GENERAL ABILITY TEST (Paper 2)

MOCK TEST -3
Questions: 100 Duration: 2Hrs.
SECTION -1 6. a person walks a distance of 35 kms. First part of
QUANTITATIVE ABILITY the time he walks at 4kms/hr and rest of the time
he walks at 5 kms/hr. He claims that if he could
1. What will be the value of ‘x’ in :
walked the first part of the time at 5kms.hr and the
324 x
15
.
=
256
rest at 4 kms/hr, he could have covered a kms more
A. 432 B.122 than this distance. How much time did he originally
take to cover the entire distance?
C. 192 D.288
A. 9 hrs B. 8 hrs
2. Three fresh graduates G1, G2 and G3 start a fashion
C. 7hrs D. None of these
boutique by investing Rs.5000, Rs.6000 and Rs.4000
respectively. G1 manages the business and gets 30% 7. The book value of an imported design maker sewing
of the profits for the same. The balance amount is machine is depreciated by a garment factory at 10%
divided amongst all three of them in proportion of every year. What was its purpose price if at the end
their investments. At the end of the year, G1 gets of 3 years its book value is shown as Rs. 8784?
Rs.200 more than B and C together. What was the A. Rs.12000 B. Rs. 11200
total profit for the year? C. Rs. 12800 D. None of these
A. Rs. 3000 B. Rs. 2840
8. The ages of a father and his son are in the ratio 5:2
C. Rs.2400 D. None of these after 8 years, their ages will be in the ratio 2:1. The
3. A rope can make 140 rounds of a cylindrical pulley difference between the ages of the two at present
with a base radius of 14cms. If the same rope is is:
used to go round a cylinder of base radius 20 cm, A. 20 years B. 24 years
how many rounds will it make? C. 26 years D. None of these
A. 112 B. 128
9. A batsman in his 12th innings makes a score of 63
C. 98 D. None of these runs and thereby improves his average score by 2.
4. 2 men and 3 women can stitch a fancy tent in 10 Assuming he was never been ‘not out’, what is his
days, whereas 4 men alone can also do the same job average after the 12th innings?
in 10 days. When the tent is stitched by 3 men and 3 A. 42 B.41
women, in how many days they will be able to complete C. 36 D. None of these
the job?
10. What will be the value of ‘x’ in the expression:
A. 12 days B.10 days
1 1 1 2
C. 8 days D. None of these 4 + 3 + x + 2 = 13
2 6 3 5
5. Two pipes P1 and P2 can fill an oil tank in 20 minutes A. 17/5 B. 7/5
and 25 minutes respectively. Both of these pipes are C. 21/5 D. None of these
opened together on an empty tank, but after 5
11. Visitors to magic show were charged Rs. 15 per head
minutes the pipe P2 is turned off. In how much time
on the first day of the show; Rs. 7.50 per head on
the empty tank gets filled up?
the second day and Rs. 2.50 per head on the third
A. 11 minutes B. 12 minutes day. The attendance on the three days was found to
C. 15 minutes D. None of these
 be in the ratio 2:5:13. What was the average 18. If the sides of a triangular lawn are doubled , its
collection per head for the entire show? area will:
A. Rs.6.00 B. Rs. 6.50 A. remain the same
C. Rs.5.00 D. None of these B. become double

12. If (a + b) : (a-b) = 4:1, then the value of (a2+b2) : a2- C. becomes four times
b ) will be equal to :
2
D. None of these
A. 25:9 B. 16:1 19. A sum of Rs. 4100 was divided among 50 boys and
C. 8 :17 D. None of these girls who had gone on a picnic. If each boy was given
a pocket allowance of Rs. 90 and each girl Rs. 65,
13. A store owner marks his goods in such a way that
then how many girls were there in the group?
after allowing a discount of 12.5%, he is able to make
a profit of 20%. At what price should he mark a shirt A. 12 B. 18
costing him Rs. 210? C. 16 D. None of these
A. Rs.266 B. Rs.288 20. Two horse riders travel 270 kms and 192 kms and
C. Rs. 292 D. None of these the ratio of their average speeds is 15:16. if the
first rider completes his journey in 9 hours, how much
14. A bonus amount of Rs. 2430 has been paid to three
time the second rider takes to complete his journey?
labourers- L1, L2 and L3. They spend Rs. 5, Rs.10
and Rs. 15 respectively on their refreshments, and A. 9 hours B. 8 hours
their balance amounts are in the ratio of 3:4:5. The C. 6 hours D. None of these
amount of bonus paid to L1 was:
21. In 60 litres of an acidic solution, the ratio of pure
A. Rs. 800 B. Rs. 605 acid and water is 2:1. If the solution is to be diluted
C. 710 D. None of these to a ration of 1:2, the how much extra water should
be added to the solution?
15. A 100 meters long train running at a speed of 70
kms/hr will cross a milkman cycling at a speed of 10 A. 40 litres B. 20 litres
kms/hr in the same direction in : C. 30 litres D. None of these
A. 6 mts B. 6 secs 22. A sum of money invested on simple interest amounts
C. 8 secs. D. None of these to Rs. 767 in 3 years and Rs.806 in 4 years. The sum
invested is :
16. A rectangular table cloth 112 cms by 78 cms has a
border of crepe silk 2.5 cms. Wide all round it on the A. Rs. 600 B. Rs.650
inside. What will be the cost of embroidering the C. Rs.700 D. None of these
border at a rate of Rs. 72 per 1000 sq.cm?
23. A deep water fishing boat goes 40 kms upstream in
A. Rs. 84 B. Rs. 66 8 hours and travel back a distance of 36 kms
C. Rs. 62 D. None of these downstream in 6 hours. The speed of such a boat in
still water will be :
17. The average monthly salary of a joint family of 12
persons is Rs.1540. One member of the family leaves A. 6.5kms/hr B. 5.5 kms/ hr
the job and decides to retire, thereby decreasing C. 6.0 kms/hr D. None of these
the family income by Rs.1430. What is the new
24. An accessory manufacturer reduces the number of
average monthly salary of the 11 persons?
his employees in the ratio of 9:8 and increased their
A. Rs. 1490 B. Rs. 1500 wages in the ratio 14:15. The wage bill of this set up
C. Rs. 1550 D. none of these will be:
 A. Decreased 33. Cumbersome
B. Increased A. Non-confident B.Awkward
C. Cannot be determined C. Upbeat D.Obscure
D. None of these 34. Meteoric
25. A wheel makes 100 revolutions in covering a distance A. Flat B.Sudden
of 88 kms. The radius of the wheel is C. Polite D.Serious
A. 140 mtr B. 160 mtr
C. 240 mtr D. None of these
Instructions: In each of the questions 35-43, a word
followed by four alternative words has been given. You
SECTION 2 are to select the alternative word which is nearly opposite
in meaning to the word given in questions.
COMMUNICATION ABILITY
35. Rapacious
Instructions: For answering each of the questions 26-
A. Conservative B. Radical
34, select the word from given alternatives which
best expresses the meaning of the word given in C. Liberal D. Civilised
question. 36. Demure
26. Voluble A. Silent B. Noisy
A. Fluent B.Conservative C. Gay D. Misery
C. Guilty D.Mundane 37. Jargon
27. Proficient A. Words B. Literature
A.Tricky B.Dexterous C. Axiom D. Grammar
C.Difficult D.Brilliant 38. Pragmatic
28. Fulminate A. Static B. Willing
A. Juvenile B. Angry C. Idealistic D. Eager
C. Sincere D.Explode 39. Partisan
29. Macabre A. Quiet B. Obscure
A.Common place B. Stale C. Opponent D.Helpless
C. Gruesome D. Careless 40. Arid
30. Dogmatic A. Humid B. Fertile
A. Arrogant B. Sober C. Loathe D. Dry
C. Certain D.Wane 41. Ostentatious
31. Urbane A. Retiring B. Lean
A. Humane B. Brave C. Plain D. Impolite
C. Non-rural D. Courteous 42. Taciturn
32. Uncouth A. Introvert B. Yielding
A. Satirical B. Young C. Submissive D. Chatty
C. Unrefined D. Trite
43. Venerate SECTIONS -3
A. Applause B. Praise ENGLISH COMPREHENSION
C. Despise D. None of these
Instructions: Read the following passages carefully and
answer questions given at the end of each passage.
Instructions: In each of the questions 44-50, sentence
with one or more blanks have been given. Select the Passage -1
best alternative to fill up the blank(s) so as to make the
The state of the economy and its health or weakness
sentence most meaningful.
can be assessed by the composition of its GDP and even
more importantly by the nature of sectoral achievements
44. Treatment primed with soothing plant _____ like
over the years. Generally speaking, it is seen that where
camomile, guarana, licorice etc. reduce the ______
the share of agriculture in GDP is high, the per captia
effect and help to stabilise the skin tone
income is low and vice versa. This is because where
A. Lotions, wet B. Extracts, surface
agriculture is predominant, the level of industrialisation
C. Extracts, surface D. None of these and the activities of the services sector are relatively
less important to make a positive impact on the pace of
45. Call it what you will, _____ or ______ is a normal
economic development. The latter two sectors are unable
component of our everyday activities.
to wean away surplus labour employed in agriculture and
A. Stress, tension B. Stress, strain are unable to adequately shift it to other areas of
C. Strain, stress D. Labour, strain economic activities. Because of pressure of population
on the agrarian sector of population on the agrarian
46. _____! What are you doing here?
sector itself, agricultural modernisation suffers and gross
A. Alas B. Oh income from agriculture does not rise in tune with other
C. Hello D.Hurrah sectors. This becomes a drag on the over all pace of
development. It is also noticed that structural
47. One must not go against the ______ of morality. transformation, especially social changes goes hand-in-
A. Canons B. Cannons hand with economic development. In structural
transformation and that alone can bring about economic
C. Either of these D. None of these
wellbeing of the masses in an orderly manner. The
48. The UN should move ______ and ______ to get the experience of some of the countries highlights this point
nuclear weapons controlled. and stands testimony to the process of development.
A. Earth, heaven B. Heaven, earth Among the ten countries analysed, India takes the
C. Earth , sky D. Earth, soil lowest position in terms of per capita income and its
growth. India’s per capita income which stood at US$150
49. The government gas passed many new legislations in 1960, rose to US$ 300in 33 years, registering only 3%
to improve the _____ of the _____of the society. rate of growth per annum. As against this, our neighbour,
A. Group, underprivileged B. Lot , underdogs Sri Lanka, trebled its per capita income in absolute
C. Lot, uneducated D. None of these Figures from US$200 to US$ 600 during the same period
and registered a high growth of about 14.0% per annum
50. The moral law is ______ the civil law. in its per capita income. Two Latin American counties,
A. Behind B. Above viz. Mexico and Brazil, whose position was no better than
C. Below D. Upon that of India at the time of India’s independence also
recorded a rate of growth much higher that India during
the same period.
 These Countries were successful in promoting
industries and the services sectors and were able to wean
away their surplus labour from agriculture sector to other
and more remunerative activities. The bane of India’s
economy is its high population growth and over-
dependence on agriculture. According to 1991 Census,
out of a population of 846.3 million, 628.7 million,
forming about 74.3%, lived in rural areas, and most of
them depended on agriculture or on those whose income
was derived. Although the share of agriculture in the GDP
which was 56.5% in 1950-51 has decreased to 28.8% in
1995-96, even this pace of change has not helped much
in alleviating the level of poverty and the nature of living
conditions in rural India.
It is also evident that the share of agriculture in the
GDP of all these countries, except India, has declined at
a faster rate between 1960 and 1993 and it is not
surprising that over this period, as a whole, steeper the
decline in the share of agriculture, higher has been the
rate of economic growth. At the same time, it does not
follow from the above that agriculture in these countries
has been on the decline. Far from it. Higher productivity
per hectare and commercialisation of agriculture has
made it possible to help establish a host of agro-based
industries, trades and services, which along with other
industries, have been able to absorb surplus labour from
the land. This is not to deny entirely the progress made
by Indian agriculture during this period. But the fact
remains that in many areas and states, agriculture still
remains a traditional and inherited vacation, handed
down from the forefathers.
It is an established fact that growth is uneven in the
best of circumstances and even in the countries with
high per capita incomes. How far have they succeeded
is still a moot point, but that planning Commission and
policy makers in India have, for decades, been engaged
in exercises that would result in narrowing down
disparities in development between the states and within
a state. The position needs to be explained a little further.
For example, in 1993-94, the average national per capita
income stood at Rs. 9321 in current prices. But only five
states recorded a per capita income above the national
average. These included Delhi, Goa, Punjab, Maharashtra
and Haryana. The average per capita income of these
top five states works out to be Rs. 13031, higher by
about 40% over the national per capita income. In
contrast, five states at the bottom had an average per
capita income of about Rs.4256 or less than 46% of the
national average. The states included Bihar, J & K,
Tripura, Orissa and Uttar Pradesh. A Closer look at the
per capita income of the top and bottom six states shows
that the top six accounts for about 62% of rural population
of those states, while the rural population of the bottom
six works out to be 82.1%.
51. From the passage, it can be concluded that
A. Rural population dominates the Indian economy
B. Higher the rural population greater is the extent
of poverty in the state.
C. Both of these
D. None of these
52. from the passage, which one of the following can be
said with certainty
A. The top five states contribute maximum to the
GDP
B. The bottom five states are responsible for low
growth rate of our per capita income
C. Our economy is agriculture
D. None of these
53. As per the author, the mantra to a higher growth
rate of GDP is :
A. Promote industries and service sector
B. Discourage agriculture
C. Use labour productively
D. None of these
54. as per the passage, the countries which have recorded
a high growth rate have:
A. divested from service sector
B. divested from agriculture sector
C. used their resources more effectively
D. None of these
55. As per the author, the Indian economy suffers
because of
 i. Non-commercialisation of agriculture
ii. Over-population
iii. Over-dependence on agriculture sector
A. i and ii only
B. ii and iii only
C. I and iii only
D. None of these
56. Surplus labour could be spared from the agriculture
sector by
A. Reducing the area of cultivation
B. Commercialisation of agriculture
C. Starting more service section industries.
D. None of these
57. According to you, the passage discusses the issues
related to
A. Agriculture sector reforms
B. Economic development of countries
C. Disparities among countries
D. None of these
58. The Census 1991 data indicates that the rural India
has
A. Prospered as much as the urban India
B. Not been able to prosper as much as the urban
India
C. Agriculture sector has grown as much as other
sectors in India.
D. None of these
59. The modernization of agriculture could not take place
in India because.
A. Of the lower per capita income in rural India
B. Agriculture has been handed down from
generation to generation in India
C. Of pressure of population on India as such
D. None of these
Passage 2
In her man-destroying role in the film Disclosure, Demi
Moore got it wrong: pushy women do not reach the top.
Nice ones do. A study of Britain’s most successful females
including chief executives and top professionals points
them as a cheerful, self-confident, motherly lot, so
lacking in chippiness that they passed through the ‘glass
ceiling’ without even realising it was there. Their advice
to the younger women clawing their way to power is to
loosen up.
Many young female professionals, they say, are too
intense and suffer by comparison with male
contemporaries with male contemporaries who
concentrate on the job in hand rather than on their
careers. Successful women are unlikely to see their
careers as battles. And they scorn as neurotic the notion
that they have had to work harder than their male
contemporaries. The study was carried out by Peter York,
the style guru who coined the term Sloane Ranger. He
said there was ‘a noticeable absence of bullies’ among
the successful women he had studied. The majority are
not in women’s group, nor do they indulge in power
dressing. It is because they are obviously’ superior’ people
that men can cope with having to take orders from them,
suggested York.
“ There is a growing acknowledgement that in return
for equality with men it is incumbent on women to behave
with gallantry towards them. Gentleness with the male
ego, a determination not to use sexual weaponry to unfair
advantage, either to persuade or to hurt, are natural
female behaviours for thinking, well-adjusted women,”
he said. It is a label which might be applied equality to
Marjorie Scardino, the American-born chief executive of
the $8 billion Pearson group , or to Mo Mowlam, the
Northern Ireland secretary, who was voted Woman of the
Year in a television poll.
York carried out the study for a firm of head-hunters,
Saxton Bamfyide, under his alter ego. Peter Wallis of the
SRU consultancy. The women he interviewed – who were
promised anonymity- were born in the pre-feminist era
and are now aged 45-60. They are middle class and highly
educated, usually with supportive husbands. All said they
were brought up in homes where education was prized-
their parents were mostly professionals or academics and
they were made to feel that girls could achieve anything.
It ‘never occurred’ to them that they would have to play
second Fiddle to men. This confidence in their own ability
produced what York calls ‘the walking –on-water effect’.
They had ‘foreseen no trouble and encountered none’
and they had no time for networking. Women’s groups
‘are unreal’, said one. Where little sexism they
acknowledged was brushed aside with humour. “A judge
once told me to wear a skirt,” recalled a leading lawyer.
Dwelling on difficulties was seen as “ a waste of
energy” and a habit that could” erode precious self-
confidence.” Typical of this generation of high-flyers is
Dame Valerie Strachan, chairman of HMC customs and
Excise. “Although I am in an organisation which has a
very macho image and is very male dominated, it hasn’t
been as issue on my mind and because of that, it has not
been an issue in other people’s mind either”, she
commented. “I just got on with it. I never felt there was
someone somewhere saying. ‘Well she will go this far
and no further’.”
Another common factor was alack of career planning.
Most talked of “getting on with the things in hand” rather
than looking ahead and that completing one task well
was what brought them the offer of the next. This
sentiment was echoed by Baroness Hogg, 52, a director
of numerous financial institutions and former head of
the No10 policy unit. “I don’t think I was ever very
strategic about my career,” she said . “It was just getting
on with the next thing that arrived and looked
challenging.” The most important quality in women
bosses, she said, was not toughness but stamina.
Such women look on their younger sisters with a
mixture of sympathy and contempt. While acknowledging
that young people in general are better qualified, better
educated more focussed and more dedicated than the
“generation in power”, the young are damned as “dull”.
Perhaps because they work in such a competitive
environment, young women tend to be anxious and
intense. Men can be just as bad, however . The older
omen see a tendency among ambitious young people of
both sexes to get good jobs early “because they want so
much”, without having the “intellectual horsepower” to
deliver over the ling term.
Older women did not expect to have it all: most
willingly sacrificed having families or married lower-flying
men. Today’s young women, questioned for the same
study, see children and career as part of the package
and want “power couple: partnerships such as Cherie and
Tony Blair’s. “They come in with a different set of
assumptions,” said Strachan. “I joined in 1961 and I don’t
think I was thinking at that time of a full-time career
throughout my life. I rather assumed I would work until I
got married or maybe until I started a family and it was
only gradually that I started to think other things were
possible. Whereas women coming in now naturally think
in terms of a working lifetime”.
60. Which of the following were found to be the common
factors for lack of success of women:
i. Career planning
ii. Family upbringing
iii. Female networking
A. i only B.i and iii only
C. ii and iii only
61. As per the author, the personality of a successful
woman comes naturally from
A. Women networks B. Family upbringing
C. Feminist support D. None of these
62. The phrase “generation in power” has been used to
refer to
A. The executives who rule the industry
B. Older women in places of power
C. Younger women who are more focussed
D. None of these
63. As per the passage, which one of the following is
certainly not a woman
A. Dam Valerie B. Saxton Bomfylde
C. Marjorie Scardino D. None of these
64. As per the passage, the feminist era must have
started
 A. in the early twentieth century
B. in the late nineteenth century
C. not earlier than 1950s
D. none of these
65. Which of the following statements is expressive of
an individual opinion as per the passage?
A. Young women are better qualified.
B. Young women are more intense
C. Young women are more “dull”
D. None of these
66. The work glass ceiling has been used to denote the
A. The ceiling of a room
B. The glass pane of an office room
C. The perceived obstacle
D. None of these
67. As per the passage, to be successful women should
A. Consider their profession as a battle
B. Loosen up
C. Indulge in power dressing’
D. None of these
68. As per the passage, today young women look for
A. Career alone
B. Lower-flying men as husbands
C. A husband who is an well placed
D. None of these
Passage -3
Indian bankers today have innumerable challenges:
worrying levels of Non Performing Assets (NPAS), stricter
prudential norms, new and expanded risks, and questions
like, “Do wee need to be bigger? Stronger?” those
questions are hard to answer. Simultaneously, the banks
face a task that is less tangible but no less difficult. In
search of that elusive competitive edge, they must
reinvent themselves. It’s time must reinvent in Indian
banking. Indian banking today is in the grip of profound
structural changes-deep, wrenching, but exciting. The
big by-product of liberalisation is increased choice, not
just for the customers, but also for the banks. New
business, new customers, and new products beckon, but
bring increased risks and competition. How might that
change banks? Look around the world.
The age of global mega-mergers in banking is here.
Earlier this year, Citicorp and travellers Group announced
a merger that would create a giant with $700 billion in
assets, followed by a $ 570 billion merger announcement
from National Bank Corp and Bank America Corp. On a
much smaller scale, the same imperatives of lowering
costs, increasing efficiency and gaining clout will,
eventually, drive mergers in Indian banking. Then there’s
competition. In many a market, non-banks have already
eroded traditional bank franchises. Depositors and
corporate and retail borrowers all have other options
today. In the US for instance, the share of the commercial
banks in household assets fell from 90 percent in 1980
to 55 percent at the end of 1997, while mutual funds
raised their share from 10 percent to 44 percent. In the
same period, the bank’s share of business credit fell from
about 50 to 35 percent. Their share of consumer credit
was an even smaller 28 percent while the non-banks held
the remaining 72 percent. Indian bankers rightly expect
that their monopoly in these areas will also decline.
Today, the banks have to compete with their peers as
well as with other financial companies. But tomorrow,
competitions might zoom in from completely unexpected
industries, as deregulation and new technology blur old
boundaries, rewriting the conventional definition of a
bank. In New Zealand, for instance, the government has
considered various deregulations; so, public utilities like
telephone companies might hold interest-bearing
balances for customers, who could use them to pay other
merchants. With the rise of the internet, players like
Microsoft, with access to million of households, are racing
to position themselves as new intermediaries, selling
everything from cars to mutual funds. By some
estimates, on-line sales of financial services, including
those by the banks, will grow from $1.20 billion in 1997
to $5 billion in 2001
It’s not all gloom and doom for the banks, though.
Those forces offer as many opportunists as threats. The
banks themselves are using technology to reach out to
customers in new ways, including deregulation, to offer 69. As per the passage
new products and service. In all that, individual initiative A. Days of pure banking are over
rather than an ability to blindly follow the manual will be
B. Banking jobs are being performed by non-
the key. Because, to succeed, or even survive, the banks
banking organisations
must anticipate change, recognise opportunities and
C. The newer technologies are throwing unlimited
manage risks.
opportunities open to all business
There is already early evidence of that in India. Look
D. None of these
at bank results for 1997-98, and is the diversity of
performance that will strike you, especially at the public 70. As per the author, the mega-mergers will mean
sector banks. When they began their clean up in 1992, it everything except
was also a chance to start over, because they could openly A. Lowering costs
declare loan losses, and the government gave them fresh B. Increasing efficiency
capital and the breathing space to recover. Some used
C. Reducing risks
that wisely, and one group of banks has moved ahead,
D. None of these
with healthy balance-sheets and bright futures. But others
have not profited from the new start, and still lag behind 71. As per the author, to succeed bank needs
with high NPAS and a worrying weakness in A. Only the top management to be performing
competitiveness .So, there is a clear differentiation B. Each one of the assets including every employee
between the banks already. This gap is set to widen, to be performing
especially since the government has begun divesting its
C. Only the lower level staff performing
stake in some public sector banks. The effect in mainly
D. None of these
psychological because the government’s stake is still well
above 51 percent. Nevertheless, these banks are suddenly 72. As per the passage, the Indian Banking Industry has
speaking the new language of shareholder value, A. A rosy period ahead
profitability and commercial considerations.
B. A difficult time ahead
What does true renewal entail? To prosper, the banks C. Every chance for individual initiative
need focused managements to map a clear direction,
D. None of these
and trained and committed staff to get there. For
instance, take Citibank world wide . While it always had 73. The Author is of the view
a retail presence, the bank’s global consumer banking A. That Government should divest from banking
thrust is only 2 decades old. Achieving its present success B. That it is time for renewal for Indian banking
meant a big overhaul, from the top management that
C. That Government should protect Indian banking
wrote the strategy to the last phone banker who linked
D. None of these
the bank to the consumer. At the other end of the
spectrum, take Bangladesh’s Grameen Bank, everybody’s 74. As per the passage , the liberalisation has brought
favourite development banking success story. It has an in increased choice
impeccable record of lending to sectors that other banks A. For customers with increased risk
dismiss as unviable, yet ensuring enviably high recovery B. For banks with increased risk
rate. It is the bank’s employees, criss-crossing the country
C. For customers and banks with increased risk
side, who have implemented its blueprint for sustainable
small credit. D. None of these
75. As per the passage, the divestment by the 81. What will replace the ‘?’ in the following letter series?
Government is likely to A CD GHI ‘?’ UVWXY
A. Weaken the banks competitive position A. LMNO B. MNO
B. Discourage new entrants in private sector D. MNOP D. None of these
C. Wake up the public sector banks to 82. There are four players in a cricket ground – A, B, C
professionalise and D. B is standing south west of a, is to the east
D. None of these of B and south-east of A. D is to north of C and in
line with AB. In which direction of A is D standing
SECTION-4
A. South-East B. North
ANALYTICAL ABILITY
C. North- East D. None of these
76. While writing some equations, some signs and
83. If the first and second letters, the third and the
numbers got interchanged, if the interchanges are
fourth letters, the fifth and sixth letters and so on
in-signs ‘-‘ and ‘/’, and the numbers 4 and 8, then
in the word COMMUNICATIONS were interchanges,
which one of the following equations is correct?
how many letters of the alphabet retained their
A. 6-8/4=1 B. 8-6/4=1
original position?
C. 4/8-2=6 D. None of these
A. 1 B. 2
Instructions : Answer questions 77-79 based on the C. 3 D. none of these
information given below.
Instructions: Answer questions 84-88 using English
Mr. Archie, Ms. Betty, Mr. Cooper and Ms. Demello are Alphabet. Follow the specific instructions in each of the
sitting around a table and discussing their professions. questions.
Mr. Archie is sitting opposite a cook. Ms. Betty is sitting
84. If the first halt of the alphabet I written in the reverse
right to a barber. The washerman is on the left of the
order, which letter will be the first vowel from your
tailor. Ms. Demello is sitting opposite Mr. Cooper
left?
77. Who among the following is the washer man
A. 4th B.5th
A. Mr. Archie B. Ms. Betty
C. 6th D.none of these
C. Mr. Cooper D. None of these
85. If we write the alphabet in the reverse order, cancel
78. the tailor is sitting between every second letter of it, then find the middle letter
i. Barber ii. Washerman in the derived alphabet what will be the middle letter?
iii. Cook A. N B. M
A. i and ii B. ii and iii C. O D.None of these
C. i and iii D. None of these 86. The letters of the alphabet interchange their positions
79. What is the profession of Ms. Betty? in such a way that a takes the place of Z and z takes
A. Barber B. Cook the place of A, B takes the place of Y and Y takes the
place of B, and so on. In this new alphabet, the
C. Tailor D. None of these
thirteenth letter from right will be:
80. If + means x, - means +, and x means/, then what A. M B. N
will be the value of 5+4-18x3?
C. O D.None of these
A. -34 B.6
C. 26 D. None of these
87. If the letters as per the new sequence above (question A. Finishing B.Packaging
-86) are used to denote the original letters whose C. Pricing D. None of these
position these occupy, then as per the new alphabet
93. If the programme could have started two days later,
how will the word SUBTRACT be written?
the subject of Machine Maintenance could have been
A. HFIGYZXG B.HFXGIZYG
covered on
C. HFYGIZXG D.None of these A. Thursday B.Friday
88. In the new sequence (Question-86), what will be the C. Saturday D.None of these
letter midway between the fifteenth letter from the 94. Two trekkers T1 and T2 have watches, T1’s watch
left and eighteenth letter from the right end? keeps correct time but T2’s watch loses half a minute
A. P B.O every hour. The watches were set correct at 8am.
C. N D. None of these What time was it by T2’s watch when T1’s watch
was at 6.00 pm?
89. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
A. 6.05 pm B.6.00 pm
A. 55 B.16
C. 5.55 pm D.none of these
C. 9 D.1
95. In a certain code language? TENDER is coded as
Instructions: For answering questions 90-93, study the
SDMCDQ. In the same code how ill the word LIMITED
following information
be written?
A fashion training college plans to deliver a refresher A. KHLHSDE B.KHLHSDC
training programme for garment manufacturers. The
C. KHPHSDC D.None of these
duration of the course is eight days with second day being
a Sunday. The programme should cover the following 96. Jumbled alphabets of a meaningful word along with
areas: simple hint to the word are given below. You are to
rearrange these alphabets and select from the given
Cutting, Stitching, Finishing, Packaging, Pricing,
alternatives the one which is one left to the middle
Sewing Machines and Machine Maintenance.
letter of the rearranged word.
The programme should start with Packaging. The ISHTOCR ( a fast running bird)
Sunday shall be observed a holiday. Finishing should be
A. H B. R
covered after Machine Maintenance. Programme should
C. I D. T
end with Sewing Machines. Pricing should be covered
immediately after the holiday. There should be a gap of 97. Jumbled alphabets of a meaningful word along with
one day between cutting and Machine Maintenance. simple hint to the word are given below. You are to
rearrange these alphabets and select from the given
90. Which subject will be covered on Tuesday?
alternatives the letter which comes in the 4th position
A. Sewing Machines B.Machine Maintenance
of the rearranges word. LTOAOFRE (name of an air-
C. Pricing D. None of these liner)
91.How many days gap will be there between A. T B. A
Packaging and Machine Maintenance? C. O D. F
A. Three B. Four Instructions: Read the following information carefully and
C. Five D. None of these answer questions 98-100

92. Which subject will be covered one day before Sewing Shekhars have three children- Meenal, Roman and Sonali.
Machines? Meenal is married to Gunmeet Rana and they have a son
Chetan. Sonali marries Raman Ghai and Vinay and Neera
are their Children. Roman Shekhar is younger to Meetal
but elder to Sonali.

98. Who is likely to continue to be having a surname

Shekhar all through?
A. Vinay B. Meenal
C. Chetan D. None of these

99. Which of the following is certainly not false?

A. Roman Ghai is the eldest of all the persons

named

B. Raman and Vinay are blood relations

C. Gunmeet and Roman are not blood relations

D. None of these

100. What is Sonali’s surname after marriage

A. Ghai B.Shekhar
C. Rana D.None of these