IPMAT Mock Test - 9 (New Pattern)

Direction: Study the following graph carefully and answer the question that follows.

The number of students from four different schools who qualified in an exam in six different years from 2012 to 2017 is shown in the graph given below.

What was the total number of students who qualified in the exam from school A in 2016, from school B in 2015, from school C in 2014 and from school D in 2012?

Direction: Study the following graph carefully and answer the question that follows.

The number of students from four different schools who qualified in an exam in six different years from 2012 to 2017 is shown in the graph given below.

What was the average number of students who qualified in the exam from school C over all the years together?

Direction: Study the following graph carefully and answer the question that follows.

The number of students from four different schools who qualified in an exam in six different years from 2012 to 2017 is shown in the graph given below.

What was the difference between the total number of students who qualified in the exam from schools A and B together in the year 2017 and the total number of students who qualified in the exam from schools C and D together in the year 2015?

If X={4ⁿ − 3n − 1, n ∈ N} and Y = {9n − 9, n ∈ N}, then X ∪ Y is equal to:

If the sum of n numbers in the GP 4, 8, 16,… is 2044 then n is?

In a factory, the average salary of the employees is Rs. 1500. After the inclusion of 5 employees, the total salary increased by Rs. 3000 and the average salary was reduced by Rs. 100, then now the number of employees are:

The average age of 3 sisters is 15. If the ages of 2 sisters are 12 years and 15 years, the age of the third sister is:

On selling an article for Rs. 265 a man loses 4%. In order to gain 12%, for how much he must sell the article?

The divisor is 25 times the quotient and 5 times the remainder. If the quotient is 16, the dividend is:

In a two digit number, the digit at the unit's place is 1 less than twice the digit at the ten's place. If the digits at unit's and ten's place are interchanged, the difference between the new and the original number is less than the original number by 20. The original number is:

If 432P1 is completely divisible by 9, then what is the value of P?

The value of

A man completes a certain journey by a car. If he covered 30% of the distance at the speed of 20kmph, 60% of the distance at 40km/h and the remaining of the distance at 10 kmph, his average speed is:

Solve: where x ∈ R, x ≠ ±2

Shikha invested a total of Rs. 1500 in two different schemes offering simple interest of 6% and 4% respectively. In two years' time, the scheme offering higher interest rate gives Rs. 100 more interest than the scheme offering the lower rate. What was the ratio of amount invested at higher interest rate to the other amount?

In how many ways can a team of 6 members be selected from 7 boys and 4 girls, consisting of equal number of boys and girls.

If x, y, z are three consecutive positive integers, then log (1 + xz) is

Equation of the circle having diameter 8 and diameters y + 2x - 5 = 0 and 2y + 3x - 8 = 0 is?

A man completes a journey in 10 hours. He travels the first half of the journey at the rate of 21 km/hr and the second half at the rate of 24 km/hr. Find the total journey in km.

When a number n is divided by 5, the remainder is 2. When n² is divided by 5, the remainder will be:

Find the value of log₆√2 + log₆√3

Direction: Study the following graph carefully and answer the question that follows.

The number of students from four different schools who qualified in an exam in six different years from 2012 to 2017 is shown in the graph given below.

What was the ratio of the number of students who qualified in the exam from school C in the year 2014 to the number of students who qualified in the exam from school D in the year 2017?

Direction: Study the following graph carefully and answer the question that follows.

The number of students from four different schools who qualified in an exam in six different years from 2012 to 2017 is shown in the graph given below.

What was the approximate percentage increase in the number of students who qualified in the exam from school A in the year 2013 as compared to that in the previous year?

If A = [2, 3] then cardinality of A × A × A is:

Find the equation of the tangent to the ellipse x² + 2y² = 4 at the point where ordinate is 1 such that point lies in the first quadrant?

If A = and B = then the value of (AB)^T is:

The total surface area of a cube is 108 cm². Find the volume of the cube?

Simplify:

Let f: R → R be defined as f(x) = x⁴. Choose the correct answer.

Find the value of x and y such that

A train crossed a 110 m long platform in 13.5 seconds and a 205 m long platform in 18.25 seconds. What was the speed of the train?

If ¹⁰P_r = 5040, then r =

A problem is given to three persons and their chances of solving it are 1/3,1/4,1/5 respectively. This probability that none will solve it is:

If the distance between point A(5,a) and B(17,12) is 13 units, then find the value of a:

In an examination, 20% of the total number of students failed in English, 15% of the total number of students failed in Maths, and 5% of the total number of students failed in both. What is the percentage of students who passed in both the subjects?

If A = {2, 3}, B = {4, 5}, C = {5, 6}, then what is the number of elements in A x (B ∩ C)?

Prem buys a table for Rs. 450 and spends Rs. 30 on its transportation. If he sells the table for Rs. 600 what will be his gain percent?

Direction: Rearrange the following five sentences/ group of sentences A, B, C, D and E in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?

Direction: Rearrange the following five sentences/ group of sentences A, B, C, D and E in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

Which of the following should be the LAST sentence after rearrangement?

Direction: In this question, a part of the sentence is made bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (A), (B), and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no correction is needed, mark (D) as your answer.

Students from around the world have increasing started opting to online education.

Direction: In this question, a part of the sentence is made bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (A), (B), and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no correction is needed, mark (D) as your answer.

Getting to hire as the assistant to a pastry chef seemed like a dream come true.

Direction: In this question, a part of the sentence is made bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (A), (B), and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no correction is needed, mark (D) as your answer.

A federal government climate-change report released last year shows the Pacific Northwest is already seeing damage from rising temperatures.

Direction: In each question a sentence is given followed by a blank. You are provided with three fragments I, II and III. You have to identify which statement/statements can carry forward the given sentence in the most logical way so as to make the sentence coherent and contextually correct.

On one hand, the government is providing ___________.

I. power to industrialists of Vidarbha and Marathwada at concessional rates but on the other, the State Discom MSEDCL is providing free electricity to them.

II. cheap food to people and on the other, it is increasing fuel prices.

III. water and power supply in some colonies but on the other side, government has lifted the ban on their development.

Direction: In each question a sentence is given followed by a blank. You are provided with three fragments I, II and III. You have to identify which statement/statements can carry forward the given sentence in the most logical way so as to make the sentence coherent and contextually correct.

No matter how much we ____________.

I. mitigate, there prevails some information asymmetry which makes some amount of climate change unavoidable.

II. understand him, we will fully grasp the myriad ways in which he has made the sport better.

III. care for her, it will not be in vain.

Direction: In each question a sentence is given followed by a blank. You are provided with three fragments I, II and III. You have to identify which statement/statements can carry forward the given sentence in the most logical way so as to make the sentence coherent and contextually correct.

From its establishment many decades back, _________.

I. the value of the Canada-U.S. surface trade has increased by 76% in the present day, while that of the U.S.-Mexico surface trade has increased by 372%.

II. Magnet has invested till date, over €120m in developing its own advanced telecoms network.

III. much of Germany’s political class has worried that the 92 MPs entering the Bundestag could throw a spanner in the works of German democracy.

Directions: The following question has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits in the context of the sentence.

Central banks across the globe are preparing to loosen monetary policies, to _______ their respective economies and it is expected that gold will continue the ongoing ________.

Directions: The following question has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits in the context of the sentence.

Investors can think of putting in at least 10 percent of their savings in gold as it has the _____ to be an ______ for the portfolio in a fragile trade environment.

Direction: Complete the paragraph given below.

Vinyasa, as commonly understood, consists of moving from one asana or body position to another, combining breathing with the movement. The concept is to take orderly steps, each step placed correctly while considering the person and goal so that progress is consistent and steady. The order in which the poses are done in an asana practice is not an arbitrary matter. _____________ . When strung together without purpose they form nonsense, but when properly ordered they create words, sentences, and wondrous literature.

Direction: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct most appropriate options.

1. Each drop represents a little bit of creation and of life itself. When the monsoon brings to northern India the first rains of summer, the parched earth opens its pores and quenches its thirst with a hiss of ecstasy. After baking in the sun for the last few months, the land looks cracked, dusty and tired. Now, almost overnight, new grass springs up, there is renewal everywhere, and the damp earth releases a fragrance sweeter than any devised by man.

2. Water brings joy to earth, grass, leaf bud, blossom, insect, bird, animal and the pounding heart of man. Small children run out of their homes to romp naked in the rain. Buffaloes, which have spent the summer listlessly around lakes gone dry, now plunge into heaven of muddy water. Soon the lakes and rivers will overflow with the monsoon’s generosity, Trekking in the Himalayan foothills, I recently walked for kilometres without encountering habitation. I was just scolding myself for not having brought along a water- bottle when I came across a patch of green on a rock face. I parted a curtain of tender maidenhair fern and discovered a tiny spring issuing from the rock-nectar for the thirsty traveller.

3. I stayed there for hours, watching the water descend, drop by drop, into a tiny casement in the rocks. Each drop reflected creation. That same spring, I later discovered, joined other springs to form a. swift, tumbling. stream, which went cascading down the hill into other streams until, in the plains, it became part of a river. And that river flowed into another mightier river that kilometres later emptied into the ocean. Be like water, taught Laotzu, philosopher ‘and founder of Taoism. Soft and limpid, it finds its way through, over or under any obstacle. It does not quarrel; it simply moves on.

Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to the word ‘pounding’ as used in para 2 of the passage?

Direction: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct most appropriate options.

1. Each drop represents a little bit of creation and of life itself. When the monsoon brings to northern India the first rains of summer, the parched earth opens its pores and quenches its thirst with a hiss of ecstasy. After baking in the sun for the last few months, the land looks cracked, dusty and tired. Now, almost overnight, new grass springs up, there is renewal everywhere, and the damp earth releases a fragrance sweeter than any devised by man.

2. Water brings joy to earth, grass, leaf bud, blossom, insect, bird, animal and the pounding heart of man. Small children run out of their homes to romp naked in the rain. Buffaloes, which have spent the summer listlessly around lakes gone dry, now plunge into heaven of muddy water. Soon the lakes and rivers will overflow with the monsoon’s generosity, Trekking in the Himalayan foothills, I recently walked for kilometres without encountering habitation. I was just scolding myself for not having brought along a water- bottle when I came across a patch of green on a rock face. I parted a curtain of tender maidenhair fern and discovered a tiny spring issuing from the rock-nectar for the thirsty traveller.

3. I stayed there for hours, watching the water descend, drop by drop, into a tiny casement in the rocks. Each drop reflected creation. That same spring, I later discovered, joined other springs to form a. swift, tumbling. stream, which went cascading down the hill into other streams until, in the plains, it became part of a river. And that river flowed into another mightier river that kilometres later emptied into the ocean. Be like water, taught Laotzu, philosopher ‘and founder of Taoism. Soft and limpid, it finds its way through, over or under any obstacle. It does not quarrel; it simply moves on.

Which one of the following words is most opposite in meaning to the word ‘descend’ (para 3) as used in the passage?

Direction: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct most appropriate options.

1. Each drop represents a little bit of creation and of life itself. When the monsoon brings to northern India the first rains of summer, the parched earth opens its pores and quenches its thirst with a hiss of ecstasy. After baking in the sun for the last few months, the land looks cracked, dusty and tired. Now, almost overnight, new grass springs up, there is renewal everywhere, and the damp earth releases a fragrance sweeter than any devised by man.

2. Water brings joy to earth, grass, leaf bud, blossom, insect, bird, animal and the pounding heart of man. Small children run out of their homes to romp naked in the rain. Buffaloes, which have spent the summer listlessly around lakes gone dry, now plunge into heaven of muddy water. Soon the lakes and rivers will overflow with the monsoon’s generosity, Trekking in the Himalayan foothills, I recently walked for kilometres without encountering habitation. I was just scolding myself for not having brought along a water- bottle when I came across a patch of green on a rock face. I parted a curtain of tender maidenhair fern and discovered a tiny spring issuing from the rock-nectar for the thirsty traveller.

3. I stayed there for hours, watching the water descend, drop by drop, into a tiny casement in the rocks. Each drop reflected creation. That same spring, I later discovered, joined other springs to form a. swift, tumbling. stream, which went cascading down the hill into other streams until, in the plains, it became part of a river. And that river flowed into another mightier river that kilometres later emptied into the ocean. Be like water, taught Laotzu, philosopher ‘and founder of Taoism. Soft and limpid, it finds its way through, over or under any obstacle. It does not quarrel; it simply moves on.

Which part of speech is the underlined word in the following sentence?

Almost overnight new grass spring up.

Direction: In the following question, the given sentence has four parts marked (P), (Q), (R) and (S). Choose the part of the sentence with the error and mark it as your answer. If there is no error, mark 'No error (S)' as your answer.

Can you tell me (P) / the name of the person (Q) / whom wrote the book? (R) / No error (S)

Direction: In the following question, the given sentence has four parts marked (P), (Q), (R) and (S). Choose the part of the sentence with the error and mark it as your answer. If there is no error, mark 'No error (S)' as your answer.

Men who has risen (P) / by their own exertions (Q) / are always respected. (R) / No error (S)

Direction: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct most appropriate options.

1. Each drop represents a little bit of creation and of life itself. When the monsoon brings to northern India the first rains of summer, the parched earth opens its pores and quenches its thirst with a hiss of ecstasy. After baking in the sun for the last few months, the land looks cracked, dusty and tired. Now, almost overnight, new grass springs up, there is renewal everywhere, and the damp earth releases a fragrance sweeter than any devised by man.

2. Water brings joy to earth, grass, leaf bud, blossom, insect, bird, animal and the pounding heart of man. Small children run out of their homes to romp naked in the rain. Buffaloes, which have spent the summer listlessly around lakes gone dry, now plunge into heaven of muddy water. Soon the lakes and rivers will overflow with the monsoon’s generosity, Trekking in the Himalayan foothills, I recently walked for kilometres without encountering habitation. I was just scolding myself for not having brought along a water- bottle when I came across a patch of green on a rock face. I parted a curtain of tender maidenhair fern and discovered a tiny spring issuing from the rock-nectar for the thirsty traveller.

3. I stayed there for hours, watching the water descend, drop by drop, into a tiny casement in the rocks. Each drop reflected creation. That same spring, I later discovered, joined other springs to form a. swift, tumbling. stream, which went cascading down the hill into other streams until, in the plains, it became part of a river. And that river flowed into another mightier river that kilometres later emptied into the ocean. Be like water, taught Laotzu, philosopher ‘and founder of Taoism. Soft and limpid, it finds its way through, over or under any obstacle. It does not quarrel; it simply moves on.

Children respond to the first rains of summer by:

Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below.

As NASA works toward its long-term goal of establishing a human settlement on Mars, SpaceX is fleshing out its plans to help NASA make that dream a reality.

The private spaceflight company, which regularly launches cargo to the International Space Station with the Falcon 9 rocket and will soon launch astronauts up there, is currently building an interplanetary spacecraft for Mars. Known as Starship, the rocket-spacecraft combo will be able to launch 100 passengers and large amounts of cargo to and from the Red Planet.

Before Starship can launch to Mars, it will start off launching commercial satellites as early as 2021, followed by a manned flight around the moon in 2023. Although SpaceX has not given a timeline for its first missions to Mars, SpaceX founder Elon Musk has said that the first Mars base could be up and running in 2028. And while Musk shared some eye-catching artist illustrations depicting what he called "Mars Base Alpha" as an intricate network of buildings and infrastructure, SpaceX's plans for the Red Planet are not quite that extensive.

"SpaceX very much is a transportation company," Paul Wooster, the principal Mars development engineer at SpaceX, said during a speech at the Humans to Mars Summit in Washington in May. He explained that SpaceX plans to build whatever infrastructure is necessary to support the company's Starship flights to and from Mars; that could include landing pads and refueling stations for the reusable rockets.

For its very first Mars missions, SpaceX will land at least two unmanned cargo ships on the Red Planet before sending any humans there, Wooster said. Those cargo missions would bring supplies, such as life- support systems and power generators that the first astronauts on Mars will need when they set up camp.

The first unmanned Mars missions will also be tasked with confirming the presence of natural resources that can provide fuel for future two-way missions to the Red Planet, Wooster said. SpaceX wants to use water ice from the planet's surface and carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere to refuel Starships on Mars, enabling the rockets to return to Earth.

After those first two cargo missions, SpaceX will launch two manned missions alongside two additional cargo-only flights to begin setting up a propellant production plant. At that plant, water and carbon dioxide will be converted into liquid methane and liquid oxygen, which fuel the rocket's engines.

So, while SpaceX intends to set up a transportation system for humans and cargo traveling to the Red Planet, the company won't be building an entire Mars base on its own. Musk has laid out his vision to create a million-person colony on Mars, but to establish that colony SpaceX will have to work together with NASA and the agency's international partners and other commercial space companies. Several companies have already begun designing concepts for Mars habitats and have proposed orbital outposts similar to NASA's Lunar Gateway, which could serve as a waypoint for Starship and reduce the amount of fuel needed for return trips to Earth.

What is the name of the spacecraft that SpaceX is building that will carry passengerFalcon 9and cargo to mars?

Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below.

As NASA works toward its long-term goal of establishing a human settlement on Mars, SpaceX is fleshing out its plans to help NASA make that dream a reality.

The private spaceflight company, which regularly launches cargo to the International Space Station with the Falcon 9 rocket and will soon launch astronauts up there, is currently building an interplanetary spacecraft for Mars. Known as Starship, the rocket-spacecraft combo will be able to launch 100 passengers and large amounts of cargo to and from the Red Planet.

Before Starship can launch to Mars, it will start off launching commercial satellites as early as 2021, followed by a manned flight around the moon in 2023. Although SpaceX has not given a timeline for its first missions to Mars, SpaceX founder Elon Musk has said that the first Mars base could be up and running in 2028. And while Musk shared some eye-catching artist illustrations depicting what he called "Mars Base Alpha" as an intricate network of buildings and infrastructure, SpaceX's plans for the Red Planet are not quite that extensive.

"SpaceX very much is a transportation company," Paul Wooster, the principal Mars development engineer at SpaceX, said during a speech at the Humans to Mars Summit in Washington in May. He explained that SpaceX plans to build whatever infrastructure is necessary to support the company's Starship flights to and from Mars; that could include landing pads and refueling stations for the reusable rockets.

For its very first Mars missions, SpaceX will land at least two unmanned cargo ships on the Red Planet before sending any humans there, Wooster said. Those cargo missions would bring supplies, such as life- support systems and power generators that the first astronauts on Mars will need when they set up camp.

The first unmanned Mars missions will also be tasked with confirming the presence of natural resources that can provide fuel for future two-way missions to the Red Planet, Wooster said. SpaceX wants to use water ice from the planet's surface and carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere to refuel Starships on Mars, enabling the rockets to return to Earth.

After those first two cargo missions, SpaceX will launch two manned missions alongside two additional cargo-only flights to begin setting up a propellant production plant. At that plant, water and carbon dioxide will be converted into liquid methane and liquid oxygen, which fuel the rocket's engines.

So, while SpaceX intends to set up a transportation system for humans and cargo traveling to the Red Planet, the company won't be building an entire Mars base on its own. Musk has laid out his vision to create a million-person colony on Mars, but to establish that colony SpaceX will have to work together with NASA and the agency's international partners and other commercial space companies. Several companies have already begun designing concepts for Mars habitats and have proposed orbital outposts similar to NASA's Lunar Gateway, which could serve as a waypoint for Starship and reduce the amount of fuel needed for return trips to Earth.

What is the name of the proposed Mars base as put forward by SpaceX?

Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below.

As NASA works toward its long-term goal of establishing a human settlement on Mars, SpaceX is fleshing out its plans to help NASA make that dream a reality.

The private spaceflight company, which regularly launches cargo to the International Space Station with the Falcon 9 rocket and will soon launch astronauts up there, is currently building an interplanetary spacecraft for Mars. Known as Starship, the rocket-spacecraft combo will be able to launch 100 passengers and large amounts of cargo to and from the Red Planet.

Before Starship can launch to Mars, it will start off launching commercial satellites as early as 2021, followed by a manned flight around the moon in 2023. Although SpaceX has not given a timeline for its first missions to Mars, SpaceX founder Elon Musk has said that the first Mars base could be up and running in 2028. And while Musk shared some eye-catching artist illustrations depicting what he called "Mars Base Alpha" as an intricate network of buildings and infrastructure, SpaceX's plans for the Red Planet are not quite that extensive.

"SpaceX very much is a transportation company," Paul Wooster, the principal Mars development engineer at SpaceX, said during a speech at the Humans to Mars Summit in Washington in May. He explained that SpaceX plans to build whatever infrastructure is necessary to support the company's Starship flights to and from Mars; that could include landing pads and refueling stations for the reusable rockets.

For its very first Mars missions, SpaceX will land at least two unmanned cargo ships on the Red Planet before sending any humans there, Wooster said. Those cargo missions would bring supplies, such as life- support systems and power generators that the first astronauts on Mars will need when they set up camp.

The first unmanned Mars missions will also be tasked with confirming the presence of natural resources that can provide fuel for future two-way missions to the Red Planet, Wooster said. SpaceX wants to use water ice from the planet's surface and carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere to refuel Starships on Mars, enabling the rockets to return to Earth.

After those first two cargo missions, SpaceX will launch two manned missions alongside two additional cargo-only flights to begin setting up a propellant production plant. At that plant, water and carbon dioxide will be converted into liquid methane and liquid oxygen, which fuel the rocket's engines.

So, while SpaceX intends to set up a transportation system for humans and cargo traveling to the Red Planet, the company won't be building an entire Mars base on its own. Musk has laid out his vision to create a million-person colony on Mars, but to establish that colony SpaceX will have to work together with NASA and the agency's international partners and other commercial space companies. Several companies have already begun designing concepts for Mars habitats and have proposed orbital outposts similar to NASA's Lunar Gateway, which could serve as a waypoint for Starship and reduce the amount of fuel needed for return trips to Earth.

As per the passage, what fuel will be used to power the Starship rocket while returning from Mars?

Direction: Rearrange the following five sentences/ group of sentences A, B, C, D and E in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?

Direction: In this question, a part of the sentence is made bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (A), (B), and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no correction is needed, mark (D) as your answer.

Bhavana is the only student by Kerala to rank among the 13 national toppers who secured 499 marks.

Direction: In this question, a part of the sentence is made bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (A), (B), and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no correction is needed, mark (D) as your answer.

The article explores the problem and the consequences damage arises out of dumping about 5 to 13 million tonnes of plastic into the ocean each year.

Direction: In this question, a part of the sentence is made bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (A), (B), and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no correction is needed, mark (D) as your answer.

A comedian analyzes the mundane from a variety of angles and find the thread among two points.

Direction: In each question a sentence is given followed by a blank. You are provided with three fragments I, II and III. You have to identify which statement/statements can carry forward the given sentence in the most logical way so as to make the sentence coherent and contextually correct.

________ shifting further attention to security, rather than the economy.

I. Cyber security has become an increasingly large problem for major financial institutions, prompting major investments and has led to shifting further attention to security, rather than the economy.

II. One indication that the nation is worried about its relationship with USA is the increasing militarization which has led to shifting attention to security, rather than economy.

III. Recent racial tensions and conflict in Rakhine as well as international pressure on human rights are shifting further attention to security, rather than the economy.

Direction: In each question a sentence is given followed by a blank. You are provided with three fragments I, II and III. You have to identify which statement/statements can carry forward the given sentence in the most logical way so as to make the sentence coherent and contextually correct.

___________ the monsoon never recovered from the stuttered start which saw progress stall for over 10 days off the western coast.

I. Although rainfall over the entire country falls under the normal category,

II. Just as the distribution of rain has been in sync with IMD scientists' forecast,

III. There is an increasing trend in monsoon rainfall and decrease in post-monsoon rainfall incidentally due to the fact that

Direction: In each question a sentence is given followed by a blank. You are provided with three fragments I, II and III. You have to identify which statement/statements can carry forward the given sentence in the most logical way so as to make the sentence coherent and contextually correct.

Although annual inflation rate has hovered on the lower side of 6%, _______.

I. it has steadily been trending upwards since 2015.

II. the Central Bank considers those readings to be consistent with its goal of 5-7%.

III.growth forecast has been reduced to 6% from 6.3%.

Directions: The following question has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits in the context of the sentence.

Basic principles of credit _____________ and monitoring are obviated in PSBs and must be sharpened to _____________ defects of capital, business purpose and character.

Directions: The following question has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits in the context of the sentence.

Promoters of MSMEs must have _____________ in the game to ensure that funds — venture capital, as well as bank loans made liberal by fiat — are not _____________ off.

Directions: The following question has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits in the context of the sentence.

Buildings must ______ be examined and certified for safety, and those that fail to _____ to the NBC must be demolished.

Direction: Find out which part has an error and mark it as your answer. If there is no error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

Everybody understands that (A)/ Australian continent is reeling under the worst B)/ forest fires of its history, don't they? C)/ No error D).

Direction: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct most appropriate options.

1. Each drop represents a little bit of creation and of life itself. When the monsoon brings to northern India the first rains of summer, the parched earth opens its pores and quenches its thirst with a hiss of ecstasy. After baking in the sun for the last few months, the land looks cracked, dusty and tired. Now, almost overnight, new grass springs up, there is renewal everywhere, and the damp earth releases a fragrance sweeter than any devised by man.

2. Water brings joy to earth, grass, leaf bud, blossom, insect, bird, animal and the pounding heart of man. Small children run out of their homes to romp naked in the rain. Buffaloes, which have spent the summer listlessly around lakes gone dry, now plunge into heaven of muddy water. Soon the lakes and rivers will overflow with the monsoon’s generosity, Trekking in the Himalayan foothills, I recently walked for kilometres without encountering habitation. I was just scolding myself for not having brought along a water- bottle when I came across a patch of green on a rock face. I parted a curtain of tender maidenhair fern and discovered a tiny spring issuing from the rock-nectar for the thirsty traveller.

3. I stayed there for hours, watching the water descend, drop by drop, into a tiny casement in the rocks. Each drop reflected creation. That same spring, I later discovered, joined other springs to form a. swift, tumbling. stream, which went cascading down the hill into other streams until, in the plains, it became part of a river. And that river flowed into another mightier river that kilometres later emptied into the ocean. Be like water, taught Laotzu, philosopher ‘and founder of Taoism. Soft and limpid, it finds its way through, over or under any obstacle. It does not quarrel; it simply moves on.

To become part of a river, a tiny drop has to:

Direction: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct most appropriate options.

1. Each drop represents a little bit of creation and of life itself. When the monsoon brings to northern India the first rains of summer, the parched earth opens its pores and quenches its thirst with a hiss of ecstasy. After baking in the sun for the last few months, the land looks cracked, dusty and tired. Now, almost overnight, new grass springs up, there is renewal everywhere, and the damp earth releases a fragrance sweeter than any devised by man.

2. Water brings joy to earth, grass, leaf bud, blossom, insect, bird, animal and the pounding heart of man. Small children run out of their homes to romp naked in the rain. Buffaloes, which have spent the summer listlessly around lakes gone dry, now plunge into heaven of muddy water. Soon the lakes and rivers will overflow with the monsoon’s generosity, Trekking in the Himalayan foothills, I recently walked for kilometres without encountering habitation. I was just scolding myself for not having brought along a water- bottle when I came across a patch of green on a rock face. I parted a curtain of tender maidenhair fern and discovered a tiny spring issuing from the rock-nectar for the thirsty traveller.

3. I stayed there for hours, watching the water descend, drop by drop, into a tiny casement in the rocks. Each drop reflected creation. That same spring, I later discovered, joined other springs to form a. swift, tumbling. stream, which went cascading down the hill into other streams until, in the plains, it became part of a river. And that river flowed into another mightier river that kilometres later emptied into the ocean. Be like water, taught Laotzu, philosopher ‘and founder of Taoism. Soft and limpid, it finds its way through, over or under any obstacle. It does not quarrel; it simply moves on.

The tiny spring issuing from the rock is hidden by:

Direction: Complete the paragraph given below.

Malaria is a life-threatening mosquito-borne blood disease caused by a Plasmodium parasite. It is transmitted to humans through the bite of the Anopheles mosquito. Once an infected mosquito bites a human, the parasites multiply in the host's liver before infecting and destroying red blood cells. ______. However, some countries lack the resources to do this treatment effectively.

Direction: In the following question, the given sentence has four parts marked (P), (Q), (R) and (S). Choose the part of the sentence with the error and mark it as your answer. If there is no error, mark 'No error (S)' as your answer.

If you describe someone as a maverick, (P) / you mean that he is unconventional and independent (Q) / and does not think or behave in the same way as other people. (R) / No error (S)

Direction: In the following question, the given sentence has four parts marked (P), (Q), (R) and (S). Choose the part of the sentence with the error and mark it as your answer. If there is no error, mark 'No error (S)' as your answer.

The consequence of (P) / his carelessness was (Q) / that the game was lost. (R) / No error (S)

Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below.

As NASA works toward its long-term goal of establishing a human settlement on Mars, SpaceX is fleshing out its plans to help NASA make that dream a reality.

The private spaceflight company, which regularly launches cargo to the International Space Station with the Falcon 9 rocket and will soon launch astronauts up there, is currently building an interplanetary spacecraft for Mars. Known as Starship, the rocket-spacecraft combo will be able to launch 100 passengers and large amounts of cargo to and from the Red Planet.

Before Starship can launch to Mars, it will start off launching commercial satellites as early as 2021, followed by a manned flight around the moon in 2023. Although SpaceX has not given a timeline for its first missions to Mars, SpaceX founder Elon Musk has said that the first Mars base could be up and running in 2028. And while Musk shared some eye-catching artist illustrations depicting what he called "Mars Base Alpha" as an intricate network of buildings and infrastructure, SpaceX's plans for the Red Planet are not quite that extensive.

"SpaceX very much is a transportation company," Paul Wooster, the principal Mars development engineer at SpaceX, said during a speech at the Humans to Mars Summit in Washington in May. He explained that SpaceX plans to build whatever infrastructure is necessary to support the company's Starship flights to and from Mars; that could include landing pads and refueling stations for the reusable rockets.

For its very first Mars missions, SpaceX will land at least two unmanned cargo ships on the Red Planet before sending any humans there, Wooster said. Those cargo missions would bring supplies, such as life- support systems and power generators that the first astronauts on Mars will need when they set up camp.

The first unmanned Mars missions will also be tasked with confirming the presence of natural resources that can provide fuel for future two-way missions to the Red Planet, Wooster said. SpaceX wants to use water ice from the planet's surface and carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere to refuel Starships on Mars, enabling the rockets to return to Earth.

After those first two cargo missions, SpaceX will launch two manned missions alongside two additional cargo-only flights to begin setting up a propellant production plant. At that plant, water and carbon dioxide will be converted into liquid methane and liquid oxygen, which fuel the rocket's engines.

So, while SpaceX intends to set up a transportation system for humans and cargo traveling to the Red Planet, the company won't be building an entire Mars base on its own. Musk has laid out his vision to create a million-person colony on Mars, but to establish that colony SpaceX will have to work together with NASA and the agency's international partners and other commercial space companies. Several companies have already begun designing concepts for Mars habitats and have proposed orbital outposts similar to NASA's Lunar Gateway, which could serve as a waypoint for Starship and reduce the amount of fuel needed for return trips to Earth.

According to Elon Musk, when could the first Mars base be operational?

Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below.

As NASA works toward its long-term goal of establishing a human settlement on Mars, SpaceX is fleshing out its plans to help NASA make that dream a reality.

The private spaceflight company, which regularly launches cargo to the International Space Station with the Falcon 9 rocket and will soon launch astronauts up there, is currently building an interplanetary spacecraft for Mars. Known as Starship, the rocket-spacecraft combo will be able to launch 100 passengers and large amounts of cargo to and from the Red Planet.

Before Starship can launch to Mars, it will start off launching commercial satellites as early as 2021, followed by a manned flight around the moon in 2023. Although SpaceX has not given a timeline for its first missions to Mars, SpaceX founder Elon Musk has said that the first Mars base could be up and running in 2028. And while Musk shared some eye-catching artist illustrations depicting what he called "Mars Base Alpha" as an intricate network of buildings and infrastructure, SpaceX's plans for the Red Planet are not quite that extensive.

"SpaceX very much is a transportation company," Paul Wooster, the principal Mars development engineer at SpaceX, said during a speech at the Humans to Mars Summit in Washington in May. He explained that SpaceX plans to build whatever infrastructure is necessary to support the company's Starship flights to and from Mars; that could include landing pads and refueling stations for the reusable rockets.

For its very first Mars missions, SpaceX will land at least two unmanned cargo ships on the Red Planet before sending any humans there, Wooster said. Those cargo missions would bring supplies, such as life- support systems and power generators that the first astronauts on Mars will need when they set up camp.

The first unmanned Mars missions will also be tasked with confirming the presence of natural resources that can provide fuel for future two-way missions to the Red Planet, Wooster said. SpaceX wants to use water ice from the planet's surface and carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere to refuel Starships on Mars, enabling the rockets to return to Earth.

After those first two cargo missions, SpaceX will launch two manned missions alongside two additional cargo-only flights to begin setting up a propellant production plant. At that plant, water and carbon dioxide will be converted into liquid methane and liquid oxygen, which fuel the rocket's engines.

So, while SpaceX intends to set up a transportation system for humans and cargo traveling to the Red Planet, the company won't be building an entire Mars base on its own. Musk has laid out his vision to create a million-person colony on Mars, but to establish that colony SpaceX will have to work together with NASA and the agency's international partners and other commercial space companies. Several companies have already begun designing concepts for Mars habitats and have proposed orbital outposts similar to NASA's Lunar Gateway, which could serve as a waypoint for Starship and reduce the amount of fuel needed for return trips to Earth.

As per the passage, which rocket is used by SpaceX to send cargo to the International Space Station?

I. Falcon 9

II. Falcon Heavy

III. Starship

Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below.

As NASA works toward its long-term goal of establishing a human settlement on Mars, SpaceX is fleshing out its plans to help NASA make that dream a reality.

The private spaceflight company, which regularly launches cargo to the International Space Station with the Falcon 9 rocket and will soon launch astronauts up there, is currently building an interplanetary spacecraft for Mars. Known as Starship, the rocket-spacecraft combo will be able to launch 100 passengers and large amounts of cargo to and from the Red Planet.

Before Starship can launch to Mars, it will start off launching commercial satellites as early as 2021, followed by a manned flight around the moon in 2023. Although SpaceX has not given a timeline for its first missions to Mars, SpaceX founder Elon Musk has said that the first Mars base could be up and running in 2028. And while Musk shared some eye-catching artist illustrations depicting what he called "Mars Base Alpha" as an intricate network of buildings and infrastructure, SpaceX's plans for the Red Planet are not quite that extensive.

"SpaceX very much is a transportation company," Paul Wooster, the principal Mars development engineer at SpaceX, said during a speech at the Humans to Mars Summit in Washington in May. He explained that SpaceX plans to build whatever infrastructure is necessary to support the company's Starship flights to and from Mars; that could include landing pads and refueling stations for the reusable rockets.

For its very first Mars missions, SpaceX will land at least two unmanned cargo ships on the Red Planet before sending any humans there, Wooster said. Those cargo missions would bring supplies, such as life- support systems and power generators that the first astronauts on Mars will need when they set up camp.

The first unmanned Mars missions will also be tasked with confirming the presence of natural resources that can provide fuel for future two-way missions to the Red Planet, Wooster said. SpaceX wants to use water ice from the planet's surface and carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere to refuel Starships on Mars, enabling the rockets to return to Earth.

After those first two cargo missions, SpaceX will launch two manned missions alongside two additional cargo-only flights to begin setting up a propellant production plant. At that plant, water and carbon dioxide will be converted into liquid methane and liquid oxygen, which fuel the rocket's engines.

So, while SpaceX intends to set up a transportation system for humans and cargo traveling to the Red Planet, the company won't be building an entire Mars base on its own. Musk has laid out his vision to create a million-person colony on Mars, but to establish that colony SpaceX will have to work together with NASA and the agency's international partners and other commercial space companies. Several companies have already begun designing concepts for Mars habitats and have proposed orbital outposts similar to NASA's Lunar Gateway, which could serve as a waypoint for Starship and reduce the amount of fuel needed for return trips to Earth.

Which of the following is/are not inferred by the term “Red Planet”?

Direction: Complete the paragraph given below.

'How did you relax on Sunday?' 'What was your last holiday like?' Simple though these questions sound, your next job might depend on how you answer them. _______. Instead of the usual laborious online questionnaires or psychometric tests, some recruiters are asking job candidates to call a phone number, key in a personal pin code and respond to a string of questions posed by a computer.

Time taken by two trains running in opposite directions to cross a man standing near a pole is 48 seconds and 38 seconds respectively and it took 42 seconds for the trains to cross each other. What is the ratio of the speed of the trains?

If a is a perfect square, what is the value of a, given that ax = 1/8 and x = 3/2[(log₂ a) - 3]?

A, B, and C play cricket. If the ratio of the number of runs scored by A to that scored by B and the number of runs scored by B to that scored by C is 3:2. The total number of runs is 342. The number of runs scored by A was?

If P and Q be two sets such that P ∪ Q = P, then P ∩ Q will be:

If n = (2017)! then what is equal to?

The areas of three adjacent faces of a cuboidal tank are 3 m²,12 m² and 16 m². The capacity of the tank, in litres, is:

If the number 2632A4878 is completely divisible by 9 . Find the possible value of ' A′?

The range of the real-valued function f(x) = is:

Point Q(b,−1) is the midpoint of segment EF. Co-ordinates of point E are (−4, a) and point F are (2,0). What is the value of a and b?

The coefficient of the term independent of x in the expansion of is

The sum of radii spheres A and B is 14 cm, the radius of A being larger than that of B. The difference between their surface areas is 112π. What is the ratio of the volumes of A and B?

A train 1350 m long takes 135 seconds to cross a man running at a speed of 5kmph in a direction same to that of the train. What is the speed of the train?

How many words can be formed with the letters of the word VOWELS that begin with O and end with E?

If f(x) = tan⁻¹⁡[sin⁡x/1+cos⁡x], then what is the first derivative of f(x)?

It takes 10 hours for a person to travel a distance. If he reduces his speed by 20%, then what is the percentage increase in the time taken to cover the same distance?

In a football World Cup several teams participated. If the last place team in the point table receive $40,000 as a prize money and the award increases by $2500 for the successive finishing places. The champion team receives $65,000. Find how many teams participated in the world cup?

If ¹⁰P_r = 5040, then r = ?

A person bought two bicycles for Rs. 1600 and sold the first at 10% profit and the second at 20% profit. If he sold the first at 20% profit and the second at 10% profit, he would get 5 Rs. more. The difference in the cost price of the two bicycles was:

A number when divided by 2567, gives a remainder of 147. If the same number is divided by 17, then what will be the remainder?

If f: R → R and g: R → R are two mappings defined as f(x) = 2x and g(x) = x² + 2, then the value of (f + g)(2) is: