Wednesday 10 June 2015

VARCTEST JUNE 11

Directions for questions 7 to 9: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. Alok, Bharti, Chaman, Dinu, Ekant and Faisal are the only people available for selection in a team. The team should have at least two people subject to the following conditions. • If Bharti is selected then Dinu should also be selected while Ekant should be rejected. • If Alok is selected then exactly one from Bharti and Chaman should also be selected. • If Chaman is selected then Ekant should also be selected while Faisal should be rejected. • If the size of the team is less than 4 then Dinu and Faisal cannot be selected together.


7. If Bharti and Faisal are not selected in the team then who should definitely be selected? (a) Chaman (b) Ekant (c) Dinu (d) Alok


8. Which of the following pairs of two people cannot be selected along with any one else out of the remaining 4 people? (a) Bharti and Dinu (b) Chaman and Ekant (c) Dinu and Ekant (d) Ekant and Faisal


9. If the team selected is of the maximum possible size, then who is/are definitely selected in the team? (a) Alok (b) Dinu (c) Bharti (d) Both Alok and Dinu

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35. There are two gaps in the sentence/paragraph given below. From the pairs of words given, choose the one that fills the gaps most appropriately.
Domestic violence belongs to the private sphere: it is part of its _________ nature. There are normally no direct witnesses and there are very few convictions, despite its ___________.
(a) pernicious, prevalence (b) pertinent, obscurity (c) ominous, disparity (d) vindictive, preponderance

36. There are two gaps in the sentence/paragraph given below. From the pairs of words given, choose the one that fills the gaps most appropriately.
We can stand in awe of the pyramids while understanding the slave labour and misery that comprised their construction. Similarly, amid the politics and pain that engulf and sometimes threaten to _________professional sport, there is also a/an ________ that can take your breath away.
(a) overwhelm, emollient (b) smother, art (c) promulgate, beauty (d) destroy, asperity


37. There are two gaps in the sentence/paragraph given below. From the pairs of words given, choose the one that fills the gaps most appropriately.
The day dies slowly,___________. It’s reluctant to go and drags out the farewell, like an elemental orchestra returning with just one more_______, one final flourish, and then another, and then just one more.
(a) turbulently, encore (b) arduosly, presage (c) quietly, abyss (d) languorously, refrain

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38. There are two gaps in the sentence/paragraph given below. From the pairs of words given, choose the one that fills the gaps most appropriately.
But what most annoys about the scheme is that it completely misses the point of linguistic__________. It’s no fun __________adhering to grammatical rules if it’s mandatory.
(a) sophistication, properly (b) machinations, solemnly (c) pedantry, prissily (d) deviousness, steadily

39. Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate option.

A. Fortunately, global wealth and technology allow us to better prepare for and respond to natural disasters.

 B. It does not necessarily mean that volcanoes and quakes are getting worse — but rather that there are more of us living in areas where we might be affected by a disaster, and we have more to lose.

C. As global populations have grown and people have crowded into risk zones — like earthquake areas and flood plains — the toll of natural disasters has grown as well.

D.  According to the Center for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters, the number of catastrophic events has more than doubled since the 1980s.

E. The Red Cross estimates that the economic damage from disasters rose fivefold, to $629 billion, from 1985 to 2005. (a) CDBEA (b) BCDEA (c) CDEBA (d) CADEB


40. Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate option. .

A. That may be beyond us, but as long as there are tears and suffering, so long our work will not be over.

 B. The service of India means the service of the millions who suffer.

 C. That future is not one of ease or resting but of incessant striving so that we may fulfil the pledges we have so often taken and the one we shall take today.

D. It means the ending of poverty and ignorance and disease and inequality of opportunity.

E. The ambition of the greatest man of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye.

(a) BDCEA (b) CBDEA (c) CDEBA (d) CEABD


41. Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate option.

A. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

 B. Who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds.

C. It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

 D. Who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly,

E. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood.

(a) EBDAC (b) CEDBA (c) DBAEC (d) CEBDA



42. Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows.
Anyone who supports the Telangana state has no chance of securing a majority in the Andhra Pradesh state legislature. Also, anyone who understands the nitty-gritty of regional development would not support carving out the state of Telangana. So, only someone who truly understands regional development would have any chance of securing a majority in the house.


The reasoning in the above argument is flawed because


(a) A person who understands the nitty-gritty of regional development could also have a chance of securing a majority in the state legislature.

(b) A person who does not understand the nitty-gritty of regional development could also support the creation of the Telangana state.

 (c) A person who does not understand the nitty-gritty of regional development may also not support the creation of the Telangana state.

(d) A person who does not understand the nitty-gritty of regional development can have no chance of securing a majority in the state legislature.


43. Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows.
The spat between Reliance Communications and Reliance Petrochemical has taken a new turn. Mukesh Ambani, owner of Reliance Petrochemical, has stated that he will supply natural gas to Anil Ambani owned gas power projects only when Anil Ambani owned Reliance Communications shelves its plan to sell the shares of Reliance Communications. So, the shares of Reliance Communications will not be sold.

Which of the following is the underlying assumption in the above argument?


(a) Anil Ambani will not explore any other options available to him.

(b) There are no other natural gas providers for the power projects owned by Anil Ambani.

 (c) Anil Ambani will accept the proposal offered by Mukesh Ambani.

 (d) Mukesh Ambani will not review the conditions offered in his proposal.

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