1. Four statements are given below. One of them can be demonstrated with the help of reason, while another requires sense experience to ascertain the truth, identify them.
1. Ravana killed Rama. (A)
2. Area of circle is given by the formula π r². (B)
3. Methane is poisonous. (C)
4. The absolute is pure consciousness. (D)

2. Which of the following alternatives contradict the statement ‘deterministic laws of physics are characteristically Newtonian’?

3. A father is now three times as old as his son. Five years back, he was four times as old as his son.
The age of the son is

4. The Constitution has given the right of free speech. People speak freely in order to enjoy this right. Which of the following has the same logic?

5. D, H, L, R,?

6. If day before yesterday was Tuesday, the day after tomorrow will be

7. Yoga has become a very popular type of exer\cise, but it may not be for everyone. Before you sign yourself up for a yoga class, you need to examine what is it you want from your fitness routine. If you’re looking for a high-energy, fast-paced aerobic workout, a yoga class might not be your best choice.
This paragraph best supports the statement that

8. Which one of the following, even if true, can be empirically tested?

9. KWZ, MOX, OIV, QET, ___

10. It is argued that prosperity depends upon production which means more production more consumption. However, it is not the case.
Consumption should be need based. Just as intake of food in excess of digestion is pointless so also consumption of natural resources beyond requirement is pointless.
Which of the following statements, if true, contradicts the spirit of the passage?

11. At what angle the hands of a clock are inclined when it is half past 8?

12. If it is true that ‘very rarely do we come across committed film directors’, which one of the following is false beyond doubt?

13. Soaking dried beans overnight before cooking them reduces cooking time. However, cooking without pre-soaking yields plumper beans. Therefore, when a bean dish’s quality is more important than the need to cook that dish quickly, beans should not be pre-soaked. Which one of the following is an assumption required by the argument?

14. Identify the alternative which gives true picture of the relation between the arguments listed below:
1. A healthy society is characterized by overall development of every section. As in the case of human body no organ is less prominent, so also in a society no section is less important.
If any human organ is sick, then the human being is sick. Similarly, if any section of society is sick, then the society is sick.
2. It is fallacious to think that priority to production of agricultural products alone promotes the prosperity of farmers. Prosperity has too many discussions. Transportation, communication, network, sound economic policy, to mention a few are equally important to the economic well-being of farmers. Hence they also deserve consideration.

15. My brother is 562 days older to me, while my sister is 75 weeks older to him. If my sister was born on Tuesday, on what day was I born?

16. Between 1951 and 1963, it was illegal in the country of Geronia to manufacture, sell, or transport any alcoholic beverages. Despite this prohibition, however, the death rate from diseases related to excessive alcohol consumption was higher during the first five years of the period than it was during the five years prior to 1951. Therefore, the attempt to prevent alcohol use merely made people want and use alcohol more than they would have if it had not been forbidden.
Each of the following, if true, weakens the argument EXCEPT:

17. There is leak in the bottom of a tank. This leak can empty a full tank in 8 hours. When the tank is full, a tap is opened into the tank which admits 6 litres per hour and the tank is now emptied in 12 hours.
What is the capacity of the tank?

18. Which of the following alternatives is farthest from the statement, ‘sound waves cannot travel in vacuum’?

19. Devendra, a computer accessories vendor gave a discount of 20% on a pen-drive and his profit reduced from Rs. 200 to Rs. 100. What is Devendra’s cost price?

20. A bus for Delhi leaves every 30 minutes from a bus stand. An enquiry clerk told a passenger that the bus had already left 10 minutes ago and the next bus will leave at 9.35 am. At what time did the enquiry clerk give this information to the passenger?

21. If Northwest becomes south and southwest becomes east and all the other directions change in the similar manner, then what will be the direction for north ?

22. A and B walk from X to Y, a distance of 27 km at 5 km/hr and 7 km/hr, respectively. B reaches Y and immediately turns back meeting A at Z. What is the distance from X to Z?

23. Find the missing numbers/ letters in following series.
3, 20, 63, 144, 275, ?

24. If SIR is written as PSPIPR, then MAN can be written as

25. Before Robert Norman worked on ‘Dip and Field Concept’, his predecessor thought that the tendency of the magnetic needle to swing toward the poles was due to a point attractive. However, Norman showed with the help of experiment that nothing like point attractive exists. Instead, he argued that magnetic power lies in lodestone.
Which one of the following is the problem on which Norman and others worked?