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1 (ADCEF) Sixteen candies are to be distributed among four boys R1, R2, R 3 and R4 such that each boy receives at least one candy and no two boys receive the same number of candies. R4 should receive 4 more candies than R2. The number of candies received by R2 should be less than that received by R1 but more than that received by R3. What is the difference between the maximum and the minimum number of candies that R1 can receive?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
2.(ADCDI ) If the mystery novel is written by O then who can be the publisher of the comedy novel?
(a) P or Q (b) Only P
(c) P or (d) P or or S
3 How many combinations of publisher and author are possible for the mystery novel?
(a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
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1 (ADCEF) Sixteen candies are to be distributed among four boys R1, R2, R 3 and R4 such that each boy receives at least one candy and no two boys receive the same number of candies. R4 should receive 4 more candies than R2. The number of candies received by R2 should be less than that received by R1 but more than that received by R3. What is the difference between the maximum and the minimum number of candies that R1 can receive?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
Directions for questions 2 and3: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. Chulbul Pandey wants to buy a book and is confused between four novels of different genres - mystery, horror, comedy and thriller. The novels are written by L, M, N and O and published by P, Q, and , not necessarily in the same order. The horror novel is published by Q and the thriller novel is written by N. Each novel is written by a different author and published by a different publisher. It is also known that L and M get their books published by Por Qonly.
2.(ADCDI ) If the mystery novel is written by O then who can be the publisher of the comedy novel?
(a) P or Q (b) Only P
(c) P or (d) P or or S
3 How many combinations of publisher and author are possible for the mystery novel?
(a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
Directions for questions 4 - 6 (ADCEA) : The passage given below is followed by a set of three questions. Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.
George Orwell (June 25, 1903– January 21, 1950) was the pen-name of Eric Arthur Blair, a British author and journalist best known for his allegorical political novels, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty- Four. The latter, which describes a futuristic dystopian society, led to the use of the adjective 'Orwellian' to describe totalitarian mechanisms of thought-control.
Upon completing his studies at Eton, having no prospect of gaining a university scholarship and his family's means being insufficient to pay for his tuition, Eric joined the Indian Imperial Police in Burma in 1922. He resigned and returned to England in 1928 having grown to hate imperialism (as evidenced by first novel Burmese Days, published in 1934, and by such notable essays as 'A Hanging', and 'Shooting an Elephant'). He adopted his pen name in 1933, while writing for the New Adelphi. Perhaps surprisingly for a writer with progressive, socialist views, he chose a pen name that stressed his deep and life-long affection for the English tradition and countryside: George is the patron saint of England, while the River Orwell in Suffolk was one of his most beloved English sites.
Blair lived for several years in poverty, sometimes homeless, sometimes doing itinerant work, as he recalled in the book Down and Out in Paris and London. He eventually found work as a schoolteacher until ill health forced him to give this up to work part-time as an assistant in a secondhand bookshop in Hampstead.
During most of his professional life time Orwell was best known for his journalism, both in the British press and in books of reportage such as Homage to Catalonia (describing his activities during the Spanish Civil War), Down and Out in Paris and London (describing a period of poverty in these cities), and The Road to Wigan Pier (which described the living conditions of poor miners in northern England). According to Newsweek, Orwell "was the finest journalist of his day and the foremost architect of the English essay since Hazlitt."
Orwell is, however, most remembered today for two of his novels: Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. The former is an allegory of the corruption of the socialist ideals of the Russian Revolution by Stalinism, and the latter is Orwell's prophetic vision of the results of totalitarianism. Nineteen Eighty-Four also presents Orwell's philosophy reguarding metaphysical objectivism. Orwell had returned from Catalonia a staunch anti-Stalinist and anti-Communist, but he remained to the end a man of the left and, in his own words, a 'democratic socialist'.
Another widely known work of Orwell is his classic essay "Politics and the English Language", in which he decries the effects of political propaganda, official language, and superficial thinking on literary styles, vocabulary, and ultimately on thought itself. Orwell's concern over the declining power of language to capture and express reality with honesty is also reflected in his invention of "Newspeak", the language of the imaginary country of Oceania in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Newspeak is a variant of English in which vocabulary is strictly limited by government fiat. The goal is to make it increasingly difficult to express ideas that contradict the official line - and, in time, even to conceive such ideas. (cf. Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis).
Orwell's literary and political career was dominated by the tension between his desire for greater equality and social justice, and his ambivalent attitude towards his own middle-class background. "You have nothing to lose but your aitches" as he once said in mocking of middleclass taboos about pronunciation.
4. The invention of "Newspeak" refers to which of the following ideas?
(a) The lack of coherence between the language and conception of ideas.
(b) The inability of the language used by state machinery to depict reality with honesty.
(c) Deliberate censorship of language by the state in order to stifle the opposition against its authority.
(d) To highlight the oppression of the masses by state machinery using language as a medium of thought control.
5 According to the author Eric Blair's choice of pen name is odd because
(a) the name does not align well with Blair's progressive views on society and politics.
(b) a person of Blair's politico-social ideology is unlikely to have a name rooted in English tradition.
(c) a person of Blair's beliefs isn't assumed to be appreciative of English tradition.
(d) although Blair was a person of progressive, socialist views, his pen name does not express his indifference towards English tradition and countryside.
6 Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
(a) Orwell was a better journalist than novelist.
(b) Orwell is the best exponent of the English essay.
(c) Orwell considers imperialism and communism equally unacceptable.
(d) None of these.
George Orwell (June 25, 1903– January 21, 1950) was the pen-name of Eric Arthur Blair, a British author and journalist best known for his allegorical political novels, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty- Four. The latter, which describes a futuristic dystopian society, led to the use of the adjective 'Orwellian' to describe totalitarian mechanisms of thought-control.
Upon completing his studies at Eton, having no prospect of gaining a university scholarship and his family's means being insufficient to pay for his tuition, Eric joined the Indian Imperial Police in Burma in 1922. He resigned and returned to England in 1928 having grown to hate imperialism (as evidenced by first novel Burmese Days, published in 1934, and by such notable essays as 'A Hanging', and 'Shooting an Elephant'). He adopted his pen name in 1933, while writing for the New Adelphi. Perhaps surprisingly for a writer with progressive, socialist views, he chose a pen name that stressed his deep and life-long affection for the English tradition and countryside: George is the patron saint of England, while the River Orwell in Suffolk was one of his most beloved English sites.
Blair lived for several years in poverty, sometimes homeless, sometimes doing itinerant work, as he recalled in the book Down and Out in Paris and London. He eventually found work as a schoolteacher until ill health forced him to give this up to work part-time as an assistant in a secondhand bookshop in Hampstead.
During most of his professional life time Orwell was best known for his journalism, both in the British press and in books of reportage such as Homage to Catalonia (describing his activities during the Spanish Civil War), Down and Out in Paris and London (describing a period of poverty in these cities), and The Road to Wigan Pier (which described the living conditions of poor miners in northern England). According to Newsweek, Orwell "was the finest journalist of his day and the foremost architect of the English essay since Hazlitt."
Orwell is, however, most remembered today for two of his novels: Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. The former is an allegory of the corruption of the socialist ideals of the Russian Revolution by Stalinism, and the latter is Orwell's prophetic vision of the results of totalitarianism. Nineteen Eighty-Four also presents Orwell's philosophy reguarding metaphysical objectivism. Orwell had returned from Catalonia a staunch anti-Stalinist and anti-Communist, but he remained to the end a man of the left and, in his own words, a 'democratic socialist'.
Another widely known work of Orwell is his classic essay "Politics and the English Language", in which he decries the effects of political propaganda, official language, and superficial thinking on literary styles, vocabulary, and ultimately on thought itself. Orwell's concern over the declining power of language to capture and express reality with honesty is also reflected in his invention of "Newspeak", the language of the imaginary country of Oceania in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Newspeak is a variant of English in which vocabulary is strictly limited by government fiat. The goal is to make it increasingly difficult to express ideas that contradict the official line - and, in time, even to conceive such ideas. (cf. Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis).
Orwell's literary and political career was dominated by the tension between his desire for greater equality and social justice, and his ambivalent attitude towards his own middle-class background. "You have nothing to lose but your aitches" as he once said in mocking of middleclass taboos about pronunciation.
4. The invention of "Newspeak" refers to which of the following ideas?
(a) The lack of coherence between the language and conception of ideas.
(b) The inability of the language used by state machinery to depict reality with honesty.
(c) Deliberate censorship of language by the state in order to stifle the opposition against its authority.
(d) To highlight the oppression of the masses by state machinery using language as a medium of thought control.
5 According to the author Eric Blair's choice of pen name is odd because
(a) the name does not align well with Blair's progressive views on society and politics.
(b) a person of Blair's politico-social ideology is unlikely to have a name rooted in English tradition.
(c) a person of Blair's beliefs isn't assumed to be appreciative of English tradition.
(d) although Blair was a person of progressive, socialist views, his pen name does not express his indifference towards English tradition and countryside.
6 Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
(a) Orwell was a better journalist than novelist.
(b) Orwell is the best exponent of the English essay.
(c) Orwell considers imperialism and communism equally unacceptable.
(d) None of these.
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ReplyDeleteThe two possible cases are R3=1, R2=2, R4=6, R1=7 and R3=2, R2=3, R1=4, R4=7. Hence the difference is 7-4=3.
Answer2 (b)
N is the author of thriller novel. Q published horror novel. If O is the author of the mystery novel then the publishers for thriller and mystery novel becomes R and S. So the option left is P. So P would publish the comedy novel.
Answer3 (c)
N is the author of the thriller novel. Q published the horror novel. So either L or M has published their novel with Q. So the possible combinations of author-publisher left for the mystery novel are MP, LP, OR, OS. Hence 4 possible combination.
Answer4 (b)
Answer 5(a)
Answer6 (a)
Ans 1c
ReplyDeletethe possible combinations :
R1- 7, R2-2, R3 - 1 ,R4 - 6
Or
R1- 4 , R2- 3, R3-2, R4- 7 ...so the difference between the max amd min 7-4=3
Ans 2b
If O is the author of M, Q is the publisher of H, N is the author of T , the author of H and C will be L or M... so the publisher of C can only be P
Ans 3b
The possible combinations of author- publisher for mystery novel :
OP, OR, OS
So 3
Ans 4b
5 a
6a
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