of the goods be `100
104. B; (64)×+1 = x  (64)x×4x = 1  MP of the goods = `(100 + 20) = `120
4 and SP of the goods = `100 + 12 = `112
 (4)3x×4x = 1  (4)4x = 1 = 4°

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 4x = 0 x=0 Total discount = 120 – 112 = `8
105. C; Let the total number of pages of the book be x. 8 2
 Rate of discount = 100% = 6 %
3x 120 3
 No. of pages read on one day = 22
8
110. D; Weight of papers = (22 3) × 36 kg
3x 5 x
 No. of remaining pages = x 22 36
8 8
 No. of pages read on second day = × 1000g = 31680g
25
5x 4 x 111. B; Let the numbers be 3x and 4x .
= Now, according to the question,
8 5 2
 No. of remaining pages after second day (3x)2 × 8 = (4x)2 + 224
x 3x x  72x2 = 16x2 + 224
= x  56x2 = 224  x2 = 4 = (2)2
2 8 8
x=2
Now, according to the question,
 The numbers are 6 and 8.
x
30 112. A; Let the total number of candidates be x.
8 According to the question,
 x = 240 100 × 30 + (x – 100) × 60 = x × 45
106. A; From the question,  3000 + 60x – 6000 = 45x
(x 1)(x 1) 5  (60 – 45) x = 6000 – 3000
(x 1)(x 2) 6 3000
 6x – 6 = 5x + 10 x= = 200
15
 x = 16 113. A; Total pocket money = 80 × 3 = `240
 1 2 and unspent money = 60 × 3 = `180
107. A; Remaining work = 1    part and  Spent money = 240 – 180 = `60
 3 3
As the ratio of the money spent by A, B and C
remaining time = (100–40 =) 60 days
=1:2:3
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x  required number of cones

 Money spent by A = 60
(x 2x 3x ) 45 13500
1 300
60 = `10 4
6 121. A; Volume of solid sphere = (3)3 = 36 cm3
114. C; By Rule of Fraction : cost price of the item 3
 100  36 9
= 1690 ×  Volume of one small sphere = cm3
 8 2
 100  30 
Let r cm be the radius of small sphere.
100
= 1690 × = `1300 Now, according to the question,
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115. C; Let the CP of the article be `x for A. 4 3 9
r
x 125 5x 3 2
 CP of the article for B = =` 3
100 4 3 8 3 27 3
 r
5x 100 10 2 4 8 2
and CP of the article for C =
4 100 2
r= 1.5 cm
5x 90 9x 3
= =` 122. D;  Since each face of the regular tetrahedron
4 100 8
Now, according to the question, is an equilateral triangle of each side of 12 cm.
9x

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675
8
8
 x = 675 × = `600
9
100
116. A; Electric bill = 54 × = `360
15
117. C; According to the question,
CP of tape recorder for B = `4860
 100 
CP of tape recorder for A = 4860 ×  
 100  19 
486000
= = `6000  Re qd. area of the total surface of the

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117 3
SP of tape recorder for B = 6000 × = `7020 tetrahedron (12)2
4
100 4
 The per cent gain for B 3 144 = 144 3 cm3
7020 4860 21600 123. A; Let the heights of the cones be h and 3h
= 100% = %
4860 486 respectively and diameters of the bases be
400 4 3d and 5d respectively.
= % 44 %
9 9
118. C; Relative speed of the trains = (45–40=) 5km/hr Now, according to the question,
45 15 2
 Reqd. distance = 5 km 1 3d
60 4 Ratio in their volumes =
3 2
= 3 km 750 m
2
1 5d 9 25
2 a h: 3h : 3 3 : 25
119. D; Quicker Method : SI = 3 2 4 4
r
2 124. B; Let the diameter of the solid cylinder be d cm.
100 Now, according to the question,
[Here a = 420 and r = 10%] 2
d
× l =  (252 – 242) × l
2 420 2 420 100 2
= = `400
10 210 d2
2  49 (7)2
100 4
120. D; Volume of the cylinder = (3)2 × 5 = 45 cm3  d = 7 × 2 = 14 cm
and volume of the one cone 125. C; Let the side of the square be x cm.
2 According to the question,
1 1 1 Diagonal of the square = x 2 12 2 cm
1 cm3
3 10 300  x = 12 cm
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130. B; According to the question,

(ax + by)2 = 32  a2x2 + b2y2 + 2abxy = 9 .... (i)
 (bx —ay)2 = 42  b2x2 + a2y2–2abxy = 16 .... (ii)
On adding both equations (i) and (ii), we get
(a2 + b2) (x2 + y2) = 9 + 16
[x2 + y2 = 1]
2 2
 a + b = 25
131. A; Area of a rectangle = x2 + 7x + 10 = (x + 5) (x + 2)
 Possible perimeter = 2 (x + 5 + x + 2)
= (4x + 14) cm
Diameter of the circle inscribed in the square 3
132. A; As the area of the equilateral  = side2
= Side of the square = 12 cm 4
1 3
Radius of the inscribed circle = (12) cm  (side)2 = 4 3
2 4
= 6 cm = r  (side)2 = 16 = (4)2  side = 4
Let the side of the equilateral triangle be a cm.  Perimeter of the equilateral  = (3 × 4 =) 12 cm
133. C; BCA = 80° BCI = 40°
Now, according to the question,
and ABC = 60°  IBC = 30°
a
= r cos 30°
2

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a 3
 =6×
2 2
 a = 6 3 cm
l b
126. C; 4a = 2( l + b)  a = 2
2
b l
 lb
2 In IBC,
P>Q BIC = 180° – (40° + 30°) = 110°
1 134. A; As circles are equal
127. B; x 3  OC = O’C = 6 cm
x

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On Cubing both sides,
3
1
 x (3)3
x
3 1
 x 3(3) 27
x3
3 1
 x 27 9 36
x3
128. C; The graph of 5x + 6x = 30 is a straight line and
for x-intercept, put y = 0. Then, and AC = BC = 8 cm
5x + 6 × 0 = 30 Radii of both circles = O’A
30  OA = 62 82 = 10 cm
 Reqd. x-intercept = x = = 6 units
5 135. D; B + C = 180° – 70° = 110°
1 In  BEC,
129. A; m4 + 119
m4 C + CBE = 90°
1
 m4 + 4 2 121 = (+ 11)2
m
1
 m2 + 11
m2
1
 m2 + 2 9 or – 13
m2
2
 1 1
  m    9  m 3
 m m
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CBE = 90 –C 141. D; Since A and B are complementary to each

and in BCF, BCF = 90 – B other, therefore,
In OBC, B = 90° – A tan B = tan (90° – A) = cot A
90° – C + 90 – B + BOC = 180° The given expression
BOC = 180° – 90° – 90° + (B + C) = sec2 A+sec2B–sec2 A.sec2 B
= 180° – 90° – 90° + 110° = 110° = (1 + tan2A) + (1+ tan2B)– (1 + tan2A) (1 + tan2B)
136. D; According to the question, = (2 + tan2 A + tan2B) – (1 + tan2A + tan2B
XY = 17 cm and XZY = 90° + tan2 A + tan2 B)
= 1 – tan2 A.tan2 B = 1 – tan2 A.cot2 A = 1 – 1 = 0
142. C; Total no. of workers
= 3 + 8 + 5 + 4 + 9 + 8 + 6 + 7 = 50
143. A; Reqd. ratio = 3 : 7
144. A; Reqd. money = 1000 × 3 + 1100 × 8
+ 1200 × 5 + 1300 × 4
+ 1400 × 9 + 1500 × 8
+ 1600 × 6 + 1700 × 7
= 3000 + 8800 + 6000 + 5200 + 12600 + 12000 +
9600 + 11900 = `69100
145. A; Highest monthly wages = 12600 + 12000
= `24600

K
 Reqd. wage group = 1400 – 1500
XZ2 + YZ2 = XY2 (9 + r)2 + (2 + r)2 = 172 15
146. D; Reqd. angle on paying royalty = 360 = 54°
81 + 18r + r2 + 4 + 4r + r2 = 289 100
2r2 + 22r + 85 = 289 147. B; Expenditure on printing and binding = `110
r2 + 11r – 102 = 0 (r – 6) (r + 17) = 0  (25% + 30%) ie, 55% expenditure = `110
r = 6 or – 17  Cost of production of book ie, 100%
Value of r = 6 cm 110 100
137. B; 4th angle = 230° – (60° + 120° + 90°) = 90° = = `200
55
c c 148. D; Cost of publishing a book ie, 100% = `200
= 90° ×  Reqd. printing cost (ie, 25%)
180 2
Height of the man Height of the flag 200 25

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= = `50
138. B;  Shadow of the man Shadow of the flag 100
108
6 Height of the flag 149. A; Angle of 108° = 100% = 30% = 20% + 10%
 360
4 50 = A + D = A and D
6 50 150. B; Average expenditure of printing on 5 heads
Height of the flag = 75 ft.
4 100
2 2
139. B; 2 (cos  – sin ) = 1 = % 20%
5
1  Reqd. number of heads, more expenditure
 cos2 – sin2 =
2 than average = 2 (Two) ie,
 cos2 = cos 60°  2 = 60° (B = 25% and C = 30%)
  = 30°
1 tan 1 tan For Visually Handicapped
140. D; (2 cos2  – 1)
1 tan 1 tan
1 2 tan tan2
Candidates Only
142. A; Manager’s share = 12 × 6000 + 12 × 5000
1 tan2 2 tan = 72000 + 60000 = `1,32,000
cos 2
1 tan2 Net profit = 1,92,000 –1,32,000 = 60,000
Total investment of A, B and C
= 90,000 + 80,000 + 70,000 = 2,40,000
2 2 tan2 1 tan2
cos 2 2cos 2 70,000
2  C’s share in profit = 60,000 ×
1 tan 1 tan2 2, 40,000
= `17,500
sin 2 cos2 143. B; Let the cost of tea of variety B = `x/kg
2 1
2cos 2 sin 2 cos 2 Cost of mixture for 25% profit
=2
cos2 sin2 cos 2 100
= `30/kg × = `24/kg
sin2 125
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Since, they were mixed in the ratio 1 : 1, then 148. B; Let the speed of the other train be x km/hr.
x 1 22 1 x 22  Relative speed of both trains
 = `24  = 24 = (x + 50) km/hr
(1 1) 2
 x = 48 – 22 = `26/kg 5
= (x + 50) × metre/sec
144. B; Let the reqd. number be x 18
Total distance covered = (100 + 120) metres
Now, according to the question, = 220 metres
2 Now, according to the question,
of x = 20% of x + 20
5 5 220m
2x x x (x + 50) ×
 : 20  = 20 18 6 sec
5 5 5 220 18
 x = 100  x + 50 = = 132
6 5
145. D; 12 men = 18 women  x = (132 – 50 =) 82 km/hr
18
 8 men = 8 = 12 women
12 149. C; BC = 102 62 100 36 8 cm
 (8 men + 16 women)
= (12 + 16) women = 28 women
18 women reap the field in = 14 days
14 18
 28 women can reap the field in =
28

K
= 9 days
t
r
146. D; A=P 1
100
2
r
 11664 = 10000 1  CD = 2 × BC = 2 × 8 = 16 cm
100 150. D; Let the first term and common difference be a
2 and d respectively.
11664 r
 1  17th term of an AP = a + 16d
10000 100
 10th term of an AP = a + 9d
2
r Now, according to the question,
 1 1.1664 (1.08)2
100 (a + 16d) – (a + 9d) = 7

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r r  a + 16d – a – 9d = 7  7d = 7
 1 1.08  1.08 1 d=1
100 100
151. D; No error
r 8
 0.08 152. A; Put ‘at’ after ‘knocked’
100 100 153. B; Change ‘will’ to ‘would’
 r = 8% 154. C; Change ‘as much as’ to ‘as many as’
147. A; cosec  + cot  = x 155. C; The first letter of ‘god’ should be in capital
 cosec  – cot  letter. Hence ‘God’ should be written.
156. C 157. B 158. D 159. C 160. D 161. C
(cos ec cot ) (cos ec cot )
 162. D 163. C 164. C 165. A 166. D 167. A
(cos ec cot ) 168. C 169. B 170. D 171. B 172. D 173. C
cos ec2 cot2 1 174. A 175. C 176. A 177. B 178. D 179. A
 180. C 181. B 182. D 183. B 184. A 185. C
cos ec cot x
186. A 187. B 188. B 189. C 190. C 191. B
192. C 193. B 194. D 195. C 196. D 197. B
198. A 199. D 200. B