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Now-a-days, under the ...(1)... system of education, however good it may be, when a young man comes out of the university, there seems to be this ...(2)... in him that the higher the standard of living raises, the less should a man work. Thus, mathematically, the higher the standard of living, according to this misconceived notion, the less the ...(3)... Ultimately, what should be the highest standard of living then? ...(4)... work! This leads to an unhealthy ...(5)...among the workers. A typist who types over twenty letters a day asks his ...(6)... how many letters he had types that day. The latter ...(7)... "fifteen". The former thinks, "Tomorrow I should type only fifteen or even ...(8)... This tendency is quite ...(9)... and may ultimately lead to ...(10)... Even one's family life may be affected adversely due to such tendency.

Q1: (solve as per the direction given above)

A competition

B dispute

C delay

D jealously

E ambition

Q2: 12 year old Manick is three times as old as his brother Rahul. How old will Manick be when he is twice as old as Rahul ?

A 16 years

B 20 years

C 18 years

D 14 years

Q3: A tailor had a number of shirt pieces to cut from a roll of fabric. He cut each roll of equal length into 10 pieces. He cut at the rate of 45 cuts a minute. How many rolls would be cut in 24 minutes ?

A 54 rolls

B 120 rolls

C 32 rolls

D 108 rolls

Q4: In a class of 60 students, the number of boys and girls participating in the annual sports is in the ratio 3 : 2 respectively. The number of girls not participating in the sports is 5 more than the number of boys not participating in the sports. If the number of boys participating in the sports is 15, then how many girls are there in the class ?

A Data inadequate

B None of these

C 25

D 20

E 30

Q5: There are deer and peacocks in a zoo. By counting heads they are 80. The number of their legs is 200. How many peacocks are there ?

A 50

B 30

C 60

D 20

Q6: A man wears socks of two colours - Black and brown. He has altogether 20 black socks and 20 brown socks in a drawer. Supposing he has to take out the socks in the dark, how many must he take out to be sure that he has a matching pair ?

A 20

B None of these

C 39

D 3

Q7: A motorist knows four different routes from Bristol to Birmingham. From Birmingham to Sheffield he knows three different routes and from Sheffield to Carlisle he knows two different routes. How many routes does he know from Bristol to Carlisle ?

A 8

B 12

C 24

D 4

Q8: Mac has £ 3 more than Ken, but then Ken wins on the horses and trebles his money, so that he now has £ 2 more than the original amount of money that the two boys had between them. How much money did Mac and Ken have between them before Ken's win ?

A £ 13

B £ 9

C £ 15

D £ 11

Q9: In a class, there are 18 boys who are over 160 cm tall. If these constitute three-fourths of the boys and the total number of boys is two-thirds of the total number of students in the class, what is the number of girls in the class ?

A 12

B 18

C 6

D 24

Q10: 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 (in years) is

A 20

B 15

C 18

D 12