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1. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word
ORGANISED each of which has as many letters between
them in the word as in the English alphabet?
1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) More than three
2. How many meaningful English words can be made with the
letters ITRM using each letter only once in each word?
1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) More than three
3. The position of how many digits in the number 8247531
will remain unchanged after the digits are rearranged in
ascending order within the number?
1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) More than three
4. In a certain code MOAN is written as 5%3 $ and NEWS
is written as $ 1 @8. How is SOME written in that code?
1)8%51 2)85%8 3)8@51 4)8%31 5) None of these
5. In a certain code language 'how many books' is written
as 'sa da na' and 'many more days' is written as 'ka pa
da'. How is 'books' written in that code language?
l ) s a 2) na 3-)saorna
4) Data inadequate < 5) None of these
6. In a certain code MAJORITY is written as 'PKBNXSHQ'.
How is SANCTION written in that code?
l)TBODMNHS 2) DOBTMNHS 3)TBODSHNM
4) DOBTOPJU 5) None of these
7. The position of the first and the sixth digits in the number
5120397468 are interchanged, similarly the positions of
the second and the seventh digits are interchanged and
so on. Which of the following will be the fourth digit
from the right end after the rearrangement?
1)1 2)5 3)7 4)9 5) None of these
8. 'BE' is related to 'GJ' in the same way as 'PS' is related to
1)UY 2)UX 3)UZ 4)VY 5) None of these
9. Among P, Q, R, S and T, each having scored different
marks, R scored more marks than P and T. Q scored less
marks than T. S did not score the highest marks. Who
among them scored the highest?
1)P 2)T 3)R
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these
10. Pointing to a girl, Nidhi said,' She is the daughter of my
grandmother's only child.' How is the girl related to Nidhi?
1) Sister 2) Self 3) Cousin sister
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these
11. In a row of twenty-five children facing North, W is fifth to
the right of R who is sixteenth from the right end of the row.
What is W's position from the right end of the row?
1) Eleventh 2) Tenth 3) Twelfth
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these
Directions (Q. 12-14): Study the following information
carefully and answer the questions, which follow:
Five plays A, B, C, D and E were organised in a week
from Monday to Saturday with one play each day and no
play was organised on one of these days. Play D was
organised before Thursday but after Monday. Play E was
organised on Saturday. Play C was not organised on the first
day. Play B was organised on the next day on which play C
was organised. Play A was organised on Tuesday.
12. On which day was play B organised?
1) Thursday 2) Friday 3) Wednesday
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these
13. On which day was no play organised?
1) Monday 2) Wednesday 3) Thursday
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these
14. Which play was organised on Wednesday?
1)A 2)C 3)D
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these
16. What should come next in the following number series?
9 8 7 6 1 2 3 4 5 9 8 7 1 2 3 4 5 9 8 7 1 2 3 4 98
1)7 2)1 3)2 4)5 5) None of these
17. Each consonant in the word CORDIAL is changed to
the previous letter in the English alphabet and each
vowel is changed to the next letter in the English alphabet
and the letters so obtained are rearranged in alphabetical
order. Which of the following will be the second from
the right end after the rearrangement?
1)Q 2)K 3)P 4)B 5) None of these
18. Meena correctly remembers that her father's birthday is
after eighteenth May but before twentysecond May. Her
brother correctly remembers that their father's birthday is
before twenty-fourth May but after twentieth May. On
which date in May was definitely their father's birthday?
1) Twentieth 2) Nineteenth 3) Eighteenth
4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these
Directions (Q. 19-20): Study the following information
and answer the questions given below:
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19. Which of the following means 'M is maternal uncle of T?
20. Which of the following means 'H is paternal grandfather
ofT?
Directions ( y . 21-25): f o l l o w i n g questions a r e based
on t h e five three-digit numbers given below:
832 965 748 259 614
21. Which of the following is the third digit of the second
lowest number?
1)2 2)5 3)8 4)9 5)4
22. Which of the following is the sum of the first and the
second digits of the highest number?
1)11 2)15 3)10 4)7 5) None of these
23. If the positions of the second and the third digits of
each of the numbers are interchanged, which of the
following will be the last digit of the lowest number?
1)5 2)1 3)6 4)4 5)3
24. If the positions of the first and the second digits of each
of the numbers are interchanged, which of the following
will be the second digit of the second highest number?
1)8 2)6 3)7 4)5 5) None of these
25. Which of the following is the difference between the
first and the third digits of the third highest number?
1)6 2)4 3)1 4)7 5) None of these
Directions (Q. 26-31): In each of t h e questions below is
given four s t a t e m e n t s followed by t h r e e conclusions
numbered I, II and III. You have to t a k e t h e given statement!
to be t r u e even if they seem to be at v a r i a n c e with commonlj
known facts. Read all the conclusions a n d t h e n decide whicli
of t h e given conclusions logically follows from t h e giver
statements disregarding commonly known facts.
26. Statements: All stones are poles. All poles are desks
Some desks are nets. All nets are days.
Conclusions: I. Some nets are stones.
II. Some desks are stones.
III. Some days are desks.
1) Only I and II follow 2) Only I and III follow
3) Only II and III follow 4) All I, II and III follow
5) None of these
27. Statements: Some months are weeks.
Some weeks are years.
All years are buses. All buses are trains.
Conclusions: I. Some trains are weeks.
II. Some buses are weeks.
III. Some trains are months.
1) Only I and II follow 2) Only II and III follow
3) Only I and III follow 4) All, I, II and HI follow
5) None of these
28. Statements: Some stations are rails. All rails are rivers.
All rivers are papers. Some papers are cards.
Conclusions: I. Some cards are stations.
II. Some rivers are stations.
III. Some cards are rivers.
1) None follows 2) Only I follows
3) Only II follows 4) Only III follows
5) Only II and III follow
19. Statements: All windows are roofs. All roofs are glasses.
Some glasses are plates. Some plates are carpets.
Conclusions: I. Some plates are windows.
II. Some glasses are windows.
III. Some carpets are roofs.
1) None follows 2) Only I follows 3) Only II follows
4) Only III follows 5) Only I and II follow
30. Statements: All trees are jungles. All jungles are houses.
All houses are buildings.
All buildings are villages.
Conclusions: I. Some villages are houses.
II. Some buildings are jungles.
III. Some houses are trees.
1) Only I and II follow 2) Only II and III follow
3) Only I and III follow 4) All I, II and III follow
5) None of these
31. Statements: Some books are calendars?
No calendar is a paper. All papers are pencils.
Some pencils are chairs.
Conclusions: I. Some chairs are books.
II. No chair is a book.
III. Some pencils are calendars.
1) None follows 2) Only either I or II follows
3) Only either I or II and HI follow
4) Only III follows 5) Only II follows
Directions (Q. 32-37): Study t h e following arrangement
and answer t h e questions given below:
M 5 % P U 2 A $ 4 3 Z E K 1 9 Q R I @ D 7 F 5 8 W N 6 # V © J ⋆Y
32. Which of t h e following is the ninth to the right of the
seventeenth from the right end of the above arrangement?
1)N 2)$ 3)4 4)W 5) None of these
33. Which of the following is the fourth to the left of the
sixth to the left of W in the above arrangement?
1)U 2)D 3)E 4)© 5) None of these
34. How many such symbols are t h e r e in the above
arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a
letter and immediately followed by a number?
l ) N o n e 2) One 3) Two
4) Three 5) More than three
35. How many such consonants are there in the above
arrangement each of which is immediately followed by
symbol but not immediately preceded by a number?
1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) More than three
36. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based or
their positions in the above arrangement and so form
group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group'
1)P5A 2)4AE 3)QIK 4)F8@ 5)VN⋆
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37. If all the symbols and the numbers in the above
arrangement are dropped, which of the following will be
the twelfth from the left end?
1)E 2)K 3)Z 4)D 5) None of these
Directions (Q. 38-43): In each question below is given a
group of digits/symbols followed by four combinations of
letters numbered (1), (2), (3) and (4). You have to find out
which of the combinations correctly represents the group of
digits/symbols based on the following coding system and the
conditions that follow and mark the number of that
combination as your answer. If none of the combinations
correctly represents the group of digits/symbols, mark (5),
ie 'None of these', as your answer.
Digit/Symbol: 5 @ 3 © 9 8 %8 1 4 2 $ # 7 6 ⋆ Letter Code :P I M A E G F J H B D N R Q TU
Conditions:
(i) If the first unit is a symbol and the last unit is an
even digit both are to be coded as the code for the
even digit.
(ii) If the first unit is an even digit and the last unit is an
odd digit their codes are to be interchanged.
(iii) If the first unit is an odd digit and the last unit is a
symbol both are to be coded as the code for the
symbol.
(iv) If both the first and the last units are symbols both
to be coded as Z.
38. 9@374%
1)EMQBF 2)FBQMIE 3)ZIMQBZ
4)FIMQBF 5) None of these
39. 29©$#1
1)HEANRD 2)DEANRH 3)DEANRD
4) HEANRH 5) None of these
40. ⋆479@©
1)UBQEIA 2)ZBQEIA 3)ZBQEIZ
4)ABQEIU 5) None of these
41. %286$3
1)FDGTNF 2) FDGTNM 3) FGDTNM
4) ZDGTNZ 5) None of these
42. 54#⋆@6
1)PBURIT 2)PBRUIP 3)TBRUIP
4) TBRUIT 5) None of these
43. $63©94
1)NTMAEN 2)BTMAEB 3)ZTMAEB
4)NTMAEB 5) None of these
Directions (Q. 44-48): Study the following information
carefully and answer the questions given below:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circle facing
the centre. F is second to the right of A and third to the left of
C. B is second to the left of C and fourth to the right of H. D
is second to the right of G
44. Who is to the immediate left of D?
1)H 2)C 3)G
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these
45. Who is second to the right of E?
1)B 2)G 3)H
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these
46. Who is third to the left of B ?
1)E 2)H 3)F
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these
47. What is the position of G with respect to A?
1) Third to the left 2) Third to the right
3) Fifth to the left 4) Fourth to the right
5) Fifth to the right
48. In which of the following combinations is the third person
sitting in between the first and the second persons?
1)BGC 2)EFB 3)DAH 4)AEF 5)GCD
Directions (Q. 49-54): In the following questions, the
symbols @, ©, $, % and # are used with the following
meaning as illustrated below:
'P $ Q' means 'P is not greater than Q'.
'P @ Q' means 'P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q'.
'P # Q' means' P is not smaller than Q'.
'P © Q' means 'P is neither greater than nor equal to Q'.
'P % Q' means 'P is neither smallerthannor greaterthan Q'.
Now in each of the following questions assuming the
given statements to be true, find which of the three
conclusions I, II and III given below them is/are definitely
true and give your answer accordingly.
49. Statements#K K@T, T$M, M%J
Conclusions: I. J @ T II. J % T ffl. D @ T
1) Only I is true 2) Only II is true
3) Only either I or II is true 4) Only IV is true
5) Only either I or II and III are true
50. Statements:R@N, N©D, D$J, J#B
Conclusions:I. R@J II.J@N ffl.B@D
1) None is true 2) Only I is true
3) Only II is true 4) Only III is true
5) Only I and III are true
51. Statements:W©B, B%V, VSR R@K
Conclusions: I .K©B II. R # B HI. V@ W
1) Only I and II are true 2) Only I and III are true
3) Only II and III are true 4) All I, II and III are true
5) None of these
52. Statements:H$M, M#T, T@D, D©R
Conclusions: I. D ©M II.R@M ffl.H$T
1) None is true 2) Only I is true 3) Only II is true
4) Only III is true 5) Only I and II are true
53. Statements:B%J, J@K, K©T, T$F
Conclusions: I.F@K H.B@K III.B@F
1) Only I and II are true 2) Only I and III are true
3) Only II and III are true 4) All I, II and III are true
5) None of these
54. Statements:F#B, B$M, M@K, K©N
Conclusions: I. N @ M II. F $ M III. K © B
1) Only I is true 2) Only II is true 3) Only III is true
4) Only II and III are true 5) None is true
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Directions (55-60): Study the following information
carefully and answer the given questions:
A word and number arrangement machine when given
an input line of words and numbers rearranges them
following a particular rule in each step. The following is an
illustration of input and rearrangement.
Input : sale data 18 23 for 95 then 3 8
Step I : datasalel8 23for95then38
Step II : data 95 sale 18 23 for then 38
Step III : data 95 for sale 18 23 then 3 8
Step IV : data 95 for 38 sale 18 23 then
Step V : data 95 for 3 8 sale 23 18 then
Step VI : data 95 for 3 8 sale 23 then 18
and step VI is the last step of the rearrangement of the
above input.
As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in
each of the following questions the appropriate step
for the given input.
55. Input: year 39 stake 47 house full 94 55
How many steps will be required to complete the
rearrangement?
l)Five 2)Six 3) Four 4) Seven 5) None of these
56. Step II of an input is: car 83 lost ever 32 46 74 now
How many more steps will be required to complete the
rearrangement?
1) Three 2) Four 3) Five 4) Six 5) None of these
57. Step III of an input is : and 79 cMe 27 18 new goal 34
Which of the following will definitely be the input?
1) code and 79 27 18 new goal 34
2) code 27 18 new goal 34 and 79
3) code 27 and 18 79 new goal 34
4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these
58. Input: water full never 35 78 16height28
Which of the following steps will be the last?
1)VI 2)Vn 3)Vm 4) DC 5) None of these
59. Step II of an input is: high 69 store pay 36 43 15 there
Which of the following will be step VI?
1) high 69 pay 43 store 36 there 15
2) high 69 pay 43 store 3615 there
3) high 69 pay 36 43 store 15 there
4) There will be no such step 5) None of these
60. Input: train more 29 53 fast gear 37 84
Which of the following steps will be the last but one? '
1)LX 2)Vffl 3)Vn 4) VI 5) None of these
Directions (Q. 61-70): Study the following information
carefully and answer the questions given below:
Following are the conditions for selecting Assistant
General Manager-HR in an organisation.
The candidate must
(i) be at least 40 years and not more than 50 years old
as on 01-05-2010.
(ii) be postgraduate in Personnel Management/HR
with at least 60 per cent marks.
(iii) have post-qualification work experience of at least
fifteen years out of which at least five years as Senior
Manager-HR in an organisation.
(iv) have successfully implemented HR-System in his/her
organisation some time during the past three years.
(v) have secured at least 45 per cent marks in the selection
process.
In the case of a candidate who satisfies all the conditions
EXCEPT at
(A) (ii) above but has secured at least 50 per cent marks in
postgraduation and at least 65 per cent marks in the
selection process, the case is to be referred to
Executive Director.
(B) (iii) above but has at least twelve years' post
qualification work experience out of which at least
eight years as Senior Manager-HR in an organisation,
the case is to be referred to Chairman.
In each question below details of one candidate are given.
You have to take one of the courses of action based on the
information provided and the conditions and sub-conditions
given above and mark the number of that course of action as
your answer. You are not to assume anything other than the
information provided in each question. All these cases are given
toyouason01-05-2010.
Mark answer 1) if the candidate is to be selected.
Mark answer 2) if the candidate is not to be selected.
Mark answer 3) if the data provided are not adequate to
take a decision.
Mark answer 4) if the case is to be referred to Executive
Director.
Mark answer 5) if the case is to be referred to Chairman.
61. Pranab Ghosh was born on 8th March 1968. He has been
working for the past eighteen years in an organisation out
of which last seven years as Senior Manager-HR after
completing his postgraduation in HR with 68 per cent
marks. He had successfully implemented HR-System last
year in his organisation. He has secured 50 per cent marks
in the selection process.
62. Sheetal Jha has been working in an organisation for the
past twenty years out of which ten years as Senior Manager-
HR after completing her postgraduation in Personnel
Management with 70 per cent marks. She was born on 2nd
December 1965. She has secured 45 per cent marks in the
selection process.
63. Prabir Sengupta was born on 8th May 1963. He has secured
65 per cent marks in the selection process. He has been
working for the past fifteen years in an organisation, out
of which twelve years as Senior Manager HR, after
completing his post graduation in HR with 55 per cent
marks. He has successfully implemented HR-System in
his organisation during the last two years.
64. Shailesh Kumar has been working in an organisation for
the past thirteen years, out of which nine years as Senior
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Manager-HR after completing his postgraduation in HR
with 68 per cent marks. He was born on 15th September
1968. He has secured 48 per cent marks in the selection
process. He has successfully implemented HR-System
in his organization two years back.
65. Navin Chopra was born on 12th June 1967. He has been
working for the past sixteen years, out of which seven
years as Senior Manager-HR after completing his postgraduation
in Personnel Management with 75 per cent
marks. He has secured 44 per cent marks in the selection
process. He has successfully implemented HR-System
in his organisation last year.
66. Meera Kulkarni has been working for the past seventeen
years, out of which eight years as Senior Manager-HR,
after completing her postgraduation in Personnel
Management with 66 per cent marks. She has successfully
implemented HR-System in her organisation during the
last two years. She has secured 49 per cent marks in the
selection process. She was born on 14th December 1971.
67. Akash Shastri was born on 12th April 1967. He has been
working for the past sixteen years, out of which six years
as Senior Manager-HR, in an organisation after
completing his postgraduation in HR with 58 per cent
marks. He has successfully implemented HR-System in
his organization last year. He has secured 65 per cent
marks in the selection process.
68. Shekhar Jena has been working for the past fifteen years,
out of which last seven years as Senior Manager-HR, in
an organisation after completing his postgraduation in
HR with 68 per cent marks. He has secufed 60 per cent
marks in the selection process. He was born on 16th
August 1965. He has successfully implemented HRSystem
in his organisation in past three years.
69. Sunetra Govil was born on 5th April 1964. She has been
working for the past seventeen years, out of which nine
years as Senior Manager-HR, in an organisation. She
has secured 48 per cent marks in the selection process.
She has also secured 69 per cent marks in her postgraduation
in Personnel Management. She successfully
implemented HR-System in her organisation last year.
70. Mohit Saxena was born on 27th July 1963. He has been
working for the past thirteen years, out of which nine
years as Senior Manager-HR, after completing his postgraduation
in HR with 67 per cent marks. He has secured
49 per cent marks in the Selection process. He has
successfully implemented HR-System in his organisation
during the past three years.
Directions (Q. 71 -75): Below in each question are given
two statements (A) and (B). These statements may be either
independent causes or may be effects of independent causes
or a common cause. One of these statements may be the
effect of the other statement. Read both the statements and
decide which of the following answer choices correctly
depicts the relationship between these two statements.
Mark answer 1) if statement (A) is the cause and
statement (B) is its effect.
Mark answer 2) if statement (B) is the cause and statement
(A) is its effect.
Mark answer 3) if both the statements (A) and (B) are
independent causes.
Mark answer 4) if both the statements (A) and (B) are
effects of independent causes.
Mark answer 5) if both the statements (A) and (B) are
effects of some common cause.
71. (A) The Govt has marginally increased the procurement
price of wheat for the current crop.
(B) The current wheat crop is expected to be twenty per
cent more than the previous wheat crop.
72. (A) The braking system of the tourist bus carrying 40
passengers failed while negotiating a stiff climb on a
hilly road.
(B) The tourist bus fell into the gorge killing at least ten
passengers and seriously injuring all the remaining.
73. (A) The state govt has decided to boost English
language education in all the schools from the next
academic year.
(B) The level of English language of the school students
of the State is comparatively lower than that of the
neighbouring states.
74. (A) The municipal authority demolished the tea stall
located on the footpath on the busy road.
(B) A large number of people have been taking their
evening tea at the tea stall located on the footpath
on the main road, blocking pedestrian movement.
75. (A) Majority of the students left the local school as the
school building was in a dilapidated condition.
(B) The school authority decided to close down the
school immediately and shift the remaining students
to a make-shift school.


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