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Q.1 8 15 24 35 48 63 _?
(a) 70 (b) 80 (c) 75 (d) 88
Answer
:
(b) 80
Q.2 A student divided a
number by 2/3 when he required to multiply by 3/2. Calculate the percentage of error in his result.
(a) 0%
(b) 1% (c)
4% (d) 9%
Answer
:
(a) 0%
Explanation:
Since 3x / 2 = x / (2 / 3)
Q.3 A
dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell pulses at the cost price, but he uses a
false weight of
950 gm. for a kg. His gain is …%.
(a) 5.1 %
(b) 5.3% (c) 5.9 % (d) 6%
Answer
: (b) 5.3%
Explanation:
He sells 950 grams of pulses and gains
50 grams. If he sells 100 grams of pulses then he will gain (50 / 950) *100 = 5.26
Q.4: -Five boys were climbing a hill. J was
following H. R was just ahead of G. K was between G & H. They were climbing
up in a column. Who was the second?
(a) H
(b) G (c) K (d) R
Answer
: (b) G
Explanation:
The order in which they are climbing is
R – G – K – H – J
Q.5: - If point P is on line segment AB, then which
of the following is always true?
(a) AP = PB (b) AP > PB (c)
AB > AP + PB (d) AB > AP
Answer
: (d) AB > AP
Explanation: : P A B Since p is a point on the line segment
AB, AB > AP
Q.6: -The number that does not have a reciprocal is
____________.
Answer
: 1
Q.7: -It takes Mr. Karthik y hours to complete
typing a manuscript. After 2 hours, he was called away. What fractional part of
the assignment was left incomplete?
(a) y-2/y
(b) y/2 (c) 2-y (d) 2y
Answer
: (a)
y-2/y
Explanation: To type a manuscript karthik took y hours.
Therefore his speed in typing = 1/y. He was called away after 2 hours of
typing. Therefore the work completed = 1/y * 2. Therefore the remaining work to
be completed = 1 – 2/y. (i.e.) work to be completed = (y-2)/y
Q.8 Which of
the following is the shortest route for travelling from A to B in the figure
given above?
(a) ACB (b) ADB
(c) AFB (d) AEB
Answer
: (c) AFB
Q.9 At what
time after 4.00 p.m. is the minute’s hand of a clock exactly aligned with the
hour hand?
(a) 4:21:49.5 (b) 4:27:49.5 (c) 3:21:49.5 (d) 4:21:44.5
Answer
: (a) 4:21:49.5
Q.10: -If (2x-y) =4 then (6x-3y) =?
(a)15 (b) 12 (c) 18 (d) 10
Answer
: (b) 12
Q.11: -A clock is set right at 8 a.m. The clock
gains 10 minutes in 24 hours. What will be the true time when the clock
indicates 1 p.m. on the following day?
(a)48 min. past 12 (b) 38 min. past 12 (c) 28 min. past 12 (d) 25 min. past 12
Answer
: (a) 48 min. past 12
Q.12: -Dinesh travelled 1200 km by air which formed
2/5 of his trip. One third of the whole trip, he travelled by car and the rest
of the journey he performed by train. What was the distance travelled by train?
(a)600Km (b) 700Km (c) 800Km (d) 900Km
Answer
: (c) 800Km
Q.13: -Pipe A can fill in 20 minutes and Pipe B in
30 minutes and Pipe C can empty the same in 40 minutes. If all of them work
together, find the time taken to fill the tank
(a) 17 (1/7) minutes (b) 20 minutes (c) 8 minutes
(d) none of these
Answer
: (a) 17 (1/7) minutes
Q.14: -A cow is tethered in the middle of a field
with a 14 feet long rope. If the cow grazes 100 sq. ft. per day, then
approximately what time will be taken by the cow to graze the whole field?
(a)2 days (b) 6 days (c) 18 days (d) 24
days
Answer
: (b) 6 days
Q.15: -In the given figure, PA and PB are tangents
to the circle at A and B respectively and the chord BC is parallel to tangent
PA. If AC = 6 cm, and length of the tangent AP is 9 cm, then what is the length
of the chord BC?
(a)4 cm (b) 8 cm (c) 6 cm (d) 5 cm
Answer
: (a) 4 cm
Q.16: -2 numbers differ by 5.If their product is
336, then the sum of the 2 numbers is:
(a)21 (b) 51 (c) 28 (d)
37
Answer
: (d) 37
Q.17: -A radio when sold at a certain price gives a
gain of 20%. What will be the gain percent, if sold for thrice the price?
(a)280 (b) 270 (c) 290
(d) 260
Answer
: (d) 260
Q.18: -x% of y is y% of?
(a) x/y (b) 2y (c) x
(d) can’t be determined
Answer
: (c) x
Q.19: -If the value of x lies between 0 & 1
which of the following is the largest?
(a)x (b) x2 (c) –x
(d) 1/x
Answer
: (d) 1/x
Q.20:-Sam and Mala have a conversation. Sam says I
am certainly not over 40 Mala Says I am 38
and you are at least 5 years older
than me • Now Sam says you are at least 39 all the statements by the two are
false. How old are they really?
(a) Mala = 38 years,
Sam =31 yrs. (b) Mala =
38 years, Sam = 41 years
(c) Mala = 31 years,
Sam = 41 yrs. (d) Mala =
45yrs, Sam = 41 years
Answer
: (b) Mala = 38 years, Sam = 41 years
Q.21: -The probability that a man will be alive for
25 years is 3/5 and the probability that his wife will be alive for 25 years is
2/3. Find the probability that only the man will be alive for 25 years.
(a) 2/5 (b) 1/5 (c) 3/5
(d) 4/5
Answer
: (b) 1/5
Q.22: -A / B = C; C > D then
(a) A is always greater
than D (b) C is always greater than D
(c) B is always less
than D (d)
none of these
Answer
: (a) A
is always greater than D
Q.23: -The population of a town was 1, 60,000 three
years ago. If it increased by 3%, 2.5% and 5% respectively in the last three
years, then the present population of the town is :
(a) 1, 77,000 (b) 1, 77,366
(c) 1, 77,461 (d) 1, 77,596
Answer
: (b) 1, 77,366
Q.24: -A square is divided into 9 identical smaller
squares. Six identical balls are to be placed in these smaller squares such
that each of the three rows gets at least one ball (one ball in one square
only). In how many different ways can this be done?
(a) 81 (b)
91 (c) 41
(d) 51
Answer
: (a) 81
Q.25: - A three digit number consists of 9, 5 and
one more number. When these digits are reversed and then subtracted from the
original number the answer yielded will be consisting of the same digits
arranged yet in a different order. What is the other digit?
(a) 1 (b)
2 (c) 3 (d) 4
Answer
: (d) 4
Data
interpretation: -
Study the following information carefully to answer
the questions.
Detail
of population as recorded in a census
Population of state ‘P’ is 150% of population of
state ‘T’ and 80% of the population of state ‘U’. Population of state ‘Q’ is
60% of the population of state ‘V’. Population of state ‘S’ is 125% of
population of state ‘R’. Population of state ‘U’ is 75 lakhs which is 80% of
the population of state ‘V’ and 120% of the population of state ‘S’.
Q.26: - What is the ratio between population of
state Q and state S respectively?
(a) 12:13 (b) 11:12 (c) 9:10 (d)
7:9
Answer
: (c) 9:10
Q.27: - What is the population of state Q and state
S together?
(a) 118.75 (b) 112.65 (c) 106.85 (d) 112.25
Answer
: (a) 118.75
Q.28: - What is the difference between population of
state P and state v?
(a) 38.5 (b) 33.75 (c) 35.75 (d) 35.5
Answer
: (b) 33.75
Q.29: - Population of state R is what percent of the
population of state V?
Answer
: (c) 
Q.30: -Population of state S is more than the
population of state R by what percent?
Answer
: (b) 
SECTION
(B) Logical Reasoning
Q.31: - In each of the following questions, various
terms of an alphabet series are given with one or more terms missing as shown
by (?). Choose the missing terms out of the given alternatives.
AZ, GT, MN,?, YB
(a) KF (b) RX (c) SH (d) TS
Answer (c) SH
First letter moves 6 steps forward. Second letter moves 6 steps backward.
Q.32: - If VICTORY is coded as YLFWRUB, how can
SUCCESS be coded?
(a) VXEEIVV (b) VXFFHVV
(c) VYEEHVV (d) VYEFIVV
Answer : (b)
VXFFHVV
Q.33: -In certain code, TOGETHER is written as
RQEGRJCT. In the same code PAROLE will be written as
(a) NCPQJG (b) NCQPJG (c) RCPQJK (d) RCTQNG
Answer : (a) NCPQJG
Q.34: - Find the odd one out
(a) Arc (b) Diagonal (c) Radius (d) Diameter
Answer : (b) Diagonal
Q.35: - A man said to a lady, "Your mother's
husband's sister is my aunt." How is the lady related to the man?
(a) Sister (b) Daughter (c) Mother (d)
Grand daughter
Answer (a)
Sister
Q.36: - There are six persons A, B, C, D, E and F. C
is the sister of F. B is the brother of E's husband. D is the father of A and
grandfather of F. There are two fathers, three brothers and a mother in the
group. Which of the following is a group of brothers?
(a) ABD (b) ABF (c) BFC (d) BDF
Answer (b)
ABF
D is father of A and grandfather of
F. So, A is father of F.
Thus, D and A are the two fathers.
C is the sister of F. So, C is the daughter of A.
Since there is only one mother, it is evident that E is the wife of A and hence
the mother of C and C and F.
So, B is brother of A.
There are three brothers. So, F is the brother of C.
Hence, B and A are brothers.
F is the brother of C. So, three brothers are A, B, F.
Q.37: - If A is the son of Q, Q and Y are sisters, Z
is the mother of Y, P is the son of Z, then which of the following statements
is correct?
(a) P is the maternal
uncle of A (b) P and
Y are sisters
(c) A and P are cousins (d) None of
the above
Answer (a)
P is the maternal uncle of A
Q.38: - FLP, INS, LPV, ?
(a) ORY (b) UXZ (c) VXY (d)
SVW
Answer (a)
ORY
Q.39: -
Answer (c) BB
Q.40: - LXF, MTJ, NPN, OLR, ?
(a) PHV (b)
PIU (c) PJW (d) PKX
Answer (a)
PHV
The first letter moves one step forward. The second letter
moves four steps backward. The third letter moves four steps forward.
Q.41: - A, B, N, C, D, O, E, F, P, ?, ?, ?
(a)
G, H, I (b) G, H, J (c) G, H, Q (d) J, K, L
Answer (c) G, H, Q
The series
consists of 2 groups (A, B, C, D, E, F, ?, ?) and (N, O, P, ?). The series is
made of two terms of first group followed by one term of second group.
Q.42 A, I,
P, V, A, E, ?
(a)E (b) F (c) G (d)
H
Answer (d)
H
he letters move 8, 7, 6, 5... steps forward.
Q.43: -In a party of 35 people there are twice as
many women as children and twice as many children as men. How many of each are
there?
(a) 14 men, 7 children
and 14 women (b) 7 men, 14
children and 14 women
(c) 5 men, 10 children
and 20 women (d)
10 men, 5 children and 20 women
Answer (c)
5 men, 10 children and 20 women
IF x = the number of men,
then x + 2x + 4x = 35.
Therefore 7x = 35.
So X = 5.
Q.44: -Flower: Bud :: Plant : ?
(a) Seed (b) Taste (c) Flower (d)
Twig
Answer (a)
Seed
Q.45: -Command: Order: : Confusion : ?
(a)Discipline (b) Clarity (c) Chaos (d) Problem
Answer (c)
Chaos
Q46: -The words in the first column are written in a
secret code in the second column. However, the secret writings in the second
column are not in the same order. What is the code assigned for the letter D?
BRAIN 13529, DRAIN 35293, RIVER 13754, DRIVE
83754
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1 (d)
9
Answer (c)
1
Q.47: -If SYSTEM is written as SYSMET and NEARER is
written as AENRER, then FRACTION will be coded as
(a) Carfnoit (b) Carftion (c) Noitfrac (d) Fracnoit
Answer (a)Carfnoit
Q.48: -Find the odd one out
(a) Ammeter: current (b) Hygrometer: pressure
(c) odometer: speed (d) Seismograph: earthquakes
Answer (b)
Hygrometer: pressure
Q.49: -CONDENSE: SHORT::
(a) shrink: wet (b)
measure : equal
(c) magnify : invisible (d) deflate : flat
Answer (d)
deflate : flat
Q.50: -Mirror Image-
Answer A
Q.51: -Find the number of triangles in the given
figure
(a) 18 (b) 20 (c) 24 (d)
27
Answer (c) 24
The figure may be labelled as shown above.
The simplest triangles are IJO, BCJ,
CDK, KQL, MLQ, GFM, GHN and NIO i.e. 8 in number.
The triangles composed of two
components each are ABO, AHO, NIJ, IGP, ICP, DEQ, FEQ, KLM, LCP and LGP i.e.10
in number.
The triangles composed of four
components each are HAB, DEF, LGI, GIC, ICL and GLC i.e. 6 in number.
Total number of triangles in the
figure = 8 + 10 + 6 = 24.
Q.52: - Statements:
I. There
has been a high increase in the incidents of atrocities against women in the
city during the past few months.
II. The
police authority has been unable to nab the culprits who are committing crime
against women.
(a) Statement I is the
cause and statement II is its effect
(b) Statement II is the
cause and statement I is its effect
(c) Both the statements
I and II are independent causes
(d) Both the statements
I and II are effects of independent causes
(e) Both the statements
I and II are effects of some common cause
Answer (a) Statement I is the
cause and statement II is its effect.
An
increase in the cases of atrocities on women and the police being unable to nab
the culprits involved in the same are independent happenings in themselves.
Q.53:
-Look at this series: F2, __, D8, C16, B32, ... What number should fill the
blank?
(a) A16 (b)
G4 (c) E4 (d) E3
Answer (c) E4
The
letters decrease by 1; the numbers are multiplied by 2.
Q.54: - Look at this series: (1/9), (1/3), 1,
____ , 9, ... What number should fill the blank?
(a)
1/3 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 2/3
Answer (b) 3
This is a
multiplication series; each number is 3 times the previous number.
Q.55: - Look at this series: 4, 7, 25, 10, __,
20, 16, 19, ... What number should fill the blank?
(a) 13 (b)
15 (c) 20 (d) 28
Answer (a) 13
Two series
alternate here, with every third number following a different pattern. In the
main series, 3 is added to each number to arrive at the next. In the
alternating series, 5 is subtracted from each number to arrive at the next.
Q56:- Look
at this series: 14, 28, 20, 40, 32, 64, ... What number should come next?
(a) 52 (b)
56 (c) 96 (d) 128
Answer (b) 56
This is an
alternating multiplication and subtracting series: First, multiply by 2 and
then subtract 8.
Q.57: -2, 7, 14, 23, ?, 47
(a) 31 (b) 28 (c) 34 (d)
38
Answer (c) 34
The given
sequence is +5, +7, +9, ——
ie. 2+ 5 = 7, 7 + 7 = 14, 14 + 9 = 23
Missing Number = 23 + 11 = 34.
Q.58: -4, 6, 12, 14, 28, 30, ?
(a) 32 (b)
64 (c) 62 (d) 60
Answer (d) 60
This
is a simple division series; each number is one-half of the previous number.
The
given sequence is a combination of two series 4, 12, 28, .... and 6, 14, 30,
.... The pattern is +8, +16, +32. So, the missing number = (28 + 32) = 60
Q.59: 2, 1,
(1/2), (1/4), ?
(a) (1/5) (b) (1/8) (c) (1/6) (c)
(1/12)
Answer (b) (1/8)
This is a
simple division series; each number is one-half of the previous number.
Q.60: -Pointing to a photograph, a man said, "I
have no brother or sister but that man’s father is my father’s son." Whose
photograph was it?
(a) His own (b) His nephew’s (c) His father’s (d)
His son’s
Answer (d) His son’s
Since the narrator has no brother, his father’s son is he himself.
So, the man who is talking is the father of the
man in the photograph.
Thus, the man in the photograph is his son.
SECTION
(C) General Awareness
Q.61: -Which of the following cities are twin
cities?
(a) Mumbai-Pune (b)
Agra-Kanpur
(c)
Hyderabad-Secunderabad (d) All of these.
Answer
: (c) Hyderabad-Secunderabad
Q.62: -Which of the following institutions do not
have headquarter in Geneva?
(a) Red Cross
(b)
Food and Agriculture Organization
(c) World Council of
Churches
(d) United Nations High
Commission for Human Rights.
Answer
: (b)
Food and Agriculture Organization
Q.63: -Which of the following statements is not
correct?
(a) Yeats helped Tagore
in translating Gitanjali into English.
(b) Sancho Ponga is the
squire of the literary character Don Quixote.
(c) Asha Purna Devi is
the first women to win the Sathiya Academy Award.
(d) Jean Paul Sarte
declined Nobel Prize for Literature in 1984.
Answer
: (d) Jean Paul Sarte declined Nobel Prize for Literature in 1984.
Q.64: -Which country is the first to issue printed
note and also to start Civil Services Competitive examination?
(a)England (b) China (c)
France (d) Egypt
Answer
: (b) China
Q.65: -What does the olive Branch represent?
(a) Peace (b) Prosperity (c) Progress (d) Unrest
Answer
: (a) Peace
Q.66: -What is the name of the first spaceship which
landed on mars?
(a) Europa (b) Sputnik (c) Viking-l (d)
Odyssey
Answer
: (d) Odyssey
Q.67: -Which city is called as Queen of Deccan?
(a) Pune (b) Jaipur (c) Srinagar (d)
Mumbai
Answer
: (a) Pune
Q.68: -Who is the author of the book ‘Indian
Philosophy’?
(a) R.K. Narayan (b) Dr. S RadhaKrishanan
(c)V.S. Naipaul (d) Sarojini Naidu
Answer
: (b) Dr. S RadhaKrishanan
Q.69: -Child Labour (prohibition and regulation) Act
1986 was legislated to implement the provision
of
(a) Article 23 (b)
Article 24 (c) Article 25 (d)
All of above
Answer
: (b) Article 24
Q.70: -Which city will host next Olympics games in
2016?
(a) Sydney (b) Rio de Janeiro (c) Sochi (d) Tokyo
Answer
: (b) Rio de Janeiro
Q.71: -Who has been named India’s representative for
talk with China on boundary issue?
(a)NSA Ajit Doval (b)
S. JaiShankar
(c) NSA Sujata Singh (d) Hari Shankar Brahma
Answer
: (b)
S. JaiShankar
Q.72: -Which word was chosen as ‘The Oxford
Dictionary word of the year’?
(a)Bae (b)
Normcore (c) Budtender (d) Vape
Answer
: (d) Vape
Q.73:-What was the rank of the India in World Bank’s
report on ‘Ease of Doing Business Report’ for 2014?
(a)114 (b)
132 (c)
142 (d)
134
Answer
: (c) 142
Q.74: - Which Railway Station becomes the first
station to provide free Wi-Fi facility?
(a)Varanasi (b) Bangalore (c) Ahmedabad (d) Allahabad
Answer
: (b)
Bangalore
Q.75: -MANAS (Maulana Azad National Academy for
Skill) will provide skill development to youth
belonging to –
(a)Muslims (b) Minorities (c)
Rural areas (d) Urban areas
Answer
: (b) Minorities
Q.76: -What is ‘Green Banking’?
(a) Bank financing to
agriculture (b) Bank
financing on pro-environment projects
(c) Bank financing to
irrigation (d) All Bank finance to farmers
Answer
: (b) Bank financing on pro-environment
Q.77: -Which state has the highest share in India’s
exports in 2013-14(In US$ terms)?
(a)Maharashtra (b) Gujrat (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Haryana
Answer
: (b) Gujrat
Q.78: -The members of Rajya Sabha are nominated for a
term of
(a) 5 years (b) 4 years (c) 6 years (d) 7
years
Answer
:
Q.79:- 18th SAARC Summit was held in
…………….. November 2014.
(a) Dacca (b) Islamabad (c) Kabul (d)
Kathmandu
Answer
: (d) Kathmandu
Q.80: -India Post has tied up with which of the
following online sellers to jointly work on bringing
thousands of weavers and
artisans from Varanasi through its website?
(a) FlipKart (b) Amazon (c) Indiamart (d) Snapdeal
Answer
: (d)
Snapdeal
Q.81: -RBI has recently cut the benchmark interest
rate (Repo Rate) by 0.25% to how much % with a
view to boost growth?
(a) 8% (b7.50% (c) 7.75% (d)
7%
Answer
: (c) 7.75%
Q.82: -Indian army has started ‘Operation All Out’
against the Bodo militants in which of the
following states?
(a) Assam (b) Chattisgarh (c) West Bengal (d) Nagaland
Answer
: (a) Assam
Q.83: -Which of the following countries has launched
Online Visa Pilot Program to make it easier for Indian business and tourism
visitors to apply online visa for travelling the country?
(a) Japan (b) Australia (c) China (d) USA
Answer
: (b) Australia
Q.84: -Who is the Chief Minister of Goa?
(a) Manohar Parrikar (b) Shri. Oommen Chandy
(c)Laxmikant Parsekar (d) O.Panneersevlam
Answer
: (c)Laxmikant Parsekar
Q.85: -Who is appointed as the governor of Himachal
Pradesh?
(a)Keshari Nath
Tripathi (b) KK Paul
(c) Kalyan Singh (d) Kaptan Singh Solanki
Answer
: (c) Kalyan Singh
Q.86: -India jointly launched ‘Visit India Year’
with which country to increase tourisms?
(a) Japan (b) Australia (c) China (d) USA
Answer
: (c) China
Q.87: -Union Health Ministry had declared national
deworming day on
(a) 3rd
February (b) 6th February
(c) 12th
February (d) 10th February
Answer
: (d) 10th February
Q.88: - Which State govt. launched ‘Crime and
Criminal Tracking Network System’ for e-
governance?
(a)Maharashtra (b) Gujrat
(c) Himachal Pradesh (d)
Haryana
Answer
: (c) Himachal Pradesh
Q.89: -RBI decided to bring back one rupee notes who
will signature on them?
(a) RBI Governor (b)Finance
Minister
(c)Finance Secretary (d) Foreign Secretary
Answer
: (c)Finance Secretary
Q.90: -Balasubramaniam Venkataramani is appointed as
the MD and CEO of
(a) BSE (b)
MXI (c) SEBI (d) NSE
Answer
: (a) BSE ..
