Ques(1-4) What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series? 

1) 2, 3, 7, ?, 121, 721 
a) 18 
b) 23 
c) 28 
d) 25 
e) 22
2) 56, 45, 71, 38, 89, 33, 110, 30, ?
a) 134 
b) 125 
c) 138 
d) 131 
e) 140

3) Two cars are travelling in opposite directions with speeds of 16 kmph and 20 kmph. Initial distance between them is 500 m. What will be the distance between them 5 sec. before they meet?
a) 100m
b) 75m
c) 450m
d) 25m
e) 50m

4) Sweta and Ruhi have to clear their respective loans by paying 2 equal annual instalments of Rs.20000 each. Sweta pays at 10% pa of SI and Ruhi pays at 10% CI pa. What is the difference in their payments ?
a) 200
b) 300
c) 400
d) 500
e) None of these

5) PARAM and ANURAG are supercomputers developed in
a) China 
b) USSA 
c) England 
d) India 
e) None of these

6) A string of eight 0s and 1s is called a
a) megabyte
b) byte
c) kilobyte
d) gigabyte
e) None of these

7) The name for the way that computers manipulate data into information is called
a) programming
b) processing
c) storing
d) organizing
e) None of these

8) The person contribution the idea of the stored program was
a) John Neumann 
b) Charles Babbage 
c) Howard Alken
d) Daniel Thomas 
e) Dennis Ritenie

9) In the word, RANDOM how many pairs of letters can be identified that have the same number of letters between them as in the English alphabetic series.
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3
e) None of the above

10) How is never written in encrypted language? 
Statement:
1) “Never go out there” is written as “so no po to” 
2) “Out is never wrong” is written as “ropo go to”

a)Statement 1 alone is sufficient to answer the question
b)Statement 2 alone is sufficient to answer the question
c)Each of the statements alone can answer the question
d)Both the statements together are not sufficient
e) Both the statements are necessary to answer the question

(11-12)Observe the series below carefully and answer the questions that follow:

CAOSIMRHDBK@#$%2345

11)Which is the sixth element to the right of the twelfth element from the right?
a) $
b) %
c) @
d) #
e) None of the above

12) In the series, how many vowels are there that have consonants on both the sides?
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3
e) None of the above

13.BHEL has recently commissioned Prayagraj Super Thermal Power Project with a capacity of 660 MW. It is located in ¬
a) Madhya Pradesh 
b) Rajasthan 
c) Uttar Pradesh 
d) Jammu and Kashmir 
e) None of the above

14)The government has recently increased the allocation under which of the following schemes in order to complete it by 2019 instead of the present target of 2022? 
a) PradhanMantriKrishiBimaYojana
b) PradhanMantri Gram SadakYojana
c) PradhanMantriFasalBimaYojana
d) PradhanMantriGraminAusudhiYojana
e) None of the Above

15)NATO has recently conducted Trident Juncture Military Exercise 2015 in which of the following places? 
a) Belgium 
b) China
c) Britain 
d) Italy
e) France

16)Who has recently been appointed as the new chairman of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)? 
a) Swati Malliwal
b) E Nachiappa
c) Reba Khatrapal
d) Raghav Chandra 
e) Ashok Sharma

(17-20)Select the option that has to replace the phrase in bold to make the sentence grammatically correct.

17) Though Kohli is not as good a captain as Dhoni, he can still substitute for Dhoniif needed be.
a) when need be
b) when needed be
c) if need be
d) if required to
e) No correction required

18 Combining theboom in the startup eco-system, the data gathered make a case for investment in infrastructure.
a) Apart with
b) Combined with
c) Together
d) Both
e) No correction required.

(19-20)Select the word that is applicable in the sentences:

19) One should practice to _______ temptations. The protesters are planning to ____ the reforms being planned by the authorities.
a)yield
b) succumb
c) resist
d) dissolve
e)share

20) There has been a strong resistance to the _____ of the Government to build the power plant.
a)efforts
b)whims
c) niceties
d) travails
e) fancies


Solution:

1 ) d (The pattern is: 2x2­1=3, 3x3­2=7, 7x4­3=25, 25x5­4=121, 121x6­5=721 )


2 ) a ( The odd terms increase by 15, 18, 21, 24.. while the even terms decrease by 7, 5, 3..
Hence the next term is 110+24=134)

3 ) e ( Relative speed of second car with respect first one = 36 kmph or 10 m/s
Time taken to meet = 50 sec.
Distance travelled in 45 sec. = 450 m
Distance between them 5 sec. before they meet = 500-450 = 50 )

4 ) a ( D =[(20,000 *110/100*110/100) – 20,000]  – 20,000 *10*2/100
=[ 24200-20000]-4000
=4200 – 4000
D = 200)

5 ) d

6 ) b

7 ) b

8 ) a

9 ) b

10 ) d

11 ) a

12 ) b

13 ) c

14 ) b

15 ) d

16 ) d

17 ) c

18 ) b

19 ) c


20 ) a






Ques. : 1 As per the new criterion for the RuPay debit card to avail of the in-built insurance cover, cardholders have to use the card within ____ days prior to claim the insurance claim.
1) 100 
2) 90
3) 60 
4) 45
5) 30


Ques. : 2 The Union govt approved Rs 3,120 cr to 102 AMRUT cities recently. In the term AMRUT, letter ‘A’ denotes
1) Atal 
2) Advani
3) Aam 
4) Aadhar
5) Aawas

Ques. : 3 India successfully test-fired indigenously built nuclear-capable surface-to-surface, single-stage solid propellants-powered Agni-I missile which has a range of
1) 350 km 
2) 700 km
3) 1500 km 
4) 2500 km
5) 3500 km

Ques. : 4 The first day-night Test match was held between Australia and New Zealand in Adelaide recently. The colour of the ball used in the match was
1) pink 
2) white
3) red 
4) yellow
5) green

Ques. : 5 Patricia Scotland will become the Commonwealth’s first woman Secretary General on 1 Apr 2016. She will take over from India’s
1) Vikas Swarup 
2) Kamalesh Sharma
3) Sushma Swaraj 
4) Syed Akbaruddin
5) RK Pachauri

Ques. : 6 Which country got its first fighters in the form of FA-50 aircrafts bought from South Korea recently? Its military had decommissioned its last fleet of supersonic combat aircraft in 2005.
1) Thailand 
2) Singapore
3) Philippines 
4) Cambodia
5) Vietnam

Ques. : 7 Who won the women’s singles title at the USD 120,000 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold 2015 recently?
1) Li Xuerui 
2) Ashwini Ponnappa
3) Saina Nehwal 
4) PV Sindhu
5) Minatsu Mitani

Ques. : 8 For the first time in the history of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), a special prize named the Unesco Fellini Medal was awarded at IFFI 2015 that was held in
1) Pune 
2) New Delhi
3) Hyderabad 
4) Goa
5) Mumbai 

Ques. : 9 The RBI granted in-principle approval to NPCI to function as the central unit for BBPS. The term BBPS stands for
1) Bharat Basic Payment Systems 
2) Bharat Broad Payment Systems
3) Bharat Bill Payment Systems 
4) Bharat Bank Payment Systems
5) None of these

Ques. : 10 Who won 2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix F1 championship recently?
1) Nico Rosberg 
2) Sebastian Vettel
3) Fernando Alonso 
4) Kimi Raikkonen
5) Lewis Hamilton

Answers: 
1. 2) 90
2. 1) Atal
3. 2) 700 km
4. 1) pink
5. 2) Kamalesh Sharma
6. 3) Philippines
7. 4) PV Sindhu
8. 4) Goa
9. 3) Bharat Bill Payment Systems
10. 1) Nico Rosberg






1. The average age of a man and his son is 45 years. The ratio of their ages is 5 : 1. What is the difference between the ages of the man and his son?
a)40 years
b)60 years
c)55 years
d)45 years
e)None of these

2. The difference between 41% of a number and 15% of the same number is 390. What is 33% of the number?
a)360
b)495
c)490
d)150
e)395

3. The inner diameter of a well is 18meters. If the well is 28 metres deep then what is its volume?
a)7218 cu m
b)7282 cu m
c)7128 cu m
d)7028 cu
e)None of these

4. If a commission of 10% is given on MP of book ,the publisher gains 20% if the commission is increase to 15% the gain % is ? 
a) 40/3
b) 10
c) 20
d) 15
e) None of these

5. A takes 2 hr more than B to walk D km .if A double his speed than he can make it in 1 hr less than B. How much time does B require for walking D km?
a) 4 hr
b) 1 hr
c) 2.5 hr
d) 1.5 hr
e) 3 hr

6. The circumferences two concentric circles are 186m and 142m. What is difference between their radii?
a)7m
b)10m
c)11m
d)8m
e)14m

7. In a class of 45 students and 8 teachers, each student got sweets that are 20% of the total number of students and each teacher got sweets that are 40% of the total number of students. How many sweets were there?
a) 484
b) 549
c) 600
d) 449
e) 550

8. There are two examinations rooms A and B. If 10 students are sent from A to B, then the number of students in each room is the same. If 20 candidates are sent from B to A, then the number of students in A is double the number of students in B. The number of students in room A is:
a) .20
b) .80
c) 100
d) .200
e) None of these

9. A.train covers a distance of 880 km in 16 hours. What is the average speed of the car, if the speed of the car is 30% less than the speed of the train?
a)71.5 kmph
b)60 kmph
c)38.5 kmph
d)40 kmph
e)37.5 kmph

10. A is 30% more efficient than B. How much time will they, working together, take to complete a job which A alone could have done in 23 days?
a) 11 days
b) 13 days
c) 20 days
d) 15 days
e) None of these

11. A does half as much work as B in three-fourth of the time. If together they take 18 days to complete the work, how much time shall B take to do it?
a) 30 days
b) 40 days
c) 15 days
d)24 days
e) None of these

Direction (12-13):Find the approximate value should come in the question mark ?

12. 12591 / 39.8 + 933 / 13 - 12.86 * 14.2 + 135 = ?
a) 340
b) 330
c) 325
d)350
e)355

13.  33% of 1235 + 917 / 12 - 129% of 765 + 682 = ? 
a) 160 
b) 180
c) 200
d) 210
e)225

14. In simultaneous throw of two coins,the probability of getting at least one head is:
a) 1/2
b) 2/3
c) 3/4
d) 1/3
e) None of these

15. A bag contains 6 black balls and 8 white balls. one ball is drawn at random.what is the probability that the ball drawn is white:
a) 4/7
b) 3/4
c) 4/5
d)1/8
e)None of these

Answers with explanation:

1.b
3=45
1=15
4=60

2.b

3.c
V=Pie r^2h
=22/7*9^2*28=7128

4.a
Let M.P=100
SP1=90
CP=90*100/120=75
SP2=85
P%=10/75*100=40/3

5.a
Let time taken by B =t
so time taken by A=t+2
when speed of A is double then time taken by A=(t+2)/2
so,(t+2)/2= t-1
t=4 hr


6.a

7.b
 Numbers of sweets got by students = 45*9=405
Numbers of sweets got by teachers = 8*18=144
Recquired Sweets=405+144=549

8.c Let numbers of students in A and B are x and y
x-10=y+10
x-y=20.......(1)

(x+20)/(y-20)=2
x-2y=-60.......(2)
From above Eq.
x=100

9.c
Speed of train=880/16*70/100=38.5

10.b
        13 A
       
        10 B
Total work=13*23
Recquired time=13*23/23=13 days

11.a
 Let B has done the work in x days
A/2=3/4x
A=3/2x days
2/3x+1/x=1/18
x=30 days

12.a

13.b

14.c
 n(E)=HT,TH,HH
P(E)=3/4

15.a
8/14=4/7

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Directions(1–5) : Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the paper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

(A) “What a waste of my tax money”, I thought, walking past the people having free Californian Chardonnay.

(B) “Speak to her”, he said , “She’s into books”,

(C) The friend who had brought me there noticed my noticing her.

(D) In late 2003, I was still paying taxes in America, so it horrified me that the US Consulate was hosting a “Gallo drinking appreciation event”.

(E) Behind them, a pianist was playing old film tunes, and a slim short woman was dancing around him.

1.Which of the following would be the FOURTH sentence?
(1) A                                            
(2) B
(3) C                                            
(4) D
(5) E


2.Which of the following would be the FIRST sentence?
(1) A                                            
(2) B
(3) C                                            
(4) D
(5) E

3.Which of the following would be the FIFTH (LAST)  sentence?
(1) A                                            
(2) B
(3) C                                            
(4) D
(5) E

4.Which of the following would be the SECOND sentence?
(1) A                                            
(2) B
(3) C                                            
(4) D
(5) E

5.Which of the following would be the THIRD sentence?
(1) A                                            
(2) B
(3) C                                            
(4) D
(5) E

Directions (6–15): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

The right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, which came ...(6)... effect in April this year, is meant to transform the education sector and take India closer to the goal of universal schooling. But with admissions to the new academic session just ...(7)... the corner, it is fast becoming clear that ...(8)... well-intentioned ideas into ...(9)... will take some doing. For a start, the guidelines for admission under the RTE prohibit schools from conducting any sort of student profiling The stress on a random yet justifiable admission process means that school will have to resort to something as quirky as a lottery system. However, leaving admission to a good school to pure ...(10)... will only incentivize manipulations, defeating the very essence of RTE. The main problem facing the education sector is that of a resource sector is that of a resource crunch. The provisions for ensuring universal access to education are all very well, ...(11)... we have the infrastructure in place first Brick and mortar schools need to precede open admission and not the ...(12)... way around. In that sense legislators’ assessment of ground realities is ...(13)... target when they endorse the closure of tens of thousands of low-cost private schools for not meeting the minimum standards of land plot, building specifications and playground area as laid out in the RTE Act. Instead of bearing down ...(14)... on private schools failing to conform to abstract bureaucratic criteria, efforts to bring about universal education should focus on upgrading and expanding the existing government school infrastructure to accommodate all. Only then can we ensure the much-needed supply-demand ...(15)... in the education sector.

6.
(1) with                                                    
(2) for
(3) on                                                
(4) into
(5) in

7.
(1) around                            
(2) near
(3) into                                              
(4) about
(5) reaching

8.
(1) forming                              
(2) translating
(3) having                                        
(4) taking
(5) framing

9.
(1) affect                                                            
(2) ideas
(3) practice                                      
(4) concept
(5) procedure

10.
(1) benefit                                        
(2) merit
(3) chance                                        
(4) basis
(5) method

11.
(1) unless                                          
(2) until
(3) executed                                    
(4) provided
(5) exercised

12.
(1) other                                            
(2) any
(3) two                                                
(4) differ
(5) after

13.
(1) on                                                  
(2) of
(3) often                                            
(4) taken
(5) off

14.
(1) soft                                                
(2) more
(3) less                                              
(4) only
(5) hard

15.
(1) need                                            
(2) equilibrium
(3) expectation                              
(4) attempt
(5) aspects



Answers :

1.(3)
2.(4)
3.(2)
4.(1)
5.(5)
6.(4)
7.(1)
8.(2)
9.(3)
10.(3)
11.(4)
12.(1)
13.(5)
14.(5)
15.(2)






Directions (Q. 1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

A word arrangement machine, when given a particular input rearranges it following a particular rule. The following is the illustration of the input and the steps of arrangement:

Input: name 37 11 is his 42 Khan 28
Step I: is name 37 11 his 42 Khan 28
Step II: is 42 name 37 11 his Khan 27
Step III: is 42 his name 37 11 Khan 28 
Step IV: is 42 his 37 name 11 Khan 28
Step V: is 42 his 37 Khan name 11 28
Step VI: is 42 his 37 Khan 28 name 11
VIth step is the last step.

1. If the following step is the II step, of an input. What will be fourth step?

Step II : is 86 falling 47 53 rain 22 still

1) is 86 rain 53 falling 47 22 still
2) is 86 rain 53 still 47 falling 22
3) is 86 rain falling 47 53 22 still
4) is 86 rain 53 still 47 22 falling
5) None of these

2.Following is an input step, which will be the last step?

Input : 11 sky is 7 84 no 33 limit 27 for me

1) is 84 no 33 me 27 for 11 sky 7 limit
2) is 84 me 33 no 27 for 11 sky 7 limit
3) is 84 me 33 no 27 sky 11 for 7 limit
4) is 84 no 33 sky 27 no 11 for 7 limit
5) None of these

3. Input : to 36 clear 28 11 the pre 15 exam
Which of the following will be IV step?
1) to 36 pre 28 clear 11 the 15 exam
2) to 36 the 28 clear pre 11 15 exam
3) to 36 pre 28 the 15 clear 11 exam
4) to 36 pre 28 the clear 11 15 exam
5) None of these

4.Which step will be the last but one step for the following input.

Input : 84 cat 62 runs 11 very 46 slowly

1) V
2) IV
3) VI
4) VII
5) None of these

5.Which of these words/number would be fourth from left side in step IV for the above input?
1) runs
2) 11
3) 62
4) very
5) None of these

Direction (Q. 6-10): In these questions, relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. These statements are followed by two conclusions. Mark answer

1) If only conclusion I follows.
2) If only conclusion II follows.
3) If either conclusion I or II follows.
4) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
5) If both conclusions I and II follows.

6. Statements:

P ≤ Q > R = M > K > S

Conclusions:
I. Q > K
II.R < P

7. Statements:

D = R,  R ≥ M,  M < Q

Conclusions:
I.M = D
II.D > M

8. Statements:

C ≥ A,  B ≤ A,  B > M

Conclusions:
I.B < C
II.C = B

9. Statements:

A ≥ C = B,  K > D > S < P = B

Conclusions:
I.A = B
II.A > B

10. Statements:

A > P,  Z > A,  N ≥ Z,  L ≥N

Conclusions:
I.P = L
II.P < L

Directions (Q. 11-13): Study the following information and answer the questions given below:

P @ Q means ‘Q is the father of P’.
P # Q means ‘P is the mother of Q’.
P + Q means ‘P is the sister of Q’.
P – Q means ‘Q is the daughter of P’.
P $ Q means ‘P is the wife of Q’.

11. Which of the following means that S is the daughter-in-law of the wife of the father of N?
1) S $ M @ N – R
2) R $ M – N # S
3) S $ N # M – R
4) R $ N – M $ S
5) None of these

12. If C $ B – N $ W – T + S; N + M then which of the following is true?
1) M is the uncle of T.
2) C is the grandmother of S.
3) N is the daughter-in-law of C.
4) S is the nephew of M.
5) More than one of the above is true.

13. If S + O; C – E; S $ L; C $ O; M @ L then how is E’s father related to M’s father?
1) Husband
2) Brother
3) Father
4) Brother-in-law
5) None of these

14. In a certain code language PROFESSOR is written as TRHQGUUTQ, in the same language how the word CONDITION will be written in that code among the following?
1) QEFPKVKPQ
2) QEFPKKVPQ
3) QFEPKKVPQ
4) QEFKPKVPQ
5) None of these
15. Nitin starts walking in west direction and after walking 35 metres he moves towards north direction and walks 12 metres then moves in south-east direction (towards the starting point) and walks 20 metres and stops. How far he is from the starting point?
1) 33 metre
2) 37 metre
3) 17 metre
4) 27 metre
5) 47 metre


Answers:
(1-5):
Machine rearranges the alphabetical words in ascending order of their length, in case of same length, the word whole first letter comes first in alphabet will get the priority and should placed first, numbers are arranged in descending order, in sequence, letter number letter and so on.
     1. 1;   Step II. is 86 falling 47 53 rain 22 still
                Step III. is 86 rain falling 47 53 22 still
                Step IV. is 86 rain 53 falling 47 22 still
     2. 2
     3. 3;   Step I. to 36 pre clear 28 11 the 15 exam
                Step II. to 36 pre 28 clear 11 the 15 exam
                Step III. to 36 pre 28 the clear 11 15 exam
                Step IV. to 36 pre 28 the 15 clear 11 exam
     4. 2;   Input : 84 cat 62 runs 11 very 46 slowly
                Step I. cat 84 62 runs 11 very 46 slowly
                Step II. cat 84 runs 62 11 very 46 slowly
                Step III. cat 84 runs 62 very 11 46 slowly
                Step IV. cat 84 runs 62 very 46 11 slowly
                Step V. cat 84 runs 62 very 46 slowly 11
    5.3 ; 62
Solutions (6-10)
     6. 1;   Q > R = M > K
                Þ Q > R > K
                Þ Q > K is true
     7. 3;   D = R ³ M
                Þ D ³ M
     8. 3;   C ³ A and A ³ B
                C ³ B
     9. 3;   A ³ C = B
                Þ A ³ B
  10. 2;   L ³ N,  N ³ Z,  Z > A
                L ³ Z > A
                Þ L > A,  A > P (given)
                So, L > P
                or, P < L

Solutions (11-13)
  11. 5
  12. 2
  13. 4
  14. 2
  15. 3






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