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A certain number of boxes are placed one above another of different colours. Black box is not placed below R. Not more than two boxes are placed in between Magenta and Black box. Two boxes are placed between blue box and box L. Green box is placed immediately above box D which is of blue colour. Two boxes are placed between D and R. Only one box is placed in between green box and box H. Only one box is placed in between box R and black box. Box L is not placed immediately above H. Only one box is placed in between Magenta and violet box. No box is placed below violet box. Box R is not of Magenta color and also not placed below Magenta box.

How many boxes are there?

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A certain number of boxes are placed one above another of different colours. Black box is not placed below R. Not more than two boxes are placed in between Magenta and Black box. Two boxes are placed between blue box and box L. Green box is placed immediately above box D which is of blue colour. Two boxes are placed between D and R. Only one box is placed in between green box and box H. Only one box is placed in between box R and black box. Box L is not placed immediately above H. Only one box is placed in between Magenta and violet box. No box is placed below violet box. Box R is not of Magenta color and also not placed below Magenta box.

Which box is placed immediately above the one which is of Magenta color?

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A certain number of boxes are placed one above another of different colours. Black box is not placed below R. Not more than two boxes are placed in between Magenta and Black box. Two boxes are placed between blue box and box L. Green box is placed immediately above box D which is of blue colour. Two boxes are placed between D and R. Only one box is placed in between green box and box H. Only one box is placed in between box R and black box. Box L is not placed immediately above H. Only one box is placed in between Magenta and violet box. No box is placed below violet box. Box R is not of Magenta color and also not placed below Magenta box.

The box which is of Magenta color is on which place?      

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A certain number of boxes are placed one above another of different colours. Black box is not placed below R. Not more than two boxes are placed in between Magenta and Black box. Two boxes are placed between blue box and box L. Green box is placed immediately above box D which is of blue colour. Two boxes are placed between D and R. Only one box is placed in between green box and box H. Only one box is placed in between box R and black box. Box L is not placed immediately above H. Only one box is placed in between Magenta and violet box. No box is placed below violet box. Box R is not of Magenta color and also not placed below Magenta box.

Which box is placed at fourth from the top end?

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A certain number of boxes are placed one above another of different colours. Black box is not placed below R. Not more than two boxes are placed in between Magenta and Black box. Two boxes are placed between blue box and box L. Green box is placed immediately above box D which is of blue colour. Two boxes are placed between D and R. Only one box is placed in between green box and box H. Only one box is placed in between box R and black box. Box L is not placed immediately above H. Only one box is placed in between Magenta and violet box. No box is placed below violet box. Box R is not of Magenta color and also not placed below Magenta box.

Which box is placed two places above R?

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There are ten family members Raman, Mahi, Vikrant, Raghav, Ansh, Rudra, Vineet, Varun, Atif, Shiv   . They like different exams i.e. IBPS PO, SBI PO, PCS, KVS, SSC CGL, CDS, NDA, RRB PO, RBI Grade B and LIC AAO but not necessarily in the same the same order. They are sitting in two parallel rows containing five members each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row 1 – Raman, Mahi, Vikrant, Raghav, Ansh are seated (not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing south. In row 2- Rudra, Vineet, Varun, Atif, Shiv are seated (not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing north. Members of row 1 are sitting ahead (towards north) of the members of row 2. Therefore in the given seating arrangement each member seated in row 2 faces the back of the other member of row 1. All of them have relation with each other.  

Only one member sits between Vikrant’s sister and Raman’s brother. Only two members sit between Vikrant’s father and Atif’s father. Neither Mahi nor Atif’s grandfather sits just opposite to Atif. Vineet likes KVS and Mahi likes neither IBPS PO nor LIC AAO. Atif’s husband, who likes CDS, sits third to the right of Atif’s uncle. Rudra sits second to the left of Atif’s husband. Raman has two sons and one daughter. The member who sits just opposite to Atif’s brother, who likes PCS, sits immediate left of Raman’s daughter. Ansh is the grandmother of Rudra and Atif. Raghav is the brother – in – law of Ansh. Vikrant is the father of Rudra and brother of Mahi. Rudra’s grandfather, who likes IBPS PO, is not an immediate neighbour of Mahi. Shiv is the husband of Atif and brother of the one, who likes SSC CGL. Atif likes NDA and Ansh likes RBI Grade B. Vikrant likes neither RRB PO nor SBI PO. Varun likes SSC CGL. Raghav does not like SBI PO.  

Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and hence form a group. Who among them does not belong to that group?

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There are ten family members Raman, Mahi, Vikrant, Raghav, Ansh, Rudra, Vineet, Varun, Atif, Shiv. They like different exams i.e. IBPS PO, SBI PO, PCS, KVS, SSC CGL, CDS, NDA, RRB PO, RBI Grade B and LIC AAO but not necessarily in the same the same order. They are sitting in two parallel rows containing five members each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row 1 – Raman, Mahi, Vikrant, Raghav, Ansh are seated (not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing south. In row 2- Rudra, Vineet, Varun, Atif, Shiv are seated (not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing north. Members of row 1 are sitting ahead (towards north) of the members of row 2. Therefore in the given seating arrangement each member seated in row 2 faces the back of the other member of row 1. All of them have relation with each other.  

Only one member sits between Vikrant’s sister and Raman’s brother. Only two members sit between Vikrant’s father and Atif’s father. Neither Mahi nor Atif’s grandfather sits just opposite to Atif. Vineet likes KVS and Mahi likes neither IBPS PO nor LIC AAO. Atif’s husband, who likes CDS, sits third to the right of Atif’s uncle. Rudra sits second to the left of Atif’s husband. Raman has two sons and one daughter. The member who sits just opposite to Atif’s brother, who likes PCS, sits immediate left of Raman’s daughter. Ansh is the grandmother of Rudra and Atif. Raghav is the brother – in – law of Ansh. Vikrant is the father of Rudra and brother of Mahi. Rudra’s grandfather, who likes IBPS PO, is not an immediate neighbour of Mahi. Shiv is the husband of Atif and brother of the one, who likes SSC CGL. Atif likes NDA and Ansh likes RBI Grade B. Vikrant likes neither RRB PO nor SBI PO. Varun likes SSC CGL. Raghav does not like SBI PO.  

What is the position of Shiv with respect to Shiv’s wife?  

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There are ten family members Raman, Mahi, Vikrant, Raghav, Ansh, Rudra, Vineet, Varun, Atif, Shiv. They like different exams i.e. IBPS PO, SBI PO, PCS, KVS, SSC CGL, CDS, NDA, RRB PO, RBI Grade B and LIC AAO but not necessarily in the same the same order. They are sitting in two parallel rows containing five members each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row 1 – Raman, Mahi, Vikrant, Raghav, Ansh are seated (not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing south. In row 2- Rudra, Vineet, Varun, Atif, Shiv are seated (not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing north. Members of row 1 are sitting ahead (towards north) of the members of row 2. Therefore in the given seating arrangement each member seated in row 2 faces the back of the other member of row 1. All of them have relation with each other.  

Only one member sits between Vikrant’s sister and Raman’s brother. Only two members sit between Vikrant’s father and Atif’s father. Neither Mahi nor Atif’s grandfather sits just opposite to Atif. Vineet likes KVS and Mahi likes neither IBPS PO nor LIC AAO. Atif’s husband, who likes CDS, sits third to the right of Atif’s uncle. Rudra sits second to the left of Atif’s husband. Raman has two sons and one daughter. The member who sits just opposite to Atif’s brother, who likes PCS, sits immediate left of Raman’s daughter. Ansh is the grandmother of Rudra and Atif. Raghav is the brother – in – law of Ansh. Vikrant is the father of Rudra and brother of Mahi. Rudra’s grandfather, who likes IBPS PO, is not an immediate neighbour of Mahi. Shiv is the husband of Atif and brother of the one, who likes SSC CGL. Atif likes NDA and Ansh likes RBI Grade B. Vikrant likes neither RRB PO nor SBI PO. Varun likes SSC CGL. Raghav does not like SBI PO.  

Who among the following persons sits on the left end of both rows?  

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There are ten family members Raman, Mahi, Vikrant, Raghav, Ansh, Rudra, Vineet, Varun, Atif, Shiv. They like different exams i.e. IBPS PO, SBI PO, PCS, KVS, SSC CGL, CDS, NDA, RRB PO, RBI Grade B and LIC AAO but not necessarily in the same the same order. They are sitting in two parallel rows containing five members each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row 1 – Raman, Mahi, Vikrant, Raghav, Ansh are seated (not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing south. In row 2- Rudra, Vineet, Varun, Atif, Shiv are seated (not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing north. Members of row 1 are sitting ahead (towards north) of the members of row 2. Therefore in the given seating arrangement each member seated in row 2 faces the back of the other member of row 1. All of them have relation with each other.  

Only one member sits between Vikrant’s sister and Raman’s brother. Only two members sit between Vikrant’s father and Atif’s father. Neither Mahi nor Atif’s grandfather sits just opposite to Atif. Vineet likes KVS and Mahi likes neither IBPS PO nor LIC AAO. Atif’s husband, who likes CDS, sits third to the right of Atif’s uncle. Rudra sits second to the left of Atif’s husband. Raman has two sons and one daughter. The member who sits just opposite to Atif’s brother, who likes PCS, sits immediate left of Raman’s daughter. Ansh is the grandmother of Rudra and Atif. Raghav is the brother – in – law of Ansh. Vikrant is the father of Rudra and brother of Mahi. Rudra’s grandfather, who likes IBPS PO, is not an immediate neighbour of Mahi. Shiv is the husband of Atif and brother of the one, who likes SSC CGL. Atif likes NDA and Ansh likes RBI Grade B. Vikrant likes neither RRB PO nor SBI PO. Varun likes SSC CGL. Raghav does not like SBI PO.  

How is Vikrant related to Varun’s brother?

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There are ten family members Raman, Mahi, Vikrant, Raghav, Ansh, Rudra, Vineet, Varun, Atif, Shiv. They like different exams i.e. IBPS PO, SBI PO, PCS, KVS, SSC CGL, CDS, NDA, RRB PO, RBI Grade B and LIC AAO but not necessarily in the same the same order. They are sitting in two parallel rows containing five members each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row 1 – Raman, Mahi, Vikrant, Raghav, Ansh are seated (not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing south. In row 2- Rudra, Vineet, Varun, Atif, Shiv are seated (not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing north. Members of row 1 are sitting ahead (towards north) of the members of row 2. Therefore in the given seating arrangement each member seated in row 2 faces the back of the other member of row 1. All of them have relation with each other.  

Only one member sits between Vikrant’s sister and Raman’s brother. Only two members sit between Vikrant’s father and Atif’s father. Neither Mahi nor Atif’s grandfather sits just opposite to Atif. Vineet likes KVS and Mahi likes neither IBPS PO nor LIC AAO. Atif’s husband, who likes CDS, sits third to the right of Atif’s uncle. Rudra sits second to the left of Atif’s husband. Raman has two sons and one daughter. The member who sits just opposite to Atif’s brother, who likes PCS, sits immediate left of Raman’s daughter. Ansh is the grandmother of Rudra and Atif. Raghav is the brother – in – law of Ansh. Vikrant is the father of Rudra and brother of Mahi. Rudra’s grandfather, who likes IBPS PO, is not an immediate neighbour of Mahi. Shiv is the husband of Atif and brother of the one, who likes SSC CGL. Atif likes NDA and Ansh likes RBI Grade B. Vikrant likes neither RRB PO nor SBI PO. Varun likes SSC CGL. Raghav does not like SBI PO.  

Mahi likes who among the following exams?

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There is a family of nine person’s viz. P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W and X. There are two couples in a family and both the couples have three children each. 

i) U is daughter of S and niece of P and V.

ii) There are only three female members including X and R in the family and none of them is a daughter-in law.

iii) X is mother- in law of S , who has two sons.

iv) Q is V’s father.

How does S related to Q?

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There is a family of nine person’s viz. P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W and X. There are two couples in a family and both the couples have three children each. 

i) U is daughter of S and niece of P and V.

ii) There are only three female members including X and R in the family and none of them is a daughter-in law.

iii) X is mother- in law of S , who has two sons.

iv) Q is V’s father.

Which of the following statement is true?

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In a certain code language, ‘I feel very sleepy’ is written as ‘[email protected]  6?O  22?B  19*B’

‘Sleep in my eyes’ is written as ‘19%K  9!M  13!B  5?H’

‘Manage sleeping skills’ is written as ‘13*V  19+T  19*H’

What will be the code for ‘Manager’?

Directions

In a certain code language, ‘I feel very sleepy’ is written as ‘[email protected]  6?O  22?B  19*B’

‘Sleep in my eyes’ is written as ‘19%K  9!M  13!B  5?H’

‘Manage sleeping skills’ is written as ‘13*V  19+T  19*H’

What will be the code for ‘cloud’?

Directions

In a certain code language, ‘I feel very sleepy’ is written as ‘[email protected]  6?O  22?B  19*B’

‘Sleep in my eyes’ is written as ‘19%K  9!M  13!B  5?H’

‘Manage sleeping skills’ is written as ‘13*V  19+T  19*H’

What will be the code for ‘Managing skills’?

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In a certain code language, ‘I feel very sleepy’ is written as ‘[email protected]  6?O  22?B  19*B’

‘Sleep in my eyes’ is written as ‘19%K  9!M  13!B  5?H’

‘Manage sleeping skills’ is written as ‘13*V  19+T  19*H’

In the given code language, code ‘19*V’ could be of which word?

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In a certain code language, ‘I feel very sleepy’ is written as ‘[email protected]  6?O  22?B  19*B’

‘Sleep in my eyes’ is written as ‘19%K  9!M  13!B  5?H’

‘Manage sleeping skills’ is written as ‘13*V  19+T  19*H’

In the given code language, ’23?U’ will be the code for which of the following word?

Directions

A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.

INPUT: while 22 window yells 12 become 36 cost 48 hole 97 73

Step I: become while 22 window yells 12 36 cost 48 hole 97 73

Step II: become 12 while 22 window yells 36 cost 48 hole 97 73

Step III: become 12 cost while 22 window yells 36 48 hole 97 73

Step IV: become 12 cost 22 while window yells 36 48 hole 97 73

Step V: become 12 cost 22 hole while window yells 36 48 97 73

Step VI: become 12 cost 22 hole 36 while window yells 48 97 73

Step VII: become 12 cost 22 hole 36 while 48 window yells 97 73

Step VIII: become 12 cost 22 hole 36 while 48 window 73 yells 97

Step VIII is the last step of the arrangement of the above input as the intended arrangement is obtained.

As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate steps for the given input.

Input: milk 47 simple 75 23 viva 16 sample elf 34

How many steps would be needed to complete the given arrangement?

Directions

A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.

INPUT: while 22 window yells 12 become 36 cost 48 hole 97 73

Step I: become while 22 window yells 12 36 cost 48 hole 97 73

Step II: become 12 while 22 window yells 36 cost 48 hole 97 73

Step III: become 12 cost while 22 window yells 36 48 hole 97 73

Step IV: become 12 cost 22 while window yells 36 48 hole 97 73

Step V: become 12 cost 22 hole while window yells 36 48 97 73

Step VI: become 12 cost 22 hole 36 while window yells 48 97 73

Step VII: become 12 cost 22 hole 36 while 48 window yells 97 73

Step VIII: become 12 cost 22 hole 36 while 48 window 73 yells 97

Step VIII is the last step of the arrangement of the above input as the intended arrangement is obtained.

As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate steps for the given input.

Input: milk 47 simple 75 23 viva 16 sample elf 34

Which of the following would be the final arrangement?

Directions

A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.

INPUT: while 22 window yells 12 become 36 cost 48 hole 97 73

Step I: become while 22 window yells 12 36 cost 48 hole 97 73

Step II: become 12 while 22 window yells 36 cost 48 hole 97 73

Step III: become 12 cost while 22 window yells 36 48 hole 97 73

Step IV: become 12 cost 22 while window yells 36 48 hole 97 73

Step V: become 12 cost 22 hole while window yells 36 48 97 73

Step VI: become 12 cost 22 hole 36 while window yells 48 97 73

Step VII: become 12 cost 22 hole 36 while 48 window yells 97 73

Step VIII: become 12 cost 22 hole 36 while 48 window 73 yells 97

Step VIII is the last step of the arrangement of the above input as the intended arrangement is obtained.

As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate steps for the given input.

Input: milk 47 simple 75 23 viva 16 sample elf 34

Which word/number would be in the sixth position from the right end in step III?

Directions

A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.

INPUT: while 22 window yells 12 become 36 cost 48 hole 97 73

Step I: become while 22 window yells 12 36 cost 48 hole 97 73

Step II: become 12 while 22 window yells 36 cost 48 hole 97 73

Step III: become 12 cost while 22 window yells 36 48 hole 97 73

Step IV: become 12 cost 22 while window yells 36 48 hole 97 73

Step V: become 12 cost 22 hole while window yells 36 48 97 73

Step VI: become 12 cost 22 hole 36 while window yells 48 97 73

Step VII: become 12 cost 22 hole 36 while 48 window yells 97 73

Step VIII: become 12 cost 22 hole 36 while 48 window 73 yells 97

Step VIII is the last step of the arrangement of the above input as the intended arrangement is obtained.

As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate steps for the given input.

Step II of an input is ‘above 13 below 23 dim come 45 87 zonal 92’.

Which of the following will definitely be the input?

Directions

A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.

INPUT: while 22 window yells 12 become 36 cost 48 hole 97 73

Step I: become while 22 window yells 12 36 cost 48 hole 97 73

Step II: become 12 while 22 window yells 36 cost 48 hole 97 73

Step III: become 12 cost while 22 window yells 36 48 hole 97 73

Step IV: become 12 cost 22 while window yells 36 48 hole 97 73

Step V: become 12 cost 22 hole while window yells 36 48 97 73

Step VI: become 12 cost 22 hole 36 while window yells 48 97 73

Step VII: become 12 cost 22 hole 36 while 48 window yells 97 73

Step VIII: become 12 cost 22 hole 36 while 48 window 73 yells 97

Step VIII is the last step of the arrangement of the above input as the intended arrangement is obtained.

As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate steps for the given input.

Input: milk 47 simple 75 23 viva 16 sample elf 34

Which of the following will be step IV of the given arrangement?

Statement: The Supreme Court of India has temporarily banned the sale of firecrackers in the National Capital Region with the idea to test whether it cuts the deadly pollution levels seen in Delhi during and after Deepavali.

Assumptions:

I. The pollution level in Delhi and the National Capital Region have increased at an alarming rate and imposing ban on fire crackers is the only way to ensure that the pollution levels are controlled.

II. A ban made in the National Capital Region ensures that the other states aiming for better development follow the suit and eventually proceed towards ban for the betterment of the state.

III. Since the ban came just about 10 days before the festival, it will be tough to impose the ban on an industry that has already produced stocks to order.

IV. There are chances of upliftment of the ban on the sale of crackers in Delhi and National Capital Region.

Which of the given assumption(s) is(are) implicit in the above statement?

Statement: The findings, which appear in the latest issue of the journal ‘Frontiers in Robotics and AI’, suggest that virtual interviewers could prove to be even better than human therapists at helping people open up about their mental health.

Arguments:

I. It is impossible to have anonymity and rapport at the same time.

II. An embodied AI which uses machine vision to interpret test subjects’ verbal and facial cues and respond supportively can be designed to engage test subjects in verbal interviews.

III. Beyond our grasp is the capacity to imbue such a machine with humanness.

IV. Removing the idea of human presence leads to more fruitful clinical sessions.

Which of the argument(s) given above contradicts the above finding?

Directions

In each question below a statement is given followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. A course of action is a practicable and feasible step or administrative decision to be taken for follow – up, improvement, or further action in regard to the problem, policy, etc. On the basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true, and decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follows(s) pursuing.

Statement: The footprint of the climate change is evident and extreme weather adversely impacts agricultural yields. 

Courses of Action:

I. The government should try to find some other ways to improve agricultural yields.

II. The government should give subsidy on AC, coolers, heaters, etc, to help people dto deal with the extreme weather conditions.

Directions

In each question below a statement is given followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. A course of action is a practicable and feasible step or administrative decision to be taken for follow – up, improvement, or further action in regard to the problem, policy, etc. On the basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true, and decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follows(s) pursuing.

Statement : The fertility stopping rule leads to skewed sex ratios but in different directions: skewed in favour of males if it is the last child, but in favour of females if it is not the last.

Inference:

I. People prefer male child to a girl child.

II.People want male child if they already have a female child and but they want a female child if they already have a male child.

Directions

School W is situated in the heart of the city. There is a park R situated 2 km east of W. U’s house is 4 km south from the park. Q and S stay 5 km and 7 km away from the school in the north and west direction respectively. T has to walk 7 km east from Q’s house to reach his own house. V is situated 9 km south of T’s house.

How far is V from U?

Directions

School W is situated in the heart of the city. There is a park R situated 2 km east of W. U’s house is 4 km south from the park. Q and S stay 5 km and 7 km away from the school in the north and west direction respectively. T has to walk 7 km east from Q’s house to reach his own house. V is situated 9 km south of T’s house.

What is the shortest distance between the park and T’s house?

Directions

Each of the questions given below has one question and two statements marked I and II.  You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements.

Five friends Harsha, Geeta, Naman, Suraj and Anuj are seated around a circular table facing the centre. Who sits to the immediate right of Suraj?

I. Anuj sits on the left to Suraj and on the right to  Naman.

II. Harsha does not sit near Suraj.

Directions

Each of the questions given below has one question and two statements marked I and II.   You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements.

How is E related to D?

I. D is the son of A’s wife who is the daughter of E’s wife.

II. E’s wife is mother-in-law of D’s mother. 

Directions

Each of the questions given below has one question and two statements marked I and II.   You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements.

What is the code for ‘auto’ in the code language in which ‘giant segment the spot’ is written as ‘sag map pap rap’?

I. In that code language ‘the auto giant passenger car’ is written as ‘tap cap jap sag pap’.

II. In that code language ‘giant segment grap spot’ is written as ‘rap map gap sag’ and give car auto’ is written as ‘lap jap cap’

Directions

Each of the questions given below has one question and two statements marked I and II.   You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements.

Among P, Q, R, S and T whose salary is the highest?

I. Combined salary of P and Q is more than the combined salary of R and S but T’s salary is more than both P’s and Q’s.

II. Difference between P’s salary and R’s salary is more than the difference between S’s and Q’s salaries where P’s salary and S’s salary are higher than R’s and Q’s respectively.

Directions

Each of the questions given below has one question and two statements marked I and II.   You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements.

How many children does Mr. Raman has?

I. Mr. Raman has eight sons and each has one sister.

II. Number of sons of Mr. Raman is eight times the number of his daughter(s).

Directions

Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions given below:

Nine people P, Q, R, T, U, V, W, X and Y are living in a nine storey building .The ground floor is numbered 1 and the topmost floor is numbered 9. All of them like a different fruits, viz Grapes, Pineapple, Apple, Banana, Orange, Mango, Watermelon, Papaya and Kiwi, but not necessarily in the same order.

(i) Q likes Banana and lives on an even numbered floor. Y also lives on even numbered floor but he is not above the Q’s floor. U lives on the second floor and likes Apple. 

(ii) The one who likes Papaya lives on the fourth floor. The one who lives on the third floor likes Kiwi. Y does not like Papaya.

(iii) There are two floors between the floors on which the persons who like Orange and Banana, live.

(iv) There are three floors between the floors on which W and R live. W likes Pineapple and R does not live on topmost floor.

(v)  T does not like Kiwi and he does not live on the ground floor.

(vi) There is one floor between the floor on which T and R live. V lives on a floor immediately above P’s floor.

(vii) The one who lives on the topmost floor likes Grapes. There is only one floor between the ones who like Watermelon and Banana.

Which of the following combinations is true?

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Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions given below:

Nine people P, Q, R, T, U, V, W, X and Y are living in a nine storey building .The ground floor is numbered 1 and the topmost floor is numbered 9. All of them like a different fruits, viz Grapes, Pineapple, Apple, Banana, Orange, Mango, Watermelon, Papaya and Kiwi, but not necessarily in the same order.

(i) Q likes Banana and lives on an even numbered floor. Y also lives on even numbered floor but he is not above the Q’s floor. U lives on the second floor and likes Apple. 

(ii) The one who likes Papaya lives on the fourth floor. The one who lives on the third floor likes Kiwi. Y does not like Papaya.

(iii) There are two floors between the floors on which the persons who like Orange and Banana, live.

(iv) There are three floors between the floors on which W and R live. W likes Pineapple and R does not live on topmost floor.

(v)  T does not like Kiwi and he does not live on the ground floor.

(vi) There is one floor between the floor on which T and R live. V lives on a floor immediately above P’s floor.

(vii) The one who lives on the topmost floor likes Grapes. There is only one floor between the ones who like Watermelon and Banana.

Which of the following groups live on the odd numbered floors?

Directions

Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions given below:

Nine people P, Q, R, T, U, V, W, X and Y are living in a nine storey building .The ground floor is numbered 1 and the topmost floor is numbered 9. All of them like a different fruits, viz Grapes, Pineapple, Apple, Banana, Orange, Mango, Watermelon, Papaya and Kiwi, but not necessarily in the same order.

(i) Q likes Banana and lives on an even numbered floor. Y also lives on even numbered floor but he is not above the Q’s floor. U lives on the second floor and likes Apple. 

(ii) The one who likes Papaya lives on the fourth floor. The one who lives on the third floor likes Kiwi. Y does not like Papaya.

(iii) There are two floors between the floors on which the persons who like Orange and Banana, live.

(iv) There are three floors between the floors on which W and R live. W likes Pineapple and R does not live on topmost floor.

(v)  T does not like Kiwi and he does not live on the ground floor.

(vi) There is one floor between the floor on which T and R live. V lives on a floor immediately above P’s floor.

(vii) The one who lives on the topmost floor likes Grapes. There is only one floor between the ones who like Watermelon and Banana.

Who lives on the ninth floor ?

Directions

Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions given below:

Nine people P, Q, R, T, U, V, W, X and Y are living in a nine storey building .The ground floor is numbered 1 and the topmost floor is numbered 9. All of them like a different fruits, viz Grapes, Pineapple, Apple, Banana, Orange, Mango, Watermelon, Papaya and Kiwi, but not necessarily in the same order.

(i) Q likes Banana and lives on an even numbered floor. Y also lives on even numbered floor but he is not above the Q’s floor. U lives on the second floor and likes Apple. 

(ii) The one who likes Papaya lives on the fourth floor. The one who lives on the third floor likes Kiwi. Y does not like Papaya.

(iii) There are two floors between the floors on which the persons who like Orange and Banana, live.

(iv) There are three floors between the floors on which W and R live. W likes Pineapple and R does not live on topmost floor.

(v)  T does not like Kiwi and he does not live on the ground floor.

(vi) There is one floor between the floor on which T and R live. V lives on a floor immediately above P’s floor.

(vii) The one who lives on the topmost floor likes Grapes. There is only one floor between the ones who like Watermelon and Banana.

How many persons are living between the floors on which P and T lives?

Directions

Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions given below:

Nine people P, Q, R, T, U, V, W, X and Y are living in a nine storey building .The ground floor is numbered 1 and the topmost floor is numbered 9. All of them like a different fruits, viz Grapes, Pineapple, Apple, Banana, Orange, Mango, Watermelon, Papaya and Kiwi, but not necessarily in the same order.

(i) Q likes Banana and lives on an even numbered floor. Y also lives on even numbered floor but he is not above the Q’s floor. U lives on the second floor and likes Apple. 

(ii) The one who likes Papaya lives on the fourth floor. The one who lives on the third floor likes Kiwi. Y does not like Papaya.

(iii) There are two floors between the floors on which the persons who like Orange and Banana, live.

(iv) There are three floors between the floors on which W and R live. W likes Pineapple and R does not live on topmost floor.

(v)  T does not like Kiwi and he does not live on the ground floor.

(vi) There is one floor between the floor on which T and R live. V lives on a floor immediately above P’s floor.

(vii) The one who lives on the topmost floor likes Grapes. There is only one floor between the ones who like Watermelon and Banana.

Which of the following fruits is liked by Y?

Directions

 In April, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted “near normal”, or 96%, rains and then upgraded the figure to 98% a couple of months later. These percentages refer to the proportion of rains to 89 cm, a 50-year average of monsoon rains. However, the country finally ended up with “below normal” rains (that is, less than 96% of the 50-year long period average). In itself, this is not a problem. Crop sowing is expected to be only a little less than last year, which saw a record harvest, with more districts posting deficient rain. Better drought management has over the years weakened the link between rain shortfall and food production, but the IMD continues to persevere with the meaningless practice of assigning a catch-all number to the quantum of rain expected during the monsoon. 

What can be the repercussions of below average rainfall?

I. Drought like conditions are prevailing in the country.

II. Country has become fully independent of the natural rainfall.

III. Food production is not directly correlated with the rainfall now a days as better water saving and drought management practices have been adopted by the government.

Directions

 In April, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted “near normal”, or 96%, rains and then upgraded the figure to 98% a couple of months later. These percentages refer to the proportion of rains to 89 cm, a 50-year average of monsoon rains. However, the country finally ended up with “below normal” rains (that is, less than 96% of the 50-year long period average). In itself, this is not a problem. Crop sowing is expected to be only a little less than last year, which saw a record harvest, with more districts posting deficient rain. Better drought management has over the years weakened the link between rain shortfall and food production, but the IMD continues to persevere with the meaningless practice of assigning a catch-all number to the quantum of rain expected during the monsoon. 

What shows the inefficiency of meteorological department in predicting the accurate forecast of rainfall?

I. The department wrongly calculated the 50 year average of rainfall.

II. Constantly changing the weather forecast detrimental to the farmers of the country.

III. Rainfall not happening up to the calculations of meteorological department

The Chief Minister’s Sashakt Kisan Yojana and Krishi Samuh Yojana is launched by ______ 

Ghauri Ballistic missile was successfully test fired by_______

Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2018 was awarded to 

Name of the state which is best state as per the ranking undertaken by Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018?

The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment) Bill, 2017 will allow the government departments to carry out construction of public works in ‘prohibited areas’ for public purposes only after the recommendation of which of the following body?

Rajeev Gandhi International Airport is in which state?

Instruments issued by registered foreign institutional investors (FII) to overseas investors, who wish to invest in the Indian stock markets without registering themselves with the market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) are called ____________.

Which Cyber Insurance Policy for individuals was launched by HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company in September 2018?

What does S & P 500 relate to?

Which of the following National Parks has become the largest habitat of the endangered estuarine crocodiles in India with a record number of 101 nesting sites?

What is true about the teaser loan rates charged by banks?

With which of the following companies, Paytm has launched “Paytm AI Cloud for India” for developers, start-ups, and enterprises?

A Non Resident External Rupee(NRE) account can be opened by any individual residing outside India. Which of the following facility is not attached to NRE accounts?

________ game will be dropped from Olympics Games 2020.

In which state is the Chandoli National Park situated ?

The main objective of‘launching ‘e-Sahaj’ portal is _________

The iconic Trump Tower was recently launched in which Indian state ?

Credit risk is _____________.

Which one of these is the currency of Turkey ?

India was ranked at which place in US Chamber’s Intellectual Property Index?

India Post Payment Bank became the __________ payment bank of India.

Recently Sittwe port was in news, this port is located at________

Mukhyamantri Kalakar Sahayata Yojana (MKSY) for artists was launched in which state?

SWAS,  SAFAL,  STAR are ________ 

Dharma Guardian is a military exercise between ___________

International Day Of Rural women is on? 

What is the purpose of launching ‘Swastha Bharat Yatra’ national campaign? 

9th IBSA Trilateral Ministerial Commission held at __________

The book ‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness’ is authored by which of the follwing?  

Russian Grand Prix 2018 was won by ________.

What amount of a line of credit (LoC) India has  decided to extend to Uzbekistan through Exim Bank for housing and other social infrastructure projects?

What is the name of the instant loan approval and disbursal product launched by MobiKwik?

How much amount of deal  India  and  Russia  inked  for inducting two new warships equipped with  Brahmos  missiles in the  India Navy. 

Who has been sworn in as Sikkim high court chief justice ?

Ministry of Finance announced loan agreement with  which country’s International Cooperation Agency  for the  Construction of Turga Pumped Storage (I)  to be done in  West Bengal ?

In which of the following state Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary is?

National Green Tribunal  ordered how many member  committee to conduct an inspection and submit report about the waste dumping near  Polavaram project  in  Andhra Pradesh ?

Which state government has commenced a scheme to offer free education and vocational training to the children of fishermen who died or went missing in the  2017 Ockhi cyclonic storm?

Where is the headquarter of Allahabad Bank?

4-day  Regional meeting of the  World Customs Organisation  was held in _________-. 

Directions

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

The power sector is in serious trouble. Non-performing assets (NPAs) among power-generating companies are mounting. There is a shortage of coal. Plant load factor (PLF) is down to 58%. Distribution companies (discoms) are in a bad shape and new power purchase agreements (PPAs) are few and far between. Launched in 2015, UDAY — Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana — was to provide much-needed relief, which it did temporarily. UDAY was a framework that had worked in Gujarat. If any ‘Gujarat model’ required replication in other parts of the country, it was this power sector model. But it didn’t happen, at least in the manner it was expected to.

States were to take over 75% of discom debts as on September 30, 2015. This was to ease their fiscal burden and ‘improve’ their balance sheets. But critical elements of UDAY, like reduction of aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses, elimination of the average cost of supply (ACS)-average revenue realised (ARR) gap, feeder metering, and distribution transformer (DT) metering, remain unaddressed. The debt transfer was supposed to provide fiscal space and time to discoms to carry out the more critical part that was supposed to revive them in the mid-term. Almost all the discoms got on board and utilised the facility to transfer debt to the state government. This improved their financial health, some even showing profits. However, this raised the debt burden of the states quite substantially.

Last year’s Economic Survey revealed that “due to these bonds, the states’ gross fiscal deficit-to-GDP ratio got increased by 0.7%”. Most of the discoms failed to carry out mandates relating to the reduction of AT&C losses, elimination of ACS-ACR gap, etc. Ironically, of all the UDAY states, 13 have actually reported higher AT&C losses as compared to the previous year. The focus of UDAY was primarily on fiscal restructuring. It was indeed a necessary condition, but not a sufficient one. States were ‘mandated’ to carry out the second and more ‘essential’ part of the deal. But the manner in which this part of the ‘mandate’ should have been carried out may not have been carried out. Monitoring systems were put in place, but the ‘facilitating’ mechanism for the states was not set up.

No extensive field visits or intensive interaction with the stakeholders were adopted. Little effort was made to understand their problems. They could have learnt from states like Gujarat (where UDAY had happened well before it ‘went national’) to replicate the model. Much time was spent on fiscal restructuring. Equal, if not more, time should have been spent on understanding how AT&C losses were reduced in states like Gujarat, the ACS-ACR gap was reduced and it could be adopted by other states.

Most discoms continue to be in trouble. The fundamental issues remain unaddressed. On account of the poor financial condition of discoms, no new PPAs are being floated, even though there is demand for power. (Incidentally, India’s per-capita consumption of power is one of the lowest in the world, and equivalent to the consumption in late 19th-early 20th century in the US.) There is demand, but discoms don’t have the money to buy power. Above all, the more they sell, the more they lose. This ‘lack of demand’, in turn, is impacting the health of power-generating companies. Discoms have been turned around earlier. Narendra Modi as Gujarat chief minister proved that good economics also makes good politics. What really needs to be understood is what happened in Gujarat, and how it happened.

Separate feeder lines, auditing, strong action against defaulters and pricing are some of the issues that will need to be addressed. It will require time and effort, and may not provide great material for ‘headlines’. Other state officials will be required to sit with those from Gujarat, and after understanding the how of this success story, they will need to make out their own plans. These plans can’t be made or monitored in Delhi. Intensive discussions will have to be held with all stakeholders to get their ‘buy-ins’. This is critical for the success of any plan. If it could happen in coal, it can happen in power as well.

Discoms can, indeed, be turned around. They are not merely a problem of the states. They are a problem of the country.

Why is the power sector in trouble?

Directions

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

The power sector is in serious trouble. Non-performing assets (NPAs) among power-generating companies are mounting. There is a shortage of coal. Plant load factor (PLF) is down to 58%. Distribution companies (discoms) are in a bad shape and new power purchase agreements (PPAs) are few and far between. Launched in 2015, UDAY — Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana — was to provide much-needed relief, which it did temporarily. UDAY was a framework that had worked in Gujarat. If any ‘Gujarat model’ required replication in other parts of the country, it was this power sector model. But it didn’t happen, at least in the manner it was expected to.

States were to take over 75% of discom debts as on September 30, 2015. This was to ease their fiscal burden and ‘improve’ their balance sheets. But critical elements of UDAY, like reduction of aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses, elimination of the average cost of supply (ACS)-average revenue realised (ARR) gap, feeder metering, and distribution transformer (DT) metering, remain unaddressed. The debt transfer was supposed to provide fiscal space and time to discoms to carry out the more critical part that was supposed to revive them in the mid-term. Almost all the discoms got on board and utilised the facility to transfer debt to the state government. This improved their financial health, some even showing profits. However, this raised the debt burden of the states quite substantially.

Last year’s Economic Survey revealed that “due to these bonds, the states’ gross fiscal deficit-to-GDP ratio got increased by 0.7%”. Most of the discoms failed to carry out mandates relating to the reduction of AT&C losses, elimination of ACS-ACR gap, etc. Ironically, of all the UDAY states, 13 have actually reported higher AT&C losses as compared to the previous year. The focus of UDAY was primarily on fiscal restructuring. It was indeed a necessary condition, but not a sufficient one. States were ‘mandated’ to carry out the second and more ‘essential’ part of the deal. But the manner in which this part of the ‘mandate’ should have been carried out may not have been carried out. Monitoring systems were put in place, but the ‘facilitating’ mechanism for the states was not set up.

No extensive field visits or intensive interaction with the stakeholders were adopted. Little effort was made to understand their problems. They could have learnt from states like Gujarat (where UDAY had happened well before it ‘went national’) to replicate the model. Much time was spent on fiscal restructuring. Equal, if not more, time should have been spent on understanding how AT&C losses were reduced in states like Gujarat, the ACS-ACR gap was reduced and it could be adopted by other states.

Most discoms continue to be in trouble. The fundamental issues remain unaddressed. On account of the poor financial condition of discoms, no new PPAs are being floated, even though there is demand for power. (Incidentally, India’s per-capita consumption of power is one of the lowest in the world, and equivalent to the consumption in late 19th-early 20th century in the US.) There is demand, but discoms don’t have the money to buy power. Above all, the more they sell, the more they lose. This ‘lack of demand’, in turn, is impacting the health of power-generating companies. Discoms have been turned around earlier. Narendra Modi as Gujarat chief minister proved that good economics also makes good politics. What really needs to be understood is what happened in Gujarat, and how it happened.

Separate feeder lines, auditing, strong action against defaulters and pricing are some of the issues that will need to be addressed. It will require time and effort, and may not provide great material for ‘headlines’. Other state officials will be required to sit with those from Gujarat, and after understanding the how of this success story, they will need to make out their own plans. These plans can’t be made or monitored in Delhi. Intensive discussions will have to be held with all stakeholders to get their ‘buy-ins’. This is critical for the success of any plan. If it could happen in coal, it can happen in power as well.

Discoms can, indeed, be turned around. They are not merely a problem of the states. They are a problem of the country.

Choose the word which is most similar in meaning to the word substantially as used in the passage.

Directions

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

The power sector is in serious trouble. Non-performing assets (NPAs) among power-generating companies are mounting. There is a shortage of coal. Plant load factor (PLF) is down to 58%. Distribution companies (discoms) are in a bad shape and new power purchase agreements (PPAs) are few and far between. Launched in 2015, UDAY — Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana — was to provide much-needed relief, which it did temporarily. UDAY was a framework that had worked in Gujarat. If any ‘Gujarat model’ required replication in other parts of the country, it was this power sector model. But it didn’t happen, at least in the manner it was expected to.

States were to take over 75% of discom debts as on September 30, 2015. This was to ease their fiscal burden and ‘improve’ their balance sheets. But critical elements of UDAY, like reduction of aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses, elimination of the average cost of supply (ACS)-average revenue realised (ARR) gap, feeder metering, and distribution transformer (DT) metering, remain unaddressed. The debt transfer was supposed to provide fiscal space and time to discoms to carry out the more critical part that was supposed to revive them in the mid-term. Almost all the discoms got on board and utilised the facility to transfer debt to the state government. This improved their financial health, some even showing profits. However, this raised the debt burden of the states quite substantially.

Last year’s Economic Survey revealed that “due to these bonds, the states’ gross fiscal deficit-to-GDP ratio got increased by 0.7%”. Most of the discoms failed to carry out mandates relating to the reduction of AT&C losses, elimination of ACS-ACR gap, etc. Ironically, of all the UDAY states, 13 have actually reported higher AT&C losses as compared to the previous year. The focus of UDAY was primarily on fiscal restructuring. It was indeed a necessary condition, but not a sufficient one. States were ‘mandated’ to carry out the second and more ‘essential’ part of the deal. But the manner in which this part of the ‘mandate’ should have been carried out may not have been carried out. Monitoring systems were put in place, but the ‘facilitating’ mechanism for the states was not set up.

No extensive field visits or intensive interaction with the stakeholders were adopted. Little effort was made to understand their problems. They could have learnt from states like Gujarat (where UDAY had happened well before it ‘went national’) to replicate the model. Much time was spent on fiscal restructuring. Equal, if not more, time should have been spent on understanding how AT&C losses were reduced in states like Gujarat, the ACS-ACR gap was reduced and it could be adopted by other states.

Most discoms continue to be in trouble. The fundamental issues remain unaddressed. On account of the poor financial condition of discoms, no new PPAs are being floated, even though there is demand for power. (Incidentally, India’s per-capita consumption of power is one of the lowest in the world, and equivalent to the consumption in late 19th-early 20th century in the US.) There is demand, but discoms don’t have the money to buy power. Above all, the more they sell, the more they lose. This ‘lack of demand’, in turn, is impacting the health of power-generating companies. Discoms have been turned around earlier. Narendra Modi as Gujarat chief minister proved that good economics also makes good politics. What really needs to be understood is what happened in Gujarat, and how it happened.

Separate feeder lines, auditing, strong action against defaulters and pricing are some of the issues that will need to be addressed. It will require time and effort, and may not provide great material for ‘headlines’. Other state officials will be required to sit with those from Gujarat, and after understanding the how of this success story, they will need to make out their own plans. These plans can’t be made or monitored in Delhi. Intensive discussions will have to be held with all stakeholders to get their ‘buy-ins’. This is critical for the success of any plan. If it could happen in coal, it can happen in power as well.

Discoms can, indeed, be turned around. They are not merely a problem of the states. They are a problem of the country.

Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning to the word mounting as used in the passage.

Directions

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

The power sector is in serious trouble. Non-performing assets (NPAs) among power-generating companies are mounting. There is a shortage of coal. Plant load factor (PLF) is down to 58%. Distribution companies (discoms) are in a bad shape and new power purchase agreements (PPAs) are few and far between. Launched in 2015, UDAY — Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana — was to provide much-needed relief, which it did temporarily. UDAY was a framework that had worked in Gujarat. If any ‘Gujarat model’ required replication in other parts of the country, it was this power sector model. But it didn’t happen, at least in the manner it was expected to.

States were to take over 75% of discom debts as on September 30, 2015. This was to ease their fiscal burden and ‘improve’ their balance sheets. But critical elements of UDAY, like reduction of aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses, elimination of the average cost of supply (ACS)-average revenue realised (ARR) gap, feeder metering, and distribution transformer (DT) metering, remain unaddressed. The debt transfer was supposed to provide fiscal space and time to discoms to carry out the more critical part that was supposed to revive them in the mid-term. Almost all the discoms got on board and utilised the facility to transfer debt to the state government. This improved their financial health, some even showing profits. However, this raised the debt burden of the states quite substantially.

Last year’s Economic Survey revealed that “due to these bonds, the states’ gross fiscal deficit-to-GDP ratio got increased by 0.7%”. Most of the discoms failed to carry out mandates relating to the reduction of AT&C losses, elimination of ACS-ACR gap, etc. Ironically, of all the UDAY states, 13 have actually reported higher AT&C losses as compared to the previous year. The focus of UDAY was primarily on fiscal restructuring. It was indeed a necessary condition, but not a sufficient one. States were ‘mandated’ to carry out the second and more ‘essential’ part of the deal. But the manner in which this part of the ‘mandate’ should have been carried out may not have been carried out. Monitoring systems were put in place, but the ‘facilitating’ mechanism for the states was not set up.

No extensive field visits or intensive interaction with the stakeholders were adopted. Little effort was made to understand their problems. They could have learnt from states like Gujarat (where UDAY had happened well before it ‘went national’) to replicate the model. Much time was spent on fiscal restructuring. Equal, if not more, time should have been spent on understanding how AT&C losses were reduced in states like Gujarat, the ACS-ACR gap was reduced and it could be adopted by other states.

Most discoms continue to be in trouble. The fundamental issues remain unaddressed. On account of the poor financial condition of discoms, no new PPAs are being floated, even though there is demand for power. (Incidentally, India’s per-capita consumption of power is one of the lowest in the world, and equivalent to the consumption in late 19th-early 20th century in the US.) There is demand, but discoms don’t have the money to buy power. Above all, the more they sell, the more they lose. This ‘lack of demand’, in turn, is impacting the health of power-generating companies. Discoms have been turned around earlier. Narendra Modi as Gujarat chief minister proved that good economics also makes good politics. What really needs to be understood is what happened in Gujarat, and how it happened.

Separate feeder lines, auditing, strong action against defaulters and pricing are some of the issues that will need to be addressed. It will require time and effort, and may not provide great material for ‘headlines’. Other state officials will be required to sit with those from Gujarat, and after understanding the how of this success story, they will need to make out their own plans. These plans can’t be made or monitored in Delhi. Intensive discussions will have to be held with all stakeholders to get their ‘buy-ins’. This is critical for the success of any plan. If it could happen in coal, it can happen in power as well.

Discoms can, indeed, be turned around. They are not merely a problem of the states. They are a problem of the country.

Choose the word which is most similar in meaning to the word revive as used in the passage.

Directions

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

The power sector is in serious trouble. Non-performing assets (NPAs) among power-generating companies are mounting. There is a shortage of coal. Plant load factor (PLF) is down to 58%. Distribution companies (discoms) are in a bad shape and new power purchase agreements (PPAs) are few and far between. Launched in 2015, UDAY — Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana — was to provide much-needed relief, which it did temporarily. UDAY was a framework that had worked in Gujarat. If any ‘Gujarat model’ required replication in other parts of the country, it was this power sector model. But it didn’t happen, at least in the manner it was expected to.

States were to take over 75% of discom debts as on September 30, 2015. This was to ease their fiscal burden and ‘improve’ their balance sheets. But critical elements of UDAY, like reduction of aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses, elimination of the average cost of supply (ACS)-average revenue realised (ARR) gap, feeder metering, and distribution transformer (DT) metering, remain unaddressed. The debt transfer was supposed to provide fiscal space and time to discoms to carry out the more critical part that was supposed to revive them in the mid-term. Almost all the discoms got on board and utilised the facility to transfer debt to the state government. This improved their financial health, some even showing profits. However, this raised the debt burden of the states quite substantially.

Last year’s Economic Survey revealed that “due to these bonds, the states’ gross fiscal deficit-to-GDP ratio got increased by 0.7%”. Most of the discoms failed to carry out mandates relating to the reduction of AT&C losses, elimination of ACS-ACR gap, etc. Ironically, of all the UDAY states, 13 have actually reported higher AT&C losses as compared to the previous year. The focus of UDAY was primarily on fiscal restructuring. It was indeed a necessary condition, but not a sufficient one. States were ‘mandated’ to carry out the second and more ‘essential’ part of the deal. But the manner in which this part of the ‘mandate’ should have been carried out may not have been carried out. Monitoring systems were put in place, but the ‘facilitating’ mechanism for the states was not set up.

No extensive field visits or intensive interaction with the stakeholders were adopted. Little effort was made to understand their problems. They could have learnt from states like Gujarat (where UDAY had happened well before it ‘went national’) to replicate the model. Much time was spent on fiscal restructuring. Equal, if not more, time should have been spent on understanding how AT&C losses were reduced in states like Gujarat, the ACS-ACR gap was reduced and it could be adopted by other states.

Most discoms continue to be in trouble. The fundamental issues remain unaddressed. On account of the poor financial condition of discoms, no new PPAs are being floated, even though there is demand for power. (Incidentally, India’s per-capita consumption of power is one of the lowest in the world, and equivalent to the consumption in late 19th-early 20th century in the US.) There is demand, but discoms don’t have the money to buy power. Above all, the more they sell, the more they lose. This ‘lack of demand’, in turn, is impacting the health of power-generating companies. Discoms have been turned around earlier. Narendra Modi as Gujarat chief minister proved that good economics also makes good politics. What really needs to be understood is what happened in Gujarat, and how it happened.

Separate feeder lines, auditing, strong action against defaulters and pricing are some of the issues that will need to be addressed. It will require time and effort, and may not provide great material for ‘headlines’. Other state officials will be required to sit with those from Gujarat, and after understanding the how of this success story, they will need to make out their own plans. These plans can’t be made or monitored in Delhi. Intensive discussions will have to be held with all stakeholders to get their ‘buy-ins’. This is critical for the success of any plan. If it could happen in coal, it can happen in power as well.

Discoms can, indeed, be turned around. They are not merely a problem of the states. They are a problem of the country.

Choose the word that is most similar in meaning to the word mandated as used in the passage.

Directions

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

The power sector is in serious trouble. Non-performing assets (NPAs) among power-generating companies are mounting. There is a shortage of coal. Plant load factor (PLF) is down to 58%. Distribution companies (discoms) are in a bad shape and new power purchase agreements (PPAs) are few and far between. Launched in 2015, UDAY — Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana — was to provide much-needed relief, which it did temporarily. UDAY was a framework that had worked in Gujarat. If any ‘Gujarat model’ required replication in other parts of the country, it was this power sector model. But it didn’t happen, at least in the manner it was expected to.

States were to take over 75% of discom debts as on September 30, 2015. This was to ease their fiscal burden and ‘improve’ their balance sheets. But critical elements of UDAY, like reduction of aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses, elimination of the average cost of supply (ACS)-average revenue realised (ARR) gap, feeder metering, and distribution transformer (DT) metering, remain unaddressed. The debt transfer was supposed to provide fiscal space and time to discoms to carry out the more critical part that was supposed to revive them in the mid-term. Almost all the discoms got on board and utilised the facility to transfer debt to the state government. This improved their financial health, some even showing profits. However, this raised the debt burden of the states quite substantially.

Last year’s Economic Survey revealed that “due to these bonds, the states’ gross fiscal deficit-to-GDP ratio got increased by 0.7%”. Most of the discoms failed to carry out mandates relating to the reduction of AT&C losses, elimination of ACS-ACR gap, etc. Ironically, of all the UDAY states, 13 have actually reported higher AT&C losses as compared to the previous year. The focus of UDAY was primarily on fiscal restructuring. It was indeed a necessary condition, but not a sufficient one. States were ‘mandated’ to carry out the second and more ‘essential’ part of the deal. But the manner in which this part of the ‘mandate’ should have been carried out may not have been carried out. Monitoring systems were put in place, but the ‘facilitating’ mechanism for the states was not set up.

No extensive field visits or intensive interaction with the stakeholders were adopted. Little effort was made to understand their problems. They could have learnt from states like Gujarat (where UDAY had happened well before it ‘went national’) to replicate the model. Much time was spent on fiscal restructuring. Equal, if not more, time should have been spent on understanding how AT&C losses were reduced in states like Gujarat, the ACS-ACR gap was reduced and it could be adopted by other states.

Most discoms continue to be in trouble. The fundamental issues remain unaddressed. On account of the poor financial condition of discoms, no new PPAs are being floated, even though there is demand for power. (Incidentally, India’s per-capita consumption of power is one of the lowest in the world, and equivalent to the consumption in late 19th-early 20th century in the US.) There is demand, but discoms don’t have the money to buy power. Above all, the more they sell, the more they lose. This ‘lack of demand’, in turn, is impacting the health of power-generating companies. Discoms have been turned around earlier. Narendra Modi as Gujarat chief minister proved that good economics also makes good politics. What really needs to be understood is what happened in Gujarat, and how it happened.

Separate feeder lines, auditing, strong action against defaulters and pricing are some of the issues that will need to be addressed. It will require time and effort, and may not provide great material for ‘headlines’. Other state officials will be required to sit with those from Gujarat, and after understanding the how of this success story, they will need to make out their own plans. These plans can’t be made or monitored in Delhi. Intensive discussions will have to be held with all stakeholders to get their ‘buy-ins’. This is critical for the success of any plan. If it could happen in coal, it can happen in power as well.

Discoms can, indeed, be turned around. They are not merely a problem of the states. They are a problem of the country.

UDAY scheme was able to permanently provide a solution.

According to the passage, this statement is – 

Directions

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

The power sector is in serious trouble. Non-performing assets (NPAs) among power-generating companies are mounting. There is a shortage of coal. Plant load factor (PLF) is down to 58%. Distribution companies (discoms) are in a bad shape and new power purchase agreements (PPAs) are few and far between. Launched in 2015, UDAY — Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana — was to provide much-needed relief, which it did temporarily. UDAY was a framework that had worked in Gujarat. If any ‘Gujarat model’ required replication in other parts of the country, it was this power sector model. But it didn’t happen, at least in the manner it was expected to.

States were to take over 75% of discom debts as on September 30, 2015. This was to ease their fiscal burden and ‘improve’ their balance sheets. But critical elements of UDAY, like reduction of aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses, elimination of the average cost of supply (ACS)-average revenue realised (ARR) gap, feeder metering, and distribution transformer (DT) metering, remain unaddressed. The debt transfer was supposed to provide fiscal space and time to discoms to carry out the more critical part that was supposed to revive them in the mid-term. Almost all the discoms got on board and utilised the facility to transfer debt to the state government. This improved their financial health, some even showing profits. However, this raised the debt burden of the states quite substantially.

Last year’s Economic Survey revealed that “due to these bonds, the states’ gross fiscal deficit-to-GDP ratio got increased by 0.7%”. Most of the discoms failed to carry out mandates relating to the reduction of AT&C losses, elimination of ACS-ACR gap, etc. Ironically, of all the UDAY states, 13 have actually reported higher AT&C losses as compared to the previous year. The focus of UDAY was primarily on fiscal restructuring. It was indeed a necessary condition, but not a sufficient one. States were ‘mandated’ to carry out the second and more ‘essential’ part of the deal. But the manner in which this part of the ‘mandate’ should have been carried out may not have been carried out. Monitoring systems were put in place, but the ‘facilitating’ mechanism for the states was not set up.

No extensive field visits or intensive interaction with the stakeholders were adopted. Little effort was made to understand their problems. They could have learnt from states like Gujarat (where UDAY had happened well before it ‘went national’) to replicate the model. Much time was spent on fiscal restructuring. Equal, if not more, time should have been spent on understanding how AT&C losses were reduced in states like Gujarat, the ACS-ACR gap was reduced and it could be adopted by other states.

Most discoms continue to be in trouble. The fundamental issues remain unaddressed. On account of the poor financial condition of discoms, no new PPAs are being floated, even though there is demand for power. (Incidentally, India’s per-capita consumption of power is one of the lowest in the world, and equivalent to the consumption in late 19th-early 20th century in the US.) There is demand, but discoms don’t have the money to buy power. Above all, the more they sell, the more they lose. This ‘lack of demand’, in turn, is impacting the health of power-generating companies. Discoms have been turned around earlier. Narendra Modi as Gujarat chief minister proved that good economics also makes good politics. What really needs to be understood is what happened in Gujarat, and how it happened.

Separate feeder lines, auditing, strong action against defaulters and pricing are some of the issues that will need to be addressed. It will require time and effort, and may not provide great material for ‘headlines’. Other state officials will be required to sit with those from Gujarat, and after understanding the how of this success story, they will need to make out their own plans. These plans can’t be made or monitored in Delhi. Intensive discussions will have to be held with all stakeholders to get their ‘buy-ins’. This is critical for the success of any plan. If it could happen in coal, it can happen in power as well.

Discoms can, indeed, be turned around. They are not merely a problem of the states. They are a problem of the country.

Which of the following statements is correct according to the information given in the passage?

Directions

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

The power sector is in serious trouble. Non-performing assets (NPAs) among power-generating companies are mounting. There is a shortage of coal. Plant load factor (PLF) is down to 58%. Distribution companies (discoms) are in a bad shape and new power purchase agreements (PPAs) are few and far between. Launched in 2015, UDAY — Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana — was to provide much-needed relief, which it did temporarily. UDAY was a framework that had worked in Gujarat. If any ‘Gujarat model’ required replication in other parts of the country, it was this power sector model. But it didn’t happen, at least in the manner it was expected to.

States were to take over 75% of discom debts as on September 30, 2015. This was to ease their fiscal burden and ‘improve’ their balance sheets. But critical elements of UDAY, like reduction of aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses, elimination of the average cost of supply (ACS)-average revenue realised (ARR) gap, feeder metering, and distribution transformer (DT) metering, remain unaddressed. The debt transfer was supposed to provide fiscal space and time to discoms to carry out the more critical part that was supposed to revive them in the mid-term. Almost all the discoms got on board and utilised the facility to transfer debt to the state government. This improved their financial health, some even showing profits. However, this raised the debt burden of the states quite substantially.

Last year’s Economic Survey revealed that “due to these bonds, the states’ gross fiscal deficit-to-GDP ratio got increased by 0.7%”. Most of the discoms failed to carry out mandates relating to the reduction of AT&C losses, elimination of ACS-ACR gap, etc. Ironically, of all the UDAY states, 13 have actually reported higher AT&C losses as compared to the previous year. The focus of UDAY was primarily on fiscal restructuring. It was indeed a necessary condition, but not a sufficient one. States were ‘mandated’ to carry out the second and more ‘essential’ part of the deal. But the manner in which this part of the ‘mandate’ should have been carried out may not have been carried out. Monitoring systems were put in place, but the ‘facilitating’ mechanism for the states was not set up.

No extensive field visits or intensive interaction with the stakeholders were adopted. Little effort was made to understand their problems. They could have learnt from states like Gujarat (where UDAY had happened well before it ‘went national’) to replicate the model. Much time was spent on fiscal restructuring. Equal, if not more, time should have been spent on understanding how AT&C losses were reduced in states like Gujarat, the ACS-ACR gap was reduced and it could be adopted by other states.

Most discoms continue to be in trouble. The fundamental issues remain unaddressed. On account of the poor financial condition of discoms, no new PPAs are being floated, even though there is demand for power. (Incidentally, India’s per-capita consumption of power is one of the lowest in the world, and equivalent to the consumption in late 19th-early 20th century in the US.) There is demand, but discoms don’t have the money to buy power. Above all, the more they sell, the more they lose. This ‘lack of demand’, in turn, is impacting the health of power-generating companies. Discoms have been turned around earlier. Narendra Modi as Gujarat chief minister proved that good economics also makes good politics. What really needs to be understood is what happened in Gujarat, and how it happened.

Separate feeder lines, auditing, strong action against defaulters and pricing are some of the issues that will need to be addressed. It will require time and effort, and may not provide great material for ‘headlines’. Other state officials will be required to sit with those from Gujarat, and after understanding the how of this success story, they will need to make out their own plans. These plans can’t be made or monitored in Delhi. Intensive discussions will have to be held with all stakeholders to get their ‘buy-ins’. This is critical for the success of any plan. If it could happen in coal, it can happen in power as well.

Discoms can, indeed, be turned around. They are not merely a problem of the states. They are a problem of the country.

UDAY scheme was meant for _________________.

Directions

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

The power sector is in serious trouble. Non-performing assets (NPAs) among power-generating companies are mounting. There is a shortage of coal. Plant load factor (PLF) is down to 58%. Distribution companies (discoms) are in a bad shape and new power purchase agreements (PPAs) are few and far between. Launched in 2015, UDAY — Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana — was to provide much-needed relief, which it did temporarily. UDAY was a framework that had worked in Gujarat. If any ‘Gujarat model’ required replication in other parts of the country, it was this power sector model. But it didn’t happen, at least in the manner it was expected to.

States were to take over 75% of discom debts as on September 30, 2015. This was to ease their fiscal burden and ‘improve’ their balance sheets. But critical elements of UDAY, like reduction of aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses, elimination of the average cost of supply (ACS)-average revenue realised (ARR) gap, feeder metering, and distribution transformer (DT) metering, remain unaddressed. The debt transfer was supposed to provide fiscal space and time to discoms to carry out the more critical part that was supposed to revive them in the mid-term. Almost all the discoms got on board and utilised the facility to transfer debt to the state government. This improved their financial health, some even showing profits. However, this raised the debt burden of the states quite substantially.

Last year’s Economic Survey revealed that “due to these bonds, the states’ gross fiscal deficit-to-GDP ratio got increased by 0.7%”. Most of the discoms failed to carry out mandates relating to the reduction of AT&C losses, elimination of ACS-ACR gap, etc. Ironically, of all the UDAY states, 13 have actually reported higher AT&C losses as compared to the previous year. The focus of UDAY was primarily on fiscal restructuring. It was indeed a necessary condition, but not a sufficient one. States were ‘mandated’ to carry out the second and more ‘essential’ part of the deal. But the manner in which this part of the ‘mandate’ should have been carried out may not have been carried out. Monitoring systems were put in place, but the ‘facilitating’ mechanism for the states was not set up.

No extensive field visits or intensive interaction with the stakeholders were adopted. Little effort was made to understand their problems. They could have learnt from states like Gujarat (where UDAY had happened well before it ‘went national’) to replicate the model. Much time was spent on fiscal restructuring. Equal, if not more, time should have been spent on understanding how AT&C losses were reduced in states like Gujarat, the ACS-ACR gap was reduced and it could be adopted by other states.

Most discoms continue to be in trouble. The fundamental issues remain unaddressed. On account of the poor financial condition of discoms, no new PPAs are being floated, even though there is demand for power. (Incidentally, India’s per-capita consumption of power is one of the lowest in the world, and equivalent to the consumption in late 19th-early 20th century in the US.) There is demand, but discoms don’t have the money to buy power. Above all, the more they sell, the more they lose. This ‘lack of demand’, in turn, is impacting the health of power-generating companies. Discoms have been turned around earlier. Narendra Modi as Gujarat chief minister proved that good economics also makes good politics. What really needs to be understood is what happened in Gujarat, and how it happened.

Separate feeder lines, auditing, strong action against defaulters and pricing are some of the issues that will need to be addressed. It will require time and effort, and may not provide great material for ‘headlines’. Other state officials will be required to sit with those from Gujarat, and after understanding the how of this success story, they will need to make out their own plans. These plans can’t be made or monitored in Delhi. Intensive discussions will have to be held with all stakeholders to get their ‘buy-ins’. This is critical for the success of any plan. If it could happen in coal, it can happen in power as well.

Discoms can, indeed, be turned around. They are not merely a problem of the states. They are a problem of the country.

Choose the statement which gives the correct reason of improved monetary health of most of the discoms?

Directions

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

The power sector is in serious trouble. Non-performing assets (NPAs) among power-generating companies are mounting. There is a shortage of coal. Plant load factor (PLF) is down to 58%. Distribution companies (discoms) are in a bad shape and new power purchase agreements (PPAs) are few and far between. Launched in 2015, UDAY — Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana — was to provide much-needed relief, which it did temporarily. UDAY was a framework that had worked in Gujarat. If any ‘Gujarat model’ required replication in other parts of the country, it was this power sector model. But it didn’t happen, at least in the manner it was expected to.

States were to take over 75% of discom debts as on September 30, 2015. This was to ease their fiscal burden and ‘improve’ their balance sheets. But critical elements of UDAY, like reduction of aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses, elimination of the average cost of supply (ACS)-average revenue realised (ARR) gap, feeder metering, and distribution transformer (DT) metering, remain unaddressed. The debt transfer was supposed to provide fiscal space and time to discoms to carry out the more critical part that was supposed to revive them in the mid-term. Almost all the discoms got on board and utilised the facility to transfer debt to the state government. This improved their financial health, some even showing profits. However, this raised the debt burden of the states quite substantially.

Last year’s Economic Survey revealed that “due to these bonds, the states’ gross fiscal deficit-to-GDP ratio got increased by 0.7%”. Most of the discoms failed to carry out mandates relating to the reduction of AT&C losses, elimination of ACS-ACR gap, etc. Ironically, of all the UDAY states, 13 have actually reported higher AT&C losses as compared to the previous year. The focus of UDAY was primarily on fiscal restructuring. It was indeed a necessary condition, but not a sufficient one. States were ‘mandated’ to carry out the second and more ‘essential’ part of the deal. But the manner in which this part of the ‘mandate’ should have been carried out may not have been carried out. Monitoring systems were put in place, but the ‘facilitating’ mechanism for the states was not set up.

No extensive field visits or intensive interaction with the stakeholders were adopted. Little effort was made to understand their problems. They could have learnt from states like Gujarat (where UDAY had happened well before it ‘went national’) to replicate the model. Much time was spent on fiscal restructuring. Equal, if not more, time should have been spent on understanding how AT&C losses were reduced in states like Gujarat, the ACS-ACR gap was reduced and it could be adopted by other states.

Most discoms continue to be in trouble. The fundamental issues remain unaddressed. On account of the poor financial condition of discoms, no new PPAs are being floated, even though there is demand for power. (Incidentally, India’s per-capita consumption of power is one of the lowest in the world, and equivalent to the consumption in late 19th-early 20th century in the US.) There is demand, but discoms don’t have the money to buy power. Above all, the more they sell, the more they lose. This ‘lack of demand’, in turn, is impacting the health of power-generating companies. Discoms have been turned around earlier. Narendra Modi as Gujarat chief minister proved that good economics also makes good politics. What really needs to be understood is what happened in Gujarat, and how it happened.

Separate feeder lines, auditing, strong action against defaulters and pricing are some of the issues that will need to be addressed. It will require time and effort, and may not provide great material for ‘headlines’. Other state officials will be required to sit with those from Gujarat, and after understanding the how of this success story, they will need to make out their own plans. These plans can’t be made or monitored in Delhi. Intensive discussions will have to be held with all stakeholders to get their ‘buy-ins’. This is critical for the success of any plan. If it could happen in coal, it can happen in power as well.

Discoms can, indeed, be turned around. They are not merely a problem of the states. They are a problem of the country.

Instead of concentrating just on financial “restructuring”, what other areas should have got attention by the states?

Directions

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.

“The future of our economy depends on this lending capacity. And therefore we have to target ourselves and our policies, the whole (91)__________ has to direct itself in a direction, where we improve the credit giving ability of our banks, and where we improve the (92) _________ available as far as our markets are concerned,” Jaitley said, adding that this could (93)________ India towards a higher growth path.

In the last four years, the government announced capital infusion of Rs 70,000 crore and Rs 2.12 lakh crore to improve the capital levels of banks, he said. The government also (94) ________ the bankruptcy law and amended various loan recovery laws to minimize the NPAs. More efforts are required in this direction.

“To maintain the (95) ________ of the banking system and help India grow, we need to minimize our NPAs. Various, multiple options have been exercised, not many (96) _______ results. What is being experimented today is certainly yielding results, slowly but surely,” he said, referring to the (97)_________ coming through the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.

Strength of the banking system has to be improved so that they are able to lend to MSMEs and Non-Banking Financial Companies. “The NBFCs today need credit because a large part of lending is done by them,” he said. The finance minister’s comments come at a time when the government is (98)_________ with the Reserve Bank of India to ease some of its stricter rules on capital adequacy to enable banks to grow their loan book. Further taking on (99)_________ of GST blaming it as the reason for lower growth, Jaitley said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was a “(100) ________ reform” with a disruptionist impact on growth only for two quarters.

Choose the appropriate word.

Directions

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.

“The future of our economy depends on this lending capacity. And therefore we have to target ourselves and our policies, the whole (91)__________ has to direct itself in a direction, where we improve the credit giving ability of our banks, and where we improve the (92) _________ available as far as our markets are concerned,” Jaitley said, adding that this could (93)________ India towards a higher growth path.

In the last four years, the government announced capital infusion of Rs 70,000 crore and Rs 2.12 lakh crore to improve the capital levels of banks, he said. The government also (94) ________ the bankruptcy law and amended various loan recovery laws to minimize the NPAs. More efforts are required in this direction.

“To maintain the (95) ________ of the banking system and help India grow, we need to minimize our NPAs. Various, multiple options have been exercised, not many (96) _______ results. What is being experimented today is certainly yielding results, slowly but surely,” he said, referring to the (97)_________ coming through the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.

Strength of the banking system has to be improved so that they are able to lend to MSMEs and Non-Banking Financial Companies. “The NBFCs today need credit because a large part of lending is done by them,” he said. The finance minister’s comments come at a time when the government is (98)_________ with the Reserve Bank of India to ease some of its stricter rules on capital adequacy to enable banks to grow their loan book. Further taking on (99)_________ of GST blaming it as the reason for lower growth, Jaitley said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was a “(100) ________ reform” with a disruptionist impact on growth only for two quarters.

Choose the appropriate word.

Directions

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.

“The future of our economy depends on this lending capacity. And therefore we have to target ourselves and our policies, the whole (91)__________ has to direct itself in a direction, where we improve the credit giving ability of our banks, and where we improve the (92) _________ available as far as our markets are concerned,” Jaitley said, adding that this could (93)________ India towards a higher growth path.

In the last four years, the government announced capital infusion of Rs 70,000 crore and Rs 2.12 lakh crore to improve the capital levels of banks, he said. The government also (94) ________ the bankruptcy law and amended various loan recovery laws to minimize the NPAs. More efforts are required in this direction.

“To maintain the (95) ________ of the banking system and help India grow, we need to minimize our NPAs. Various, multiple options have been exercised, not many (96) _______ results. What is being experimented today is certainly yielding results, slowly but surely,” he said, referring to the (97)_________ coming through the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.

Strength of the banking system has to be improved so that they are able to lend to MSMEs and Non-Banking Financial Companies. “The NBFCs today need credit because a large part of lending is done by them,” he said. The finance minister’s comments come at a time when the government is (98)_________ with the Reserve Bank of India to ease some of its stricter rules on capital adequacy to enable banks to grow their loan book. Further taking on (99)_________ of GST blaming it as the reason for lower growth, Jaitley said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was a “(100) ________ reform” with a disruptionist impact on growth only for two quarters.

Choose the appropriate word.

Directions

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.

“The future of our economy depends on this lending capacity. And therefore we have to target ourselves and our policies, the whole (91)__________ has to direct itself in a direction, where we improve the credit giving ability of our banks, and where we improve the (92) _________ available as far as our markets are concerned,” Jaitley said, adding that this could (93)________ India towards a higher growth path.

In the last four years, the government announced capital infusion of Rs 70,000 crore and Rs 2.12 lakh crore to improve the capital levels of banks, he said. The government also (94) ________ the bankruptcy law and amended various loan recovery laws to minimize the NPAs. More efforts are required in this direction.

“To maintain the (95) ________ of the banking system and help India grow, we need to minimize our NPAs. Various, multiple options have been exercised, not many (96) _______ results. What is being experimented today is certainly yielding results, slowly but surely,” he said, referring to the (97)_________ coming through the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.

Strength of the banking system has to be improved so that they are able to lend to MSMEs and Non-Banking Financial Companies. “The NBFCs today need credit because a large part of lending is done by them,” he said. The finance minister’s comments come at a time when the government is (98)_________ with the Reserve Bank of India to ease some of its stricter rules on capital adequacy to enable banks to grow their loan book. Further taking on (99)_________ of GST blaming it as the reason for lower growth, Jaitley said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was a “(100) ________ reform” with a disruptionist impact on growth only for two quarters.

Choose the appropriate word.

Directions

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.

“The future of our economy depends on this lending capacity. And therefore we have to target ourselves and our policies, the whole (91)__________ has to direct itself in a direction, where we improve the credit giving ability of our banks, and where we improve the (92) _________ available as far as our markets are concerned,” Jaitley said, adding that this could (93)________ India towards a higher growth path.

In the last four years, the government announced capital infusion of Rs 70,000 crore and Rs 2.12 lakh crore to improve the capital levels of banks, he said. The government also (94) ________ the bankruptcy law and amended various loan recovery laws to minimize the NPAs. More efforts are required in this direction.

“To maintain the (95) ________ of the banking system and help India grow, we need to minimize our NPAs. Various, multiple options have been exercised, not many (96) _______ results. What is being experimented today is certainly yielding results, slowly but surely,” he said, referring to the (97)_________ coming through the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.

Strength of the banking system has to be improved so that they are able to lend to MSMEs and Non-Banking Financial Companies. “The NBFCs today need credit because a large part of lending is done by them,” he said. The finance minister’s comments come at a time when the government is (98)_________ with the Reserve Bank of India to ease some of its stricter rules on capital adequacy to enable banks to grow their loan book. Further taking on (99)_________ of GST blaming it as the reason for lower growth, Jaitley said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was a “(100) ________ reform” with a disruptionist impact on growth only for two quarters.

Choose the appropriate word.

Directions

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.

“The future of our economy depends on this lending capacity. And therefore we have to target ourselves and our policies, the whole (91)__________ has to direct itself in a direction, where we improve the credit giving ability of our banks, and where we improve the (92) _________ available as far as our markets are concerned,” Jaitley said, adding that this could (93)________ India towards a higher growth path.

In the last four years, the government announced capital infusion of Rs 70,000 crore and Rs 2.12 lakh crore to improve the capital levels of banks, he said. The government also (94) ________ the bankruptcy law and amended various loan recovery laws to minimize the NPAs. More efforts are required in this direction.

“To maintain the (95) ________ of the banking system and help India grow, we need to minimize our NPAs. Various, multiple options have been exercised, not many (96) _______ results. What is being experimented today is certainly yielding results, slowly but surely,” he said, referring to the (97)_________ coming through the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.

Strength of the banking system has to be improved so that they are able to lend to MSMEs and Non-Banking Financial Companies. “The NBFCs today need credit because a large part of lending is done by them,” he said. The finance minister’s comments come at a time when the government is (98)_________ with the Reserve Bank of India to ease some of its stricter rules on capital adequacy to enable banks to grow their loan book. Further taking on (99)_________ of GST blaming it as the reason for lower growth, Jaitley said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was a “(100) ________ reform” with a disruptionist impact on growth only for two quarters.

Choose the appropriate word.

Directions

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.

“The future of our economy depends on this lending capacity. And therefore we have to target ourselves and our policies, the whole (91)__________ has to direct itself in a direction, where we improve the credit giving ability of our banks, and where we improve the (92) _________ available as far as our markets are concerned,” Jaitley said, adding that this could (93)________ India towards a higher growth path.

In the last four years, the government announced capital infusion of Rs 70,000 crore and Rs 2.12 lakh crore to improve the capital levels of banks, he said. The government also (94) ________ the bankruptcy law and amended various loan recovery laws to minimize the NPAs. More efforts are required in this direction.

“To maintain the (95) ________ of the banking system and help India grow, we need to minimize our NPAs. Various, multiple options have been exercised, not many (96) _______ results. What is being experimented today is certainly yielding results, slowly but surely,” he said, referring to the (97)_________ coming through the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.

Strength of the banking system has to be improved so that they are able to lend to MSMEs and Non-Banking Financial Companies. “The NBFCs today need credit because a large part of lending is done by them,” he said. The finance minister’s comments come at a time when the government is (98)_________ with the Reserve Bank of India to ease some of its stricter rules on capital adequacy to enable banks to grow their loan book. Further taking on (99)_________ of GST blaming it as the reason for lower growth, Jaitley said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was a “(100) ________ reform” with a disruptionist impact on growth only for two quarters.

Choose the appropriate word.

Directions

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.

“The future of our economy depends on this lending capacity. And therefore we have to target ourselves and our policies, the whole (91)__________ has to direct itself in a direction, where we improve the credit giving ability of our banks, and where we improve the (92) _________ available as far as our markets are concerned,” Jaitley said, adding that this could (93)________ India towards a higher growth path.

In the last four years, the government announced capital infusion of Rs 70,000 crore and Rs 2.12 lakh crore to improve the capital levels of banks, he said. The government also (94) ________ the bankruptcy law and amended various loan recovery laws to minimize the NPAs. More efforts are required in this direction.

“To maintain the (95) ________ of the banking system and help India grow, we need to minimize our NPAs. Various, multiple options have been exercised, not many (96) _______ results. What is being experimented today is certainly yielding results, slowly but surely,” he said, referring to the (97)_________ coming through the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.

Strength of the banking system has to be improved so that they are able to lend to MSMEs and Non-Banking Financial Companies. “The NBFCs today need credit because a large part of lending is done by them,” he said. The finance minister’s comments come at a time when the government is (98)_________ with the Reserve Bank of India to ease some of its stricter rules on capital adequacy to enable banks to grow their loan book. Further taking on (99)_________ of GST blaming it as the reason for lower growth, Jaitley said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was a “(100) ________ reform” with a disruptionist impact on growth only for two quarters.

Choose the appropriate word.

Directions

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.

“The future of our economy depends on this lending capacity. And therefore we have to target ourselves and our policies, the whole (91)__________ has to direct itself in a direction, where we improve the credit giving ability of our banks, and where we improve the (92) _________ available as far as our markets are concerned,” Jaitley said, adding that this could (93)________ India towards a higher growth path.

In the last four years, the government announced capital infusion of Rs 70,000 crore and Rs 2.12 lakh crore to improve the capital levels of banks, he said. The government also (94) ________ the bankruptcy law and amended various loan recovery laws to minimize the NPAs. More efforts are required in this direction.

“To maintain the (95) ________ of the banking system and help India grow, we need to minimize our NPAs. Various, multiple options have been exercised, not many (96) _______ results. What is being experimented today is certainly yielding results, slowly but surely,” he said, referring to the (97)_________ coming through the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.

Strength of the banking system has to be improved so that they are able to lend to MSMEs and Non-Banking Financial Companies. “The NBFCs today need credit because a large part of lending is done by them,” he said. The finance minister’s comments come at a time when the government is (98)_________ with the Reserve Bank of India to ease some of its stricter rules on capital adequacy to enable banks to grow their loan book. Further taking on (99)_________ of GST blaming it as the reason for lower growth, Jaitley said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was a “(100) ________ reform” with a disruptionist impact on growth only for two quarters.

Choose the appropriate word.

Directions

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.

“The future of our economy depends on this lending capacity. And therefore we have to target ourselves and our policies, the whole (91)__________ has to direct itself in a direction, where we improve the credit giving ability of our banks, and where we improve the (92) _________ available as far as our markets are concerned,” Jaitley said, adding that this could (93)________ India towards a higher growth path.

In the last four years, the government announced capital infusion of Rs 70,000 crore and Rs 2.12 lakh crore to improve the capital levels of banks, he said. The government also (94) ________ the bankruptcy law and amended various loan recovery laws to minimize the NPAs. More efforts are required in this direction.

“To maintain the (95) ________ of the banking system and help India grow, we need to minimize our NPAs. Various, multiple options have been exercised, not many (96) _______ results. What is being experimented today is certainly yielding results, slowly but surely,” he said, referring to the (97)_________ coming through the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.

Strength of the banking system has to be improved so that they are able to lend to MSMEs and Non-Banking Financial Companies. “The NBFCs today need credit because a large part of lending is done by them,” he said. The finance minister’s comments come at a time when the government is (98)_________ with the Reserve Bank of India to ease some of its stricter rules on capital adequacy to enable banks to grow their loan book. Further taking on (99)_________ of GST blaming it as the reason for lower growth, Jaitley said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was a “(100) ________ reform” with a disruptionist impact on growth only for two quarters.

Choose the appropriate word.

Directions

In each of the following questions, a sentence is given with a part missing. Out of the remaining options choose the one that provides the filler that suits the context most appropriately and is grammatically correct.

The deal will help the Walmart – _____________ consumers migrating to online platforms like those run by Amazon – get a foothold in the world’s fastest growing economy with a market of 1.3 billion people.  

I. Which has seen

II. Which will be seen

III. Which will see

Directions

In each of the following questions, a sentence is given with a part missing. Out of the remaining options choose the one that provides the filler that suits the context most appropriately and is grammatically correct.

The pharmaceutical companies ___________the petitioner banking on the parliamentary committee report in court.

I. Were oppose to

II. Were opposed to

III. Were being opposed to

Directions

In each of the following questions, a sentence is given with a part missing. Out of the remaining options choose the one that provides the filler that suits the context most appropriately and is grammatically correct.

Barely two days before all campaigning ____________, the candidate walks into your home to seek your vote.

I. Coming to a halt

II. Will be coming to a halt

III. Comes to a halt

Directions

In each of the following questions, a sentence is given with a part missing. Out of the remaining options choose the one that provides the filler that suits the context most appropriately and is grammatically correct.

Discussions over simplifying GST returns _____________for months and considered by the Council, a committee of officers and a Group of Ministers.

I. Have been under way

II. Has been over way

III. Has been under way

Directions

In each of the following questions, a sentence is given with a part missing. Out of the remaining options choose the one that provides the filler that suits the context most appropriately and is grammatically correct.

The price of oil _____________ for weeks now, with Brent crude oil futures hitting their highest level in more than three years on Monday, at more than $75.

I. Had been shot over

II. Has been shooting over

III. Has been shooting up

Directions

In each of the questions, a sentence is divided into five parts namely A, B, C, D and E in which one of the parts is given in bold and is grammatically and contextually correct. You have to identify which fragment, apart from the bold one, is correct in terms of grammar and usage.

The State Department said (A)/ recently those India has (B)/ ordered defence equipment worthy $18 billion (C)/ from the U.S, and the administration is (D)/ unlike to stall it all under sanctions (E).

Directions

In each of the questions, a sentence is divided into five parts namely A, B, C, D and E in which one of the parts is given in bold and is grammatically and contextually correct. You have to identify which fragment, apart from the bold one, is correct in terms of grammar and usage.

There could been strong statements (A)/ from the U.S, in continuation (B)/ in its line, but sanctions (C)/ are extremely unlikely according (D)/ on both official and unofficial sources (E).

Directions

In each of the questions, a sentence is divided into five parts namely A, B, C, D and E in which one of the parts is given in bold and is grammatically and contextually correct. You have to identify which fragment, apart from the bold one, is correct in terms of grammar and usage.

There are no specific trigger points (A)/ mentioned in CAATSA for sanctions, (B)/ and the administration can (C)/ delay the decision (D)/ without announcing any waiver (E).

Directions

In each of the questions, a sentence is divided into five parts namely A, B, C, D and E in which one of the parts is given in bold and is grammatically and contextually correct. You have to identify which fragment, apart from the bold one, is correct in terms of grammar and usage.

The path that we took (A)/ hereon will not only determine (B)/ our well-being but along that (C)/ of the generations who (D)/did inhabit our planet after us (E).

Directions

In each of the questions, a sentence is divided into five parts namely A, B, C, D and E in which one of the parts is given in bold and is grammatically and contextually correct. You have to identify which fragment, apart from the bold one, is correct in terms of grammar and usage.

When we as a society are aware (A)/ of our strong links in environmental conservation (B)/ and talk about it regular, (C)/ we will automatically be proactive as (D)/ working towards a sustainable environment (E).

Directions

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series?   

3, 6, 23, 122, 863, ?

Directions

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series?   

32, 33, 70, 219, 892, ?

Directions

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series?   

34, 73, 141, 287, 569, ?

Directions

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series?   

47, 70.5, 176.3, 616.9, 2776, ? 

Directions

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series?    

13, 25, 74, 295 , ?, 8843

Directions

Following pie-chart shows the percentage distribution of employees of a state placed in various sectors. Study the chart carefully and answer the questions given below:

Total number of employees = 15000

Female employees who got placed in banking sector is approximately what per cent of the female employees who got placed in Retail sector?

Directions

Following pie-chart shows the percentage distribution of employees of a state placed in various sectors. Study the chart carefully and answer the questions given below:

Total number of employees = 15000

What is the difference between the total number of male employees and the total number of female employees placed in all the given sectors together?

Directions

Following pie-chart shows the percentage distribution of employees of a state placed in various sectors. Study the chart carefully and answer the questions given below:

Total number of employees = 15000

Total number of employees placed in banking sector is approximately how much percent less than the total number of employees placed in construction sector?

Directions

Following pie-chart shows the percentage distribution of employees of a state placed in various sectors. Study the chart carefully and answer the questions given below:

Total number of employees = 15000

If 20% of the persons placed in aviation sector left their jobs and joined Banking sector, what is the total number of persons in banking sector?

Directions

Following pie-chart shows the percentage distribution of employees of a state placed in various sectors. Study the chart carefully and answer the questions given below:

Total number of employees = 15000

What is the total number of female employees who joined telecom and construction sector?

Seven balls of different colors are to be placed in four boxes of different sizes. Each box can hold all seven balls. In how many different ways can we place the balls so that no box remains empty?

Raman gave a certain amount to his son Ritesh for buying some pens and pencils.  With this amount Ritesh can purchase either 10 pens or 30 pencils. Ritesh bought a chocolate with 10% of total amount and purchased 7 pens. How many pencils he can purchase with rest of the money.

A bag contains 5 red flowers, 7 yellow flowers and 8 green flowers. 3 flowers are drawn randomly. What is the probability that the flowers drawn contain flowers of different colors?

A student breaks a stick in such a way that the ratio of larger part to 125% of the smaller part is same as 5/6^th of that of the original length of the stick to one of the larger part of the pencil. The ratio of the larger part to the original length of stick is:

P and Q are working on a project which they can complete in ‘x – 35’ days and ‘x – 15’ days while working individually. While working together, they can complete the work in  (x + 505)/22 days. Had P worked on the first day and Q on second day and they continued working in this pattern, then how long would it have taken them to complete the project?

Directions

Study the following table carefully to answer the questions that follow:

[Cost price & Marked Price of a laptop (in Rs.) & the discount offered to the customers and commission given to the brokers]

How many shopkeepers are actually incurring losses in the transaction (with commission)?

Directions

Study the following table carefully to answer the questions that follow:

[Cost price & Marked Price of a laptop (in Rs.) & the discount offered to the customers and commission given to the brokers]

If you plan to purchase a laptop, you will get at the cheapest rate from which of the shopkeeper?

Directions

Study the following table carefully to answer the questions that follow:

[Cost price & Marked Price of a laptop (in Rs.) & the discount offered to the customers and commission given to the brokers]

If Shopkeeper B sold three laptops on a particular day, out of which he sold one laptop through the broker, how much profit he earned on that particular day ?

Directions

Study the following table carefully to answer the questions that follow:

[Cost price & Marked Price of a laptop (in Rs.) & the discount offered to the customers and commission given to the brokers]

Which shopkeeper is earning the highest profit % in the transaction (without commission)?

Directions

Study the following table carefully to answer the questions that follow:

[Cost price & Marked Price of a laptop (in Rs.) & the discount offered to the customers and commission given to the brokers]

On a particular day, B sold 5 laptops and C sold 7 laptops through broker. What is the difference between the net profit earned by B and C on that day?

Directions

Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and give answer –

P, Q and R together can complete a work in 12 days. All of them worked together for 6 days and then P left. How much time will Q and R together take to complete the remaining work?

I. If P completes a work in X number of days, then Q and R together complete the work in X number of days.

II. After leaving the work, P completed another work in 10 days.

Directions

Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and give answer –

What is the yearly salary of Mr. Rohan?

I. Sohan earns Rs. 44000 more than Mohan in a year who earns Rs. 16000 more than Rohan per annum.

II. The total salary of Rohan and Sohan together for one year is Rs.192000.

Directions

Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and give answer –

The cost price of an article is Rs. 600. How much profit did a trader get by selling the article, if it was sold at 15% discount?

 I. The trader marked the article at Rs. 750.

II. The trader sold the article to X and X sold the article to Y at Rs. 650 earning a profit of 25%.

Directions

Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and give answer –

How much time will train A take to cross a platform of length 400 m?

I. The train A crosses another train B in 40 seconds.

II. Both trains are running in opposite direction.

Directions

Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and give answer –

A trader allows two successive discounts of x% and y% on the marked price of an article. Is the selling price of the article less than Rs. 18,000?

I. The cost price of the article is Rs.23,000.

II. x% = 10% and y% = 15%.

Directions

In the following question two quantities are given Quantity 1 and quantity 2. By solving those quantities then give corresponding answer.

Quantity 1: From a group of 5 male and 6 female, five persons are to be selected to form a committee so that at least 3 female are there in the committee. In how many ways can it be done?

Quantity 2: In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘QUANTITATIVE’ be arranged in such a way that the vowels always comes together? (Repetition not allowed)