Direction for the following 2 (two) items: 3.

Two statements S1 and S2 are given below

The first graph given below shows the percentage of followed by a question.
people entering jail ―X‖ for petty crimes (out of all the S1: Sum of the digits is not divisible by 3.
people entering the jail that year) and the second graph S2: Sum of the digits is even.
reflects the percentage increase in the overall Question:

population of the jail (as compared to the previous If ‗a‘ is 2-digit number such that it has an odd

year). number of factors, then what is the sum of the

digits of ‗a‘?
Which one of the following is correct in respect
of the above statements and the question?
(a) S1 alone is sufficient to answer the
Question
(b) S2 alone is sufficient to answer the
Question
(c) S1 and S2 together are sufficient to answer
the question, but neither S1 alone nor S2
alone is sufficient to answer the Question.
(d) S1 and S2 together are not sufficient to
answer the Question

4. Two statements S1 and S2 are given below

followed by a question.
S1: a and b are prime numbers.
S2: b > 11
1. In which year of the given years was the Question:
number of people entering jail with petty Is a(b+2) an odd number, where a and b are
crimes was second lowest? distinct integers?
(a) 2012 Which one of the following is correct in respect
(b) 2014 of the above statements and the question?
(c) 2015 (a) S1 alone is sufficient to answer the
(d) 2011 Question
(b) S2 alone is sufficient to answer the

2. What is the ratio of people entering the jail for Question

petty crimes for the years 2012 and 2013? (c) S1 and S2 together are sufficient to answer
the question, but neither S1 alone nor S2
(a) 4:5
alone is sufficient to answer the Question.
(b) 5:4
(d) S1 and S2 together are not sufficient to
(c) 2:3
answer the Question
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5. What will be the number of zeroes at the end of 7. What is the most logical and crucial message
the following product? conveyed by the passage?
(a) Availability of cheap labour s no longer the
32 × √64 × 15625 × 3125 × 1024 × √15625 ×
key factor in determining the location of
√4096
industries.
(a) 14 (b) Political factors need to be given due
(b) 24 priority by investors in their investment
(c) 12 decisions.

(d) 38 (c) The world should move towards economic

liberalism to curb economic concentration.
(d) Current economic policies globally are not
6. The number of factors of a number p is 12.
conducive for investment.
Which of the following cannot be the number Passage – 2
2
of factors of p ? It is important to remember that forest restoration is
(a) 23 more than just planting trees. It‘s about reinstating the
balance of the ecological, social and economic benefits
(b) 45
of forests and trees within a broader pattern of land use.
(c) 30
In some cases, this is best achieved by assisting the
(d) 33 natural regeneration of local plant species, while in
others, the planting of trees and other vegetation helps
Directions for the following 5 (Five) items: speed up the process of restoring the health and
productivity of degraded landscapes. The Great Green
Read the following five passages and answer the items
Wall is an example of the latter. With support from the
that follow each passage. Your answers to these items
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
should be based on the passages only.
Nations (FAO), some 63,000 hectares have recently
Passage – 1 been brought under restoration, befitting 1 million
We should not only expect that labour flows will now people.
be more strictly regulated than before. But also more 8. Which one of the following is best implied in
the passage?
than ever before in recent decades, Western investors
(a) Afforestation should be taken in mission
will also have to factor in political risks in their
mode to restore forests.
investment decision-making. Instead of chasing lower (b) We need to take a more comprehensive and
labour costs, they will either bring capital back to multidimensional approach with respect to
domestic shores, or geographically restructure their land use to achieve the goal of forest
restoration.
supply chains. For a whole range of goods, the global
(c) Invasive alien species should be effectively
supply chains for all practical purposes became Chinese
curbed to protect the local plants.
supply chains. That level of economic concentration is (d) Green walls should be created globally to
no longer politically sustainable. restore degraded forests.

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 Passage – 3 10. Which one of the following statements best
Whatever the outcome, it is clear that existing ideas implies the crux of the passage?
about acceptable levels of data exchange are being
(a) Political democracy and economic
challenged. Default norms provide power to the tech
platforms to collect, analyse and monetize data with development are mutually exclusive in
complete control. This undergirds business models that developing countries.
seem undesirable for society—with harms to privacy
(b) India needs to adopt laissez faire to
and free speech. Increasingly, users are aware of risks
and are not shy of taking their business elsewhere. promote capitalism so that the industrial
Global discussions about alternatives to the ―exchange base gets a boost.
of data for free services" are becoming nuanced. The
(c) Inclusive development should be India‘s
discourse in India is mature, and we are not just
motto to achieve optimum economic
accepting global norms in data governance but actively
challenging and shaping them as they emerge. development within the framework of
9. Which one of the following statements best political democracy.
implies the crux of the massage?
(d) India needs to promote progressive
(a) India‘s approach has been largely passive
with regard to shaping the global data economic nationalism which favours curb
governance framework. on authoritarian populism.
(b) Tech platforms should not be allowed to
Passage – 5
collect personal data of individuals so as to
Investment in human capital development is a
protect privacy and free speech.
(c) India has emerged as a key player in prerequisite for job creation, growth and productivity.
shaping global data governance. The level of cognitive skills of a nation‘s students has a
(d) Tech platforms have emerged as the
large effect on its subsequent economic growth rate.
biggest threat to privacy and free speech.
Passage – 4 Nobel Laureate-economist Theodore Shultz has also
Unresolved agrarian questions, slow pace of industrial conclusively proved that increased national output is a
development and distorted economic growth of the
result of investment in human capital in the form of
service sector, have all led to the nature of economic
development that is not symmetrical or equally poised knowledge and skills. The rich-world connected the

with political democracy and rights. As long as dots early and that‘s why today they are far ahead of
capitalism in India remains backward to a large extent, India on all counts. Industries, commerce, national
in agriculture and industry, and as long as the distorted
development can only succeed with an educated
development continues, we will be stuck with the
impasse of backward-looking nationalism and workforce. Education is the master key that can unlock
authoritarian populism. Current impasse is a product of this country‘s potential and needs to be top priority on
achieving political modernity and a superstructure
the economic agenda. The national interest demands it.
without its accompanying economic basis.

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11. With reference to the above passage, which one 14. For the fractions 1/2, 2/3, 5/9, 6/13, and 7/9,
of the following could be the most rational which of the following is not correct?
and practical implication/implications for I. 6/13 is fourth from right side when all the
India? fractions are arranged in ascending order of
1. Without investing in education India cannot their values.
realise its demographic dividend.
II. 2/3 and 7/9 will be the first and second
2. India should make its education system
fraction respectively, when all the fractions
more decentralised to promote skill
are arranged in descending order of their
building.
values.
3. If India invests 5% of its GDP on education
III. 6/13 is the smallest fraction.
and skilling youth then India can join the
group of top 5 most advanced countries. (a) Only I and II
4. Skill building of the youth in rural areas (b) Only I and III
will definitely curb rural-to-urban (c) Only III
migration. (d) Only II and III
Select the correct answer using the code below.
(a) 1 only 15. A wholesaler bought two kinds of dry fruits
(b) 1 and 2 only namely A and B. The price of A per kg was
(c) 2, 3 and 4 only thrice that of B per kg. He then sold 8 kg of B
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 at a profit of 10% and 16 kg of A at a profit of
20% to a shopkeeper. However, the shopkeeper
12. Pinki and Jyoti are assigned a task of
lost 5 kg of A and 3 kg of B in transit. He then
calculating roots of a quadratic equation. Pinki
mixed the remaining dry fruits and sold the
made a mistake in interpreting the value of
mixture at Rs. 166 per kg, thus making an
constant term and she calculated roots as (8, 6).
overall profit of 25%. At what price did the
Jyoti made a mistake in interpreting the
coefficient of X and she calculated roots as (6, wholesaler bought A?
4). What must be the correct roots of the (a) Rs.100 per kg
equation? (b) Rs. 150 per kg
(a) (-8, -6) (c) Rs. 96 per kg
(b) (10, 4) (d) Rs. 125 per kg
(c) (-10, -4)
(d) (2, 12) 16. Ankur has three children namely Puneet,
Abhishek and Sameer. He divides a sum of Rs.
13. Let a, b, c and d be natural numbers such that 250 among his three children in the ratio of 1/2:
a-1=b+2=c–3=d+4 3/4 : 5/6. What is the difference between the
Which one of the following is the largest
maximum share and the minimum share?
number?
(a) Rs. 25
(a) a
(b) Rs. 40
(b) b
(c) Rs. 45
(c) c
(d) d (d) Rs. 50

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17. An urn contains balls of red, white, green, 18. Which of the following statements best reflects
yellow, pink, orange and black colour. The total the critical message of the passage?
number of balls in that urn is 100. Some of the
(a) India needs to recruit more mental health
red balls are replaced with pink balls of equal
experts in rural areas to effectively address
weight, black balls are replaced with white
balls of equal weight, orange ball are replaced the challenge of mental health.

with yellow balls of equal weight and the total (b) Building social capital along with policy
number of balls in the urn still remains intervention is key to effectively address
hundred. What will happen to the average
the challenge of mental health.
weight of the balls is the urn?
(c) Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) should
(a) It Increases
(b) It decreases be forged to make mental health advice

(c) It remains the same more accessible.

(d) No conclusion can be drawn due to (d) The government should provide free health
insufficient data insurance to weaker sections to make the

policy approach to mental health more

Directions for the following 5 (Five) items:
inclusive.
Read the following five passages and answer the items
that follow each passage. Your answers to these items Passage – 2
should be based on the passages only. Solar Energy possesses tremendous potential in
Passage – 1 bridging India‘s energy demand-supply gap in the
Mental health situation in India demands active policy
future. There are various challenges for this industry,
interventions and resource allocation by the
including lowering cost of production, increasing R&D,
government. To reduce the stigma around mental
health, we need measures to train and sensitize the consumer awareness and financing infrastructure. It is

community/society. This can happen only when we important to overcome these challenges for fast growth
have a persistent nationwide effort to educate the and mass adoption of the technology. Some of the
society about mental diseases. We also need steps to
immediate actions to enable growth are efficient
connect the patients with each other by forming a peer
implementation of renewable energy certificates, usage
network, so that they could listen and support each
other. Moreover, people experiencing mental health of carbon trading as a source of revenue, immediate

problems should get the same access to safe and implementation of grid powered energy in regions of
effective care as those with physical health problems. Rajasthan and Gujarat, development of off-grid usage
Additionally, mental illness must mandatorily be put in various applications such as cellular towers and
under the ambit of life insurance. This will help people
encouraging localized mini grids in areas that lack
to see mental illness with the same lens as they use for
connectivity today.
physical diseases.

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19. Which one of the following is best implied in 20. What is the most logical and crucial message
the passage? conveyed by the passage?
(a) India does not have adequate demand for (a) The government needs to take effective
renewable energy certificates and carbon measures to limit human population growth
trading.
to curb human wildlife conflict.
(b) Active government intervention in
(b) The need of the hour is the effective
promoting solar energy is needed to make
implementation of CITES (Convention on
solar a viable energy option.
International Trade in Endangered Species
(c) The government should increase carbon tax
of Wild Flora and Fauna) guidelines to curb
in urban areas to generate more finances for
the promotion of solar energy. illegal wildlife trade.

(d) The proceedings from corporate tax should (c) Tourism in protected areas needs to be

be effectively utilised to finance solar promoted to promote protection of iconic

energy infrastructure, R&D and promote species.
consumer awareness (d) There is need to find alternative models of
Passage – 3 human-wildlife interaction as current
COVID-19 has ended any doubt about the huge
models are not a complete success.
potential impact that neglect of the health of wildlife
Passage – 4
and surrounding ecosystems can have on human well-
The "contractual employment system" that perpetuates
being. Our encroachment into forested areas for
unregulated contractual hiring fails the existing Acts
agriculture and settlement, and the hunting and capture
because unless there is a clear-cut reassessment of this
of, and illegal trade in, wildlife species and their parts,
are under the microscope once more. But the system, the number of cases of sewer deaths will keep

demographic and development pressures on wilderness increasing. Three to four people die at the same time

areas remain intense in large parts of the world. Those because they are pressured to enter the septic tank even
pressures have been mitigated to a limited degree after assessment of the risk involved in the process. The
through the creation and management of protected absolute disregard of the recommendations of the
areas. Wildlife tourism in parts of Africa and elsewhere sanitation workers‘ pressure groups, unions, self-help
has also created strong incentives to strengthen wildlife
groups, civil society organisations, academicians,
protection measures in the face of determined poachers
policy experts, and the lack of enforcement of the
and culturally ingrained demand in certain markets.
existing laws on the ground makes the implementation
Such efforts do not extend to all wildlife and habitats
of The Prohibition of Employment as Manual
but are limited largely to iconic species. Thus, other
Scavengers and their Rehabilitation (Amendment)
means are needed for better managing human-wildlife
2020, Act a non-possibility.
interactions to mutual benefit elsewhere.

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21. Which one of the following is best implied in 22. Which one of the following is the most logical
and rational inference that can be made from
the passage?
the above passage?
(a) The lack of sanitation workers‘ pressure (a) The central bank should increase the
groups is responsible for the deaths of interest rates to curb the rising inflation.
(b) The ―K-shape‖ implies the rising public
manual scavengers in India.
debt and declining growth rate of India.
(b) The Act does not have the provision for the (c) RBI needs to adopt a multipronged
approach to ensure a smooth economic
rehabilitation of temporary manual
recovery in India.
scavengers. (d) Lack of skills is the main reason that led to
(c) The death rate of sanitation workers is joblessness in the lower sections.

more in case of contractual hiring.

23. Out of the two rice bags if one can contain
(d) The lack of licensing and accountability of maximum 50 kg rice and the other one cannot
contain less than 30 kg and more than 80 kg
the unregulated contractors makes the
rice, then which of the following can be
manual scavengers vulnerable to death. concluded:
Passage – 5 I. The minimum quantity of rice in both the
bags together can never be less than 30 kg.
The Indian economy's recovery is likely to be 'K-
II. Both of the rice bags together can contain
shaped' instead of a 'V,' as rising inequality is poised to more than 130 kg.
hit consumption and growth prospects. While worries (a) Only l
(b) Only ll
about ballooning public debt would restrict fiscal (c) Both l and ll
support, concerns about inflation would keep the central (d) Neither l nor ll

bank from cutting interest rates. Rising inequalities

24. A statement is given followed by two
were "particularly painful" to a low-income country conclusions:
like India, where the upper segments of the population Statement
2x + 14 is divisible by x.
have seen their incomes protected and their wealth rise Conclusion – I
while the lower sections have lost jobs, incomes, Value of x can be 14.
Conclusion – II
savings, and purchasing power. From supporting
x can attain 4 values at maximum.
growth, to ensuring price stability, to financial stability, Which of the above conclusions logically
to yield curve management, and lastly protecting savers follow/follows from the two given statements?
(a) Only Conclusion – I
in India who are grappling with negative real rates on
(b) Only Conclusion – II
their deposits, the RBI needs a separate instrument for (c) Neither Conclusion – I nor Conclusion – II
(d) Both Conclusion – I and Conclusion – II
each objective.

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 Passage – 3 32. What is the most logical and crucial message
The PM-KUSUM scheme targets to set up 1.75 million conveyed by the passage?
off-grid and 1 million on-grid solar pumps as well as (a) Providing cheaper electricity to the farmers
10,000 MW of solar capacity in rural areas. As solar will help them in doubling their incomes.
power is cheaper than diesel, off-grid solar pumps will (b) Most of the aquifers in India cannot be
reduce the cost of irrigation significantly. This will recharged and have reached a critical state.
allow farmers to grow more crops, even the water- (c) The farmers should start cultivating less
intensive ones, at a lower cost of cultivation, thereby water-intensive crops to save water.
increasing income. Agriculture in India has become (d) To promote clean energy, the government
increasingly dependent on groundwater for irrigation.
must design green solutions more
While this has helped increase productivity and farmer
comprehensively.
income, it has also led to massive overexploitation of
Passage – 4
aquifers. The World Bank predicts that around 60% of
Microplastics, or small plastic particles from cosmetics,
the aquifers in India will be in a critical state by 2032 if
tyres, artificial grass, paints, and clothes, are emerging
we do not change the current practice of
as another threat to marine ecosystems. Ingested by
overexploitation of groundwater for irrigation. Large-
phytoplanktons, microplastics pass through the food
scale deployment of solar pumps without a
chain and find their way to our plates. Scientists have
comprehensive plan to monitor and control water usage
is not sustainable for the long-term future of farmers also raised concerns about the growing extent and
and food security of the country. duration of dead zones. One trigger for the dead zone is
31. With reference to the above passage, which of eutrophication, or excessive growth of plants and algae
the following could be the most rational and due to nutrient loads that may eventually result in
practical implications for India? oxygen depletion of the water body. Scientists have
1. With the KUSUM scheme, the states will presented evidence to establish that land-based
not have to bear the burden of electricity activities are responsible for almost 80 percent of the
subsidy for agriculture. entire pollution in the oceans. In their reports, the
2. The availability of cheaper solar power for scientists have identified five large marine ecosystems,
irrigation will disincentivize efficient use of including the Bay of Bengal, that are most at risk from
water and power. eutrophication.
3. The government should ban diesel-powered 33. Which one of the following is the most logical
pumps to promote clean energy. and rational inference that can be made from
4. The government should promote micro- the above passage?
irrigation along with solar pumps, (a) Dead zones are those regions where plants
especially in areas where groundwater is and algae are not found to provide oxygen
not abundant. that supports aquatic organisms.
5. This scheme will contribute significantly to
(b) Microplastics have proved to be toxic for
rural electrification.
human health.
Select the correct answer using the code given
(c) Anthropological factors are mainly
below.
responsible for the damaged aquatic
(a) 1, 2 and 5
ecosystem.
(b) 3, 4 and 5
(d) The international community has failed to
(c) 2 and 4 only
meet the targets under SDG-14.
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34. 24 men and 32 boys can do a piece of work in 38. A gold anklet bracelet has attached to it small
10 days and 26 men and 48 boys can do it in 8 balls made of silver of equal weight. When the
days. What is the ratio of daily work done by a bracelet has ten such silver balls, it weighs 500
man with that by a boy? grams and when the number of silver balls is
(a) 3 : 1 halved, its weight reduces to 200 grams. What
(b) 2 : 1 is the weight of one such silver ball?
(c) 5 : 6 (a) 60 grams
(d) 3 : 4 (b) 100 grams
(c) 62 grams
p
35. If the product of p positive integers is p , then (d) 50 grams
their sum is
(a) a negative integer 39. What will be the sum of all interior angles and
(b) equal to p
all exterior angles in a regular hexagon?
(c) p + 1/p
(a) 4800
(d) never less than p2
(b) 14400
(c) 10800
36. A hollow pipe which has a diameter of 0.75
(d) 12600
inches is cut into 3 equal parts. The resulting
portions are then cut into 12, 18 and 32 equal
40. Some boys are sitting on chairs in a line. In the
parts, respectively. If each of the resulting
line Naveen‘s position is 26th from the front and
portions have integer length, then the minimum
Raju‘s position is 38th from the back. Chandan
length of the original pipe must be
is behind both Naveen and Raju - at 11th
(a) 6912 units
position from Naveen and at 3rd position from
(b) 864 units
Raju. What must be the total number of chairs
(c) 288 units
in the line?
(d) 240 units
(a) 71
(b) 72
37. A man rows ‗k‘ km upstream and back again
(c) 64
downstream to the same point in H hours. The
(d) Cannot be determined as data is insufficient
speed of rowing in still water is s km/hr and the
rate of stream is r km/hr. Then
(a) (s2 - r2) = 2sk/H Directions for the following 5 (Five) items:

(b) (r + s) = kH/(r - s) Read the following five passages and answer the items

(c) rs = kH that follow each passage. Your answers to these items

(d) Cannot be determined as data is insufficient should be based on the passages only.

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 Passage – 1 Passage – 2

Economic losses due to extreme weather events have Higher education in India is in need of reform. In fact,
higher education across the globe is failing to keep up
reached record high while nations spar over liability. It
with the changing demands of an unpredictable world.
is well-known that economic as well as environmental
In India, the better institutions of higher education tend
impacts of climate change will not be felt evenly as to prepare graduates for their first job or vocation.
those who pollute the most might not suffer the most. There is a need for a new vision for education that

This raises the question of liability and compensation. would represent the coming together of technology,
humanities, and ethics. Interwoven learning has to be
Developed nations tend to accrue large economic losses
implemented at an institutional level. The Government
in the face of a natural disaster as they have more assets
of India's initiative to select Institutes of Eminence
and infrastructure. Many understand loss and damage as (IoE) is a step in the right direction. And these IoEs
going beyond adaptation: addressing those impacts of need to think beyond the current mandate of breaking
into the top 500 global rankings. The intent must be to
climate change that cannot be avoided. But the reality
provide a flexible regulatory environment so that, with
of loss and damage includes crucial issues such as
or without the tag of "eminence", institutes are
displacement of populations, loss of cultural identity, encouraged to experiment.
and indigenous knowledge. This will definitely need to 42. With reference to the above passage, the

be addressed. following assumptions have been made:

1. At present, no Indian institute gets featured
41. Which one of the following statements best
in the top 500 global rankings.
reflects the critical message of the passage?
2. Most of the institutions of higher education
(a) The developed nations are responsible for in India do not focus much on innovation
the increased number of extreme weather and research.

events. 3. The current higher education framework in

India is not imparting ethics to the students.
(b) Countries should also consider non-
4. The institutes in India lack financial
economic losses while addressing the
resources for experiments and research
impacts of climate change. programs.
(c) The UNFCCC adaptation fund should also 5. Learning becomes more important at the
tertiary level of education.
finance the economic losses of the
Which of the above assumptions are valid?
developed nations.
(a) 1, 3 and 5
(d) The number of casualties due to disasters is (b) 2 only
more in developed nations than in (c) 4 only

developing nations. (d) 2 and 4 only

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 Passage – 3 Passage – 4

The innovation of plant-based mock eggs by IIT Delhi Primary production is defined as the amount of biomass

has secured first prize at Innovate4SDG contest by or organic matter produced per unit area over a time

'UNDP (United Nation Development Program) period by plants during photosynthesis. The rate of

Accelerator Lab India'. The mock egg has been biomass production is called productivity. Primary

developed from very simple farm-based crop proteins, productivity depends on the plant species inhabiting a

which not only looks and tastes like egg but also very particular area. It also depends on a variety of

close in nutritional profile to a poultry egg. The environmental factors, availability of nutrients, and
development of the mock egg meets the protein needs photosynthetic capacity of plants. The annual net

of the diet-specific, health conscious, vegan, and primary productivity of the whole biosphere is
vegetarian people, claims IIT-Delhi. approximately 170 billion tons (dry weight) of organic
43. Which of the following are the most rational matter. Of this, despite occupying about 70 percent of
inferences that can be made from the passage? the surface, the productivity of the oceans is only 55
1. This innovation will help India in billion tons. Net primary productivity is the available
accelerating progress towards the SDG-2: biomass for the consumption of heterotrophs.
Zero Hunger and SDG-3: Good health and Secondary productivity is defined as the rate of
well-being. formation of new organic matter by consumers.
2. Since the development of mock eggs is 44. Which one of the following is the most logical
done from Genetically Modified (GM) and rational inference that can be made from
crops, their safety concerns remain an the above passage?
important challenge. (a) The primary productivity of temperate
3. The development of mock eggs will help in forests is greater than that of tropical
reducing the carbon footprint of poultry rainforests.
industries. (b) Secondary productivity is greater than
Select the correct answer using the code given primary productivity.
below. (c) The oceans have low productivity because
(a) 1 and 2 only not enough plants are present in the
(b) 1 and 3 only euphotic zone.
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) It is not possible to increase or decrease the
(d) 1, 2 and 3 primary productivity of an ecosystem.

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 Passage – 5 47. Amit, Joseph, Anand, Saurabh and Richa are
The problem is not that companies are benefiting from five friends and the mean of their ages is 25
individuals‘ data; the problem is that individuals and
years. If it is known that each of them was born
small firms do not benefit. The mission of the Data
at a difference of 3 years (i.e. their ages are in
Empowerment and Protection Architecture (DEPA) is
therefore to provide individuals and small businesses an arithmetic progression with a common

with the practical means to access, control, and difference of 3), then what is the age of the
selectively share personal data that they have stored youngest of the five?
across multiple institutional datasets – to maximise the
(a) 24 years
benefits of data sharing for individual empowerment
(b) 19 years
whilst minimising privacy risks and data misuse. By
giving people the power to decide how their data can be (c) 21 years

used, DEPA enables an individual to control the flow of (d) 26 years

and benefit from the value of her personal data, relying
on not only institutional data protection measures but
48. Abhishek bought a 1000 square feet of land at a
also restoring individual agency over data use.
price of certain rupees per square feet. After 10
45. What is the most logical and crucial message
conveyed by the passage? years, he sold that piece of land at a rate of Rs.

(a) Data on individuals and MSMEs can 720 per square feet and he got a profit of 20%.
improve the ease of doing business in the What was the actual amount that he spent to
country. purchase the 1000 square feet of land?
(b) Data empowerment and protection
(a) Rs. 5,50,000
architecture (DEPA) promotes user control
(b) Rs. 7,50,000
on data sharing for empowerment.
(c) Individuals and small businesses ―lack (c) Rs. 6,50,000
control‖ over their own data. (d) Rs. 6,00,000
(d) Data currently exists in silos, gathering
such data is a ―cumbersome‖ process.
49. pqrs is a four-digit number in a such a way that
sum of p and q is equal to the sum of r and s.
46. Let x and y be the volumes and m and n be the
masses of two metallic balls P and Q Sum of p and s is equal to r. Sum of q and s
respectively. Radius of P is twice that of Q. digits is twice the sum of other two digits. What
Mass of Q is half that of P. Let a = m/x and b = is value of r?
n/y. Which one of the following is correct?
(a) 5
(a) a = 8b
(b) 8
(b) b = 4a
(c) b = a/4 (c) 1
(d) b = a/2 (d) 4

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50. An Integer n is used to perform division on two 52. What is the most logical and rational
different integers 68082 and 65012. After corollary of the above passage?
division it is observed that the remainder is (a) Superconductivity at room temperature is
same in both the cases. What must be the value an important discovery which will be
of n?
beneficial for the space industry.
(a) 289
(b) This breakthrough discovery in physics will
(b) 367
be difficult to commercialise in the near
(c) 453
future.
(d) 307
(c) Scientists across the world were involved

51. How many odd integers are there between 300 in this research for the last decade.

and 400 which have 2 as a digit at its tens (d) This discovery would expand the scope and

place? applications of superconductivity in daily

(a) 3 life.
(b) 11 Passage – 2
(c) 4 The majority of reef loss or damage is not deliberate.
(d) 5
Coral reefs are being degraded by an accumulation of
stresses arising from human activities. In simple terms,
Directions for the following 5 (Five) items:
stresses can be grouped by the actions of people
Read the following five passages and answer the items
extracting material from, and placing materials upon,
that follow each passage. Your answers to these items
coral reefs. Overfishing, pollution and coastal
should be based on the passages only.
development top the list of chronic stressors. In many
Passage – 1
Scientists had observed superconductivity at room situations chronic stresses are overwhelming the

temperature, in a new composite material made of gold resilience, (or the capacity for self-repair), of reef
and silver. The claim created huge excitement. communities. Some coral reefs are covered with sand,
Superconductivity is a phenomenon that, so far, has rock and concrete to make cheap land and stimulate
been possible only at extremely low temperatures, in economic development. Others are dredged or blasted
the range of 100°C below zero. The search for a for their limestone or to improve navigational access
material that exhibits superconductivity at room
and safety. In addition to this, long-term changes in the
temperature, or at least manageable low temperatures,
oceans and atmosphere (rising sea temperatures and
has been going on for decades, without success. If the
levels of CO2), and acute stresses from highly variable
claimed discovery were confirmed, it could be one of
seasons, severe storms, earthquakes and volcanic
the biggest breakthroughs in physics in this century so
eruptions also affect coral reefs.
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53. Which one of the following is best implied in Passage – 4
the passage? Economic growth is mainly driven by natural resources,
(a) Anthropological reasons are solely labour, capital formation (investment), technological
responsible for the reef loss or damage. development and exports. While Indian agriculture has
(b) Coral reefs are the keystone species in the surplus labour, it is short of capital and savings, which
marine ecosystem. in tandem with the erratic weather that constricts its
(c) Direct human interventions as well as growth. In the last few years, some states and the center
indirect, like climate change, play a major have provided direct income support to farmers. There
role in coral reef degradation. is a view that it has come at the cost of investment in
(d) Coral reefs which are covered with sand, the sector. While such support is essential for farmers to
rock and concrete make cheap land and meet their input requirements in the short run,
stimulate economic development. investment in the sector is needed to spur growth in the
Passage – 3 long run.
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on 55. Which one of the following statements best
Climate Change‘s (IPCC) Special Report on Global implies the crux of the passage?
Warming presents four scenarios for limiting global (a) Direct income programmes can solve the
temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius: All require CO2 problem of investment in agriculture.
removal and three involve major use of Carbon Capture (b) Investment in the long run along with
and Storage (CCS). The cement, iron and steel and income support in the short term holds the
chemical sectors emit carbon due to the nature of their key for agriculture reforms in the country.
industrial processes and high-temperature requirements. (c) Much of the investment should be targeted
They are among the hardest to decarbonise. CCS can in the post-harvest part of the supply chain
facilitate a just transition by allowing industries to make in the country.
sustained contributions to local economies while (d) Along with investment in agriculture,
moving toward net-zero. Enabling the production of investment in the non-farm sector can also
low-carbon hydrogen at scale coal or natural gas with reduce disguised unemployment in the
CCS is the cheapest way to produce low-carbon country.
hydrogen. Passage – 5
54. Which one of the following is the most logical The Neo Banks are virtual banks that are operated
and rational inference that can be made from online. A bank that's completely digital instead of being
the above passage? physical. Neo banking provides a complete experience
(a) CCS is the only way for limiting global of digital banking through mobile applications. Neo
temperature rise to 1.5 degree Celsius. banks offer solutions in ways that conventional banks
(b) Financial bottleneck is the major reason do not, with the key objective of providing a smooth
behind non-viability of CCS in the carbon customer experience. They are cheaper, quicker, and
intensive sectors. can leverage a single network with the entire financial
(c) CCS plays a facilitative role in transition of portfolio. It‘s no secret that conventional banks are at
industries by balancing both sustained the frontline of increasing rivalry from many digital
economics and moving towards zero world areas. Neo banks are expanding exponentially,
intensity processes. leveraging state-of-the-art technologies to win over
(d) Many private industries like cement and consumers who expect financial services that are easier,
fertilisers are directly involved in making quicker, and more efficient. Neo-banks have been the
CCS a viable technique. next big thing in fintech in recent years.

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56. Which one of the following statements best 59. As a result of price hike by 15% of a basic
reflects the critical message of the passage? commodity, an individual is able to purchase 10
(a) Cheaper, quicker Neo banks will kg less for Rs. 1000. What was the actual price
revolutionise fintech in future. per kg of that basic commodity?
(b) Neo banks will completely replace (a) Rs. 18 per kg
traditional banking in near future. (b) Rs. 13 per kg
(c) Neo banks can solve the crisis of NPAs in (c) Rs. 19 per kg
the country by providing a smooth (d) Rs. 11 per kg
customer experience.
(d) Neo banks will increase the last mile 60. A vessel A contains two chemicals p and q
connectivity by using the digital platform. mixed in the ratio 2:3. Another vessel B
contains these two chemicals in the ratio of 4:7.
57. A telecom company is launching new kind of Both A and B are filled to the brim and then
mobile numbers for a particular section of emptied into a third vessel C. What is the ratio
people. The company plans that the mobile of chemicals p and q in vessel C?
numbers that they will be offering under this (a) 11:17
plan would contain only 5 digits from 0 – 9 and (b) 17:11
will start with 67. If the repetition of digits is (c) 9:13
not allowed in any issued number, then what is (d) Cannot be determined as data is insufficient
the total number of distinct mobile numbers
that the company may issue? 61. English alphabets A to Z are numbered with
(a) 326
first 26 consecutive prime numbers. If PQR =
(b) 346
519 and UVW = 705, then what is JKL equal to
(c) 336
(a) 915
(d) 350
(b) 129
(c) 291
58. A club level soccer goalkeeper in his first 246
(d) 97
matches has average goals saved score of 4.
After 266th match his average goals saved score
62. What is the missing term @ in the following?
increases by 3. What was his average goals
FK27 : LQ64: RW125 : @
saved score in his last 20 matches?
(a) CX216
(a) 43.9
(b) XB216
(b) 46
(c) YB343
(c) 46.5
(d) XC216
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63. What is the total number of integral solutions 65. What is the most logical inference from the

possible for the following equation? above passage?

(a) FDI in agriculture is not significant enough
N = (18n2 + 9n + 8)/n, where n is an integer.
for poverty reduction in the country.
(a) 8 (b) FDI in labour intensive manufacturing will
(b) 6 drastically reduce poverty in near future.
(c) Targeted FDI allocation is critical for the
(c) 7
overall poverty reduction in the country.
(d) 5 (d) The Industrial sector has always dominated
in poverty reduction as compared to the
agriculture sector.
64. Which is the largest among the following?

(a) (1/4)-4 × 4-2 Passage – 2

ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) investing
(b) (1/6)7× (6)7
is used synonymously with sustainable investing or
(c) (1/2)-6 × 24
socially responsible investing. While selecting a stock
-7 -6
(d) (1/3) × (3) for investment, the ESG fund shortlists companies that
score high on environment, social responsibility and
corporate governance, and then looks into financial
Directions for the following 7 (Seven) items:
factors. So, the schemes focus on companies with
Read the following seven passages and answer the environment-friendly practices, ethical business
items that follow each passage. Your answers to these practices and an employee-friendly record.
66. With reference to the above passage, the
items should be based on the passages only.
following assumptions have been made:
Passage – 1 1. Everyone should start investing in an ESG
The empirical analysis shows that, thus far, FDI has not fund immediately in order to get
maximised returns from their portfolio.
contributed significantly to poverty reduction, but it did
2. In ESG investing too, the major criteria is
influence structural changes in the economy,
the financial performance of the company.
particularly with respect to industry, which is an However, the environment, social and
important driver of poverty reduction. The analysis corporate governance will also play an
important role in it.
clearly shows that states with dominant industrial
3. ESG practices focus much on
sectors have been able to reduce poverty faster than environmentally and socially responsible
states dominated by agriculture. It is argued that the behaviour of the company.
Which of the given above assumption(s) is/are
targeting of FDI in India has been misplaced. Had it
correct?
been in more labour-intensive manufacturing, it would (a) 1 and 2 only
have more effectively contributed to the reduction of (b) 2 and 3 only

poverty. (c) 1 and 3 only

(d) 3 only

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 Passage – 3 68. Which one of the following statements best
Privacy is not a single, homogenous right but rather as a reflects the critical message of the passage?
bunch of rights spread over the Constitution. The right (a) IPR regime in India is of regressive nature.
to privacy is a subspecies of the fundamental right to It does not promote innovation and overall
personal liberty and consists of diverse aspects. Not prosperity in the country.
every aspect of privacy is a fundamental right. Some (b) The IPR regime in the world promotes
citizens cannot agitate against Aadhaar, saying it is a overall prosperity in every country.
violation of their right to privacy. An elite few cannot (c) Whether a stable IPR regime can promote
claim that their bodily integrity would be violated by a overall economic growth and human
scheme which serves to bring home basic human rights development is still a debatable topic in the
and social justice to millions of poor households across country.
the country. The right to privacy is a subspecies of the (d) In India the IPR regime is at its initial
fundamental right to personal liberty and consists of stage. It needs more evidence-based policy
diverse aspects. framework to be worked upon.
67. What is the most logical and critical inference Passage – 5
that can be made from the above passage? Dementia care is daunting, but may not be as
(a) Right to privacy is a subspecies of the challenging as you would expect. Whether you care for
fundamental rights. a parent or senior loved one with Alzheimer‘s disease
(b) The nature of the right to privacy is or another type of dementia, or are a senior care
dynamic and touches every aspect of professional approaching your role with some
human life. knowledge — the right attitude is crucial to success.
(c) Right to privacy is in its nascent stage. It is Educating yourself about dementia and maintaining a
very difficult to define its boundaries. positive but realistic attitude allows you to maintain an
(d) Right to privacy affects all strata of the element of control as a caregiver. It can take the sting
society, be it middle class or elite class out of surprising challenges you encounter and also
equally. improve the care that you provide.
Passage – 4 69. Which of the following options best highlights
IPRs are critical to incentivizing innovation, which, in the crux of the passage?
turn, is key to sustaining economic growth and (a) Proper knowledge about the disease is the
increasing living standards. Scholars around the world first step to manage it.
have found this statement to hold true based on rigorous (b) Management of persons with dementia
empirical testing across a cross-section of countries and requires more than medical care and
time periods. In India, there is still a dearth of evidence- education.
based research that can inform our laws, practice and (c) Successful management of conditions like
policy-making pertaining to IPRs. Officials, dementia and Alzheimer‘s should focus on
academicians, industry experts and other commentators both the patient as well as emotional
continue to debate whether and how strict enforcement capacity building of the care-giver.
of IPRs, and putting in place a more stable and certain (d) Empathy and compassion should be the
IPR regime, can induce economic growth, human cornerstone of every doctor treating a
development and overall prosperity of societies. person with memory loss.

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 Passage – 5 71. On the basis of the above passage, the
The real issue with online political ads is the ability to following assumptions have been made:
deliver (mis)information to targeted groups allowing 1. The high Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in
the political entity to escape public scrutiny. If politics India is due to the poor health
is ultimately about the collective and commons, then an infrastructure.
argument against micro-targeting could be made. 2. The work culture in India is less supportive
However, governance by definition encompasses of working mothers.
multiple issues and it is difficult to argue that voters 3. Providing maternity benefits to women will
with different concerns be fed the same message. improve the health indicators of infants.
Perhaps a viable way forward could be transparency on Which of the above assumptions are valid?
all political ads along with associated targeting. This (a) 1 and 2 only
would expose hypocrisy and allow the Opposition to (b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 2 only
counter politically, as expected in a democracy.
(d) 1 and 3 only
70. What is the most logical and crucial message
conveyed by the passage?
72. Consider the following equation:
(a) Political parties are mainly responsible for
© + 2© + 4©© + ©© + ©6 = ©30
spreading fake news among people.
For which digit does the symbol © stand for?
(b) In the Indian political system, political
(a) 6
parties are immune from public scrutiny.
(b) 3
(c) There has been an increasing trend in social
(c) 2
media use for political campaigns.
(d) 1
(d) Political ads need to accessible to all and
sundry to ensure their scrutiny.
73. Consider the following arrangement that has
Passage – 7 some missing letters:
Data indicate that in India, in a given year, about 40 xy _ z _ xxyx _ px _ yxzpx _ yxzpx
infants out of 1,000 live births die before reaching one The missing letters which will complete the
year of age, well above the global average of 32 deaths arrangement are
per 1000. One of the challenges in achieving the (a) zyxpy
wellbeing and healthy development of mother and child (b) yxzpx
lies in access to adequate nutrition and quality health (c) xpzxx
care. The World Health Organization recommends (d) yxyzx
exclusive breastfeeding for the first 24 weeks, in order
to improve infant survival rates and encourage the 74. One page is torn from a booklet whose pages
healthy development of both mother and child. are numbered in the normal way starting from
However, it can be argued that the ability of women to the first page as 1. Sum of the remaining page
nurse and take care of an infant is determined by the numbers is 450. The two page numbers on the
extent to which they have income security for the torn page must be:
period of maternity. There is evidence that the absence (a) 11, 12
of paid maternity leaves either leads to women (b) 9, 10
dropping out of the workforce or poor nutrition and (c) 7, 8
health indicators of infants. (d) 3, 2

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75. A simple mathematical operation on certain 78. Consider the following data about students of
two different houses of a school:
prime numbers provide us the following
Average Average
number sequence: 122, 134, 142, 146, 158, Height Weight
166, 178. What will be the next number in the House A 5.6 62
given sequence? House B 5.4 60
Overall X 61.5
(a) 184
What is the value of X in the above table?
(b) 194 (a) 5.55
(c) 189 (b) 5.85
(c) 6.20
(d) 196
(d) 5.17

76. Let P6KG and V6X be four digit and three digit 79. If in a particular year 7th January is a Sunday,
then which one of the following is correct?
numbers respectively, where each letter (a) 9th June is a Sunday, if the year is a leap
represents a different digit greater than 4. If the year.
(b) 9th June is a Sunday, if the year is a non-
difference between the numbers is 7711, then
leap year.
what is the value of the summation of G and X? (c) 12th June is a Sunday, if the year is a leap
year.
(a) 11
(d) 12th June is a Sunday, if the year is a non-
(b) 16 leap year.
(c) 15
80. Two statements S1 and S2 are given below
(d) 14 followed by a question.
S1: India imports about 1.5 crore tons of crude
oil every year.
77. There are 6 members A, B, C, D, E and F in a
S2: When foreign countries were recently
family who are spread across 3 generations. invited to participate in exploration and
There are two couples in the family and no one production activity in India, nearly 67
companies took up the offer.
from the third generation is married. E is the Question:
wife of C. F and B are a couple and the only Many Indian experts think that India has a very
meager oil reserve. Is that correct?
people belonging to their generation. There are
(a) S1 alone is sufficient to answer the
4 male members in the family. Which of the Question
(b) S2 alone is sufficient to answer the
following must be true?
Question
(a) D is the grandson of A. (c) S1 and S2 together are sufficient to answer
(b) A and E belong to the same generation. the question, but neither S1 alone nor S2
alone is sufficient to answer the Question.
(c) There is no female in the third generation. (d) S1 and S2 together are not sufficient to
(d) E is the father of F. answer the Question

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