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Section I: Quant & DI

DIRECTIONS for questions 1 to 10: Answer these questions independently of each other.

1. A survey revealed that 800 people owned shares of company X, 1000 owned shares of company Y and
600 owned shares of company Z. It was found that 325 people owned shares of companies X and Z and
300 owned shares of companies Y and Z. 150 people owned shares of all three companies. If S
represents the total number of people who own shares of any of these 3 companies, then what is the
difference between the maximum and minimum value of S?

1. 700 2. 475 3. 825 4. 350

2. Train A, travelling at 60 km/hr, leaves Mumbai for Delhi at 6 P.M. Train B, travelling at 90 km/hr, also
leaves Mumbai for Delhi at 9 P.M. Train C leaves Delhi for Mumbai at 9 P.M. If all three trains meet at
the same time between Mumbai and Delhi, what is the speed of Train C, if the distance between Delhi
and Mumbai is 1260 km?

1. 120 kmph 2. 60 kmph 3. 135 kmph 4. 150 kmph

3. A square has two of its vertices at (1, 1) and (4, 2). What is the area of the square?

1. 34 2. 43 3. 17 4. Cannot be determined

4. A bag contains 2 red, 3 green, 4 blue and 5 white balls. Two balls are drawn at random from the bag
without replacement. X is defined as the event that at least one of the two balls drawn is white and Y is
defined as the event that none of the two balls drawn is white. Then,

1. P(X) =P(Y) 2. P(X) <P(Y) 3. P(X) >P(Y) 4. P(X) =1.5 P(Y)

5. If , are the roots of the equation x
2
3x +a =0 and , are the roots of x
2
12x +b =0 and the
numbers , , and (in that order) form an increasing G.P., what are the values of a and b?

1. a =3, b =12 2. a =12, b =3 3. a =2, b =32 4. a =4, b =16

6. What is the remainder when 2
2
+2
3
+2
4
+---- +2
100
is divided by 17?

1. 8 2. 13 3. 11 4. 9

7. Which of the following cannot be the number of points with integer co-ordinates lying inside
ABCD with vertices A(0, x), B(x, 0), C(0, x) and D(x, 0)?

1. 41 2. 313 3. 145 4. 185

8. What is the tens digit of 129
131
?

1. 0 2. 1 3. 2 4. 3

9. If x and y are natural numbers such that x <100 and y <100, what is the number of solutions to 3x 2y
=5?

1. 33 2. 20 3. 23 4. 49


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10. If log 2, log (2
x
1) and log (2
x
+3) are in A.P, then x is equal to

1.
5
/
2
2. log
2
5 3. log
3
2 4.
3
/
2


DIRECTIONS for questions 11 to 13: The following graph shows percentage of the population passed in the
various education levels for a particular country. Answer the questions below based on this graph.



11. Which country shows the best conversion rate from primary to secondary enrolment?

1. Russian Federation 2. Malaysia 3. Philippines 4. Indonesia

12. Which country showed the worst drop-out rate from secondary to tertiary education?

1. Malaysia 2. Philippines 3. Vietnam 4. India

13. India has a population of approx. 1.3 billion. The number of students currently enrolled in the tertiary
segment is:

1. 1.157 billion 2. 715 million 3. 156 million 4. Cannot be determined

DIRECTIONS for questions 14 to 17: Answer these questions independently of each other.

14. The figure below shows three circles tangent to each other. If the diameter of the large un-shaded circle
is 300% of the diameter of the small un-shaded circle, what portion of the sum of the areas of the three
circles is shaded?






1.
13
3
2.
21
4
3.
16
9
4.
8
3



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15. What is the value of the infinite series S = ...
3125
30
625
20
125
12
25
6
5
2
+ + + + + ?

1.
16
13
2.
5
4
3.
32
25
4.
50
39

16. What values of x will satisfy the inequality x
2
18x 646 >2?

1. x <-24 , x >27 2. x <-18 , x >36 3. -15 <x <24 4. -36 <x <18

17. A projectile is fired upwards from an initial height of 10 m at time t =0. Its height after t seconds is
defined by the function h(t) =p 10(q t)
2
, where, p and q are positive constants. If the projectile
attains its maximum height of 100 m after 3 seconds, what is its height after 4 seconds?

1. 62 m 2. 90 m 3. 110 m 4. 123 m

DIRECTIONS for questions 18 to 20: The following is the data of the students enrolled for the following
classes in a widely recognized university. Answer the questions given below based on this data.

Fine arts Science Engineering Medical Management Commerce
Under graduate 135 432 543 342 257 213
Graduate 54 345 436 436 346 132
Doctorate 0 42 25 0 32 0

18. What percentage of undergraduate students are members of the science or engineering departments?

1. 20% 2. 30% 3. 40% 4. 50%

19. In which department is the proportion of the graduate students the highest?

1. Engineering 2. Science 3. Medical 4. Management

20. Which amongst the following is the most popular in terms of their peers?

1. Fine Arts at the graduate level 2. Engineering at the doctorate level
3. Engineering at the undergraduate level 4. Management at the graduate level

DIRECTIONS for questions 21 to 24: Answer these questions independently of each other.

21. In 2001, twice as many boys as girls received graduate degrees. From 2001 to 2011, the number of girls
receiving graduate degrees increased by 25%, while the number of boys receiving graduate degrees
decreased by 25%. In 2011, the number of girls receiving graduate degrees formed what percent of the
number of boys receiving graduate degrees?

1. 83.33% 2. 54.54% 3. 120% 4. 45.45%

22. If k and n are positive integers such that k is odd and n > 1, then 1
k
+2
k
+3
k
+--- +n
k
is divisible by

1. n(n +1) 2. n(n +1)/2 3. n(n +1)(2n +1)/6 4. n(n +1)(n +2)/6


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23. Ramlal was towing a rubber dinghy by motorboat from town A to town B, located x km upstream. At
the half way mark, the tow line snapped and the dinghy started drifting downstream. Ramlal realised
this when he reached town B. He immediately turned back and travelling at 125% of his former speed,
caught up with the dinghy 10 km before town A. The motorboats speed in still water was what percent
greater than the speed of the stream?

1. 800% 2. 500% 3. 900% 4. Cannot be determined

24. The figure below shows a six-pointed star formed by placing two equilateral triangles symmetrically
one over the other. If the sides of the triangles are 21 cm each, what is the ratio of the numerical value
of the area of the shaded region to the numerical value of the perimeter of the six-pointed star?







1. 3 : 2 2. 7\3 : 8 3. 1 : 4\3 4. 1 : 1

DIRECTIONS for questions 25 to 28: The following graph shows the expenditure on different forms of
advertising as a percentage of total advertising budgets for four different cellular phone companies.

0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
BacaTel RotaTel MaxTel Tphone
Newspapers Pamphlets & Hoardings Exhibitions TV Ads


Each question below is followed by two statements marked I and II. As your answer,
mark 1, if the question can be answered with the help of any one statement alone, but not with the help of
the other statement alone;
mark 2, if the question can be answered with the help of either statement alone;
mark 3, if the question can be answered with the help of both statements together; and,
mark 4, if the question cannot be answered even with the help of both statements together.

25. Which company has spent the maximum amount on Pamphlets & Hoardings?

I. The total advertising budget of BacaTel is greater than the advertising budgets of TPhone and
RotaTel.
II. The amount of money spent on Exhibitions by TPhone is more than that spent by MaxTel.


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26. What percent more did TPhone spend on Newspaper advertisements than MaxTel?

I. TPhone spent 20% more on Exhibitions than MaxTel.
II. The advertisement budgets of BacaTel, RotaTel, MaxTel and TPhone are in the ratio 12 : 15 : 8 : 16.

27. Which company spent the maximum amount of money on TV advertisements?

I. Of the four companies, RotaTel spent the maximum amount on Pamphlets & Hoardings.
II. The expenditures of BacaTel, RotaTel, MaxTel and TPhone on Exhibitions are in the ratio 12 : 18 :
16 : 15.

28. How much more did RotaTel spend on Newspaper advertisements and Exhibitions than BacaTel spent
on TV advertisements and Pamphlets & Hoardings?

I. RotaTel spent ` 450,000 on Newspaper advertisements and BacaTel spent ` 625,000 on TV
advertisements.
II. RotaTel spent 50% more on Newspaper advertisements and Exhibitions than it did on TV
advertisements and Pamphlets & Hoardings.

DIRECTIONS for questions 29 and 30: Answer these questions independently of each other.

29. What is the sum up to n terms of the series
8
43
,
16
137
,
32
379
,
64
977
,
128
2419
,
256
5849
, ..?

1.
2
7 3
2
1 3
2
n n
n
n
+
+

2.
( )
2
7 3
2
1 3
8
3 +
+

n n
n
n

3.
3
2
1 3
+

n
n
4.
( )
2
7 3
2
2 . 3 3
2
1
+
+

+
+
n n
n
n n


30. A ABC is a right angled triangle of area 20. If the legs of the right angle are x and y and the hypotenuse
is 10, what is the value of (x +y)
2
?

1. 196 2. 180 3. 484 4. 169







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Section II: Verbal & Reasoning

DIRECTIONS for question 31: Pick the best option which completes the sentence in the most meaningful
manner.

31. Unfortunately he had no time to fully ________ his idea, it was too ________ and could not accompany
the final revision of the plan.

1. explain ..dogmatic 2. strengthen prolix
3. develop . inchoate 4. espouse .revolutionary

DIRECTIONS for question 32: The question consists of five statements labelled A, B, C, D and E which
when logically ordered forms a cogent passage. Choose the option that represents the most logical order.

32. A. If words like black and white were involved, instead of the jargon words dead and living, he would
see at once that language was being used in an improper way.
B. In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come
across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning.
C. When one critic writes, "The outstanding feature of Mr. X's work is its living quality," while another
writes, "The immediately striking thing about Mr. X's work is its peculiar deadness," the reader
accepts this as a simple difference opinion.
D. Many political words are similarly abused. The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far
as it signifies "something not desirable."
E. Words like romantic, plastic, values, human, dead, sentimental, natural, vitality, as used in art
criticism, are strictly meaningless, in the sense that they not only do not point to any discoverable
object, but are hardly ever expected to do so by the reader.

1. BECAD 2. BDACE 3. EBACD 4. CABDE

DIRECTIONS for question 33: In the sentences given below one word has been used in different ways.
Select the one in which the usage is incorrect.

33. RAKE

1. Do not sit and rake over past events.
2. Ajit raked the lawn.
3. The seat back is raked for extra comfort.
4. Stockbrokers rake in profits.

DIRECTIONS for question 34: Given below are sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or
part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are incorrect in terms of grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation
and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.

34. A. The war against wearing fur has become a major campaign in recent years.
B. Some people have always felt that killing animals for fur is amoral.
C. Recently, however, activists have taken a more visible role in the struggle against fur.
D. Organizations have fought to convince clothing designers not to work with fur,
E. and its efforts have been surprisingly successful.

1. A, B and E 2. A and E 3. B and D 4. A, B and D




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DIRECTIONS to questions 35 to 37: Santosh is preparing the weekly schedule for Math and English at Bulls
Eye. The sessions can be conducted in the mornings on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, and in the
evenings on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The office is closed on Sundays. Math sessions are
conducted thrice a week, but no two Math sessions can be conducted on consecutive days. The English
sessions are conducted twice a week, but not on consecutive days.

35. If a Math session is scheduled for Monday and an English session is scheduled for Friday, then which
of the following is not true?

1. A Math session is scheduled on Wednesday or Thursday
2. An English session is scheduled on Tuesday or Wednesday
3. A Math session is scheduled on Thursday and an English session is scheduled on Tuesday
4. A Math session is scheduled on Tuesday and an English session is scheduled on Wednesday

36. If a Math session is scheduled on Wednesday, which of the following must be true?

1. An English session cannot be scheduled on Tuesday
2. An English session cannot be scheduled on Monday
3. A Math session is scheduled on Friday
4. A Math session is scheduled on Saturday

37. If an English session is not scheduled on Friday, which of the following must be true?

1. A Math session is scheduled on Friday
2. An English session is scheduled on Thursday
3. An English session is scheduled on Wednesday
4. None of these

DIRECTIONS for questions 38 to 40: The passage given below is followed by a set of questions. Choose the
most appropriate answer to each question.

The seeds of the financial crisis of 2008 had been planted with measures such as: the deregulation of the banks
in the late 1990s; the push to increase home ownership, which encouraged lax mortgage standards; historically
low interest rates, which created a liquidity bubble; and the system of Wall Street compensation that rewarded
short-term risk taking. To his credit, treasury secretary Paulson did speak openly about formalizing the
governments authority to wind down a failing investment bank. The sad reality is that Washington
typically tends not to notice much until an actual crisis is at hand.

Once the crisis was unavoidable, did the governments response mitigate it or make it worse? If the
government had done nothing, the result would have been a market cataclysm. On the other hand, federal
officials contributed to market turmoil through a series of inconsistent decisions. They offered a safety net to
Bear Sterns and backstopped Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac but allowed Lehman to fall into Chapter 11, only
to rescue AIG soon after. There didnt appear to be any rules, and when investors grew confused, they, not
surprisingly, began to panic.

It is by any account, a tragedy that Lehman was not saved not because the firm deserved saving but because
of the damage its failure ultimately wreaked on the market and the world economy. While hindsight suggests
that the federal government should have taken some action to prop Lehman, it is also true that the federal
government did lack an established system for winding down an investment bank that was threatened with
failure. The government was forced to what MIT professor Simon J ohnson has called policy by deal. But
deals, unlike rules, have to be improvised and the hastier ones tend by their very nature to be imperfect.

It wasnt the fate of the US operations of Lehman Brothers that caused the white-knuckled panic that quickly
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open after the parent company filed for bankruptcy, which allowed for a fairly orderly unwinding of trades in
the US. Outside the country, however, there was pandemonium. Rules in the UK and J apan forced Lehmans
brokerage units there to shut down completely, freezing billions of dollars of assets. Many hedge funds were
suddenly short of cash, forcing them to sell assets to meet margin calls. That pushed down asset prices, which
only sparked more selling as the cycle fed on itself.

Washington was totally unprepared for these secondary effects, as policy makers had seemingly neglected to
consider the international impact of their actions an oversight that offers a strong argument for more
effective global coordination of financial regulations.

Excerpted from Too Big to Fail: Inside the Battle to save Wall Street by Andrew Ross Sorkin.

38. According to the author, what should have been the main lesson that the US government should have
learnt from the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers?

1. The federal government should have a system in place for winding down an investment bank that
was threatened with failure.
2. The federal government needs to think about the impact of its actions both on a national and on a
global scale.
3. The federal governments ostrich approach of ignoring the portents leads to disaster.
4. Decisions taken without necessary scrutiny leads to an aggravation of matters.

39. What particular action is suggested as the cause of the downward spiral in global share prices in the
Financial crisis of 2008?

1. The inconsistent decisions taken by the federal officials confused the people and caused the people
to panic.
2. Many hedge funds were suddenly short of cash, forcing them to sell assets to meet margin calls.
3. Deregulation of the financial markets
4. Indiscriminate sanctions of home loans at very low rates of interest.

40. What is the basis for the criticism of the treasury secretary doing a policy by deal?

1. With no buffer plan to tackle financial failure, the government took an action that was remedial and
hence hasty.
2. The lack of rules led to investors not being sure of government reaction, which in turn led to
mayhem in the share market.
3. Deals when carried out without an action plan are always doomed from their inception.
4. By eking out a deal only with Bear Sterns and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government was
showing preferential bias.

DIRECTIONS for question 41: Pick the best option which completes the sentence in the most meaningful
manner.

41. It is the season to ________. It seems just about every reporter with a computer has rushed to provide
a vision of the future with a laundry list of assorted __________ for the new year.

1. presage, protuberances 2. adumbrate, forecasts
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DIRECTIONS for question 42: In the following paragraph, a part of the paragraph is left unfinished.
Beneath the paragraph, four different ways of completing the paragraph are indicated. Choose the best
alternative amongst the four.

42. Sharing of source code was widespread in the early days of computing, when software was not
perceived as having market value and most developers were academics. But companies soon discovered
that selling proprietary software can be a very profitable business. To recreate a software commons, a
group of politically motivated programmers came up with a special usage licence in the early 1980s to
ring fence free software, known as copyleft. The internet made it easy for far-flung groups of
developers to collaborate which led to an explosion of open-source activity. Todays open source
developers are not necessarily volunteers who love writing code, many work for firms that develop both
open-source and proprietary programs and combine them in all kinds of business models.

1. The two software worlds are today much more comingled than their respective champions would
have it.
2. The authors of open source code are people who want to see the maximisation of the social value of
their code.
3. Opensource today is emerging a substitute for proprietary software, changing the ecosystem as it
grows.
4. Critics of opensource point out even though the upfront cost of opensource may be less, but the cost
of learning and making opensource work with other software is very high.

DIRECTIONS for questions 43 to 45: Answer the questions on the basis of the information below.

In the XENON city centre multiplex, there are 4 Halls in which the following movies are screened on a
particular day. However, for certain shows the Hall number was not available.

Movie Show time Hall No. Price of Ticket (`)
Tier I Tier II
Dostana (Hindi)
10.00a.m -12.00 noon 2 50 70
3.00-5.00 p.m. 80 100
5.15 -7.15 p.m. 100 120
Ghajini (Hindi)
6.00 8.30 p.m. 3 100 150
8.45 11.15 p.m. 100 150
Chasing Liberty (English) 12.15 2.45 p.m. 2 80 100
3.15 5.45 p.m. 3 100 150
Blood Diamond (English) 5.45 8.45 p.m. 100 150
9.-00 p.m. 12.00 midnight 100 120
Basic Instinct II (English) 3.30 5.30 p.m. 80 100
Gladiator (English) 12.15 3.15 p.m. 1 70 100
7.30 10.30 p.m. 2 100 150

Capacity of these 4 Halls is given as follows:

Hall No. Capacity of Halls
Tier I Tier II
1 200 250
2 150 250
3 100 150
4 50 75

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1. The multiplex opens at 9:45 a.m. and closes at 12:00 midnight everyday.
2. Due to ongoing maintenance work, Hall number 4 is not available that day.
3. No Hindi movie can be screened in Hall number 1.
4. There should be at least 15 Minutes time available for cleaning and arranging the hall before each show.

43. Due to low turnout, 12.15-2.45 PM show Chasing Liberty was shifted to another available hall (the
ticket prices remained the same), in which the movie ran before full capacity audience. If the revenue
earned from this movie on that day is ` 45,500/- then what was the collection in 3.15 PM-5.45 PM show
of the same movie?(Collection is the actual revenue expressed as a percentage of maximum revenue.)

1. 95% 2. 70% 3. 80% 4. 50%

44. If all the shows run in front of a full capacity audience, then what is the revenue earned from the
screening of Dostana on that day?

1. Rs. 1,16,000/- 2. Rs. 1,07,000/- 3. Rs. 76,000/- 4. Rs. 80,000/-

45. Hall 4 was also made available on that day, but only from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. and two different movies
were screened in this hall (the times of the movies are scheduled between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.). How
many possible distinct pairs of movies could have been screened in Hall 4?

1. 6 2. 5 3. 2 4. 3

DIRECTIONS for questions 46 to 48: The passage given below is followed by a set of questions. Choose the
most appropriate answer to each question.

WHEN Otto von Bismarck introduced the first pension for workers over 70 in 1889, the life expectancy of a
Prussian was 45. In 1908, when Lloyd George bullied through a payment of five shillings a week for poor
men who had reached 70, Britons, especially poor ones, were lucky to survive much past 50. By 1935, when
America set up its Social Security system, the official pension age was 65three years beyond the lifespan of
the typical American. State-sponsored retirement was designed to be a brief sunset to life, for a few hardy
souls.

Now retirement is for everyone, and often as long as whole lives once were. In some European countries the
average retirement lasts more than a quarter of a century. In America the official pension age is 66, but the
average American retires at 64 and can then expect to live for another 16 years.

Although the idea that we are all getting older is a truism, few governments, employers or individuals have
yet come to terms with where longer retirement is heading. Whether we like it or not, we are going back to the
pre-Bismarckian world, where work had no formal stopping point. That reversion will not happen overnight,
but preparations should start nowto ensure that when the inevitable happens it is a change for the better.

It should be for the better because it is being partly driven by a wonderful thing: people are living ever longer.
This imminent greying of society is compounded by two other demographic shifts. First, in most rich
countries women no longer have enough babies to keep up the numbers; and the huge baby-boom generation,
born after the second world war, has begun to retire. In 1950 the OECD countries had seven people aged 20-
64 for every one of 65 and over. Now it is four to oneand on course to be two to one by 2050. That will ruin
the pay-as-you-go state pension schemes that provide the bulk of retirement income in rich countries.

It is tempting to think that some of the gaps in the rich countries labour forces could be filled by immigrants
from poorer countries. They already account for much of what little population growth there is in the
developed world. But once ageing gets properly under way, the shortfalls will become so large that the flow of
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Individuals, companies and governments in rich countries will have to adapt. Many employers remain
prejudiced against older workers, and not always without reason: performance in manual jobs does drop off in
middle age, and older people are often slower on the uptake and less comfortable with new technology. But
people past retirement age would not necessarily carry on in the same jobs as before.

Retailers such as Wal-Mart or Britains B&Q, and caterers such as McDonalds, have started hiring
pensioners because their customers find them friendlier and more helpful. And skills shortages are already
creating opportunities: in the past year or two a dearth of German engineers has caused companies to bring
back older workers. Once labour forces start declining, from about 2020, employers will no longer have much
choice.

As for the older workers themselves, many of them seem keen enough to carry on beyond retirement. A
recent Financial Times/Harris poll showed most Americans, Britons and Italians would work for longer in
return for a larger pension. This surely makes sense: as long as the job is not too onerous, many people benefit
in mind and body from having something to get them out of the house.

Excerpted from The Economist : Ageing in the rich world: The end of retirement

46. All of the following would not induce some old people from seeking re-employment except

1. Less number of hours and less pay
2. Lower position
3. New technology, more manual labour
4. Larger pension at the end of the longer retirement rainbow

47. All of the following can be inferred from the passage except

1. The ratio of the working population to the pensioners is slowly increasing.
2. To augment the working population, influx of working-age foreign nationals to be increased
3. Working women are responsible for the decreasing population
4. Increase in life expectancy portends more money outflow for private pension firms

48. According to the passage all of the following are untrue, except

1. Baby boomers are happy to retire and would like to live peaceful lives
2. Old people are happy with the shorter hours considerably less pay concept
3. Compared to earlier times, pensioners can enjoy their retirement life comfortably.
4. Increasing the pensionable age will benefit the private pension firms only.

DIRECTIONS for question 49: In the following paragraph, a part of the paragraph is left unfinished.
Beneath the paragraph, four different ways of completing the paragraph are indicated. Choose the best
alternative amongst the four.

49. Its tempting to believe that the mighty R&D department of a Fortune 500 company is unbeatable, yet
most innovations come from somewhere else. It took only 12 people to build the hardware and
software for the original Apple Macintosh. Big organizations have a problem.

1. The problem is quite simple: headquarters. But can you run a big organization without one?
2. As organizations grow bigger, they become more authoritarian. Otherwise the organization would
tend to atrophy.
3. New products from Apple, in contrast take thousands of people to develop.
4. The problem lies in hand-shakes. A group of two people need only one meeting to exchange
information. Fifty people, on the other hand, need 1,225 one-on-one meetings to have a similar
exchange.

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DIRECTIONS for question 50: The question consists of four sentences labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4 of which, three
sentences when rearranged logically form a coherent sequence. Identify the sentence that is a misfit and
choose that option as your answer.

50. 1. Some years ago, the planning group at Shell surveyed 30 companies that had been in business for
more than 75 years.
2. What impressed us most was their ability to live in harmony with the business environment, to
switch from a survival mode when times were turbulent to a self-development mode when the pace
of change was slow.
3. And this pattern rang a familiar bell because Shells history is similarly replete with switches from
expansion to self-preservation and back again to growth.
4. Early in our history, for example, there was a burst of prosperity in the Far East and we dominated
the market for kerosene in tins and oil for the lamps of China.

DIRECTIONS for questions 51 54: Five persons, Raghunandan, Gitesh, Nupur, Aditi and Shishir have
gathered to play a game called Slaves and Masters. Four players play in each round, with one person sitting
out. Each round is played by two competing teams, called Slaves and Masters, of two players each. No round
ends in a tie. The other rules of the game are:

Nupur and Shishir are siblings and cannot be on the same team.
No two players can play on the same team in consecutive rounds.
After each round, one person from the losing team must sit out the next round.
After a round, the person who has sat out that round and a person from the winning team in that round join
to form the team known as Slaves for the next round.
After a round, one person from the losing team in that round and one person from the winning team in that
round join to form the team known as Masters for the next round.

51. The first round is won by Raghunandan and Shishir. If Nupur sat out the first round, which of the
following must be a team in the second round?

1. Raghunandan and Nupur 2. Gitesh and Nupur
3. Gitesh and Aditi 4. Aditi and Shishir

52. In the first round, Gitesh and Nupur formed the winning team while Raghunandan sat out the round.
Which of the following could be a team in the second round?

1. Raghunandan and Shishir 2. Gitesh and Nupur
3. Gitesh and Shishir 4. Aditi and Shishir

53. If Raghunandan and Aditi form the winning team in the first round, who of the following cannot be a
member of Slaves in the second round?

1. Raghunandan 2. Gitesh 3. Nupur 4. Aditi

54. If Aditi sits out the first round, who of the following cannot form a team in the first round?

1. Raghunandan and Gitesh 2. Raghunandan and Shishir
3. Gitesh and Nupur 4. Gitesh and Shishir


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DIRECTIONS for question 55: In the sentences given below one word has been used in different ways.
Select the one in which the usage is incorrect.

55. BOOT

1. The menu will appear once the PC boot up is finished.
2. The company showed him the boot.
3. He then realized that the boot was on the other foot.
4. We received an extra week's pay to boot.

DIRECTIONS for questions 56 to 59: The passage given below is followed by a set of questions. Choose the
most appropriate answer to each question.

The search for some kind of position-independent understanding of the world is central to the ethical
illumination that may be sought in a non-relational approach. When Mary Wollstonecraft pilloried Edmund
Burke for his support of the American Revolution without taking any interest in the status of the slaves, as if
the freedom that he supported for white American people need not apply to its black slaves, Wollstonecraft
was arguing for a universalist perspective that would overcome positional prejudice and sectional favouritism.
The point there is not positional comprehension, but some kind of a transpositional understanding.

Even when a position-independent view is appropriate for an epistemological, ethical or political assessment,
the reality of position dependence of observations may have to be taken into account in explaining the
difficulty of achieving a positionally unbiased comprehension. The hold of positional perspectives can have an
important role in making it hard for people to transcend their positionally limited visions. For example, in a
society that has a long-established tradition of relegating women to a subordinate position, the cultural norm
of focusing on some alleged features of womens supposed inferiority may be so strong that it may require
considerable independence of mind to interpret those features differently. If there are, for instance, very few
women scientists in a society that does not encourage women to study science, the observed feature of paucity
of successful women scientists may itself serve as a barrier to understanding that women may be really just as
good at science, and that even with the same native talents and aptitudes to pursue the subject, women may
rarely excel in science precisely because of a lack of opportunity or encouragement to undertake the
appropriate education.

The observation that there are few women scientists in a particular society may not be at all mistaken, even
when the conclusion that women are no good at science when drawn from that positional observation
would be entirely erroneous. Observations from other societies where women have more opportunities could
confirm that women have the ability to do just as well as men in the pursuit of science, given the necessary
opportunities and facilities.

When the confines of local beliefs are strong and difficult to overcome, there can be a steadfast refusal to see
that a real inequity is involved in the way women are treated in their own society, and many women are
themselves led to a belief about womens alleged intellectual inferiority based on the supposed evidence of
the eyes, drawing on a faulty reading of local observations within a stratified society. In explaining the
protest-free tolerance of social asymmetry and discrimination that can be seen in many traditionalist societies,
the idea of positional objectivity has something of a scientific contribution to make, in giving us an insight
into the genesis of an illegitimate application of positional comprehension (when the need is for a
transpositional understanding).

The important notion of objective illusion, used in Marxian philosophy, can also be helpfully interpreted in
terms of positional objectivity. An objective illusion, thus interpreted, is a positionally objective belief that is,
in fact, mistaken in terms of transpositional scrutiny. The concept of an objective illusion invokes both the
idea of positionally objective belief, and the transpositional diagnosis that this belief is, in fact, mistaken.

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56. Which of the following could not take the place of the words Universalist Perspective?

1. Viewpoint irrespective of class, gender, race, community, or generation
2. Position that is in a different order or place
3. Omnipotent belief and attitude
4. All encompassing scrutiny

57. Why has the illustration of women scientists been used in the passage?

1. To demonstrate the lack of importance of positional prejudice on independent thinking
2. To point out the correctness in understanding position with a reference point.
3. To exemplify the predicament faced by people to go beyond the positional constraints
4. To refute the claim that in reality a position- dependent view is not possible.

58. Which of the following is a suitable title for the passage?

1. Illumination of objectivity
2. Position, relevance and illusion
3. Positionality of observation and knowledge
4. Objective illusions and positional objectivity

59. All of the following inferences are untrue according to the passage, except?

1. Positional objectivity fails to help in the enlightening of misinterpretation of the positional
comprehension
2. Positional prejudice helps women to progress in the scientific world
3. Some people may perceive a thing worse than it is while some may perceive it better than it is.
4. Incorrect understanding can lead to faulty interpretations and faulty beliefs.

DIRECTIONS for question 60: Given below are sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or
part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are incorrect in terms of grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation
and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.

60. A. We are already receiving large number of calls from the media,
B. and we want to ensure that our statements complement our print strategy.
C. As a HIV-AIDS advocacy organization, we must discretely manage information
D. and the effects of any publicity.
E. If you receive inquiries you cannot handle, just foreword them to Britta or me.

1. A, B and E only 2. D only 3. A, C and E 4. B and C only












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ANSWER KEY



1. 2 31. 3
2. 1 32. 1
3. 4 33. 1
4. 3 34. 1
5. 3 35. 4
6. 3 36. 2
7. 4 37. 4
8. 3 38. 2
9. 1 39. 2
10. 2 40. 2
11. 3 41. 3
12. 3 42. 1
13. 4 43. 2
14. 1 44. 2
15. 3 45. 2
16. 2 46. 4
17. 2 47. 3
18. 4 48. 3
19. 3 49. 4
20. 3 50. 4
21. 1 51. 1
22. 2 52. 3
23. 1 53. 2
24. 2 54. 1
25. 4 55. 3
26. 2 56. 3
27. 1 57. 3
28. 1 58. 4
29. 4 59. 4
30. 2 60. 3






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EXPLANATIONS

1. From the given information, we can draw the Venn
diagramas follows:











So the total number of share holders is
600 +700 x +x +475 x =1775 x
The minimum and maximumvalues of x are 0 and 475
respectively.
So the maximumand minimum number of share
holders is 1775 and 1300 respectively.
The required difference is 475.
2. All three trains meet at the same time between Delhi
and Mumbai.
This means Train A and Train B are at the same point
at that time.
This will happen when B is overtaking Train A.
Train A starts 3 hours before Train B.
Therefore, by the time Train B leaves Mumbai, Train
A has covered 3 60 =180 km.
The relative speed between Train A and Train B =90
60 =30 kmph. Therefore, Train B will overtake train
A in 180/30 =6 hours from the time B leaves Mumbai.
That is at 3 A.M, B will overtake A.
The point between Mumbai and Delhi at which Train
B overtakes Train A will be 6 90=540 kmfrom
Mumbai.
Train C will also be at that point at 3 A.M while Train
B is overtaking Train A.
And Train C would have travelled 1260 - 540
=720 km in these 6 hours.
Therefore, the speed of C =720/6 =120 km/hr.
3. Suppose the two vertices are A( 1, 1) and C(4, 2).
l(AC) =
2 2
)) 1 ( 2 ( )) 1 ( 4 ( +
= 9 25+ =\34.
If AC is the side of the square, its area is 34.
However, if AC is the diagonal of the square, its area
is (\34)
2
=17.
The best answer is option 4.
4. The total number of ways of drawing two balls out of
14 is
14
C
2
.
For event X, we need 2 white balls or 1 white ball and
1 ball of a different colour.
The probability of drawing 2 white balls is
13 14
4 5
2
14
2
5

=
C
C .
The probability of drawing 1 white and 1 red or 1
green or 1 blue is
2
14
1
4
1
5
2
14
1
3
1
5
2
14
1
2
1
5
C
C C
C
C C
C
C C
+

=
13 14
) 20 15 10 ( 2

+ +
.
So, P(X) =
13 14
90 20

+
=
182
110.
For event Y, we need to choose any 2 ball other than
white.
This can be done in
9
C
2
ways.
So, P(Y) =
13 14
8 9
2
14
2
9

=
C
C
=
182
72
.
Thus, P(X) >P(Y).
5. Since , , , forman increasing G.P.
Let =r, =r
2
, = r
3
, r >1.
Now, + =3 (1 + r) =3.......(1)
+ =12 r
2
(1 +r) =12...........(2)
From (1) and (2) r =2 and =1.
Now, a = =
2
r =2.
and b = =
2
r
5
=32.
Hence option 3.
6. The given series has 99 terms and is a GP with first
term4 and common ratio 2.
The sumof this series is
( )
( ) 1 2
1 2 4
99

=4(2
99
1).
We know that 2, 2
2
, 2
3
and 2
4
when divided by 17 will
leave remainders of 2, 4, 8 and 16 respectively.
A remainder of 16 can be rewritten as 1.
The remainders will follow this cycle after every four
terms. Now, 2
99
=(2
4
)
24
2
3
.
The corresponding remainder will be (1)
24
8 =8.
Similarly, 4 and 1 when divided by 17 will leave
remainders 4 and 1 respectively.
So the remainder is 4(8 1) =28.
Now, 28 when divided by 17 will leave remainder 11.
Thus the effective remainder is 11.
7.









Referring to the above diagram, for x =1, 2, 3, ...., the
number of points enclosed by ABCD is 1, 5, 13, 25,
.... We can observe that if x =n, then the number of
points enclosed by ABCD is 1 +2n(n 1).
In option 1, 41 =1 +2 5 4.
In option 2, 313 =1 +2 13 12.
In option 3, 145 =1 +2 9 8.
In option 4, 185 =1 +2 92.
Since 92 cannot be written in the formn(n 1), the
number of points enclosed by ABCD cannot be 185.
8. 129
131
=(130 1)
131
=130
131

131
C
1
(130
130
1) + +(1)
131
.
The second last termwill be 130 and the last term will
be 1.
Since all the remaining terms will have 0s at the end,
the answer comes from the last 2 terms, i.e., 130 1 =
129.
Since the value ends in 29, the tens digit is 2.
9. Since 3x 2y =5, we get (x, y) (3, 2), (5, 5), (7, 8),
Observe that the values of x increase by 2 and the
values of y increase by 3.
Since x and y are both less than 100, the number of
values of y will be less than the number of values of x.
X Y
Z
1000 800
175 150
150
600
x
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x
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The values of y forman AP with a =2 and d =3.
So, T
n
=2 +3(n 1) s 99 (n 1) s 32 n =33.
Thus, there are 33 possible solutions.
10. Since the numbers are in AP,
2 log (2
x
1) =log 2 +log (2
x
+3)
log (2
x
1)
2
=log [2 (2
x
+3)]
(2
x
1)
2
=2 (2
x
+3)
2
2x
2 2
x
+1 =2 2
x
+6
2
2x
2
x +1
+1 =2
x +1
+6
2
2x
2 2
x +1
5 =0
2
2x
4 2
x
5 =0
(2
x
)
2
4 2
x
5 =0
(2
x
5)(2
x
+1) =0.
As 2
x
cannot be negative, 2
x
=5 or x =log
2
5.
11. This is direct comparison.
In Russia, out of 100, about 82 move to secondary
education.
In Philippines out of 90, 81 move to higher education.
So Philippines has a better conversion rate.
12. For Malaysia, about 30 out of 68 go on to tertiary
education, which means it has a drop-out rate of 38/68
or 56%.
For Philippines, the ratio is about 30 of 81, hence the
drop-out rate is 51/81 =63%.
For Vietnam, it is 10 out of 65, hence the drop-out rate
is 55/65 =84.6% and for India the ratio is 12 out of
55, hence drop-out rate is 43/55 =78.2%.
Hence option 3.
13. The table gives the number of people who have studied
in the corresponding classes.
It gives no data on the number currently enrolled in the
classes.
Hence option 4.
14. The ratio of the diameters is the same as the ratio of
radii. Suppose the radii of the large and small un-
shaded circles are 3 and 1 respectively.
The radius of the largest circle will be 4 and its area
will be 16t.
The sumof the un-shaded areas is 9t +t =10t.
So, the shaded region is 16t 10t =6t.
Since the sumof the areas of the 3 circles is 16t +9t
+t =26t, the required fraction is
13
3
26
6
=
t
t
.
15.
S =
...
3125
30
625
20
125
12
25
6
5
2
+ + + + +

Now,
........
3125
20
625
12
125
6
25
2
5
S
+ + + + =


...
3125
10
625
8
125
6
25
4
5
2
5
4
5
+ + + + + = =
S S
S

Now,
...
3125
8
625
6
125
4
25
2
25
4
+ + + + =
S

So,
...
3125
2
625
2
125
2
25
2
5
2
25
16
25
4
5
4
+ + + + + = =
S S S

This is a GP with a =2/5 and r =1/5. The sumof this
GP is
2
1
5
4
5
2
5
1
1
5
2
= =
|
.
|

\
|

.
Thus,
2
1
25
16
=
S

S =
32
25
.
16. x
2
18x 646 >2.
So, x
2
- 18x 648 >0
x
2
36x +18x 648 >0
x(x - 36) +18(x - 36) >0
(x - 36)(x +18) >0
x >36 or x <-18.
17. At t =0, h(0) =10 =p 10q
2

p =10 +10q
2
.
At t =3, h(3) =100 =p 10(q 3)
2

p =100 +10(q 3)
2
.
Equating the values of p, we get 60q =180
q =3.
From this, we get p =100.
So, the height after 4 seconds is
h(4) =100 10(3 4)
2
=90 m.
18. Total undergraduate students are 1922, and 975 of
themare in science or engineering, which is approx
50%.
19. 345/819 =42% of the Science students are graduate
students.
Similarly, 436/1004 =43% of the Engineering students
are graduate students.
In the Medical department, 436/778 =56% are
graduate students, while in the Management
department, 346/635 =54% are graduate students.
20. There are 1922 students at the undergraduate level,
1749 at the graduate level and 99 at the doctorate level.
So for 1
st
option, it is 54/1749 =3%,
for 2
nd
option, 25/99 =25.3%,
for 3
rd
option, 543/1922 =28.25% and
for 4
th
option, 346/1749 =19.78%.
21. Suppose, in 2001, the number of boys was 200 and the
number of girls was 100.
In 2011, the number of boys decreased to 150 while
the number of girls increased to 125.
The required percentage is 125/150 =83.33%.
22. Solve this question by substitution.
1
3
+2
3
+3
3
=36.
Here n =3.
From the answer choices, 36 is divisible by option 1, 2,
3.
Consider 1
3
+2
3
=9.
Here n =2.
Substituting n =2 in options 1, 2 and 3, it is easy to
verify that only option 2 will divide 9.
23. Since the distance between towns A and B is not
known, it seems that the answer is Cannot be
determined.
However, it is not so!
The upstream speed is (x y) and the downstream
speed is (x +y).
From the question, (x +y) =1.25(x y)
4(x +y) =5(x y)
x/y =9/1.
Thus, the speed in still water is 8 times more, i.e.,
800% more than the speed of the stream.
24. The un-shaded region is made up of 6 equilateral
triangles of side 7 each.
So, the perimeter of the star is 6 14 =84.
The shaded region is made up of 6 equilateral triangles
of side 7 each.
So, the area of the shaded region is
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So, the ratio is 147\3/2 : 84 =7\3 : 8.
25. Suppose the advertising budgets of the four companies
are B, R, M and T respectively.
The expenditure on Pamphlets & Hoardings by the
four companies is 0.2B, 0.15R, 0.2 M and 0.3 T.
From statement I, we know that B >R and B >T.
So, 0.2B >0.15R and 0.2B >0.2M.
Since there is no information about the advertising
budget for MaxTel, statement I alone is not sufficient
to answer the question.
From statement II, we know that 0.2T >0.25M.
This information tells us that T >M, but does not help
to compare the expenditure on Pamphlets &
Hoardings.
So statement II alone is not sufficient to answer the
question.
If we combine both statements, we get B >R and
B >T >M.
We need to compare 0.2B with 0.3T.
If B =100 and T =80, then 0.2B <0.3T and if B =100
and T =60, then 0.2B >0.3 T.
Since we do not know the values of B and T, even the
two statements together are not sufficient to answer the
question.

26. Suppose the advertisement budgets of TPhone and
MaxTel are T and M respectively.
From statement I, we know that
0.2T =1.2 0.25M
0.2T =0.3M
T =1.5M.
TPhones expenditure on Newspaper advertisements is
0.15T =0.15 1.5M =0.225M while that of MaxTel
is 0.2M.
We can now find the percentage difference between
these expenditures.
So statement I alone is sufficient to answer the
question.
From statement II, we know that the advertisement
budgets for Max Tel and Tphone are 8x and 16x
respectively.
So, their expenditures on Newspaper advertisements
are 0.15 16x =2.4x and 0.2 8x =1.6x.
We can now calculate the percentage difference
between these expenditures.
So statement II alone is sufficient to answer the
question.
Thus, either statement alone is sufficient to answer the
question.
27. From statement I, we know that 0.15R >0.2B
R >1.33B, 0.15R >0.2M
R >1.33M and 0.15R >0.3T
R >2T.
The amounts spent on TV ads by the four companies
are 0.45B, 0.25R, 0.35M and 0.35T respectively.
Though we know that R is greater than B, M and T,
unless we know the exact values, we cannot decide
which company has spent the most on TV ads.
So, statement I alone is not sufficient to answer the
question.
From statement II, we know that the expenditures on
Exhibitions by the four companies can be written as
0.2B =12x, 0.3R =18x, 0.25M =16x and 0.2T =15x.
From this, we get B =60x, R =60x, M =64x and T =
75x.
The expenditures on TV advertisements by the four
companies are 0.45B, 0.25R, 0.35M and 0.35T and can
now be compared easily.
So statement II alone is sufficient to answer the
question.
28. RotaTel spent a total of 0.6R on Newspaper
advertisements and Exhibitions while BacaTel spent a
total of 0.65B on TV advertisements and Pamphlets &
Hoardings.
From statement I, we know that 0.3R =450000 and
0.45B =625000.
Using this, we can find values for 0.6R and 0.65B and
compare them.
So, statement I alone is sufficient to answer the
question.
Statement II does not provide any information that is
not already available fromthe graph.
So statement II alone is not sufficient to answer the
question.
29.
The given series can be rewritten as
5
8
3
+
,
8
16
9
+
,
11
32
27
+
,
14
64
81
+
,
17
128
243
+
,
20
256
729
+
, ..
It is clear that the series is a combination of a GP with
1
st
term 3/8 and common ratio 3/2 and an AP with 1
st

term5 and common difference 3.
The sumof the GP is
|
.
|

\
|

(
(

|
.
|

\
|
1
2
3
1
2
3
8
3
n
=
2
1
1
2
3
8
3
|
.
|

\
|

n

=
n
n n
2
2 3
4
3

=
2
1
2
2 . 3 3
+
+

n
n n
.
The sumof the AP is
( ) ( ) | | 3 1 5 2
2
+ n
n

=
( ) 7 3
2
+ n
n
.
Thus the sum of the series is
( )
2
7 3
2
2 . 3 3
2
1
+
+

+
+
n n
n
n n
.
30. (x +y)
2
=x
2
+y
2
+2xy.
Since A ABC is right-angled, x
2
+y
2
=10
2
=100.
Area A ABC = xy =20
xy =40 2xy =80.
Thus, (x +y)
2
=100 +80 =180.
31. Option 3. Prolix - extended to great, unnecessary, or
tedious length; long and wordy.
Inchoate - not yet completed or fully developed;
rudimentary.
32. Option 1. The paragraph talks about writing in
particular art criticismand literary criticism and the
complete lack of meaning to the passages found
therein.
Hence B will be the first statement.
The living and deadness in C is referred to once again
in A.
Improper way used in A is further clarified in D by
giving an example of a political word. Fascism.
33. Option 1. It should be rake up which means bring
something back to people's attention.
34. Option 1. In A, became should be become;
In B, immoral instead of amoral;
In E their efforts and not its efforts and their refers to
the organisations which are many plural.
35. Suppose X denotes the day when there is no session
scheduled.
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English session is scheduled on Friday, then the
possible weekly schedule is: MEXMEM, MXEMEM
or MEMXEM.
We can observe that a Math and an English session
cannot be scheduled on Tuesday and Wednesday
respectively. Hence option 4.
36. If a Math session is scheduled on Wednesday, one of
the other Math sessions must be scheduled on Monday
and the other on Friday or Saturday.
Thus, an English session cannot be scheduled on
Monday. Hence option 2.
37. If an English session is not scheduled on Friday, then
the weekly schedule could be MEMEMX, MEMXME,
MXMEME, MEMEXM or EMEMXM. From this we
can observe that options 1, 2 and 3 need not be true.
The best answer is option 4.
38. Option 2. The impact of the bankruptcy was far
reaching and way beyond the borders of America.
There was a fairly orderly winding of trades in the US
but elsewhere the pandemonium drove the stock
market into a vicious circle.
39. Option 2. Though people panicked this was not the
cause of the downward spiral. When pandemonium
broke out outside the country, as assets were freezed,
hedge funds had to sell assets to meet the margin calls
and that pushed down asset prices and that further
fuelled the cycle.
40. Option 2. By doing a policy by deal the government
looked are remedial measures and as the investors has
no link to what was going on, there was chaos and
panic in the share market.
41. Option 3. Premonitions means a feeling of anticipation
of or anxiety over a future event; or a forewarning.
There is no hint in the sentence which shows that what
the reporters provide are warnings.
Protuberances, which means protrusion or swelling
cannot fit in the second blank. Adumbrate means give
a faint indication of. This does not fit very well as the
reporters are making a laundry list which means a long
list of subjects or things. Hence option 3 is the best
answer. Prognosticate means to forecast or predict
(something future) frompresent indications or signs;
prophesy.
42. Option 1. The last sentence saying that the developers
of open source are not always volunteers who love to
write codes but also those who work for firms. Hence
option 2 is incorrect.
Opensource is not being substituted by proprietary
software but is combined with proprietary programs in
all kinds of business models. Hence option 3 is
incorrect.
There is a mention of opensource and proprietary
being combined with there is no indication in the
passage to suggest that the cost of learning and making
opensource work with other software is very high.
43. There is already a show scheduled at 12.15 PM at Hall
1(Gladiator), So Chasing Liberty cannot be screened at
the same time in Hall 1.
So it must have shifted to Hall 3, which had no
scheduled movie at the same time slot.
Hall 3 has a capacity of 100 and 150 in Tier I and II.
So Revenue earned fromthis show
=100 80 +150 100 =Rs. 23000/-.
So (45500 23000)=Rs. 22500/- must have been
earned through the other show (3.15-5.45 PM) of
Chasing Liberty. This show was screened in Hall 3.
If the show ran before capacity audience in Hall 3,the
revenue earned would have been
=100 100 +150 150 =Rs. 32500.
But the revenue earned in this show is only Rs. 22500.
So, Collection =
32500
22500
100 =70%.
44. First of all, we have to ascertain in which hall, the 2
nd

and 3
rd
shows of Dostana are being screened Hall 3 is
engaged during 3.15-5.15 PM (Chasing Liberty) and
6.30-8.30PM (Gajini).
So both the 3.00-5.00 PM and 5.15-7.15 PM shows of
Dostana can only be screened at Hall 2,
Since no Hindi movie can be screened at Hall 1, in the
same time slots Basic Instinct II and Blood Diamond
should be screened at Hall 1 only.
Therefore, Revenue earned by Dostana on that day
=[150 (50 +80 +100)+250 ( 70 +100 +120)]
=Rs. 1,07,000.
45. Hall 4 was available only for 5 hours.
Since there should be at least a 15 min break between
two movies, the maximum run-time available is 4
hours and 45 min.
We need to choose two movies fromDostana (2 hrs),
Ghajini (2.5 hrs), Chasing Liberty (2.5 hrs) and Basic
Instinct II (2 hrs).
We can now actually make pairs or use combinations.
Since we need to choose 2 out of 4 movies, the total
number of pairs is
4
C
2
=6.
However, one of these combinations is Ghajini and
Chasing Liberty, which is a total time of 5 hrs.
Thus the total number of pairs is 5.
46. Option 4. Some people like the Americans, Britons
and Italians would work longer if there were chances
of getting a larger pension.
47. Option 3. The passage states that in rich countries
women do not have enough babies to keep up the
numbers but it is not stated whether the reason is
because they have started working.
48. Option 3. In the earlier times either the pensionable
age was way beyond the life expectancy or pension
would be available but only a few years earlier than
the life expectancy. Now pension is available for a
considerable time after retirement.
49. Option 4. The passage talks about innovations and the
fact that they come from companies which are usually
not Fortune 500 companies. Moreover it talks about
only 12 people building the original Macintosh and
then goes on the say that big organisations have a
problem which means it would be about people and
not the company. Hence we can rule out option 1.
What sort of leadership should exist in an organisation
is not talked about nor is there a hint that this is what
would be talked of. Hence option 2 is incorrect.
It talks about Apple before so after that it wouldnt
again talk of Apple, the paragraph needs to now talk
about other organisations. Hence option 3 is ruled out.
50. Option 4. The first three are related to Shell. The word
our in option 4 has no antecedent. The other three form
a coherent paragraph.
51. Since N sat out the 1
st
round and (R, S) won the round,
the losing team must be (G, A).
In the 2
nd
round, one team must be (N, R) as N and S
cannot be on the same team.
The other teamcould be (A, S) or (G, S).
52. Since R sat out the 1
st
round and (G, N) won the round,
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In the 2
nd
round, if 1 team is (R, N), the other teamis
(S, G) or (A, G), depending on whether A or S sits out
the round.
If, instead, 1 team is (R, G), the other team will be (A,
N) as S and N cannot be on the same team.
Thus, (G, S) cannot be a team in the 2
nd
round.
53. Since (R, A) won the 1
st
round, the losing team was
(G, N) or (G, S).
If S sat out the 1
st
round, Slaves is (S, R) or (S, A) and
if N sat out the 1
st
round, Slaves is (N, R) or (N, A).
Thus, G cannot be a member of Slaves in the 2
nd

round.
54. If A sits out the 1
st
round, the players in the 1
st
round
are N, R, S and G.
Since N and S cannot be on the same team, the 2 teams
are (N, R) and (S, G) or (N, G) and (S, R).
So, (R, G) cannot be a teamin the 1
st
round.
55. Option 3. If you say that the boot is on the other foot,
you mean that a situation is now the opposite of what it
was before, often because a person who was in a weak
position is now in a strong position
In the past, we had great influence over their economy,
but the boot is on the other foot now.
To boot means in addition; besides.
To boot up means to start (a computer) by loading and
initializing the operating system.
The company showed him the door and not the boot.
56. Option 3. From the passage we can infer that Mary
Wollencraft ridicules Edmund Burke because he
supports the American Revolution but does so from
the white mans perspective. Burke is not concerned
with the slaves according to Wollencraft, who states
that we need to move away from positional prejudice
or preconception and sectional favouritism towards
transpositional understanding. Hence option 1,2 and 4
can take the place of Universalist Perspective.
Omnipotent is all powerful and there is no mention of
a powerful belief or attitude. Its more like a superior
belief or attitude.
57. Option 3. Refer to the observed feature of paucity
......women.The passage states that observations of a
stratified society are based on the evidence of the
eyes, which is position dependent view. Hence option
1 is incorrect.
At the beginning of the second paragraph it is stated
that even when position-independent view is
appropriate, in reality position dependence will have to
be taken into consideration. Hence option 4 is ruled
out.
The passage states that the observation
............entirely erroneous. Hence option 2 is
incorrect.
58. Option 4. The passage is on objectivity related to
position and illusions.
It is not only objectivity and not only position or
illusion.
There are all taken together.
59. Option 4. Refer to women are themselves led to a
belief about womens alleged intellectual inferiority
based on the supposed evidence of the eyes, drawing
on a faulty reading of local observations within a
stratified society.
60. Option 3. In A, a large number of calls;
In C, an HIV AIDS and discreetly not discretely;
and in E, forward. A foreword is a (usually short)
piece of writing sometimes placed at the beginning of
a book or other piece of literature.