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1. In a certain language CHENNAI is coded as DIFOOBJ, how is MUMBAI coded: (a) NVNCBJ (b) OWODCK (c) NNVCJB (d) LTLABH 2. If Z = 53 and HAT = 61 then CAT will be equal to: (a) 41 (b) 61 (c) 51 (d) 60 3. In a certain code: 358 means buy butter bread 367 means eat one bread 375 means one butter bread which digit in that code means eat BROTHER of T and T is DAUGHTER of Q, then UNCLE of S is: (a) Q ( b) R ( c) P ( d) T 6. If A + B = C + D, B + D = 2A, D + E > A + B, C + D > A + E, then: (a) D > A > B > E > C ( b) D > B > E > A > C ( c) A > B > D > E > C (d) A > D > B > E > C 7. A, B, C, D and E play a game of cards. A says to B, If you give me four cards, you will have as many as E has and if I give you four cards, you will have as many as D has. A and B together have 12 cards more than what D and E together have. If B has two cards more than what C has and the total number of cards is 135, how many cards does B have? (a) 25 (b) 23 (c) 37 (d) 29 8. If P denotes +; R denotes ; S denotes and T denotes ; then what will be the value of 7 R 9 P 1 1 S 9 T 3 P 6? (a) 75 (b) 77 (c) 143 (d) 73 Directions for Questions 9 to 11 are based on the following: Lee is senior to John and earns more than Harry. Israel is junior to Mac and senior to Harry and earns less than Khan. Jack is senior to Nimmy and junior to Harry and earns less than Nimmy and more than Khan. Nimmy is senior to Lee and earns less than Harry. 9. Who is the seniormost? (a) Harry (b) Mac (c) John (d) Lee 10. Which of the following is true? (a) Nimmy is senior to Mac and earns more than Jack. (b) Israel is senior to Lee and earns more than Jack

(a) 6 ( b) 8 ( c) 7 ( d) 3 4. Court is related to Justice in the same way as School is related to: (a) Teacher (b) Student (c) Education (d) Class 5. P is BROTHER of Q, R is FATHER of P, S is

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(c) Israel is senior to Nimmy and earns less than Nimmy (d) Harry is senior to Nimmy and earns less than Nimmy 11. The person who earns the most is: (a) Harry (b) Mac (c) John (d) Lee 12. What is number in the innermost blank circle?
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( c) 1 ( d) 3 14. Starting from a point S Subhash walked 15m, towards south. He turned to his left and walked 40 m. He then again turned to his left and walked 15 m. He again turned to his left and walked 60 m and reached a point T. How far is Subhash from the point S? (a) 10m (b) 20m (c) 15m (d) 25m 15. The following diagram shows ten match sticks forming three squares. What is the minimum no. of matches that must be removed to make two squares?

(a) 1 ( b) 8 ( c) 6 ( d) 2 13. What is the value of B in the following multiplication? 1 A 5 B 4 5 5 2 7 B 4 2 2 A A 4 7 4 7 B (a) 5 ( b) 4

(a) 3 ( b) 2 ( c) 1 ( d) 4 16. How many triangles are there in the diagram given below?

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(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 15 17. A person is happier than another if he has more money and less anxieties. Tom does not have any anxiety at all. He has less money than Shyam but more than what Ram has. If Ram has more anxiety than other two then: (a) Shyam is happier than Ram (b) Ram is happier than Shyam (c) Shyam is happier than Tom (d) Tom is happy 18. Of five brothers and sisters, the eldest is 14 years senior to the youngest. There is a sister between two brothers. Next to the eldest is a sister while the youngest but one of the siblings is also a sister. Which one of the following statements is necessarily true? (a) the youngest is a sister (b) the youngest is a brother (c) the middle one is a brother (d) there are two sisters and three brothers 19. Which of the following is the place of ? in the following letter-number series? C3D E7G G16J I35M ? (a) K74P (b) K70Q (c) K54R (d) K36L Directions for questions 20 to 23 are based on the following information: In an imaginary language the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are substituted by a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i and j. And 12 is written as bc : Then 20. (cd + ef) ba is equal to: (a) 0 (b) 680 (c) 260 (d) 86 21. ed f (fbd) d = ? (a) hb (b) bh (c) cbf (d) bee 22. bgf bf b is equal to: (a) ba (b) bb (c) ab (d) bbb 23. cbg + be (ca h/be) is equal to: (a) acc (b) aca (c) cac (d) cca 24. Four friends were seated around a square table. Meena was to the right of Padma and Veena was to the left of Krishna. Who was to the left and to the right of Veena? (a) Padma and Meena (b) Meena and Krishna (c) Krishna and Padma (d) Krishna and Meena 25. Today is Saturday. What day of the week will it be after 27 days? (a) Monday (b) Friday (c) Wednesday (d) Saturday 26. How many 8s are there in the following sequence, which are preceded by a prime number, but not immediately followed by an even number? 5837586985458476583587982285 (a) 3 ( b) 7 ( c) 4 ( d) 5 27. If a rectangle were a circle, a circle were a point, a point were a triangle and a triangle is square, then the shape of the wheel is: (a) rectangle (b) circle (c) point (d) square 28. If Swords were Pencils, Battlefields would be: (a) Paper (b) Book (c) Sharpener (d) Eraser 29. 5 boys were climbing up a hill. Jayant was following Hari; Ram was ahead of Govind; Krishna was between Govind and Hari. If they were climbing up one after the other, who was the second? (a) Hari (b) Jayant (c) Ram (d) Govind 30. Find the correct sequence of the missing letters in the series: _ABBB_B_BABB (a) A B B ( b) A A B ( c) B B A (d) B A B 31. Identify the number of triangles in the figure given below:

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(b) 48

(c) 36

(d) 32

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32. If the following names were arranged as in dictionary, which would be the third? (a) Suniti (b) Suneethy (c) Suneeti (d) Suneetti 33. Marbles of diameter 1.4 cm are dropped into a beaker containing some water and are fully submerged. The diameter of the beaker is 7 cm. Find how many marbles have been dropped in it if the water rises by 5.6 cm? (a) 100 (b) 150 (c) 200 (d) 125 34. Pointing to a photograph Suraj said, His daughter Shanti is granddaughter of my mother. Whose photograph was it? (a) Surajs brother (b) Surajs Son (c) Surajs Uncle (d) Surajs Nephew 35. In a code language, BADGE is coded as 658119, what will be the code for AGE? (a) 8911 (b) 5611 (c) 5119 (d) 1159 Directions for questions 36 to 40: Read the following information and answer the questions given below it. A sales representative plans to visit each of six companiesM, N, P, Q, R, and Sexactly once during the course of one day. He is setting up his schedule for the day according to the following conditions: 1) He must visit M before N and before R. 2) He must visit N before Q. 3) The third company he visits must be P. 36. Which of the following could be the order if the sales representative visits the six companies? (a) M, R, N, Q, P, S (b) M, S, P, N, R, Q (c) P, R, M, N, Q, S (d) P, S, M, R, Q, N 37. Which of the following must be true of the sales representatives schedule for the day? (a) He visits M before Q (b) He visits N before R (c) He visits P before M (d) He visits P before S 38. If the sales representative visits S first, which company must he visit second? (a) M ( b) N ( c) P ( d) Q 39. Which of the following could be true of the sales representatives schedule? (a) he visits M third (b) he visits N sixth (c) he visits R sixth (d) he visits Q second 40. The sales representative could visit any of the following companies immediately after P except: (a) M ( c) Q ( b) N ( d) R ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS 1. (a) The next letter in the alphabets is the code. 2. (c) The value of each letter is its position in the alphabets 2 + 1 i.e. Z = (26 2) + 1 = 53. Hence C = 3 2 + 1 = 7; A = 1 2 + 1 = 3; T = 20 2 + 1 = 41; 7 + 3 + 41 = 51. 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (c) 6. (a) 7. (a) Players A B C D E No. of cards : 37 25 23 29 21 8. (b) 7 9 + 11 9 3 + 6 = 63 + 11 3 + 6 = 77 (BODMAS). 9-11. Seniority : Mac, Israel, Harry, Jack, Nimmy, Lee and John. Earning : Lee, Harry, Nimmy, Jack, Khan, Israel (Nothing is stated about Macs earning) 9. (b) 10. (c) 11. (d) 12. (b) Add 8 to numbers in the next circle and you get numbers from the outer circle. The next ones are squares. 13. (a) Value of A is zero and of B, 5 1055 45 = 47475. 14. (b) 15. (b) 16. (c) 17. (a) 18. (c) 19. (a) The numbers are 3 2 + 1 = 7; 7 2 + 2 = 16; 16 2 + 3 = 35, hence 35 2 + 4 = 74. 20. (b) (23 + 45) 12. 21. (a) (43 5) (51 3) 3. 22. (b) 165 15 1. 23. (d) Meena 24. (c) Veena Padma Krishna 25. (d) 26. (c) 27. (c) 28. (a) 29. (d) Ram Govind Krishna Hari Jayant. 30. (d) The series is B A B B/B A B B/B A B B ... 31. (b) 32. (d) 33. (a) Apply Each layer will have 25 marbles, each layer would displace 1.4 cm water. 34. (a) 35. (c) Each code number is the position of the letter in the alphabets + 4. 36 to 40. M S P N R Q or S M P N R Q or M S P N Q R 36. (b) 37. (a) 38. (a) 39. (c) 40. (a) June 2008

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