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1. A H O P : C K S U : : B J M F : ? Sol. ABC HIJ K OPQRS PQRSTU BCD JKLM MNOPQ F G HIJ K (B) D M Q K 2. H C M : F A K : : S G D : ? HGF CBA MLK SRQ GFE DCB (A) QEB 3.FILM : ADGH :: MILK : ? FEDCBA IHGFED L KJ IHG MLKJ IH M -H I-D L-G K J IHG F (D) HDGF 4. 25 : 625 :: 35 : ? 25*25=625 35*25=875
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(C) 875 5. 583 : 488 :: 293 : ? 5+8+3= 16 4+8+8= 20(16+4) 2+9+3=14 3+7+8=18 (14+4) *Not sure about the answer (C) 378* 6. UMPIRE : GAME : : ? (D) MODERATOR : DEBATE 7. Arrange the following words as per order in the dictionary (i) Ambitious (ii) Ambiguous (iii) Ambiguity (iv) Animation (v) Animals (C) (iii),(ii),(i),(v),(iv) 8.ODD ONE OUT R Q P O NM LK J IHG F ED U TSRQ P O NM LKJ IHG S RQ P O NM L KJ IHG F E (C) MTF 9. BRONZE it is an alloy , and all others are elements 10. MNOPQRSTUV C DEF G HIJ KL C D E F G H I J K L M N......T JKLMNOPQRS Clearly, CENT (C) CENT

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11. 2+7+2 = 11 2+1+0 = 3 2+4+0 = 6 3+0+4=7 sum of digits are odd so answer is 240 but look , 272 is divided by 4 210 is not divided by 4 240 is divided by 4 304 is divided by 4 so from this logic odd one is 210 i am going with 210 (B) 210 12. Australia < Europe < South America < North America < Africa Question is wrong because it asked for ascending order and no options are matched (ii) in first so it can infer that question is for descending order (B) (ii), (v) ,(i),(iii), (iv) 13. Which one of the given responses would be a meaningful order of the following? EGGS -> LARVA -> PUPA -> MOTH (A) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii) 14. 6*8 + 3 = 51 15*4 + 5 = 65 20*5 + 20 = 120 (C) 120 15. BEAG, DGCI, FIEK, ?
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B.E.A G (B A & E F G) CF D G C I ( D C & G H I) E H F I EK GJ H KGM (B) HKGM 16. X,Q,K,F,...... XW VU TSRQ P O NM LK J IHG F EDC B (B) B 17. Third column = colum 1 + colum 2 Fourth Column = Colum 2 - Column 1 (A) 3 and (-2) 18.) 17, 43, 81, 131, ?

difference = 26 , 38, 50 then next will be 62 (D) 193 19.) 5, 11, 23, 47, 95, ? 5*2+1 = 11 11*2 + 1 =23 ................... 95*2 + 1 = 191 (B) 191 20. 16 = 4^2, 36 = 6^2 sum = 4 + 6 = 10 9 = 3^2 , 81 = 9^2 sum 3 + 9 = 12 (C) 12

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21. 2,29,38,47, ? (B) 56 22. A man travels 4 km due north, then travels 6 km due east and further travels 4 km due north. How far he is from the starting point. Hint : Two right angled triangles having sides 4 and 3 , so hypotenuse will be 5 ... distance = 5*2 = 10 (D) 10 km 23. Ram and Sam start walking towards North and cover 20 metres. Ram turns to his left and Sam to his right. After sometime, Ram walks 10 metres, in the same direction in which he turned. On the other hand, Sam walks only 7 metres. Later, Ram turns towards his left and Sam to his Right. Both walk 25 metres forward. How far is Ram from Sam now? (C) 17 metres 24. N is more intelligent than M. M is not as intelligent as Y. X is more intelligent than Y but not as good as N. Who is the most intelligent of all ? N > M, Y > M, X > Y and X < N X > Y > M and since X < N N>X>Y>M (A) N 25. If MUSICAL is written as KWQKACJ, how can SPRINKLE be written ? (C) QRPKLMJG

Direction for 26 and 27 which word cannot be formed 26. SPECIFICATION (C) FAINTING 27. COURAGEOUS (A) SECURE

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28. If MEAT is written as TEAM, then BALE is written as: (D) EALB 29. IF P means + , Q means x, R means / and S means - then : 44Q9R12S6Q4P16 (C) 25 30 . There are 19 hockey players in a club. On a particular day, 14 were wearing the hockey shirts prescribed. None of them were without either hockey pants or shirts. Eleven were wearing the prescribed hockey pants. How many were in complete uniform ? n(AUB) = n(A) + n(B) - n( 19 = 14 + 11 - n( ) n( ) = 25 - 19 = 6 (C) 6 31. Which of the following interchange of sign would make the given equation correct ? (20 - 4) X 4 + 16 = 36 NOT CORRECT, I THINK 32. Which of the following interchange of signs would make the given equation correct? 5 + 3 X 8 - 12 / 4 = 3 )

(C) - and / 33. A direction pole was situated on the Road Crossing. Due to an accident, the pole turned in such a manner that the pointer which was showing East, started showing South. Sita, a traveller went to the wrong direction thinking it to be West. In what direction actually she was travelling? East becomes South, And North becomes East so West becomes South (D) South

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34. If - stands for addition , for multiplication, then which of the following is correct.

for subtraction , and + for division,

(C) 35. If WATER is written as YCVGT, then what is written as HKTG ? WXY ABC FIRE-HKTG (B) FIRE 36. Ram cycled 10 km southward from his home turned right and cycled 6 km, turned right cycled 10 km turned left and cycled 15 km. How many km will he have cycled to reach straight home? (B) 21 km 37.Statement I: Some Keys are locks, some locks are numbers Statement II: All numbers are letters, all letters are words Conclusion I : Some words are numbers Conclusion II : Some locks are letters

clearly conclusion I is right and conclusion II is also right, ( locks and numbers have some elements common) (C) Conclusion I and II follows 38. Statement I : The constitution assures the fundamental rights. Statement II: Parliament has right to amend the constitution Conclusion I: Parliament included fundamental rights in the constitution Conclusion II: Parliament did not assure the fundamental rights (D) None of them
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39. A cube which is painted red on the outer surface is of 2 inches height, 2 inches wide and 2 inches across. If it is cut into one-inch cubes as shown by dotted lines, indicate the number of cubes which are red on two sides? all one-inch cubes have three sides red (B) 0 40. Four position of dice are given below. Which letter is opposite to D from first and second figure it can infer that B and E are opposite . C has four correspondence faces A,D,B and E .... on third figure D and E are showing and we know B is opposite to E. So , it can infer A is opposite to D (B) A 41. Identify the response figure in which the figures given are found: (B) 42. In the given figure, Circle represents persons having Car, triangle represents persons having Motor Cycle, square represents persons having Autorickshaws, rectangle represents persons having Cycle. Find the region where persons having Car, Motor cycle, Cycle but not Autorickshaws. (B) U 43. The diagram shows the survey on a sample of 1000 persons with reference to their knowledge of English, Hindi and Marathi. 105 people know.................... languages. (C) Marathi, English 44. The diagram shows the survey on a sample of 1000 persons with reference to their knowledge of English, Hindi and Marathi. How many know all the languages ? (B) 175 45. (A) 46. (C) or (A) i am going with (C) 47. (B)

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48. (C) 49. (D) 50. (A)

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