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SUBJECTCODE:03( Scholasti
cApt i
tudeTest)
BOOKLETCODE:26
TimeAllowed:2hour s
NumberofI tems:60
SECTIONONE:VerbalReasoni ng(Questions1-
35)
Thi
ssectionwhichissubdividedintoanal
ogy,synonyms,cl
assi
ficat
ion,readi
ng
comprehensi
on,analy
ticalandlogicalr
easoningcont
ains35verbalreasoningit
ems
al
toget
her.Eachsubsectionisfol
lowedbyi t
sspecifi
cdir
ecti
on.
Cl
assi
fi
cat
ionI
tems(
1-4)
Dir
ecti
ons:Inquest
ions1-4,
asetoft hr
eewor dsisgi
ven.Thr
eeofthewordarerel
atedin
someway s.Theremaini
ngwor disnotrel
atedtotherest
.Choosethewordwhichdoesnotf
it
therel
ati
onandblackenthelet
terofyourchoiceonthesepar
ateanswersheetpr
ovided.
1.A.Al oof C.Ret
icent
B.Sociable D.Haughty
AnswerC,
2. A.Swi ndle C.Morbid
B.Deceit D.Treacher
y
AnswerC
Al
lexceptMor bidaresy
nony
msofdeci
et

3. A.Scar ce C.Fr
equent
B.Int
er mit
tent D.Sporadi
c
AnswerA
4.A.Commence C.Launch
B.Ini
tiate D.Cease
DisCor r
ect.
1.cease-comeorbr i
ngt oanend
2.l
aunch-st artorsetinmoti
on( anact
ivi
tyorent
erpr
ise)
3.i
niti
ate-cause( aprocessoracti
on)t
obegin
4.commence-begi n

Analyti
calandLogicalReasoningQuesti
ons( 5-
14)
Dir
ections:Quest
ions5- 14dealwithl
ogicalandanalyt
icalr
easoni
ng.Readthegiv
ensetof
conditi
onsandassumpt ionsforeachquesti
on.Chooset heanswerthatyouthi
nkismost
appropriat
eamongt hegi venal
ter
nati
ves.Thenblackenthelet
terofyourchoi
ceonthe
separateanswersheetpr ovi
ded.

XYZ,aspeci al
tyrestaur
ant,
isopenforbusi
nesseveryMondayt hr
oughSat urdaybutisclosed
Sundays.Lunchist heonlymealserv
edonMonday s,TuesdaysandThur sdays.Di
nnerist he
onl
ymeal serv
edonWednesday s,
Friday
sandSaturdays.Therest
aurant'
sfloorsarepoli
shed
andit
spl antsarewat er
edonlyonday st
hatXYZisopenf orbusi
ness,accordingt
ot hefoll
owing

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schedul e:
 Pl antsar ewat eredtwoday seachweek, butnev eronconsecut i
veday sandneveronthe
samedayar ethatf l
oorspolished.
 Fl oorsar epol ishedonMondayandt woot herday seachweek, butneveronconsecut
ive
day sandnev eront hesamedayt hatplantsar ewat ered.
5.Accor dingt otheschedul e,whichoft hefoll
owi ngcoul dbet rue?
A.Dinneri sser vedonThur sday.
B.Floorsar epol ishedonTuesday .
C.Lunchi sservedonFr iday.
D.Plant sarewat eredonSat urday.[Answer:D]
6.Accor dingt otheschedul e,therestaurant
'sfloorsarepol ishedonei ther
A.Thur sdayorFr iday.
B.WednesdayorFr iday .
C.TuesdayorThur sday .
D.TuesdayorWednesday .[Answer: A]
7.Ifdi
nneri sser v edonadayt hatplantsarewat ered,whi choft hefoll
owi ngmustbetrue?
A.Floorsar epol ishedonWednesday .
B.Plantsar ewat eredonWednesday .
C.Floorsar epol ishedonThur sday.
D.Plant sarewat eredonTuesday . [Answer :C]
8.Assumet hatfloorsar epol i
shedonconsecut iveinsteadofnon- consecuti
vedaysbutthatall
otherschedul i
ngpol iciesar eunchanged.Forhowmanyoft hesi xdayscani tbedet
ermined
bothwhet herplant sar ewat er
edandwhet herfloorsarepol ished?
A.Six C.Three
B.Four D.Two
[Answer :A]
Readt hef ollowingt extandanswert hequestiont hatf ol
lowi t
.

ACol legeinAddi sAbabahasbui l


titsreputationf oracademi cexcell
encel argelyonsi gnif
icant
contribut
ionsf rom weal
t hyal umni whoar efansoft hecol l
ege’sf
ootballteam.Al thought he
team haswonmor enat
ional championshipsov erthey earsthananyothert eam ini t
sdi vi
sion,
thisyearitdidnotev enwi nthedivisi
ont i
tl
e,andsot heCol l
egecanexpectt oseeadecl i
nei n
alumni contri
but i
onsnexty ear.
9.Theabov ear gumentrel i
esonwhi choft hef oll
owingassumpt i
onsaboutt hecollege?
A.Thecol lege'sfootbal
l team wi l
lconti
nuei tslosingst reaknextyear.
B.Thecol lege'salumnicont ri
buti
onsdependt oanex t
entonawi nningrecor dbyt hecol l
ege's
footballt
eam.
C.Cont ri
butionsf r
om alumni areneededf orthecol l
eget oproduceawi nningf ootballteam.
D.Thecol lege'sreputat
ionf oracademicexcel lencedependsont heper formanceofi tsfootball
team.
Bi sistheanswer .

Readt
hef
oll
owi
ngt
extandanswert
hequest
iont
hatf
oll
owi
t.

I
tiswel
lknownthattheworl
durgentl
yneedstheadequat
edistr
ibut
ionoffoodsothatev
eryone
get
senough.Adequatedi
str
ibut
ionofmedici
neisj
ustasurgentastheneedforf
ood.Medical

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expert
iseandmedi cal suppli
esneedt ober edistr
ibutedt hr
oughoutt hewor l
dsothatpeopl
ein
emergingnationswi l
lhavepr opermedi calcare.
10.Thisparagraphbestsuppor t
st hest atementt hat
A.manypeopl ewhol i
veinemer gingnat i
onsar enotr eceiv
ingpropermedi calcar
e.
B.themedical-supplyindustr
yshoul dstepuppr oduct ionofit
spr oducts.
C.mostoft hewor l
d'sdoct or
sar esel f
ishaboutgi vi
ngt i
meandmoneyt othepoor.
D.foodproduct i
oninemer gingnat i
onshassl oweddur ingthepastsev er
alyears.
AnswerA
Thisanswerisi mpli
edbyt hest atementt hatredistr
ibut i
onisneededsot hatpeopleinemergi
ng
nati
onscanhav epropermedi cal care.

11.Fi
vechildr
enar esi
tti
nginar ow.Sissit t
ingnexttoPbutnotT.Kissit
tingnexttoRwhoi s
si
tti
ngont heextr
emel eftandTi snotsi
ttingnexttoK.Whoar esit
ti
ngadjacenttoS?
A.R&P C.P&T
B.K&P D.Onl
yP
Corr
ectoptionisC
Sissit
ti
ngnextt oP.So,theorderS, PorP, Sisfoll
owed.Kissit
ti
ngnexttoR.So, t
heorderR,K
i
sfoll
owedbecauseRi sont heextremeleft.Tisnotnextt
oPorK.So, thearrangementwil
lbe
R,K,P,S,T.Clear
ly,PandTar esitt
ingadjacenttoS.

12.I
naf amily,t
herear
ehusband-
wife,t
wosonsandt wodaughter
s.Al
lthel
adi
eswer
einvi
ted
toadinner.Bothsonswentoutt
oplay.Husbanddi
dnotr et
urnf
rom of
fi
ce.Whowasathome?
A.Al
lladieswereathome.
B.Onl
ysonswer eathome.
C.Nobodywasathome.
D.Onlywifewasathome.
AnswerCAl lthemembersareoutofhome.Hence,nobodywasathome.

13.Readt hef ollowingst atementandt heconclusions.Thenchooset heconcl


usionthatcanbe
reachedbasedont hest atement .
Statement:Par entsar epr eparedtopayanypr iceforanel i
teeducati
ontothei
rchildr
en.
Conclusions:_ ________ ___________
__ _
_________
__ _
___.
A.Ri chparent swer emor econcer nedf orthei
rchi l
dren'
seducati
ont hanpoorparent
sar e.
B.Parentsar er eadyt odowhat evertheycant osat i
sfythei
rchil
dren
C.Parentshav eanobsessi vepassi onforperfectdev el
opmentoft hei
rchi
ldr
enthroughgood
schooli
ng.
D.Allparentst heseday sar everywel l
off
14.Rearranget hef ollowi ngf i
vesent encesinpr opersequencetof or
m ameaningfulparagraph,
thenanswert hequest ionsgi venbelow.
1.Kemal receiv edacal ltoat t
endt heinterv
iew.
2.Heappl i
edf oranewj ob.
3.Kemal wasanambi t i
ousboy .
4.But,hewasnothappyt here.
5.Hisfatherhadputhi mi nacl eri
caljob.
14.Thecor rector deri s:
A.4,2,
1,5,
3 C.2,5,
4,
3,1

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B.2, 4,
5,3,2 D.3,5,
4,2,1
AnswerD,
Ant ony ms( 15-17)
Directions:Quest ions15- 17consi stofwor dspr i
nt edi ncapi t
allettersfollowedbyf ourwor ds.
Chooset hewor dt hati smostnear l
yopposi teinmeani ngtot hewor dincapi t
alletter.Then
blackent hel etterofy ourchoi ceont hesepar at
eanswersheetpr ovided.
15.I MPARTI AL
A.wor ri
ed C.need
B.bi ased D.host i
le
AnswerB
16.PROGRESS
A.adv ance C.mov ement
B.rev ersion D.si lence
Progr essmeanst omov eforwar dort oshowi mpr ov edr esult
s.Iti ssynony mouswi thwor ds
suchasdev elopmentoradv ancement .
Compl eteanswer :
Progr essmeansadv ancement .Theopposi teofpr ogr essi sreversion.Rev ersi
oni susedwhen
somet hinggoesbackt oitsor i
gi nalposition,thatis, therehasbeennopr ogr ess.So, thecor r
ect
answeri s“ Opt i
onB” .
Opt i
onAi nadv ance.Toadv ancemeanst omov efor war d.Theenemyadv ancedt owar dsthe
shor e.Itmeanst heenemymov edt owardst heshor e.Itisthewr onganswer .
Opt i
onci smov ement .Mov ementmeanst omov e-whensomet hingget sdi splacedf rom one
placet oanot her .Ther eisnospeci fi
cdirect i
on.Howev er,progressmeanst ogohi gheror
becomebet tersot hedi r
ectioni sonl yforwar d.Thus, mov ementi sthewr onganswer .
Opt i
ondi ssi lence.Si lencemeanst obequi et.Whennobodyi stalkingincl ass, t
her eissilence
i
nt hecl ass.I tisnotr elatedt ot hemeani ngofpr ogr essi nanyway .

17.CANDID
A.decept
ive C.rude
B.cunni
ng D.vague
AnswerA,Candi
dmeanstrut
hfulandst
rai
ght f
orward;
frank.Theopposi
teofcandi
disdecept
ive,
orgiv
inganappear
anceorimpressi
ondif
ferentfr
om thetrueone;misl
eadi
ng.

ReadingCompr ehensi on(18-25)


Dir
ections:Readt hepassagescar ef
ull
yandanswerquest i
ons18-25.Eachquest i
onwi l
lbe
basedont heinformat i
onstatedorimpliedi nthepassage.Thenbl ackenthel ett
eroffyour
choi
ceont heseparateanswersheetpr ov i
ded.
Readingcompr ehensi onI
Readt hefoll
owingpassageandanswerquest ions(18-21)
Thecoconuti sanunusual foodformanyr easons.Itistechni cal
lyaseed, pr oducedbythe
coconutpal mtree,andassuchi soneoft helargestedibleseedspr oducedbyanypl ant
.It
s
unusualcontentsalsomakei tuniqueint heseedwor l
dt heint er
iorconsistsofbot h"meat"and
"water.
"Themeati sthewhitepit
hwi t
hwhi chwear eall f
ami li
ar,asitisusedext ensivel
yfor
cookingandf l
av ouri
ngs;t
hecoconutwat erisawhi teli
quidt hatisv erysweetandt hirst
-
quenching.
Port
ugueseexpl orersgavethenuti t
snamei nthe15thcentury ,r
eferri
ngtoi tascoco, meaning

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"ghostintheirlanguage.Thet hr
eedi mplesandt hehai rytexturer
emi ndedt hem ofaghost '
s
face,andt hetreehasr etai
nedt hatnameev ersi
nce.
Thecoconuthasmanyv arieduses.I ti
susedt omakemar gari
ne,aswel lasv ari
ouscookingoil
s,
andt hesecooki ngoilsareusedbyf ast-f
oodrestaur antsar oundthewor l
dt omakesuchdi et
stapl
esasFr enchf r
ies.Thecoconutf l
uidisafav ori
tedr i
nki nhotcli
mat es,prov i
dingacooland
refr
eshingbev erager i
ghtof fthetree.Thiswaterisal sousedbymanuf acturersofv ar
ious
sportsdrinksbecauseofi t
si sotonicelect
rol
ytepr operti
es.Ev entheshell i
tselfhasmanyuses,
i
ncludingcat tl
ef oodandf erti
li
zer.
Adapt
edf
rom Readi
ngCompr
ehensi
on4t
hedi
ti
on
18.Thecoconutear nedt henickname" ghost"because
A.ofitssmel l
.
B.itisround.
C.itresemblesghost '
saf ace.
D.itspalecolor.
19.Whati sthemai nfocusoft hi
spassage?
A.Por t
uguesedi scov eries.
B.howcooki ngoi lismade
C.Coconutt reeshav emanyuses.
D.thehi st
oryofcoconut s
20.Thepassagei mpl iest hatcoconutpalmsar e
A.coconutpal msar egoodshadet rees.
B.Por t
ugueseexpl orer slovedcoconut s
C.coconutoi li
st hebestwayt ocook.
D.knownv al
uabl eplant s.
21.Coconutdi ffersfrom t heotherseedsbecauseofi t
s
A.flavour. C.specialuses.
B.cont ent
s. D.color.
Readingcompr ehensi onI I
Readt hefoll
owi ngpassageandanswerquest i
ons(22-25)

Dogsandcat sshoul
dnev erbeper mi
ttedt oeatchocol atebecausechocol at
ewor ksl i
kea
poisoni nt heirbodi
es.Chocol at
econtainsachemi calcalledtheobr omine,whichissimi larto
caffeine.Humanbodi esar eabletoprocesst hetheobromi newithoutanyillsi
deef fects, but
dogsandcat scannot .Differ
enttypesofchocol atecont aindif
ferentamount soft heobr omi ne.I
t
woul dt ake20ounces
ofmi lkchocol at
etoki l
la20- pounddog, butonlytwoouncesofbaker '
schocolateorsi xounces
ofsemi -sweetchocol ate.Theamount s,ofcour se,aremuchsmal lerforacat,whosebody
weighti st ypical
lyl
esst hanthatofadog.Mostcat sarenotnat urall
yattr
actedtoeat ing
chocol ate,butmanydogsar e.Dogsbynat ur
ewi ll
sampl enearlyany t
hingthattheyseet heir
mast er seat i
ng,sopetowner smusttakecar etokeepal lchocolatepr oductswelloutofr each
ofthei rdogsandcat s.
Adapt
edf
rom Readi
ngCompr
ehensi
on4t
hedi
ti
on
22.Accordingtothepassage, whyischocolat
epoi
sonousf
ordogsandcat
s?
A.Theycannotpr ocesstheobromine.
B.Itgetsstuckintheiri
ntest
ines.
C.Chocol atei
smadef r
om processedcocoa.
D.Itcontainscaff
eine.

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23.Accordingt othepassage, howmuchmi l


kchocol
atewouldbepoi
sonoust
oacat
?
A.hal
faHer sheybar
B.approxi
mat elyonepound
C.substanti
al l
ymor et han20ounces
D.substantiall
ylesst han20ounces
24.Whymi ghtadogeatchocol ate,
accordingtothepassage?
A.Dogsl i
ket oi mit
atet hei
rowner s.
B.Theycansmel lt
het heobromi ne.
C.Dogswon' teatchocol ate.
D.Becausei ttastesgood.
25.Whatbestsummar izesthi
spassage?
A.Apennysav edisapennyear ned.
B.Monkeysee, monkeydo.
C.Petfoodf orpet s,peoplefoodf orpeople.
D.Lookbef orey ouleap.
Synonyms( 2628)

Dir
ections:Quest i
ons26-28consi
stofwordspri
ntedincapitall
ett
ersfol
lowedbyfourwords.
Chooset hewor dthatismostnearl
ysimil
arinmeaningtothewor dincapit
all
ett
er.Then
bl
ackent hel et
terofyourchoi
ceontheseparat
eanswersheetpr ovided.
26.ATTACHMENT
A.appendage C.infl
uence
B.causation D.aff
ini
ty
AnswerC
27.FOUND
A.search C.establ
ish
B.real
ize D.see
AnswerC
28.ADVI CE
A.proposal C.counsel
B.practi
ce D.council
(
ANSWER: C-counselal
someanslegaladvi
ser.
Analogy( 29-35)

Dir
ections:Toanswert heitems29- 35,
readeachoft hefoll
owingwordscareful
lyandchoose
thewor dthatcor
rectl
ycompl et
estheanalogy.Thenblackenthelet
terofyourchoiceonthe
separateanswersheetpr ovided.
29.BRIDGEi stoRIVERasTUNNELi sto_____
_ _
_____
_______
_____
___.
A.rock C.underway
B.mount ain D.nail
s
AnswerB
Thebr i
dgesarebuiltoverther i
ver
.
Simil
arly,
Thetunnel i
sbuil
tundert hemount ain(
Tunnel i
smadei nthemountain).

30.PROSEi
stoaPOETRYasCONVERSATI
ONi
sto_
___
___
___
___
___
___
___
_.

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A.song C.l
anguage
B.poem D.l
i
steni
ng
AnswerA
Proseandpoetryar
eformsofli
ter
ature.
Si
mi l
arl
y,conv
ersat
ionandsongareformsofv
ocali
zati
on.

31.READINGi st
oaKNOWLEDGEasWORKi st
o_ _
___
__ _
_____
______
____
__.
A.engagement C.employment
B.exper
ience D.money
AnswerB
As'Knowledge'i
sachi
evedby'
Readi
ng'
int
hesameway' Experi
ence'i
sachi
evedby'
Wor
k'.

32.COLLEGEi srelatedtoTEACHERSi nthesamewayasHOSPI TALisrel


atedt
o:
A.beds C.patients
B.medicine D.doct ors
AnswerD
Asteachingisdoneby' Teacher
s'inthe'
Coll
ege'similarl
ytreat
mentisdoneby'Doct
ors'
int
he
'
Hospital'
.
33.TABLEi srel
atedt oWOODi nthesamewayasSHI RTi srel
atedt
o:
A.unif
orm C.cloth
B.medicine D.cotton
AnswerC
As'Table'i
smadef r
om 'Wood'i
nt hesameway' Shirt
'ismadef rom '
Clot
h'.

34.WALKisrel
atedRUNinthesamewayasBREEZEisrel
atedto:
A.ai
r C.dust
B.wind D.col
d
AnswerB
Asfastmodeof'Wal
k'i
s'Run'i
nthesamewayf
astmodeof' Br
eeze'
is'
Wind'
.

35.WAXi sr
elat
edt
oGREASEi
nthesameasMILKi
srelat
edt
o:
A.curd C.ghee
B.prot
ein D.dr
ink

As'
Grease'
ispr
epar
edf
rom '
Wax'
int
hesameway'
Cur
d'i
spr
epar
edf
rom '
Mil
k'
.

SECTI
ONTWO:Quant
it
ati
veReasoni
ng(
Quest
ions36-
60)

DIRECTIONS:Solv
eeachoft heprobl
emsgiveni
nquesti
ons36-
60belowandsel
ectthebest
answerfrom t
hegivenal
ter
nativ
esandblackent
helet
terofy
ourchoi
ceonthesepar
ateanswer
sheet
.
DataInt
erpret
ati
on

DI
RECTIONS:Questi
ons36-40arebasedonadat
agi
veni
nthet
abl
ebel
ow.Answereachof
t
hesequest
ionsbasedonthegiv
endat a.

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Year Heav
y Li
ght Car
s Jeeps Two- Tot
als
Commer
ci wheel
er
al

1996 21 32 202 146 349 750

1997 43 66 236 178 323 846

1998 74 75 232 217 402 1000

1999 86 94 289 256 418 1143

2000 103 119 261 235 476 1194

Tot
al 327 386 1220 1032 1968
Tabl
e1.Adat
aont
henumberofdi
ff
erentcat
egor
iesofvehi
clessol
dbyacompanyoverf
iveyear
s(i
nthousands)
.

36.Inwhichofthef ol
lowingy ear
swast henumberofl
ightcommerci
alv
ehi
clessol
dwas25%
ofthenumberoft wo-wheel er
ssoldinthesameyear?
A.1999 C.2000
B.1998 D.1996
AnswerC
I
nt heyear2000
Numberofl i
ghtcommer cialv
ehicl
essoldwere119
Numberof2- wheelerssoldwer e476So,
(119/476)
*100=25%

37.Ifthesameper cent
ageincreaseint henumberofheav yvehiclesasin2000over1999was
expectedin2001ov er2000,approximatelyhowmanyheav yvehiclesweresoldi
n2001?
A.166 C.128
B.123 D.138
AnswerB
Heav yVehi
clesoldin1999=86
Heav yVehi
clesoldin2000=103
Incr
ease=103–86=17
Now17i swhatpercentof86?=( 17/86)*100=19.77%
Soincreaseinsalein2000ov er1999wer e19.77%, soweneedt ocalcul
atethe19.
77%of103
Expectedvehicl
estobesol din2001=103+( 19.77/100)
*103=123

38.Whi choneoft hefoll


owingisthepercent
ageofthenumberofheavyvehi
clessol
din1999t
o
thatofthetotalnumberofal lv
ehicl
essoldin1998?
A.9% C.7.
5%
B.8.6% D.12%
AnswerB
I
n1999, Heavyv ehicl
essol d=86
I
n1998, Totalno.ofv ehi
clessold=1000
Percentageofnumberofheav yvehi
clessoldi
n1999tototal
vehi
clessol
din1998
(86/1000)*100=8. 6%

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39.Inwhi
chofthef ol
l
owingyear
swastheper
centageofnumberoftwo-
wheel
erssol
dtot
he
tot
alnumberofvehicl
essolddur
ingt
hesameyearwashighest
?
A.1997 C.1996
B.1998 D.1999
AnswerC
1996,(
349/750)*
100=46.54%
1997:(
323/846)*
100=38.28%
1998;(
402/1000)*
100=40.2%
1999;(
418/1143)*
100=36.57
2000,(
476/1194)*
100=39.87%

40.Forwhichofthef ol
l
owingcat
egor
yofv
ehi
clest
hatt
heper
cent
ageincreaseint
hesal
ein
1997ov ert
hepreviousyearwasmaxi
mum?
A.Lightcommercial C.Two-wheeler
s
B.Jeeps D.Cars
AnswerA

Year Light Jeep Cars Twowheelers


1996 32 202 146 349
1997 66 236 178 323
I
ncrease 34 34 32 -26
%incri
n (34/32)
*100= (34/
202)*
100 (32/
146)
*100=21.
9% (-26/
349)
=-7.
45%
1997over 106% =16.8%
1996

41.Atacer t
ainschool,i
ftherati
oofteacher
stostudentsis1to10, whi
choneoft
hef
oll
owi
ng
canbeat otalnumberoft eacher
sandstudentsi
ntheschool?
A.1,
011 C.121
B.144 D.100
AnswerC
Letthenumberoft eachersbeXt henthenumberofstudentsbecomes10X
Thet ot
alnumberofbot h=11X, sotheanswershoul
dbeamul t
ipleof11.

42.Ifxis30%of400,yi
s40%ofxandzi
s25%ofy,
whi
choft
hefol
l
owi
ngi
sequal
tox+y
+z?
A.175 C.180
B.150 D.120
AnswerC
X=0. 3*
400=120 y =0.
4*120=48 z=0.
25*
48=12
x+y+z=120+48+12=180

43.Ar adi
oacti
vesubstancedecaysatanannual
r at
eof17%.Ifthei
niti
alamountofthe
substanceis650grams, whichoneofthef
oll
owingfunct
ionh(t)modelstheremaini
ngamount
ofthesubstance,i
ngrams, aferty
t ear
s?
t t
A.h(t
)=650(0.
83) C.h(
t)=650(0.
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t t
B.h(t)
=0.83(650) D.h( t)
=0.17(
650)
AnswerA
Eachy ear,
theamountoft heradi
oact i
vesubstanceisreducedby17per centfrom t
hepri
or
year’
samount ;
thati s,eachyear,83percentofthepreviousyear’
samountr emains.
Sincetheinit
ialamountoft heradioacti
vesubstancewas650gr ams, after1year
,
2
(650*0.83)
gramsr emains;af
ter2y ear
s(650*0.83)*
0.83=650* 0.
87 gr amsr emai
ns;andaft
ert
t
years,650*0.
87gr amsr emai
ns.
2y+6 3y- 36
44.Whi chofthef ol l
owingisequal tot
heexpressi ( )
on
4
.
(
3y+9
)fory=-3?

A.y-6 C.y- 12
2
B.8y-30 D.12y -
126
2

3y+13 12y+36
AnswerC
Si
mply:- 2(
y+3)
* 3(y
-12)=(y
-12)
4 3(y+3) 2

DIRECTI ONS:Quest ions45and46bot hconsistoftwoquant i


ti
es,onei nCol umnAandanother
onei nCol umnB.Compar ethet woquant i
ti
esandanswert hequesti
onsbychoosi ngthe
alternativethatbestexpl ainsther el
ati
onshipbetween“Col umnA”and“ Col
umnB” .
45.Thedi amet erofacircl
eOi sthesameast helengt
hoft hesideofasquar eS.
Col umnA ColumnB
Thear eaofci rcleO Thear eaofsquareS
A.Ther elati
onshipcannotbedet ermined.
B.Thet woquant i
ti
esar eequal.
C.Thequant i
tyincolumnBi sgreater.
D.Thequant i
tyincolumnAi sgreater.
AnswerC
Iftheci rcl
edi amet er=Sideofsquar et henthecircl
eisinscri
bedinthesquar e
46.Letybear ealnumber .
Col umnA Col umnB
(y+1) ×y×( y -1) y×y×y
A.Ther elati
onshipcannotbedet ermined.
B.Thet woquant i
ti
esar eequal.
C.Thequant i
tyincolumnBi sgreater.
D.Thequant i
tyincolumnAi sgreater.

47.Whi choneoft hef ol
lowingisequal tothearit
hmeticsequence{ an}n=1,i
fa5+a9=72and
a7+a12=97?
A.3, 8, 13,18, 23,…
B.4, 9, 14,19, 24,…
C.5, 10, 15,20, 25,….
D.6, 11, 16,21, 26,…
AnswerD
Iti
sgi v enthat-
(a+4d)+(a+8d)=72
And(a+6d)+(a+11d)=97

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So,
2a+12d=72- -(1)
2a+17d=97- --(2)
Subtract
ing(1)f r
om (2)
5d=25
d=5
Putthisval
ueofdi n(1)weget:
-
2a+60=72
2a=12
a=6
So,a=6andd=5
Hence, t
heA.Pwi l
lbe6,
11,
16,
21.
..
..
..
.

48.Whi chterm ofthefoll


owinggeometri
csequence2,8,32,128,…is2048?
th
A.7 C.12th
B.6th D.11th
AnswerB
r=8/2=32/ 8=128/32..=4,
a0*r^n-
1=2* 4^(n-
1)=2048
=n=6
49.Inthear i
thmeticsequence:-
1,n,13,
…, whi
choneofthefollowi
ngist hevalueofn?
A.8 C.6
B.9 D.7
AnswerB
commondi ffer
ence=[n-(-
1)]
=[13-
n]
n+1=13- n=>2n=12, n=6
50.Whi choneoft hefoll
owingisaterminthesequence6,14,22,…?
A.258 C.264
B.284 D.246
AnswerD
hint: d=8, an=a+( n-
1)d
51.Whi choneoft hefoll
owingisequal totheseries∑∞ ( 5)?
n=1 2n-
A.( -3)+(-1)+(1)+… C.(1)+(
-3)+(1)+…
B.( 1)+(-3)+(-7)
+… D.(
1)+(5)+(9)+…
AnswerA, di
rectsubsti
tut
ion
52.Acont ainerhas235f l
owersinav arietyofcolors:red,blue,yel
lowandpur ple.Ther
eare45
bluef l
ower s;one-fi
ft
hoftheflowersarer ed;for
typer centoft hem ar
epurpleandt herestar
e
yellow.Af l
owerispickedatrandom from t hecontainer.Whichoneoft hefoll
owi ngisthe
probabi li
t ythatthefl
owerpickedisyellow?
A. 9 C.2
47 5
B. 49 D.1
235 5
AnswerB
Blue=45
Red=( 1/5)*235=47

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Purpl
e=0. 4*
235=94
Yell
ow=235- 45-47-94=49
Probabil
i
tyofy ell
ow=( 49/235)
53.Yougot oar estaurantforl
unchandwanttoorderasandwich.Ther
earetwenty-
fi
ve
sandwichesont hemenuandsi xofthem ar
etoast
ed.I
fyouorderasandwichatrandom,t
hen
whatisthepr obabil
it
yofy ouorder
ingasandwichi
sNOTt oast
ed?
A.19 C.9
25 25
B.16 D.6
25 25
AnswerA

Basedont
hegi
vencondi
ti
ons,
for
mul
ate:
(25-
6)/
25=(
19/
25)

54.28mal eli
onsand172femalel
i
onsareli
vi
ngi
n500-
acrepar
k.I
f35mor emal
eli
onsare
i
ntroducedintot
heparkhowmanymor ef
emalel
i
onsshoul
dbeint
r hat6oft
oducedsot hetot
al
7
numberofl i
onsint
heparkisf
emale?
A.241 C.206
B.324 D.378
AnswerC

55.Abusi nessisownedby1manand5women, eachofwhom hasequalshar


e.Ifoneofthe
womensel l 2
s ofhersharetotheman,andanot 1
herwomankeeps ofhershar eandsell
sthe
5 4
resttotheman, whatfr
act
ionofthet
otalshar
eoft hebusi
nessi
sownedbyt heman?
A. 43 C. 37
120 120
B. 2 D.9
3 40

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56.Whichofthef
oll
owi
ngi
sthev
alueofxi
nthesequence:
1, 5,
14,30,x,91,
….?
A.75 C.65
B.55 D.85
AnswerB
1+2^2=5
5+3^2=14
14+4^2=30
30+5^2=55
55+6^2=91.
..
57.Whichofthef
oll
owi
ngi
sthev
alueofXi
nthesequence:3+1+1+1+1+…?
3 9 27
A.1 C.3
3 2
B.2 D.9
9 2

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58.Whi choft hef ol


lowingisthequadrantthatt
hecommonsol
uti
onoftheequat i
ons2x+3y
=2
and3x +2y =2isf ound?
A.IVquadr ant C.I
IIquadrant
B.IIquadr ant D.Iquadrant
AnswerD
2x+3y=2. .
.(
i)3x+2y=2. .
.(
ii
)
Multipl
ying( i
)by3and( ii
)by2, weget
6x+9y=6. .
.(
iii
)
6x+4y=4. .
.(
iv)
Subtracting( i
v)from (i
ii
),weget
5y=2, y=( 2/5)
Imagex=( 2/5)
Hence, thesol uti
onliesinthefir
stquadrant
.

59.Giv
ent heinequali
tyy≤2x+2, whi
choft hef oll
owingorderedpairsofnumber sisnota
sol
uti
onf orthegiveninequali
ty?
A.(-
1,0) C.( 0,2)
B.(-
3,3) D.(2,3)
AnswerB
60.Theequat i
onT=25+3ci susedtomodel thenumberofchi rps,c,madebyacer tainspeci
es
ofcri
cketinonemi nute,andthetemperature,T,indegreesFahrenheit.Accordi
ngtothismodel
,
whatistheestimatedincreaseintemperature,i
ndegreeFahr enheit
,whent henumberofchirps
i
nonemi nut
eisincreasedby1?
A.28 C.5
B.25 D.3
AnswerD
Ascincreasedby1, Tincreasedby3(substit
ute)

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