CP/18/C9

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EXPLANATIONS

Section – I: English
1. C; (i), (iii) is a mandatory pair as “hold up half the sky” in (i) can be linked to “hold up
more than that in (iii). This negates the options (b) and (d). (iv) and (ii) is another
mandatory pair as the “women have been disadvantaged to men” in (iv) is elaborated
in (ii) “discriminated in their access to food, work, education…”. Thus, option (c) is the
correct choice.

2. C; The sentence talks about a collapse. So (iii) should begin the sentence. (iv) mentions
the area affected by the collapse. Thus, (iv) follows (iii). ‘Against years of reckless state
borrowing’ is the complete phrase. The result ‘economic meltdown’ should come in
the end. Hence (iii), (iv), (ii), (i) is the correct sequence.

3. D; (ii) and (iii) form a mandatory pair. “no” in (ii) can only be followed by a noun – in this
case “split” in (iii). ‘Taking this case’ is related to ‘being immature’. Thus (iv) and (ii)
form a pair. Hence, option (d) is the correct choice.

4. B; ‘in the bad old days’ is the modifying phrase that needs to begin the sentence. The
correct verb that needs to follow water pumps is ‘installed’. So (ii) should follow (iii).
(iv) should come in the end. Thus option b is the correct choice.

5. B; (i) is the first sentence of the sequence as it introduces the topic. (i), (iv) is a
mandatory pair as (iv) continues with the idea of the status of the death sentence in
India. (ii), (iii) is the next mandatory pair as ‘such error’ in (iii) refers to the Supreme
Court’s admission that ‘that many of these prisoners might have been sentenced on
the basis of erroneous legal precedents set by itself. Thus (i), (iv), (ii) and (iii) is the
correct sequence and option (b) is the answer.

6. D; ‘Rushed off one’s feet’ means to be very busy.

7. B; ‘Cheek by jowl’ means inconveniently close together.

8. C; ‘Blue blood’ refers to the blood that flows in the veins of old and aristocratic families.

9. A; ‘Apple of discord’ refers to something attractive that causes envy and quarrels among
the people who think they deserve it.

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10. D; ‘Pull through’ is phrasal verb which means to come safely through (a crisis, illness,
etc.); survive.

11. B; ‘to bring up’ is a phrasal verb which means to mention a topic.

12. D; We use ‘for’ when we talk about a period of time. A period is a duration of time, for
example: 5 minutes, 2 weeks, 6 years. For means ‘from the beginning of the period to
the end of the period’.

13. A;

14. B;

15. A; ‘Fell off’ is the required word. No preposition is needed in this case.

16. B; ‘Compare with’ is used to examine people or things to see how they are similar and
how they are different.

17. D; ‘Behind’ is the correct preposition. It means responsible for starting or developing
something.

18. A; ‘Towards’ is the correct preposition. It means getting closer to achieving something.

19. A; The Simple Past is used to indicate an action completed in the past. It often occurs
with adverbs or adverb phrases of past time. Example: The steamer sailed yesterday. I
received his letter a week ago.

20. C; ‘Comely’ means pleasing in appearance; attractive. Hence the correct option is c.

21. A; ‘Keep up’ means to persist in a state, enterprise or undertaking inspite of

counterinfluences, opposition or discouragement. Thus ‘persevered in’ is the correct
answer.

22. A; ‘sympathized’ means to show somebody sympathy when he is upset or disappointed

about something.

23. A; ‘Niggardly’ means giving or sharing as little as possible. “Mean” means unwilling to
give or share things.

24. D; ‘Profligate’ means extravagant.

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25. C; Vacuum is the correct spelling.

26. C; Felicity is the correct spelling.

27. C; Irresistible is the correct spelling.

28. B; Privilege is the correct spelling.

29. A; ‘suomoto’ refers to a petition meaning ‘on its own motion’. It is a Latin term. It is used,
for example, where a government agency acts on its own cognizance, as in 1. The
commission took suomoto control over the matter. 2. There is no requirement that a
court suomoto instruct a jury upon these defenses.

30. A; The voluntary and wrongful act or omission that constitutes the physical components
of a crime. Because a person cannot be punished for bad thoughts alone, there can be
no criminal liability without ‘actusreus’.

31. B; The term ‘ad litern’ means ‘for the case’. It describes a party designated to represent
another party who is deemed incapable of representing him/ herself (e.g. a child or
incapacitated adult).

32. D; Option a can be inferred from the lines “Stressing that there is no permanence about
any definition of a crime and criminal law, he pointed to the absolute power accorded
to the state to implement the law and the real context of abuse, misuse and vindictive
administration of the laws”.Option b can be inferred from the lines” Kannibaran’s
contribution to human rights was not only in the field of criminal law”.
Option c can be inferred from the lines “While it is in the course of crime detection,
investigation and apprehension of the accused that human rights violations ordinarily
take place”. Thus the correct answer is option d.

33. B; The author is formally praising Kannabiran in the passage, citing him as a “role model-
of a person who through personal example became the embodiment of the ethical
and political values he advocated”.Thus the author’s attitude towards Kannibaran is
eulogistic.

34. D; The formulation refers to Kannibaran’s formulation mentioned in the second

paragraph of the passage. Thus, ‘The simplicity of the formulation masked the
profundity of its understanding of criminal law” pertains to the centrality of the state
in the administration of criminal justice.

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35. B; The escerpt it appears is part of a biography. Option a is incorrect since the author
expresses his admiration for Kannibaran at length in the passage, which would be
quite inappropriate if included in a legal report. Option c is incorrect as nowhere in the
passage is Kannibaran referred to as “late Kannibaran”. A paean is a song of praise and
hence option d is incorrect.

36. A; The word ‘taboo’ refers to any prohibitions resulting from social or other conventions.
“there were no taboo issues for Kannabiran” by this the author means to say that
Kannibaran did not have any reservation in deliberating any kind of issue. Hence
option a is correct.

37. C; Recondite means1:difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or

knowledge to comprehend :DEEP <a recondite subject>2:of, relating to, or dealing
with something little known or obscure<recondite fact about the origin of the
holiday>3:hidden from sight, concealed. Thus recondite is wrong in the context of the
line” One of Kannabiran's formulations which had a profound impact on demystifying
the relationship between the state, citizen and law enforcement concerned the
centrality of the state in the administration of criminal justice”.

38. B;

39. C;

40. B;

Section – II: General Knowledge

41. B 50. B 59. D 68. B 77. D

42. A 51. B 60. C 69. D 78. B
43. A 52. C 61. C 70. C 79. A
44. A 53. C 62. A 71. C 80. C
45. B 54. B 63. A 72. C 81. B
46. A 55. C 64. C 73. B 82. B
47. C 56. A 65. C 74. A 83. A
48. A 57. C 66. B 75. C 84. B
49. B 58. D 67. A 76. B 85. C

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86. B
87. B
88. C
89. C
90. B

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Section – III: Quantitative Aptitude
91. C; Ignore 800 grams.
Let weight of fresh cantaloupe be 100 grams.
It contains 90 gram water and 10 gram pulp.
Water evaporated = 80% of 90 = 72 gram
Water left = 18 gram
So weight of dried cantaloupe = 10(pulp) + 18(water) = 28 grams.
18
% tage of water =  100 = 64.2%
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92. A; Ratio of quantity = 38:95:76 = 2:5:4

2  30  5  40  4  50
So CP per kg for him = = Rs 460/ 11
25 4
If he wants to sell at 10 % profit
460
SP = 1.1  = Rs 46
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93. B; B = 20km/hrR= ??
48 48
 5
B R B R
48 48
 5
20  R 20  R
Using options, R = 4 km/hr.

94. D; If he makes profit 20% over SP then his profit over CP is 25%.
20
(letSP = 100 then CP = 80Profit% =  100 )
80
So SP must be 25% above 240 = 300 (240 + 60)
Marked price = 400;
Selling price = 300
100
Discount offer =  100 = 33.33%.
300

95. A; Net interest received after 3 years = 8640

8640
Net rate of interest =  100 = 36% for 3 years
24000
So for 1 year, net rate received = 12%
Applying allegation
11% 15%
12%
3 1
1
Hence amount invested at 15% =  24000 = 6000.
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96. C; General form must be = n × LCM (8,12 and 16) – 3

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 = n × 48 – 3
Smallest = 48 – 3 = 45
Second smallest = 96 – 3 = 93
Third smallest = 144 – 3 = 141.

97. D; As 7.7% is 1/13th part, it means CI of 58th year should be 1/13th more than CI of 57th year.
Hence 13:14.

98. C; Let original quantity of P be x Lt.

7 7
After removing 1/8th two times, remaining quantity = x  
8 8
 7 7  15
Amount of Q will be x   x     x
 8 8  64
49 15
Ratio x: x = 49 : 15.
64 64

21627  215  1
27 27
681 63
99. A;   
215 215 215 215
So remainder will be 127 = 1

100. A; Let length of 6 leaps of Tiger be “a” m.

So length of 1 leap of tiger = a/6 mt.
Length of 5 leaps = 5a/6 mt.
Similarly length of 4 leaps of Deer = “a”mt.
Length of 3 leaps of Deer = 3a/4
Ratio of speed of Tiger and Deer = 5a/6 : 3a/4 = 20 :18 = 10:9
short cut to find the ratio of speed--- 5 3

6 4
20 18
Let speed of Deer be x Km/hr
80/x = 10/9 : x = 72Km/hr

101. C; A + B = 24 days
B + C = 30 days
A + B + C = 18 days
Let work be 360 units
Then capacity of A + B = 360/24 = 15 units per day.
Capacity of B + C = 360/30 = 12 units per day.
Capacity of A + B + C = 360/18 = 20 units per day.
So capacity of A = 20 – 12 = 8 units per day.
And Capacity of C = 20 – 15 = 5 units per day
Capacity of A + C = 8 + 5 = 13 units per day.
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They can complete the job in 360/13 = 27 days.
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102. D; In 1 sec, pipe can pour water equivalent to the volume of 2.5 m pipe.
Volume of water poured in 1 sec = area of cross section × length of pipe.

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 = 2.5 × 2.4 = 6 m3.
So in 1 hr = 6 × 60 × 60 = 21600

103. B; Let Vimal joined after k months.

30 ×12 : 25 × (12 – k) = 9:5
72/(60 – 5k) = 9/5
360 = 9(60 – 5k);45k = 180;k = 4.

104. A; 1man efficiency = 2 women efficiency = 3 boys efficiency

5men + 4 women + 12 Boys = 5 men + 2 men + 4men = 11 men.
So M1 = 1 D1 = 33; M2 = 11 D2= ??
Applying M1D1 = M2D2
1× 33 = 11× D2
D2 = 3 days.

105. C; If 5 likes all three then

Number of people who like only Blue = 20 – 5 = 15
Number of people who like only yellow = 50 – 5 = 45
Number of people who like only Red = 30 – 5 = 25
Number of people who like at least one color
= 15 + 45 + 25 + 5 = 90.
Total = 90 + 10(who didn’t liked any color) = 100.

106. C; VαT; Vα1/P

Therefore V = k T/P
When T = 40 P = 5, V is 80
80 = k × 40/5; k = 10.
Hence V = 10 T/P
When T = 20 and P = 10
V = 10 × 20/10 = 20 m3.

107. D; Speed becomes 5/4 of usual speed, so time must become 4/5 of usual time.
Difference in travel time today = 16 min
T – 4/5T = 16
T/5 = 16
T = 80 min = 1 hr 20 min

108. A; Speed of Joey = 18 × 5/18 = 5m/sec

Speed of Chandler = 27 × 5/18 = 7.5 m/sec
Time taken for first meeting = length of track/relative speed.
= 2500/(5 + 7.5) = 2500/12.5 = 200 sec
Hence time taken for second meeting = 400 sec

40  50  5  68
109. B; Average = = 52.
45
Alternate; each new student got 18 more than average
Total excess = 18 × 5 = 90
Each of 45 student will get 2 more.(90/45)
New average = 50 + 2 = 52
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110. A; Total distance to be covered = 3000 + 200 + 300 = 3500mt
Total relative speed = (54 + 72) = 126× 5/18 = 35 m/sec.
Total time taken = Distance/speed = 3500/35 = 100 sec

Section – IV: Legal Reasoning

111. B; The principle says that there will be no discrimination on the on grounds only of religion, race,
caste, sex, place of birth or any of them. The discrimination given in the fact situation might be
arbitrary and weird but this can’t be considered as discriminatory of Article 15 which only
specifies five grounds for discrimination.

112. B; The agreement was void as losing 50 Kg in three weeks is practically impossible. There was no
possibility of such a condition being fulfilled so the agreement was void at first place.

113. A; The principle says that offer can be accepted by that person to whom it is made. In the present
situation Dhiru made an offer to Mukesh, and Anil accepted and executed it without informing
Dhiru. Thus Dhiru is at adisadvantage because he made an offer to Mukesh to set off his debt
and the offer can’t be accepted by anyone other than to whom it is proposed, at the
disadvantage of the proposer. The rule of law is that if you promise to make a contract with A,
then B cannot substitute himself for A without your consent and to your disadvantage,
securing to himself all the benefits of the contract.

114. C; Naveen had no claim against the auctioneer because the car had not been sold to him and the
car did not belong to Naveen. Silence cannot be prescribed as a mode of acceptance because if
that was so, the offeree will be put to a great deal of inconvenience because he shall have to
unnecessary write in clear terms that he is not accepting the offer. There was never a valid
contract in this case, hence no action lies against the auctioneer. ( See. Felthouse V. Bindley)

115. D; The principle and option D are self-explanatory. “Make yourself home” is just a customary way
of saying; it cannot be considered as a consent to enter anywhere in the house when he is
made to wait in the drawing room.

116. A; Nouman Khan will succeed as such news is like to affect his reputation. Fact situation says that
he “adopted” the child so “The Liar” cannot take the defense of Truth.

117. C; This can be considered as an intentional application of force.

118. D; Arvind is the defendant in this case, and he didnot communicate the defamatory statement to
anyone other than the plaintiff, i.e.Arun. Since Arun (plaintiff)made it public so Arvind cannot
be held liable for defamation because he never communicated it to the third person.

119. A; John is liable to compensate because he took the benefit of that mistake.

120. B; Such a non-disclosure agreement cannot be considered as restraint of trade as it only says
exclusive service during the period of contract, which is a reasonable expectation from an
employee.

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 In the case of Niranjan Shankar Golikari, the Apex Court held that negative covenants
operative during the period of the contract of employment when the employee is bound to
serve his employer exclusively, are generally not regarded as restraint of trade and therefore
do not fall under Section 27 of the Contract Act.

121. C; In this situation, there is restriction even post termination of service. After the period of
contract, such a restriction can be considered as restraint of trade.
In Wipro Ltd. v. Beckman Coulter International, the court held that negative covenants
between employer and employee pertaining to the period post termination and restricting an
employee’s right to seek employment and/or to do business in the same field as the employer
would be a restraint of trade and therefore, a stipulation to this effect in the contract would be
void.

122. A; The principle says that mere acquiescence doesnot amount to instigation. In the given fact
situation, there was a reluctant acceptance of something without protest. This can’t be
considered as abetment.

123. B; Principle says “willful act intended to cause harm or reckless disregard”. In the given fact
situation Pavlov had taken all reasonable precautions and Dog did not escape from his house.
It was the boy who entered and can be expected to know the presence of ferocious dog in the
light of prominent board outside the house.

124. D; The principle says “without lawful justification”. In the given fact situation, the detention of
Phoebe till police arrives can be considered as a lawful justification, hence it was not wrongful
imprisonment.

125. C; Although options A andB both seem possible answers, but C is the most appropriate one
because the fact situation says that employer was negligent in providing adequate protection,
but his death was not reasonably foreseeable.

126. A; As per the principle “A person is liable for all the injurious consequences of his careless act”,
his previous history is irrelevant. A child suffered harm due to Nagraj’s carelessness that time,
so Nagraj must be liable to compensate for the same.

127. B; The given fact situation cannot be considered as one of malicious prosecution because Rick
only said things as they were. He told about his past rivalry and that he suspects Morty is
involved.

128. C; A privately owned showroom cannot be considered as a State as per the definition of Article
12 of the Constitution, hence it doesnot violate the principle.

129. B; The doctrine of necessity applies here and he was trying to prevent that engine from colliding
thereby preventing bigger harm.

130. D; Loco pilot though was negligent, but he owed his duty to care towards those getting affected
by his negligent act in his normal course of action. Kabir chased the engine on a bike and put
himself in this situation, so he voluntarily suffered harm.

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131. A; Mr. Mannat changed the terms of the offer, so it is now a counter offer. A valid acceptance is
one which is accepted as it is, without any changes. (Mirror image)

132. D; Since both the parties are at fault, this is a case of contributory negligence.

133. B; Notwithstanding the family laws and other laws in force, the principle in the question says that
agreement in restraint of marriage is void. In this situation, Kevin is prohibited to marry a
person of his choice so it can be considered as an agreement in restraint of marriage, hence
void.

134. B; Munni already had the option to attain necessary food and education in an orphanage;
Bajrangi’s supplies were in the nature of luxuries and not necessaries.

135. A; It is but obvious that using a residential place for activities that create huge noise and
disturbance to neighbors will amount to nuisance in the present case.

136. B; Compliance withthe law, willingly or unwillingly, cannot be considered as “not free consent”.
When he made the transactions, he had freely entered into agreements with the parties.

137. A; This statement can be considered as one of strong disapproval and a general criticism. This is
just her personal opinion and doesnot excite hatred as such.

138. C; A particular examination paper was required to be printed before the examinations, thus it is
but obvious that time is of the essence in such a contract. Failure to comply with that
reasonable time will be a valid ground to consider that contract unenforceable.

139. B; He can be termed as an aggressor because he entered Kapil’s house with the intention of
stealing and he stabbed Kapil with the knife.

140. B; The principle says “direct consequence of the defendant’s act”. Since he made a hidden post
with a warning, if someone opens it at one’s risk, it will not be “direct consequence of the
defendant’s act”.

141. D; Their act can come under several offences individually and collectively like theft and
conspiracy to name a few. As per the principle, criminal conspiracy was hatched in the instant
case.

142. A; There was never an acceptance of the original offer and Hasan’s offer can be considered a
counter offer, not an acceptance of Kamal’s offer.

143. D; Fiduciary relationship is a relationship in which one party places special trust, confidence, and
reliance in and is influenced by another who has a fiduciary duty to act for the benefit of the
party.

144. A; ICC is mainly to prosecute and bring to justice those responsible for the worst crimes –
genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.

145. C;

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146. B; Public International Law deals with the relationship between two or more States and
Governments whereas Private International Law mostly deals with affairs of the individuals of
different states and governments.

147. A; The phrase literally means an act does not make a defendant guilty without a guilty mind.
Mens rea(Mental element/guilty mind) is an essential element of criminal law.

148. A; TheDoctrine of Laches is based on the maxim that “equity aids the vigilant and not those who
slumber on their rights.” The outcome is that a legal right or claim will not be enforced or
allowed if a long delay in asserting the right or claim has prejudiced the adverse party.

149. A;

150. A;

151. D; (See Preamble of the Constitution)

152. D;

153. C;

154. B;

155. B;

156. D; (There is no such word in the Preamble and Preamble has only been amended once, i.e. by
42nd Amendment)

157. C; Article 48 A says that the State shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and
to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country.

158. D; The relationship between them is such that the boss, Hari Sadu, is in a position to dominate
Jeetu’s will.

159. B;

160. A;

Section – V: Logical Reasoning

161. D; The above premise is based on relationship between economy and marriage. Financial security
is seemingly the underlying target. Thus, all the options are correct and consequently D is the
right answer.

162. C; Options A, B, and D strengthen the given premise as they aresuggestive of the underlying
theme of the premise. Option C, however, states love and sexual attraction as essential
ingredients of marriage, which would be contrary to what the author is suggesting. Thus,
option C would weaken the given premise.

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163. A; Option B is incorrect as it is irrelevant; it is stating a fact which would have no impact on the
premise. Option C is incorrect as so far as a marriage would yield financial stability, parents
would undoubtedly have pushed their daughters into a loveless marriage. According to the
author, love would be an irrelevant precondition for a marriage. Thus, Option A is the correct
option as it would strengthen the given premise.

164. C; Since the author sees marriage as a financial transaction, any gain or loss will be done by cost
benefit analysis. Consequently, both A and B would be correct for the author and thus C is the
correct answer.

165. B; Option B is the correct option as the premise deals with marriage of daughters.

166. C; .

167.A; Applying the rule of conditional ‘if’ in if X then Y, X results in Y and such is the case in
proposition 7, thus Option A is the right answer.

168. C;
169. C;

170. A; Applying the rule of conditional ‘when’ in when X then Y – X results in Y thus option A is the
right option.

171. B; As the watch records time in minutes, the thermometer measures the body heat and records
the temperature in degrees. Thus B is the right option.

172. A; As rubies are carmine in colour (a shade of red), sky is azure (a shade of blue0. Thus A is the
right answer.

173. C; When an appeal is dismissed, the court is giving its decision on the contentions. Thus it is the
final say of the court. And the order so passed is called order for disposal. Thus, the correct
answer is C.

174. B; As judgment is an order of the court, a settlement agreement is a contract between parties. It
contains issues, claims and terms of settlement, but by nature it is a contract. Thus the right
answer is B.

175. D; While a judge decides a matter, an arbitrator settles it. Thus, the right answer is D.

176. B; From the above premise it is clear that there is some discomfort which the use of technology
causes. Thus option A is the wrong answer and Option B is correct.

177. C; Options A and B can be inferred from the above premise as both suggest the desire and hopes
of living in a hassle free world, be it enabled by technology, but the hopeless fate of reality
wherein these hopes are not as well met due to problems which have no solutions. Thus,
Option C is the correct option.

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178. C; Option A is the correct answer as it rightly states the fate of tomorrow as something which
cannot be predetermined or known. Option B does the same. Thus option C is the right
answer.

179. A; Applying the rule of conditional ‘if’ in if X then Y, X results in Y. Option A is the right answer.

180. C; The above premise is critical of reliance on technology. Options A and B further the same
sentiment. Thus, Option C is the right answer.

181. B; Each vowel is replaced by the next vowel and each consonant is increased by 1 position ahead.
Thus, UPDATE will be coded as AQEEUI. Hence, (b)

182. B; The pattern is : 4 + 7 = 11 ; 7 + 11 = 18, 18 + 11 = 29, 18 + 29 = 47 and so on. Hence, (b)

183. A; Since all boxes are incorrectly labeled take a piece of fruit from the “apples and oranges” box.
If it's an apple then you know that is the “apples” box since ALL THE BOXES ARE LABELED
INCORRECTLY. This means the box marked “apples” must be “oranges” and the box marked
“oranges” must be “apples and oranges”. Hence, (a)

184. A; Let’s assume the cases below–

A is the murderer B is the murderer C is the murderer

A FALSE TRUE TRUE
B TRUE FALSE TRUE
C FALSE TRUE FALSE

From above table, A must be the murderer.Hence, (a)

185. D; My brother’s son’s grandmother = My mother

My mother’s only daughter in law = My brother’s wife
So, the lady must be the sister–in–law of the person. Hence, (d)

186. D; P spent Rs 70, which can be spent in only one way i.e. 2 soaps, 2 face wash and 1 hair oil. This
means R also purchased 2 soaps. Other products purchased by R are 2 shampoo and 1 face
wash. Now, number of soaps purchased by Q and S are also same. They can purchase 1
soapeach. Other products purchased by Q are 2 shampoos and 2 face wash. Other products
purchased by S are 1 shampoo and 2 hair oil. Thus, a total of 5 face wash is purchased. So, total
expenditure on face wash is Rs 90. Hence, (d)

SOLUTION from 187 and 188:

The diagrammatic representation is as follows –

10

15
20
A45

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B

Height from A to B = 70 – (20 + 10) = 40 kms

Base length from A to B = 45 – 15 =30 kms
Shortest distance AB = 302  402 = 50 kms.
Also, as per above diagram B lies to south–west of A.
Hence,

187. C;

188. D;

189. B; Logic: x0.5 + 1; x 1 + 1; x 1.5 + 1, x 2+ 1 and so on

Thus, next term = 36 x 2.5 + 1 = 91. Hence, (b)

SOLUTION from 190 and 191:

It is given that X is always selected in the committee.
Possible committees are as follows:
(I) X, Y, P, Q and R
(II) X, Y, P, Q and S
(III) X, Z, P, Q and R
(IV) X, Z, P, Q and S
(V) X, Z, P, R and T
(VI) X, Z, P, S and T

190. A; In every committee, P will always be selected. Hence, (a)

191. C; There will be 6 ways in which the committee can be selected. Hence, (c)

SOLUTION from 192 to 196:

From (i), he did not score more than 130 runs in any match. Thus, he must have scored 50% runs when
total runs scored were 250. This is also the highest possible runs. So, from (ii), this match was ODI–1.
From (iii), in ODI–2 he scored 100 runs i.e. 33.33% of 300 runs. No other combination is possible to get
100 runs. From (vi),to get exactly 40 runs more – he must have scored 40 % 310 = 124 runs in ODI–6 and
30% 280 = 84 runs in the match in which he was dismissed L.B.W. He was not L.B.W in ODI–3 or 2 or 1 or
4 or 6. So, he was L.B.W in ODI–5.From (iv) He scored more runs in ODI–3 than the match he was
stumped out – So, he must have scored 20% of 330 = 66 runs in ODI–3 and thus, 10% 400 = 40 runs
were scored in ODI –4 in which he was stumped. From (vi), he got bowled in ODI–3 and thus was caught
in ODI–6.
The final table is as follows –

Match Total Runs Percentage Individual runs Dismissals

ODI–1 250 50% 125 Run –out
ODI–2 300 33.33% 100 Not out
ODI–3 330 20% 66 Bowled
ODI–4 400 10% 40 Stumped
ODI–5 280 30% 84 L.B.W.
ODI–6 310 40% 124 Catch out
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Thus, total runs scored by VK in series = 125 + 100 + 66 + 40 + 84 + 124 = 539 runs. Now all questions
can be answered.
Hence,

192. C;

193. D;

194. A;

195. B;

196. C;

197. A; PERSON The positions are 16/5/18/19/15/14

The digital sum of positions are 7/5/9/1/6/5 i.e. PERSON could be written as 759165
For code 759165 is broken into two parts 759/165 and each part is reversed
i.e. PERSON is coded as 957/561  957561
Similarly, SHOULD will be coded as 681433.Hence, (a)

198. B; In evening, shadow is in the east. As Rahul turned 90° clockwise he found his shadow to his left
i.e. after turning he was facing south. This means initially he was facing east. From this position
had he turned 270 Degree anticlockwise, he must be facing again south.Hence(b)
(short cut- turning 90 degree clockwise of 270 degree anti clockwise is actually same)

199. D; From statement 1, Rohit> Ravi >Mohit

From Statement 2, Mani >Rohit> Ravi >Mohit
From Statement 3, Ravi >Prem>Mohit
Hence, the final arrangement is
Mani >Rohit> Ravi >Prem>Mohit
Hence, (d)

200. C; Here Sum of positions of A & B from opposite ends = 35 + 22 = 57 > Total no. of persons
Thus, No. of persons between A & B = (Position of A from left + Position of B from right) – Total
no. of students – 2
i.e. No. of persons between A & B = (35+22) – 54 – 2 = 57 – 54 – 2 = 1. Hence, (c)

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