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 Passage 1

61. The passage is based on the idea that

b) The great evil of our age is overstrain\

62. Man does not seek self-improvement because he

b) has no time to do so

Passage – 2

63. Which of the following would happen invariably in a country, when demographic dividend has begun to operate?

b) 2 only

64. With reference to the passage, which of the following inference can be drawn?

d) Neither 1 nor 2

65. Five Friends P, Q, X, Y and Z purchased some notebooks. The relevant information is given below:

a) Rs. 2,600

66. A man started from home at 14:30 hours and drove to village, arriving there when the village clock indicated 15:15 hours. After staying for 25 minutes, he drove back by a different route of length 1.25 times the first route at a rate twice as fast reaching home at 16:00 hours. As compared to the clock at home, the village clock is

d) 5 minutes fast

67. A person X wants to distribute some pens among six children A, B, C, D, E and F. Suppose A gets twice the number of pens received by B, three times that of C, four times that of D, five times that of E and six times that of F. What is the minimum number of pens X should buy so that the number of pens each one gets is an even number?

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 Directions for the following three items

Read the following two passages and answer the items that follow the passages. Your answer to this item should be based on the passages only.

Passage 1

41. Which of the following statements best reflects the underlying tone of the passage?

c) An increase in the educated population of a country leads to an increase in the happiness of the people.

42. with reference to the passage, which one of the following statements is correct?

b) There can be more than one reason why adults feel less 3 thrilled by presents.

43. The author of the passage is against

a) Worrying too much about the past and future

44. Let A, B and C represent distinct non-zero digits. Suppose x is the sum of all possible 3-digit numbers formed by A, B and C without repetition.

Consider the following statements:

a) 1 only

45. There is a numeric lock which has a 3-digit PIN. The PIN contains diits 1 to 7. There is no repetition of digits. The digits in the PIN from left to right are in decreasing order. Any two digits in the PIN differ by atleast 2. How many maximum attempts does one need to find out the PIN with certainty?

c) 10

46. There are eight equidistant points on a circle. How many right-angled triangles can be drawn using these points as vertices and taking the diameter as one side of the triangle?

d) 8

47. 24 and 12 women van de a piece of work in 30 days. In how many days can 12 men and 24 women do the same piece of work?

d) Data is inadequate to draw any conclusion

48. What is the remainder when 91x92x93x94x95x96x97×98×99 is divided by 1261?

d) 0

49. Consider the following statements in respect of a rectangular sheet of length 20 cm and breadth 8 cm:

d) Neither 1 nor 2

50. When 70% of a number x is added to another number y, the sum becomes 165% of the value of y. When 60% of the number x is added to another number z, then the sum becomes 165% of the value of z.

Which one of the following is correct?

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21. Unsustainability in production pattern is due to which of the following?

1. Heavy dependence on fossil fuels

2. Limited availability of resources

3. Expansion of recycling

Select the correct answer using the code given below

a) 1 and 2 only

22. Consider the following statements:

Developed countries can support developing countries’ transition to sustainable human development by

1. Making clean energy sources available at low cost

2. Providing loans for improving their public transport at nominal interest rates

3. Encouraging them to change their production and consumption patterns Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

b) 1 and 2 only

23. According to the passage given above, deforestation and denudation will ultimately lead to which of the following?

1. Depletion of soil resource

2. Shortage of land for the common man

3. Lack of water for cultivation

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

c) 1 and 3 only

24. What is the value of X in the sequence 20, 10, 10, 15, 30, 75, X?

d) 225

25. An Identity Card has the number ABCDERG, not necessarily in that order, where each letter represents a distinct digit (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 only). The number in divisible by 9. After deleting the first digit from the right, the resulting number in divisible by 6. After deleting two digits from the right of original number, the resulting number is divisible by 5. After deleting three digits from the right of original number, the resulting number is divisible by 4. After deleting four digits from the right of original number, the resulting number is divisible by 3. After deleting five digits from the right of original number, the resulting number is divisible by 2. Which of the following is a possible value for the sum of the middle three digits of the number?

a) 8

26. Two friends X and Y start running and the run together for 50 m in the same direction and reach a point. X turns right and runs 60 m, while Y turns left and runs 40 m. Then X turns left and runs 50 m and stops, while Y turns right and runs 50 m and then stops. How far are the two friends from each other now?

a) 100 m

27. Which date of June 2009 among the following is Sunday?

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 70. Six lectures A, B, C, D, E, and F, each of one hour duration, are scheduled between 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. 

Consider the Question and two statements given below :

Question : Which lecture is in the third period?

Statement-1 : Lecture F is preceded by A and follow by C.

Statement-2 : There is no lecture after lecture B.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the Question and the Statements?

a) Statement-1 alone is sufficient to answer the Question

b) Statement-2 alone is sufficient to answer the Question

c) Both Statement-1 and Statement-2 are sufficient to answer the Question

d) Both Statement-1 and Statement-2 are not sufficient to answer the Question

Directions for the following 3 (three) items:

Read the following two passages and answer the items that follow the passages. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only.

Passage-1

The majority of people who fail to accumulate money sufficient for their needs, are generally, easily influenced by the opinions of others. They permit the newspapers and the gossiping neighbours to do their thinking for them.

Opinions are the cheapest commodities on the earth. Everyone has a flock of opinions ready to be wished upon by anyone who will accept them. If you are influenced by opinions when you reach decisions, you will not succeed in any undertaking.

71. Which one of the following is implied by the passage?

a) Most of the people do not accumulate money for their needs.

b) Most of the people never fail to accumulate money for their needs.

c) There are people who fail to accumulate money for their needs.

d) There is no need to accumulate money.

72. What is the main idea of the passage?

a) People should not be influenced by the opinions of others.

b) People should accumulate as much money as they can.

c) People should neither give nor accept the opinions.

d) People will succeed in any undertaking if they, do not accept any opinion at all.

Passage-2

"The social order is a sacred right which is the basis of all other rights. Nevertheless, this right does not come from nature, and must therefore be founded on conventions."

73. With reference to the above passage,

which of the following statements is/ are correct?

1) Conventions are the sources of rights of man.

2) Rights of man can be exercised only when there is a social order.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

a) 1 only

b) 2 only

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2 

74. Two candidates X and Y contested an election. 80% of voters cast their vote and there were no invalid votes. There was no NOTA (None of the above) option. X got 56% of the votes cast and won by 1440 votes. What is the total number of voters in the voters list?

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 Directions for the following 3 (three) items:

Read the following passage and answer the items that follow the passage. Your answers to these items should be based on the passage only.

PASSAGE

In some places in the world, the productivity of staples such as rice and wheat has reached a plateau. Neither new strains nor fancy agrochemicals are raising the yields. Nor is there much unfarmed land left that is suitable to be brought under the plough. If global temperature continues to rise, some places will become unsuitable for farming. Application of 15 can help overcome these problems. J Agricultural technology is changing fast. Much of this change is brought about by affluent farmers in the West/Americas. Techniques developed in the West are being adapted in some places to make tropical crops more Co productive. Technology is of little use if it is not adapted. In the developing world, that applies as much to existing farming techniques as it does to the latest advances in genetic modification. Extending to the smallholders and subsistence farmers of Africa and Asia the best of today's agricultural practices, in such simple matters as how much fertilizers to apply and when, would lead to a greatly increased availability of food for humanity. So would things like better roads and storage facilities, to allow for the carriage of surpluses to markets and reduce wastage.

31. Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made :

1) Development of agricultural technology is confined to developed countries.

2) Agricultural technology is not adapted in developing countries.

Which of the above assumptions is/are valid?

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 Directions for the following 3 (three) items:

Read the following two passages and answer the items that follow the passages. Your answer to these items should be based on the passages only.

Passage – 1

The main threat to maintaining progress in human development comes from the increasingly evident unsustainability of production and consumption patterns. Current production models rely heavily on fossil fuels. We now know that this is unsustainable because the resources are finite. The close link between economic growth and greenhouse gas emission needs to be severed for human development to become truly sustainable. Some developed countries have begun to alleviate the worst effects by expanding recycling and investing in public transport and infrastructure. But most developing countries are hampered by the high costs and low availability of clean energy sources. Developed countries need to support developing countries’ transition to sustainable human development.

21. Unsustainability in production pattern is due to which of the following?

1. Heavy dependence on fossil fuels

2. Limited availability of resources

3. Expansion of recycling

Select the correct answer using the code given below

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 2 only

c) 1 and 3 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

22. Consider the following statements:

Developed countries can support developing countries’ transition to sustainable human development by

1. Making clean energy sources available at low cost

2. Providing loans for improving their public transport at nominal interest rates

3. Encouraging them to change their production and consumption patterns

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) 1 only

b) 1 and 2 only

c) 2 and 3 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

Passage-2

Unless the forces and tendencies which are responsible for destroying the country’s environment and afforestation of denuded areas is taken up on a massive scale, the harshness of the climatic conditions and soil erosion by wind and water will increase to such an extent that agriculture, which is the mainstay of our people, will gradually become impossible. The desert countries of the world and our own desert areas in Rajasthan are a grim reminder of the consequences of largescale deforestation. Pockets of desert-like landscape are now appearing in other parts of the country including Sutlej-Ganga Plains and the Deccan Plateau. Where only a few decades back there used to be lush green forests with perennial streams and springs, there is only brown earth, bare of vegetation, without any water in the streams and springs except in the rainy season.

23. According to the passage given above, deforestation and denudation will ultimately lead to which of the following?