Directions Q (1 - 5): In the following questions, the symbols @, ©, %, $ and # are used with the following meaning as illustrated below:
‘P % Q’ means ‘P is either smaller than or equal to Q’.
‘P © Q’ means ‘P is greater than Q’.
‘P # Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’.
‘P $ Q’ means ‘P is smaller than Q’.
‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is either greater than or equal to Q’.
Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, for conclusions I and II given below them is/are definitely true? Give answer
(a) if only conclusion I is true.
(b) if only conclusion II is true
(c) if either conclusion I or II is true
(d) if neither conclusion I nor II is true
(e) if both conclusion I and II are true
1. Statements: B # F, F $ H, H © K
Conclusions:
I. H @ B
II. K $ B
2. Statements: H @ T, T © N, N $ W
Conclusions:
I. N $ H
II. W $ H
3. Statements: H $ F, F % M, M © J
Conclusions:
I. J $ F
II. M © H
4. Statements: M $ T, T % R, M © N
Conclusions:
I. M $ R
II. N $ T
5. Statements: D $ T, T % B, B @ F
Conclusions:
I. D # T
II. D @ F
Directions Q (6 - 10): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions based on it.
Amit, Bunty, Reena, Veena and Dolly were selected for prizes because of their excellent performance in annual examination conducted by school 'X'. On this occasion their parents were also invited by the school authority. Brajesh, Jayant, Manoj, Ritesh and Vinod were the fathers of the individuals but not necessarily in the same order. Anju, Babita, Punam, Rita and Vinita were the mothers of the individuals but not necessarily in the same order. Among the children only two are males. The first letter of the name of any parent was not the same as the first letter of the name of their child. The same was true of spouses also. The first letter of the name of Dolly’s father was the same as that of Reena’s mother. Similarly, Dolly’s mother’s name started with the first letter of Reena's father's name. Brajesh and Manoj were not the fathers of Veena and Amit respectively. The first letter of Bunty’s mother was the same as the first letter of the name of Veena’s father. Anju is not Dolly’s mother. Jayant is the husband of Punam. Reena’s performance was best among all; that is why her mother Babita praised her.
6. Who among the following is the father of Amit?
A. Can’t say
B. Jayant
C. Manoj
D. Vinod
E. None of these
7. Who among the following is the son of Rita?
A. Can’t say
B. Amit
C. Bunty
D. Either Amit or Bunty
E. None of these
8. Father’s name of Reena is?
A. Can't say
B. Vinod
C. Brajesh
D. Either Vinod or Brajesh
E. None of these
9. Which of the following couples is correctly matched?
A. Jayant, Rita
B. Manoj, Punam
C. Vinod, Babita
D. Ritesh Vinita
E. Brajesh, Anju
10. Which of the following pairs is related in the same way as ‘CAVE’ and ‘HILL?
A. OAR: BOAT
B. CAVITY: TOOTH
C. ROOF: HOUSE
D. SHOE: SOCKS
E. None of these
Directions Q (11 - 16):
A word arrangement machine, when given a particular input, rearranges it following a particular rule. The following is the illustration of the input and the steps of arrangement:
Input: and band land hand hind lack job
Step I: hind and band lack land hand job
Step II: hind band land job and lack hand
Step III: hind and lack band hand land job
Step IV: land band and job hand lack hind
Step V: hand land band lack and job hind
Step VI: hand band and hind land lack job and so on.
As per the rule followed in the above steps, find out the appropriate step for the given input or vice versa in the following questions.
11. Input: do we he is it at all. Which of the following steps would be “all we he is do at it”?
A. It is not possible to get the above step
B. Step VI
C. Step IX
D. Step X
E. None of these
12. If Step IV of an input is "he is to do what her observe", which of the following would definitely be the input?
A. to is he what observe her do
B. he is to what observe her do
C. is he to what observe her do
D. Can't say
E. None of these
13. If Step III of an input is “when then men can how are you” what would be step VII of the input?
A. then can are when you men how
B. how are men can you then when
C. you then can men are when how
D. how can then men are when you
E. None of these
14. Input: stejpan mesic is the president of Croatia. Which of the following will be step VIII for this input?
A. the mesic stejpan president is of Croatia
B. the is of mesic Croatia stejpan president
C. stejpan mesic is president Croatia of the
D. the stejpan mesic of is president Croatia
E. None of these
15. If Step V of an input is "will you hit centuries three again at", what will be the middle three words of step VII?
A. will you hit
B. you hit centuries
C. hit centuries three
D. centuries three again
E. None of these
16. If step II of an input is "has started new BSC batches for PO", what will be Step VI of the input?
A. new PO for started BSC batches has
B. PO new for started BSC batches has
C. PO new started for batches BSC has
D. PO started batches has new for BSC
E. None of these
Directions Q (17 - 18): In each of these questions, a statement is given, followed by two Conclusions. Mark your answer as
(a) if only conclusion I follows;
(b) if only conclusion II follows;
(c) if either conclusion I or II follows and
(d) if both conclusions I & II follows.
(d) if neither conclusion I nor II follows.
17. Statement: Morning walks are good for health.
Conclusions:
I. All healthy people go for morning walks.
II. Evening walks are harmful.
18. Statement: The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it
Conclusions:
I. Your life will be dull if you don’t face a problem
II. To escape from problems, you should always have some solutions with you.
Directions Q (19 - 21): In each of the questions below, there are two or three statements followed by four conclusions numbered
I, II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow (s) from the given statements.
19. Statement: Some singers are rockers.
All rockers are westerners.
Conclusions:
I. Some rockers are singers.
II. Some westerners are rockers.
III. Some singers are westerners.
IV. Some singers are not westerners.
A. I, II, and III follow
B. I, II and IV follow
C. II, III and IV follow
D. I, III and IV follow
E. None follows
20. Statement: No Indian is an Asian.
Some Americans are Indians.
Conclusions:
I. Some Indians are not Asians.
II. Some Asians are not Americans.
III. Some Americans are not Asians.
IV. All Americans are Asians.
A. Either III or IV follows
B. Either I or II follows
C. I and III follow
D. Either II or III follows
E. None follows
21. Statement: Some charts are darts.
All darts are carts.
Some carts are smarts.
Conclusions:
I. Some charts are carts.
II. Some carts are darts.
C. Some darts are smarts.
IV. Some smarts are charts.
A. Only I and II follow
B. Only II and III follows
C. I and II follow
D. I, III and IV follow
E. None follows
Directions Q (22 - 23): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
The standard of education in private schools is much better than Municipal and Zila Parishad-run schools.
(A) The Municipal and Zila Parishad should make serious efforts to improve standard of their schools.
(B) All Municipal and Zila Parishad schools should be closed immediately.
(C) Government should raise the standard of education in Municipal and Zila Parishad run schools.
(D) Private schools charge high amount fees for imparting education.
(E) Private sector works better than government sector almost in all areas.
22. Which of the following among (A), (B), (C) and (D) may be the conclusion which logically follows the given information?
A. Only (A)
B. Only (B)
C. Only (C)
D. Only (D)
E. Both (A) and (B)
23. Which of the following among (A), (C), (D) and (E) may be the reason behind the better standard of education in private schools?
A. Only (A)
B. Only (C)
C. Only (D)
D. Only (E)
E. Both (D) and (E)
Directions Q (24 - 28): Each of the questions below consists of a questions and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question.
Read both the statements and — Give an answer
24. How many stations are there while going from station ‘X’ to station ‘Y’?
I. Station ‘G’ precedes station ‘Y’ and station ‘K’ is next station after station ‘X’.
II. Station ‘M’ is third from ‘K’ and there are 4 stations between M and Y.
A. if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
B. if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
C. if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
D. if the data in both the statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.
E. if the data in both the statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.
25. How many books did Dinesh purchase in ‘X’ bookshop?
I. Dinesh wanted to purchase 65 books, but only 45 books were available in shop ‘X’.
II. Dinesh selected 37 books but had money to purchase 27 books and asked for some credit to which the shop- keeper of ‘X’ bookstall did not agree.
A. if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
B. if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
C. if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
D. if the data in both the statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.
E. if the data in both the statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.
26. If the first day of a month is Thursday, how many days were there in that month?
I. The fourth Sunday happened to be on 25th.
II. The last day of the month was the fifth Saturday of that month.
A. if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
B. if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
C. if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
D. if the data in both the statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.
E. if the data in both the statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.
27. How many girls are taller than Samir in his class?
I. When students of Samir’s class are ranked in descending order of their height, Samir’s rank is 17th from the top among all the students and 12th among boys.
II. Samir’s rank from the bottom on the basis of height among boys is 18th and among all students is 29th.
A. if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
B. if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
C. if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
D. if the data in both the statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.
E. if the data in both the statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.
28. Among Nitin, Amit, Sudesh, Rekha and Sujata, who came last for the programme?
I. Nitin came after Amit but not after Sujata.
II. Rekha came after Sujata but not after Sudesh.
A. if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
B. if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
C. if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
D. if the data in both the statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.
E. if the data in both the statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.
29. “We have formulated a 10-point programme to curb molestation cases against women and we are confident of restricting the eve-teasing cases with the help of our sincere cops.”—Director-General of Police of city 'X'.
Which of the following, if true, would weaken the statement?
A. City 'X' is known among those cities where there are least crime records.
B. City 'X' is the most populated city in the world.
C. On several occasions women have complained against police cops and have charged them of indulging in eve-teasing.
D. Literacy rate of city 'X' is the highest amongst all cities.
E. Many NGOs are co-operating with the police forces in ensuring a peaceful life in city 'X'.
30. “Monetary loss can be made good but any loss to the country's culture can never be filled.” — A minister of country X.
If the above statement is true, then which of the following has been assumed in the statement?
A. People hanker after money ignoring cultural values.
B. One can’t bear monetary loss.
C. Traditional culture in country X is degrading day by day.
D. It is human nature to hanker after money as well as adopt foreign culture.
E. Preserving culture is our utmost duty.
Directions Q (31 - 35): Read the following information to answer the questions:
31. P is sitting on the right of which of the following?
A. Doctor
B. His wife
C. Politician
D. S
E. Cannot be determined
32. How is P related to Q?
A. Brother
B. Brother-in-law
C. Uncle
D. Husband
E. Cannot be determined
33. Who among the following is unmarried?
A. Professor
B. Doctor
C. Politician
D. Cannot be determined
E. None of these
34. Who is the Doctor?
A. S
B. Q
C. P
D. R
E. Cannot be determined
35. Who amonst them must be a graduate?
A. P
B. Q
C. R
D. S
E. More than One
36. Devices that allow you to put information into the computer:
A. input
B. output
C. type
D. print
E. None of these
37. The ___________ key and the _________ key can be used in combination with other keys to perform shortcuts and special tasks.
A. Control, Alf
B. Function, toggle
C. Delete, Insert
D. Caps Lock, Num Lock
E. None of these
38. Unsolicited commercial email is commonly known as
A. spam
B. junk
C. hoaxes
D. hypertext
E. None of these
39. Text and graphics that have been copied are stored in an area called the
A. Pasteboard
B. copyboard
C. clipboard
D. cuttingboard
E. None of these
40. The process of writing out computer instructions is known as
A. assembling
B. compiling
C. executing
D. coding
E. None of these
41. _______ is the data that has been organised or presented in a meaningful fashion.
A. A process
B. Storage
C. Software
D. Information
E. None of these
42. A _________ is a computer attached to the Internet that runs a special Web server software and can send Web pages out to other computers over the Internet.
A. Web client
B. Web system
C. Web page
D. Web server
E. None of these
43. What is the process of copying software programs from secondary storage media to the hard disk called
A. configuration
B. download
C. storage
D. upload
E. None of these
44. SMTP, FTP and DNS are applications of the ______ layer.
A. data link
B. network
C. transport
D. application
E. None of these
45. The difference between people with access to computers and the Internet and those without this access is known as the
A. Digital divide
B. Internet divide
C. Web divide
E. Broadband divide
E. None of these
Solutions:
For Q(1-45)
For Q(1-5)
P % Q means P ≤ Q
P © Q means P > Q
P # Q means P = Q
P $ Q means P < Q
P @ Q means P ≥ Q
Q1:
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
B # F ⇒ B = F
F $ H ⇒ F < H
H © K ⇒ H > K
Hence, B = F K
Conclusions:
I. H @ B ⇒ H ≥ B (Not true)
II. K $ B ⇒ K < B (Not true)
Q2:
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
H @ T ⇒ H ≥ T
T © N ⇒ T > N
N $ W ⇒ N < W
Hence, H ≥ T > N < W
Conclusions:
I. N $ H ⇒ N < H (True)
II. W $ H ⇒ W < H (Not true)
Q3:
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
H $ F ⇒ H < F
F % M ⇒ F ≤ M
M © H ⇒ M > J
Hence, H J
Conclusions:
I. J $ F ⇒ J < F (Not true)
II. M © H ⇒ M > H (True)
Q4:
Answer: Option E
Explanation:
M $ T ⇒ M < T
T % R ⇒ T ≤ R
M © N ⇒ M > N
Hence, N < M < T ≤ R
Conclusions:
I. M $ R ⇒ M < R (True)
II. N $ T ⇒ N < T (True)
Q5:
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
D $ T ⇒ D < T
T % B ⇒ T ≤ B
B @ F ⇒ B ≥ F
Hence, D < T ≤ B ≥ F
Conclusions:
I. D # T ⇒ D = T (Not true)
II. D @ F ⇒ D < T (Not true)
For Q(6-10):
Q6:
Answer: Option B
Q7:
Answer: Option C
Q8:
Answer: Option B
Q9:
Answer: Option C
Q10:
Answer: Option B
For Q(11-16):
P. If Input is 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, then Step I becomes 5 1 2 6 3 4 7.
Q. If Step I is 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, then Step II becomes 1 3 5 7 2 4 6.
R. If Step II is 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, then Step III becomes 1 5 6 2 7 3 4.
S. If Step III is 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, then Step IV becomes 6 4 2 7 5 3 1.
Chart |
Input |
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
Step I |
E |
A |
B |
F |
C |
D |
G |
Step II |
E |
B |
C |
G |
A |
F |
D |
Step III |
E |
A |
F |
B |
D |
C |
G |
Step IV |
C |
B |
A |
G |
D |
F |
E |
Step V |
D |
C |
B |
F |
A |
G |
E |
Step VI |
D |
B |
A |
E |
C |
F |
G |
Step VII |
D |
C |
F |
B |
G |
A |
E |
Step VIII |
A |
B |
C |
E |
G |
F |
D |
Step IX |
G |
A |
B |
F |
C |
E |
D |
Step X |
G |
B |
C |
D |
A |
F |
E |
Again, rules P, Q, R and S are used to get steps V, VI, VII and VIII respectively. The process continues for steps IX, X, .... For the sake of convenience, we assign a letter for each
word of the Input: and-A, band - B, land - C, hand - D, hind - E, lack - F, job - G
Q11:
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Input: do we he is it at all
A B C D E F G
Given step: all we he is do at it
G B C D A F E
Now, see the chart. Letters assigned for step X match with the letters obtained for the given step.
Q12:
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Step IV: he is to do what her observe
C BA G D F E
Input: A BCD E F G
to is he what observe her do
Q13:
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Step III: when then men can how are you
E A F B D C G
Step VII: D C F B G A E
how are men can you then when
Q14:
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Input: stejpan mesic is the president of Croatia
A B C D E F G
Step VIII: A B C E G F D
Stejpan mesic is president Croatia of the
Q15:
Answer: Option E
Explanation:
Step V: will you hit centuries three again at
D C B F A G E
Step VII: D C F B G A E
will you centuries hit again three at
Q16:
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Step II: has started new BSC batches for PO
E B C G A F D
Step VI: D B A E C F G
PO started batches has new for BSC
Q17:
Answer: Option E
Explanation:
This statement does not mention anything about healthy people. Neither does it mention about evening walks. Hence none of the conclusions follows.
Q18:
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
The given statement does not tell anything about life. It only tells about problems and the way to escape from them. Hence conclusion II follows.
Q19:
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
As positive premises give only positive conclusions.
So,
Q20:
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
As no Indian is an Asian and some being part of all, so statement 1 Follows. Those some Americans who are Indian are not Asians.
Q21:
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
There is no correlation among darts and smarts or smarts and charts.
Q22:
Answer: Option E
Q23:
Answer: Option C
Q24:
Answer: Option E
Q25:
Answer: Option B
Q26:
Answer: Option B
Q27:
Answer: Option A
Q28:
Answer: Option E
Q29:
Answer: Option C
Q30:
Answer: Option E
Q31:
Answer: Option E
Q32:
Answer: Option B
Q33:
Answer: Option B
Q34:
Answer: Option B
Q35:
Answer: Option E
Q36:
Answer: Option A
Q37:
Answer: Option A
Q38:
Answer: Option A
Q39:
Answer: Option C
Q40:
Answer: Option D
Q41:
Answer: Option D
Q42:
Answer: Option D
Q43:
Answer: Option D
Q44:
Answer: Option D
Q45:
Answer: Option A