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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 retardation

B progress

C evil

D complexity

E denial

Q2: A total of 324 coins of 20 paise and 25 paise make a sum of Rs. 71. The number of 25-paise coins is

A 124

B 144

C 120

D 200

Q3: A player holds 13 cards of four suits, of which seven are black and six are red. There are twice as many diamonds as spades and twice as many hearts as diamonds. How many clubs does he hold ?

A 6

B 5

C 7

D 4

Q4: The taxi charges in a city comprise of a fixed charge, together with the charge of the distance covered. For a journey of 16 km, the charges paid are Rs. 156 and for a journey of 24 km, the charges paid are Rs. 204. What will a person have to pay for travelling a distance of 30 km?

A Rs. 240

B Rs. 252

C Rs. 236

D Rs. 248

Q5: If every 2 out of 3 readymade shirts need alterations in the collar, every 3 out of 4 need alterations in the sleeves and and every 4 out of 5 need it in the body, how many alterations will be required for 60 shirts ?

A 123

B 88

C 143

D 133

Q6: At the end of a business conference the ten people present all shake hands with each other once. How many handshakes will there be altogether ?

A 55

B 45

C 90

D 20

Q7: After distributing the sweets equally among 25 children, 8 sweets remain. Had the number of children been 28, 22 sweets would have been left after equal distribution. What was the total number of sweets ?

A 348

B Data inadequate

C 358

D 328

Q8: A group of 1200 persons consisting of captains and soldiers is travelling in a train. For every 15 soldiers there is one captain. The number of captains in the group is

A 80

B 85

C 75

D 70

Q9: In a caravan, in addition to 50 hens, there are 45 goats and 8 camels with some keepers. If the total number of feet be 224 more than the number of heads in the caravan, the number of keepers is

A 10

B 15

C 5

D 8

Q10: A monkey climbs 30 feet at the beginning of each hour and rests for a while when he slips back 20 feet before he again starts climbing in the beginning of the next hour. If he begins his ascent at 8.00 a.m., at what time will he first touch a flag at 120 feet from the ground?

A 6 p.m.

B 5 p.m.

C None of these

D 4 p.m.