MAH-CET 2023(Slot 3): Past Year Question Paper with Solutions | Mock Test Series for MAH-CET - CAT PDF Download

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Questions and Answers 
Q1. Choose the correctly spelled word.   
a. Flocciinaucinihilipilification 
b. Floccinaucniihilipilification 
c. Floccinaucinihilipilification 
d. Floccinaucinihillipilification 
e. None of these 
 
 
A meteor stream is composed of dust particles that have been ejected from a parent comet at a variety 
of velocities. These particles follow the same orbit as the parent comet, but due to their differing 
velocities they slowly gain on or fall behind the disintegrating comet until a shroud of dust surrounds 
the entire cometary orbit. Astronomers have hypothesized that a meteor stream should broaden with 
time as the dust particles‘ individual orbits are perturbed by planetary gravitational fields. A recent 
computer-modeling experiment tested this hypothesis by tracking the influence of planetary 
gravitation over a projected 5,000-year period on the positions of a group of hypothetical dust 
particles. In the model, the particles were randomly distributed throughout a computer simulation of 
the orbit of an actual meteor stream, the Geminid. The researcher found, as expected, that the 
computer-model stream broadened with time. Conventional theories, however, predicted that the 
distribution of particles would be increasingly dense toward the center of a meteor stream. 
Surprisingly, the computer-model meteor stream gradually came to resemble a thick-walled, hollow 
pipe.  
Whenever the Earth passes through a meteor stream, a meteor shower occurs. Moving at a little over 
1,500,000 miles per day around its orbit, the Earth would take, on average, just over a day to cross the 
hollow, computer-model Geminid stream if the stream were 5,000 years old. Two brief periods of peak 
meteor activity during the shower would be observed, one as the Earth entered the thick-
walled ?pipe? and one as it exited. There is no reason why the Earth should always pass through the 
stream‘s exact center, so the time interval between the two bursts of activity would vary from one 
year to the next. Has the predicted twin-peaked activity been observed for the actual yearly Geminid 
meteor shower? The Geminid data between 1970 and 1979 show just such a bifurcation, a secondary 
burst of meteor activity being clearly visible at an average of 19 hours (1,200,000 miles) after the first 
burst. The time intervals between the bursts suggest the actual Geminid stream is about 3,000 years 
old.  
 
2. The primary focus of the passage is on which of the following?  
(A) Comparing two scientific theories and contrasting the predictions that each would make 
concerning a natural phenomenon  
(B) Describing a new theoretical model and noting that it explains the nature of observations made of a 
particular natural phenomenon  
(C) Evaluating the results of a particular scientific experiment and suggesting further areas for research  
(D) Explaining how two different natural phenomena are related and demonstrating a way to measure 
them  
(E) Analysing recent data derived from observations of an actual phenomenon and constructing a 
model to explain the data  
 
3. According to the passage, which of the following is an accurate statement concerning meteor 
streams?  
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Slot-3
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Questions and Answers 
Q1. Choose the correctly spelled word.   
a. Flocciinaucinihilipilification 
b. Floccinaucniihilipilification 
c. Floccinaucinihilipilification 
d. Floccinaucinihillipilification 
e. None of these 
 
 
A meteor stream is composed of dust particles that have been ejected from a parent comet at a variety 
of velocities. These particles follow the same orbit as the parent comet, but due to their differing 
velocities they slowly gain on or fall behind the disintegrating comet until a shroud of dust surrounds 
the entire cometary orbit. Astronomers have hypothesized that a meteor stream should broaden with 
time as the dust particles‘ individual orbits are perturbed by planetary gravitational fields. A recent 
computer-modeling experiment tested this hypothesis by tracking the influence of planetary 
gravitation over a projected 5,000-year period on the positions of a group of hypothetical dust 
particles. In the model, the particles were randomly distributed throughout a computer simulation of 
the orbit of an actual meteor stream, the Geminid. The researcher found, as expected, that the 
computer-model stream broadened with time. Conventional theories, however, predicted that the 
distribution of particles would be increasingly dense toward the center of a meteor stream. 
Surprisingly, the computer-model meteor stream gradually came to resemble a thick-walled, hollow 
pipe.  
Whenever the Earth passes through a meteor stream, a meteor shower occurs. Moving at a little over 
1,500,000 miles per day around its orbit, the Earth would take, on average, just over a day to cross the 
hollow, computer-model Geminid stream if the stream were 5,000 years old. Two brief periods of peak 
meteor activity during the shower would be observed, one as the Earth entered the thick-
walled ?pipe? and one as it exited. There is no reason why the Earth should always pass through the 
stream‘s exact center, so the time interval between the two bursts of activity would vary from one 
year to the next. Has the predicted twin-peaked activity been observed for the actual yearly Geminid 
meteor shower? The Geminid data between 1970 and 1979 show just such a bifurcation, a secondary 
burst of meteor activity being clearly visible at an average of 19 hours (1,200,000 miles) after the first 
burst. The time intervals between the bursts suggest the actual Geminid stream is about 3,000 years 
old.  
 
2. The primary focus of the passage is on which of the following?  
(A) Comparing two scientific theories and contrasting the predictions that each would make 
concerning a natural phenomenon  
(B) Describing a new theoretical model and noting that it explains the nature of observations made of a 
particular natural phenomenon  
(C) Evaluating the results of a particular scientific experiment and suggesting further areas for research  
(D) Explaining how two different natural phenomena are related and demonstrating a way to measure 
them  
(E) Analysing recent data derived from observations of an actual phenomenon and constructing a 
model to explain the data  
 
3. According to the passage, which of the following is an accurate statement concerning meteor 
streams?  
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(A) Meteor streams and comets start out with similar orbits, but only those of meteor streams are 
perturbed by planetary gravitation.  
(B) Meteor streams grow as dust particles are attracted by the gravitational fields of comets.  
(C) Meteor streams are composed of dust particles derived from comets.  
(D) Comets may be composed of several kinds of materials, while meteor streams consist only of large 
dust particles. (E) Once formed, meteor streams hasten the further disintegration of comets. 
 
4. The author states that the research described in the first paragraph was undertaken in order to (A) 
determine the age of an actual meteor stream  
(B) identify the various structural features of meteor streams  
(C) explore the nature of a particularly interesting meteor stream  
(D) test the hypothesis that meteor streams become broader as they age  
(E) show that a computer model could help in explaining actual astronomical data  
 
5. It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following would most probably be observed 
during the Earth?s passage through a meteor stream if the conventional theories mentioned in line 18 
were correct?  
(A) Meteor activity would gradually increase to a single, intense peak, and then gradually decline. (B) 
Meteor activity would be steady throughout the period of the meteor shower.  
(C) Meteor activity would rise to a peak at the beginning and at the end of the meteor shower.  
(D) Random bursts of very high meteor activity would be interspersed with periods of very little activity.  
(E) In years in which the Earth passed through only the outer areas of a meteor stream, meteor activity 
would be absent.  
 
6. According to the passage, why do the dust particles in a meteor stream eventually surround a 
comet?s original orbit?  
(A) They are ejected by the comet at differing velocities.  
(B) Their orbits are uncontrolled by planetary gravitational fields. (C) They become part of the meteor 
stream at different times.  
(D) Their velocity slows over time. (E) Their ejection velocity is slower than that of the comet. 
 
7. The passage suggests that which of the following is a prediction concerning meteor streams that can 
be derived from both the conventional theories mentioned in line 18 and the new computer-derived 
theory?  
(A) Dust particles in a meteor stream will usually be distributed evenly throughout any cross section of 
the steam.  
(B) The orbits of most meteor streams should cross the orbit of the Earth at some point and give rise to 
a meteor shower.  
(C) Over time the distribution of dust in a meteor stream will usually become denser at the outside 
edges of the stream than at the center. 
(D) Meteor showers caused by older meteor streams should be, on average, longer in duration than 
those caused by very young meteor streams.  
(E) The individual dust particles in older meteor streams should be, on average, smaller than those that 
compose younger meteor streams.  
 
8. It can be inferred from the last paragraph of the passage that which of the following must be true of 
the Earth as it orbits the Sun?  
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Questions and Answers 
Q1. Choose the correctly spelled word.   
a. Flocciinaucinihilipilification 
b. Floccinaucniihilipilification 
c. Floccinaucinihilipilification 
d. Floccinaucinihillipilification 
e. None of these 
 
 
A meteor stream is composed of dust particles that have been ejected from a parent comet at a variety 
of velocities. These particles follow the same orbit as the parent comet, but due to their differing 
velocities they slowly gain on or fall behind the disintegrating comet until a shroud of dust surrounds 
the entire cometary orbit. Astronomers have hypothesized that a meteor stream should broaden with 
time as the dust particles‘ individual orbits are perturbed by planetary gravitational fields. A recent 
computer-modeling experiment tested this hypothesis by tracking the influence of planetary 
gravitation over a projected 5,000-year period on the positions of a group of hypothetical dust 
particles. In the model, the particles were randomly distributed throughout a computer simulation of 
the orbit of an actual meteor stream, the Geminid. The researcher found, as expected, that the 
computer-model stream broadened with time. Conventional theories, however, predicted that the 
distribution of particles would be increasingly dense toward the center of a meteor stream. 
Surprisingly, the computer-model meteor stream gradually came to resemble a thick-walled, hollow 
pipe.  
Whenever the Earth passes through a meteor stream, a meteor shower occurs. Moving at a little over 
1,500,000 miles per day around its orbit, the Earth would take, on average, just over a day to cross the 
hollow, computer-model Geminid stream if the stream were 5,000 years old. Two brief periods of peak 
meteor activity during the shower would be observed, one as the Earth entered the thick-
walled ?pipe? and one as it exited. There is no reason why the Earth should always pass through the 
stream‘s exact center, so the time interval between the two bursts of activity would vary from one 
year to the next. Has the predicted twin-peaked activity been observed for the actual yearly Geminid 
meteor shower? The Geminid data between 1970 and 1979 show just such a bifurcation, a secondary 
burst of meteor activity being clearly visible at an average of 19 hours (1,200,000 miles) after the first 
burst. The time intervals between the bursts suggest the actual Geminid stream is about 3,000 years 
old.  
 
2. The primary focus of the passage is on which of the following?  
(A) Comparing two scientific theories and contrasting the predictions that each would make 
concerning a natural phenomenon  
(B) Describing a new theoretical model and noting that it explains the nature of observations made of a 
particular natural phenomenon  
(C) Evaluating the results of a particular scientific experiment and suggesting further areas for research  
(D) Explaining how two different natural phenomena are related and demonstrating a way to measure 
them  
(E) Analysing recent data derived from observations of an actual phenomenon and constructing a 
model to explain the data  
 
3. According to the passage, which of the following is an accurate statement concerning meteor 
streams?  
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(A) Meteor streams and comets start out with similar orbits, but only those of meteor streams are 
perturbed by planetary gravitation.  
(B) Meteor streams grow as dust particles are attracted by the gravitational fields of comets.  
(C) Meteor streams are composed of dust particles derived from comets.  
(D) Comets may be composed of several kinds of materials, while meteor streams consist only of large 
dust particles. (E) Once formed, meteor streams hasten the further disintegration of comets. 
 
4. The author states that the research described in the first paragraph was undertaken in order to (A) 
determine the age of an actual meteor stream  
(B) identify the various structural features of meteor streams  
(C) explore the nature of a particularly interesting meteor stream  
(D) test the hypothesis that meteor streams become broader as they age  
(E) show that a computer model could help in explaining actual astronomical data  
 
5. It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following would most probably be observed 
during the Earth?s passage through a meteor stream if the conventional theories mentioned in line 18 
were correct?  
(A) Meteor activity would gradually increase to a single, intense peak, and then gradually decline. (B) 
Meteor activity would be steady throughout the period of the meteor shower.  
(C) Meteor activity would rise to a peak at the beginning and at the end of the meteor shower.  
(D) Random bursts of very high meteor activity would be interspersed with periods of very little activity.  
(E) In years in which the Earth passed through only the outer areas of a meteor stream, meteor activity 
would be absent.  
 
6. According to the passage, why do the dust particles in a meteor stream eventually surround a 
comet?s original orbit?  
(A) They are ejected by the comet at differing velocities.  
(B) Their orbits are uncontrolled by planetary gravitational fields. (C) They become part of the meteor 
stream at different times.  
(D) Their velocity slows over time. (E) Their ejection velocity is slower than that of the comet. 
 
7. The passage suggests that which of the following is a prediction concerning meteor streams that can 
be derived from both the conventional theories mentioned in line 18 and the new computer-derived 
theory?  
(A) Dust particles in a meteor stream will usually be distributed evenly throughout any cross section of 
the steam.  
(B) The orbits of most meteor streams should cross the orbit of the Earth at some point and give rise to 
a meteor shower.  
(C) Over time the distribution of dust in a meteor stream will usually become denser at the outside 
edges of the stream than at the center. 
(D) Meteor showers caused by older meteor streams should be, on average, longer in duration than 
those caused by very young meteor streams.  
(E) The individual dust particles in older meteor streams should be, on average, smaller than those that 
compose younger meteor streams.  
 
8. It can be inferred from the last paragraph of the passage that which of the following must be true of 
the Earth as it orbits the Sun?  
(A) Most meteor streams it encounters are more than 2,000 years old. (B) When passing through a 
meteor stream, it usually passes near to the stream?s center.  
(C) It crosses the Geminid meteor stream once every year. 
(D) It usually takes over a day to cross the actual Geminid meteor stream.  
(E) It accounts for most of the gravitational perturbation affecting the Geminid meteor stream.  
9. Which of the following is an assumption underlying the last sentence of the passage?  
(A) In each of the years between 1970 and 1979, the Earth took exactly 19 hours to cross the Geminid 
meteor stream.  
(B) The comet associated with the Geminid meteor stream has totally disintegrated.  
(C) The Geminid meteor stream should continue to exist for at least 5,000 years. 
(D) The Geminid meteor stream has not broadened as rapidly as the conventional theories would have 
predicted.  
(E) The computer-model Geminid meteor stream provides an accurate representation of the 
development of the actual Geminid stream. 
  
  
In the world of modern medicine, the role of genetics is rapidly expanding. Genetic testing is becoming 
more common, and researchers are using genetic data to identify disease risk factors and develop new 
treatments. However, there are also concerns about the potential ethical implications of genetic 
research and the use of genetic information. 
One potential issue is the use of genetic data in insurance and employment decisions. In some 
countries, insurance companies are allowed to use genetic information to determine coverage and 
premiums, and employers may use genetic information to make hiring and promotion decisions. Critics 
argue that this practice is unfair and could lead to discrimination against individuals who are 
genetically predisposed to certain conditions. 
Another issue is the potential misuse of genetic information by law enforcement agencies. While DNA 
evidence has helped solve many crimes, there are concerns about privacy and civil liberties when it 
comes to genetic data. For example, law enforcement agencies may try to use genetic data to identify 
individuals who have not been convicted of a crime or to determine a suspect's race or ethnicity. 
Despite these concerns, there are also potential benefits of genetic research. For example, genetic 
testing can help identify individuals who are at risk for certain conditions, which can lead to earlier 
intervention and better outcomes. Genetic research can also lead to the development of more 
targeted treatments that are tailored to an individual's genetic makeup. 
 
Question (9): What is the main topic of the passage? A) The expansion of genetics in modern medicine 
B) The ethical implications of genetic research C) The benefits of genetic testing D) The role of genetic 
data in insurance and employment 
 
Question 10: What is the potential ethical concern with the use of genetic information in insurance and 
employment decisions? A) It could lead to discrimination against individuals who are genetically 
predisposed to certain conditions. B) It could result in higher insurance premiums for healthy 
individuals. C) It could lead to employers hiring individuals based solely on their genetic makeup. D) It 
could lead to insurance companies denying coverage to individuals with a family history of certain 
conditions. 
 
Question 11: In which countries are insurance companies allowed to use genetic information to 
determine coverage and premiums? A) All countries B) Only developed countries C) Only developing 
countries D) It is not specified in the passage 
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Questions and Answers 
Q1. Choose the correctly spelled word.   
a. Flocciinaucinihilipilification 
b. Floccinaucniihilipilification 
c. Floccinaucinihilipilification 
d. Floccinaucinihillipilification 
e. None of these 
 
 
A meteor stream is composed of dust particles that have been ejected from a parent comet at a variety 
of velocities. These particles follow the same orbit as the parent comet, but due to their differing 
velocities they slowly gain on or fall behind the disintegrating comet until a shroud of dust surrounds 
the entire cometary orbit. Astronomers have hypothesized that a meteor stream should broaden with 
time as the dust particles‘ individual orbits are perturbed by planetary gravitational fields. A recent 
computer-modeling experiment tested this hypothesis by tracking the influence of planetary 
gravitation over a projected 5,000-year period on the positions of a group of hypothetical dust 
particles. In the model, the particles were randomly distributed throughout a computer simulation of 
the orbit of an actual meteor stream, the Geminid. The researcher found, as expected, that the 
computer-model stream broadened with time. Conventional theories, however, predicted that the 
distribution of particles would be increasingly dense toward the center of a meteor stream. 
Surprisingly, the computer-model meteor stream gradually came to resemble a thick-walled, hollow 
pipe.  
Whenever the Earth passes through a meteor stream, a meteor shower occurs. Moving at a little over 
1,500,000 miles per day around its orbit, the Earth would take, on average, just over a day to cross the 
hollow, computer-model Geminid stream if the stream were 5,000 years old. Two brief periods of peak 
meteor activity during the shower would be observed, one as the Earth entered the thick-
walled ?pipe? and one as it exited. There is no reason why the Earth should always pass through the 
stream‘s exact center, so the time interval between the two bursts of activity would vary from one 
year to the next. Has the predicted twin-peaked activity been observed for the actual yearly Geminid 
meteor shower? The Geminid data between 1970 and 1979 show just such a bifurcation, a secondary 
burst of meteor activity being clearly visible at an average of 19 hours (1,200,000 miles) after the first 
burst. The time intervals between the bursts suggest the actual Geminid stream is about 3,000 years 
old.  
 
2. The primary focus of the passage is on which of the following?  
(A) Comparing two scientific theories and contrasting the predictions that each would make 
concerning a natural phenomenon  
(B) Describing a new theoretical model and noting that it explains the nature of observations made of a 
particular natural phenomenon  
(C) Evaluating the results of a particular scientific experiment and suggesting further areas for research  
(D) Explaining how two different natural phenomena are related and demonstrating a way to measure 
them  
(E) Analysing recent data derived from observations of an actual phenomenon and constructing a 
model to explain the data  
 
3. According to the passage, which of the following is an accurate statement concerning meteor 
streams?  
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(A) Meteor streams and comets start out with similar orbits, but only those of meteor streams are 
perturbed by planetary gravitation.  
(B) Meteor streams grow as dust particles are attracted by the gravitational fields of comets.  
(C) Meteor streams are composed of dust particles derived from comets.  
(D) Comets may be composed of several kinds of materials, while meteor streams consist only of large 
dust particles. (E) Once formed, meteor streams hasten the further disintegration of comets. 
 
4. The author states that the research described in the first paragraph was undertaken in order to (A) 
determine the age of an actual meteor stream  
(B) identify the various structural features of meteor streams  
(C) explore the nature of a particularly interesting meteor stream  
(D) test the hypothesis that meteor streams become broader as they age  
(E) show that a computer model could help in explaining actual astronomical data  
 
5. It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following would most probably be observed 
during the Earth?s passage through a meteor stream if the conventional theories mentioned in line 18 
were correct?  
(A) Meteor activity would gradually increase to a single, intense peak, and then gradually decline. (B) 
Meteor activity would be steady throughout the period of the meteor shower.  
(C) Meteor activity would rise to a peak at the beginning and at the end of the meteor shower.  
(D) Random bursts of very high meteor activity would be interspersed with periods of very little activity.  
(E) In years in which the Earth passed through only the outer areas of a meteor stream, meteor activity 
would be absent.  
 
6. According to the passage, why do the dust particles in a meteor stream eventually surround a 
comet?s original orbit?  
(A) They are ejected by the comet at differing velocities.  
(B) Their orbits are uncontrolled by planetary gravitational fields. (C) They become part of the meteor 
stream at different times.  
(D) Their velocity slows over time. (E) Their ejection velocity is slower than that of the comet. 
 
7. The passage suggests that which of the following is a prediction concerning meteor streams that can 
be derived from both the conventional theories mentioned in line 18 and the new computer-derived 
theory?  
(A) Dust particles in a meteor stream will usually be distributed evenly throughout any cross section of 
the steam.  
(B) The orbits of most meteor streams should cross the orbit of the Earth at some point and give rise to 
a meteor shower.  
(C) Over time the distribution of dust in a meteor stream will usually become denser at the outside 
edges of the stream than at the center. 
(D) Meteor showers caused by older meteor streams should be, on average, longer in duration than 
those caused by very young meteor streams.  
(E) The individual dust particles in older meteor streams should be, on average, smaller than those that 
compose younger meteor streams.  
 
8. It can be inferred from the last paragraph of the passage that which of the following must be true of 
the Earth as it orbits the Sun?  
(A) Most meteor streams it encounters are more than 2,000 years old. (B) When passing through a 
meteor stream, it usually passes near to the stream?s center.  
(C) It crosses the Geminid meteor stream once every year. 
(D) It usually takes over a day to cross the actual Geminid meteor stream.  
(E) It accounts for most of the gravitational perturbation affecting the Geminid meteor stream.  
9. Which of the following is an assumption underlying the last sentence of the passage?  
(A) In each of the years between 1970 and 1979, the Earth took exactly 19 hours to cross the Geminid 
meteor stream.  
(B) The comet associated with the Geminid meteor stream has totally disintegrated.  
(C) The Geminid meteor stream should continue to exist for at least 5,000 years. 
(D) The Geminid meteor stream has not broadened as rapidly as the conventional theories would have 
predicted.  
(E) The computer-model Geminid meteor stream provides an accurate representation of the 
development of the actual Geminid stream. 
  
  
In the world of modern medicine, the role of genetics is rapidly expanding. Genetic testing is becoming 
more common, and researchers are using genetic data to identify disease risk factors and develop new 
treatments. However, there are also concerns about the potential ethical implications of genetic 
research and the use of genetic information. 
One potential issue is the use of genetic data in insurance and employment decisions. In some 
countries, insurance companies are allowed to use genetic information to determine coverage and 
premiums, and employers may use genetic information to make hiring and promotion decisions. Critics 
argue that this practice is unfair and could lead to discrimination against individuals who are 
genetically predisposed to certain conditions. 
Another issue is the potential misuse of genetic information by law enforcement agencies. While DNA 
evidence has helped solve many crimes, there are concerns about privacy and civil liberties when it 
comes to genetic data. For example, law enforcement agencies may try to use genetic data to identify 
individuals who have not been convicted of a crime or to determine a suspect's race or ethnicity. 
Despite these concerns, there are also potential benefits of genetic research. For example, genetic 
testing can help identify individuals who are at risk for certain conditions, which can lead to earlier 
intervention and better outcomes. Genetic research can also lead to the development of more 
targeted treatments that are tailored to an individual's genetic makeup. 
 
Question (9): What is the main topic of the passage? A) The expansion of genetics in modern medicine 
B) The ethical implications of genetic research C) The benefits of genetic testing D) The role of genetic 
data in insurance and employment 
 
Question 10: What is the potential ethical concern with the use of genetic information in insurance and 
employment decisions? A) It could lead to discrimination against individuals who are genetically 
predisposed to certain conditions. B) It could result in higher insurance premiums for healthy 
individuals. C) It could lead to employers hiring individuals based solely on their genetic makeup. D) It 
could lead to insurance companies denying coverage to individuals with a family history of certain 
conditions. 
 
Question 11: In which countries are insurance companies allowed to use genetic information to 
determine coverage and premiums? A) All countries B) Only developed countries C) Only developing 
countries D) It is not specified in the passage 
 
Question 12: What is the potential misuse of genetic information by law enforcement agencies? A) It 
could be used to determine a suspect's race or ethnicity. B) It could lead to the wrongful conviction of 
innocent individuals. C) It could be used to identify individuals who have not been convicted of a crime. 
D) All of the above 
 
Question 13: What is a potential benefit of genetic testing? A) It can help identify individuals who are 
at risk for certain conditions. B) It can lead to discrimination against individuals who are genetically 
predisposed to certain conditions. C) It can help insurance companies determine coverage and 
premiums. D) It can lead to employers hiring individuals based solely on their genetic makeup. 
 
Directions (Q. 14-18): In the following pie-chart the percentage distribution of population of 
six cities is given. Total population of these six cities is 24 lakh. The given table shows the ratio of 
males to females and the percentage of adult population in these cities. 
 
14. What is the total number of male population in City D? 
(1) 1.88 lakh (2) 1.92 lakh (3) 1.96 lakh (4) 2.04 lakh (5) 2.12 lakh 
 
15. What is the number of persons in City C who are not adult? 
(1) 107520 (2) 108410 (3) 109560 (4) 110800 (5) 121400 
 
16. What is the number of females in city A who are adult? 
(1) 74400 (2) 74500 (3) 75400 
(4) 75500 (5) Can’tbe determined 
 
17. What is the difference between the number of males and the number of females in City B? 
(1) 42000 (2) 44000 (3) 45000 (4) 48000 (5) None of these 
 
18. The number of adults in City E is what per cent of the number of males in City D? 
(1) 82.5% (2) 87.75% (3) 92.5% (4) 93.75% (5) 95% 
 
   
 
Directions: (19-23) Table given below shows total products sold by 6 sellers. Products are of only two 
types ‘P’ and ‘Q’. Some data is missing in table. Students are expected to calculate the missing data 
according to questions. Study the data carefully and answer the following questions.  
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Questions and Answers 
Q1. Choose the correctly spelled word.   
a. Flocciinaucinihilipilification 
b. Floccinaucniihilipilification 
c. Floccinaucinihilipilification 
d. Floccinaucinihillipilification 
e. None of these 
 
 
A meteor stream is composed of dust particles that have been ejected from a parent comet at a variety 
of velocities. These particles follow the same orbit as the parent comet, but due to their differing 
velocities they slowly gain on or fall behind the disintegrating comet until a shroud of dust surrounds 
the entire cometary orbit. Astronomers have hypothesized that a meteor stream should broaden with 
time as the dust particles‘ individual orbits are perturbed by planetary gravitational fields. A recent 
computer-modeling experiment tested this hypothesis by tracking the influence of planetary 
gravitation over a projected 5,000-year period on the positions of a group of hypothetical dust 
particles. In the model, the particles were randomly distributed throughout a computer simulation of 
the orbit of an actual meteor stream, the Geminid. The researcher found, as expected, that the 
computer-model stream broadened with time. Conventional theories, however, predicted that the 
distribution of particles would be increasingly dense toward the center of a meteor stream. 
Surprisingly, the computer-model meteor stream gradually came to resemble a thick-walled, hollow 
pipe.  
Whenever the Earth passes through a meteor stream, a meteor shower occurs. Moving at a little over 
1,500,000 miles per day around its orbit, the Earth would take, on average, just over a day to cross the 
hollow, computer-model Geminid stream if the stream were 5,000 years old. Two brief periods of peak 
meteor activity during the shower would be observed, one as the Earth entered the thick-
walled ?pipe? and one as it exited. There is no reason why the Earth should always pass through the 
stream‘s exact center, so the time interval between the two bursts of activity would vary from one 
year to the next. Has the predicted twin-peaked activity been observed for the actual yearly Geminid 
meteor shower? The Geminid data between 1970 and 1979 show just such a bifurcation, a secondary 
burst of meteor activity being clearly visible at an average of 19 hours (1,200,000 miles) after the first 
burst. The time intervals between the bursts suggest the actual Geminid stream is about 3,000 years 
old.  
 
2. The primary focus of the passage is on which of the following?  
(A) Comparing two scientific theories and contrasting the predictions that each would make 
concerning a natural phenomenon  
(B) Describing a new theoretical model and noting that it explains the nature of observations made of a 
particular natural phenomenon  
(C) Evaluating the results of a particular scientific experiment and suggesting further areas for research  
(D) Explaining how two different natural phenomena are related and demonstrating a way to measure 
them  
(E) Analysing recent data derived from observations of an actual phenomenon and constructing a 
model to explain the data  
 
3. According to the passage, which of the following is an accurate statement concerning meteor 
streams?  
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(A) Meteor streams and comets start out with similar orbits, but only those of meteor streams are 
perturbed by planetary gravitation.  
(B) Meteor streams grow as dust particles are attracted by the gravitational fields of comets.  
(C) Meteor streams are composed of dust particles derived from comets.  
(D) Comets may be composed of several kinds of materials, while meteor streams consist only of large 
dust particles. (E) Once formed, meteor streams hasten the further disintegration of comets. 
 
4. The author states that the research described in the first paragraph was undertaken in order to (A) 
determine the age of an actual meteor stream  
(B) identify the various structural features of meteor streams  
(C) explore the nature of a particularly interesting meteor stream  
(D) test the hypothesis that meteor streams become broader as they age  
(E) show that a computer model could help in explaining actual astronomical data  
 
5. It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following would most probably be observed 
during the Earth?s passage through a meteor stream if the conventional theories mentioned in line 18 
were correct?  
(A) Meteor activity would gradually increase to a single, intense peak, and then gradually decline. (B) 
Meteor activity would be steady throughout the period of the meteor shower.  
(C) Meteor activity would rise to a peak at the beginning and at the end of the meteor shower.  
(D) Random bursts of very high meteor activity would be interspersed with periods of very little activity.  
(E) In years in which the Earth passed through only the outer areas of a meteor stream, meteor activity 
would be absent.  
 
6. According to the passage, why do the dust particles in a meteor stream eventually surround a 
comet?s original orbit?  
(A) They are ejected by the comet at differing velocities.  
(B) Their orbits are uncontrolled by planetary gravitational fields. (C) They become part of the meteor 
stream at different times.  
(D) Their velocity slows over time. (E) Their ejection velocity is slower than that of the comet. 
 
7. The passage suggests that which of the following is a prediction concerning meteor streams that can 
be derived from both the conventional theories mentioned in line 18 and the new computer-derived 
theory?  
(A) Dust particles in a meteor stream will usually be distributed evenly throughout any cross section of 
the steam.  
(B) The orbits of most meteor streams should cross the orbit of the Earth at some point and give rise to 
a meteor shower.  
(C) Over time the distribution of dust in a meteor stream will usually become denser at the outside 
edges of the stream than at the center. 
(D) Meteor showers caused by older meteor streams should be, on average, longer in duration than 
those caused by very young meteor streams.  
(E) The individual dust particles in older meteor streams should be, on average, smaller than those that 
compose younger meteor streams.  
 
8. It can be inferred from the last paragraph of the passage that which of the following must be true of 
the Earth as it orbits the Sun?  
(A) Most meteor streams it encounters are more than 2,000 years old. (B) When passing through a 
meteor stream, it usually passes near to the stream?s center.  
(C) It crosses the Geminid meteor stream once every year. 
(D) It usually takes over a day to cross the actual Geminid meteor stream.  
(E) It accounts for most of the gravitational perturbation affecting the Geminid meteor stream.  
9. Which of the following is an assumption underlying the last sentence of the passage?  
(A) In each of the years between 1970 and 1979, the Earth took exactly 19 hours to cross the Geminid 
meteor stream.  
(B) The comet associated with the Geminid meteor stream has totally disintegrated.  
(C) The Geminid meteor stream should continue to exist for at least 5,000 years. 
(D) The Geminid meteor stream has not broadened as rapidly as the conventional theories would have 
predicted.  
(E) The computer-model Geminid meteor stream provides an accurate representation of the 
development of the actual Geminid stream. 
  
  
In the world of modern medicine, the role of genetics is rapidly expanding. Genetic testing is becoming 
more common, and researchers are using genetic data to identify disease risk factors and develop new 
treatments. However, there are also concerns about the potential ethical implications of genetic 
research and the use of genetic information. 
One potential issue is the use of genetic data in insurance and employment decisions. In some 
countries, insurance companies are allowed to use genetic information to determine coverage and 
premiums, and employers may use genetic information to make hiring and promotion decisions. Critics 
argue that this practice is unfair and could lead to discrimination against individuals who are 
genetically predisposed to certain conditions. 
Another issue is the potential misuse of genetic information by law enforcement agencies. While DNA 
evidence has helped solve many crimes, there are concerns about privacy and civil liberties when it 
comes to genetic data. For example, law enforcement agencies may try to use genetic data to identify 
individuals who have not been convicted of a crime or to determine a suspect's race or ethnicity. 
Despite these concerns, there are also potential benefits of genetic research. For example, genetic 
testing can help identify individuals who are at risk for certain conditions, which can lead to earlier 
intervention and better outcomes. Genetic research can also lead to the development of more 
targeted treatments that are tailored to an individual's genetic makeup. 
 
Question (9): What is the main topic of the passage? A) The expansion of genetics in modern medicine 
B) The ethical implications of genetic research C) The benefits of genetic testing D) The role of genetic 
data in insurance and employment 
 
Question 10: What is the potential ethical concern with the use of genetic information in insurance and 
employment decisions? A) It could lead to discrimination against individuals who are genetically 
predisposed to certain conditions. B) It could result in higher insurance premiums for healthy 
individuals. C) It could lead to employers hiring individuals based solely on their genetic makeup. D) It 
could lead to insurance companies denying coverage to individuals with a family history of certain 
conditions. 
 
Question 11: In which countries are insurance companies allowed to use genetic information to 
determine coverage and premiums? A) All countries B) Only developed countries C) Only developing 
countries D) It is not specified in the passage 
 
Question 12: What is the potential misuse of genetic information by law enforcement agencies? A) It 
could be used to determine a suspect's race or ethnicity. B) It could lead to the wrongful conviction of 
innocent individuals. C) It could be used to identify individuals who have not been convicted of a crime. 
D) All of the above 
 
Question 13: What is a potential benefit of genetic testing? A) It can help identify individuals who are 
at risk for certain conditions. B) It can lead to discrimination against individuals who are genetically 
predisposed to certain conditions. C) It can help insurance companies determine coverage and 
premiums. D) It can lead to employers hiring individuals based solely on their genetic makeup. 
 
Directions (Q. 14-18): In the following pie-chart the percentage distribution of population of 
six cities is given. Total population of these six cities is 24 lakh. The given table shows the ratio of 
males to females and the percentage of adult population in these cities. 
 
14. What is the total number of male population in City D? 
(1) 1.88 lakh (2) 1.92 lakh (3) 1.96 lakh (4) 2.04 lakh (5) 2.12 lakh 
 
15. What is the number of persons in City C who are not adult? 
(1) 107520 (2) 108410 (3) 109560 (4) 110800 (5) 121400 
 
16. What is the number of females in city A who are adult? 
(1) 74400 (2) 74500 (3) 75400 
(4) 75500 (5) Can’tbe determined 
 
17. What is the difference between the number of males and the number of females in City B? 
(1) 42000 (2) 44000 (3) 45000 (4) 48000 (5) None of these 
 
18. The number of adults in City E is what per cent of the number of males in City D? 
(1) 82.5% (2) 87.75% (3) 92.5% (4) 93.75% (5) 95% 
 
   
 
Directions: (19-23) Table given below shows total products sold by 6 sellers. Products are of only two 
types ‘P’ and ‘Q’. Some data is missing in table. Students are expected to calculate the missing data 
according to questions. Study the data carefully and answer the following questions.  
 
19.Total Products sold by Avdesh and Rahul together is what percent more than total products sold 
by Saket and Vimal together?  
A. 23.75% 
B. 23.25% 
C. 24.50% 
D. 23.35% 
E. 25% 
20.‘P’ type product sold by Saket is 25% more than ‘P’ type product sold by Vimal. Find ‘P’ type 
product sold by Saket is what percent of ‘Q’ type product sold by Saket?  
A. 95.74% 
B. 75% 
C. 65% 
D. 50% 
E. None of these 
21.‘Q’ type product sold by Ajay is how much less than ‘Q’ type product sold by Shubham if total 
product sold by Shubham is 55% more than total products sold by Ajay. 
A. 120 
B. 60 
C. 31 
D. 150 
E. None of these 
22.If ratio of ‘Q’ type product sold by Vimal to ‘Q’ type product sold by Rahul is 4 : 3, then, find the 
average number of ‘P’ type products sold by Ajay and Rahul together? 
A. 220 
B. 260 
C. 255 
D. 244 
E. 241 
23.If ‘Q’ type product sold by Shubham is 25% more than ‘Q’ type product sold by Avdesh then, find 
total product sold by Shubham is what percent more/less than total product sold by Avdesh? 
A. 2% 
B. 0% 
C. -4% 
D. -0.94% 
E. None of these