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DIRECTIONS for question 1 to 5: Based on the following table answer the given question.

Universities	Total Number of faculty members	Percentage of Assistant professors	Number of Associate professors
J	250	60	75
K	180	75	24
L	150	80	16
M	100	63	21

Note: The faculty members include Assistant Professors, Associate Professors and Professors only.

What is the difference between the total number of Associate Professors in Universities J and M together and the total number of Professors in the same universities together?

Answer: Option B.

Universities	Total No. of faculty members	Assistant Professors	Associate Professors	Professors
J	250	150	75	25
K	180	135	24	21
L	150	120	16	14
M	100	63	21	16

Total number of Associate professor in universities J and M together = 75+21= 96
Total number of professor in universities J and M together = 25+16= 41
Difference between the Total number of Associate professor in universities J and M
together and Total number of professor in universities J and M together= 96- 41= 55

In University M, 8/21 of the Assistant Professors are males and in University L, 3/5 of the Assistant Professors are males. What is the respective ratio between male assistant Professors in University M and that in University L?

2:5
1:3
3:5
2:7
None of these

Answer: Option B.

Universities	Total No. of faculty members	Assistant Professors	Associate Professors	Professors
J	250	150	75	25
K	180	135	24	21
L	150	120	16	14
M	100	63	21	16

In university M, 8/21 of the assistant professors are males= 8/21 ×63= 24
In university L, 3/5 of the assistant profession are males= 3/5 ×120= 72
Ratio of between male assistant professors in university M and University L= 24:72= 1:3

Total number of professors is approximately what percentage of total number of faculty members?

11%
23%
6%
15%
None of these

Answer: Option A.

Universities	Total No. of faculty members	Assistant Professors	Associate Professors	Professors
J	250	150	75	25
K	180	135	24	21
L	150	120	16	14
M	100	63	21	16

Total number of professors= 25+21+14+16 = 76
Total number of faculty members = 250+180+150+100=680
% = (76/680) ×100=11.18 ≈ 11%

What is the average number of Assistant Professors in Universities K, L and M?
1. 102
2. 106
3. 105
4. 104
5. 108
Answer: Option B.
Universities Total No. of faculty members Assistant Professors Associate Professors Professors J 250 150 75 25 K 180 135 24 21 L 150 120 16 14 M 100 63 21 16

Average number of Assistant Professors in Universities
K, L and M=(135+120+63)/3 =318/3 =106.
DIRECTIONS for question 5 to 7: The questions below has two/three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
1. If only (1) conclusion follows
2. If only (2) conclusion follows
3. If either (1) or (2) follows
4. If neither (1) nor (2) follows
5. If both (1) and (2) follow.
Statements: Some costs are tariffs. Some tariffs are fees
1. Conclusion I: Some costs are fees.
2. Conclusion II: All costs are fees.
Answer: Option D.

Conclusion I: Some costs are fees, is false.
Conclusion II: All costs are fees, is false.
Neither conclusion I nor Conclusion II follows.
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Statements: All notices are warnings. No warning is a remark.
1. Conclusion I: At least some warnings are notices.
2. Conclusion II: No notice is a remark.
Answer: Option E.

Conclusion I: Atleast some warnings are notices, is true.
Conclusion II: No notice is a remark, is true.
Both conclusion I and II follows.
Statements: No thought is a perception. Some perceptions are suggestions.
1. Conclusion I: No thought is a suggestion.
2. Conclusion II: Some thoughts are suggestions.
Answer: Option C.

Conclusion I: No thought is a suggestion.
Conclusion II: Some thoughts are suggestions.
Individually conclusions I and II may
or may not follow but either Conclusion I or II always follows.This sentence is correct.
What should come in place of question mark (?) in the series given below?
AABCAABCDAABCDEAABCD?
1. F
2. E
3. Q
4. B
5. G
Answer: Option B
A A B C A A B C D A A B C D E A A B C D ?
In this, segregate the arrangement in such a way written bellow:
AABC
AABCD
AABCDE
AABCD?
Therefore, the complete pair will be AABCDEF next letter after D will be E.

DIRECTIONS for question 9 to 10: Study the following information and answer the question.
Nine friends- P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W and X live on nine different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The lower most floor of the building is numbered one, the one above that is numbered two and so on till the topmost floor is numbered nine. Only two persons live below the floor on which V lives. Only one person lives between V and P. W lives on an odd numbered floor but not on floor no. 7. Only two persons live between W and Q. X does not live on the topmost floor. P does not live on the lowermost floor. S lives immediately below R but R does not sit on topmost floor. Neither R nor T live on floor no. 6. U lives immediately above P.
How many persons live between the floors on which P and S live?
1. Three
2. More than three
3. None
4. Two
5. One
Answer: Option E.
The following arrangement can be made with the help of given information:
Floor No. Name 9 T 8 R 7 S 6 U 5 P 4 Q 3 V 2 X 1 W

Only one person lives between the floors on which P and S live.
Who lives on the floor immediately below V?
1. U
2. T
3. S
4. Q
5. X
Answer: Option E.
The following arrangement can be made with the help of given information:
Floor No. Name 9 T 8 R 7 S 6 U 5 P 4 Q 3 V 2 X 1 W

X lives on the floor immediately below V.