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Q1. A,B,C,D,E,F and G are seated in a straight line facing North but not necessarily in the same order. Only three people sit between F and A. Neither F nor A sits at an extreme end of the line. Only two people sit between A and G. E is not an immediate neighbour of either A or F. E sits third to the left of B. B is not an immediate neighbour of A. E is not an immediate neighbour of C. Which of the following pairs represent persons sitting at two extreme ends of the line?
Q2. A,B,C,D,E,F and G are seated in a straight line facing North but not necessarily in the same order. Only three people sit between F and A. Neither F nor A sits at an extreme end of the line. Only two people sit between A and G. E is not an immediate neighbour of either A or F. E sits third to the left of B. B is not an immediate neighbour of A. E is not an immediate neighbour of C. How many persons are sitting between B and A?
Q3. A,B,C,D,E,F and G are seated in a straight line facing North but not necessarily in the same order. Only three people sit between F and A. Neither F nor A sits at an extreme end of the line. Only two people sit between A and G. E is not an immediate neighbour of either A or F. E sits third to the left of B. B is not an immediate neighbour of A. E is not an immediate neighbour of C. Which of the following statement is true with respect to the given arrangement?
Q4. Pick the one that does not belong to the group of alphabets arrangement.
Q5. QUESTION: Should school teachers be banned to take any private tuitions? ARGUMENT: i)Yes. Only then the quality of teaching in schools will improve.ii)Yes. Now salary of these teachers is reasonable.
Q6. B,M,K,T,R,D,W and A are sitting around a circle facing at the center. R is third to the right of B. H is second to the right of A who is second to the right of R. K is third to the right of T who is not an immediate neighbour of H. D is second to the left of T. M is fourth to the right of W. Who is third to the left of M?
Q7. QUESTION:Should system of reservation of posts for socially and economically disadvantaged groups/castes be introduced in the private sector. ARGUMENT:i)Yes. This would give more opportunities of development of theses groups/castes.ii)No. Nowhere else in the world such a practice is being followed.
Q8. A,B,C,D,E,F and G are seated in a straight line facing North but not necessarily in the same order. Only three people sit between F and A. Neither F nor A sits at an extreme end of the line. Only two people sit between A and G. E is not an immediate neighbour of either A or F. E sits third to the left of B. B is not an immediate neighbour of A. E is not an immediate neighbour of C. What is the position of E with respect to C?
Q9. Pick the one that does not belong to the group of alphabets arrangement.
Q10. Pick the one that does not belong to the group of alphabets arrangement.
Q11. The following sentences are jumbled. 1.She eased out something from her waist folds. 2.Maganlal welcomed a customer early in the day. 3.Once visible, Maganlal realized it was a pair of gold bangles. 4.The woman carefully counted the money and then left. 5.He took the bangles and placed some money in the woman's palm. 6.This customer was a peasant woman wearing a discolouFF0000 sari and old anklets. After rearranging them in the proper order to make a meaningful paragraph, which one of them will be the SIXTH sentence?
Q12. Pick the odd word out of the following:
Q13. Pick the odd word out of the following:
Q14. The following sentences are jumbled. 1.She eased out something from her waist folds. 2.Maganlal welcomed a customer early in the day. 3.Once visible, Maganlal realized it was a pair of gold bangles. 4.The woman carefully counted the money and then left. 5.He took the bangles and placed some money in the woman's palm. 6.This customer was a peasant woman wearing a discolouFF0000 sari and old anklets. After rearranging them in the proper order to make a meaningful paragraph, which one of them will be the THIRD sentence?
Q15. Pick the odd word out of the following:
Q16. ASSERTION (A): Students should have a definite time table for preparing for an exam. REASON {R}: To do well in exam, one must prepare in a planned manner.
Q17. Ten persons namely, Litesh, Pawan, Nitu, Parul, Dines, Sheema, Anil, Dharam, Dolly and Sheela go for a magic show and they all sit on a single row of seats numbeFF0000 1 to 10. There are three couples in the group. Each couple has only one child,; the child always sits next to its mother. A family (father, mother and child) is always together. Sheela, Dolly, Parul and Sheema are females whereas Litesh, Pawan, Nitu, Nitu, Dinesh and Dharam are males. 1. Dinesh sits on seat No.6, which is immediately next to Nitu's mother's seat. 2.Sheela sits on a seat whose number is both a perfect square and a perfect cube. 3.Dharam is Dolly's father and they both sit on prime numbeFF0000 seats. 4.Litesh, the bachelor sits next to Pawan. 5.The children are Nitu, Dolly and Dinesh. Who is sitting to the immediate right of Litesh?
Q18. Ten persons namely, Litesh, Pawan, Nitu, Parul, Dines, Sheema, Anil, Dharam, Dolly and Sheela go for a magic show and they all sit on a single row of seats numbeFF0000 1 to 10. There are three couples in the group. Each couple has only one child,; the child always sits next to its mother. A family (father, mother and child) is always together. Sheela, Dolly, Parul and Sheema are females whereas Litesh, Pawan, Nitu, Nitu, Dinesh and Dharam are males. 1. Dinesh sits on seat No.6, which is immediately next to Nitu's mother's seat. 2.Sheela sits on a seat whose number is both a perfect square and a perfect cube. 3.Dharam is Dolly's father and they both sit on prime numbeFF0000 seats. 4.Litesh, the bachelor sits next to Pawan. 5.The children are Nitu, Dolly and Dinesh. What is Anil's seat number?
Q19. ASSERTION (A): As we go higher up in the mountains, the atmospheric pressure decreases. REASON {R}: The air at higher altitudes is comparatively pure.
Q20. A person started walking straight facing South. After walking 35 metres he turned to his right, walked 25 metres and turned left. Again, after walking a distance of 10 metres he turned to his left. If the person had taken the second left turn 14 seconds from the start of the walk, what was his average speed in kmph?
Q21. Ten persons namely, Litesh, Pawan, Nitu, Parul, Dines, Sheema, Anil, Dharam, Dolly and Sheela go for a magic show and they all sit on a single row of seats numbeFF0000 1 to 10. There are three couples in the group. Each couple has only one child,; the child always sits next to its mother. A family (father, mother and child) is always together. Sheela, Dolly, Parul and Sheema are females whereas Litesh, Pawan, Nitu, Nitu, Dinesh and Dharam are males. 1. Dinesh sits on seat No.6, which is immediately next to Nitu's mother's seat. 2.Sheela sits on a seat whose number is both a perfect square and a perfect cube. 3.Dharam is Dolly's father and they both sit on prime numbeFF0000 seats. 4.Litesh, the bachelor sits next to Pawan. 5.The children are Nitu, Dolly and Dinesh. Who is Dinesh's mother, if the person sitting two places away from the person, sitting two places away from the person sitting immediately next5 to Nitu, Parul?
Q22. Ten persons namely, Litesh, Pawan, Nitu, Parul, Dines, Sheema, Anil, Dharam, Dolly and Sheela go for a magic show and they all sit on a single row of seats numbeFF0000 1 to 10. There are three couples in the group. Each couple has only one child,; the child always sits next to its mother. A family (father, mother and child) is always together. Sheela, Dolly, Parul and Sheema are females whereas Litesh, Pawan, Nitu, Nitu, Dinesh and Dharam are males. 1. Dinesh sits on seat No.6, which is immediately next to Nitu's mother's seat. 2.Sheela sits on a seat whose number is both a perfect square and a perfect cube. 3.Dharam is Dolly's father and they both sit on prime numbeFF0000 seats. 4.Litesh, the bachelor sits next to Pawan. 5.The children are Nitu, Dolly and Dinesh. Who is sitting five places to the left of the person who is sitting two places to the left of Dharam's wife?
Q23. A person started walking straight facing South. After walking 35 metres he turned to his right, walked 25 metres and turned left. Again, after walking a distance of 10 metres he turned to his left. How many metres had the person walked before turning left the last time?
Q24. Three of the following four are alike in some way and hence form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
Q25. How many such digits are there in the number 5231698 each of which is as far away from the beginning of the number as when the digits are rearranged in ascending order?
Q26. Study the following information carefully and answer the given QUESTION: L, P, Q, R, S and T are sitting in a straight line facing North. {a} Q sits fourth to the left of T and Q does not sit at an extreme end of the line. {b} R is not an immediate neighbour of Q. {c} Only one person sits between R and T. {d} Neither S nor L sits at the extreme end of the line. {e} L is not an immediate neighbour of Q. How many persons sit between Q and L?
Q27. The following sentences are jumbled. 1.She eased out something from her waist folds. 2.Maganlal welcomed a customer early in the day. 3.Once visible, Maganlal realized it was a pair of gold bangles. 4.The woman carefully counted the money and then left. 5.He took the bangles and placed some money in the woman's palm. 6.This customer was a peasant woman wearing a discolouFF0000 sari and old anklets. After rearranging them in the proper order to make a meaningful paragraph, which one of them will be the FOURTH sentence?
Q28. A person started walking straight facing South. After walking 35 metres he turned to his right, walked 25 metres and turned left. Again, after walking a distance of 10 metres he turned to his left. In which direction was he walking finally?
Q29. QUESTION: Should children be legally made responsible to take care of their parents during their old age? ARGUMENT: i)Yes.Such matter can only be solved by legal means.ii)Yes.Only this will bring some relief to poor parents.
Q30. Following question is based on the five three digit numbers given here: 725 924 485 816 563. What will be the resultant if first digit of the highest number is multiplied by the third digit of the lowest number?
Q31. B,M,K,T,R,D,W and A are sitting around a circle facing at the center. R is third to the right of B. H is second to the right of A who is second to the right of R. K is third to the right of T who is not an immediate neighbour of H. D is second to the left of T. M is fourth to the right of W. Who is to the immediate left of W?
Q32. In a certain code BOARD is written as 54#12 and MORE is written as 941$. How is DREAM written in that code?
Q33. M, P, D, Q, T, R, B and W are sitting around a circle facing at the centre. D is second to the left of M who is third to the right of P. W is third to the right of Q who is second to the left of B. R is third to the right of T. In which of the following pairs is the first person sitting to the immediate right of the second person?
Q34. When they heard news of the hurricane, Maya and Julian decided to change their vacation plans. Instead of travelling to the island beach resort, they booked a room at a fancy new spa in the mountains. Their plans were a bit more expensive, but they'd heard wonderful things about the spa and they were relieved to find availability on such short notice.Of the following four statements, which one is true based on the information in the foregoing passage.
Q35. On weekends, Mr.Sankar spends many hours working in his vegetable and flower gardens. Mrs.Sankar spends her free time reading and listening to classical music. Both Mr.Sankar and Mrs. Sankar like to cook. Based on the above information, which of the following statement is true?
Q36. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word CONSTABLE each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?
Q37. Following question is based on the five three digit numbers given here: 725 924 485 816 563. If 1 (one) is added to the middle digit of each of the numbers, how many numbers thus formed will NOT be divisible by three?
Q38. "The following are the criteria laid down by a govt circular for the determination of an 'eligible for grants' status of an industry: I. The industry must be at least 15 years old as on 1st June, 1994. II. The industry should be producing a social-utility product. [Cotton, textiles, handloom. handicrafts, leather, asbestos , timber and paper industries come under this category.] III. The industry should have been getting grants from the state government. IV. The industry must have been making profits for the past three years . V. The industry should have no connection with the BIFR.
A company that does not fulfil these criteria would get no grants. If a company (or industry) fulfils all these criteria it would be declaFF0000 eligible for full grants. However, if an industry fulfils all the criteria except (A) I above, the industry would be declaFF0000 eligible for partial grants. (B) II above, but the prod ucts made by the industry are exempted from tax under the 'essential commodities' provision, the industry shall get an 'ad valorem grant'. You are to treat everything give n in the question as true and you do not have to assume anything in addition to what is given. The data are given to you as on I. 6. 1994. Based on these criteria, decide the course of action that should be taken for the following industries. Give answer: Santa Claus Industries manufactures toys that are exempted from tax under the essential commodities provision. It has been a profit-making industry for the past four years and it has been getting grants from state governments. It has no connect ion with BIFR. It was established on the same day as Timex Clothes."
Q39. "The following are the criteria laid down by a govt circular for the determination of an 'eligible for grants' status of an industry: I. The industry must be at least 15 years old as on 1st June, 1994. II. The industry should be producing a social-utility product. [Cotton, textiles, handloom. handicrafts, leather, asbestos , timber and paper industries come under this category.] III. The industry should have been getting grants from the state government.
IV. The industry must have been making profits for the past three years . V. The industry should have no connection with the BIFR. A company that does not fulfil these criteria would get no grants. If a company (or industry) fulfils all these criteria it would be declaFF0000 eligible for full grants. However, if an industry fulfils all the criteria except (A) I above, the industry would be declaFF0000 eligible for partial grants. (B) II above, but the prod ucts made by the industry are exempted from tax under the 'essential commodities' provision, the industry shall get an 'ad valorem grant'. You are to treat everything give n in the question as true and you do not have to assume anything in addition to what is given. The data are given to you as on I. 6. 1994. Based on these criteria, decide the course of action that should be taken for the following industries. Give answer: Timex Clothes produces handicraft goods. It has been making profits ever since its incept ion. It has been getting state government grants and it has had no connection with the BIFR. It was established on 17th of July, 1979."
Q40. In the question below a statement is followed by two assumptions numbeFF0000 I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following as sumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement. STATEMENT: A leading NGO decided to open a library containing books and newspapers of all major publishers in a remote village. ASSUMPTIONS: (1) All other nearby villages already have similar libraries. (2) There is adequate number of literate people in the village.
Q41. The following are the criteria laid down by a govt circular for the determination of an 'eligible for grants' status of an industry: I. The industry must be at least 15 years old as on 1st June, 1994. II. The industry should be producing social-utility product. [Cotton, textiles, handloom. handicrafts, leather, asbestos , timber and paper industries come under this category.] III. The industry should have been getting grants from the state government. IV. The industry must have been making profits for the past three years . V. The industry should have no connection with the BIFR. A company that does not fulfil these criteria would get no grants. If a company (or industry) fulfils all these criteria it would be declaFF0000 eligible for full grants. However, if an industry fulfils all the criteria except (A) I above, the industry would be declaFF0000 eligible for partial grants. (B) II above, but the prod ucts made by the industry are exempted from tax under the 'essential commodities' provision, the industry shall get an 'ad valorem grant'. You are to treat everything give n in the question as true and you do not have to assume anything in addition to what is given. The data are given to you as on I. 6. 1994. Based on these criteria, decide the course of action that should be taken for the following industries. Give answer: Nuovo Products is an industry producing a social-utility product. The industry made profits in 1990 for the first time. It has never suffeFF0000 a loss since then. Incorporated on 15th of August, 1978. It has been getting grants from the state government.
Q42. The following are the criteria laid down by a govt circular for the determination of an 'eligible for grants' status of an industry: I. The industry must be at least 15 years old as on 1st June, 1994. II. The industry should be producin g a social-utility product. [Cotton, textiles, handloom. handicrafts, leather, asbestos , timber and paper industries come under this category.] III. The industry should have been getting grants from the state government. IV. The industry must have been making profits for the past three years . V. The industry should have no connection with the BIFR. A company that does not fulfil these criteria would get no grants. If a company (or industry) fulfils all these criteria it would be declaFF0000 eligible for full grants. However, if an industry fulfils all the criteria except (A) I above, the industry would be declaFF0000 eligible for partial grants. (B) II above, but the prod ucts made by the industry are exempted from tax under the 'essential commodities' provision, the industry shall get an 'ad valorem grant'.You are to treat everything given in the question as true and you do not have to assume anything in addition to what is given. The data are given to you as on I. 6. 1994. Based on these criteria, decide the course of action that should be taken for the following industries. Give answer: Kirti Products is an eighteen-year-old industry producing textiles. It has been making a profit for the past sixteen years. It was declaFF0000"eligible for grants" by the concerned state government and it has no connection with the BIFR.
Q43. The following are the criteria laid down by a govt circular for the determination of an 'eligible for grants' status of an industry: I. The industry must be at least 15 years old as on 1st June, 1994.II. The industry should be producing a social-utility product. [Cotton, textiles, handloom. handicrafts, leather, asbestos , timber and paper industries come under this category.]III. The industry should have been getting grants from the state government.IV. The industry must have been making profits for the past three years .V. The industry should have no connection with the BIFR. A company that does not fulfil these criteria would get no grants. If a company (or industry) fulfils all these criteria it would be declaFF0000 eligible for full grants. However, if an industry fulfils all the criteria except (A) I above, the industry would be declaFF0000 eligible for partial grants. (B) II above, but the prod ucts made by the industry are exempted from tax under the 'essential commodities' provision, the industry shall get an 'ad valorem grant'.You are to treat everything given in the question as true and you do not have to assume anything in addition to what is given. The data are given to you as on I. 6. 1994. Based on these criteria, decide the course of action that should be taken for the following industries. Give answer: Karuna Industries was established in pre-Independence period. It has never made a loss. It produces leather goods for which it has been getting grants from the state government. It has no history of any association with BlFR.
Q44. M, P, D, Q, T, R, B and W are sitting around a circle facing at the centre. D is second to the left of M who is third to the right of P. W is third to the right of Q who is second to the left of B. R is third to the right of T.Who is the second to the right of P?
Q45. Counting from the left, the positions of the first and the eleventh letters are interchanged; similarly, the position of the second and the tenth letters are interchanged; and so on. Which letter will be the 4th from the right after rearrangement of the word ARRANGEMENT?
Q46. Which is an odd word?
Q47. PROFIT is related to LOSS as
Q48. Following question is based on the five three digit numbers given here: 725 924 485 816 563. If the positions of the first and the third digit of each of the numbers are interchanged, how many odd numbers will be formed?
Q49. M, P, D, Q, T, R, B and W are sitting around a circle facing at the centre. D is second to the left of M who is third to the right of P. W is third to the right of Q who is second to the left of B. R is third to the right of T.Who is second to the right of M?
Q50. Which of the following will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following series? AK2 FP6 KU9 PZ 1 I