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Q436CSAT 2011Blood RelationsAnalogy

If 'A x B' means A is the brother of B; 'A / B' means A is the father of B and 'A + B' means A is the sister of B, which of the following means M is the uncle of P?

Q437CSAT 2011Blood Relations

A, B, C, D and E are members of the same family. There are two fathers, two sons, two wives three males and two females. The teacher was the wife of a lawyer who was the son of a doctor. E is not a male, neither also a wife of a professional. C is the youngest person in the family and D is the eldest. B is a male.

How is D related to E?

Q438CSAT 2011Blood Relations

A, B, C, D and E are members of the same family. There are two fathers, two sons, two wives three males and two females. The teacher was the wife of a lawyer who was the son of a doctor. E is not a male, neither also a wife of a professional. C is the youngest person in the family and D is the eldest. B is a male.

Who are the females in the group?

Q439CSAT 2011Blood Relations

A, B, C, D and E are members of the same family. There are two fathers, two sons, two wives three males and two females. The teacher was the wife of a lawyer who was the son of a doctor. E is not a male, neither also a wife of a professional. C is the youngest person in the family and D is the eldest. B is a male.

Whose wife is the teacher?

Q440CSAT 2011Data Interpretation

Consider the four age pyramids given below namely A, B, C and D representing four different countries.

 Four age pyramids A, B, C and D

Which one of them indicates the declining population?

Q441CSAT 2011Data Interpretation

The following figure has four curves namely A, B, C and D. Study the figure and answer the item that follows.

 Population curves A, B, C and D from year 0 to 2000

Which curve indicates the exponential growth?

Q442CSAT 2011Data InterpretationPie Chart (2D & 3D)

Directions for the following 2 (two) items:

The following pie-charts show the break-up of disease categories recorded in the patients from two towns, Town A and Town B. Pie-charts plot the disease categories as percentage of the total number of patients. Based on these, answer the two items that follow the charts.

 Pie charts of disease categories in Town A and Town B

Which of the two towns has a higher number of persons with Diabetes?

Q443CSAT 2011Data InterpretationPie Chart (2D & 3D)

Directions for the following 2 (two) items:

The following pie-charts show the break-up of disease categories recorded in the patients from two towns, Town A and Town B. Pie-charts plot the disease categories as percentage of the total number of patients. Based on these, answer the two items that follow the charts.

 Pie charts of disease categories in Town A and Town B

What can we say about persons with more than one disease from these graphs?

Q444CSAT 2011Data Interpretation

Consider the following Velocity-Time graph. It shows two trains starting simultaneously on parallel tracks.

 Velocity–time graph of Train A (straight line) and Train B (curve) up to time t0

With reference to the above graph, which one of the following statements is not correct?

Q445CSAT 2011Data Interpretation

Consider the following distance-time graph. The graph shows three athletes A, B, and C running side by side for a 30 km race.

 Distance–time graph of athletes A, B and C in a 30 km race

With reference to the above graph, consider the following statements:

1. The race was won by A.

2. B was ahead of A up to 25 km mark.

3. C ran very slowly from the beginning.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Q446CSAT 2011Data Interpretation

Consider the figure given below and answer the items that follows: In the figure shown above, OP 1 and OP2 are two plane mirrors kept perpendicular to each other. S is the direction of a beam of light falIing on the mirror OP1. The direction of the reflected beam of light from the mirror OP2 will be

 Two perpendicular mirrors OP1 and OP2 with a ray S falling on OP1

Q447CSAT 2011Data Interpretation

Directions for the following 3 (three) items:

Read the passage given below, study the graph that follows and answer the three items given below the figure.

During a party, a person was exposed to contaminated water. A few days later, he developed fever and loose motions. He suffered for some days before going to a doctor for treatment. On starting the treatment, he soon became better and recovered completely a few days later. The following graph shows different phases of the person's disease condition as regions A, B, C, D and E of the curve

 Number of bacteria over time with regions A to E

Which region/regions of the curve correspond/corresponds to incubation phase of the infection?

Q448CSAT 2011Data Interpretation

Directions for the following 3 (three) items:

Read the passage given below, study the graph that follows and answer the three items given below the figure.

During a party, a person was exposed to contaminated water. A few days later, he developed fever and loose motions. He suffered for some days before going to a doctor for treatment. On starting the treatment, he soon became better and recovered completely a few days later. The following graph shows different phases of the person's disease condition as regions A, B, C, D and E of the curve

 Number of bacteria over time with regions A to E

Which region of the curve indicates that the person began showing the symptoms of infection?

Q449CSAT 2011Data Interpretation

Directions for the following 3 (three) items:

Read the passage given below, study the graph that follows and answer the three items given below the figure.

During a party, a person was exposed to contaminated water. A few days later, he developed fever and loose motions. He suffered for some days before going to a doctor for treatment. On starting the treatment, he soon became better and recovered completely a few days later. The following graph shows different phases of the person's disease condition as regions A, B, C, D and E of the curve

 Number of bacteria over time with regions A to E

Which region of the curve indicates that the treatment yielded effective relief?

Q450CSAT 2011Decision MakingSituation Reaction TestProblem Solving

You are asked to explain why you did not attend an important official meeting. Your immediate superior had not informed you about the meeting but is now pressuring you not to mention this fact.

What would you do?

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