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Verbal and Logical Ability
Q.1 The payoff from ____ in education is so ___..

Correct Incorrect Not
attempted
Ans: Investment, slow, erratic, useless
Q.2 Arti higher studies – future goal is to become

manager of NPO. Explains her decision:
attempted
Ans: Students apply to colleges with mission

statements that align with their goals.
Q.3 Indian religious and ethical space is different

from …Which will make this redundant?
attempted
Ans: Western ethical and religious space has a

long tradition of treatment of human values and
Dharma
Q.4 Para jumble on the victim…true identi cation…
perpetrator
attempted
Ans: 35214
The victims were people; a true identi cation
with them would involve grasping their lives
rather than grasping at their deaths.
By de nition the victims are dead, and unable to
defend themselves from the use that others
make of their deaths.
It is easy to sanctify policies or identities by the
deaths of the victims.
It is less appealing, but morally more urgent, to
understand the actions of the perpetrators.
The moral danger, after all, is never that one
might become a victim but that one might be a
perpetrator or a bystander.
Q.5 While labor is capital, they are poles apart

because:
attempted
Ans: Labor is animate of capital.
Q.6 What does the working class subsist on?

attempted
Ans: Living labour purchased by the capitalist.
Q.7 What will be true?

attempted
Ans: The pursuit of capital accumulation results
in exploitation of the working class.
Q.8 Passage on “What History teaches us”. What

would be the most appropriate reason for
attempted
learning history?
Ans: Every street in India should display a

plaque that lists all its previous names ***
Q.9 Essence of the passage:
attempted
Ans: History has the potential to make us
eclectic.
Q.10 Contradicts the view of the author:

attempted
Ans: 1 and 4
Historian predicting nancial crisis
successfully
Andaman tribe able to forecast
Q.11 Vikram’s approach ___

attempted
Ans: different from, but, had
Q.12 How freewill, fate and will are used in the

poem?
attempted
Ans: They are all opposite to love.
Q.13 Lovers have some secrets…meaning?

attempted
Ans: The secret is that there is no secret.
Q.14 Manager seeks training for openness. Least

likely to cause logical fallacy?
attempted
Ans: Internal studies across groups showed

that openness increases innovation.
Q.15 Music probably does something interesting.

Which of the following can be surely inferred?
attempted
Ans: Only 3
Playing brain games doesn’t integrate various
senses and movements as much as playing a
musical instrument does.
Q.16 Para jumble on hyperspace theory and KK
theory
attempted
Ans: 31452
• Scienti cally, the hyperspace theory goes by
the names of aluza-Klein theory and
supergravity.
• But its most advanced formulation is called
superstring theory, which even predicts the
precise number of dimensions: ten.
• The usual three dimensions of space are now
extended by six more spatial dimensions.
• We caution that the theory of hyperspace
has not yet been experimentally con rmed,
and would, in fact, be exceedingly dif cult to
prove in the laboratory.
• However, the theory has already swept
across the major physical research
laboratories of the world and has irrevocably
altered the landscape of scienti c modern
physics.

Q.17 The Lannisters had ____ gold, …

attempted
Ans: less, fewer, some time, sometime,
sometimes
Q.18 The size of the oceanic waves is a function of…

Which of the following is true?
attempted
Ans:Degree of erosion on coastline is related

to the shape of the sea bottom.
Q.19 Essence of the passage

attempted
Ans: Materialism can explain certain aspects of
science
Q.20 Example of hard problem:

attempted
Ans: Experiencing joy after doing well in an
exam
Q.21 Can be inferred:
attempted
Ans:Science could uncover all the mysteries of
the world
Q.22 According to Pierce, as per thought, which is

correct?
attempted
Ans: A doubt always leads to a belief.
Q.23 Candidate applied for XAT. It shows that:

attempted
Ans: Believes in XAT application / Believes that
he/she will do well in XAT***
Q.24 Dilettantism means:

attempted
Ans: Guess
Q.25 20 hours to score well but can remain awake

for 15 hours only. What does it show?
attempted
Ans: This person doesn’t have a true belief.
Q.26 Though he thought of himself as ____, his boss’s

abusive behavior:
attempted
Ans: insouciant, philippic, remonstration,

ennui
Decision Making
Q.27 Syed feared that Palani will drag the team’s

performance down. Which will assuage his
attempted
fear?
Ans: While calculating the branch’s

performance, the branch head has the choice
to exclude new joinee’s performance / When
Syed joined, people had the same fear for him
also when he was new. ***
Q.28 30% higher travel bill. Which will be least
misused, if true?
attempted
Ans: Unlike his colleagues, Palani’s customers

needed extra attention.
Q.29 Allocating territories, least useful for

Satyender to take a fair decision?
attempted
Ans: A new territory that faces competition

from two relatively unknown territory.
Q.30 Most likely to reduce Sudarshan’s concern that

only 2 are pro table?
attempted
Ans:A leading nancial institution recently

advised its investor to purchase…long term
outlook.
Q.31 Senior ex-employees complain to Sudarshan

about loss of cherished values. Which will
attempted
show they are misleading?
Ans:When senior employees were asked to

take up challenging role, they resigned.
Q.32 CEO leans of leaks. What should he do ?

attempted
Ans: Request Sudarshan to kindly wait for him
to communicate as informal sources may lead
to misinformation.
Q.33 John plans to double his arms. What should

Rose and Emily do to delay him?
attempted
Ans: Meet Jonathan and attempt to sign a

peace pact.
Q.34 Jonathan want so conquer K once and for all.
What should be his best course of action?
attempted
Ans: He should sign a peace pact with Rose

and Emily
Q.35 Summer Sault wants economic development.

What should he do about the warring tribes?
attempted
Ans:Design annual economic plans with each

plan named after a different tribe.
Q.36 Share prices are falling after allegation. What

should Ava do?
attempted
Ans: Issue a press statement saying that

quality has gone up and you can come check
any document.
Q.37 Committed exonerated Bhushan. Still rumours

persist. What should Ava do?
attempted
Ans:Explain in a town hall meeting, open to all

employees, how the decision was taken.
Q.38 Vigilance team discovers some earlier nancial

irregularities. Ava’s decision arranged –
attempted
Ans:
1. Fire Bhushan 2. Offer her own resignation 3.
Explain why Bhushan was promoted
Q.39 What is the minimum time requireto deliver a

parcel at Kharagpur from Jamshedpur and
attempted
coming back to Jamshedpur.
Ans: 5 hr and 5 min

Q.40 Which train should be taken to minimise the
time to deliver from Howrah, one parcel to
attempted
Kharagpur and another one to Jamshedpur?
Ans:both (b) and (c)- T202 and T204
Q.41 Which train should be taken to minimise the

time to deliver from Kharagpur, one parcel to
attempted
Howrah and another one to Jamshedpur?
Ans: T103
Q.42 Wise man – what decision he should take

regarding that rainfall leading to stone rolled
attempted
down?
Ans:A should be given water and C stones***
Q.43 Again the wise man is consulted for the

construction of the houses. What should be in
attempted
the best interest of A, B, and C?
Ans: 2 and 3***

2 – Everyone should contribute equally
3 - The three persons should arrive at the
value of resources by trading the resources
among them.
Q.44 Most suitable option for Pankaj’s family?

attempted
Ans: 2 and 3
2 – School and college of education of the

children to be sponsored
3 – Wife should be given vocational training

and then be helped to get a job
Q.45 Least amenable to misuse – policy that is being
framed?
attempted
Ans:Constitute a committee with fair

representation from all stakeholders to decide
on the course of action based on speci cs
Q.46 Most customers complain about the digital

lock. So what should Madhuri do?
attempted
Ans: Create a video manual and send it to the

customers before their arrival.
Q.47 Spare key is given which is not returned. So

what should Madhuri do?
attempted
Ans: Be present during check out to ensure key

is returned.
Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation
Q.48 10 + 103 + 106 + 109 =

attempted
Ans: 1001001010
Q.49 A, B, C, D’s ef ciency 10, 12, 15, 18 days. 50%

Completed in 3 days, then which of the
attempted
following is true.
Ans: A and C → 1 day, B → 2 days, D → 3 days

Q.50 Diagonals of a rhombus of sides 15 cm are in
ratio 3 : 4. Then area of rhombus.
attempted
Ans:None of these
Q.51 Price of the product is P. Increase of X% and

then discount of Y% if X – Y = Y then X
attempted
Ans: 100%
Q.52 Mixer of water and liquid A and B. Water = 1/3
of total, A : B = 2 : 3, after absorption of 200 ml
attempted
A : B = 7 : 9, water absorbed = ?
Ans: 120 ml
Q.53 Coin of radius = 3 cm, square oor of side = 10

cm, P(coin will land completely in a square)
attempted
Ans: 0.16
Q.54 2l to paint sphere, cut in 4 identical pieces,

then required paint
attempted
Ans: 4 liters
Q.55 →
Journey 1 : V1 30 mins, Journey 2 : V1(10
min), (5 mins : rest), V2(30 mins). Find V2 :
attempted
average speed of journey 2
Ans:1 : 1
Q.56 Light house of height 300 m. Make 30° with

boat in east and 45° with boat in north.
attempted
Shortest distance between 2 boats
Ans: 600
Q.57 2 quadratic equation with one common root. A

+ B + C = 41, A × B = 35, which is de nitely true
attempted
Ans: One root is 5
Q.58 1:55, 2:03, 2:11, 2:24, 2:45, 3:19, 4:14 in

mathematical series then 8th term
attempted
Ans: 1:58

Q.59 Boys = Girls + 30. Some girls joined, New Ratio
of Boys to Girls is 3 : 5, minimum number of
attempted
girls joined
Ans:52
Q.60 Time taken to travel from C to A

attempted
Ans: 0.5(√3+1)T
Q.61 4 courses with 3 elective and 1 mandatory,

joining in 3 courses is 45, 50, 70 minimum
attempted
number of student in least elective course
Ans:Either 40 or 45
Q.62 X and Y are unit place of (408X) and (789Y)

and X ≠ Y. Unit place of (408X)63 and
attempted
(789Y)85 are same then X + Y
Ans: 10
Q.63 2 ≤ |x – 1| x|y + 3| ≤ 5, x, y are negative integers,

possible combinations of x and y
attempted
Ans: 10
Q.64 Spent x amount on xth day, sum of 4

consecutive days is 2N, possible value(s) of N
attempted
Ans: 6
Q.65 Cone of radius are 4 and slant height 12, cut
horizontely, ratio of curved surface of upper
attempted
cone to frustum is 1 : 2 then slant height of
frustum
Ans: 12-4√3
Q.66 circles of radius 2R and √2R intersect at A and

∠
B, AOB = 60°, O is center of biger circle, then
attempted
area of common region
Ans:
Q.67 Number picked from 1 to 10 by harry and

sunny.
attempted
Statement 1: Sum of Harry = 5 + sum of sunny
Statement 2: One picked exactly four even
number and other picked exactly four odd
numbers
Ans: When Both statements are taken

together
Q.68 a + b + c + d + e + f = (prime)2
Statement 1: All ages between 50 to 85
attempted
Statement 2: Standard deviation = 4.6
Ans: Statement one alone
Q.69 Which of them are yet to be played

attempted
Ans: A and B, E and F
Q.70 Which of the following is possible

attempted
Ans: A and E(2, 1)
Q.71 Which of the following is not possible

attempted
Ans:A and F(4, 0)
Q.72 Which shows maximum year to year growth in
feedback
attempted
Ans:Professor of calculus 2012–13
Q.73 Number of times when “decereas in research”

is accompained with “increase in student
attempted
feedback”
Ans: 9
Q.74 Research ef ciency = ratio of student

feedback for 3 years to hours spent on
attempted
research. Then least ef ciency
Ans:Professor of arithmetics
General Knowledge
Q.75 Which of the following is not a French

overseas territory
attempted
Ans: Guam
Q.76 Which of the following is the most recent club

to join ISL?
attempted
Ans: Jamshedpur
Q.77 What is showrooming?

attempted
Ans: The practice of examining merchandise or
products in a store and then buying it online
for a lower price.
Q.78 Which of the following is not included in the

Government of India Act 1935?
attempted
Ans: Separation of Khyber Pakhtun from

India
Q.79 Windhoek, Suva, Ulaanbaatar are capital cities
of
attempted
Ans: Namibia, Fiji and Mongolia
Q.80 Which of the following is not a world heritage

site?
attempted
Ans: Jim Corbett
Q.81 Who won the Nobel Prize for Economics in

2017?
attempted
Ans: Richard Thaler
Q.82 Which of the following is not a video streaming

service?
attempted
Ans: Itunes
Q.83 Which of the following is not a crypto

currency?
attempted
Ans: Paypal
Q.84 Which space craft in 2017 plunged into the

planet that it was exploring?
attempted
Ans: Cassini
Q.85 Out of the following mobile companies, which

one does not have its headquarters in China?
attempted
Ans: Xolo
Q.86 What is the Hundi?

attempted
Ans: Finencial instrument
Q.87 TIME's Person of the Year 2017.

attempted
Ans: The Silence Breakers
Q.88 Who in the Rio Olympics 2016 won the rst
independent gold?
attempted
Ans: Fehaid Al-Deehani
Q.89 Only Indian American mathematician who is

awarded the Abel Prize
attempted
Ans: Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan
Q.90 Core industry list as per IIP:

attempted
Ans: Coal, Crude oil, Natural gas, Re nery
products, Fertilizers, Steel, Cement, Electricity

Q.91 Article 35A is

attempted
Ans: a provision incorporated in the
Constitution giving the Jammu and Kashmir
Legislature power to decide who all are
'permanent residents'
Q.92 Match name of Head with country

attempted
Ans: Kirchner: Argentina; Lula: Brazil;
Erdogan: Turkey; Chavez: Venezuelan and;
Deng: china
Q.93 Not a landlocked country

attempted
Ans: Kenya
Q.94 Match the following archaeological sites

attempted
Ans:

Q.95 An Indian Company (conglomerate) to rst
start by partnering with Philips Carbon Black,
attempted
Asian Cables, Agarpara Jute, Murphy (India) :
Ans: RPG Group
Q.96 A scenario in which an organization uses its

own product:
attempted
Ans: Dogfooding
Q.97 Match the following

attempted
Ans:


attempted
Ans:


attempted
Ans:

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Q.1 The payoff from ____ in education is so ___..

Q.2 Arti higher studies – future goal is to become

Ans: Students apply to colleges with mission

Q.3 Indian religious and ethical space is different

Ans: Western ethical and religious space has a

Q.5 While labor is capital, they are poles apart

Ans: Labor is animate of capital.

Q.6 What does the working class subsist on?

Q.7 What will be true?

Q.8 Passage on “What History teaches us”. What

Ans: Every street in India should display a

Q.10 Contradicts the view of the author:

Q.11 Vikram’s approach ___

Q.12 How freewill, fate and will are used in the

Ans: They are all opposite to love.

Q.13 Lovers have some secrets…meaning?

Q.14 Manager seeks training for openness. Least

Ans: Internal studies across groups showed

Q.15 Music probably does something interesting.

Q.17 The Lannisters had ____ gold, …

Q.18 The size of the oceanic waves is a function of…

Ans:Degree of erosion on coastline is related

Q.19 Essence of the passage

Q.20 Example of hard problem:

Q.22 According to Pierce, as per thought, which is

Ans: A doubt always leads to a belief.

Q.23 Candidate applied for XAT. It shows that:

Q.24 Dilettantism means:

Q.25 20 hours to score well but can remain awake

Ans: This person doesn’t have a true belief.

Q.26 Though he thought of himself as ____, his boss’s

Ans: insouciant, philippic, remonstration,

Q.27 Syed feared that Palani will drag the team’s

Ans: While calculating the branch’s

Ans: Unlike his colleagues, Palani’s customers

Q.29 Allocating territories, least useful for

Ans: A new territory that faces competition

Q.30 Most likely to reduce Sudarshan’s concern that

Ans:A leading nancial institution recently

Q.31 Senior ex-employees complain to Sudarshan

Ans:When senior employees were asked to

Q.32 CEO leans of leaks. What should he do ?

Q.33 John plans to double his arms. What should

Ans: Meet Jonathan and attempt to sign a

Ans: He should sign a peace pact with Rose

Q.35 Summer Sault wants economic development.

Ans:Design annual economic plans with each

Q.36 Share prices are falling after allegation. What

Ans: Issue a press statement saying that

Q.37 Committed exonerated Bhushan. Still rumours

Ans:Explain in a town hall meeting, open to all

Q.38 Vigilance team discovers some earlier nancial

Q.39 What is the minimum time requireto deliver a

Ans: 5 hr and 5 min

Ans:both (b) and (c)- T202 and T204

Q.41 Which train should be taken to minimise the

Q.42 Wise man – what decision he should take

Ans:A should be given water and C stones***

Q.43 Again the wise man is consulted for the

Q.1 The payoff from __ in education is so _..