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1. India’s very own Global Positioning A. two hours a day System (GPS) which is set to hit the B. five hours a day market for public use in early 2018 C. three hours a day is known as the ‘Indian Regional D. four hours a day Navigation Satellite System’ (IRNSS). Its operational name is E. six hours a day ………………. 7. Which of the following instruments is ‘not’ a debt instrument? A. NASIK B. NASIC A. Stocks B. Debentures C. NAVIC D. NAVIK C. Bonds D. Mortgages E. NAVIS E. Promissory Note 2. The ‘Dalong Village’ covering an area of 11.35 sq. km. has recently 8. The working and activity of NBFCS (May 2017) been declared as are registered by the Reserve Bank Biodiversity Heritage site under of India within the framework of the Section 37 (I) of Biological Diversity …………… Act, 2002. The village is situated in A. Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 the Indian State of …………. (Chapter 10-12) A. Manipur B. Banking Regulation Act, 1949 B. Madhya Pradesh C. Companies Act, 1956 C. Mizoram D. Banking Companies Act, 1970 (Chapter No. 4) D. Maharashtra E. Corporate Act, 2001 E. Assam 9. The Union Home Minister, Shri 3. The ‘Almatti Dam’ is a hydroelectric Rajnath Singh has recently (May project on the Krishna River in the 2017) released the book ‘India Indian State of ………………. 2017: Yearbook’. The book is A. Andhra Pradesh B. Maharashtra authored by ………… C. West Bengal D. Karnataka A. Dr. Arvind Panagariya E. Telangana B. Shri Rajiv Malhotra 4. The first Indian State which has C. Shri Kamal Kishore recently launched its official ‘T– D. Shri Tanay Pant wallet’ offering anytime anywhere E. Shri Rajiv Mehrishi platform for digital payments with 10. The ‘Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary’ an additional charge for the citizens is situated in the Indian State of is ……………. ………… A. Chhattisgarh B. Telangana A. Arunachal Pradesh C. Kerala D. Maharashtra B. Tripura E. Andhra Pradesh C. Meghalaya 5. Which of the following categories of D. Sikkim banks are not allowed to accept E. Assam deposits under ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme’ 11. The 2017 ‘North Atlantic Treaty (PMGKDS) 2016? Organization ‘(NATO) Summit was recently (May 2017) held in A. Private Sector Banks ……………. B. Public Sector Banks A. New York, United States of C. Regional Rural Banks America D. Cooperative Banks B. London, United Kingdom E. State Bank of India C. Paris, France 6. A banking outlet is one which opens D. Brussels, Belgium for at least five days a week for at E. Rome, Italy least ………. 12. The ‘CGFMU’ is a Credit guarantee B. Indian Police Officer Fund established for guaranteeing C. Indian Intelligence Officer loans sacrificed under the: D. Indian Football Player A. PMRY Scheme E. Indian Civil Servant B. PMMY Scheme 18. The currency of the ‘Republic of C. PMGSY Scheme Maldives’ is ……………. D. PMAY Scheme A. Riyal B. Rupee C. Ringgit D. Rufiyaa E. PMUY Scheme E. Rupiah 13. The ‘Federation of Indian Chamber 19. A new cheaper, quicker and of Commerce and Industries’ pollution- free ‘soil-to-soil (FICCI) Smart Policing Award for the technology to manufacture ‘biofuel’ year 2017 has recently (May 2017) has recently (June 2017) been been conferred upon ……………. developed by researchers at A. Jammu City Police ……………. B. Pune City Police A. IIT-Gandhinagar C. Kolkata City Police B. IIT-Jamshedpur D. Delhi City Police C. IIT-Kanpur E. Mumbai City Police D. IIT-Kharagpur 14. Which of the following is an E. IIT-Bhubaneshwar integrated payment system which 20. The ‘European Extremely Large uses the customer’s Smart or Credit Telescope’ which when completed Card by scanning a code of the will be the world’s largest optical merchant’s place? telescope is being set up on a 3,000- A. Aadhaar Pay B. UPI meter-high mountain in…………. C. Bharat QR D. Paytm A. Arctic Desert in Canada B. Gobi Desert in China E. Bhim C. Taklimakan Desert 15. Disha Microfine Private Limited has D. Sahara Desert in Chad recently (May 2017) received the E. Atacama Desert in Chile final approval from the Reserve bank of India to commerce ……………. 21. Asian Infrastructure Investment bank (AIIB) has recently approved a A. Local Area Bank Operations loan of USD 160 million for a power B. Universal Banking Operations project in the Indian State of C. White Label ATM ……………… D. Payment Bank A. Maharashtra E. Small Finance Bank B. Madhya Pradesh 16. With an intention of increasing C. Andhra Pradesh Digital transactions, the Reserve D. Himachal Pradesh bank of India has recently permitted E. Odisha co-operative banks to deploy their 22. Payment solutions providers own or third-party point of sale ‘Oxigen Services’ and ‘PayU India’ terminals only if their net assets are have been granted in-principle more than ……….……… approval from Reserve Bank of India A. 15 crore B. 25 crores (RBI) to operate as ………… C. 50 crore D. 10 crores A. Payments Bank E. 35 crore B. Small Finance Bank C. White Label ATM 17. ‘Kanwar Pal Singh Gill’ who recently (May 2017) passed away at the age D. Universal Bank of 82 was a former …………. E. Bharat Bill Payments Operating Unit A. Indian Civil Rights Activist 23. The archaeological site of the B. Malika Sherawat Paleolithic period, the ‘Bhimbetka C. Priyanka Chopra rock shelters’ is situated in the D. Deepika Padukone Indian State of ……………. E. Freida Pinto A. Andhra Pradesh 30. The HCL Asian Junior Tennis B. Chhattisgarh Championship 2017 was recently C. Madhya Pradesh (29th May 2017-3rd June 2017) D. Himachal Pradesh held in …………… E. Odisha A. Jakarta, Indonesia 24. The ‘Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports B. Pune, India Complex’ also known as Balewadi C. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia stadium, is situated in …………… D. Mumbai, India A. Nashik, Maharashtra E. Kolkata, India B. Mumbai, Maharashtra 31. The Reserve Bank of India has C. Aurangabad, Maharashtra advised banks to adhere to D. Nagpur, Maharashtra timelines prescribed for formulation E. Pune, Maharashtra and implementation of the ‘CAP’ by 25. The ‘Cash and ATM Management resolution of stressed loans. The Companies’ are now not required to alphabet ‘C’ in abbreviation ‘CAP’ comply with the Private Security stands for ……………. Agencies (Regulation) Act (PSARA). A. Convertible B. Corporate As a result, they may not be allowed C. Company D. Corrective to attract Foreign Direct Investment E. Currency (FDI) up to ……. 32. The 1,980 MW ‘Ghatampur Thermal A. 51 percent B. 28 percent power Project is proposed to be set C. 100 percent D. 72 percent up at an estimated cost of ₹ 17,237 E. 90 percent crore in the Indian State of 26. At any one time, the minimum …………………. balance in a BSBDA Small Account A. Uttar Pradesh should not exceed…………. B. Chhattisgarh A. 40,000/- B. 50,000/- C. Bihar C. 30,000/- D. 20,000/- D. Odisha E. 1,00,000/- E. Uttarakhand 27. The Union Cabinet has recently 33. The city of ‘Abu Dhabi’ is the capital approved the public testing of five of ……………. state-owned general insurance A. Republic of Turkey companies and making the B. Lebanese Republic government’s stake in them from C. The Hashemite Kingdom of 100% to…………. Jordan A. 75 percent B. 49 percent D. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia C. 51 percent D. 61 percent E. United Arab Emirates E. 45 percent 34. The ‘Singareni Collieries Company 28. In India the Credit rating agencies Limited’ (SCCL) is a government- are regulated by …………… owned coal mining company in A. SEBI B. RBI India. The company is jointly owned C. FIMMDA D. PFRDA by the Government of India and the E. IRDA …………… 29. The Dadasaheb Phalke Academy A. Government of Madhya Pradesh Award in the newly introduced B. Government of Andhra Pradesh ‘Internationally Acclaimed Actress’ C. Government of Uttar Pradesh Category has recently been D. Government of Telangana awarded to film actress …………. E. Government of Tamil Nadu A. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan 35. The ‘IRS’ is a liquid financial C. World Heart Day derivative instrument which can be D. Malala Day used to hedge against charges in E. World Hepatitis Day ………. 41. The ‘Ease of Doing Business Index’ A. Income streams is an index proposed by the …………… B. Interest rates A. World Trade Organization C. Stock notices B. New Development Bank D. Exchange rates C. World Economic Forum E. None of the above D. Asian Development Bank 36. Punjab National Bank (PNB) has E. World Bank recently (May 2017) received USD 42. The Reserve Bank of India has been 100 million as the first tranche of opening the bank license window the USD 500 million multi-tranche only periodically. Under the ‘on-tap’ finance facility for Solar Rooftop mechanism, however an application Investment Programme (SRIP) can be made …………… approved in 2016 by ……………. A. as and when RBI notifies A. Asian Development Bank B. only for specified corporations B. New Development Bank C. at any time, subject to C. International Monetary Fund conditions D. International Development D. only for specified branches Association E. only for specified banks E. International Finance 43. In a breakthrough in military Corporation aviation technology, its largest 37. According to the 2011 Census data, indigenously built transport aircraft the sex ratio of the population in the Y-20, was inducted by ………………… country in 2011 stood at ………… A. Russia B. Pakistan A. 931 females to 1000 males C. China D. France B. 967 females to 1000 males E. India C. 940 females to 1000 males 44. The two-day ‘G7 Summit 2017’ was D. 945 females to 1000 males recently (May 2017) held in …………. E. 970 females to 1000 males A. Italy B. United Kingdom 38. During the recent (May 2017) six- C. Japan D. France day four nation tour Prime Minister E. Germany Narendra Modi visited “Madrid” the 45. In order to move towards a cashless capital city of …………. economy, the RBI has recently A. Slovakia B. Spain prohibited Non-Banking Finance C. Switzerland D. Sweden Companies (NBFCs) from disbursing E. Swaziland loans against gold for an amount 39. According to RBI guidelines, a over ……………. scheduled commercial bank can A. 20,000/- B. 99,000/- own stake in a payments bank to C. 50,000/- D. 15,000/- the extent permitted under Section E. 40,000/- 19(2) of the ……………… 46. India’s largest bridge, the ‘Dhola- A. Public Financial Institutions Act, Sadiya Bridge’ has recently (May 1956 2017) been inaugurated by PM Shri B. Banking Regulation Act, 1949 Narendra Modi. The bridge in the C. State Bank of India Act, 1955 Indian State of Assam is built over D. Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 the …………… E. Reserve Bank of India Act, 1953 A. Manasa River 40. July 11, every year is observed as B. Dhansiri River the ………………. C. Lohit River A. World Population Day D. Teesta River B. World Literacy Day E. Dihing River 47. The largest of White Label ATM C. Ministry of Drinking Water and Kiosks under the brand name Sanitation ‘Indicash’ is owned and operated by D. Ministry of Health and Family ……………… Welfare A. BTI Payments E. Ministry of Human Resource B. Tata Communications Payment Development Solution 53. The Tarun Ramadorai panel set up C. Muthoot Finance Limited by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) D. Prize Payments Solutions has been tasked to look at the Limited various facets of the ………………. E. Sun Infra Finance A. Household finance in India 48. The only Indian cricketer of the B. Digital Banking initiatives country to feature in the top 10 of C. Demonetization the ICC player Rankings for ODIs on D. Cyber Security May 2017? E. Both ‘1’ and ‘2’ A. Virat Kohli 54. The ‘Bandodkar Gold Trophy’ is B. Amit Mishra associated with the game of ……… C. Shikhar Dhawan A. Basketball B. Badminton D. M.S. Dhoni C. Football D. Cricket E. Tennis E. Rohit Sharma 55. Which of the following Indian 49. Based on the UN Habitual Data, the wrestlers clinched a Gold medal in World Economic Forum has recently the 65 kg category in the 2017 named two Indian cities as the Asian Wrestling Championships final world’s most crowded cities. The recently (May 2017)? cities are Mumbai and ………………… A. Bajrang Punia A. New Delhi B. Kolkata B. Kavita Dalal C. Surat D. Kota C. Sushil Kumar E. Bengaluru D. Yogeshwar Dutt 50. ‘LAF’ is a monetary policy E. Geeta Phogat instrument which allows banks to 56. Who among the following Chief borrow money through repurchase Ministers was selected as agreements. The alphabet ‘L’ in the ‘Transformative Chief Minister’ by abbreviation ‘LAF’ stands the US India Business Council for…………… recently? A. Leverage B. Legitimate A. Devendra Fadnavis C. Liquidity D. Liability B. Vijay Rupani E. Local C. P. Vijayan 51. ‘Aparna Popat’ is a famous Indian D. N. Chandrababu Naidu …………… E. Pema Khandu A. Hockey Player 57. Consider the following after RBI’s B. Tennis Player bi-monthly monetary policy review C. Cricket Player on April 6, 2017. D. Badminton Player I. Repo rate: 6.25% E. Volleyball Player II. Reverse Repo Rate: 5.75% 52. A nationwide campaign ‘Darwaza III. Marginal Standing Facility Rate: Band’ to promote use and freedom 6.75% from open defecation across the Which of the above is/are correct? villages of the country has recently A. Only I (May 2017) been launched by the B. Both I and II ……………. C. Both II and III A. Ministry of Water Resources and D. Both I and III River Development E. All of these B. Ministry of AAYUSH 58. Which of the following is not a C. Mid corporates money market instrument? D. MSME starts-ups A. Certificates of Deposit E. Electronics Sector B. Commercial Bills 64. Who among the following took C. Bills of exchange charge as whole- time Member in D. Treasury Bill Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)? E. None of the above A. Ravindra Puranik 59. The ‘2017 World Table Tennis B. Pradeep Subramanian Championships was recently (29 May – 5 June 2017) held in which of C. Makrand Saxena the following country? D. Mukulita Vijayawargiya A. Japan B. France E. Dr. M.S. Sahoo 65. A security whose income payments C. Germany D. UK and hence value are arrived from E. Singapore and assets is known as ………………. 60. The statutory base for the Depositor A. Structured security Education and Awareness Fund B. Asset backed security (DEAF) constituted by the Reserve C. Collateral security Bank of India is provided by ………… D. Price of security A. Section 21 A of the Reserve E. Mortgage security Bank of India Act, 1935 66. ‘Equity-linked savings Scheme’ B. Section 21 A of the Banking (ELSS) are open-ended diversified Companies Act, 1976 equity schemes offered by …………. C. Section 26 A of the Reserve A. Stock exchanges bank of India Act, 1935 B. Commercial Banks D. Section 26 A of the Banking C. Primary Dealers Regulation Act, 1949 D. Mutual funds E. Section 21 A of the Banking E. SEBI Regulation Act, 1949 67. India’s first Small Finance Bank, the 61. Which of the following mountaineers Capital Small Finance Bank’ is is the first Indian to summit Mount headquartered in……………… Everest a record six time? A. Chennai B. Jaipur A. Loveraj Singh C. Bengaluru D. Mumbai B. Mohan Singh Gunjyal E. Jalandhar C. H.P.S. Ahluwalia 68. The alphabet ‘D’ in the abbreviation D. Harish Kapadia ‘NSDL’ stands for …………………… E. Jamling Tenzing Norgay A. Derivative 62. ……………. provide liquidity for global B. Debt financial system and capital markets C. Dematerialization make up financial market. D. Depository A. Capital Markets E. Demand B. Derivative Markets 69. The ‘LTV ratio’ is a financial term commonly used by lenders and C. Money Markets building securities to express the D. Share markets ratio of a loan to the value of an E. None of the above asset purchased. The alphabet ‘V’ in 63. The India Aspiration Fund (IAF) is a the abbreviation ‘LTV’ stands fund of funds that would invest in for……………. venture capital funds for meeting A. Virtual B. Valuation the capital requirement of …………… C. Voluntary D. Value A. Agriculture Sector E. Visual B. Housing Sector 70. India’s first underwater metro rail take RBI permission. The tunnel has recently (May 2017) rationalization is however not been completed under the ………… applicable to………. A. Yamuna River A. Private Sector Banks B. Gomati River B. Public Sector Banks C. Hooghly River C. Payment Bank D. Krishna River D. Small Finance Bank E. Narmada River E. Regional Rural Bank 71. The recently launched ‘Paytm 76. The ‘International Fertilizer Industry Payments Bank’ is permitted to Association’ (IFIA) having about 500 open savings accounts where in members, worldwide including 68 customers shall be able to hold countries is based in………………. maximum amounts of up to ……. A. Strasbourg, France A. 2,00,000/- B. 1,00,000/- B. Washington DC, USA C. 50,000/- D. 5,00,000/- C. Geneva, Switzerland E. 10,00,000/- D. Paris, France 72. The ‘External Commercial E. Frankfurt, Germany Borrowing’ (ECB) guidelines and 77. The author of the book, Mann Ki policies are regulated and Baat: A Social Revolution on Radio monitored by the Reserve Bank of is…………………. India along with…………… A. Shri Rajesh Jain A. Department of Economic Affairs B. Shri Anand Jain B. Department of Revenue C. Shri Suresh Jain C. Department of Investment and D. Shri Kailash Jain Asset Management E. Shri Naveen Jain D. Department of Expenditure 78. According to the recent data (May E. None of the above 2017) released by the International 73. Which of the following Indian Stainless-Steel Forum (ISSF), the businessman is amongst the Forbes largest producer of Stainless Steel list of annual ’25 Global Game in the world in 2016 was…………. Changers’ 2017 in transforming A. Russia B. China their industries and changing the C. India D. USA lives of billions of people around the E. UK globe? 79. Who from amongst the following A. Gautam Adani has recently been elected as one of B. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala the members of ‘Badminton World C. Vijay Shekhar Sharma Federation’ (BWF) Athletes’ D. Mukesh Ambani Commission? E. Radhika Prasad A. Saina Nehwal B. Jwala Gutta 74. Under the NEFT system, fund C. P. C. Thulasi D. P. V. Sindhu transfers are presently settled at E. Meena Shah hourly intervals from 8 am to 7 pm 80. Mobile Wallets which do not permit on all working days in periodical cash withdrawal as redemption, but batches. The RBI has recently allows customers to buy goods and announced to raise the number of services at billed merchants and hourly batches from 12 to ……………. perform financial services at billed A. 24 B. 25 locations are known as …………… C. 23 D. 26 A. Open Wallets E. 22 B. Closed Wallets 75. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has C. Semi-open Wallets recently permitted banks to open D. Semi-closed Wallets ‘banking outlets’ in Tier-1 to Tier-6 E. Semi- blocked Wallets centers without having the need to 81. A can complete a project in 20 days 84. The time taken to fill the empty tank and B can complete the same completely when inlet A and outlet project in 30 days. If A and B start X were opened together is 6 hours working on the project together and 40 minutes less than that taken by A quits 10 days before the project is inlet B and outlet W together. How completed, in how many days will much time will outlet W alone take the project be completed? to completely empty the full tank? A. 18 days B. 27 days A. 26 B. 28 C. 26.67 days D. 16 days C. 20 D. 48 E. 24 E. 12 days 85. When the tank was completely full, 82. A runs 25% faster than B and is able outlets X and Y were opened to allow B a lead of 7 m to end a together for 8 hours 30 minutes. race in dead heat. What is the Both were then closed and inlet A length of the race? was opened which filled the tank A. 10 m B. 25 m completely in 3 hours 30 minutes. C. 45 m D. 15 m In how much time (In hours) will E. 35 m outlet Y alone to empty the full tank? 83. A train travelling at 100 km/h 3 overtakes a motorbike travelling at A. 15 B. 13 5 64 km/h in 40 sec. What is the length of the train in meters? C. 14 D. 18 1 A. 1777 m B. 1822 m E. 15 2 C. 400 m D. 1111 m 86. When the tank was completely full. E. 600 m Outlets X and Z were opened Directions (84-88): Study the together for ‘H’ hours. Had outlet Z following graph and table to answer been open alone. It would have the given questions. taken ‘H + 10’ hours to empty the same quantity of water from the tank. What is the value of ‘H’? A. 10 B. 18 1 1 C. 11 D. 18 3 3 2 E. 10 3 87. Inlet E was open for 2 hours and then closed. If the remaining tank was filled by inlets B and C together, what was the total time (in hours) taken to fill the tank completely? 1 4 A. 5 B. 5 7 7 This table depicts the number of 3 6 hours taken by each outlet alone C. 4 D. 4 7 7 to empty the full tank ‘T’ 6 E. 5 Outlets Number 7 of hours 88. When the tank was completed W - empty. Inlet A, D and E were opened for one hour each and then X 34 closed. If after that outlet Z was Y - opened, how much time (in hours) will it take to empty the tank Z 30 completely? 2 10 11 A. 15 B. 18 A. B. 5 21 21 C. 17 D. 20 C. 2 D. 5 E. 25 7 7 3 89. A boat running upstream takes 8 E. 7 hours 48 minutes to cover a certain distance, while it takes 4 hours to 94. A can contains a mixture of two cover the same distance running liquids A and B is the ratio 7 : 5. downstream. What is the ratio When 9 liters of mixture is drawn off between the speed of the boat and and the can is filled with B, the ratio speed of the water current of A and B becomes 7 : 9. How many respectively? liters of liquid A was contained by the can initially? A. 2 : 1 B. 3 : 2 A. 10 B. 20 C. 8 : 3 D. 3 : 5 C. 21 D. 25 E. 8 : 2 E. 29 90. A, B and C jointly thought of engaging themselves in a business 95. The difference between the area of venture. It was agreed that A would circular field and the area of a invest 6,500/- for 6 months, B, square field is 168 sq m. Side of the 8,400/- for 5 months and C, square field is equal to the diameter 10,000/- for 3 months. A wants to of the circular field. What is the cost be the working member for which, of fencing the square field at the he was to receive 5% of the profits. rate of 20 per metre? (in) The profit earned was 7,400/-. What A. 2,480/- B. 2,420/- is the share of B in the profit? C. 2,520/- D. 2,240/- A. 1,900/- B. 2,660/- E. 2,380/- C. 2,800/- D. 2,840/- Directions (96-100): In the given E. 2,900/- questions, two quantities are given, 91. How much time will it take for an one as Quantity I and another as amount of 900/- to yield 81/- as Quantity II. You have to determine interest at 4.5% per annum of relationship between two quantities simple interest? and choose the appropriate option. A. 2 years B. 3 years A. If quantity I ≥ quantity II C. 1 years D. 4 years B. If quantity I > quantity II E. 5 years C. If quantity I < quantity II 92. Mr. Thomas invested an amount of D. If quantity I = quantity II or the 13,900/- divided in two different relationship cannot be schemes A and B at the simple established from the information interest rate of 14% p.a. and 11% that is given p.a. respectively. If the total E. If quantity I ≤ quantity II amount of simple interest earned in 96. The boat takes total time of 4 hours 2 years be 3,508/- what was the to travel 14 km upstream and 36 km amount invested in Scheme B? downstream together. The boat A. 6,400/- B. 7,200/- takes total time of 5 hours to travel C. 6,500/- D. 7,500/- 20 km upstream and 24 km downstream together? E. 7,000/- Quantity : 93. A bag contains 2 red 3 green and 2 blue balls. Two balls are drawn at I. Speed of the boat in still water random. What is the probability that (in km/h). none of the balls drawn is blue? II. 16 km/h 97. M is an integer selected at random total revenue in FY 2014-15. from the set. Revenue from Freight and Fines was (7, 14, 25, 27, 33, 29 and 30) in the respective ratio of 5 : 1. Quantity : FY 2015-16 : Revenue from fines in I. Probability that the average of 11 FY 2013-14 was th of that in FY 12, 9 and M is at least 17. 16 1 2015-16. Revenue from online II. 3 ticket sales increased by 50% over that in FY 2014-15 and that from x42  98. +x0 + = offline ticket sales was the average 55   of that in FY 2013-14 and 2014-15. 3y2 + 4y + 1 = 0 Revenue from freight has been and Quantity : I. x will continue to increase steadily by ₹ 250 crore every financial year. II. y 101. Revenue from fines comprised two 99. mn 0 sources-vendors and passengers. Quantity : I. m = n Fines from passengers (₹ Y crore) remained constant in FY 2013-14 II. m n and FY 2014-15. If the fine from vendors in FY 2013-14 was 55% of 100. A and B can together finish a piece that in FY 2014-15, what was the of work in 20 days. If B starts value of Y? working and after 15 days is replaced by A, A can finish the A. 180 B. 200 remaining work in 24 days. C. 218 D. 208 Quantity : E. 220 I. Number of days taken by B 102. If the rail profit in FY 2014-15 was alone to finish the same piece of 12.5% of the total expense, what work. was the total expense for FY 2014- II. Number of days taken by A 15? (in ₹ crore) alone to finish the same piece of A. 2900 B. 2400 work. C. 3200 D. 3000 Directions (101-105): Study the E. 3822 given information carefully and 103. In FY 2017-18, if the revenue from answer the given questions. fines increases by 20% over FY The revenue of a given railway zone 2015-16, what would be the ratio was collected through Online Ticket between the revenues from fines Sales, Offline Ticket Sales, Freight, and freight in FY 2017-18? Fines-during 3 Financial Years (FY A. 2 : 3 B. 1 : 5 2013-14, FY 2014-15, FY 2015-16) C. 2 : 5 D. 3 : 4 FY 2013-14 : Total revenue collected was 3500 crore. Fines (X E. 4 : 5 6 crore) comprised 7% of the total 104. If the average revenue from online 7 ticket sales in FY 2014-15. FY 2015- revenue and revenue from online 16 and FY 2016-17 was ₹ 1150 ticket rates was ‘X + 300’ crore. crore. By what percent did the Revenue from freight was 12% revenue from online ticket sales more than that from offline ticket increased in FY 2016-17 as sales. compared to that in 2014-15? FY 2014-15 : Revenue from online A. 250 B. 150 ticket sales increased by ₹ 25 crore C. 300 D. 225 over FY 2013-14. Revenue from E. 230 offline ticket sales was 40% of the 105. If the average cost of a railway C. 35 D. 13 ticket was ₹ 300 in FY 2014-15 how E. 15 many passengers travelled by 108. In Village D, the male to female railways in FY 2014-15? ratio among the illiterates is 5 : 3 (in crore) respectively. Out of the illiterates. If A. 4.8 B. 6.4 ‘X” females and 1.25 X’ males work as farmers and the ratio between C. 6.2 D. 5.4 males and females who do not work E. 7.73 as farmers is 5 : 2 respectively, Directions (106-110): Refer to what is the value of ‘X’ ? the pie charts to answer the given A. 240 B. 300 questions. C. 360 D. 380 Data regarding villages – A, B, E. 280 C, D and E- in a district – in 2015 109. The average number of illiterates in Total village population = 18000 Village D, F and G is 1910. 40% and 30% of the population of villages F and G respectively are illiterate. If the ratio of the population of Village F and G is 4 : 5 respectively, what is the total population of Villages F and G together ? A. 10000 B. 12000 C. 12456 D. 13000 E. 14000 Total number of illiterates 110. In Village A, if the respective ratio =40% of Total Village between number of males and Population females is 17 : 13 and there are 1000 illiterate males in village A, what is the number of male literates in village A ? A. 480 B. 540 C. 940 D. 1040 E. 1140 Directions (111-116): Study the following information carefully and Total village population = Number of answer the given questions. literates + Number of Illiterates When a word and number 106. In 2017, the population of village C arrangement machine is given an remained the same as that in 2015, input line of words and numbers, it but the number of literates arranges them following a particular increased by ‘X’. As a result the total rule. The following is an illustration number of literates become 70% of input and rearrangement : (All more than that of illiterates. What is the numbers are two-digit numbers the value of ‘X’? before performing the operations) A. 620 B. 440 Input : tweet 43 also 13 suit 29 C. 680 D. 485 money kite 71 59 E. 430 Step I : Is tweet 43 13 suit 29 107. The difference between the number money kite 59 73 of illiterates in village D and E is Step II : kt ls tweet 43 13 suit 29 approximately what percent of that money 73 61 of literates in village D and E? Step III : mny kt ls tweet 13 73 61 A. 30 B. 20 47 31 Step V : twt st mny kt ls 73 61 47 B. ‘give’ and ‘11’ 31 17 C. ’11 and ‘your’ Step V is the last step of the above D. ‘23’ and ‘bts’ arrangement as the intended output E. piles and gv of arrangement is obtained. As per 117. This consists of a decision and two the rules followed in the given steps, statements numbered I and II given find the appropriate steps for the below it. You have to decide which given input. of the given statements weaken/s or Input : neat bites 23 11 piles your strengthen/s the decision and 37 79 give 47 decide the appropriate answer. 111. As per the given arrangement, in Decision : The Government of the step IV, ‘pls is related to ‘gv’ State decided that no car in the city following a certain pattern. X shall be allowed to have tinted Following the same pattern, ‘83’ is glasses from next month. related to ‘41’ in step III. In step V, I. Most of the crimes reported in to which of the following is ‘bts’ the past few months in city X related to following the same had an involvement of cars with pattern? tinted glasses. A. gv B. 41 II. Tinted glasses were responsible C. 53 D. nt for a large number of accidents E. yr in city X as they affected 112. Which is the third element to the left visibility during night. of the seventh element from the left A. Statement I strengthens the end in step V of the given decision while Statement II arrangement? weakens the decision. A. gv B. 53 B. Both Statement I and Statement C. nt D. 53 II weaken the decision. E. 83 C. Both Statement I and Statement 113. How many elements are there II strengthen the decision. between ‘your’ and ‘83’ in step III of D. Both Statement I and Statement the given arrangement? II are neutral Statements. A. None B. Two E. Statement I weakens the C. Three D. One decision while Statement II strengthens the decision. E. More than three 114. Which is the fourth element to the 118. This question consists of a Situation and three Statements numbered I, right of ’11 in the Step IV of the II and III given below it. You have given arrangement? to decide which of the given A. 29 B. 41 Statements may be a reason for the C. bts D. 83 given Situation. E. your Situations : Farmers of State D, 115. In which one of the following steps who traditionally cultivate crop M, is ‘bts 11 your’ found consecutively bore considerable losses owing to in the same order in the given deficiency of nutrient Z in the soil arrangement? which is vital for adequate growth of A. Step II B. Step III crop M. However, this year the C. There is no such step farmers registered a 40% growth in D. Step V production. E. Step IV I. The farmers of State D have 116. In step II of the given arrangement, started producing crop Y only which elements appear to the (which does not require nutrient immediate right and immediate left Z for growth) since the past two of ‘neat’ respectively? years. A. ‘37’ and ‘piles’ II. Since the past two years the 122. If M is married to S, then how is S farmers of State D have been related to R? adding a fertilizer to the soil A. Grandmother which contains nutrient Z. B. Granddaughter III. The nutrition this year was 200 more than the previous year in C. Grandfather state D. D. Uncle A. Either I or III B. Only I E. Cannot be determined C. All I, II and III D. Only III 123. Who amongst the following is/are younger than V? E. Either II or III A. Both P and U B. Only Q Directions (119-123): Study the given information carefully to C. Only P D. Both P and Q answer the given questions. E. No one

Seven people P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are related to each other in some or Directions (124-128): Study the the other way. Each person is of a given information carefully to different age, but not necessarily in answer the given questions. the same order. (Note: It is assumed that the husband is older Eight people A, B, C, D, E, F, G and than the wife.) H lives on eight different floors of a building but not necessarily in the T is older than V but younger than same order. The lowermost floor of U. P is the mother of Q. R is the the building is numbered one, the sister-in-law of P. R is unmarried. T one above that is numbered two and is the daughter-in-law of S. S is the so on till the topmost floor is eldest member of the family. U is numbered eight. Each one of them the father of only R and V. U does ran for a different distance in a not have any sibling. V does not marathon – 2300 m, 3800 m, 5000 have any son. R is older than V. The m, 6400 m, 7200 m, 6300 m, 9100 third eldest member of the family is m and 10000 m but not necessarily 54 years old. The youngest member in the same order. of the family is 4 years old. 119. If in the given arrangement, Q + V The one who ran for 5000 m lives on = 31, then what is the possible age an even numbered floor above floor of R? number 5. Only three people live between the one who ran for 5000 A. 27 B. 56 m and G. The one who ran for 9100 C. 23 D. 59 m lives immediately above E. Only E. 30 two people live between the one who ran for 9100 m and A. A does 120. If P is 24 years old, what will be the not live on the topmost floor. The sum of ages of P and T? total distance run by people living A. 28 B. 78 on floor number 3 and floor number C. 64 D. 49 6 is 11400 m. The one who ran for 6300 m, lives immediately above E. 75 the one who ran for 3800 m. Neither 121. How is T related to Q? E nor A ran for 6300 m. Only two A. Grandmother people live between B and the one who ran for 6300 m. The one who B. Granddaughter lives immediately below D ran for a C. Aunt distance more than that of B, but D. Mother-in-law not the most. No one lives between H and the one who ran for 7200 m. E. Mother E did not ran for 7200 m. The one who ran for 10000 m lives answer choice correctly depicts the immediately above D. C and G relationship between these two together ran for 16,300 m. C ran statements. more than G. A. Around 60% of the computer 124. If M ran for 2000 m more than B, and software professionals of than for how many meters did M Country X wish to pursue ethical run? hacking. B. The IT companies in three of the A. 5200 m B. 5800 m neighbouring countries of C. 4900 m D. 70000 m Country X recently faced an attack of ‘Hacker Virus’ in many E. 4300 m of their systems. 125. Which of the following statements is A. Both statements A and B are true with respect to the given independent causes. arrangement? B. Both statements A and B are A. D lives on the topmost floor. effects of some common cause. B. Only two people live between G and F C. Statement B is the cause and C. None of the given option is true statement A is its effect. D. The one who ran for 2300m lives D. Statement A is the cause and immediately above F. statement B is its effect. E. A ran for 9100 m E. Both statements A and B are 126. Who amongst the following lives effects of independent causes. immediately above the one who ran 130. In which of the given expressions for 7200 m? does the expression R ≤ T definitely A. The one who ran for 10000 m holds true? B. H A. T L  M,R  O  M C. F B. T L  M,R  M  O D. The one who ran for 3800 m C. T L  M,R  O  M E. A 127. Which of the given combinations is D. T L  M,R  O  M correct as per the given E. T L = M,R  O  M arrangement? Directions (131-133): In these A. Floor number 7- 3800 m questions, two/three statement B. Floor number 3- E followed by two conclusions C. C- 9100 m numbered I and II have been given. D. D- 5000 m You have to take the given E. Floor number 2-7200 m statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from 128. How many metres did F and A commonly known facts and then together run? decide which of the given A. 16200 m B. 7300 m conclusions logically follows the C. 12900 m D. 15300 m given statements? E. 11400 m Given answer : 129. In this question, there are two A. If only conclusion I is true statements (A) and (B). These B. If both conclusions I and II are statements may either be true independent courses or effects of independent causes or a common C. If either conclusion I or II is true cause. One of these statements may D. If only conclusion II is true be the effect of the other statement. E. If neither conclusion I nor II true Read both the statements carefully Statements : and decide which of the following Some planets are stars. Frozen, Watchmen, Tangled, All stars are comets. Aladdin, Hero and Wanted. No comet is an astronaut. [Note : None of the information given is necessary in the same 131. Conclusions : order.] I. No star is an astronaut T sits at an extreme end of the line. II. All astronauts are planets Only two people sit between T and 132. Conclusions : the one who likes Frozen. N sits I. Some planets being astronauts second to the left of the one who is a possibility. faces the one who likes Frozen. The one who likes Twilight sits second to II. At least some comets are the right of O. T does not face the planets. one who like Twilight. Only two 133. Statements : All trains are buses. persons sit between P and R. U does All buses are rickshaws. No rickshaw not sit an extreme end of the line. X is a plane. is not an immediate neighbor of T. V Conclusions : faces the one who likes Tangled. I. All trains are rickshaws. Only three people sit between the ones who like Tangled and Vertigo. II. All plains being trains is a R likes Inception. Only one people possibility. sits between R and M. One of the 134. What should come in place of (?) in immediate neighbours of M faces the expression the one who likes Hero. The one P ? U = E > J; E ? M < W respectively who likes Cinderella sits to the so that the expression W > P immediate left of S. P sits second to definitely holds true? the right of the one who likes A. =, < B. >, = Aladdin. Only one person sits between the one who likes C. =, = D. >, < watchmen and wanted. T does not E. ≥, ≤ like wanted. N does not like Directions (135-140): Study the Gladiator. given information carefully and 135. Which of the following statements is answer the given questions. true as per the given arrangement? Twelve people are sitting in two A. U likes Watchmen. parallel rows containing six people B. Q faces one of the immediate each, in such a way that there is an neighbours of W. equal distance between adjacent persons. In row-1 S, T, U, V, W and C. P is an immediate neighbor of N. X are seated and all of them are D. None of the given statements is facing south. In row-2 M, N, O, P, Q true. and R are seated and all of them are E. S sits between V and X. facing north. 136. Who amongst the following likes Therefore in the given seating uninhabited? arrangement, each member seated A. P B. W in a row faces another member of the other row. No two people with C. S D. X names starting with consecutive E. N neighbor of each other. For e.g. A is 137. Who amongst the following is facing not an immediate neighbor of B. B Q? is not an immediate neighbor of A. X B. V either A or C and so on. Each of them also likes a different movies C. The one who likes Watchmen viz. Vertigo, Cinderella, Twilight, D. S Gladiator, Uninhabited, Inception, E. The one who likes Frozen 138. Four of the following five are alike in 3. An analysis of balance sheets of a certain way based on the given a company throws light on its arrangement and hence from a financial health. group. Which of them does not 4. Company B had not taken any belong to that group? loans in any financial year other A. The one who likes Tangled the said five years. B. N A. None can be inferred B. Both 1 and 4 C. The one who likes Vertigo C. Both 1 and 3 D. The one who likes Gladiator D. Only 4 E. V E. Only 2 139. W is related to Cinderella and P is Direction (142) : Study the related to Inception in a certain way following information and answer based on the given arrangement. To the question given. which of the following is U related, School X had been allowing local following the same pattern? people to use their basketball court A. The one who faces P and cricket ground after school B. The one who faces O hours by charging a fees for the same. This had helped the school C. T generate a significant amount of D. S additional income in the past few E. The one who likes Uninhabited years. However, this year the school 140. What is the position of Q with decided to discontinue the practice. respect to the one who likes 142. Which of the following statements Inception? does not strengthen the decision of School X of discontinuing the A. Third to the right practice? B. Second to the right A. The number of people using the C. Third to the left basket ball court and cricket D. Second to the left ground of school is slightly E. Fourth to the left decreased last year as other schools in the vicinity also Direction (141) : Read the started following the same following information and answer practice. the question. B. School X could not win even a ‘If we take a close look at the single trophy in past few years balance sheets of previous five annual inter-school games years, it shows that the amount of competition as the participants loans taken by the company against did not get adequate time for fixed assets has only increased, the practice due to access of result of which is poor financial grounds to local people. health of the company this year’. C. Complaints by the nearby Financial report of Company B. residents of school X have 141. Which of the following can be increased about the increased inferred from the statement of the disturbance created by the users financial report of the company B? of the basketball court and 1. Decreasing the amount of loans cricket ground beyond school against fixed assets will improve hours. the financial health of company D. The damage caused to the B. basketball court and cricket 2. The value of fixed assets of ground of school X has increased Company B has decreased by significantly due to over-use by taking loans against them. the subsiders thus not allowing the students to play. E. The governing board of school X lecture before W. the one who likes denied the acess to school Pink had a lecture on an odd premises in any number by the numbered day in the same month as subsiders (other than parents of Z. P had a lecture on 12th of the students) in this year’s board same month as R. Only two people meeting for security reasons. had lectures between P and the one who likes Yellow. The one who likes Directions (143-148): Study the maroon had a lecture before P. T information carefully and answer likes brown. S does not like Red. W the questions. does not like Grey. Professors O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, 143. Which of the following combinations X, Y and Z had lectures in different indicate those who had a lecture in months of the same year viz. March? January, March, April, May, June A. The one who likes Maroon and R and December but not necessarily in B. U and X the same order. All the lectures are C. P and R either in 12th or 25th of these months. No two professors had D. The one who likes Green and the lectures in the same day. Each one who likes pink professor also likes a different E. R and V colour namely Red, Blue, Green, 144. Which of the following combination Yellow, Orange, White, Pink, Silver, is correct? Maroon, Violet, Brown and Grey but A. W-White B. X-Pink not necessarily in the same order. C. U-Grey D. V-Violet Note : No lecture was conducted in E. O-Red any other month of the same year. 145. If Y is related to White and P is V had a lecture on 12th April. Only related to Violet based on the given two people had lectures between V arrangement, then which of the and Q. The one who likes red had a following is related to O following lecture in the same month as Q. Q the same pattern? does not like red. The one who likes A. Grey B. Pink White had a lecture on an even C. Brown D. Maroon numbered date of the month which E. Silver had exactly 30 days. V does not like 146. How many people have lectures white. Only three people had a between the lectures by X and Y? lecture between the one who likes White and the one who likes Violet. A. Two B. Four As many people had lectures C. None D. One between the one who likes red and E. Three O as between Q and the one who 147. Four of the following five are alike in likes White. Only two people had a certain way based on the given lectures between O and the one who seating arrangement and hence likes Blue. U had a lecture on 12th form a group. Which of the following of a month before the one who likes does not belong to that group? Violet. U likes neither red nor blue. A. 12-Y B. 25-O Only two people had lectures C. 12-Green D. 25-T between U and the one who likes E. 12-Pink Orange. Only two people had 148. Who amongst the following had lectures between the one who likes lecture in the same month as S? Orange and the one who likes A. V Green. X had a lecture in the same B. The one who likes Grey month as the one who likes green. C. The one who likes White As many people had a lecture after D. The one who likes Yellow W as before X. Only one person had a lecture between W and Z. Z had a E. W Directions (149-150): In these D. If neither conclusion I nor II is questions four statements followed true by five conclusions are given, one of E. If both conclusion I and II are which definitely does not logically true follow for is not a possibility of (151-152): economical) from the given statements. That conclusion is your Statements : answer. B R  U  S  H;Y  O  U  A (Note : You have to take the four 151. Conclusions: I. B = A given statements to be true even if II. B > A they seem to be at variance from 152. Conclusions: I. S ≥ O ; commonly known facts and then II. R < Y decide which of the given conclusions logically does not follow (153-154): from the given statements.) Statements : 149. Statements : No performance is an S= H  A  P = E;P  L  R  E experiment. Some experiments are Blueprints. No blueprint is a table. 153. Conclusions: I. S ≥ L All blueprints are chairs. II. E < A A. Conclusion : Some experiments 154. Conclusions: I. S < P are definitely not tables. II. P < A B. Conclusion : At least some Direction (155): Study the given experiments are chairs. information carefully to answer the C. Conclusion : All chairs being given question. performances is a possibility ‘Goldkart’, a leading gold jewellery D. Conclusion : All tables being chain in country ‘Rikmaya’ is famous experiments is a possibility. for good jewellery with intricate E. Conclusion : All blueprints can designs. However, it recently chose never be performances. to import jewellery from Country X for sale besides selling just intricate 150. Statements : All stations are designs. platforms. All platforms are 155. Which of the following cannot be a dividers. Some platforms are roads. reason behind the decisions taken No road is a track. by ‘Goldkart’? A. Conclusion : All stations are A. Gold jewellery with intricate dividers. designs was a brain child of B. Conclusion : Some platforms are ‘Goldkart’ in order to have an definitely not tracks. edge over other jewellery C. Conclusion : All tracks being companies. Since these designs stations is a possibility. are now overused, they wish to D. Conclusion : All dividers being bring a newer concept of tracks is a possibility designs. E. Conclusion : Some dividers are B. The new concept of layered gold roads. jewellery recently started by Directions (151-154): In these company X is widely in news questions, relationship between worldwide. different elements is shown in the C. The Jewellery designers of statements. The statements are ‘Goldkart’ haven’t updated their followed by two conclusions. skills since 5-6 years making Given answer : them incompetent as compared to other designers of the A. If only conclusion I is true country. B. If only conclusions II is true C. If either conclusion I or II is true D. Since country X has quoted high statements are sufficient to answer prices to export gold jewellery to the question. Read both the ‘Goldkart’, the profit gained by statements and mark the ‘Goldkart’ is just 18% more than appropriate answer. the usual profit. Give answer : E. None of those given as options. A. The data even in both Direction (156): Read the given statements I and II together are information and answer the not sufficient to answer the question. question. A road construction project has B. The data in statement I alone been going on in State Y and was are sufficient to answer the due to be completed two months question while the data in ago. The government of that time statement II alone are not had extended the deadline of the sufficient to answer the project by three months and also question. allowed truck carrying the raw C. The data either in statement I material to pass through city 2 in alone or in statement II alone order to speed up the process. Yet are sufficient to answer the the construction work is further question. delayed and is not likely to get over D. The data in both statement I and in the extended deadline as well. II together are necessary to 156. Which of the following may NOT be answer the question. a reason for the delay of E. The data in statement II alone construction work in State Y? are sufficient to answer the A. the workers have started going question while the data in on strike and off since the past statement I are not sufficient to four months as they demanding answer the question. higher wages. 157. Six people A, B, C, D, E and F are B. Some part of the land on which sitting around a circular table facing the road is to be constructed is the centre. What is E’s position with owned privately and a dispute is respect to F? going on in the court regarding I. A site second to the right of D. the same. Only two people sit between A C. Monsoon have approached State and F. B sits to the immediate Y and due to heavy rainfall the right of E. construction work is 3 times II. Only two people sit between D slower than you. and E. E is an immediate D. Due to several complaints by the neighbor of both B and A. C is residents living in the vicinity of not an immediate neighbor of B. the construction site, the 158. How is ‘dwarf’ definitely coded in the construction work is done for same code language? four hours less than the usual I. In a certain code language, ‘the construction hours since paid dwarf planet’ is coded as ‘cq sd four months. ap’ and ‘the solar energy’ is E. Most roads of city 2 have traffic coded as ‘kb og sd’. jam in the morning as well as II. In a certain code language, ‘only evening for two hours each as dwarf planet’ is coded as ‘cq ap most people in the city travel to st’, ‘the coldest planet’ is coded work by road. as ‘sd cq yt’. Directions (157-159): These 159. Fifteen people are standing in a questions consist of a question and straight row facing north. What is two statements numbered I and II M’s position with respect to S? given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the I. P stands third from the left end but not necessarily in the same of the row. Only two people order. Each one of them also studies stand between P and M. N in one of the four classes – II, V, stands third to the right of M. S VIII and XI. Two people study in is an immediate neighbor of N. each of the given classes. II. Q stands second from the right ● A studies in an even numbered end of the row. Only two people class. The one who lives in Ujjain stand between Q and O. O is an studies with A. immediate neighbor of S. As ● The one who lives in Varanasi many people stand to the left of and Jaipur study in the same M as to the right of S. class, but in a class lower than Direction (160) : This question VIII. D studies in a class lower consists of two statements than that of the one who lives in numbered I and II. These Varansai. statements may be either ● The one who lives in Nashik independent causes or effects of studies with H in the same class, independent causes or a common but not in Class XI. D does not cause. One of these statements may live in Nashik. be the effect of the other statement. ● B and G study in different classes. Read both the statements and B lives neither in Jaipur nor in decide which of the given answer Nashik. G is senior to both B and choices depicts the relationship H. Neither B nor the one who lives between these two statements. in Siliguri study in the same class as D. E lives in Siliguri. 160. Statements : ● C is junior to F. The one who I. Unlike last two years, the lives in Patna studies in an odd amount of toxic gases such as numbered class. carbon monoxide and sulphur ● Neither H nor D lives in Bhopal. dioxide along with volatile The one who lives in Chennai is organic compounds present in senior to the one who lives in atmosphere crossed the Bhopal. permissible limit in Country X thi year. 161. In which of the following cities does C live? II. The emissions from stationary sources such as industries and A. Bhopal B. Chennai that from mobile sources such C. Jaipur D. Nashik as transport have increased E. Varanasi substantially this year in 162. Four of the following five are alike in Country X. a certain way based on the given A. Both statements I and II are arrangement and hence form a effects of independent causes. group. Which one of the following B. Both statements I and II are cities does not belong to the group? effects of some common cause. A. G-Siliguri B. D- Bhopal C. Statement I is the cause and C. C-Varanasi D. F-Chennai statement II is its effect. E. A-Patna D. Statement II is the cause and 163. In which class does H study? statement I is its effect. A. The one in which a studies E. Both statements I and II are B. VIII independent causes. C. The one in which E studies Direction (161-165): Study the D. V given information carefully to E. II answer the given questions. 164. Who amongst the following lives in Eight people – A, B, C, D, E, F, G Bhopal? and H live in eight different cities – A. A B. G Varanasi, Nashik, Chennai, Siliguri, C. C D. H Ujjain, Bhopal, Jaipur and Patna, E. Other than those given as C. 3 m towards north, turn left, options walk 19 m, turn left and walk 5 165. Which one of the following m. statements is TRUE with respect to D. 3 m towards north, turn right the given information? and walk for 4 m. A. B lives in Nashik A. Both A and D B. G is senior to E B. Only D C. B and F study in the same class. D. The one who lives in Jaipur C. Both B and C studies in Class V. D. Only C E. None of the given statements E. Only B Directions (166-169): Study the 168. In which direction is point C with following information and answer respect to point P? the questions. A. North-East B. West Trishaa starts walking from point A, C. East D. South-East walks 12 m to the south ad reaches E. North-West point B. She then takes a left turn and walks 7 m to reach point C. She 169. Point Z is 9 m to the east of Point A. then takes a left, walks 5 m and Arun starts from point Z, walks reaches Point D. From Point D she towards south, takes a right turn turns left, walks 11 m and stops at and walks for a certain distance to point E. Point P is to the west of reach Point D. What is the total Point B. Rishi who is standing at distance that Arun has to walk in point P walks for a distance equal to order to reach Point D ? the shortest distance between B and A. 20 m B. 11 m E and reaches Point Q. From Point Q C. 19 m D. 9 m he takes a left turn, walks for a E. 15 m certain distance and reaches point E. Direction (170): Study the given information to answer the question. 166. Mehul starts walking towards south from Point B. He walks for a certain The tourism sector of Country G has distance to reach Point K. He then emerged out to be the highest takes a left turn walks for 10 m, contributor to GDP of the economy takes another left turn and stops of Country G for this financial year. after walking for 9 m. If his final The numbers of foreign as well as position is 3 m to the east of Point domestic visitors to various tourist D, what is the distance between spots of the country were found to Point B and Point K? be relatively high as compared to A. 4 m B. 6 m last financial year. C. 5 m D. 2 m 170. Which of the following may be a reason for increased tourism in E. Cannot be determined Country G? 167. Point M is 9 m to the north of Point A. The tourism packages offered by Q. From Point M, which of the various travel agencies for following walking directions would visiting places in Country G were lead to point A? much cheaper and attractive. A. 12 m towards west, turn right B. The government of Country G and walk for 2 m, then turn right had started special buses, trains and walk for 7 m. and flights at highly subsidized B. 4 m towards east, turn left and rates for passengers during walk for 3 m, then turn right and holidays. walk 5 m. C. The various hotels and travel agencies of City F in Country G started holiday packages of 18% lesser price than any other entrepreneurs, found that more tourist spot in the country. than a third had either left or were D. Country G was found to be the thinking about going. Venetis, a most preferred tourist bakery chain, recently said that, destination for the last three because of high taxes and capital years globally. controls, it will focus more on opening shops abroad than in A. All A, B, C and D Greece. B. Both A and D Even if they have kept their Greek C. Both B and C operations going, some D. A, B and D multinationals have moved their E. Both A and B headquarters. Fage International, a dairy firm, said in 2012, when taxes Direction (171-175): Read the started to rise, that it would move given passage carefully and answer its base to Luxembourg. That year the questions that follow. Coca-Cola Hellenic, which When Panagiotis Korfoksyliotis set distributes the American giant’s soft up a business in Athens in 2011, drinks in 28 mostly European ferrying tourists around by car, he countries, moved its base from hoped to do his bit to help Greece Athens to Zug in Switzerland. In emerge from its deep recession. He 2013 Viohalco, a metals-processor, says he paid his staff a decent wage moved its head office to Brussels. and declared all his earnings. The latter two firms say that the Unfortunately, the taxman did not main reason was to improve their repay the kindness. Sharp increases access to capital. But Greece’s in business taxes have prompted Mr sharp tax rises were hardly an Korfoksyliotis to pack his bags and inducement to stay. move his company and his life to Other euro-crisis countries, such as Bulgaria. Now he employs drivers to Portugal and Ireland, cut business take foreign visitors around that taxes or kept them low, to encourage country’s tourist spots instead. investment and growth. (Portugal’s He is part of a growing trend. In corporation-tax revenues are only recent years Greek governments slightly below where they were, as a desperate for cash have sought to share of GDP, before the global squeeze it from companies, despite financial crisis.) But Greece has raised evidence that this is driving them its corporation-tax rate from 20% in away to places like Bulgaria, Cyprus 2012 to 29% in 2015, even though and Albania. The combination of a international lenders such as the IMF deep recession and rising taxation will surely have advised against this. has meant that by some estimates Greece’s tax rise makes Bulgaria’s rate of just 10% even more alluring; more than 200,000 businesses have likewise Cyprus’s 12.5% rate and closed or in some cases left Greece Albania’s 15%. since then. Between 2009 and 2014 The country’s neighbours are the taxable profits declared by the delighted that it is sending business country’s businesses fell by more their way. Panagiotis Pantelis, an than €5 billion ($5.6 billion) to €10 accountant in Athens, says he has billion. been busy in recent weeks meeting Precise figures are hard to find, but officials from neighbouring countries accountants, lawyers and on behalf of clients looking to move businesspeople reckon that perhaps out. Alexandros Ziniatis of Viva Trust, as many as 10,000 Greek-owned a firm that advises businesses firms have moved abroad. In a seeking to relocate within Europe, recent survey of 300 firms, reports similarly brisk interest from Endeavor Greece, a non-profit Greek companies. organisation that helps The new leader of Greece’s D. It is time that businesses leave conservative opposition, Kyriakos Greece and settle in the Mitsotakis, has condemned the tax neighbouring countries if they rises on business as have to survive. counterproductive. But the left-wing E. The European crisis is the major ruling coalition is not listening. It is cause behind the recession in now proposing a 20% rise in a levy on companies’ profits that goes toward Greece, and given the pensions. Carry on in this vein, and unfavourable conditions, the there will not be many businesses, or steps that are being taken by the much profit, left to tax. government do not have any Source: alternatives. https://www.economist.com/busin 173. Which of the following have been ess the consequences of the recession 171. Which of the following is true in the in Greece? context of the passage? I. Despite having their businesses A. The Greek government levied running in Greece, many unjustifiable amounts of countries moved their business tax on companies in the headquarters to foreign face of acute cash crunch in the countries. country due to the ongoing II. A large number of companies recession in the country. closed because they were unable B. Despite the imposition of to pay the exorbitant taxes. excessive tax by the government III. Behind the excuse of accessing on business companies, not a finance smoothly in foreign single company migrated to countries, many companies other countries. moved their headquarters to C. Greece, unlike any other other countries in order to European country, has been a escape high taxations in Greece. victim of the European Crises. IV. The Greek government, in order D. As a consequence of the to encourage investment and withdrawal of many companies, growth, levied unbearable the Greek government is busy amounts of taxes on companies. formulating plans to get the A. I and IV B. I and II company back. C. II, III and IV D. I, II and III E. None of the given options is true in the context of the passage. E. All of these 172. Which of the following is the central 174. Which of the following describes the idea of the passage? author’s opinion on the crisis being A. By 2018, the taxable profits of faced by Greece? Greece’s businesses will fall by A. The recession is temporary, and more than €20 billion, if the given the measures being taken government does not control by the Greek government, it taxation. wouldn’t last long. B. The only ray of hope for the B. Among all the European economically falling Greece is the countries which have been election of the Conservative engulfed by the economic crises, Party. Greece would be the last one to C. The reckless tax imposition on come out of it. businesses has marred the C. With the hysteric tax imposition economy of an already recession on the business companies, it hit Greece. would not take much time before Greece runs out of such B. The detective is grasping at companies. straws because through D. The Greek government must call surprisingly enough, there’s for financial aids from the practically no evidence at the neighbouring countries, which crime scene. are flourishing with business C. Grasping at straws is an companies that have abandoned activity which is mostly liked by Greece. children at play school. E. The author will not agree with D. When the boat toppled over, any of the given options. David used the row in order to grasp at straws and save 175. With reference to the passage, what himself from drowning. does the movement of Mr E. None of these. Korfoksyliotis’ company and his life to Bulgaria convey? 177. A. Aryan is quite untrustworthy, he leaves you holding the baby A. Greece is no more business while you assume that he has friendly as the government is gone to fetch medicines. arbitrarily imposing inordinate B. Exhausted from the hectic taxes. schedule, Rohan early from the B. Mr Korfoksyliotis will get better office, leaving me holding the opportunities of investment in baby. Bulgaria than in Greece. C. Pooja left me holding the baby C. Given that Bulgaria has not been as she had to accomplish some badly affected by the European urgent task at her workplace. crisis, it has become one stop D. When the customer started destination for the business complaining about the companies from various deterioration of the quality of the countries that have been hit by product, my senior vanished and the crisis. left me holding the baby. D. The tax agencies in Greece E. None of these tricked Mr Korfoksyliotis into paying unreasonable amount of 178. A. The outcome of the contest was taxes. completely unpredictable, so we decided to play it by ear. E. The recession in Greece threatened the profits of B. Parul is a connoisseur of Indian businessmen like Mr classical music and a fabulous Korfoksyliotis, who were left with singer, and she also well- no other alternative but rehearsed in playing it by ear. migration. C. Playing it by ear has become a Direction (176-178): In the given routine of Priyansh while dealing question four statements are given with his clients, a habit which can in the options. One idiom or phrase land him into jail. is used in all of the statements; pick D. At the dinner function organised up the statement in which the at my friend’s house, the idiom/phrase has been used orchestra played it by ear and correctly. If the usage is incorrect in mesmerised the whole audience. all the statements, then option E Direction (179-180): In the given i.e., ‘None is correct’ is your question, three phrases are answer. given below the question 176. A. Maya did not prepare the lesson statement. Choose the phrase(s) and kept on grasping at straws that can be placed in the given when the teacher asked her a blank so as to make a meaningful question. and grammatically correct sentence. 179. The script allowed linguists to exaggerated (3) rules of the finally crack the code, Constitution of freedom of speech ______out more about and expression. the ancient civilisation. A. Only 2 B. Both 1 and 2 I. A key challenge involved in the C. Both 2 and 3 D. Only 3 whole process in internalizing E. All are correct II. Decipher the hidden meanings and get 183. The party, therefore, ostracised III. an immeasurable tool in finding (1) with students of the various schools destroyed by the A. Only II hoodlums (2), their parents and B. Only III the community for losing what even C. Both II and III though was the responsibilities of D. Both I and III the state government but was E. All of these however facilitated (3) by a Senator as his constituency projects 180. ____ running for a fifth term, which few people expect her to seek. A. Only 1 B. Only 2 I. She brushed aside a question as C. Only 3 D. Both 2and 3 to whether she would rule out E. All are correct the idea of 184. Matthews, who started his II. She categorically chose not to harangue (1) claiming the answer questions on the Supreme Court "threw the election" possibility of for George W. Bush, laid (2) out his case for why Democrats should III. She entertained quite a few obstruct (3) any nominee questions on her plans to President Trump names. participate in the election amidst the rumours that she would not A. Only 1 B. Only 2 be C. Only 3 D. Both 2and 3 Direction (181-185): In the given E. All are correct question, there is a statement with 185. It is difficult to connect this some words in bold. Some of the historical event with the Accost (1) bold words are correctly used, while of St John of Nepomuk, who was some are not. Pick the words which canonized (2) by the Church of have been used correctly. If all the Rome in 1729, mainly by the bold words are relevant, then option influence of the Jesuits, who hoped E i.e. ‘All are correct’ is your that this new cult would emollient answer. (3) the memory of Hus. 181. It also suspected (1) residents to A. Only 1 take ownership of the public B. Only 2 facilities and secure them, noting C. Both 1 and 2 that the facilities were procured D. Both 2 and 3 (2) with tax revenue paid by E. All are correct members of the public and must be Direction (186- 188): In the protected against vandalism (3). given question, two sentences with A. Only 1 B. Only 2 two blanks in each are given. Each C. Both I and 2 D. Both 2 and 3 question is followed by five options E. All are correct with two words in each. Select that option as the answer which can fill 182. Raising the issue during the zero both the blanks of both the hour, Tharoor said such attacks on sentences I and II. those who expressed sycophancy 186. I. Opposition forces have (1) destroyed the idea of constantly rebelled and tried to kill pluralism (2) and violated the the ______leader, and he has edition of the book, 1889, were always tried to ______them. obtained from her. II. He was probably the first I. She had left and… because ______Western person to II. This became a difficult task, as… suggest that the Soviet regime had however failed to ______religion within III. The period between… but its domains. A. Only I A. cavort, acquiesce B. Only II B. cantankerous, catechize C. Only III C. rapacious, resuscitate D. Both I and III D. prominent, obliterate E. All of the above E. humongous, abscond 190. I had caught glimpses of broad, 187. I. It is the ______of efficiency green fields, a luminous sky, trees and distributive justice of economy and flowers. The darkness that on which the new ______base followed could not wholly blot it out. themselves. I. Hardly enough… but at any point II. The key success factors include II. All through my academic career… the ______between the since information and the individual's _____. III. During the first nineteen months of my life … which A. dearth, despotism A. Only I B. cogent, debauchery B. Only II C. congruity, perspectives C. Only III D. cleave, parlance D. Both I and III E. diminution, methodology E. All of the above 188. I. To say that these three introductions were ______to the 191. He regulated the administration of future of the Army would hardly be justice, encouraged commerce, and a/ an ______reformed the coinage. As time went on he was compelled to demand II. He could not, of course, undo the larger subsidies and to take severer ______reforms of his predecessor, measures against heretical but he amended them in such a way opinions. as to counteract what he considered the ______of liberalism. I. He redressed many grievances… but A. monumental, exaggeration II. Even when… so B. debunk, emulation III. Although… yet C. espouse, doomsday A. Only I B. Only II D. expunge, fallacies C. Only III D. Both I and III E. hegemony, heterogeneous E. All of these Direction (189- 191): Select the phrase/connector from the given Direction (192- 195): Given three options which can be used to below are five statements out of form a single sentence from the two which only one is grammatically sentences given below, implying the correct. Identify the correct same meaning as expressed in the statement. statement sentences. 192. A. That plan also sets a deadline of 189. Her publishers in Philadelphia had 2020 for a substantially increase retired from business many years in the number of countries with ago. It was eventually discovered national and local strategies for that her residence is at Wilmington, disaster risk reduction. Delaware, and copies of the second B. After the partition of 1947 and the transfer of a very large Bengali Muslim district of Sylhet gamepad controllers, but I find to East Pakistan, the Assamese them to be an eyesore. middle class came to power for D. Not only it consumed precious the first time in about a century. time of the upper house, but so C. The database we have compiled led to inordinate delay in clearing show that Muslims are five key amendments in the dramatically under-represented legislations. in the Indian Police Service. E. For starters, the company D. He recognized after the Japan expects to generation enough game that he needed to make cash flow this year to cover its some changes to his lineup, and dividend and fund all its growth- they made them. focused spending. E. In an admirable change of 195. A. This research method, called stance, the government has ECoG, requires major surgery, lobbed the ball back to the court, which is why it almost never where it once belongs. happens without the voluntary 193. A. Faced with a massive public participation for patients. outcry and criticism in the media, B. The rise and reign of supergiant the government of Punjab has rounds are a phenomenon that announced a series of measures emerges from a confluence of to tackle the drug menace. different factors. B. Overcrowding, as well as related C. Hundreds across the country problems such as lacking of called in the university and privacy, can also cause or government to do more to exacerbated mental health prevent sexual assault and problems, and increase rates of harassment. violence, self-harm and suicide. D. Take a magnifying glass to Jolie's C. More than anything, it is the early home life and an human cost of disasters that is emancipation will not be the more compelling argument anything particularly out of the for action. ordinary. D. India is home to the largest E. He asked New Delhi to population of malnourished and reciprocation so that Kashmir hunger-stricken people and issue could be resolved. children leading to high infant Direction (196-200): Read the and maternal mortal. given passage carefully and answer E. Near the examination centres, the questions that follow. there are no construction work, The fact that Indian Prime Minister no traffic noise, and the cops Narendra Modi visited Palestine just enforce street calm. weeks after Israeli Prime Minister 194. A. As a metaphor for the future of Benjamin Netanyahu toured India the British’s economy, the boy demonstrates just why rising wizard created by JK Rowling and powers like New Delhi can play a the queues for the Hogwarts significant role in building peace Express are apt. between Israel and Palestine, and in B. With the Gmail redesign, the broader Middle East. U.S. scammers could send out fake President Donald Trump’s decision versions of confidential email to move the U.S. embassy to alerts and trick a user to entering Jerusalem irreparably damaged the sensitive details. United States’ image as a credible arbiter in the Israel- Palestine C. There are plenty of stands that conflict. In contrast, rising powers can hold and charge your like India are considered acceptable by a broad range of regional players. From a U.S. perspective, Delhi takes a relatively neutral the strategic entry of new these into approach. the Middle East will be increasingly Indian policymakers feel that in an difficult to prevent. The increasingly multipolar world, the involvement in the peace process of way to maximize leverage is to India—a fellow democracy and make other states work for one’s security partner of Washington— favor rather than have it taken for provides a preferable option when granted through alliance compared to other rising powers membership. Thus, what had who may seek to fill the void. previously been promoted as While Delhi has increased security idealist nonalignment has now ties with Israel, it has evolved and been rebranded as simultaneously strengthened ties realist strategic independence. with the Palestinian Authority. Its Importantly, India is seen as able to “friend-to-all” image enabled New act more independently than many Delhi to garner an invitation from Western states with regard to Palestinian Authority leader Israel. This is evident in the fact Mahmoud Abbas to sit on a that when Israel’s preferences proposed “multilateral forum” for collide with New Delhi’s strategic negotiations on a peace deal autonomy, the latter always wins between Palestine and Israel—a out. Modi’s visit to Palestine is a role India is increasingly able to fill. prime example. Furthermore, Many assessed the pomp and despite Israel and the United States ceremony of Netanyahu’s New Delhi urging that India minimize its visit as evidence of India’s energy and defense ties with Iran, increasing proximity to Israel. The India continues to rely on Iranian oil public affection reflected New and engage in defense cooperation. Delhi’s strategic interests. The Modi even visited Iran in 2016 and Indian military has relied on Israeli Iranian President Hassan Rouhani technology on the battlefield; last arrived in India this week for his year India and Israel signed a $2 own visit. The rhetoric throughout billion deal for an advanced Modi’s trips to Iran and Palestine medium-range surface-to-air included references to the depth of missile system. Israel has ties, similar to those heard during positioned itself as one of India’s the Indian prime minister’s trip to largest source of arms, with a 7.2 Israel. Modi’s speeches in Ramallah percent share of imports into India will likely be similarly replete with between 2012 and 2016. themes of camaraderie and But while the ideological stripes of “brotherliness.” the current BJP government and For global audiences, India projects certain security interests mean an image of moderation with regard Israeli overtures are warmly to its positions on the Middle East’s received, there are significant conflicts. While Delhi has prioritized structural factors that drive India to sovereignty and nonintervention, maintain a balanced approach to providing soft-spoken support to the Israel-Palestine issue. The like Syria and pre-2003 Iraq, in rhetoric about “dehyphenating” opposition to the West, the re-entry Israel-Palestine is an attempt to of Russia into the region and its justify this objectivity to those robust defense of Damascus makes seeking to pull India into supporting New Delhi’s position more centrist. one side over the other. While no bilateral relationship is fully Source: https://thediplomat.com independent of other relationships, 196. Why did the U.S. lose its trustworthy counteracting forces acting upon role as a negotiator of peace in the Indian policymakers ensure New Israel- Palestine conflict? A. The President’s decision to move respect to the situation discussed in the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem the given passage? indicates his hostility towards the A. India carries a sycophantic Islamic nations. attitude and pleases every B. Trump’s decision to move the country it wants to establish a U.S. embassy to Jerusalem strategic partnership with. showed that he is biased towards B. Pursuing a neutral bilateral one of the concerned parties. strategy, India has established C. Trump’s decision to move the itself as ideologically neutral and U.S. embassy to Jerusalem was strategically aligned with all the not considered a welcome move countries. by the Global community. C. In order to make itself agreeable to the global community, India D. India outdid the U.S. in acting as has recklessly established the negotiator of peace between geopolitical relationships while Israel and Palestine. overlooking the imminent danger E. All of these. of facing severe opposition by 197. How has India managed to remain the concerned countries. in the good books of countries like D. India voices for the right and Israel, Palestine and the U.S. carries a policy of interference. despite the existing tumultuous E. Cannot be concluded from the relationship among them and other passage. nations? 199. Which of the statement is true with A. India has maintained an respect to the passage? amicable but diplomatic A. Donald Trump through his relationship with these countries bilateral move has widened the and has kept its geopolitical gap between Israel and position neutral to avoid Palestine. hostilities. B. The policymakers of India believe B. India’s global economic position that to intensify the global grip is at the present time is at rise and to have other nations work for despite ideological differences, one’s favor. the globe does not want to create C. Unlike many Western states differences with her. India does not act in the pressure C. Since India has established of its alliances, the usage Iranian strategic partnership with all the oil being an example. countries, her geopolitical D. It is believed that the ideological ideologies do not make much stance of the present difference for the concerned government influences India’s countries. relationship with Israel. D. India has favoured the E. All of these. ideological stand of each of the countries during his visits to the 200. What is the cone of the author in the respective nations. given passage? E. None of these. A. Critical B. Analytical 198. Which of the following reflect the C. Acerbic D. Sarcastic international policy of India with E. Objective

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