GENERAL APTITUDE

AND QUESTION BANK

GuneetKaur Chadha Third Edition

General Aptitude
Syllabus (GA)

(COMMON TO ALL PAPERS)

Verbal Ability: English grammar, sentence completion, verbal

analogies, word groups, instructions, critical reasoning and verbal
deduction.

Numerical Ability: Numerical computation, numerical

estimation, numerical reasoning and data interpretation.

MARKS
DISTRIBUTION
No of Total
Subject Topics
Questions Marks
General 1M:5  Verbal Ability
15
Aptitude 2M:5  Numerical Ability

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General Aptitude Practise questions 1- 69

Question Bank
1. Structures 1-8

2. Aerodynamics 9 - 16

3. Propulsion 17 - 26

4. Performance, Stability and Control 26 - 33

5. Engineering Mathematics 34 - 38

6. General Aptitude 39 - 48

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General Aptitude

1. Which of the following options is closest difference between any two successive
in meaning to the word Circuitous? siblings (that is born one after another) is
(A) cyclic (C) confusing less than 3 years. Given the following
(B) Indirect (D) crooked facts:
a. Hari’s age + Gita’s age > Irfan’s age +
2. The question below consists of a pair of Saira’s age.
related words followed by four pairs of b. The age difference between Gita and
words. Select the pair that best expresses Saira is 1 year. However Gita is not the
the relation in the original pair. oldest and Saira is not the youngest.
Unemployed: Worker c. There are no twins.
(A) fallow: land In what order were they born (oldest
(B) unaware: sleeper first)?
(C) wit: jester (A) HSIG (C) IGSH
(D) renovated: house (B) SGHI (D) IHSG

3. Choose the most appropriate word from

7. 5 skilled workers can build a wall in 20
the options given below to complete the
days: 8 semi-skilled workers can build a
following sentence:
wall in 25 days; 10 unskilled workers can
If we manage to our natural
build a wall in 30 days. If a team has 2
resource, we would leave a better planet
skilled, 6 semi- skilled and 5 unskilled
for our children.
workers, how long will it take to build the
(A) uphold (C) cherish
wall?
(B) restrain (D) conserve
(A) 20 days (C) 16 days
(B) 18 days (D) 15 days
4. Choose the most appropriate word from
the options given below to the complete
8. Modern warfare has changed from large
the following sentence:
scale clashes of armies to suppression of
His rather casual remarks on
civilian populations. Chemical agents that
his lack of seriousness about the
do their work silently appear to be suited
politics subject.
to such warfare; and regretfully, there
(A) masked (C) betrayed
exist people in military establishments
(B) belied (D) suppressed
who think that chemical agents are useful
tools for their cause.
5. 25 persons are in a room. 15 of them play
Which of the following statements best
hockey, 17 of them play football and 10 of
sums up the meaning of the above
them play both hockey and football. Then
passage:
the number of persons playing neither
(A) Modern warfare has resulted in civil
hockey nor football is:
strife.
(A) 2 (C) 13
(B) Chemical agents are useful in
(B) 17 (D) 3
modern warfare.
(C) Use of chemical agents in warfare
6. Hari (H), Gita (G), Irfan (I) and Saira (S)
would be undesirable.
are siblings (i.e. brothers and sisters). All
(D) People in military establishments like
were born on 1st January. The age
to use chemical agents in war.1

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9. Given digits 2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4 how many 16. P, Q, R and S are four types of dangerous
distinct 4 digit numbers greater than microbes recently found in a human
3000 can be formed? habitat. The area of each circle with its
(A) 50 (C) 52 diameter printed in brackets represents
(B) 51 (D) 54 the growth of a single microbe surviving
human immunity system within 24 hours
10. If 137 + 276 =435 how much is of entering the body. The danger to
731 + 672 ? human beings varies proportionately with
(A) 534 (C) 1623 the toxicity, potency and growth
(B) 1403 (D) 1513 attributed to a microbe shown in the
figure
11. If log (P) = (1 ⁄2 ) log(Q) ( 1⁄3 )

milligrams of microbes required to

destroy half of the body mass in kg
1000
P ( 50 mm)
log(R), then which of the following
800
options is TRUE?
(A) P2 =Q3 R2 (C) Q = R3 P
2 600

Toxicity
Q (40 mm)
(B) Q =PR
2
(D) R = P2Q2 400
R(30 mm) S (20 mm)
200
12. Which of the following options is the 0
closest in the meaning to the word below: 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
Potency
Inexplicable (Probability that microbe will overcome human immunity)
(A) Incomprehensible (C) Inextricable A pharmaceutical company is
(B) Indelible (D) Infallible contemplating the development of a
vaccine against the most dangerous
13. Choose the word from the options given microbe. Which microbe should the
below that is most nearly opposite in company target in its first attempt?
(A) P (C) R
meaning to the given word:
(B) Q (D) S
Amalgamate
(A) merge (C) collect
17. Few school curricula include a unit on
(B) split (D) separate
how to deal with bereavement and grief,
and yet all the students at some point in
14. Choose the most appropriate word
their lives suffer from losses through
from the options given below to
death and parting.
complete the following sentence. If you
Based on the above passage which topic
are trying to make a strong impression on
would not be included in a unit on
your audience, you cannot do so by being
bereavement?
understated, tentative or
(A) How to write a letter of condolence
(A) hyperbolic (C) argumentative
(B) What emotional stages are passed
(B) restrained (D) indifferent
through in the healing process
15. Choose the most appropriate word(s) (C) What the leading causes of death are
from the options given below to complete (D) How to give support to a grieving
the following sentence. friend
I contemplated Singapore for my
18. A container originally contains 10 litres of
vacation but decided against it.
pure spirit. From this container 1 litre of
(A) to visit (C) visiting
spirit is replaced with 1 litre of water.
(B) having to visit (D) for a visit
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again replaced with 1 litre of water and 22. Choose the most appropriate word from
this process is repeated one more time. the options given below to complete the
How much spirit is now left in the following sentence:
container? It was her view that the country's
(A) 7.58 litres (C) 7 litres problems had been by foreign
(B) 7.84 litres (D) 7.29 litres technocrats, so that to invite them to
come back would be counter-productive.
19. A transporter receives the same number (A) Identified (C) Texacerbated
of orders each day. Currently, he has (B) Ascertained (D) Analysed
some pending orders (backlog) to be
23. Choose the word from the options given
shipped. If he uses 7 trucks, then at the
below that is most nearly opposite in
end of the 4th day he can clear all the
meaning to the given word:
order. Alternatively, if he uses only 3
Frequency
trucks, then all the orders are cleared at
(A) periodicity (C) gradualness
the end of the 10th day. What is the
(B) rarity (D) persistency
minimum number of trucks required so
that there will be no pending order at the 24. Choose the most appropriate word from
end of the 5th day? the options given below to complete the
(A) 4 (C) 6 following sentence: Under ethical
(B) 5 (D) 7 guidelines recently adopted by the Indian
Medical Association, human genes are to
be manipulated only to correct diseases
20. The variable cost (V) of manufacturing a
for which unsatisfactory.
product varies according to the equation (A) Similar (C) Uncommon
V= 4q, where q is the quantity produced. (B) Most (D) Available
The fixed cost (F) of production of same
product reduces with q according to the 25. The question below consists of a pair of
equation F = 100/q. How many units related words followed by four pairs of
should be produced to minimize the total words. Select the pair that best
cost (V+F)? expresses the relation in the original
(A) 5 (C) 7 pair:
(B) 4 (D) 6 Gladiator: Arena
(A) dancer: stage
(B) commuter: train
(C) teacher: classroom
21. There are two candidates P and Q in an
(D) lawyer: courtroom
election. During the campaign, 40% of
the voters promised to vote for P, and rest 26. The fuel consumed by a motorcycle
for Q. However, on the day of election during a journey while travelling at
15% of the voters went back on their various speeds is indicated in the graph
promise to vote for P and instead voted below.
120
Fuel Consumption (km/h)

for Q. 25% of the voters went back on

their promise to vote for Q and instead 90
voted for P. Suppose, P lost by 2 votes, 60
then what was the total number of
voters? 30
(A) 100 (C) 90 0
(B) 110 (D) 95 0 30 45 60 75 90
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301. The man who is now Municipal 307. Computers were invented for performing
Commissioner worked as only high-end useful computations.
(A) the security guard at a university However, it is no understatement that
(B) a security guard at the university they have taken over our world today.
(C) a security guard at university The internet, for example, is ubiquitous.
(D) the security guard at the university Many believe that the internet itself is an
unintended consequence of the original
302. Nobody knows how the Indian cricket invention. With the advent of mobile
team is going to cope with the difficult computing on our phones, a whole new
and seamer-friendly wickets in Australia. dimension is now enabled. One is left
Choose the option which is closest in wondering if all these developments are
meaning to the underlined phrase in the good or, more importantly, required.
above sentence. Which of the statement(s) below is/are
(A) put up with (C) put down to logically valid and can be inferred from
(B) put in with (D) put up against the above paragraph?
(i) The author believes that computers
303. Find the odd one in the following group of are not good for us.
words. mock, deride, praise, jeer (ii) Mobile computers and the internet
(A) mock (C) praise are both intended inventions
(B) deride (D) jeer (A) (i) only
(B) (ii) only
304. Pick the odd one from the following (C) Both (i) and (ii)
options. (D) Neither (i) nor (ii)
(A) CADBE (C) XVYWZ
(B) JHKIL (D) ONPMQ 308. All hill-stations have a lake. Ooty has two
lakes.
305. In a quadratic function, the value of the Which of the statement(s) below is/are
product of the roots (α,β) is 4 . Find the logically valid and can be inferred from
value of the above sentences?
αn+ βn (i) Ooty is not a hill-station.
(ii) No hill-station can have more than
α-n + β-n
(A) n4 (C)22n-1 one lake.
(B) 4n (D) 4n-1 (A) (i) only
(B) (ii) only
(C) Both (i) and (ii)
306. Among 150 faculty members in an
(D) Neither (i) nor (ii)
institute, 55 are connected with each
other through Facebook® and 85 are
309. In a 2 × 4 rectangle grid shown below,
connected through WhatsApp®. 30 faculty
each cell is a rectangle. How many
members do not have Facebook® or
rectangles can be observed in the grid?
WhatsApp® accounts. The number of
faculty members connected only through
Facebook® accounts is .
(A) 35 (C) 65 (A) 21 (C) 30
(B) 45 (D) 90 (B) 27 (D) 36

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310. original number by 54, find the original

number.
(A) 39 (C) 66
(B) 57 (D) 93

316. Two finance companies, P and Q, declared

fixed annual rates of interest on the
amounts invested with them. The rates of
interest offered by these companies may
differ from year to year. Year-wise annual
Choose the correct expression for f(x) rates of interest offered by these
given in the graph companies are shown by the line graph
(A) f(x) x provided below.
(B) f(x) + x
(C) f(x) x .
(D) f(x) + x
. .
.

311. If I were you I that laptop. It’s

much too expensive.
(A) Won’t buy (C) Wouldn’t buy If the amounts invested in the companies,
(B) Shan’t buy (D) Would buy P and Q, in 2006 are in the ratio 8:9, then
the amounts received after one year as
312. He turned a deaf ear to my request. interests from companies P and Q would
What does the underlined phrasal verb be in the ratio:
mean? (A) 2:3 (C) 6:7
(A) Ignored (C) Twisted (B) 3:4 (D) 4:3
(B) Appreciated (D) Returned
317. Today, we consider Ashoka as a great
313. Choose the most appropriate set of words ruler because of the copious evidence he
from the options given below to complete left behind in the form of stone carved
the following sentence. edicts. Historians tend to correlate
is a will, is a way. greatness of a king at his time with the
(A) Wear, there, their availability of evidence today.
(B) Were, their, there Which of the following can be logically
(C) Where, there, there inferred from the above sentences?
(D) Where, their, their (A) Emperors who do not leave
significant sculpted evidence are
314. (x % of y) + (y % of x) is equivalent to. completely forgotten.
(A) 2 % of xy (C) xy % of 100 (B) Ashoka produced stone carved edicts
(B) 2 % of (xy/100) (D) 100 % of xy to ensure that later historians will
respect him.
315. The sum of the digits of a two digit (C) Statues of kings are a reminder of
number is 12. If the new number formed their greatness.
by reversing the digits is greater than the (D) king’s greatness, as we know him
today, is interpreted by historians.

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318. Fact 1: Humans are mammals. 324. R2D2 is a robot. R2D2 can repair
Fact 2: Some humans are engineers. aeroplanes. No other robot can repair
Fact 3: Engineers build houses. aeroplanes.
If the above statements are facts, which of Which of the following can be logically
the following can be logically inferred? inferred from the above statements?
I. All mammals build houses. (A) R2D2 is a robot which can only
II. Engineers are mammals. repair aeroplanes
III. Some humans are not engineers. (B) R2D2 is the only robot which can
(A) II only (C) I, II and III repair aeroplanes
(B) III only (D) I only (C) R2D2 is a robot which can repair
only aeroplanes
319. A square pyramid has a base perimeter x, (D) Only R2D2 is a robot
and the slant height is half of the
perimeter. What is the lateral surface area 325. If |9y -6|=3 , then y2 - 4y/3 is
of the pyramid? (A) 0 (C) -1/3
(A) x2 (C) 0.50 x2 (B) + 1/3 (D) Undefined
(B) 0.75 x2 (D) 0.25 x2
326. A poll of students appearing for masters
in engineering indicated that 60% of the
320. Ananth takes 6 hours and Bharath takes 4
students believed that mechanical
hours to read a book. Both started
engineering is a profession unsuitable for
reading copies of the book at the same
women. A research study on women with
time. After how many hours is the
masters or higher degrees in mechanical
number of pages to be read by Ananth,
twice that to be read by Bharath? Assume engineering found that 99% of such
Ananth and Bharath read all the pages women were successful in their
with constant pace. professions.
Which of the following can be logically
(A) 1 (C) 3
inferred from the above paragraph?
(B) 2 (D) 4
(A) Many students have misconceptions
regarding various engineering
disciplines
321. The chairman requested the aggrieved
(B) Men with advanced degrees in
shareholders to him.
mechanical engineering believe
(A) bare with (C) bear with
women are well suited to be
(B) bore with (D) bare
mechanical engineers
(C) Mechanical engineering is a
322. Identify the correct spelling out of the
profession well suited for women
given options:
with masters or higher degrees in
(A) Managable (C) Mangaeble
mechanical engineering
(B) Manageable (D) Managible
(D) The number of women pursuing
higher degrees in mechanical
323. Pick the odd one out in the following:
engineering is small
13, 23, 33, 43, 53
(A) 23 (C) 43
327. Sourya committee had proposed the
(B) 33 (D) 53
establishment of Sourya Institutes of
Technology (SITs) in line with Indian
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the technological and industrial needs of a 328. Shaquille O’ Neal is a 60 % career free
developing country. throw shooter, meaning that he
Which of the following can be logically successfully makes 60 free throws out of
inferred from the above sentence? 100 attempts on average. What is the
Based on the proposal, probability that he will successfully make
(i) In the initial years, SIT students will exactly 6 free throws in 10 attempts?
get degrees from IIT. (A) 0.2508 (C) 0.2934
(ii) SITs will have a distinct national (B) 0.2816 (D) 0.6000
objective.
(iii) SIT like institutions can only be 329. The numeral in the units position of
established in consultation with IIT. 211870 + 146127 x 3424 is
(iv) SITs will serve technological needs of
a developing country.
(A) (iii) and (iv) only
(B) (i) and (iv) only
(C) (ii) and (iv) only
(D) (ii) and (iii) only

330. The following graph represents the installed capacity for cement production (in tonnes) and the
actual production (in tonnes) of nine cement plants of a cement company. Capacity utilization of a
plant is defined as ratio of actual production of cement to installed capacity. A plant with installed
capacity of at least 200 tonnes is called a large plant and a plant with lesser capacity is called a
small plant. The difference between total production of large plants and small plants, in tonnes is

Installed Capacity Actual Production

300
250
230
220

250
200

200
190

190

190
180
Capacity/Production

200
160
160

160
150

150

140
120

120

150
100
(tonnes)

100

50

0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Plant Number

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Answer Keys & Explanations

5. [Ans. D]
1. [Ans. B] Using the set theory formula
Circuitous: Deviating from a straight n(A): Number of people who play hockey
course ⇒ Indirect = 15
(A) Cyclic: Recurring in cycle n(B): Number of people who play football
(B) Indirect: Not leading by straight line = 17
(C) Confusing: Lacking clarity n(A ⌒ B) : Persons who play both
(D) Crooked: For shapes (irregular in hockey and football = 10
shape) n (A U B): Persons who play either
hockey or football or both
2. [Ans. A] Using the formula
Unemployed: Worked ⇒ Here one is vn B n n B n
opposite to other. Bn B
(A) Fallow: Land ⇒ Fallow means Thus people who play neither hockey nor
undeveloped land football
(B) Unaware: Sleeper ⇒ Both are same
unaware or asleep 6. [Ans. B]
(C) Wit: Jester ⇒ Wit means ability to Suppose: Hari’s age: H, Gita’s age: G,
make jokes and jester is a joker Saira’s age: S, Irfan’s age: I
(D) Renovated: House ⇒ Renovate  H+G>1+S
means to make better and house can  Using Statement (2) both G – S =1
be renovated or S -G =1: G can’t be oldest and S can’t
be youngest
3. [Ans. D]  There are no twins thus using
(A) Uphold: cause to remain ⇒ not statement 2 either GS or SG possible.
appropriate (A) HSIG: not possible as there is I
(B) Restrain: keep under control ⇒ not between S and G which is not
appropriate possible using statement (3)
(C) Cherish: be fond of ⇒ not related (B) SGHI: SG order is possible.
(D) Conserve: Keep in safely and protect S G H I and G H S I
from harm, decay, loss, or (possible)
destruction ⇒ most appropriate Because id {S G : and G H
and H I then G I
4. [Ans. C] G I}
(A) Masked: Hide under a false (C) IGSH: according to this I G and
appearance ⇒ opposite S H thus adding these both
(B) Belied: Be in contradiction with ⇒ inequalities we get I S G H
not appropriate which is opposite of statement (2)
(C) Betrayed: Reveal unintentionally ⇒ thus not possible
most appropriate (D) IHSG: according to this I H and
(D) Suppressed: To put down by force or S G thus adding both inequalities
authority ⇒ irrelevant I S H G which is opposite of
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7. [Ans. D] 9. [Ans. B]
Per day work or rate of 5 skilled workers As the number is greater than 3000. So
thousand’s place can be there 3or4.
Let’s consider the following two cases
⇒ Per day work or rate of one skill worker Case I: When thousand’s place is 3. 3 a b c
If there is no restriction on number of
two’s, three’s and four’s. Then each of a, b,
Similarly per day work or rate of 8 c can be filled with 2 or 3 or 4 each in 3
semiskilled workers ways.
So 3 x 3 x 3 =27 numbers are there. Out of
⇒ Per day work or rate of one semi-skill which 3222, 3333 are invalid as 2 can
worker be used twice and three thrice only so
number of such valid numbers beginning
And per day work or rate of 10 unskilled with 3 are 27 – 2 = 25.
Case II: When thousand’s place is 4 a b c
workers
Without restriction on number of 2’s, 3’s
⇒ Per day work or rate of one semi-skill and 4’s a, b, c (as explained in case I) can
worker be filled in 27 ways.
Out of these 27 numbers, 4 2 2 2 is only
Thus total per day work of 2 skilled, 6 invalid as two have to be used twice only.
semiskilled and 5 unskilled workers So valid number are 27-1 = 26
Total numbers form Case I and Case II 25 + 26 =51
.

10. [Ans. C]
Thus time to complete the work is 15 137 + 276 = 435
days This is an octahedral addition thus
731 + 672 (8) = 1623
8. [Ans. D]
(A) Modern warfare has resulted in civil
strife: There is no direct
consequence of warfare given, so it is 11. [Ans. B]
not appropriate log P log Q R K
(B) Chemical agents are useful in
modern warfare: Passage does not Pb,Qb,Rb
say whether chemical agents are Now, Q b b PR
useful or not, so not appropriate
(C) Use of chemical agents in warfare 12. [Ans. A]
would be undesirable: Given that Inexplicable means not explicable; that
cannot be explained, understood, or
people in military think these are
accounted for. So the best synonym here
useful, undesirables is wrong is incomprehensible.
(D) People in military establishments
like to use chemical agents in war: 13. [Ans. D]
Correct choice as last statement tells Amalgamate means combine or unite to
that military people think that form one organization or structure. So
chemical agents are useful toos for best option here is split. Separate on the
other hand, although a close synonym, it
their cause (work silently in
is too general to be the best antonym in
warfare) the given question while Merge is the
synonym; Collect is not related.
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248. [Ans. B] The best pair of words that can fit the
Let y as tail occurred in third toss and z context of the sentence is ‘effectiveness…
as two tails in third toss which can be prescribed’. Though the medicine is
{TTH, THT, HTT} y = {TTH, TTT} ‘effective’ in treating diabetes, it is not
Both y and z are dependent. being ‘prescribed’ widely. new medicine
cannot have a ‘prescription’ or
249. [Ans. C] ‘availability’ for treating a disease.
‘Proscribed’ means forbidden by law. In
250. [Ans. C] case we use ‘acceptance…proscribed’ the
Executive sentence will not make any sense because
it will mean that though the medicine is
L NL accepted widely, it is not forbidden by
law.
Therefore concluding diagram can be
It can be manager that is manager can be
254. [Ans. A]
executive also.
Let T = total no of fruits = 5692000
Some executives are also leader that is
R = Ripe fruits; U = Unripe fruits
not a manger.
A = Apple; O = Oranges

251. [Ans. A] Given U of T

The sentence is stating the highest peak in
the world. Since it is a specific thing, we R = T – U= 4838200
need to use the definite article ‘the’ before
U of U:
it. Also the sentence is using the
superlative degree and so we say ‘the
highest peak in the world’ making option R of R:
1 the correct answer. There cannot be
many highest peaks in the world and so
options 3 and 4 are incorrect. UR

252. [Ans. B] 255. [Ans. C]

The context of the sentence is asking a
person who has been deprived of
something because of a theft. The word to
be used to fill the blank is ‘lose’ which
means to be deprived of something.
‘Loose’ means something that is not fitted.
‘Louse’ is the singular form of the word
‘lice’ that is a parasite that lives in the skin
of mammals and birds. ‘Loss’ is a noun
that means the process of losing someone
or something. Eg: He suffered tremendous
loss in his business.

253. [Ans. A]
The sentence is looking for a contrast as it
is joined by the conjunction ‘despite’.

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256. [Ans. C] q r r s and s q
Percentage probability of being infected alogq log r … … .
= P(A) = 50% nd b log r log s … … .
Percentage probability of infected person nd c log s log q … … .
developing disease is having system, Multiplying equations , and
= P(B) = 30% abc log q log r log s log r log s log q
Percentage probability of infected abc
person not showing symptoms
= P(B)=70% 260. [Ans. C]
Percentage probability of person
moving though a TB prone zone
remaining infected but not showing
symptoms
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257. [Ans. B]
The paragraph states that the subject was
very confident about his good friends
helping him in his times of need because
he had always helped them before in their
time. Thus, inference iii follows.
Since the events of the last week proved
him wrong, this means that his confidence
was broken and his friends had not
helped him. Thus inference iv also
follows.

258. [Ans. D]
According to given information the points
we got are
(A) Shiva is brother of Pavithra
(B) Shiva and Pavithra are cousins of :
Leela
(C) According to their ages Shiva > Leela [Ans. C]
> Pavithra In degrees of comparison Mr. X is taller
(D) They all live play chess than Mr. Y is apt.
(E) Pavithra wins more often than Leela Positive degree – tall
but information about winning cases Comparative degree – taller
of Shiva is not given. Superlative degree – tallest
So from the given options statement
which is clearly true is that Pavithra is the 262. [Ans. B]
youngest of all. The student felicitated the teacher on
teacher’s day for twenty years of
259. [Ans. C] dedicated teaching
261. q r and s
r s q

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263. [Ans. C] hour back so time now will be 12 : 45
‘Rest is history’ is an idiomatic expression
which means ‘rest is well known 269. [Ans. C]

264. [Ans. C]
inches . yards
Squaring on both sides
inches . yards

265. [Ans. B]
‘M’ works with twice efficiency as E but
worked for half as many days. So in this
respect they will do equal work if their
shifts would have been for same timings.
But M’s shift is for hrs, while E’s shift for
hrs. Hence E will do twice the work as M.
Ratio of contribution of M : E in work, 1 : 2

266. [Ans. D]
Read books n R

Play Sports n s 270. [Ans. B]

nRS
nRSnRnSnRS
Rectangle
x x
267. [Ans. A]
Until the colonial period means pre- Perimeter of rectangle [ ]x
colonial origin. Other options can’t be Perimeter of square x
inferred. x
Length of square
268. [Ans. D] x
Total area ( *x fx
x
fx x

⇒xx⇒x
x
Length of square mm

271. [Ans. B]

272. [Ans. A]
Mirror image of 1 : 20 is 10 : 30
273. [Ans. D]

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280. [Ans. C]
√ √
rea of triangle l
281. [Ans. C]
√ The information given to us about both
apples and onions is its price. We see that
an apple costs more than an onion. The
best way to frame the information with
respect to grammar and usage in the
given options is option . ‘More costlier’ is

276. [Ans. C]
68-95-97 rule
P

Q 282. [Ans. C]
‘Burning’ or igniting’ means to give fire to
something. ‘Clutching’ means to hold on
to something. ‘Flinging’ means to hurl
something forcefully. From the options,
we see that the word closest in meaning
to the word ‘grasping’ is clutching’.

283. [Ans. B]
‘P’ is grandchild of M
95% of students in P scores between 65
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AIRCRAFT
PROPULSION
1. An AFC stage has blade root, mean and tip velocities if 150,200 and
250m/s. The stage is to be designed for a stagnation temperature rise of
20K and an axial velocity of 150m/s, both constant from root to tip. The
work done factor is 0.93. Assuming 50% reaction at mean radius calculate
the stage air angles at root , mean and tip and the DOR at root and tip for a
free vortex design.
Ans: α1 =17.07° (=β2), β1=45·73o (=α2) at mean radius; α1=13·77o, β1
=54·88o, β2 =40·23°, α2=39·43° at tip; α1=22·25°, β1= 30.60°, β2= - 20·25°,
α2=53.85° at root; R= 11·2 per cent at root and 67.4 per cent at tip

2. Recalculate the stage air angles for the same data as in the previous
question for a stage with 50% reaction at all radii, and compare the results
with the previous problem.
Ans: α1 =28.60° (=β2), β1=48.27o (=α2) at tip; α1=1.15o (=β2), β1 =44.42o (=α2) at
root

3. The first stage for an AFC is design for free vortex principal with no IGV. The
rotational speed is 6000rpm and the stagnation temperature rise is 20K.
The hub to tip ratio is 0.6 and the work done factor is 0.93. The isentropic
efficiency is 0.89. Assuming the inlet velocity to be 140m/s and ambient
conditions are 1.01 bar and 288K. Calculate
(a) The tip radius and corresponding rotor air angles if the Mach no. related
to the tip is limited to 0.95.
(b) The mass flow rate entering the stage
(c) The stage stagnation pressure ratio and power required
(d) The rotor air angles at the root section
Ans: (a) 0·456 m, 63·95° and 56·40°, (b) 65·5 kg/s, (c) 1·233, 1317 kW, (d)
50.83° and 18·32°]

4. An axial flow compressor has an overall pressure ratio of 4·0 and mass flow
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29. In a gas turbine unit, the gases flow through the turbine is 15 kg/s and the
power developed by the turbine is 12000 kW. The enthalpies of gases at the
inlet and outlet are 1260 kJ/kg and 400 kJ/kg respectively, and the velocity
of gases at the inlet and outlet are 50 m/s and 110 m/s respectively.
Calculate :
(i) The rate at which heat is rejected to the turbine, and
(ii) The area of the inlet pipe given that the specific volume of the gases at the
inlet is 0.45 m3/kg.
Ans: – 55.2 kJ/kg, 0.135 m2

30. A turbojet engine is being used to propel an airplane. The drag is 3900 N.
The coefficient of drag is 0.01835. The wing area is 21.25 m2. The air
consumption per second of the engine is 14.5 Kg/s and the thrust
developed is 8900 N. Calculate the flight velocity and effective jet velocity.
Also calculate the specific thrust where the CP = 1.005 KJ/kgK. What is the
density ratio at this altitude of 10000m. Take ρ = 0.5Kg/m3 at this altitude.
Ans: 200 m/s, 813.8 m/s, 613.8N, 0.41

AIRCRAFT
STRUCTURES
1. A cantilever beam of solid, circular cross-section supports a compressive
load of 50 KN applied to its free end at a point 1.5mm below a horizontal
diameter in the vertical plane of symmetry together with a torque of
1200Nm. Calculate the direct and shear stresses on a plane inclined at 60◦
to the axis of the cantilever at a point on the lower edge of the vertical
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Ans: σn = −40.4 N/mm2 (compression), 𝝉 = 5.0 N/mm2

2. Direct stresses of 160 N/mm2 (tension) and 120 N/mm2 (compression) are
applied at a particular point in an elastic material on two mutually
perpendicular planes. The principal stress in the material is limited to 200
N/mm2 (tension). Calculate the allowable value of shear stress at the point
on the given planes. Determine also the value of the other principal stress
and the maximum value of shear stress at the point.
Ans: τxy = 113N/mm2, σ1 = 200N/mm2 (given) σII = −160N/mm2, τmax =
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29. Derive the equation for the natural frequencies of a uniform cord of
length ‘L’ fixed at the two ends. The cord is stretched to a tension T and
its mass per unit length is ρ.
𝒏 𝑻
Ans: 𝒇𝒏 = √
𝟐𝑳 𝝆

30. A vibrating system consists of a mass of 4.534 Kg, a spring of stiffness

35.0 N/cm, and a dashpot with a damping coefficient of 0.1243 N/cm/s.
Find (a) the damping factor, (b) the logarithmic decrement, and (c) the
ratio of any two consecutive amplitudes.
Ans: (a) 0.0493 (b) 0.3101 (c) 1.364

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