It is customary nowadays among fashionable ladies and gentlemen to acquire strange and sometimes quaint clothes which are scarcely ever used. Sometimes it may be an approaching festival,  sometime a two hour ceremony and sometimes to honour a dead colleague - sometime triggers off the modem craze to sew materials whose use does not outlast the moment of craze. And so people who just occupy small....
1. In this passage, the expression “parents have to swallow their own phlegm” means parents
a) had to swallow the sputum in their mouths
b) Have been phlegmatic all along
c) Have had to overcome their own pride or prejudice 
d) No longer to swallow their own phlegm.
2. The youth acquire clothes for
a) burial, great occasions or matriculation ceremonies    
b) occasions that are not recurrent
c) boosting their ego
d) the purpose of praising their parents

3. The price of jute has been reduced by 20%. If the reduced price is Rs.800 per quintal the original price per quintal was
a. Rs. 900
b. Rs. 940
c. Rs. 960
d. Rs. 1000
e. Rs. 1020
4. In a college the ratio of the number of boys to girls is 8:5. If there are 160 girls, what is the total number of students in the college?
a. 100
b. 250
c. 260
d. 416
e. 420

5. If a sum of money doubles itself in 8 years at simple interest, then what is the rate percent per annum?
a. 11.5%
b. 12.0%
c. 12.5%
d. 13.0%
e. 20%
6. 1, ?, 25, 49, 121, 169
a. 16
b. 19
c. 8
d. 9
e. None of these
7. 3, 23, 43, 63, ?,103
a. 53
b. 23
c. 83
d. 73
e. None of these

8. In how many years, was the wages for female higher than that of males for both the age groups?
a. Nil
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
e. 4