In a certain code language, 'dom pul ta' means 'bring hot food', 'pul tir sop' means 'food is good' and 'tak da sop' means 'good bright boy'. Which of the following does mean 'hot' in that language?

If FPDPUSUGB is the code for AEROPLANE, then find the code for REASONING?

At the crowded annual sale of Indian Handloom Sarees. There were five ladies in the queue. Each of the lady customers bought something different. The first names of the customers were Asha, Kavita, Usha, Sadhna and Lata. Their last names were Bhonsle, Sargam, Krishnamurthy, Mangeshkar and Uthoop, but not necessarily in the same order. The available sarees were: Kanjeevaram Silk Saree, Paithani Silk Saree, Gadwal Silk Saree, Sambalpuri Cotton Saree and Tangail Cotton Saree.

(i) Usha Krishnamurthy was served after the customer who requested the Tangail Cotton Saree, but before Mrs. Uthoop.

(ii) The second customer was Sadhna.

(iii) The Gadwal silk saree was purchased by the cus tomer directly after Kavita.

(iv) Lata was the woman who bought the Sambalpuri Cotton Saree; she was served later than Asha.

(v) The Kanjeevaram Silk Saree was requested by Mrs. Mangeshkar.

(vi) Mrs. Sargam was the third in line.

(vii) The fourth customer in the line bought the Paithani Silk Saree.

What place was Lata in the queue?

At the crowded annual sale of Indian Handloom Sarees. There were five ladies in the queue. Each of the lady customers bought something different. The first names of the customers were Asha, Kavita, Usha, Sadhna and Lata. Their last names were Bhonsle, Sargam, Krishnamurthy, Mangeshkar and Uthoop, but not necessarily in the same order. The available sarees were: Kanjeevaram Silk Saree, Paithani Silk Saree, Gadwal Silk Saree, Sambalpuri Cotton Saree and Tangail Cotton Saree.

(i) Usha Krishnamurthy was served after the customer who requested the Tangail Cotton Saree, but before Mrs. Uthoop.

(ii) The second customer was Sadhna.

(iii) The Gadwal silk saree was purchased by the cus tomer directly after Kavita.

(iv) Lata was the woman who bought the Sambalpuri Cotton Saree; she was served later than Asha.

(v) The Kanjeevaram Silk Saree was requested by Mrs. Mangeshkar.

(vi) Mrs. Sargam was the third in line.

(vii) The fourth customer in the line bought the Paithani Silk Saree.

What saree was purchased by the third person in the line?

At the crowded annual sale of Indian Handloom Sarees. There were five ladies in the queue. Each of the lady customers bought something different. The first names of the customers were Asha, Kavita, Usha, Sadhna and Lata. Their last names were Bhonsle, Sargam, Krishnamurthy, Mangeshkar and Uthoop, but not necessarily in the same order. The available sarees were: Kanjeevaram Silk Saree, Paithani Silk Saree, Gadwal Silk Saree, Sambalpuri Cotton Saree and Tangail Cotton Saree.

(i) Usha Krishnamurthy was served after the customer who requested the Tangail Cotton Saree, but before Mrs. Uthoop.

(ii) The second customer was Sadhna.

(iii) The Gadwal silk saree was purchased by the cus tomer directly after Kavita.

(iv) Lata was the woman who bought the Sambalpuri Cotton Saree; she was served later than Asha.

(v) The Kanjeevaram Silk Saree was requested by Mrs. Mangeshkar.

(vi) Mrs. Sargam was the third in line.

(vii) The fourth customer in the line bought the Paithani Silk Saree.

What is the last name of the person who purchased the Gadwal Silk saree?

Mr. Bankatlal acted as a judge for the beauty contest. There were four participants, viz. Ms. Andhra Pradesh, Ms. Uttar Pradesh, Ms. West Bengal and Ms. Maharashtra. Mrs. Bankatlal, who was very anxious about asked him about it as soon as he was back home. Bankatlal just told that the one who was wearing the yellow saree won the contest. When Mrs. Bankatlal pressed for further details, he elaborated as follows:

(A) All of them were sitting in a row.

(B) All of them wore sarees of different colours viz., green, yellow, white, red.

(C) There was only one runner-up and she was sitting beside Ms. Maharashtra.

(D) The runner-up was wearing the green saree.

(E) Ms. West Bengal was not sitting at the ends and was not the runner-up.

(F) The winner and the runner-up are not sitting adjacent to each other.

(G) Ms. Maharashtra was wearing white saree.

(H) Ms. Andhra Pradesh was not wearing the green saree.

(I) Participants wearing yellow saree and white saree were at the ends.

Which saree was worn by Ms. Andhra Pradesh?

Mr. Bankatlal acted as a judge for the beauty contest. There were four participants, viz. Ms. Andhra Pradesh, Ms. Uttar Pradesh, Ms. West Bengal and Ms. Maharashtra. Mrs. Bankatlal, who was very anxious about asked him about it as soon as he was back home. Bankatlal just told that the one who was wearing the yellow saree won the contest. When Mrs. Bankatlal pressed for further details, he elaborated as follows:

(A) All of them were sitting in a row.

(B) All of them wore sarees of different colours viz., green, yellow, white, red.

(C) There was only one runner-up and she was sitting beside Ms. Maharashtra.

(D) The runner-up was wearing the green saree.

(E) Ms. West Bengal was not sitting at the ends and was not the runner-up.

(F) The winner and the runner-up are not sitting adjacent to each other.

(G) Ms. Maharashtra was wearing white saree.

(H) Ms. Andhra Pradesh was not wearing the green saree.

(I) Participants wearing yellow saree and white saree were at the ends.

Who wore the red saree?

Mr. Bankatlal acted as a judge for the beauty contest. There were four participants, viz. Ms. Andhra Pradesh, Ms. Uttar Pradesh, Ms. West Bengal and Ms. Maharashtra. Mrs. Bankatlal, who was very anxious about asked him about it as soon as he was back home. Bankatlal just told that the one who was wearing the yellow saree won the contest. When Mrs. Bankatlal pressed for further details, he elaborated as follows:

(A) All of them were sitting in a row.

(B) All of them wore sarees of different colours viz., green, yellow, white, red.

(C) There was only one runner-up and she was sitting beside Ms. Maharashtra.

(D) The runner-up was wearing the green saree.

(E) Ms. West Bengal was not sitting at the ends and was not the runner-up.

(F) The winner and the runner-up are not sitting adjacent to each other.

(G) Ms. Maharashtra was wearing white saree.

(H) Ms. Andhra Pradesh was not wearing the green saree.

(I) Participants wearing yellow saree and white saree were at the ends.

Ms. West Bengal was sitting adjacent to?

Mr. Bankatlal acted as a judge for the beauty contest. There were four participants, viz. Ms. Andhra Pradesh, Ms. Uttar Pradesh, Ms. West Bengal and Ms. Maharashtra. Mrs. Bankatlal, who was very anxious about asked him about it as soon as he was back home. Bankatlal just told that the one who was wearing the yellow saree won the contest. When Mrs. Bankatlal pressed for further details, he elaborated as follows:

(A) All of them were sitting in a row.

(B) All of them wore sarees of different colours viz., green, yellow, white, red.

(C) There was only one runner-up and she was sitting beside Ms. Maharashtra.

(D) The runner-up was wearing the green saree.

(E) Ms. West Bengal was not sitting at the ends and was not the runner-up.

(F) The winner and the runner-up are not sitting adjacent to each other.

(G) Ms. Maharashtra was wearing white saree.

(H) Ms. Andhra Pradesh was not wearing the green saree.

(I) Participants wearing yellow saree and white saree were at the ends.

Who was the runner up?

Raj is standing in the middle of a square field. He starts walking diagonally to North-East. Then, he turns right and reaches the far end of the field. Then, he turns right and starts walking. Int he midway, he turns right and starts walking. In halfway, he turns to his left and reaches a new far end. In what direction is Raj now?

If the alphabet is written in the reverse order and every alternate letter starting from Y is dropped, which letter is in the middle of the remaining ones?

Rohit is 17th from the left end of a row of 29 boys and Karan is 17th from the right end. How many boys are there between them?

Statements : The manager humiliated Jake in front of his colleagues.

Conclusions : I. The manager did not like Jake.

II. Jake was not popular among his colleagues.

Statements : The T.V. programmes, telecast specially for women which are packed with a variety of recipes and households hints. A major portion of magazines for women also contains the items mentioned above.

Conclusions : I. Women are interested in reading magazines and watching television.

II. An average woman's primary interest lies in home and specially kitchen.

Statements : To investigate the murder of the lone resident of a flat, the police interrogated the domestic servant, the watchman of the multi-storeyed building and liftman.

Assumptions : I. The domestic servant, watchman and the liftman can give a clue about the suspected murder.

II. Generally in such cases the persons known to residents are directly or indirectly involved in murder.

Statements : A reliance Fresh retail store was attacked by vegetable vendors in Ranchi.

Assumptions : I. Reliance Fresh was affecting the livelihood of local vegetable vendors.

II. Vegetable vendors were instigated to attack such retail stores of MNC.

Assertion : Over the past few decades, there has been drastic global warming.

Reason : The push for economic development has increased to dangerous proportions the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

Assertion (A) : The body of fish is streamlined.

Reason (R) : The streamlined body helps the fish to cut its way through the water.

Statement: Should there be a complete ban on manufacture and use of firecrackers?

Arguments: I. No. This will render thousands of workers jobless.

II. Yes. The firecracker manufacturers use child labour to a large extent.

III. Yes. This will be a concrete step to reduce noise and air pollution.

IV. No. Use of firecrackers makes certain special occasions more lively and joyful.

Statement: Should people with educational qualification higher than the optimum requirements be debarred from seeking jobs?

Arguments : I. No. It will further aggravate the problem of educated unemployment.

II. Yes. It creates complexes among employees and affects the work adversely.

III. No. This goes against the basic rights of the individuals.

IV. Yes. This will increase productivity.

One of the important humanitarian by-products of technology is the greater dignity and value that it imparts to human labour. In a highly industrialized society, there is no essential difference between Brahmin and Dalit, Muslim and Hindu; they are equally useful and hence equally valuable, for in the industrial society individual productivity fixes the size of the pay cheque and this fixes social status.

The passage best supports the statement that:

There is a shift in our economy from a to a service orientation. The increase in service-sector will require the managers to work more with people rather than with objects and things from the assemble line.

This passage best supports the statement that:

Typewriters are the epitome of a technology that has been comprehensively rendered obsolete by the digital age. The ink comes off the ribbon, they weigh a ton, and second thoughts are a disaster. But they are also personal, portable and, above all, private. Type a document and lock it away and more or less the only way anyone else can get it is if you give it to them. That is why the Russians have decided to go back to typewriters in some government offices, and why in the US, some departments have never abandoned them. Yet it is not just their resistance to algorithms and secret surveillance that keeps typewriter production lines - well one, at least - in business (the last British one closed a year ago). Nor is it only the nostalgic appeal of the metal body and the stout well-defined keys that make them popular on eBay. A typewriter demands something particular: attentiveness. By the time the paper is loaded, the ribbon tightened, the carriage returned, the spacing and the margins set, there's a big premium on hitting the right key. That means sorting out ideas, pulling together a kind of order and organising details before actually striking off. There can be no thinking on screen with a typewriter. Nor are there any easy distractions. No online shopping. No urgent emails. No Twitter. No need even for electricity - perfect for writing in a remote hideaway. The thinking process is accompanied by the encouraging clack of keys, and the ratchet of the carriage return. Ping!

Which one of the following best describes what the passage is trying to do?

The Theory of military deterrence was based on a simple psychological truth, that fear of retaliation makes a would-be aggressor nation hesitate before attacking and is often sufficient to deter it altogether from attacking. Clearly, then, to maintain military deterrence, a nation would have to be believed to have retaliatory power so great that a potential aggressor nation would have reason to think that it could not defend itself against such retaliation.

If the statements above are true, which one of the following can be properly inferred?

Fines levied against those responsible for certain environmentally damaging accidents are now so high that it costs a company responsible for such an accident more to pay the fine that it would have cost to adopt measures that would have prevented the accident. Therefore, since businesses value their profits, those that might have such accidents will now install adequate environmental safeguards.

Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

Computer operating system software has become increasingly standardized. But when a large business with multiple, linked computer systems uses identical operating system software on all of its computers, a computer vandal who gains access to one computer automatically has access to the data on all the computers. Using a program known as a “virus,” the vandal can then destroy much of the data on all the computers. If such a business introduced minor variations into its operating system software, unauthorized access to all the computers at the same time could be virtually eliminated. Furthermore variations in operating system software can be created without any lose of computer compatibility to the business. Therefore, it is advisable for businesses to implement such variations.

Which one of the following, if true, supports the conclusion in the passage?

The energy an animal must expend to move uphill is proportional to its body weight, whereas the animal’s energy output available to perform this task is proportional to its surface area. This is the reason that small animals, like squirrel, can run up a tree trunk almost as fast as they can move on level ground, whereas large animals tend to slow down when they are moving uphill.

Which one of the following is an assumption on which the explanation above depends?

Historically, monetary systems have developed only in population centers with marketplaces. Through the fourth century B.C. Mesopotamian cities engaged in trade, but had never had marketplaces. By that period, however, Greek cities all had marketplaces, or agorae. The Greek cities’ agorae were centrally located and goods were traded there either for money or for commodities.

If all of the statements in the passage are true, then which one of the following must also be true?

Water vapor evaporated from the ocean contains a greater proportion of oxygen-16 and a smaller proportion of the heavier oxygen-18 than does seawater. Normally, this phenomenon has no effect on the overall composition of the ocean, because evaporated seawater returns to the ocean through precipitation. During an ice age, however, a large amount of precipitation falls on ice caps, where it is trapped as ice.

Which one of the following conclusions about a typical ice age is most strongly supported by the statements above?