SECTION 1-LOGICAL REASONING
Each of the following series of statements is followed by four
sets. Identify the set that is logically consistent.
EXAMPLE
1.
(a) The gap between the
average starting salaries of teachers and those of other
professionals has shrunk in recent years.
(b) The average age of
first year teachers is same as it was in 1975.
(c) Starting
teachers are no longer underpaid.
(d) The extent of a persons
formal education is a measure by which to determine his level of
salary.
(e) Over the last few years, the average starting
salaries of other professionals have increased by 20%
(a)ebd
(b)bad
(c)abc
(d)aec
Answer is d; the statement a,e,c are logically sequenced.
Questions :
1.
(a) Japan now produces more semiconductors, than
US.
(b) Semiconductors are one of the fastest growing industry
segments.
(c) A decade ago Japan was producing 24% and the US was
producing 22% of the worlds semiconductors, respectively.
(d) 10
years ago Japan ranked third in semiconductor production.
(e)
During the last 10 years Japans production of semiconductors has
increased by 500% while that of the us has increased by
200%
(a)abd
(b)cea
(c)
edc
(d) bcd
2.
(a) Coding program
1
(b) Writing specifications for program 1
(c) Integrating program
1 with other programs
(d) Testing program 1
(e) Collecting cheque from the client of
the program
(a)edcba
(b)abcde
(c)badce
(d) abdce
3.
(a) Bob is older than Dinku and
Ismer
(b) Rahul is oldet than Dinku
(c) Rahul is younger than
Bob (d) Rahul is older than
Ismer
(e) Dinku is older than Ismer
(a)edb
(b)bcd
(c)dab
(d)abc
4.
(a) Defining the data type of the
variable
(b) Using the
variable
(c) Declaring the variable
(d) Initializing the
variable
(e) Remove the variable from the memory
(a)cadbe
(b)abcde
(c)cdb
(d)acdbe
5.
(a) In the last six months the
number of robberies at gun point in the city has dropped by
18%
(b) Guns are necessary protection against robbers
(c)
Strict gun control causes a decrease in violent crime
(d) Most
crimes are committed with guns and knives
(e) Six months ago this
city's council passed a gun control law
(a)bda
(b)
acb
(c)
ebc
(d) eac
6.
(a) All missiles follow a fixed
trajectory
(b) The boomerang requires a high degree of skill
(c) A boomerang
is a
missile
(d) The boomerang is used by Australian aborigines to hunt
(e) A
boomerang normally has an elliptical flight path
(a)
adc
(b)aec
(c)
cba
(d) ebd
7.
(a) Saving the source
file
(b) Compiler
execution
(c) Pre-processor execution
(d) Bug
fixing
(e) Reading the error file
(a)eabcd
(b)acbed
(c)abced
(d)cbeda
8.
(a) But if powers that be,
extended any, how will be the first one to take might claim
(b) I
don't believe in seeking special privileges because I'm a
woman
(c) Let me explain this in context of what happened the
other
(a)bac
(b)acb
(c)
bca
(d) abc
9.
(a) A long search produce a
comprehensive list of 203 manufacturing firms
(b) The number of
workers employed by the firms in the area ranged from a dozen to
approximately 3500
(c) Those concerned with mining and
quarrying, construction ,transport, trade and commerce were
excluded
(d) The investigation was confined to manufacturing
firms in the area
(a)bcda
(b)
bcab
(c)abcd
(d)dabc
10.
(a) The quickly came back with
pots laden with water
(b) The water gurgled out and the dying
embers hissed and send up little curls of vapour
(c) The poured
it on the glowing bed of charcoal
(d) The men jumped up and
rushed to the river
(a)acdb (b)bacb (c)dabc (d)dcba
SECTION 2-DATA SUFFICIENCY
Each item has a question followed by
two statements :
Mark a: If the question can be answered with
the help of statement "1" alone
Mark b: If the question can
be answered with the help of statement "2" alone
Mark c: If
the question can be answered with the help of both the statements
but not with the help of either statement by
itself
Mark d: If the question cannot be answered even
with the help of both the given
statements
Example:
1. Does winking
improve eye sight?
1) During the process of
winking the focal power of eyes improves
2)
Experiments have shown that eye exercise lead to an improvement in
eye sight
Answer: d because neither 1 or 2 is adequate.
Questions :
11. Each floor of a 3 storeyed building is occupied and a
total of 15 people live in the building. How many live on the first
floor?
1) The no. of people living in the first floor is an odd
number
2) The no. of people living on the first floor double the number
living on the second floor
12. Program 1 can be
implemented
1) Program 1 is tested and error
free
2) The implementation site is ready
13. The sum of
digits of a 5 digit no. is 10. The digit in the ten thousandth place
is cube of that of units place. what is the
number.
1) The digits in the thousandth, hundredth and tenth place are
equal
2) The digit in the units and tenth place are not
equal
14. If I deposit Rs.1000 in the bank now and
withdraw the amount only at the end of the year how much will I
get?
1) The rate of compound interest is 12% per
year
2) The interest is deposited in the account at the end of every six
months
15. Variable "X" is an address
variable.
1) The value of variable "X" is
"adbcf"
2) Program has a statement X
=&Y
16. Is white color the best reflector of
light?
1) The lower a color's reflection index the better
its power of
reflection
2) White has a reflection index of
0.28
17. Does Mehta work in an advertising
agency?
1) Mehta begins work at 9 am in the morning and
works till 9 in the
night
2) Mehta is a copywriter
18. Is it
true that Maggi Noodles success was largely due to its ability to
satisfy a latent consumer
need?
1) Before the entry of Maggi Noodles, Others did
not have access to a food item which was convenient to prepare and
could be consumed between
meals.
2) Maggi Noodles was an instant hit with ladies
who had children in the range of 10 to 12 years
19.
Sachin wrote Program 1
1) It is found in the directory
c:\user\sachin
2) Sachin tested Program 1
20. Are
all Argots also
Knicks?
1) All Argots are
Drones
2) All Drones are Knicks
21. Does
classical music aid plant
growth?
1) Music aids in the development of sugar in
plants.
2) In an experiment conducted, its was observed
that plants exposed to classical music grew by 5cm more than plants
not exposed to classical music in the same period.
22.
Are cheques the safest method of making a
payment.
1) Cheques are more convenient than cash in making
and resolving
payments.
2) Payment by cheques eliminate the risk involved
in handling cash.
23. Networking is working
fine.
1) Computer A is able to talk to Computer
B
2)
Both Computer A & B are Pentium Machines.
24. Is
it true that smiling is easier than
frowning?
1) Smiling requires the movement of 14 facial
muscles while frowning requires the movement of 24 facial
muscles.
2) Moving every facial muscles requires the same
amount of effort.
25. Is it true that the Carpenter
lives on the first
floor.?
1) the Barber lives two floors above the black
smith who in turn stays one floor above the
carpenter.
2) the blacksmith lives two floors above the
weaver who lives one floor below the carpenter in a three storeyed building.
SECTION 3 - ANALYTICAL
Questions 26-29 are based on the following:
At a formal dinner for 8, the host and the hostess are seated at
opposite ends of a rectangular table, with 3 persons along each
side. Each man must be seated next to at least to 1 woman, and vice
versa. Alan is opposite to Diana, who is not the hostess. George has
a woman on his right and is opposite to a woman. Helga is at the
hostess's right, next to Frank. One person is seated between Belinda
and Carol.
26.The 8th person present, Eric must
be
(a) the
host
(b)
seated to Diana's
right
(c)
seated opposite to Carol
(a)a
only
(b)c
only
(c)b and
c
(d)a, b and c
27. If each person is placed
directly opposite to his or her spouse, which of the following pairs
must be married.
a)George and Helga
b)Belinda and Frank
(c)Carol and Frank
(d)George and Belinda
28. Which person is not
seated next to a person of the same sex.?
(a)Alan
(b)
Belinda
(c)
Carol
(d) Diana
29. George
is bothered by the cigarette smoke of his neighbor and exchanges
seats with the person 4 places to his left. Which of the following
must be true following the
exchange?
(a)
No one is seated between two persons of the opposite
sex.
(b)
one side of the table consists entirely of persons of the same
sex.
(c)
Either the host or hostess has changed seats
(a) A
only (b)C only (c)A and B (d)B and C
Questions 30 - 33 are based on the
following:
The hotel Miramar has two wings, the east wing and the west wing. Some
east wing rooms but not all, have an ocean view. All west wing rooms
have a harbor view. The charge for all rooms is identical except for
the following.
There is
an extra charge for all harbor view rooms on or above third floor.
There is an extra charge for all ocean view rooms except those
without balcony. Some harbor view rooms on the first two floors and
some east wing rooms without ocean view have kitchen facilities for
which there is an extra charge. Only the ocean view and harbor view
rooms have balconies.
30. A guest may avoid an extra
charge by requesting
(a)A west wing room on one of the first two
floors.
(b)A west wing room on the fourth floor without
balcony.
(c)An East wing room without
balcony.
(d)Any room without
kitchen.
31. Which of the following must be true if
all conditions are as stated?
(a)All rooms above the third floor involves extra
charges.
(b)No room without an ocean or harbor view or kitchen
facilities involves extra
charge.
(c)There is no extra charge for an east wing room without
ocean
view.
(d)There is no extra charge for any room without Kitchen
facilities.
32. which of the following must be false
if all conditions are as stated?
(a)some ocean viewing rooms do not involve an extra
charge
(b)all rooms with kitchen facilities
involve an extra charge
(c)some west viewing rooms above the second floor do not
involve an extra
charge
(d)some harbor viewing rooms do not involve an extra
charge
33. Which of the following can not be
determined on the basis of the information given?
(a)whether there are any
rooms without a balcony for which extra charge is
imposed
(b)whether any room without at kitchen or a view involves an
extra
charge
(c)whether two extra charges are imposed
for any room (d)none of the above
Questions 34 to 37 are based on the following:
Four cards of different suits are dealt one apiece to A, B, C and
D.
B says: Mine is not a club.
A says: Mine is not a spade.
D says: Mine is not a
diamond.
C says: Mine is not a
spade.
A says: Mine is not a
heart.
34. A held
(a)heart
(b)clubs
(c)diamonds
(d) spade
35. B held
(a)heart
(b)clubs
(c)diamonds
(d)spade
36. C held
(a)heart
(b)clubs
(c)diamonds
(d)spade
37. D held
(a) heart (b) clubs (c)
diamonds (d)spade
Questions 38 to 40 are based on the
following:
In a
magical temple there are 3 doorways each leading to the interior of
the temple. Every door way has an idol just inside. The magical
powers of the temple doubles the flowers a devotee carries every
time he/she passes under a doorway. Each devotee has to pass on
straight through the doorway and cannot retrace his steps till he
comes to the innermost idol.
38. Ram carries X flowers
at each idol he places an identical number of flowers Y. He returns
from the temple without a single flower. X was most
probably
(a)2
(b)5
(c)6
(d)7
39. In the situation above Y was most
probably
(a)
8(b)5(c)6(d)7
40.
If Sita took 8 flowers to the temple and offered 4 flowers each to
the first two idols then by the time she faces the third idol she
has
(a)40 flowers (b)36
flowers (c)52 flowers (d) 56 flowers
SECTION 4 - COMPUTATIONAL
41. 2
passengers have together 560 kgs of luggage and are charged for the
excess above the weight allowed at 10$ and 26$. If all the luggage
had belonged to one of them he would have to pay 46$. The amount of
luggage each passenger is allowed without any charge is
(a)100
kg
(b)150
kg
(c)160
kg
(d)Insufficient data
42. 6 pigs cost the same as
9 sheep. 27 sheep cost the same as 30 goats. 50 goats cost the same
as 3 elephants. If two elephants cost $4800, then the cost of one
pig in dollar is
(a)120
(b)240
(c)105
(d)250
43. A wholesaler allows a discount of 20
% on the list price to the retailer. The retailer sells at 5% below
the list price. If the customer pays Rs.19 for an article what
profit is made by the retailer on it?
(a)Rs.2
(b)Rs.3
(c)Rs.4
(d)Rs.4.5
44. A circular metal plate of even
thickness has 12 holes of radius 1 cm drilled into it. As a result
the plate lost 1/6th its original weight. The radius of the circular
plate is
(a)16sqrt2
(b)8sqrt2
(c)32sqrt2
(d)sqrt72
45. 3 machines a,b,c can be used to
produce a product. Machine a will take 60 hours to produce a million
units. Machine b is twice as fast as machine a. Machine c takes the
same amount of time as machine a and b taken together. How much time
will be required to produce a million units if all the three
machines are used simultaneously?
(a)12 hours (b)10 hours (c)8 hours
