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Direction: A pyramid of letters and numbers is given below. Study the pyramid and select the correct alternative to fill the missing term.

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Find out the codes for letters and answer the quests that follow using Column I and Column II.

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Direction: Find out the answer figure (a, (b), (c) and (d) completes the missing matrix. 9.

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Showing the lady in the park, Vinodh said, She is the daughter of my grandfathers only son. How is Vinodh related to that lady? Brother (b) Cousin (c) Father (d) Uncle

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Direction: Find the missing figures from the given responses (a), (b), (c) and (d):

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Direction: Figure (X) is embedded in one of the four options. Find the correct option. 17.

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Direction: Find the water image of the following diagrams labeled as (X) 22.

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Direction:: Study the diagram and answer the questions that follow.

27. Which number represents players who are neither artists nor doctors? Ans: 28. Which number represents doctors who are neither players nor artists? Ans: 29. Which number represents artists who are neither players nor doctors? Ans: 30. Which number represents artists who are only players also? Ans: 31. Which number represents only doctors? Ans: Directions: Read the information and answer the question that follows. A and B are horse riders, gymnasts and footballers. B and C are horse riders, footballers and boxers. C and D are horse riders, swimmers and boxers. D and E are swimmers, gymnasts and boxers. A and E are swimmers, gymnasts and footballers. 32. Who is a horse rider, swimmer, footballer and boxer? Ans: 33. Who is a horse rider, swimmer, gymnast and footballer? Ans: 34. Who is the swimmer, gymnast, footballer and boxer? Ans: 35. Find the number in the ?: 89, 71, 55, 41, 29, ?, 11 : Ans:

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37. 38.

A man is facing West. He turns 90o in the clockwise direction and then another 180o in the same direction and finally 180o in the anti-clockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now? Ans: In a queue, A is 18th from front while B is 16th from the back. If C is 25th from the front and is exactly in the middle of A and B, then how many persons are in the queue? Ans: If P means X, R means +, T means and S means , then 18 T 3 P 9 S 8 R 6 = ? Ans:

A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight students sitting around a circle facing at the centre. D is second to the right of A and third to the left of G. B is third to the right of E, who is to the immediate right of A. C is fourth to the left of H, who is not an immediate neighbour of D. 39. Who is the fourth to the right of A? Ans: 40. Who is second the right of E ? Ans: 41. In which of the following pairs, the first person is sitting to the immediate left of the second person? (a) AC (b) DE (c) BH (d) GF 42. Who is third to the left of H ? Ans: 43. Who is to the immediate left of C ? Ans: 44. Raj and Roy start walking in opposite directions. Raj walked 3 Km and Roy walked 4 km, then Raj turned right and walked 4 km and Roy turned left and walked 3 km. How far is each from the starting point? Ans: 45. Smt. Indira Gandhi died on 31st October, 1984. The day of the week was ____? Ans: 46. Oxygen boils at - 183o C. This temperature is approximately, (a) 215 o F (b) -2097 o F (c) 320 o F (d) 361 o F 47. If the stone is thrown up vertically and return to ground, its potential energy is maximum (a) During the upward (b) At the maximum (c) During the return (d) At the bottom journey height journey 48. Consider the following statements: The fog during winter season is more on the day when 1. Sky is clear 2. Sky is cloudy 3. Wind is Blowing. Which of the statement given above is / are correct? (a) Only 1 (b) 1 and 3 (c) 2 and 3 (d) Only 2 49. Lamps used for household lighting are connected in (a) Series (b) Parallel (c) Mixed circuit (d) None 50. Which of the following statements is correct? (a) Both AC and DC dynamo have a field manager (b) Both AC and DC dynamo have an magnet (c) Both AC and DC dynamo convert mechanical (d) Both AC and DC dynamo have slip rings energy into electrical energy 51. Copper wires are generally used for electrical power transmission instead of iron wires because (a) Copper is a better (b) Copper is cheaper (c) Copper can take (d) Copper is lighter than iron conductor than iron than iron higher power than iron 52. Certain observation and certain causes are listed I Column I and Column II respectively. Select the correct alternatives. Column I Column II A Change in apparent frequency due to relative 1 Frequency motion between source and listener is B Pitch 2 Transverse C Loudness 3 Doppler Effect D Light waves are 4 Intensity (A) (B) (C) (D) (A) (B) (C) (D) (a) 3 1 4 2 (c) 1 3 2 4 (b) 4 2 1 3 (d) 2 4 3 1 53. Which one of the following liquid at room temperature? (a) Iodine (b) Bromine (c) Phosphorus (d) Oxygen 54. On burning magnesium in air, we get (a) MgCO3 (b) MgO (c) Mg(HCO3)2 (d) MgSO4 55. Which of the following statements are true about the fertilizers? (1). They are nutrient specific. (2). They do not provide any humans to the soil. (3). They are absorbed slowly by the plants as they are not much soluble in water. (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 (c) 1 and 3 (d) Only 2

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Which of the following cranial nerves are mixed in junction? 1. Vagus 2. Facial 3. Optics 4. Abducens 1 , 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2 (c) 2 and 4 Ozone gets depleted in the stratosphere due to the presence of: (b) Active NO2 (c) Active CI Active NO3 What causes the mottling of the dental enamel? High level of (b) High level of nitrate in (c) High level of fluoride in chlorine in water water water What may causes a persons ears to get hurt during take off or landing of an aircraft? Stretching of the (b) Damage to the middle (c) Increased impulses (d) tympanic ear ossicles to the cochlea membrane Glycolysis takes place in:Photosynthesis (b) Aerobic respiration (c) Anaerobic respiration

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1 and 3 Active SO2 High level of calcium in water

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Vibrations in the body labyrinth of the inner ear (d) Both (b) and (c)

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With which religion is Kalvalya associated? Buddhism (b) Jainism (c) Hinduism (d) Sikhism Dhanvantari was A famous General (b) Noted physician in the (c) A famous dramatist who (d) A musician in of Chandragupta court of Chandragupta lived during the time of the court of Maurya Vikramaditya Harsha Ashoka Consider the following statements: 1. In the First Round Table Conference that met in November, 1930, Congress had no representatives. 2. Mahatma Gandhi was chosen as the sole representative of the Congress at the Second Round Table Conference held in Sep Dec, 1931. Which of the statements given above is / are correct? Only 1 (b) Only 2 (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Which of the following institutions was not founded by Mahatma Gandhi? Phoenix Ashram (b) Vishwa Bharathi (c) Sevagram Ashram (d) Sabarmati Ashram Who was the Viceroy of India at the time ofo Jllinwala Bagh Massacre? Lord Curzon (b) Lord Hastings (c) Lord Chelmsford (d) Lord Irwin Mahatma was added before Gandhijis name during Champaran (b) Rowlatt (c) Amritsar Session of (d) Khilafat Movement Satyagraha Satyagraha INC 1919 The International Date Line passes through Bering Strait (b) Gibraltar Strait (c) Florida Strait (d) Malacca Strait The largest island in the Indian Ocean is Medagascar (b) Maldives (c) Srilanka (d) Sumatra 17th Parallel separates North and South (b) North and South (c) North and South (d) North and South America Korea Vietnam Yemen Which one of the following rivers originates at Amarkantak? Damodar (b) Mahanadi (c) Narmada (d) Tapti The driest place in India is Leh (b) Badmer (c) Jaisalmer (d) Bikaner Which one of the following is a global biodiversity hotspot in India? Western Ghats (b) Western Himalayas (c) Easter Ghats (d) Northern Himalayas Which one of the following types of forest covers the maximum area in India? (c) Tropical dry deciduous (d) Tropical dry evergreen Tropical rainforest (b) Tropical moist deciduous forest forest forest Which one of the following pairs of sea ports and states is not correctly matched? Kandla : Gujarat (b) Paradip: Odisha (c) Quilon: Kerala (d) Kakinada: AndraPradesh Which Article of the Constitution of India says,No child below the age of 14 years shall be employed to work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other harzardous employment? Article 24 (b) Article 45 (c) Article 330 (d) Article 368

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Which of the following rights was described by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar as the Heart and Soul of the Constitution Right to Freedom of (b) Right to Property (c) Right to Equality (d) Right to Religion Constitutional Remedies The President may appoint all the following, except Prime Minister (b) Governor (c) High Court Judges (d) Chairman of Rajya Sabha Which of the following is the headquarters of World Trade Organization? Paris (b) New York (c) Geneva (d) Madrid Which of the following is not an agency of UN? Food and Agricultural (b) International (c) International (d) International Organization Monetary Fund Labour Committee of Organization. the Red Cross Which organ of UNO is considered as World Parliament? General Assembly (b) Security Council (c) International Court of (d) Trusteeship Justice Council Find the area of the polygon MNOPQR ,if MP=9cm, MD =7 cm, MC= 6 cm, MB=4cm, MA=2 cm. NA, OC, QD are perpendiculars to diagonal MP. (a) 41.75 cm
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Find the area of the Quadrilateral.

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The value of machine depreciates every year by 4%. Its value at present is `. 6250. What will be its value after two years? (b) `. 5550 (c) `. 5760 (d) `. 6000 `. 5000 What value must be given to * so that the number 8 * 76246 is divisible by 11? 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3 A man spends 35% of his income on food, 25% on childrens educatin and 80% of the remaining on house rent. What percent of his income he is left? 8% (b) 10% (c) 12% (d) 14% A class starts at 10 am and lasts till 1.27 pm. Four periods are being held during this interval. After every period, 5 minutes are given free to the students. The exact duration of each period is : 42 min (b) 48 min (c) 51 min (d) 53 min If the difference of the squares of two numbers is 45, the square of the smaller number is 4 times the larger number, then the numbers are: 9, 6 or 9, -6 (b) 5, 6 or 5, -6 (c) 9,5 or 9,-5 (d) None The compound interest on `. 8000 at 20% per annum for 9 months compounded quarterly is: (b) `. 1261 (c) `. 1271 (d) `. 1281 `. 1260 If the cost of printing a book of 380 pages with 20 lines on each page and on an average of 11 words in each line is `.19, then the cost of printing a book with 280 pages with 22 lines on each page and 10 words in each line is : (b) `. 16 (c) `. 18 (d) `. 20 `. 14 If the length of a rectangle is increased by 50% and its breadth is decreased by 25%, what is the change percent in area? 12.5 % increase (b) 10% increase (c) 12.5% decrease (d) 10% decrease

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Directions: Following questions consist of two statements, one labeled as the Assertion (A) and the other as Reason(R). Examine these two statements carefully and select the answer to these questions if, (A) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A. (B) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A. (C) A is true but R is false. (D) A is false but R is true. 91. Assertion (A): The mean of 25 observations is 36. If the mean of first 13 observations is 32 and that of the last 13 observations is 39, then the 13th observation is 23. Reason(R): The mean of 31 results is 60. If the mean of first 16 results is 58 and that of last 16 result is 62, then the 16th result is 58. 92. Assertion (A): (3, 5) and (17, 19) are twin primes. Reason(R): A pair of primes which differ by 2 are called twin primes. 93. Assertion (A): A polygon bounded by four line segments is called a quadrilateral. Reason(R): A polygon bounded by seven line segments is called a hexagon. 94. Assertion (A): An article is sold at ` 1425 at a loss of 5%. Its C.P. is ` 500. Reason(R): If the shopkeeper has to make 10% profit in question given in statement I then the S.P. should be ` 6150. 95. Assertion (A): Binomials and trinomials are multinomial. Reason(R): An algebraic expression having two or more terms is called multinomial.