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NOTE: EACH OF THE QUESTIONS GIVEN BELOW APPEAR AS MULTIPLE 
CHOICE QUESTIONS IN THE ACTUAL PAPER. 

VERBAL SECTION 

Directions for questions 1-15:Find the synonyms of the 
following words 

1. Depreciation 

Ans. Deflation, Depression, Devaluation, fall, slump in 
value 


2. Deprecate 

Ans. Feel and express disapproval of 


3. Incentive 

Ans. Thing one encourages a person to do something 


4. Echelon 

Ans. Level of authority or responsibility 


5. Innovation 

Ans.To make changes or introduce new things 


6. Intermittant 

Ans. Externally stopping and then starting 


7. Detrimental 

Ans.Harmful 


8. Aberration 

Ans. Deviation 


9. Conciliation 

Ans.To make less angry or more friendly 


10. Orthodox 

Ans.Conventional or superstitious 


11. Fallible 

Ans.Liable to err 


12. Volatile 

Ans.Ever changing 


13. Manifestion 

Ans.Clear or obvious 


14. Connotation 

Ans. Suggest in addition to the fundamental meaning 


15. Reciprocal 

Ans. Reverse, Opposite 

  
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QUANTITATIVE SECTION 

1. There are 150 weights .Some are 1 kg weights and some 
are 2 kg weights. The sum of the weights is 260.What is the 
number of 1kg weights? 

Ans. 40 


2. A is driving on a highway when the police fines him for 
overspeeding and exceeding the limit by 10 km/hr.At the 
same time B is fined for overspeeding by twice the amount 
by which A exceeded the limit.If he was driving at 35 km/hr 
what is the speed limit for the road? 

Ans. 15 kmph 


3. A moves 3 kms east from his starting point . He then 
travels 5 kms north. From that point he moves 8 kms to the 
east.How far is A from his starting point? 

Ans. 13 kms 


4. A car travels 12 kms with a 4/5th filled tank.How far 
will the car travel with 1/3 filled tank? 

Ans. 5 kms 


5. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 8. When 
18 is added to the number, the digits are reversed. Find 
the number? 

Ans. 35 


6. The cost of one pencil, two pens and four erasers is 
Rs.22 while the cost of five pencils, four pens and two 
erasers is Rs.32.How much will three pencils, three pens 
and three erasers cost? 

Ans. 27 


7. Fathers age is 5 times his son's age. 4 years back the 
father was 9 times older than son.Find the fathers' present 
age. 

Ans. 40 years 


8. What number should be added to or subtracted from each 
term of the ratio 17 : 24 so that it becomes equal to 1 : 
2. 

Ans. 10 should be subtracted 


9. What is the 12th term of the series 2, 5, 8, .... 

Ans. 35 


10. If 20 men take 15 days to to complete a job, in how 
many days can 25 men finish that work? 

Ans. 12 days 


11. In a fraction, if 1 is added to both the numerator at 
the denominator, the fraction becomes 1/2. If numerator is 
subtracted from the denominator, the fraction becomes 3/4. 
Find the fraction. 

Ans. 3/7 


12. If Rs.1260 is divided between between A, B and C in the 
ratio 2:3:4, what is C's share? 

Ans. Rs. 560 


13. A shopkeeper bought a watch for Rs.400 and sold it for 
Rs.500.What is his profit percentage? 

Ans. 25% 


14. What percent of 60 is 12? 

Ans. 20% 


15. Hansie made the following amounts in seven games of 
cricket in India: Rs.10, Rs.15, Rs.21, Rs.12, Rs.18, Rs.19 
and Rs.17(all figures in crores of course).Find his average 
earnings. 

Ans. Rs.16 crore 

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CRITICAL REASONING SECTION 

This section is basically just a reading comprehension 
section.The critical reasoning section consists of some 
passages followed by 4 to 7 questions per passage.The 
questions are such that they require ability to read fast 
and comprehend.The questions asked in this section have 
three choices TRUE, FALSE, CAN'T SAY.Some examples of 
passages are given in test 1.For further practice you may 
go through any GRE or CAT book which will provide you with 
ample practice regarding these kinds of questions. 

  

PYSCHOMETERIC TEST 

This test consists of 150 questions and is just a 
pyshcology test which should be answered confidently and 
doesn't require any preparation.One must try being 
consistent while answering as the same questions are 
repeatedly asked in different forms.Also one must answer 
all questions.Questions are of yes or no kind. 

example: 

Are you sincere? 

If you find a purse in the market with loads of money would 
you return it to the rightful owner? 

While climbing up the stairs do you take two steps at a 
time? 

Do you drink and smoke more than you think you should? 

Are you the life of the party you attend? 

Are you shy?  

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