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1. A tank is filled in 5 hours by three pipes A, B and C. The pipe C is twice as fast as B and B is twice as fast as A. How much time will pipe A alone take to fill the tank?

2. Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions: Eight friends L, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S are sitting around a square table in such a way that four of them sit at four corners of the square while four sit in the middle of each of the four sides. The ones who sit at the four 4 corners face outside while those who sit in the middle of the sides face the centre. • Only one person sits between L and Q. L sits at middle of one of the series. • O sits third to the right of Q. • Both R and S are immediate neighbours of L. • M sits second to left of N. • N is neither an immediate neighbour of Q nor S.Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

3. Choose that odd one which is different from the rest three---9

4. Instructions: In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.President Barack Obama’s recent statement of his Afghanistan policy has again (1
) the intractable situation the United States has (2) since it led the invasion of the country in 2001
. In his State of the Union address to the Congress on January 28, Mr. Obama said the mission there would be (3) by the end of the year, and that thereafter the U.S. and its allies would (4) a “unified Afghanistan”, as it took responsibility for itself. With the agreement of the Afghan government, a “small force” could (5) to train and (6) Afghan forces and carry out counterterrorism operations against any AI – Qaeda (7).Washington has (8) 60,000 of its troops from Afghanistan since Mr. Obama took office in 2009, but 36,500 remain, with 1
9,000 from other countries in the NATO – ISAF coalition. Western plans are for a residual force of 8,000 to 1
2,000, two – thirds of them American, but sections of the U.S. military have (9) a U.S. strength of 1
0,000 with 5,000 from the rest of the coalition. Mr. Obama is discussing the (1
0) with senior officers.1

5. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence from a group. Which one is that ‘’does not’’ belongs to the group?2

6. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence from a group. Which one is that ‘’does not’’ belongs to the group?3

7. In each of the following questions choose the correctly spelt word.4

8. In each of the following questions choose the correctly spelt word.5

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11. Choose that odd one which is different from the rest three---8

12. Choose that odd one which is different from the rest three---10

13. Read the passage given below and answer the following questionsFirms are said to be in perfect competition when the following conditions occur: (1) many firms produce identical products; (2) many buyers are available to buy the product, and many sellers are available to sell the product; (3) sellers and buyers have all relevant information to make rational decisions about the product being bought and sold; and (4) firms can enter and leave the market without any restrictions—in other words, there is free entry and exit into and out of the market.A perfectly competitive firm is known as a price taker, because the pressure of competing firms forces them to accept the prevailing equilibrium price in the market. If a firm in a perfectly competitive market raises the price of its product by so much as a penny, it will lose all of its sales to competitors. When a wheat grower, wants to know what the going price of wheat is, he or she has to go to the computer or listen to the radio to check. The market price is determined solely by supply and demand in the entire market and not the individual farmer. Also, a perfectly competitive firm must be a very small player in the overall market, so that it can increase or decrease output without noticeably affecting the overall quantity supplied and price in the market.A perfectly competitive market is a hypothetical extreme; however, producers in a number of industries do face many competitor firms selling highly similar goods, in which case they must often act as price takers. Agricultural markets are often used as an example. The same crops grown by different farmers are largely interchangeable. According to the United States Department of Agriculture monthly reports, in 2015, U.S. corn farmers received an average price of $6.00 per bushel and wheat farmers received an average price of $6.00 per bushel. A corn farmer who attempted to sell at $7.00 per bushel, or a wheat grower who attempted to sell for $8.00 per bushel, would not have found any buyers. A perfectly competitive firm will not sell below the equilibrium price either. Why should they when they can sell all they want at the higher price?Source: Principles of Economics, Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11613/latest.According to the passage, why is a perfectly competitive firm a price taker?

14. According to the author, who determines the price of wheat?

15. The rules of perfect competition would definitely not apply to which of the following firms? I) A wheat farmer II) A firm that produces standardized nuts and bolts III) A utilities company that has monopoly over electricity supply to an area IV) A firm that has an exclusive patent over its products

16. Why is agriculture a good example of perfect competition?

17. Why, according to the author, must a perfectly competitive firm be a small player in the overall market?

18. Which of the following can be inferred from the information given in the passage? I) A perfectly competitive market does not exist in real life II) A firm in a perfectly competitive market cannot sell its products below market price due to regulations III) Agriculture is the only sector in which there is perfect competition

19. From the passage, it can be inferred that the author is a

20. What is the purpose of the passage?

21. Choose the word that is synonymous with the word “Prevailing” as used in the passage.

22. Choose the word that is synonymous with the word “Hypothetical” as used in the passage.

23. Direction: Which of the phrases a), b), c) and d) given below each statement should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct ?If the sentence is correct as it is given and 'No correction is required', mark e) as the answer.Soon after the Tsunami had killed thousands of people along the coasts of southern India, parliament passes a bill that proposed to set up an institutional mechanism to respond promptly to natural disasters.

24. Denial of wages forced scientists and teachers at the agriculture universities throughout the country to go on strike, crippling crucial research that could help the state of agriculture in the country.

25. In an attempt to boost their profits many edible oil producing companies have been engaging themselves in propaganda against commonly used oils and promoting exotic and expensive varieties of oils as healthier options.

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