A seminar on topics X, Y and Z is to be given by seven professors P, Q, R, S, T, U and V. Each topic must be discussed by at least four professors for its completion. The topics are to be covered with the following conditions.

Since P is suffering from fever, he is unable to cover any topic; each of the other professors must cover at least one topic and must not cover at least one topic.

Q must not cover topic X.

V must not cover topics Y and Z.

S will cover a topic only if R covers that topic. U will cover a topic only if V covers that topic.

1. 1. Who of the following must cover topic X?

DIRECTIONS for questions 6 to 10: Answer the questions based on the following information.

Six boys B, C, D, E, F and G and six girls M, N, O, P, Q and R are standing in rows in such a way that each girl faces one boy not necessarily in the same order.
M is to the immediate right of the girl who is facing F, the boy at the extreme right. R is third to the left of P.
O is facing B and is to the immediate left of N. Only C is between E and F.
G is to the immediate left of B and to the immediate right of D.

6. Who of the following girls is facing E?

DIRECTIONS for questions 11 to 12: Answer the Questions based on the coding of English alphabet and numericals.

11. If M is coded as 13, O as 15, then what is the code for DEAF?

Directions: In each of the following question a number series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative that will continue the same pattern and fill in the blank spaces.

13. 1, 1, 3, 9, 6, 36, 10, 100, ( _), 225.

DIRECTIONS for questions 16 to 20: Each of the questions below consists of two words which have a certain relationship, followed by four pairs of words. Choose the pair which exhibits a similar relationship.
16. PROFESSIONAL : AMATEUR ::

DIRECTIONS for questions 21 to 25: In each of the following sentences, parts of the sentence are left blank. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the best alternative from among the four.

21. The quantum theory was initially regarded as absurd, unnatural and with common sense.

DIRECTIONS for questions 26 to 30: 

26.Find the odd word out.

DIRECTIONS for questions 31 to 35: The passage given below is followed by questions. Choose the best answer for each question.

PASSAG E I
The villager has customarily been very conservative in his attitude and approach. He is reluctant to change his traditional way of thinking and doing things. His attitude, in many respects, is: “home–made is best”. For instance, most cattle–farmers in the villages prefer to feed their cows and buffaloes with a home mix comprising of local oil cakes like mustard or cottonseed, pulses, jaggery, salt, etc. It takes numerous visits, and is hard convincing the rural cattle–farmer that compound feeds, scientifically formulated, improve the yields of milk, without any incremental costs.

The age–old values and attitudes towards caste, creed, women, time and money take time to change. The villager has traditionally been a believer in the philosophy of ‘Karma’ or fate. He has found it more convenient to blame his economic destitution, poor living conditions, and straitened social status on
‘bhagya’, ‘Karma’ or ‘fate’. The security that the villagers find in the status quo, acts as a disincentive to change and experiment in the short–run. Many of these antiquated attitudes, value systems and outlooks are changing due to improved levels of awareness and education. However, the rate of change is sluggish. Attitudes that have fossilised over the centuries do take time to change.

31. What does the phrase “home–made is best” imply?

DIRECTIONS for questions 36 to 50: Answer the questions independent of each other.
36. Two trains, one 200 meters in length and the other 100 meters in length, travel at constant but different speeds. When travelling in opposite directions, it takes 10 seconds for them to completely pass each other. When travelling in the same direction, it takes 25 seconds for them to completely pass each other. The speed of the faster train, in meters per second, is