General Ability Test 1

GENERAL ABILITY TEST (Paper 2) MOCK TEST -3 Questions: 100

Duration: 2Hrs. SECTION -1

QUANTITATIVE ABILITY 1. What will be the value of ‘x’ in : 324 = 15 .

x 256

A. 432

B.122

C. 192

D.288

2. Three fresh graduates G1, G2 and G3 start a fashion boutique by investing Rs.5000, Rs.6000 and Rs.4000 respectively. G1 manages the business and gets 30% of the profits for the same. The balance amount is divided amongst all three of them in proportion of their investments. At the end of the year, G1 gets Rs.200 more than B and C together. What was the total profit for the year? A. Rs. 3000

B. Rs. 2840

C. Rs.2400

D. None of these

3. A rope can make 140 rounds of a cylindrical pulley with a base radius of 14cms. If the same rope is used to go round a cylinder of base radius 20 cm, how many rounds will it make? A. 112

B. 128

C. 98

D. None of these

4. 2 men and 3 women can stitch a fancy tent in 10 days, whereas 4 men alone can also do the same job in 10 days. When the tent is stitched by 3 men and 3 women, in how many days they will be able to complete the job?

5.

A. 12 days

B.10 days

C. 8 days

D. None of these

Two pipes P1 and P2 can fill an oil tank in 20 minutes and 25 minutes respectively. Both of these pipes are opened together on an empty tank, but after 5 minutes the pipe P2 is turned off. In how much time the empty tank gets filled up? A. 11 minutes B. 12 minutes C. 15 minutes D. None of these

6. a person walks a distance of 35 kms. First part of the time he walks at 4kms/hr and rest of the time he walks at 5 kms/hr. He claims that if he could walked the first part of the time at 5kms.hr and the rest at 4 kms/hr, he could have covered a kms more than this distance. How much time did he originally take to cover the entire distance? A. 9 hrs

B. 8 hrs

C. 7hrs

D. None of these

7. The book value of an imported design maker sewing machine is depreciated by a garment factory at 10% every year. What was its purpose price if at the end of 3 years its book value is shown as Rs. 8784? A. Rs.12000

B. Rs. 11200

C. Rs. 12800

D. None of these

8. The ages of a father and his son are in the ratio 5:2 after 8 years, their ages will be in the ratio 2:1. The difference between the ages of the two at present is: A. 20 years

B. 24 years

C. 26 years

D. None of these

9. A batsman in his 12th innings makes a score of 63 runs and thereby improves his average score by 2. Assuming he was never been ‘not out’, what is his average after the 12th innings? A. 42

B.41

C. 36

D. None of these

10. What will be the value of ‘x’ in the expression:

1 1 1 2 + 3 + x + 2 = 13 2 6 3 5 A. 17/5 B. 7/5 4

C. 21/5

D. None of these

11. Visitors to magic show were charged Rs. 15 per head on the first day of the show; Rs. 7.50 per head on the second day and Rs. 2.50 per head on the third day. The attendance on the three days was found to

be in the ratio 2:5:13. What was the average collection per head for the entire show?

18. If the sides of a triangular lawn are doubled , its area will:

A. Rs.6.00

B. Rs. 6.50

A. remain the same

C. Rs.5.00

D. None of these

B. become double

12. If (a + b) : (a-b) = 4:1, then the value of (a2+b2) : a2b ) will be equal to :

C. becomes four times D. None of these

2

A. 25:9

B. 16:1

C. 8 :17

D. None of these

13. A store owner marks his goods in such a way that after allowing a discount of 12.5%, he is able to make a profit of 20%. At what price should he mark a shirt costing him Rs. 210? A. Rs.266

B. Rs.288

C. Rs. 292

D. None of these

14. A bonus amount of Rs. 2430 has been paid to three labourers- L1, L2 and L3. They spend Rs. 5, Rs.10 and Rs. 15 respectively on their refreshments, and their balance amounts are in the ratio of 3:4:5. The amount of bonus paid to L1 was: A. Rs. 800

B. Rs. 605

C. 710

D. None of these

15. A 100 meters long train running at a speed of 70 kms/hr will cross a milkman cycling at a speed of 10 kms/hr in the same direction in : A. 6 mts

B. 6 secs

C. 8 secs.

D. None of these

16. A rectangular table cloth 112 cms by 78 cms has a border of crepe silk 2.5 cms. Wide all round it on the inside. What will be the cost of embroidering the border at a rate of Rs. 72 per 1000 sq.cm? A. Rs. 84

B. Rs. 66

C. Rs. 62

D. None of these

17. The average monthly salary of a joint family of 12 persons is Rs.1540. One member of the family leaves the job and decides to retire, thereby decreasing the family income by Rs.1430. What is the new average monthly salary of the 11 persons? A. Rs. 1490

B. Rs. 1500

C. Rs. 1550

D. none of these

19. A sum of Rs. 4100 was divided among 50 boys and girls who had gone on a picnic. If each boy was given a pocket allowance of Rs. 90 and each girl Rs. 65, then how many girls were there in the group? A. 12

B. 18

C. 16

D. None of these

20. Two horse riders travel 270 kms and 192 kms and the ratio of their average speeds is 15:16. if the first rider completes his journey in 9 hours, how much time the second rider takes to complete his journey? A. 9 hours

B. 8 hours

C. 6 hours

D. None of these

21. In 60 litres of an acidic solution, the ratio of pure acid and water is 2:1. If the solution is to be diluted to a ration of 1:2, the how much extra water should be added to the solution? A. 40 litres

B. 20 litres

C. 30 litres

D. None of these

22. A sum of money invested on simple interest amounts to Rs. 767 in 3 years and Rs.806 in 4 years. The sum invested is : A. Rs. 600

B. Rs.650

C. Rs.700

D. None of these

23. A deep water fishing boat goes 40 kms upstream in 8 hours and travel back a distance of 36 kms downstream in 6 hours. The speed of such a boat in still water will be : A. 6.5kms/hr

B. 5.5 kms/ hr

C. 6.0 kms/hr

D. None of these

24. An accessory manufacturer reduces the number of his employees in the ratio of 9:8 and increased their wages in the ratio 14:15. The wage bill of this set up will be:

A. Decreased

33. Cumbersome

B. Increased

A. Non-confident

B.Awkward

C. Cannot be determined

C. Upbeat

D.Obscure

D. None of these

34. Meteoric

25. A wheel makes 100 revolutions in covering a distance of 88 kms. The radius of the wheel is A. 140 mtr

B. 160 mtr

C. 240 mtr

D. None of these

SECTION 2 COMMUNICATION ABILITY Instructions: For answering each of the questions 2634, select the word from given alternatives which best expresses the meaning of the word given in question. 26.

27.

28.

Voluble A. Fluent

B.Conservative

C. Guilty

D.Mundane

Proficient A.Tricky

B.Dexterous

C.Difficult

D.Brilliant

Fulminate A. Juvenile

B. Angry

C. Sincere

D.Explode

29. Macabre A.Common place

B. Stale

C. Gruesome

D. Careless

30. Dogmatic A. Arrogant

B. Sober

C. Certain

D.Wane

31. Urbane A. Humane

B. Brave

C. Non-rural

D. Courteous

32. Uncouth A. Satirical

B. Young

C. Unrefined

D. Trite

A. Flat

B.Sudden

C. Polite

D.Serious

Instructions: In each of the questions 35-43, a word followed by four alternative words has been given. You are to select the alternative word which is nearly opposite in meaning to the word given in questions. 35. Rapacious A. Conservative

B. Radical

C. Liberal

D. Civilised

36. Demure A. Silent

B. Noisy

C. Gay

D. Misery

37. Jargon A. Words

B. Literature

C. Axiom

D. Grammar

38. Pragmatic A. Static

B. Willing

C. Idealistic

D. Eager

39. Partisan A. Quiet

B. Obscure

C. Opponent

D.Helpless

40. Arid A. Humid

B. Fertile

C. Loathe

D. Dry

41. Ostentatious A. Retiring

B. Lean

C. Plain

D. Impolite

42. Taciturn A. Introvert

B. Yielding

C. Submissive

D. Chatty

43. Venerate

SECTIONS -3

A. Applause

B. Praise

C. Despise

D. None of these

Instructions: In each of the questions 44-50, sentence with one or more blanks have been given. Select the best alternative to fill up the blank(s) so as to make the sentence most meaningful. 44. Treatment primed with soothing plant _____ like camomile, guarana, licorice etc. reduce the ______ effect and help to stabilise the skin tone A. Lotions, wet

B. Extracts, surface

C. Extracts, surface

D. None of these

45. Call it what you will, _____ or ______ is a normal component of our everyday activities. A. Stress, tension

B. Stress, strain

C. Strain, stress

D. Labour, strain

46. _____! What are you doing here? A. Alas

B. Oh

C. Hello

D.Hurrah

47. One must not go against the ______ of morality. A. Canons

B. Cannons

C. Either of these

D. None of these

48. The UN should move ______ and ______ to get the nuclear weapons controlled. A. Earth, heaven

B. Heaven, earth

C. Earth , sky

D. Earth, soil

49. The government gas passed many new legislations to improve the _____ of the _____of the society. A. Group, underprivileged B. Lot , underdogs C. Lot, uneducated

D. None of these

50. The moral law is ______ the civil law. A. Behind

B. Above

C. Below

D. Upon

ENGLISH COMPREHENSION Instructions: Read the following passages carefully and answer questions given at the end of each passage. Passage -1 The state of the economy and its health or weakness can be assessed by the composition of its GDP and even more importantly by the nature of sectoral achievements over the years. Generally speaking, it is seen that where the share of agriculture in GDP is high, the per captia income is low and vice versa. This is because where agriculture is predominant, the level of industrialisation and the activities of the services sector are relatively less important to make a positive impact on the pace of economic development. The latter two sectors are unable to wean away surplus labour employed in agriculture and are unable to adequately shift it to other areas of economic activities. Because of pressure of population on the agrarian sector of population on the agrarian sector itself, agricultural modernisation suffers and gross income from agriculture does not rise in tune with other sectors. This becomes a drag on the over all pace of development. It is also noticed that structural transformation, especially social changes goes hand-inhand with economic development. In structural transformation and that alone can bring about economic wellbeing of the masses in an orderly manner. The experience of some of the countries highlights this point and stands testimony to the process of development. Among the ten countries analysed, India takes the lowest position in terms of per capita income and its growth. India’s per capita income which stood at US$150 in 1960, rose to US$ 300in 33 years, registering only 3% rate of growth per annum. As against this, our neighbour, Sri Lanka, trebled its per capita income in absolute Figures from US$200 to US$ 600 during the same period and registered a high growth of about 14.0% per annum in its per capita income. Two Latin American counties, viz. Mexico and Brazil, whose position was no better than that of India at the time of India’s independence also recorded a rate of growth much higher that India during the same period.

These Countries were successful in promoting industries and the services sectors and were able to wean away their surplus labour from agriculture sector to other and more remunerative activities. The bane of India’s economy is its high population growth and overdependence on agriculture. According to 1991 Census, out of a population of 846.3 million, 628.7 million, forming about 74.3%, lived in rural areas, and most of them depended on agriculture or on those whose income was derived. Although the share of agriculture in the GDP which was 56.5% in 1950-51 has decreased to 28.8% in 1995-96, even this pace of change has not helped much in alleviating the level of poverty and the nature of living conditions in rural India. It is also evident that the share of agriculture in the GDP of all these countries, except India, has declined at a faster rate between 1960 and 1993 and it is not surprising that over this period, as a whole, steeper the decline in the share of agriculture, higher has been the rate of economic growth. At the same time, it does not follow from the above that agriculture in these countries has been on the decline. Far from it. Higher productivity per hectare and commercialisation of agriculture has made it possible to help establish a host of agro-based industries, trades and services, which along with other industries, have been able to absorb surplus labour from the land. This is not to deny entirely the progress made by Indian agriculture during this period. But the fact remains that in many areas and states, agriculture still remains a traditional and inherited vacation, handed down from the forefathers. It is an established fact that growth is uneven in the best of circumstances and even in the countries with high per capita incomes. How far have they succeeded is still a moot point, but that planning Commission and policy makers in India have, for decades, been engaged in exercises that would result in narrowing down disparities in development between the states and within a state. The position needs to be explained a little further. For example, in 1993-94, the average national per capita income stood at Rs. 9321 in current prices. But only five states recorded a per capita income above the national average. These included Delhi, Goa, Punjab, Maharashtra

and Haryana. The average per capita income of these top five states works out to be Rs. 13031, higher by about 40% over the national per capita income. In contrast, five states at the bottom had an average per capita income of about Rs.4256 or less than 46% of the national average. The states included Bihar, J & K, Tripura, Orissa and Uttar Pradesh. A Closer look at the per capita income of the top and bottom six states shows that the top six accounts for about 62% of rural population of those states, while the rural population of the bottom six works out to be 82.1%. 51. From the passage, it can be concluded that A. Rural population dominates the Indian economy B. Higher the rural population greater is the extent of poverty in the state. C. Both of these D. None of these 52. from the passage, which one of the following can be said with certainty A. The top five states contribute maximum to the GDP B. The bottom five states are responsible for low growth rate of our per capita income C. Our economy is agriculture D. None of these 53. As per the author, the mantra to a higher growth rate of GDP is : A. Promote industries and service sector B. Discourage agriculture C. Use labour productively D. None of these 54. as per the passage, the countries which have recorded a high growth rate have: A. divested from service sector B. divested from agriculture sector C. used their resources more effectively D. None of these 55. As per the author, the Indian economy suffers because of

i.

Non-commercialisation of agriculture

ii. Over-population iii. Over-dependence on agriculture sector A. i and ii only B. ii and iii only C. I and iii only D. None of these 56. Surplus labour could be spared from the agriculture sector by A. Reducing the area of cultivation B. Commercialisation of agriculture C. Starting more service section industries. D. None of these 57. According to you, the passage discusses the issues related to A. Agriculture sector reforms B. Economic development of countries C. Disparities among countries D. None of these 58. The Census 1991 data indicates that the rural India has A. Prospered as much as the urban India B. Not been able to prosper as much as the urban India C. Agriculture sector has grown as much as other sectors in India. D. None of these 59. The modernization of agriculture could not take place in India because. A. Of the lower per capita income in rural India B. Agriculture has been handed down from generation to generation in India C. Of pressure of population on India as such D. None of these

Passage 2 In her man-destroying role in the film Disclosure, Demi Moore got it wrong: pushy women do not reach the top. Nice ones do. A study of Britain’s most successful females including chief executives and top professionals points them as a cheerful, self-confident, motherly lot, so lacking in chippiness that they passed through the ‘glass ceiling’ without even realising it was there. Their advice to the younger women clawing their way to power is to loosen up. Many young female professionals, they say, are too intense and suffer by comparison with male contemporaries with male contemporaries who concentrate on the job in hand rather than on their careers. Successful women are unlikely to see their careers as battles. And they scorn as neurotic the notion that they have had to work harder than their male contemporaries. The study was carried out by Peter York, the style guru who coined the term Sloane Ranger. He said there was ‘a noticeable absence of bullies’ among the successful women he had studied. The majority are not in women’s group, nor do they indulge in power dressing. It is because they are obviously’ superior’ people that men can cope with having to take orders from them, suggested York. “ There is a growing acknowledgement that in return for equality with men it is incumbent on women to behave with gallantry towards them. Gentleness with the male ego, a determination not to use sexual weaponry to unfair advantage, either to persuade or to hurt, are natural female behaviours for thinking, well-adjusted women,” he said. It is a label which might be applied equality to Marjorie Scardino, the American-born chief executive of the $8 billion Pearson group , or to Mo Mowlam, the Northern Ireland secretary, who was voted Woman of the Year in a television poll. York carried out the study for a firm of head-hunters, Saxton Bamfyide, under his alter ego. Peter Wallis of the SRU consultancy. The women he interviewed – who were promised anonymity- were born in the pre-feminist era and are now aged 45-60. They are middle class and highly educated, usually with supportive husbands. All said they

were brought up in homes where education was prizedtheir parents were mostly professionals or academics and they were made to feel that girls could achieve anything. It ‘never occurred’ to them that they would have to play second Fiddle to men. This confidence in their own ability produced what York calls ‘the walking –on-water effect’. They had ‘foreseen no trouble and encountered none’ and they had no time for networking. Women’s groups ‘are unreal’, said one. Where little sexism they acknowledged was brushed aside with humour. “A judge once told me to wear a skirt,” recalled a leading lawyer. Dwelling on difficulties was seen as “ a waste of energy” and a habit that could” erode precious selfconfidence.” Typical of this generation of high-flyers is Dame Valerie Strachan, chairman of HMC customs and Excise. “Although I am in an organisation which has a very macho image and is very male dominated, it hasn’t been as issue on my mind and because of that, it has not been an issue in other people’s mind either”, she commented. “I just got on with it. I never felt there was someone somewhere saying. ‘Well she will go this far and no further’.” Another common factor was alack of career planning. Most talked of “getting on with the things in hand” rather than looking ahead and that completing one task well was what brought them the offer of the next. This sentiment was echoed by Baroness Hogg, 52, a director of numerous financial institutions and former head of the No10 policy unit. “I don’t think I was ever very strategic about my career,” she said . “It was just getting on with the next thing that arrived and looked challenging.” The most important quality in women bosses, she said, was not toughness but stamina. Such women look on their younger sisters with a mixture of sympathy and contempt. While acknowledging that young people in general are better qualified, better educated more focussed and more dedicated than the “generation in power”, the young are damned as “dull”. Perhaps because they work in such a competitive environment, young women tend to be anxious and intense. Men can be just as bad, however . The older omen see a tendency among ambitious young people of

both sexes to get good jobs early “because they want so much”, without having the “intellectual horsepower” to deliver over the ling term. Older women did not expect to have it all: most willingly sacrificed having families or married lower-flying men. Today’s young women, questioned for the same study, see children and career as part of the package and want “power couple: partnerships such as Cherie and Tony Blair’s. “They come in with a different set of assumptions,” said Strachan. “I joined in 1961 and I don’t think I was thinking at that time of a full-time career throughout my life. I rather assumed I would work until I got married or maybe until I started a family and it was only gradually that I started to think other things were possible. Whereas women coming in now naturally think in terms of a working lifetime”. 60. Which of the following were found to be the common factors for lack of success of women: i. Career planning ii. Family upbringing iii. Female networking A. i only

B.i and iii only

C. ii and iii only 61. As per the author, the personality of a successful woman comes naturally from A. Women networks

B. Family upbringing

C. Feminist support

D. None of these

62. The phrase “generation in power” has been used to refer to A. The executives who rule the industry B. Older women in places of power C. Younger women who are more focussed D. None of these 63. As per the passage, which one of the following is certainly not a woman A. Dam Valerie

B. Saxton Bomfylde

C. Marjorie Scardino

D. None of these

64. As per the passage, the feminist era must have started

A. in the early twentieth century B. in the late nineteenth century C. not earlier than 1950s D. none of these 65. Which of the following statements is expressive of an individual opinion as per the passage? A. Young women are better qualified. B. Young women are more intense C. Young women are more “dull” D. None of these 66. The work glass ceiling has been used to denote the A. The ceiling of a room B. The glass pane of an office room C. The perceived obstacle D. None of these 67. As per the passage, to be successful women should A. Consider their profession as a battle B. Loosen up C. Indulge in power dressing’ D. None of these 68. As per the passage, today young women look for A. Career alone B. Lower-flying men as husbands C. A husband who is an well placed D. None of these Passage -3 Indian bankers today have innumerable challenges: worrying levels of Non Performing Assets (NPAS), stricter prudential norms, new and expanded risks, and questions like, “Do wee need to be bigger? Stronger?” those questions are hard to answer. Simultaneously, the banks face a task that is less tangible but no less difficult. In search of that elusive competitive edge, they must reinvent themselves. It’s time must reinvent in Indian banking. Indian banking today is in the grip of profound structural changes-deep, wrenching, but exciting. The big by-product of liberalisation is increased choice, not just for the customers, but also for the banks. New

business, new customers, and new products beckon, but bring increased risks and competition. How might that change banks? Look around the world. The age of global mega-mergers in banking is here. Earlier this year, Citicorp and travellers Group announced a merger that would create a giant with $700 billion in assets, followed by a $ 570 billion merger announcement from National Bank Corp and Bank America Corp. On a much smaller scale, the same imperatives of lowering costs, increasing efficiency and gaining clout will, eventually, drive mergers in Indian banking. Then there’s competition. In many a market, non-banks have already eroded traditional bank franchises. Depositors and corporate and retail borrowers all have other options today. In the US for instance, the share of the commercial banks in household assets fell from 90 percent in 1980 to 55 percent at the end of 1997, while mutual funds raised their share from 10 percent to 44 percent. In the same period, the bank’s share of business credit fell from about 50 to 35 percent. Their share of consumer credit was an even smaller 28 percent while the non-banks held the remaining 72 percent. Indian bankers rightly expect that their monopoly in these areas will also decline. Today, the banks have to compete with their peers as well as with other financial companies. But tomorrow, competitions might zoom in from completely unexpected industries, as deregulation and new technology blur old boundaries, rewriting the conventional definition of a bank. In New Zealand, for instance, the government has considered various deregulations; so, public utilities like telephone companies might hold interest-bearing balances for customers, who could use them to pay other merchants. With the rise of the internet, players like Microsoft, with access to million of households, are racing to position themselves as new intermediaries, selling everything from cars to mutual funds. By some estimates, on-line sales of financial services, including those by the banks, will grow from $1.20 billion in 1997 to $5 billion in 2001 It’s not all gloom and doom for the banks, though. Those forces offer as many opportunists as threats. The banks themselves are using technology to reach out to

customers in new ways, including deregulation, to offer new products and service. In all that, individual initiative rather than an ability to blindly follow the manual will be the key. Because, to succeed, or even survive, the banks must anticipate change, recognise opportunities and manage risks. There is already early evidence of that in India. Look at bank results for 1997-98, and is the diversity of performance that will strike you, especially at the public sector banks. When they began their clean up in 1992, it was also a chance to start over, because they could openly declare loan losses, and the government gave them fresh capital and the breathing space to recover. Some used that wisely, and one group of banks has moved ahead, with healthy balance-sheets and bright futures. But others have not profited from the new start, and still lag behind with high NPAS and a worrying weakness in competitiveness .So, there is a clear differentiation between the banks already. This gap is set to widen, especially since the government has begun divesting its stake in some public sector banks. The effect in mainly psychological because the government’s stake is still well above 51 percent. Nevertheless, these banks are suddenly speaking the new language of shareholder value, profitability and commercial considerations. What does true renewal entail? To prosper, the banks need focused managements to map a clear direction, and trained and committed staff to get there. For instance, take Citibank world wide . While it always had a retail presence, the bank’s global consumer banking thrust is only 2 decades old. Achieving its present success meant a big overhaul, from the top management that wrote the strategy to the last phone banker who linked the bank to the consumer. At the other end of the spectrum, take Bangladesh’s Grameen Bank, everybody’s favourite development banking success story. It has an impeccable record of lending to sectors that other banks dismiss as unviable, yet ensuring enviably high recovery rate. It is the bank’s employees, criss-crossing the country side, who have implemented its blueprint for sustainable small credit.

69.

As per the passage A. Days of pure banking are over B. Banking jobs are being performed by nonbanking organisations C. The newer technologies are throwing unlimited opportunities open to all business D. None of these

70. As per the author, the mega-mergers will mean everything except A. Lowering costs B. Increasing efficiency C. Reducing risks D. None of these 71. As per the author, to succeed bank needs A. Only the top management to be performing B. Each one of the assets including every employee to be performing C. Only the lower level staff performing D. None of these 72. As per the passage, the Indian Banking Industry has A. A rosy period ahead B. A difficult time ahead C. Every chance for individual initiative D. None of these 73. The Author is of the view A. That Government should divest from banking B. That it is time for renewal for Indian banking C. That Government should protect Indian banking D. None of these 74. As per the passage , the liberalisation has brought in increased choice A. For customers with increased risk B. For banks with increased risk C. For customers and banks with increased risk D. None of these

75. As per the passage, the divestment by the Government is likely to

81. What will replace the ‘?’ in the following letter series? A CD GHI ‘?’ UVWXY

A. Weaken the banks competitive position

A. LMNO

B. MNO

B. Discourage new entrants in private sector

D. MNOP

D. None of these

C. Wake up the public sector banks to professionalise D. None of these SECTION-4 ANALYTICAL ABILITY 76. While writing some equations, some signs and numbers got interchanged, if the interchanges are in-signs ‘-‘ and ‘/’, and the numbers 4 and 8, then which one of the following equations is correct? A. 6-8/4=1

B. 8-6/4=1

C. 4/8-2=6

D. None of these

Instructions : Answer questions 77-79 based on the information given below. Mr. Archie, Ms. Betty, Mr. Cooper and Ms. Demello are sitting around a table and discussing their professions. Mr. Archie is sitting opposite a cook. Ms. Betty is sitting right to a barber. The washerman is on the left of the tailor. Ms. Demello is sitting opposite Mr. Cooper 77. Who among the following is the washer man A. Mr. Archie

B. Ms. Betty

C. Mr. Cooper

D. None of these

78. the tailor is sitting between i. Barber

ii. Washerman

iii. Cook A. i and ii

B. ii and iii

C. i and iii

D. None of these

79. What is the profession of Ms. Betty? A. Barber

B. Cook

C. Tailor

D. None of these

80. If + means x, - means +, and x means/, then what will be the value of 5+4-18x3? A. -34

B.6

C. 26

D. None of these

82. There are four players in a cricket ground – A, B, C and D. B is standing south west of a, is to the east of B and south-east of A. D is to north of C and in line with AB. In which direction of A is D standing A. South-East

B. North

C. North- East

D. None of these

83. If the first and second letters, the third and the fourth letters, the fifth and sixth letters and so on in the word COMMUNICATIONS were interchanges, how many letters of the alphabet retained their original position? A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. none of these

Instructions: Answer questions 84-88 using English Alphabet. Follow the specific instructions in each of the questions. 84. If the first halt of the alphabet I written in the reverse order, which letter will be the first vowel from your left? A. 4th

B.5th

C. 6th

D.none of these

85. If we write the alphabet in the reverse order, cancel every second letter of it, then find the middle letter in the derived alphabet what will be the middle letter? A. N

B. M

C. O

D.None of these

86. The letters of the alphabet interchange their positions in such a way that a takes the place of Z and z takes the place of A, B takes the place of Y and Y takes the place of B, and so on. In this new alphabet, the thirteenth letter from right will be: A. M

B. N

C. O

D.None of these

87. If the letters as per the new sequence above (question -86) are used to denote the original letters whose position these occupy, then as per the new alphabet how will the word SUBTRACT be written? A. HFIGYZXG

B.HFXGIZYG

C. HFYGIZXG

D.None of these

88. In the new sequence (Question-86), what will be the letter midway between the fifteenth letter from the left and eighteenth letter from the right end? A. P

B.O

C. N

D. None of these

89. Which of the following does not belong to the group? A. 55

B.16

C. 9

D.1

Instructions: For answering questions 90-93, study the following information A fashion training college plans to deliver a refresher training programme for garment manufacturers. The duration of the course is eight days with second day being a Sunday. The programme should cover the following areas: Cutting, Stitching, Finishing, Packaging, Pricing, Sewing Machines and Machine Maintenance. The programme should start with Packaging. The Sunday shall be observed a holiday. Finishing should be covered after Machine Maintenance. Programme should end with Sewing Machines. Pricing should be covered immediately after the holiday. There should be a gap of one day between cutting and Machine Maintenance. 90. Which subject will be covered on Tuesday? A. Sewing Machines

B.Machine Maintenance

C. Pricing

D. None of these

91.How many days gap will be there between Packaging and Machine Maintenance? A.

Three

B. Four

C.

Five

D. None of these

92. Which subject will be covered one day before Sewing Machines?

A. Finishing

B.Packaging

C. Pricing

D. None of these

93. If the programme could have started two days later, the subject of Machine Maintenance could have been covered on A. Thursday B.Friday C. Saturday D.None of these 94. Two trekkers T1 and T2 have watches, T1’s watch keeps correct time but T2’s watch loses half a minute every hour. The watches were set correct at 8am. What time was it by T2’s watch when T1’s watch was at 6.00 pm? A. 6.05 pm

B.6.00 pm

C. 5.55 pm

D.none of these

95. In a certain code language? TENDER is coded as SDMCDQ. In the same code how ill the word LIMITED be written? A. KHLHSDE

B.KHLHSDC

C. KHPHSDC

D.None of these

96. Jumbled alphabets of a meaningful word along with simple hint to the word are given below. You are to rearrange these alphabets and select from the given alternatives the one which is one left to the middle letter of the rearranged word. ISHTOCR ( a fast running bird) A. H

B. R

C. I

D. T

97. Jumbled alphabets of a meaningful word along with simple hint to the word are given below. You are to rearrange these alphabets and select from the given alternatives the letter which comes in the 4th position of the rearranges word. LTOAOFRE (name of an airliner) A. T

B. A

C. O

D. F

Instructions: Read the following information carefully and answer questions 98-100 Shekhars have three children- Meenal, Roman and Sonali. Meenal is married to Gunmeet Rana and they have a son

Chetan. Sonali marries Raman Ghai and Vinay and Neera are their Children. Roman Shekhar is younger to Meetal but elder to Sonali. 98. Who is likely to continue to be having a surname Shekhar all through? A. Vinay

B. Meenal

C. Chetan

D. None of these

99. Which of the following is certainly not false? A. Roman Ghai is the eldest of all the persons named B. Raman and Vinay are blood relations C. Gunmeet and Roman are not blood relations D. None of these 100. What is Sonali’s surname after marriage A. Ghai

B.Shekhar

C. Rana

D.None of these