Reasoning Ability
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Twelve persons stand in two rows with six persons standing in each row. Persons in row 1 are facing north direction and persons in row 2 are facing south direction. Each person in row 1 faces a person in row 2.
P, who stands in row 2, stands second to the right of T. L faces K. Two persons stand between K and A, who is at one of the extreme ends. G faces the immediate neighbor of V. Only one person stands between V and L. Three persons stand between F and W. F faces the immediate neighbor of P. K is second to the left of W. W does not face V. R stands to the immediate right of S. R and S do not face A. Q stands in the same row as K.
1. How many persons stand between P and S?
(a) None
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) More than three
(e) Three
2. If P is related to F, V is related to G then in the same manner L is related to _____?
(a) W
(b) Q
(c) A
(d) R
(e) None of these
3. Who among the following faces the one who stands second to the right of S?
(a) The one, who sits third right of F.
(b) The one, who sits immediate left of W.
(c) K
(d) Both options c & e are correct.
(e) The one, who sits immediate right of G.
4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
(a) S-Q
(b) L-G
(c) A-V
(d) T-G
(e) K-R
5. Which of the following is not true regarding Q?
(a) Q stands second to the right of G
(b) Q faces S
(c) Q faces the immediate neighbor of L
(d) Two students stand between Q and F
(e) All are true
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 6-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
In a certain code language:
“Study is worship” is coded as “cd ef yz”
“Study hard always” is coded as “cd pk uv”
“Always do worship” is coded as “uv st yz”
“Hard time passes” is coded as “pk ab rf”
6. What is the code of “times passes” as per the given code language?
(a) ab uv
(b) rt cd
(c) cannot be determined
(d) rt
(e) rt ef
7. What is the code of “worship” as per the given code language?
(a) yz
(b) ab
(c) pk
(d) rt
(e) None of these
8. Which among the following words is coded “ef”?
(a) study
(b) is
(c) hard
(d) time
(e) None of these
9. Which among the following words is coded as “ab”?
(a) time
(b) passes
(c) is
(d) Can’t be determined
(e) None of these
10. Which of the following words is correctly matched with its code?
(a) study – ef
(b) is – cd
(c) worship – pk
(d) do – ef
(e) hard – pk
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 11-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Seven girls A, B, C, D, E, F, and G sit consecutively in a vertical row. Each girl likes different colors, i.e., Blue, Red, Brown, Pink, Black, Sky Blue, and Yellow. All the information is not necessarily in the same order.
Two girls sit between B and the one who likes Red. A sits immediately above the one who likes Red. B likes Sky Blue. More than four girls sit between G and F, who likes Blue. F sits at the bottom-most position. A likes Brown and sits below G but not immediately below. D, who likes Pink, sits below the one who likes Black and above C. G does not like Black.
11. Who among the following girls likes yellow?
(a) G
(b) C
(c) E
(d) None of these
(e) The one, who sits just below C
12. Which among the following statements is true regarding E?
(a) E likes Black
(b) Two girls sit between E and A
(c) G sits immediately above E
(d) More than three girls sit below E
(e) All are true
13. Four of the following five belong to a group in a certain way, find the one which does not belong to that group?
(a) G-Sky Blue
(b) E-Pink
(c) D-Blue
(d) B-Brown
(e) A-Blue
14. How many girls sit between A and the one, who likes yellow?
(a) Four
(b) Three
(c) Five
(d) Two
(e) None of these
15. What is the position of D?
(a) Second from the topmost position
(b) Second from the bottommost position
(c) Fourth from the topmost position
(d) Both (c) and (d)
(e) Third from the bottommost position
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 16-19): In each of the questions below are given some statements followed by two conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
16. Statements:
Some Red are not Yellow.
Only a few Blue are Yellow.
No Black is Blue.
Conclusions:
I. All Black being Yellow is a possibility.
II. Some Blue can never be Red.
(a) If only conclusion I follows.
(b) If only conclusion II follows.
(c) If either conclusion I or II follows.
(d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
(e) If both conclusions I and II follow.
17. Statements:
Only car is Gypsy.
Only a few car is scooter.
Some Bike is scooter.
Conclusions:
I. All Gypsy can be Bike.
II. Some Scooter is not Car.
(a) If only conclusion I follows.
(b) If only conclusion II follows.
(c) If either conclusion I or II follows.
(d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
(e) If both conclusions I and II follow.
18. Statements:
All bus is bicycle.
Only a few bikes are bicycle.
Some bikes are not car.
Conclusions:
I. All bus being car is a possibility.
II. No bus is bikes.
(a) If only conclusion I follows.
(b) If only conclusion II follows.
(c) If either conclusions I or II follow.
(d) If neither conclusions I nor II follow.
(e) If both conclusions I and II follow.
19. Statements:
No men are women.
Only a few women are wives.
Some wives are sisters.
Conclusions:
I. Some women are sisters.
II. No women are sisters.
(a) If only conclusion I follows.
(b) If only conclusion II follows.
(c) If either conclusions I or II follow.
(d) If neither conclusions I nor II follow.
(e) If both conclusions I and II follow.
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 20-24): Study the information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Six persons are going to six different hill stations on two different dates, i.e., 9th and 24th of three different months, i.e., May, June, and July of the same year.
B goes in the month which has an odd number of days and on an odd-numbered date. Two persons go in between B and the one who goes to Manali. Only two persons go after the one who goes to Mussoorie. A goes to Nainital on an odd-numbered date. Only one person goes between A and F. As many people who go before F, as many people go after C. More than two persons go in between D and the E who goes to Gulmarg. F does not go to Darjeeling one of the persons visits Shillong.
20. Who among the following goes on 24th May?
(a) The one who goes to Shillong
(b) A
(c) F
(d) The one who goes to Manali
(e) None of these
21. The one who goes on 9th July, goes to which city?
(a) Shillong
(b) Darjeeling
(c) Gulmarg
(d) Manali
(e) None of these
22. Which of the following statement is not true about E?
(a) B goes just before E
(b) E goes to Manali
(c) Only two persons go between E and F
(d) More than one person goes between E and D
(e) Both (b) and (d)
23. Which of the combination is true?
(a) D-9th May
(b) B-Shillong
(c) C-24th June
(d) D-Mussoorie
(e) None of these
24. Who among the following persons goes to Mussoorie?
(a) D
(b) C
(c) F
(d) B
(e) None of these
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 25-27): In these questions, relationships between different elements are shown in the statements. These statements are followed by two conclusions. Give answer:
(a) If only conclusion I is true.
(b) If only conclusion II is true.
(c) If either conclusion I or conclusion II is true.
(d) If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II is true.
(e) If both conclusions I and II are true.
25. Statement: Y > Z ≤ A = C; C ≥ K ≥ H; P = H
Conclusions:
I. A > K
II. P ≤ Z
26. Statement: V < Q ≤ R; W = R > M; W > P ≥ X
Conclusions:
I. Q ≥ X
II. P > Q
27. Statement: W > S = Q; S ≤ N = Q ≥ Y
Conclusions:
I. W ≥ O
II. Q ≤ N
28. How many such pairs of digits are there in the given number ‘64847176’ each of which has as many digits between them in the number as in the number series (from both backward and forward)?
(a) Two
(b) One
(c) Four
(d) Three
(e) More than four
29. If vowels are arranged in alphabetical increasing order from left to right and then consonants are arranged in alphabetical increasing order from left to right in the given word “PUTALONGSIDE”. Then which letter is 5th from the left side in the new word?
(a) A
(b) I
(c) D
(d) O
(e) None of these
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 30-34): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
A certain number of persons sit in a linear row. All of them face in the north direction. Puneet sits third to the right of Shivam. Only three persons sit between Puneet and Vijay. Uday sits third to the left of Vijay. Uday sits fifth from the left end of the row. Rohit sits third to the left of Uday. Only three persons sit between Chetan and Gaurav, who is an immediate neighbor of Rohit. Only six persons sit to the right of Chetan. Mohit sits immediate left of Sohit. Only three persons sit between Mohit and Himanshu. Sohit does not sit left of Puneet. Himanshu does not sit at the extreme end of the row.
30. How many persons sit in the row?
(a) Eleven
(b) Thirteen
(c) Fourteen
(d) Ten
(e) Twelve
31. How many persons sit to the left of Shivam?
(a) Rohit
(b) Gaurav
(c) Himanshu
(d) Chetan
(e) None
32. How many persons sit between Uday and Shivam?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) None
(d) Three
(e) More than three
33. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
(a) Shivam
(b) Uday
(c) Mohit
(d) Gaurav
(e) Chetan
34. Who among the following persons sit exactly between Rohit and Vijay?
(a) Gaurav
(b) Mohit
(c) Puneet
(d) Himanshu
(e) Uday
35. In a family of three generations, there are six family members i.e., A, B, C, D, E, and F. F is the son-in-law of A, B is the brother-in-law of D, who has no siblings. D is the only child of C. C is married to A. E is the niece of B. How is A related to E?
(a) Maternal Grandfather
(b) Maternal Grandmother
(c) Father
(d) Mother
(e) Cannot be determined
Quantitative Aptitude
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 36–40): The line graph shows the number of people (Men + Women) visited five (M, N, O, P & Q) different Yoga centres and the number of women visited out of total people visited these five Yoga centres. Read the data carefully and answer the questions.
36. Find the total number of men who visited Yoga centres M, N & O together?
(a) 52
(b) 51
(c) 53
(d) 54
(e) 48
37. If the total number of people who visited Yoga centre R is 8 more than the total number of people who visited Yoga centres O and P together and out of the total people who visited Yoga centre R, $\frac{3}{8}th$ are women, then find the number of men who visited Yoga centre R?
(a) 50
(b) 40
(c) 45
(d) 84
(e) 62
38. What percent of women visited Yoga centre M with respect to the total number of people (Men + Women) who visited that Yoga centre (approximately)?
(a) 41%
(b) 43%
(c) 47%
(d) 49%
(e) 51%
39. If Yoga centre Q charges ₹24 for each person (Men + Women) who visited the Yoga centre, then find the total revenue collected by Yoga centre Q?
(a) ₹1166
(b) ₹2160
(c) ₹1248
(d) ₹2200
(e) ₹2370
40. Total people (Men + Women) who visited Yoga centre N is what percent more than the total people (Men + Women) who visited Yoga centre Q (approximately)?
(a) 25%
(b) 39%
(c) 43%
(d) 33%
(e) None of the above
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 41–45): What will come in the place of the question mark in the following number series:
41. 9.8, 10.7, 8.9, ?, 8, 12.5
(a) 10.7
(b) 11.7
(c) 10.5
(d) 10.9
(e) 11.6
42. 400, 214, 209, ?, 172, 170
(a) 169
(b) 173
(c) 168
(d) 181
(e) 170
43. 1, 2, ?, 30, 210, 1890
(a) 2
(b) 6
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 2.5
44. 8, ?, 4, 6, 12, 30
(a) 15
(b) 8
(c) 4
(d) 2
45. 34, 18, ?, 6, 4, 3
(a) 9
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 8
(e) 6
46. Rohit invested a sum at a certain rate of interest on simple interest and he got 40% more amount after four years. If he invests ₹7200 at the same rate of interest on SI, then find the total interest he would get after three years?
(a) ₹3840
(b) ₹2160
(c) ₹2520
(d) ₹2340
(e) ₹2260
47. P is 40% more efficient than Q and both together can complete a work in $8 \frac{3}{4}$ days. If P works for the first four days alone and the remaining work is completed by Q, then find in how many days total work will be completed?
(a) $19 \frac{2}{5}$ days
(b) 16 days
(c) $15 \frac{2}{5}$ days
(d) 19days
(e) $18 \frac{1}{5}$ days
48. Train ‘A’ running at a speed of 72 km/hr crosses a platform of length the same as that of the train in 34 sec. If train B, which is 160 meters long, crosses the same platform in 20 sec., then find the speed of train B (in km/hr)?
(a) 54 km/hr
(b) 90 km/hr
(c) 84 km/hr
(d) 72 km/hr
(e) 108 km/hr
49. Three years ago, the ratio of the ages of Sohit and Mohit was 2 : 3. The average of the present ages of Sohit, Mohit, and Rohit is 22 years. Rohit is 7 years younger than Mohit. What is the present age of Mohit?
(a) 20 years
(b) 28 years
(c) 22 years
(d) 27 years
(e) 19 years
50. Ketan deposits 10% of his salary in PF. He saves 40% of the remaining. The ratio of his expense on entertainment and groceries is 4 : 5 of the remaining salary after saving. If his expense on entertainment was ₹2400, find the monthly salary.
(a) ₹10,000
(b) ₹15,000
(c) ₹30,000
(d) ₹20,000
(e) None of these
51. In a mixture of milk and water, the proportion of milk by weight is 70%. If from the 120 gm mixture, 20 gm of mixture is taken out and 10 gm of pure water is added to the mixture, then find the ratio of milk and water in the new mixture.
(a) 5 : 6
(b) 7 : 4
(c) 4 : 3
(d) 4 : 7
(e) 7 : 6
52. A sphere is melted and molded into a solid cylinder. If the radius of both solids is equal, then find the ratio of the total surface area of the sphere to the total surface area of the cylinder.
(a) 2 : 3
(b) 7 : 6
(c) 3 : 7
(d) 6 : 7
(e) None of these
53. Three partners Rahul, Sonu, and Rishab invested their amounts in the ratio of 2 : 5 : 7. At the end of 6 months, ‘Rahul’ added some more amount such that his investment became equal to $\frac{1}{3}rd$ of the sum of ‘Sonu’ and ‘Rishab’ initial investment. If at the end of the year, Sonu’s share in profit is ₹320, then find the total profit.
(a) ₹1000
(b) ₹960
(c) ₹920
(d) ₹1050
(e) ₹1450
54. A shopkeeper marks up the price of a T.V. 50% above its cost price and gives three successive discounts of $12\frac{1}{2}%$, d% and 40% If the shopkeeper made a loss of 37% on the T.V., find the second discount allowed by the shop?
(a) 15%
(b) 20%
(c) 25%
(d) $16 \frac{2}{3}%$
(e) 17.5%
55. The speed of a boat in still water is 12 kmph and the speed of the stream is ‘y’ kmph. If traveling 230 km upstream boat take $66 \frac{2}{3}%$ more time than traveling 230 km downstream, then find the average of the speed of the boat and stream.
(a) 3 kmph
(b) $8 \frac{1}{2}$ kmph
(c) $7 \frac{1}{2}$ kmph
(d) 7 kmph
(e) 6 kmph
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 56-60): In the following, two equations numbered (I) and (II) are given. You have to solve both equations and give the answer:
(a) If p > q
(b) If p ≥ q
(c) If q > p
(d) If q ≥ p
(e) If p = q or no relation can be established
56.
I. $p^2 – 8p + 15 = 0$
II. $2q^2 – 7q + 5 = 0$
57.
I. $2p^2 + p – 28 = 0$
II. $2q^2 – 23q + 56 = 0$
58.
I. $2p^2 – 7p – 60 = 0$
II. $3q^2 + 13q + 4 = 0$
59.
I. $p^2 – 17p – 84 = 0$
II. $q^2 + 4q – 117 = 0$
60.
I. $p^2 = 9$
II. $(q – 8)^2 = 9$
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 61-65): Given below table shows total three types of food items (P, Q & R) sold by a shop on five days of a week. Table also shows total type P food items sold by shop and percentage of food items Q and food items R sold by shop. Read the data carefully and answer the following questions:
Note: Only three types of food items sold by the shop.
| Days | Items P | % of items Q | % of items R |
| Monday | 120 | 32% | 20% |
| Tuesday | 160 | 48% | 12% |
| Wednesday | 210 | 45% | 20% |
| Thursday | 180 | 56% | 20% |
| Friday | 170 | 22% | 10% |
61. Total food items Q sold by shop on Monday & Friday together are what percent less than total food items R sold by shop on Wednesday & Thursday together?
(a) 60%
(b) 50%
(c) 20%
(d) 30%
(e) None of these
62. Find the difference between average number of food items Q sold by shop on Tuesday & Thursday and average number of food items P sold by shop on Thursday & Friday?
(a) 130
(b) 132
(c) 131
(d) 136
(e) 134
63. If total food items Q sold by shop on Sunday is 20% more than that sold on Thursday and total items R sold on Sunday is 200% more than that sold on Friday, then find total number of items Q and items R sold by shop on Sunday?
(a) 579
(b) 600
(c) 550
(d) 950
(e) 500
64. Total food items R sold by shop on Wednesday is what percent more than total food items R sold by shop on Monday and Tuesday together?
(a) $26\frac{22}{49}%$
(b) $24\frac{22}{49}%$
(c) $22\frac{22}{49}%$
(d) $21\frac{22}{49}%$
(e) $18\frac{22}{49}%$
65. Find the ratio between total food items sold by shop on Monday to total food items sold by shop on Thursday?
(a) 1:5
(b) 1:3
(c) 1:7
(d) 1:4
(e) None of these
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 66–70): Given data shows total male and female doctors in three hospitals in a seminar. Read data carefully and answer the questions:
In annual seminar of three hospitals, A, B, and C, some male and female doctors represent their hospitals. Average number of female doctors who represent A and B is 210. Total male doctors in A and B is 810. Number of female doctors is $\frac{2}{3}rd$ and $\frac{2}{5}th$ of male doctors in A and B respectively. Total female doctors who represent C are 25% more than total female doctors who represent A, and total male doctors who represent C are $33\frac{1}{3}$ more than total female doctors who represent B.
66. Total doctors who represent A is what percent more than total male doctors who represent B?
(a) $33 \frac{1}{3}%$
(b) $30 \frac{1}{3}%$
(c) $27 \frac{1}{3}%$
(d) $29 \frac{1}{3}%$
(e) None of these
67. 25% of total female doctors and 20% of total male doctors who represent B & C together have MBBS degree, then find total doctors who do not have MBBS degree?
(a) 812
(b) 712
(c) 912
(d) 824
(e) 622
68. Find the ratio between total male doctors who represent B & C together to total female doctors who represent A & C together?
(a) 23 : 13
(b) 23 : 14
(c) 23 : 18
(d) 23 : 12
(e) None of these
69. Find the difference between total male doctors who represent C and total female doctors who represent B?
(a) 50
(b) 70
(c) 60
(d) 80
(e) 90
70. Find the average number of females in B & C?
(a) 250
(b) 210
(c) 260
(d) 240
(e) None of these
English Language
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 71–77): Read the passage and answer the questions that follow:
Humans are making Earth a broken and increasingly unliveable planet through climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. So the world must make dramatic changes to society, economics, and daily life, a new United Nations report says. Unlike past UN reports that focused on one issue and avoided telling leaders actions to take, Thursday’s report combines three intertwined environment crises and tells the world what’s got to change. It calls for changing what governments tax, how nations value economic output, how power is generated, the way people get around, fish and farm, as well as what they eat.
Without nature’s help, we will not thrive or even survive, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. For too long, we have been waging a senseless and suicidal war on nature. The result is three interlinked environmental crises.
Our children and their children will inherit a world of extreme weather events, sea level rise, a drastic loss of plants and animals, food and water insecurity, and increasing likelihood of future pandemics, said report lead author Sir Robert Watson, who has chaired past UN science reports on climate change and biodiversity loss. The emergency is in fact more profound than we thought only a few years ago, said Watson, who has been a top-level scientist in the U.S. and British governments.
The report highlighted what report co-author Rachel Warren of the University of East Anglia called a litany of frightening statistics that hasn’t really been brought together. Earth is on the way to an additional 3.5 degrees warming from now (1.9 degrees Celsius), far more than the international agreed-upon goals in the Paris accord. About 9 million people a year die from pollution. About 1 million of Earth’s 8 million species of plants and animals are threatened with extinction.
Up to 400 million tons of heavy metals, toxic sludge, and other industrial waste are dumped into the world’s waters every year. More than 3 billion people are affected by land degradation, and only 15% of Earth’s wetlands remain intact. About 60% of fish stocks are fished at the maximum levels. There are more than 400 oxygen-depleted dead zones, and marine plastics pollution has increased tenfold since 1980.
“In the end, it will hit us,” said biologist Thomas Lovejoy, who was a scientific advisor to the report. “It’s not what’s happening to elephants. It’s not what’s happening to climate or sea level rise. It’s all going to impact us.”
The planet’s problems are so interconnected that they must be worked on together to be fixed right, Warren said. And many of the solutions, such as eliminating fossil fuel use, combat multiple problems including climate change and pollution, she said.
The report makes it clear that there is no time for linear thinking or tackling problems one at a time, said University of Michigan environment professor Rosina Bierbaum, who wasn’t part of the work. In another break, this report gives specific solutions that it says must be taken.
This report uses the word “must” 56 times and “should” 37 times. “There should be 100 more because action is so crucial,” said former U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres, who wasn’t part of the report. “Time has totally run out. That’s why the word ‘must’ is in there,” Figueres said.
The report calls for an end to fossil fuel use and to $5 trillion in government subsidies for fossil fuel and other industries that degrade the environment. It says governments should not tax labor or production, but use resources that damage nature.
Scientists should inform leaders about environmental risks, but their endorsement of specific public policies threatens to undermine the credibility of their science, said former Republican Rep.
Bob Inglis, who founded the free market climate think tank RepublicEn.org.
71. What are the interlinked environmental crises the author of the passage talks about?
(i) Our future generations and their future will face extreme weather events
(ii) Sea levels will rise with extinction of plants and animals drastically
(iii) There will be likelihood of pandemics in the future
(iv) Occurrence of food and water insecurity
(a) i, ii, and iii
(b) i, iv, and ii
(c) ii, iii, and iv
(d) i, iii, and iv
(e) All of the above
72. According to the report, what are the changes in the world that are the need of the hour?
(a) The government should change the things it’s currently taxing
(b) There should be change in how economic output is valued
(c) The measures of power generation should be looked upon
(d) The people should change the way of farming, fishing, and what’s included in their eating
(e) All of the above
73. In what context, the author says that the emergency is more profound than we thought?
(a) The statistics of the global warming are not up to the mark and need reassessment
(b) Lack of willpower to achieve international goals agreed in the Paris accord
(c) The Earth will be increasing 3.5 degrees warming from 1.9 degree Celsius
(d) People dying from pollution and extinction of animals and plants will generate threats for our future generations
(e) Water pollution is increasing at a pace that was not expected by the scientists
74. What are the happenings that the author fears will eventually impact us?
(a) Toxic materials dumped in world waters and land-degradation effect on people
(b) 60% of fish stocks are fished and tenfold increase in marine plastic pollution
(c) Ozone-depleted zones and decrease in intact wetlands of the Earth
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
75. What are the suggestions of the report to combat planet’s problems?
(a) Putting an end to the usage of fossil fuel and industries damaging the environment
(b) Instead of taxing labour or production, usage of resources that degrade nature should be taxed
(c) There is no time left that’s why governments should come together to combat climate change and pollution
(d) Both (a) and (b)
(e) The specific solutions given by the report should be taken seriously by all the countries
76. What risks are associated with scientists informing leaders about the environmental risks?
(a) The endorsement of public policies will threaten the course of their scientific inventions
(b) It will undermine the credibility of their science
(c) Information of environmental risks will endanger countries’ economic progress
(d) It will have an effect on geo-political relations among various countries
(e) All of the above
77. Which of the following is most similar in meaning with LITANY as highlighted in the passage?
(a) Sanctimonious
(b) Criticism
(c) Recitation
(d) Supercilious
(e) Paranoia
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 78–82): In the following questions, some part of the sentence is underlined. Which of the options given below the sentence should replace the part highlighted to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given, then choose option (e) ‘No Correction required’ as the answer.
78. Experience without learning is best than learning without experience.
(a) is best then
(b) is good than
(c) is better than
(d) is better then
(e) No correction required
79. Speaking to the supporters which has gather outside, she urged all true supporters to come together and work for the party.
(a) Which gathered there
(b) Which had gather
(c) Who have gather
(d) Who had gathered
(e) No correction required
80. The national highway, the only road in connection with the Union Territory of Ladakh with Kashmir will reopen for regular traffic from February 28.
(a) Connecting with
(b) Connecting
(c) In connection to
(d) Being connected with
(e) No correction required
81. Temporary rules covering official controls in Europe since from the coronavirus pandemic have been extended for the fourth time.
(a) On account
(b) Because in
(c) Because of
(d) Owing as
(e) No correction required
82. Besides criticism of environmental and other groups, CPUC passed a decision aimed at preventing rolling blackouts from affecting the grid this summer.
(a) Without criticism of
(b) Unless criticism from
(c) Except criticism from
(d) Despite criticism from
(e) No correction required
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 83–87): There are two different sentences with a blank space in each question. Choose the word from the given options which fits into both the blanks appropriately, adding a proper and logical meaning to the sentences.
83.
(I) We are given pain relief in our society for whatever ___________ comes our way.
(II) Seeing a counselor for depression is not something to be ashamed of any more than seeing a physician for a physical ___________.
(a) Difficulty
(b) Situation
(c) Contention
(d) Warrant
(e) Ailment
84.
(I) As Britain knows, all predominant power seems for a time ___________, but in fact it is transient.
(II) Another reason people do not take out income protection insurance is because they see themselves as being ___________.
(a) Mortal
(b) Extravagant
(c) Invincible
(d) Venerate
(e) Brook
85.
(I) The air quality over Delhi, which is currently bracketed under ‘Very Poor’ category, is expected to ___________ further.
(II) Katie’s hearing began to ___________ in 1997 and she had to rely on hearing aids and lip-reading.
(a) Deteriorate
(b) Intrigue
(c) Dispatch
(d) Impel
(e) Vacate
86.
(I) The English ambassador to Holland even threatened to ___________ any merchants who traded with the new company.
(II) With the lifting of the said ___________, private sector banks can now carry out government-related banking transactions.
(a) Beseech
(b) Embargo
(c) Entreat
(d) Propriety
(e) Consecrate
87.
(I) Despite the national restrictions, the last 12 months have seen a number of creative responses to our collective ___________.
(II) Researchers found that when jail ___________ rates among counties increased, citizens were more likely to face adverse health issues.
(a) Objectives
(b) Incarceration
(c) Restrained
(d) Manifestation
(e) Imposing
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 88–92): Rearrange the paragraph and answer the following questions.
(A) The law, which is based on the realisation of a severe power imbalance between giant Internet platform and news media, marks a eate intervention by any government in platform-publisher relationship.
(B) A new law in Australia that seeks to make technology platforms such as Google and Facebook pay news publishers for use of their content presents governments in democracies with an idea worth considering, if not emulating.
(C) It seeks to level the playing field by mandating that platforms negotiate with publishers of news regarding payment for their content.
(D) The power imbalance is not just an Australian reality, though, and it is everywhere.
(E) However, the platforms are not used to paying for such content.
(F) This imbalance has only intensified over the past decade or so, during which time platforms have gained so much power that they have become de facto gateways to the net.
88. What is the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a) F
(b) D
(c) E
(d) C
(e) B
89. What is the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) F
(b) A
(c) C
(d) E
(e) D
90. What is the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) D
(b) F
(c) C
(d) A
(e) B
91. What is the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) E
(b) D
(c) C
(d) F
(e) B
92. What is the SIXTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) D
(b) E
(c) B
(d) C
(e) F
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 93–95): In the following question, a sentence with four highlighted words is given. Choose which of the following pairs should be interchanged to make the sentence meaningful. If the sentence is correct as it is, your answer is (e).
93. With France licensing (A) having given shape to new European Union copyright (B) rules, thereby forcing Google to negotiate already (C) deals with its publishers, the heat (D) is on the Internet platforms.
(a) A-B
(b) C-D
(c) A-C
(d) A-D
(e) No change required
94. Despite across (A), India still managed to assist (B) its partners from the Global South in key areas (C) of science and technology such as health limitations (D) Asia and Africa.
(a) B-C
(b) A-D
(c) C-D
(d) A-C
(e) No change required
95. Parliamentary democracy thrives (A) not just through adhering to the precedents (B) of the law but also by building (C) and respecting healthy letter (D) and conventions.
(a) B-C
(b) A-C
(c) B-D
(d) A-B
(e) No change required
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 96–100): In the following questions, two columns are given containing three sentences/phrases each. In the first column, sentences/phrases are A, B, and C, and in the second column, the sentences/phrases are D, E, and F. A sentence/phrase from the first column may or may not connect with another sentence/phrase from the second column to make a grammatically and contextually correct sentence.
Each question has five options, four of which display the sequence(s) in which the sentences/phrases can be joined to form a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. If none of the options given forms a correct sentence after combination, mark (e), i.e., “None of these” as your answer.
96.
| Column (I) | Column (II) |
| (A) The vaccines will be | (D) the pressure can overpower the body’s ability |
| (B) The most recent statement concerning | (E) student who keeps me up to date |
| (C) One of my neighbours is a friendly | (F) free in government hospitals |
(a) A-E, B-F
(b) B-D
(c) A-F, C-E
(d) B-F, A-F, C-D
(e) None of these
97.
| Column (I) | Column (II) |
| (A) There is a debate going on about an open | (D) of the prerequisites of justice |
| (B) A fair investigation is one | (E) alongside the insects and cut flowers |
| (C) The skin can sometimes be closed | (F) ballot instead of a secret ballot in the Senate polls |
(a) C-D, A-E
(b) A-F, B-D
(c) A-E, B-D
(d) C-D
(e) None of these
98.
| Column (I) | Column (II) |
| (A) Environmentalists became | (D) made their relationship legal at last |
| (B) The Centre has so far remained | (E) silent about the issue of choice of vaccines |
| (C) One claimed he could imagine | (F) the first, official anti-nationals |
(a) B-D, A-F
(b) A-E, C-D
(c) C-E
(d) A-F, B-E
(e) None of these
99.
| Column (I) | Column (II) |
| (A) Embargo lifted on the grant | (D) reasons for trading not migrating to the disaster recovery site |
| (B) The men are pictured together | (E) of government business to private banks |
| (C) Sebi said that it has asked the bourse to explain the | (F) over a lifetime were hard to shake off |
(a) B-D, C-E
(b) A-F, B-D
(c) A-F
(d) A-E, C-D
(e) None of these
100.
| Column (I) | Column (II) |
| (A) Opening up of the government business will | (D) she finds it useful to talk while she runs |
| (B) One big difference between her month | (E) the improvement in asset quality for Indian banks |
| (C) The pandemic-induced downcycle has delayed | (F) allow more private banks to participate |
(a) A-F, C-D
(b) C-E, B-F
(c) A-F, C-E
(d) A-E, B-F, C-D
(e) None of these