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1. Prambikulam Dam has been

an issue of dispute betweenA) Karnataka and KeralaB) Andhra Pradesh and

KarnatakaC) Tamil Nadu and KeralaD) Andhra Pradesh and

Tamil Nadu

2. India’s maximum tax

revenue comes from ........A) Corporation taxB) Income taxC) Excise duty D) Customs duty

3. Thomas Cup is associatedwith ........A) Badminton

B) BilliardsC) Lawn TennisD) Table Tennis

4. Who wrote the book, NeverGandhi Not Again?A) R.K. NarayanB) Omesh SaigalC) Arun Shourie

D) Narsimha Rao5. The cost price of 18 articles

is equal to the selling priceof 15 articles. The gain percent is........A) 15%B) 20%C) 25%

D) 18%

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6. A is the father of X. B is the

mother of Y. The sister of Xand Z is Y. Which of thefollowing statements is nottrue?A) B is the wife of AB) B has one daughterC) Y is the son of AD) X is the sister of Z

7. X told Y, “It is true that I am your real brother, but you arenot my sister”. How wouldY be possibly related to X?A) Cousin B) FriendC) BrotherD) Cannot be determined

8. From the given choices, select

the one which can be formedby using the letters of thegiven word :

TRANSFORMATIONA) TRANSACTIONB) TRANSACTIONC) INFORMANTD) INFORMER

9. From the given choices, selectthe one which can be formedby using the letters of thegiven word :

MEASUREMENTA) MASTERB) SUMMITC) MANTLE

D) ASSURE



10. A pipe of diameter ‘d’ candrain a certain water tank in40 minutes. The time takenby a pipe of diameter ‘2d’ fordoing the same job is........A) 50 min. B) 10 min.C) 20 min. D) 80 min.

11. For the implantation of ovumin the ovaries, the hormoneproduced is ........A) OxytocinB) ProlactinC) ProgesteroneD) None of these

12. In human body the ratio of

Red Blood Corpuscles andWhite Blood Corpuscles is ....A) 300 : 1 B) 400 : 1C) 500 : 1 D) 600 : 1

13. One of the digestive juicesthat lacks enzymes but aidsdigestion is ........A) Bile

B) Succus entericusC) ChymeD) Chyle

14. Which of the fo llowingplanets has been named afterthe Roman goddess of love?A) Mars B) JupiterC) Saturn D) Venus

15. The Swine F lu v irus i sdenoted by A) H 1 N5 B) N1 H 2

C) H1N1 D) N5N1

16. Which type of economy existsin India?A) Socialist B) MixedC) Capitalist D) Rural

17. National Stock Exchange islocated in........A) MumbaiB) KolkataC) ChennaiD) New Delhi

18. Which of the fo llowing

pollutes the air of big cities?A) CopperB) LeadC) ChromiumD) Copper Oxide

19. What is Zero Hour?A) When the Parliament

discusses the proposals

of the OppositionB) Time of recessC) It is the Question HourD) None of these

20. The session of Parliament iscalled ........(minimum) in a

year.A) twice

B) four timesC) six timesD) thrice

21. Echo is heard when thereflecting surface is........A) of less volumeB) of large areaC) of less area

D) of large volume22. The substance coated on

plastic tape recorder tapes isA) Zinc oxideB) Magnesium oxideC) Iron sulphateD) Iron oxide



23. Dronacharya Award i spresented to a ........A) Sports coachB) Chess championC) Hockey playerD) Cricket player

24. ‘A Bond with the Mountains’

is a collection of short storiesby ........A) Khushwant SinghB) Ruskin BondC) Graham GreeneD) R.K. Narayan

25. Which country patented itsfamous automatic rifle

Kalashnikov?A) RussiaB) ChinaC) AfghanistanD) Spain

26. 12 copies of a book were soldfor Rs. 1800, thereby gainingthe cost price of 3 copies. The

cost price of a copy is ........A) Rs. 120B) Rs. 150C) Rs. 1200D) Rs. 1500

27. A sum of money was investedat a certain rate for 2 years.Had it been invested at 3%

higher rate of interest,it would have fetchedRs.450 more. The suminvested was ........A) Rs. 7500B) Rs. 600C) Rs. 5000D) Rs. 4500

28. A sum of money put out atcompound interest amountsto Rs.16900 in 2 years and toRs. 17576 in 3 years. Find therate of interest per annum.A) 4% B) 5%C) 10% D) 6%

29. On what sum of money willthe compound interest for3 years at 5% per annumamount to Rs. 630.50?A) Rs. 1200 B) Rs. 1261C) Rs. 4000 D) Rs. 3000

30. A sum of Rs. 625 is made upof 80 currency notes which

are of either Rs. 10 or Rs. 5denomination. The number of Rs. 10 notes are ........A) 35 B) 45C) 40 D) 30

31. The average age of 8 personsin a committee is increasedby 2 years when two men

whose ages are 35 years and45 years are replaced by twowomen. The average age of two women is (in years) .......A) 40 B) 42C) 48 D) 45

32. One-four th of a certa in journey was covered at an

average speed of 45km/hour,one third at the speed of 48km/hour and the remaining

journey at the speed of 50 km/ hour. The average speed of the whole journey in km/houris ........A) 54 B) 51C) 48 D) 46



33. Visitors to a show werecharged Rs.150.00 each onthe first day, Rs.75.00 on thesecond day and Rs.25.00 onthe third day and the totalattendance on the three dayswere in the ratio 2 : 5 : 13.The average charge per personfor the whole show is ........A) Rs. 75.00 B) Rs. 60.00C) Rs. 50.00 D) Rs. 55.00

34. Preeti has a son, named Arun.Ram is Preeti’s brother. Neetatoo has a daughter namedReema. Neeta is Ram’s sister.What is Aurn’s relationshipto Reema?A) BrotherB) NephewC) CousinD) Uncle

35. Pointing to a woman a mansaid, “Her mother is the only daughter of my mother.” Howis the man related to thewoman?A) Father B) BrotherC) Paternal UncleD) Maternal Uncle

36. Which of the following riversdoes not fall into Bay of Bengal?A) Mahanadi B) TaptiC) Godavari D) Krishna

37. Pitty and organic soils arefound in ........A) KeralaB) MaharashtraC) Andhra PradeshD) Tamil Nadu

38. The highest peak of southIndia is ........A) AnaimudiB) Doda BetaC) AmarkantakD) Mahendra Giri

39. If the length of a simple

pendulum is doubled, its timeperiod will ........A) increaseB) decreaseC) remain constantD) None of these

40. Which of the following reactssharply with oxygen?

A) Al B) CuC) Fe D) Zn

41. Bees and housefl ies arerelated to the group........A) InsectsB) WormsC) AnimalsD) None of these

42. Choose the odd one in thefollowing.A) 3 B) 5C) 7 D) 9

43. The first grand slam tennistournament of the year is......A) Wimbledon OpenB) US Open

C) French OpenD) Australian Open

44. At Kelvin scale, the normaltemperature of human body is........A) 290 B) 310C) 300 D) 30



45. The monopolistic rule of EastIndia Company was broughtunder the direct control of British Empire in........A) 1793 B) 1784C) 1773 D) 1781

46. Of the three numbers, second

is twice the first and is alsothrice the third. If theaverage of the three numbersis 44, the largest number isA) 24 B) 72C) 36 D) 108

47. Of the three numbers whoseaverage is 60, the first is one

fourth of the sum of theothers. The first number is ...A) 30 B) 36C) 42 D) 45

48. The average of a family of 5 members is 24 years. If theage of youngest member is6 years, find the average age

of the family at the birth of the youngest member.

A)1

232

years B) 20 years

C)1

222

years D) 18 years

49. 9 men went to a hotel 8 of them spent Rs. 30 each over

their meals and then 9thspent Rs. 20 more than theaverage expenditure of all thenine. The total money spentby them was........A) Rs. 292.50B) Rs. 272.50C) Rs. 312.50D) Rs. 325.50

50. In a cricket team of elevenplayers, one player weighing42 kg. is injured and his placeis taken by another player. If the average weight of theteam is increased by 100grams as a result of this, thenthe weight of the new playeris........A) 43.1 kg.B) 43.01 kg.C) 43.50 kg.D) 42.9 kg.

Directions (Qns. 71-75) : In eachof the following questions, find

the next term to fill the blank spaceindicated by ‘?’ mark.

51. 20, 32, 45, 59, 74, ?A) 95 B) 90C) 85 D) 79

52. 210, 195, 175. 150, 120, ?A) 75B) 80

C) 85D) 90

53. 3, 5, 10, 12, 24, 26, ?A) 52B) 30C) 28D) 48

54. 3, 8, 15, 24, 35, ?

A) 42B) 48C) 49D) 53

55. 5, 16, 49, 148, ?A) 440B) 441C) 443

D) 445



56. How many sovereigncountries are members of theUnited Nations?A) 180B) 193C) 185D) 183

57. Who received one of Pakistan’s highest civilianawards Nishane-Imtiaz for hisextraordinary contribution inthe field of art?A) Amitabh BachchanB) Nasiruddin ShahC) M.F. HussainD) Dilip Kumar

58. The book “The Insider” iswritten by ........A) P.V. Narasimha RaoB) Shobha DeC) Vikram ChandraD) Khushwant Singh

59. Which of the following is not

related to vitamin ‘B’complex group?A) ThiaminB) RetinolC) Folic acidD) Riboflavin

60. Bhatnagar Award is given forsignificant contribution in

the field of ........A) EconomicsB) AgricultureC) LiteratureD) Science and Technology

61. Golda Meir was the womanPrime Minister of ........A) England B) France

C) Sri Lanka D) Israel

62. How many members arenominated by the Presidentfor the Council of States?A) 10 B) 11C) 15 D) 12

63. Magellan Strait is locatedbetween/at........

A) Pacific and SouthAtlantic OceansB) the south and end of

AfricaC) China and JapanD) the south end of South

America

64. Who was the founder of the

‘Satya Shodhak Samaj’?A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy B) Sri Narayan GuruC) Jyotirao PhuleD) Ishwarchand Vidyasagar

65. Which of the following doesnot touch the boundary of Myanmar?

A) Mizoram B) ManipurC) Nagaland D) Tripura

66. Parliamentary elections inIndia were not held in ........A) 1996 B) 1997C) 1998 D) 1999

67. Ghumar is a folk dance of......A) Jammu and Kashmir

B) PunjabC) Himachal PradeshD) Rajasthan

68. National Meta l lurgicalLaboratory is located in........A) JamshedpurB) BhilaiC) Durgapur

D) Rourkela



69. The language of the UnionTerritory of Lakshadweepis ........A) TamilB) HindiC) MalayalamD) Telugu

70. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratnaaward 2004 was given to .....A) P.T. UshaB) Sania MirzaC) Rajya Vardhan RathoreD) Anju Bobby George

71. A certain job was assigned toa group of men to do in 20

days. But 12 men did not turnup for the job and theremaining men did the job in32 days. The original numberof men in the group was........A) 32B) 34C) 36D) 40

72. A certain number of men cando a work in 60 days. If therewere 8 men more it could befinished in 10 days less. Howmany men were there in thebeginning?A) 40B) 35C) 45D) 50

73. 12 men and 18 boys working1

72

hours a day can do a

certain work in 60 days. If one man works equal to 2boys, then the number of boysrequired to help 21 men todo twice the work in 50 days,working 9 hours a day, willbe ........A) 30B) 42C) 48D) 90

74. The average expenditure of aman for the first five monthsis Rs. 1200 and for the nextseven months is Rs.1300.Find his monthly averageincome if he saves Rs. 2900during the year?A) Rs. 1500B) Rs. 1475C) Rs. 1450D) Rs. 1425

75. The average temperature forMonday, Tuesday andWednesday was 40ºC. Theaverage for Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday was41ºC. If on Thursday temperature is 45ºC, whatwas it on Monday?A) 40ºCB) 41ºCC) 42ºCD) 43.5ºC



ANSWERS

1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (B) 6. (C) 7. (C)

8. (C) 9. (A) 10. (B) 11. (C) 12. (D) 13. (A) 14. (D)

15. (C) 16. (B) 17. (A) 18. (B) 19. (C) 20. (A) 21. (B)

22. (A) 23. (A) 24. (B) 25. (A) 26. (A) 27. (A) 28. (A)

29. (C) 30. (B) 31. (C) 32. (C) 33. (C) 34. (C) 35. (D)

36. (B) 37. (D) 38. (B) 39. (A) 40. (C) 41. (A) 42. (D)

43. (D) 44. (B) 45. (D) 46. (B) 47. (B) 48. (D) 49. (A)

50. (A) 51. (B) 52. (C) 53. (A) 54. (B) 55. (D) 56. (B)

57. (D) 58. (A) 59. (B) 60. (D) 61. (D) 62. (D) 63. (A)64. (C) 65. (D) 66. (B) 67. (D) 68. (A) 69. (C) 70. (C)

71. (A) 72. (A) 73. (B) 74. (A) 75. (C)

.



5. (B)

Let the CP of each article beRe.1

∴ CP of 15 articles = Rs.15

SP of 15 articles = Rs.18

∴ Gain = Rs. (18–15) = Rs.3∴ Gain per cen

=3

10015

× = 20%

26. (A)

Let the CP of a copy be Rs. x

∴ Gain = Rs. 3x

CP of 12 copies = Rs. 12x

∴ 1800 – 12x = 3x

⇒ 15x = 1800

∴ x =1800

15= Rs. 120

27. (A)Let initial rate of interest be

r% p.a. and principal be Rs. x.According to the question,

× × + × ×−x 2 (r 3) x 2 r

100 100

= 450× × =

P N RS.I.

100

⇒ × ×x 2 3

100

= 450

⇒ x =450 100

6

×= Rs. 7500

28. (A)Let the principal be Rs. P andrate of interest be R% p.a.

∴ 16900 =

2R

P 1100

+

...... (i)

EXPLANATORY ANSWERS

TR

A P 1100

= + and 17576

=

3R

P 1 100

+ ... (ii)

On dividing equation (ii)by (i).17576 R

116900 100

= +

⇒ R 676

100 16900=

∴ R = 676 10016900 × = 4%

29. (C)

CI =

nR

P 1 1100

+ − ⇒ 630.50 =

35

P 1 1100

+ −

⇒ 630.50

=9261 8000

P8000

−

⇒ P =630.50 8000

1261

×

= Rs. 400030. (B)

Let the number of 10 rupeenotes be x.∴ Number of 5 rupee notes= 80 – x∴ (80 – x) × 5 + 10x = 625⇒ 400 – 5x + 10x = 625⇒ 5x = 225

⇒ x =225

5 = 45



50. (A)Weight of the new player

=11 100

42 kg1000

× + = 43.1 kg

51. (B)

The pattern is :20 + 12 = 32

32 + 13 = 45

45 + 14 = 59

59 + 15 = 74

74 + 16 = 90

52. (C)

The pattern is :210 – 15 = 195195 – 20 = 175175 – 25 = 150150 – 30 = 120

120 – 35 = 85

53. (A)The pattern is :

3 5 10 12 24 26 52

+2 +2×2 ×2 ×2+2

54. (B)The pattern is :

3 + 5 = 88 + 7 = 1515 + 9 = 2424 + 11 = 35

35 + 13 = 48

55. (D)The pattern is :

5 × 3 + 1 = 1616 × 3 + 1 = 4949 × 3 + 1 = 148

148 × 3 + 1 = 445

71. (A)Let the original number of men be x.Now,

Days Men

2032

xx–12

∴ 32 : 20 = x : x – 12⇒ 20x = 32 (x – 12)

⇒ 5x = 8(x – 12)

⇒ 8x – 5x - 96⇒ 3x = 96

⇒ x =96

3= 32

72. (A)Days Men

6050

xx+8

∴ 50 : 60 = x : x + 8

⇒ 6x = 5 (x + 8)

⇒ 6x – 5x = 40⇒ x = 40

73. (B)

Let x boys be required.

12m + 18b = 42b

21m + xb = (42 + x) b

60

50

1

2

42

42+x

1529

Workinghours/day

Days Work Boys

= × × ×+

9 50 1 4215 60 2 42 x2

=× × × ×

+

9 2 50 1 42

15 60 2 42 x



= = ++

21 21 21

42 x 42 x∴ x = 42

74. (A)

Man’s annual income

= Rs. [(1200 × 5 +

1300 × 7) + 2900]= Rs. (6000 + 9100 + 2900)

= Rs. 18000∴ Man’s monthly average

income = Rs.18000

12

= Rs. 1500

75. (C)

M + T + W = 120 ... (i)

T + W + Th = 41 × 3⇒

T + W = 123 – 45 = 78... (ii)

From equation (i) – (iii).

M = 120 – 78 = 42ºC

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