9. SYLLABI AND MODEL QUESTION PAPER:- PART1:QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE: NUMBERS,DECIMAL FRACTIONS,AVERAGES,PROBLEMS OF AGES,PERCENTAGE,PROFIT AND LOSS,RATIO AND PROPORTION,PARTNERSHIP,TIME AND WORK,TIME AND DISTANCE, MIXTURES,SIMPLE AND COMPOUND INTEREST,AREAS AND PERIMETER OF POLYGONS AND CIRCLES, VOLUMES AND SURFACE AREAS OF SPHERES AND CYLINDERS, CALENDER, CLOCKS, STOCKS AND SHARES, TIME AND BANKERS DISCOUNTS,DATE INTERPRETATION FROM TABLES AND GRAPHS. PART2: A. VERBALANALOGY; B. SEQUENCES/SERIES; C. REASONING; D. DEDUCTION; E. READING COMPREHENION. MODEL QUESTIONS PART 1 1X50=50 MARKS 1. THE AVERAGE OF KRISHNA'S MARKS IN SEVEN SUBJECTS IS 64.HIS AVERAGEIN SIX SUBBECTS EXCLUDING HISTORYIS 70.HOW MANY MARKS DID HE GET IN HISTORY? (1)82 (2)56 (3)68 (4)60 2. THE PRESENT AGE OF ARVIND'S FATHER IS FOUR TIMES ARUIND'S PRESENT AGE. FIVE YEARS AGO HE WAS NINE TIMES AS ALD AS ARVIND WAS AT THAT IS THE PRESENT AGE OF ARVIND'S FATHER IN YEARS? (1)28 (2)40 (3)32 (4)44 3. A AND B CAN FINISH A JOB IN 12 DAYS, WHILE A,B AND C FINISH IT IN 8 DAYS,C ALONE WILL FINISH THE JOB IN (1)14DAYS (2)16DAYS (3)20DAYS (4)24DAYS 4. AN AMOUNT BORROWED AT COMPOUND INTERSENT BECOMES RS.800 AFTER THREE YEARS AND RS.800 AFTER FOUR YEARS.THE RATE AT WHICH THE AMOUNT IS LENT IS (1)8% (2)8.8% (3)10% (4)11% PART 2 A.VERBAL ANALOGY 1X10=10 MARKS 1. CHOOSE THE WORD WITH CORRECT SPELLING (1)LIASION (2)LIAISON (3)LIASON (4) LISION 2. SPECTACULAR MEANS (1)INTERESTING (2)MYSTERIOUS (3)NOTEWARTHY (4)DURABLE B.SEQUENCE/SERIES 1X10=10 MARKS FIND THE NUMBER AND/OR ALPHABETS MISSING IN THE SEQUENCE 1. ,.....,162,108,72,48,32 (1)194 (2)207 (3)254 (4)243 2. DG,FG,HK,JM,....... (1)LP (2)KO (3)NP (4)LO C.REASONING 1X10=10 MARKS 1. SIX PERSONS A,B,C,D,E,ANDF ARE STANDING IN A CIRCLE.B IS BETWEEM F ANDC; A IS BETWEEN E AND D, FIS TO THE LEFT OF D. WHO IS BETWEEN A AND F? (1)B (2)C (3)D (4)E 2. A IS THE SISTER Y.Y IS THE DAUGHTER OF K.K IS THE HUSBAND OF L. WHAT IS L TO A? (1)FATHER (2)MOTHER (3)SISTER (4)NIECE (5)MOTHER-IN-LOW D.DEDUCTIONS 1X10=10 THE FOLLOWING QUESTION CONSISTS OF TWO STATEMENTS, EACH FOLLOWED BY TWO BY TWO CONCLUSIONS. DECIDE WHICH OF THE CONCLUSIONS FOLLOW FROM THE STATEMENTS AND THEN GIVE YOUR ANSWER ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING SCHEME.WRITE (1) IF ONLY CONCLUSION I FOLLOWS (2) IF ONLY CONCLUSION 2FOLLOWS (3) IF BOTH 1 AND 2 FOLLOW (4)IF EITHER 1 OR 2 FOLLOWS. (1) ALL MERCHANTS ARE TRADERS (2) NO DEALERS ARE TRADERS CONCLUSIONS: 1 NO DEALERS ARE MERCHANTS 2 NO MERCHANTS ARE DEALERS READING COMPREHENSION 1X10=10 BOOKS ARE,BY FAR , THE MOST LASTING PRODUCT OF MANKIND . TEMPLES CRUMBLE INTO RUIN , PICTURES AND STATUS DACAY , BUT BOOKS SURVIVE . TIME DOES NOT DESTROY THE GREAT THOUGHTS WHICH ARE AS FRESH TODAY AS WHEN THEY PASSED THROUGH THEIR AUTHOR'S MINDS AGES AGO. THE ONLY EFFECT OF TIME HAS BEEN TO THROW OUT OF CURRENCY THE BAD PRODUCTS , FOR NOTHING , IN NOTHING , IN LITERATURE CAN LONG SURVIVE BUT WHAT IS REALLY GOOD. BOOKS ARE THE MOST LASTING PRODUCTS OF MANKIND BACAUSE (1) THE PAPER ON WHICH THEY ARE PRINTED DOES NOT GET DESTROYED EASILY. (2) GOOD BEHINDING KEEPS THE BOOKS INTACT. (3) THE BOOKS ARE KEPT IN ALMARAHS AND SO THEY LAST LONG. (4) GREAT THOUGHTS DO NOT PERISH WITH PASSAGE OF TIME.