Which one of the following is an acceptable grouping of the six items?

If Group 1 contains only the item Y, then which of the following must be true?

If W and Y are in the same group and V is in Group 3, then which of the following must be false?

If Group 2 contains only one item, which is neither W nor V, then which of the following must be true?

Statement: This world is neither good nor evil; each man manufactures a world for himself.
Conclusions:
I. Some people find this world quite good.
II. Some people find this world quite bad.

Statement: Domestic demand has been increasing faster than the production of indigenous crude oil.
Conclusions:
I. Crude oil must be imported.
II. Domestic demand must be reduced.

Statement: Parents are prepared to pay any price for an elite education to their children.
Conclusions:
I. All parents these days are very well off.
II. Parents have an obsessive passion for a perfect development of their children through good schooling.

Statement: From the next academia year, students will have the option of dropping Mathematics and Science for their school living.
Conclusions:
I. Students who are weak in Science and Mathematics will be admitted.
II. Earlier, the students did not have the choice of continuing their education without these subjects.

Which of the following is a married couple?

What is E's profession?

How many members of the group are males?

How is B related to C?

Which of the statements (i) to (vii) is superfluous to find answers to the questions above?

Which of the following statements is true?

Which of the following is necessarily false?

Which is necessarily true?

If Bal does not want to be with Bhai, then

Which of the following is necessarily true?

2, 3, 8, 63, ?

1, 4, 9, 25, ?

ACD, EGI, JLM, ?

$$\frac{4}{9}, \frac{9}{20}, ( ? ), \frac{39}{86}$$

Q1F, S2E, U6D, W21C, ?

2Z5, 7Y7, 14X9, 23W11, 34V13, ?

Event A: The national selectors have decided to retain the same 14 players for the third and final test series against New Zealand.
Event B: India has won the second test against New Zealand.

Event A : Since Rani's own child had died at birth, she was desperate for another.
Event B : Rani had quietly kidnapped the child, less than two days old, and shipped it out of the hospital.

Renu is elder than Anita. Rocky is younger than Anita. Sohan is elder than Renu. Who is the eldest in the group?

Among the six cities — P, Q, R, S, T and U — P is not a hill station; Q and T are historical places; S is not an industrial city; P and S are not historical cities; P and Q are not similar kinds of cities. Which of two cities are historical places?

Mr. Brijesh : A public sector company 'ABC' was privatised 3 years ago. It has increased profitability since then. This is a clear indication that industries will fare better in the private sector than in the public sector.

Mr. Sinha : That's wrong. Closer perusal of ABC's balance sheets shows that it has been profitable since the appointment of a professional managing director 3 years ago, while it was still in the public sector.

Which best describes the weakness in Mr. Brijesh's judgement which Mr. Sinha is using?

Informed people generally assimilate information from several divergent sources before coming to an opinion. However, most popular news organisations view foreign affairs solely through the eyes of our State Department. In reporting the political crisis in foreign country B, the news organisations must endeavour to find out alternative sources of information.

Which of the following inferences can be drawn from the argument above?

How many squares are there in the given figure?

A light bulb company produces 2000 light bulbs per week. The manager wants to ensure that standards of quality remain constant from week to week. The manager therefore claims that out of 2000 light bulbs produced per week, 500 light bulbs are rejected. Of the following, the best criticism of the manager's plan is that the plan assumes that

Animesh walked 30 metres towards West, turned to his right and walked 20 metres. He then turnedto his left and walked 10 metres, then turnedto his left and walked 40 metres. He turned to his left and walked 5 metres. He again turned to his left and continued walking. In which direction is Animesh walking now?

A greater number of fresh vegetables is sold in Kanpur than in Lucknow. Therefore, the people in Kanpur have better nutritional habits than those in Lucknow. Each of the following, if true, weakens the conclusions above, except

Traffic safety experts predict that the installation of newly designed seat belts in all cars in India would reduce the average number offatalities per traffic accident by 30%. In order to save lives, the Department of Transport (DOT) is considering requiring automobile manufacturers to install belts of this design in all cars produced after 2005.

Which of the following, if true, represents the strongest challenge to the DOT's proposal?

A decade after a logging operation in India began cutting downtrees in a territory that served as a sanctuary for Bengal tigers, the incidence of tigers attacking humans in nearby villages has increased by 300%. Since the logging operation has reduced the number of acres of woodland per tiger on an average from 16 acres to approximately 12 acres, the scientists have theorised that tigers must need a minimum number of acres of woodland in order to remain content.
Which of the following statements, if true, would most strengthen the scientists’ hypothes is ?

In a certain code language, if A is written as C, B as D, C as E and so on up to Z, then how will PECULIAR be written in that code?

A company recently registered a big jump in clothing sales after hiring a copywriter and a graphic artist to give its clothing catalogue a magazine-like format designed to appeal to a more upscale clientele. The company is now planning to launch a house wares catalogue using the same concept. The company's plan assumes that

If TV is called Radio’, 'Radio is called Aeroplane’, ‘Aeroplane is called Helicopter’, ‘Helicopter is called Bus’, 'Bus is called Bike’, "Bike is called Water’, "Water is called Frog’, ‘Frog is called Tomato’, ‘Tomato is called Furniture’ and ‘Furniture is called Cigarette’, then what is Tomato sauce made up of?

The Election Commission has revised upwards the ceiling of total expenditure on all counts for Lok Sabha candidates to Rs. x lakh.
Which of the following, if true, will make the ceiling an effective measure for a free and fair election?

The author would agree with which of the following ?

The success of British Airways can be attributed to

One of the salient features of the Japanese work patternis that

The trade unions oppose human resource management policies because

Why do some managements not allow seeping down of responsibility?

Culture refers to the

Culture is established through

Which of the following is true?

Achieving selfhood involves

The role of the stole is to

Autumn; Wither

Augur; Future

Stately; Demeanour

Rash; Stoic

They lament and express their despair ............. the way Gandhi has been forgotten in his own land.

The government ........... on this issue.

After having sought my help, .............

I have known her .......... the end of the World War II.

The landlady .......... since morning.

Many employers now believe that the advancement in technology has improved the, environment for the workers who can now work up to 18 hours a day and still does not feel physically tired.

It is difficult to diagnose malaria because its first symptoms are similar to any viral fever.

To create a new game means expending lot of sweat, and calls for all the members of the development team to play its role with aplomb throughout the long - drawn - out procedure before the game sees the light of the day.

The state has at least twenty colleges of whom only six are officially recognised.

The all-pervasiveness of the Internet has led to a joke, that a few bored homosapiens left to themselves in a single room with a couple of computers for some days, would eventually produce something that would either make Shakespeare jealous or plain wild.

The term ‘rare earths’ is in fact a , .............. for paradoxically, the rare-earth elements are in actuality ............., being presentin low concentration in virtually all the minerals.

According to the $$12^{th}$$ century cosmologies, the natural philosopher must strive to .......... a state of detached objectivity in order to free his capacity for constructing useful hypothesis from the ................. of unquestioned assumptions and accepted opinions about nature.

The columnist was very gentle when he mentioned his friends but was bitter and ever ........... when he discussed people who ............ him.

She conducted the interrogation not only with dispatch but with .........., being a person who is ......... in manner yet subtle in discrimination.

They cook meals, lay the table and wash up (A)/ clean the house (B)/ and mend the clothes (C)

He seemed distracted (A)/ thinking less about what he was doing tonight (B)/than what he would be doing on the morrow (C).

For an educated man of the time, virtualy the only way to gain power and prestige (A)/ was studying the Confucian classics (B)/and work his way up the ladder (C)/as a scholar-official.

For several reasons (A)/social psychologists have been studying (B)/ the effects competition (C)/ on performance and productivity.

DESULTORY

SACCHARINE

TENACIOUS

CONJURER

RADICAL

FLAMBOYANT

TANTALISING

INEFFABLE

The average of 10 numbers is 40.2. Later it is found that two numbers have been wrongly added. The first is 18 greater than the actual number and the second number added is 13 instead of 31. Find the correct average.

In a class of 50 students, 23 speak English, 15 speak Hindi and 18 speak Punjabi. 3 speak only English and Hindi, 6 speak only Hindi and Punjabi and 6 speak only English and Punjabi. If 9 can speak only English, then how many students speak all the three languages?

Two spinning machines A and B can together produce 3,00,000 metres of cloth in 10 hours. If machine B alone can produce the same amount of cloth in 15 hours, then how much cloth can machine A produce alone in 10 hours?

37.85% and 92% alcoholic solutions are mixed to get 35 litres of an 89% alcoholic solution. How many litres of each solution are there in the new mixture?

A train leaves Station X at 5 a.m. and reaches Station Y at 9 a.m. Another train leaves Station Y at 7 a.m. and reaches Station X at 10.30 a.m. At what time do the two trains cross each other?

What is the value of M and N respectively if M39048458N is divisible by 8 and 11, where M and are single digit integers ?

Peter got 30% of the maximum marks in an examination and failed by 10 marks. However, Paul who took the some examination got 40% of the total marks and got 15 marks more than the passing marks. What were the passing marks in the examination?

The marked price of a certain commodity is 30% higher than its cost price. A discount of 20% on the marked price makes the selling price Rs. 208. What is the net profit as a percent of cost price?

The perimeter of a rectangular field is 52 m. If the length of the field is 2 m more than thrice the breadth, then what is the breadth of the field?

In a class-room, there are 6 students. We need to divide them into 3 pairs for the purpose of assigning homework. In how many ways can we make such pairs?

Train A travelling at 60km/hr leaves Mumbai for Delhi at 6 p.m. Train B travelling at 90 km/hr also leaves Mumbai for Delhi at 9 p.m. Train C leaves Delhi for Mumbai at 9 p.m. If all the three trains meet at the some time between Mumbai and Delhi, then what is the speed of Train C if the distance between Delhi and Mumbai is 1260 km?

A boat, while going down-stream in a river covered a distance of 50 miles at an average speed of 60 miles per hour. While returning, because of the water resistance, it took one hour fifteen minutes to cover the same distance. What was the average speed during the whole journey?

What is the third term in a sequence of numbers that leave remainders of 1, 2 and 3 when divided by 2, 3 and 4 respectively?

In a special racing event, the person who enclosed the maximum area would be the winner and would get Rs 100 for every square meter of area covered by him/her. Johnson, who successfully completed the race and was the eventual winner, enclosed the area shown in figure below. What is the prize money won? (Note: The arc from C to D makes a complete semi-circle).

AB = 3 m, BC = 10 m, CD = BE = 2 m

If $$2^{2x - 1} + 4^x = 3^{x - \frac{1}{2}} + 3^{x + \frac{1}{2}}$$, then x equals

A and B can finish a job in 10 days while B and C can do it in 18 days. A started the job, worked for 5 days, then B worked for 10 days and the remaining job was finished by C in 15 days. In how many days could C alone have finished the whole job?

If $$8^x 2^y = 512  and  3^{3 x + 2 y} = (3^2)^{(3 * 2)}$$ then what is the value of $$x$$ and $$y$$ ?

In his wardrobe, Timothy has 3 trousers. One of them is black, the second blue, and the third brown. In his wardrobe, he also has 4 shirts. One of them is black and the other 3 are white. He opens his wardrobe in the dark and picks out one shirt-trouser pair, without examining the colour. What is the likelihood that neither the shirt nor the trouser is black?

In a factory, producing parts for an automobile, the parts manufactured on the shop floor are required to go through three quality checks, each conducted after a specific part of the processing on the raw material is completed. Only parts that are not rejected at one stage are put through the subsequent stages of production and testing. If average rejection rates at these three testing machines during a month are 10%, 5% and 2% respectively, then what is the effective rejection rate for the whole plant?

A country follows a progressive taxation system under which the income tax rate applicable varies for different slabs of income. Total tax is computed by calculating the tax for each slab and adding them up. The rates applicable are as follows:

If my annual income is Rs. 1,70,000, then what is the tax payable by me?

The length of a rectangular plot is increased by 25%. To keep its area unchanged, the width of the plot should be

A man invests Rs. 5000 for 3 years, at 5% p.a. compound interest reckoned yearly. Income tax at the rate of 20%on the interest earned is deducted at the end of each year. Find the amount at the end of the third year.

A sum of Rs 36.90 is made up of 180 coins which are either 10 paise coins or 25 paise coins. Determine the number of each type of coins.

A man has 1044 candles. After burning, he can make a new candle from 9 stubs left behind. Find the maximum number of candles that can be made.

Badri has 9 pairs of dark blue socks and 9 pairs of black socks. He keeps them all in the same bag. If he picks out three socks at random, then whatis the probability that he will get a matching pair ?

A class photograph has to be taken. The front row consists of 6 girls who are sitting. 20 boys are standing behind. The two corner positions are reserved for the 2 tallest boys. In how many ways can the students be arranged?

The LCM of two numbersis 280 and their ratio is 7 : 8. The two numbers are

A certain number of people were supposed to complete a work in 24 days. The work, however, took 32 days, since 9 people were absent throughout. How many people were supposed to be working originally?

In the given diagram, two circles pass through each other's center. If the radius of each circle is 2, then what is the perimeter of the region marked B?

Cloth Makers Inc. has p spindles, each of which can produce q metres of cloth on an average in r minutes. If the spindles are made to run with no interruption, then how many hours will it take for 20,000 meters of cloth to be produced?

If Dennis is $$\frac{1}{3^{rd}}$$ the age of his father Keith now, and was $$\frac{1}{4^{th}}$$ the age of his father 5 years ago, then how old will his father Keith be 5 years from now?

A mail-sorting clerk is given 4 envelopes addressed to different people and 4 letters. She has to carefully put the letters in the correct envelopes and then mail them. However, she carelessly puts any letter in any envelope, making sure that each envelope has precisely one of those 4 letters. What is the likelihood that all the letters are in the correct envelope?

The ages of the two persons differ by 20 years. If 5 years ago, the older one be 5 times as old as the younger one, then their present ages, in years, are

A person has deposited Rs. 13,200 in a bank which pays 14% interest. He withdraws the money and invests in Rs. 100 stock at Rs. 110 which pays a dividend of 15%. How much does he gain or lose?

If a% of x is equal to b% of y, then c% of y is what % of x?

The number of boys is more than the number of girls by 12% of the total strength of the class. The ratio of the number of boys to that of the girls is

Ten points are marked on a straight line and eleven points are marked on another straight line. How many triangles can be constructed with vertices from among the above points?

The sum of two numbers is 462 and their highest common factor is 22. What is the maximum number of pairs that satisfy these conditions?

In a class, 40% of the boys is same as 1/2 of the girls and there are 20 girls. Total number of students in the class is

A man bets on number 16 on a roulette wheel 14 times and loses each time. On the $$15^{th}$$ spin, he does a quick calculation and finds out that the number 12 had appeared twice in the 14 spans and is therefore unable to decide whether to bet on 16 or 12 in the $$15^{th}$$ spin. Which will give him the best chance and what are the odds of winning on the bet that he takes? (Roulette has numbers 1 to 36).

Who has been appointed as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka?

The ad line 'Experience Yourself’ is connected with the tourism of which state?

Budget is the

Which is the best selling car name of all time? The model has undergone several redesignsin its history with 25 million vehicles sold in 142 countries?

An instrument for determining the amount of water vapours present in the atmosphere is known as

Which of the following States is called the ‘Tiger State’ of India?

Which one of the following companies has notched the top slot as the largest software exporter?

How many teams took part in the Euro-2004 soccer tournament?

BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) is gaining ground due to

X-tra Mile Super Diesel has been launched by

The slogan ‘With you-all the way’ is related to which bank?

Recently, India signed the Hawk deal with which of the following nations?

Shovna Narayan is associated with which classical dance form of India?

The ad line ‘Connecting people’is linked with which company?

Who was crowned the 2004 Pond's Femina Miss India-Universe?

The elite Fortune 500 list includes which Indian company/companies?

The threat of flooding of Rampur in Himachal Pradesh has been dueto the rains in the catchment area of ............. river in Tibet.

North-South Road Corridor, which is being constructed under National Highways Development Project, connects

Who is the youngest member of the $$14^{th}$$ Lok Sabha?

Which is not declared as a 'Navratan'?

Who has been recently appointed as the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission?

Mohiniattam is a classical dance form of

Beighton Cup is awarded for which sport?

Who among the Following persons won the Best Actor award at the International Indian Film Academy (UFA) awards function in Singapore in May 2004?

World Population Day is observed on

Helsinki is the capital of

The Ninth Five-Year Plan covered the period

Which vehicle is not a product of Maruti-Suzuki ?

Who is the man behind Hotmail ?

The family car ‘Tavera’ has recently been introduced by

Cathay Pacific airlines belongs to

Subhash Chandra is associated with

Pedagogy is a science which deals with

Who isthe first Indian batsman to score a triple century in Test Cricket?

In 1955, the Imperial Bank of India, a leading commercial bank of India of that time, was nationalised and renamed as

A sustained and appreciable increase in the price level over a considerable period of time is known as

Where was the formal meeting of the World Trade Oraganisotion (WTO) held in March 2004?

The term ‘Chinaman’ is associated with

Pulitzer Prizes of the US are awarded for

Indian Naval Academyis located at