Directions (1-10) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions.
Certain words/ phrases are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Inequality is at the top of the agenda around the world. Hilary Clinton, the leading democratic candidate to succeed Barack Obama as President of the United States, made inequality the centre piece of a major campaign speech. Economists at the IMF too have recently released a study assessing the causes and consequences of rising inequality. Its authors reckon that while inequality could cause all sorts of problems, Governments should be especially concerned about its effects on growth. They estimate that a one percentage point increase in the income share of the top 20% will drag down growth by 0.08% percentage points over five years, while a rise in the income share of the bottom 20% actually boasts ' growth. But how does inequality affect economic growth rates? Economists say that some inequality is needed to propel growth. Without the carrot of large financial rewards, risky entrepreneurship and innovation would grind to a halt. In 1975, an American economist, argued that societies cannot have both perfect equality and perfect efficiency, but must choose how much of one to sacrifice for the other. While most economists continue to hold that view, the recent rise in inequality has prompted a new look at its economic costs. Inequality could impair growth if those with low incomes suffer poor health and low productivity as a result, or if, as evidence suggests, the poor struggle to finance investments in education, inequality could also threaten public confidence in growth-boosting capitalist strategies like free trade. More recent work suggests that inequality could lead to economic or financial instability. The governor of the Reserve Bank of India argued that governments often respond to inequality by easing the flow of credit to poorer households, however, American households borrowed heavily prior to the crisis to prop up their consumption. But for this rise in household debt, consumption would have stagnated as a result of poor wage growth. Crafting a response to rising inequality is therefore tricky, he says. Some of the negative impact of inequality on growth can be blamed on poor government policies in highly unequal countries. In Latin America. for instance, populist pressure for excessive state economic control seems to shorten the average duration of growth spells. Yet in moderation, redistribution seems to benign effects-perhaps by reducing dependence on risky borrowing among poorer households. Over the past generation or two inequality has risen most in places where progressive policies, such as high. top tax-rates, have been weakened. A little more redistribution now might improve the quality and quantity of economic growth and reduce the demand for more aggressive state interventions later.

Directions( 11-15 ): Rearrange the given six sentences/group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in a proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the given questions.
A. These nuggets contain words of caution because many young middle-class Chinese who gear up during the nation’s glittering boom years are suddenly confronting the shadow of an economic  slowdown and even hints of austerity.
B. Titled “Guide on Safe Passage Through the Economic Crisis", it is aimed at young Chinese urban professionals.
C. Recently, an advice column has been circulating widely on China‘s most popular social media phone app.
D. Its nuggets of wisdom include “Work hard at your job so you are the last to be laid off and "In an economic crisis liquidity is the number one priority”.
E. By austerity they mean cancelling vacations and delaying weddings and even selling recently purchased apartments to have cash on hand.
F. These frantic measures are prompting the leaders to take appropriate actions to bring the situation under control.

Directions( 16 - 20 ): Each sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that Something has been omitted. Choose the words that best fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Directions( 21 - 25 ): In the following questions, read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The Error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Select the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, select ‘No error’ as your answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any. 

Directions [26-30] : In the following passage, there are blank each of which has been numbered, Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

A ...26... affecting the quality of primary education appears to be ...27..levels of teacher motivation. In 2002-2003, 25% of primary-school teachers in rural India were absent on any given day. The impact of absenteeism is ...28... by the fact that the average primary school in India has a workforce of no more than three teachers. The obvious reason, remuneration, does not appear to be a ...29.... In fact, both education experts and ordinary citizens ...30... that . government-employed school teachers are paid relatively well. UNESCO surveys from as early as 2004 indicated that the annual statutory salary of primary school teachers in India with 15 years’ experience was more than $14,000.

Directions (32-36) :|~| In these questions, two equations numbered I and II are given. You have to solve both the equations and mark the appropriate option.
Give answer :
(1) \( x \le y \)
(2) \( x \ge y \)
(3) Relationship between X and y cannot be established
(4) x < y
(5) x > y 

Directions (37-41) :|~|  What should come in place of Question mark ? in the following questions.

Directions (46-50) :|~|  What should come in place of Question mark ? in the following questions.

Directions [55-59] : Study the table and answer the given questions.
Data related to candidates appeared and qualified from State ‘X’ in a competitive exam during 5 years .

Years	Number of apperared candidates	Percentage of appeared candidates who qualified	Respective ratio of number of qualified male and number of qualified female candidates.
2006	700	-	3 : 2
2007	-	-	5 : 3
2008	480	60%	-
2009	-	42%	9 : 5
2010	900	64%	-

Directions (61-65) : Read the graph and answer the given questions.
Number of visas issued by Country ‘XYZ’ for Country A and Country B in 6 different months: 

Directions [66-68] :|~| Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions. Each of the six persons P; Q, R, S, T and U has lived in India for a different number of days. S has stayed for more number of days than R but less than T. P has stayed for more number of days than only U. T has not stayed for the most number of days. The one stayed for the second least number of days stayed for 14 days in India. The one who stayed for second highest number of days stayed for 47 days. S stayed for 15 days less than T.

|~|Q is the sister of T. T is the mother of D. T has only one son. D is the brother of J. J is married to M. Y is the daughter of M.

Directions [71-75] :|~| In these questions, relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. The statements are followed by conclusions based on the given statements and select the appropriate answer.

Give answer :
(1) If only conclusion I is true
(2) If neither conclusion I nor II is true
(3) If only conclusion II is true
(4) If both conclusion I and conclusion II are true
(5) If either conclusion I or II is true

Directions [76-80] : |~|Ten people are sitting in two parallel rows containing five people each, in such a way that there is equal distance between adjacent persons. In row-1, A, B. C, D and E are seated (not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing north. In row-2, L, M, N, O and P are seated (not necessarily in the same order) and all of them are facing south. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. B sits second to the right of D. The person facing B sits to the immediate left of N. L sits second to the right of N. Only two people sit between L and P. E is not an immediate neighbor of D. O does not face E. C neither faces N nor sits at an extreme end of the line.

Directions [81-85] :|~| In each question below are two/three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two/three given statements to be true even If they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Directions (86-90) : |~|Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

‘great passion for music’ is written as ‘mo bu sc nd’
‘music always on mind’ is written as ‘fi sc ag lw’
‘follow music on twitter’ is written as ‘ty jp fi sc’
(All codes are two letter codes only)

Directions [91-95] : |~|Study the following information and answer the question Seven people, namely L, M, N, O, P, Q and R will appear for a different exam but not necessarily in the same order, in seven different months (of the same year) namely January, February, April, May. July, September and December. Each of them also likes a different genre of TV shows namely Family, Action, Comedy, Reality, Animated, History and Thriller but not necessarily in the same order.

O will appear for an exam in a month which has only 30 days. Only one person will appear between the one who likes animated shows and O. The one who likes action will appear for an exam immediately before the one who likes animated shows. The one who likes thriller will appear for an exam neither in the month which has 31 days nor in the month which has 30 days. Only two people will appear for an exam between the one who likes thriller and Q. M will appear for an exam immediately after Q. R will appear for an exam immediately before N. P likes history shows. The one who likes family shows will appear for an exam in a month which has 30 days. O does not like comedy shows.

Direction(96-100):|~|Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

A, B, C, D, M, N, O and P are sitting around a circular table facing the centre with equal distances between each other (but not necessarily in the same order). Each one of them is also related to N in some way or the other.  

Only three people sit between B and N. Only one person sits between N and P. N’s father sits to the immediate right of P.  N’s sister sits third to the right of N’s father. Only one person sits between N’s sister and N’s son. M sits third to the left of N's son. Only three people sit between M and N's husband. A sits second to the right of N's husband. N's mother sits to the immediate right of C. C is not the husband of N. N’s daughter sits third to the right of P. D sits to the immediate left of N's brother.