Q1 – 11 : From the statements in questions choose the one that expresses the idea most correctly.
1.
(a) The best part of the programme is the dances.
(b) The best part of the programme are the dances.
(c) The best part of the programme are the dance.
(d) The best parts of the programme is the dances.
2.
(a) The professor, as well as the students, was pleased with their results.
(b) The professor, as well as the students, were pleased with their results.
(c) The professor as well as the students were pleased with their results.
(d) The professor as well as the students were pleased with their results.
3.
(a) He was unwilling to testify, he was afraid of the defendant.
(b) Because he was afraid of the defendant, he was unwilling to testify.
(c) He was unwilling to testify: he was afraid of the defendant.
(d) Because he was afraid of the defendant he was unwilling to testify.
4.
(a) When you have good health, one should feel fortunate.
(b) When you have good health, you should feel fortunate.
(c) When one have good health, you should feel fortunate.
(d) When one has good health, he should feel fortunate.
5.
(a) Either you or he have to be here.
(b) Either you or he has to be here.
(c) Neither you nor he have to be here.
(d) Neither you nor they has to be here.
6.
(a) Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.
(b) Children begin by loving their parents, as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.
(c) Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them, sometimes they forgive them.
(d) Children begin by loving their parents, as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.
7.
(a) Gopal and Ramesh have not finished his work.
(b) Gopal and Ramesh has not finished his work.
(c) Neither Gopal nor Ramesh have finished their work.
(d) Neither Gopal nor Ramesh has finished his work.
8.
(a) The fact that Raghu was a good student he had many offers for good jobs.
(b) The fact that Raghu was a good student resulted in his having many offers for good jobs.
(c) The fact Raghu was a good student resulted in him having offers for good jobs.
(d) The fact that Raghu was a good student resulted in him having many offers for good jobs.
9.
(a) The people of this company, have always been aware, of the needs for products of better quality and lower price.
(b) The people of this company, have always been aware of the need for products of better quality and lower price.
(c) The people of this company have always been aware of the need for products of better quality and lower price.
(d) The people of this company, have always been aware of the need for products of better quality, and lower price.
10.
(a) The Dean finally agreed to see me. To talk about my financial problems.
(b) The Dean finally agreed to see me, to talk about my financial problems.
(c) The Dean, finally agreed to see me to talk about my financial problems.
(d) The Dean finally agreed to see me to talk about my financial problems.
11.
(a) We invited only the people who he said were his friends.
(b) We invited only the people whom he said were his friends.
(c) We invited only the people whom he said was his friends.
(d) We invited only the person whom he said were his friends.
Q12 to 22 : Each sentence below has been broken up into four parts sequentially (a, b, c, d). Choose that part which contains a mistake.
12.
(a) A feasibility survey has now
(b) been completed in India to establish
(c) a network of felicitate contacts
(d) between small and medium enterprises.
13.
(a) Privatization generally represents
(b) an ideological response
(c) to the perceived problem
(d) in the public sector.
14.
(a) The Indian government's choice
(b) of the EEC as a partner
(c) stem from the fact
(d) that the community is the most important market for India.
15.
(a) A person who earns a
(b) few thousand rupees
(c) and decides to save
(d) many of it must be a miser.
16.
(a) Had you been in my
(b) position, you were definitely
(c) shown your displeasure
(d) at the turn of events.
17.
(a) I definitely disagree
(b) with the position that
(c) requires that money
(d) is a key motivator.
18.
(a) This has slowed the progress
(b) of reforms in many countries
(c) because the choice of either of the extreme
(d) positions inevitably invite criticism.
19.
(a) Gavaskar was a great batsman who
(b) having played more than 100
(c) test matches, he then decided
(d) to call it a day.
20.
(a) When we sold of all our
(b) furniture, crockery and
(c) other household goods,
(d) the room looked bare.
21.
(a) In the history of mankind
(b) it has always been
(c) minority which have been
(d) able to change the world.
22.
(a) Management education is
(b) becoming highly sought after
(c) by aspiring ambitious students
(d) because of high demand in the job market.
Q23 to 29 : The questions below consist of a group of sentences followed by a suggested sequential arrangement. Select the best sequence.
23.
A. And that the pursuit of money by whatever design within the law is always benign.
B. And it holds broadly that the greater the amount of money, the greater the intelligence.
C. This is the institutional truth of Wall Street, this you will be required to believe.
D. The institutional truth of the financial world holds that association with money implies intelligence.
(a) ACBD
(b) CDBA
(c) DBAC
(d) DCAB
24.
A. Then think of by how much our advertising could increase the sales level.
B. Advertising effectiveness can be best grasped intuitively on a per capita basis.
C. Overall effectiveness is easily calculated by considering the number of buyers and the cost of advertising.
D. Think of how much of our brand the average individual is buying now.
(a) DCAB
(b) DACB
(c) BCDA
(d) ABCD
25.
A. The age of pragmatism is here, whether we like it or not.
B. The staple rhetoric that was for so long dished out also belongs to the bipolar world of yesterday.
C. The old equations, based on the cold war and on non-alignment no longer holds good.
D. But contrary to much of what is being said and written, it is a multipolar rather than unipolar world that appears to be emerging out of recent events.
(a) ABCD
(b) ACBD
(c) ADBC
(d) ADCB
26.
A. Past research has uncovered the fact that cognitive age is inversely related to life satisfaction among the elderly.
B. A person may feel young or old irrespective of chronological age.
C. That is, the 'younger' an elderly person feels, the more likely she or he is to be satisfied with life in general.
D. Cognitive age is a psychological construct that refers to one's subjective assessment of one's age.
(a) BDAC
(b) DBAC
(c) DCAB
(d) ABCD
27.
A. It was a fascinating tempting green, like the hue of the great green grasshopper.
B. Her teeth were very white and her voice had a cruel and at the same time a coaxing sound.
C. While she was uncorking the bottle I noticed how green her eyeballs were.
D. I saw, too, how small her hands were, which showed that she did not use them much.
(a) ACBD
(b) BACD
(c) CADB
(d) BADC
28.
A. By intelligence we mean a style of life, a way of behaving in various situations, and particularly in new, strange and perplexing situations.
B. When we talk about intelligence, we do not mean the ability to get a good score on a certain kind of test, or even the ability to do well at school.
C. The true test of intelligence is not how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.
D. These are at best only indicators of something large, deeper and far more important.
(a) BDAC
(b) CDBA
(c) ABCD
(d) CABD
29.
A. In formal speech, syllables are likely to be more deliberately sounded than in informal speech.
B. Yet dictionary editors have no choice but to deal with each word as an individual entity.
C. The pronunciation of words is influenced by the situation.
D. Further, the pronunciation of a word is affected by its position in the sentence and by the meaning it carries.
(a) ACBD
(b) ACDB
(c) ABCD
(d) CADB
Q30 to 35 : Each of these questions contains a sentence followed by four choices. Select from among these choices the one which most logically completes the idea contained in the given sentence.
30. Particularly today, when so many difficult and complex problems face the human species, the development of broad
(a) and powerful shoulders is necessary.
(b) plans of action is not possible.
(c) moral values is required.
(d) and powerful thinking is desperately needed.
31. In the European Community countries there has been talk of an energy tax to raise funds
(a) by burdening the rich who can afford higher taxes.
(b) to penalise heavy users of energy.
(c) by raising the price of energy-intensive implements.
(d) to search for alternative sources of energy.
32. "Look before you leap" reflects an attitude expressed in such a saying as
(a) 'Forewarned is forearmed.'
(b) 'A stitch in time saves nine.'
(c) 'No risk no gain.'
(d) 'Fools rush where the angels fear to tread.'
33. This is the ancient kingdom of Sumeria and you are its venerated ruler. The fate of Sumeria' economy and of your royal subjects
(a) is written in their horoscopes.
(b) is as unknown as the name of your kingdom.
(c) is entirely in your hands.
(d) is allocated according to their needs.
34. Furthermore, to be radical means to be ready and willing to break with the predominant cultural, political and social beliefs and values in order to
(a) investigate the essential realities that they conceal.
(b) investigate the root cause of malaise in a society.
(c) shape a new economic order.
(d) re-construct the system in terms of new realities.
35. Entrepreneurs are never satisfied with the status quo, they are intent on shaping the future, rather than being shaped by it. As one Chief Executive once said,
(a) "The future is the sum total of actions in the present and past."
(b) "If you are not alert, before you realize it the future is on you."
(c) "I do not want our competitors making decisions for us."
(d) "It is a sound business policy to anticipate change than being swamped by it."
Q 36 to 50 : Each of these questions contains six statements followed by four sets of combinations of three. Choose the set in which the statements are logically related.
36.
A. No attendants are qualified.
B. Some nurses are qualified.
C. Some nurses are not qualified.
D. All nurses are attendants.
E. All attendants are qualified.
F. Some attendants are qualified.
(a) ABF
(b) CDF
(c) BDF
(d) BDE
37.
A. Mary is John's wife.
B. Mary and John danced together.
C. Mary wears John's ring.
D. Husband and wives danced the last waltz.
E. John loves Mary.
F. John danced last with Mary.
(a) ADF
(b) ABD
(c) ACE
(d) AEF
38.
A. All roses are fragrant.
B. All roses are majestic.
C. All roses are plants.
D. All plants need air.
E. All roses need air.
F. All plants need water.
(a) ABC
(b) BCD
(c) CDE
(d) CEF
39.
A. Laxman is a man.
B. Meera is Laxman's wife.
C. Some women are islands.
D. No man is an island.
E. Meera is not an island.
F. Laxman is not a island.
(a) ADE
(b) ABE
(c) ADF
(d) CDE
40.
A. College students are intelligent.
B. Intelligence is a collegian's attribute.
C. Ram's sister is a college student.
D. Ram is a college student.
E. All intelligent persons go to college.
F. Ram is an intelligent person.
(a) ADF
(b) BCD
(c) ABF
(d) ABD
41.
A. Smoking causes cancer.
B. All cigarettes are hazardous to health.
C. Smoking doesn't cause cancer sometimes.
D. One brand of cigarettes is cham – cham.
E. Brand X causes cancer.
F. Cham – cham is bad for health.
(a) ABE
(b) BDF
(c) ABD
(d) ABC
42.
A. All good bridge players play good chess.
B. Many good chess players are not bridge players.
C. Goren is a good bridge player.
D. Goren plays chess well.
E. Spassky plays chess well.
F. Spassky plays bridge badly.
(a) ABD
(b) BEF
(c) ACE
(d) ACD
43.
A. All snakes are reptiles.
B. All reptiles are not snakes.
C. All reptiles are cold blooded.
D. All snakes lay eggs.
E. All reptiles lay eggs.
F. Snakes are cold blooded.
(a) ADE
(b) BDE
(c) ABE
(d) ACF
44.
A. All leaves are green.
B. All leaves have chlorophyll.
C. Chlorophyll is green.
D. All plants have leaves.
E. All plants have chlorophyll.
F. Only leaves have chlorophyll.
(a) BDE
(b) BEF
(c) BDF
(d) AEF
45.
A. Some men are bald.
B. Bald people are intelligent.
C. Raman is a man.
D. Raman is bald.
E. Raman is intelligent.
F. All men are intelligent.
(a) ABF
(b) BDE
(c) BCD
(d) BEF
46.
A. No barbarian is gentleman.
B. Some gentlemen are barbarians.
C. Some gentlemen are rude.
D. No gentlemen are rude.
E. Some barbarians are not rude.
F. All barbarians are rude.
(a) ABE
(b) BCE
(c) ADF
(d) BDE
47.
A. Metal is good material for desks.
B. Desks are made of metal.
C. This object is not a desk.
D. This object is a desk.
E. This object is not made of metal.
F. This is made of metal.
(a) ADF
(b) BCE
(c) ABD
(d) BDF
48.
A. Mathew and Paul are brothers.
B. Siblings are known to quarrel often.
C. Mathew and Paul don't quarrel.
D. All those who quarrel are siblings.
E. Paul and Mathew quarrel often.
F. Mathew and Paul cannot be siblings.
(a) BDE
(b) ADF
(c) CDE
(d) ABE
49.
A. Painting and music is art.
B. Art is symptom of culture.
C. Culture and art are complementary.
D. Music is a form of art.
E. Painting is a form of art.
F. Music shows culture.
(a) BDF
(b) AEF
(c) ACE
(d) CEF
50.
A. Different hues are obtained from primary colours.
B. A rainbow consists of several hues.
C. Blue and red can give different hues.
D. Red is a primary color.
E. Blue can give different hues.
F. Red can give different hues.
(a) ACE
(b) AEF
(c) ADF
(d) CDF
1.Ans (a) The subject here is 'the best part', which is singular and should therefore be followed by a singular verb.
2.Ans (a) When using 'as well as' to introduce a complex subject, the phrase should be set off by commas, and the verb
agrees with the main subject, which in this case is 'the professor'.
3.Ans (b) As the first part of the sentence provides the reason for his being unwilling to testify, 'because' should be used
to introduce it. Moreover a comma should always be used to separate two distinct phrases in a sentence.
4.Ans (b) The pronoun should remain consistent throughout the sentence.
5.Ans (b) When 'either' and 'neither' are followed by 'or' and 'nor' respectively, the verb depends on the noun
following 'or' and 'nor'.
6.Ans (a) The sentence has three different clauses, which should be separated by semi colons.
7.Ans (d) When 'neither' is followed by 'nor', the verb depends on the noun following 'nor'. In this case it is singular,
hence the verb should also be singular.
8.Ans (b) Before a gerund a noun should appear in the possessive form.
9.Ans (c) The sentence does not need any commas.
10.Ans (d) The sentence needs no commas.
11.Ans (a) We should use 'who' for subjects who do the action. In the given sentence 'who' is the subject of the verb
'were'.
12.Ans (c) The correct usage would be, 'a network to facilitate contacts'.
13.Ans (c) The correct phrase would be, 'to the perceived problems'.
14.Ans (c) 'The Indian Government's choice' is a singular noun and should have a singular verb 'stems'.
15.Ans (d) The correct quantifier to be used here is 'most'.
16.Ans (b) Here we should use the verb in past participle, i.e. 'you would have' as we are talking about an unreal past
condition.
17.Ans (c) 'Requires' should be replaced with 'assumes'.
18.Ans (d) The noun 'choice' is singular and should be followed by a singular verb 'invites'.
19.Ans (c) We already have a subject 'who' for the verb 'decided', so 'he then' is wrongly used here.
20.Ans (a) 'Of' should be replaced with 'off'.
21.Ans (c) Here minorities are being treated as a specific group and should therefore be preceded by 'the'.
22.Ans (c) 'Aspiring' cannot be used as an adjective for students here, as those who are studying management are already
students.
23.Anss (c) D. introduces the 'institutional truth of the financial world', B. elaborates the idea, A continues with B. and C.
presents the conclusion.
24.Ans (c) B. introduces the subject of the passage, C. elaborates on the idea, and use of 'then' in A. shows that it should
follow D.
25.Ans (b) A. introduces the age of pragmatism as the topic of the passage, C. explains what has changed in the new age,
B. explains the characteristic of the old world and D. comments on the position today.
26.Ans (b) D. shows that the passage is about cognitive age, B. explains what it implies, A. talks about a research related
to the subject and C. explains the implications of the research.
27.Ans (c) The sentence C. introduces 'her eyes', and should be the first sentence. A. elaborates on the eyes, so A should
follow C. No other option has CA as the mandatory pair. So, answer is (c).
28.Ans (a) B. shows that the topic is 'intelligence', D. uses 'these' to refer to the different abilities associated with
intelligence, as presented in B. A. explains what intelligence actually is and C. talks about the true test of
intelligence.
29.Ans (d) The passage is about difference in pronunciation of words in different situations. A. explains what the
difference is. Use of 'further' and 'yet' in D. and B. respectively show the order in which they should occur.
30.Ans (d) Broad and powerful thinking is needed to solve the problems.
31.Ans (d) The funds are being 'raised' for the purpose of having money to spend on the search of alternative sources of
energy.
32.Ans (a) If you look before you leap you will be forewarned and thus can be forearmed.
33.Ans (c) As the king, the fate of the economy and the subjects would be in the ruler's hands.
34.Ans (d) We should be prepared to 'break' something to 'reconstruct' it.
35.Ans (b) If the future is upon us before we realize it, it will shape us rather than the other way round.
36.Ans (c) Some nurses are qualified and all nurses are attendants. This implies that some of the attendants are qualified.
37.Ans (a) If Mary and John are wife and husband and the last waltz was danced by husbands and wives, it follows that
John danced last with Mary.
38.Ans (c) If all roses are plants need all plants need air, then all roses will also need air.
39.Ans (c) Laxman is a man and no man is an island, so Laxman cannot be an island.
40.Ans (a) If college students are intelligent and Ram is a college student, it follows that Ram is intelligent.
41.Ans (b) If all cigarettes are hazardous to health and cham-cham is a brand of cigarette, then cham-cham would also be
hazardous to health.
42.Ans (d) If all good bridge players play good chess, then Goran being a good bridge player should also play good chess.
43.Ans (d) If all snakes are reptiles and all reptiles are cold blooded, it implies that all snakes are cold blooded.
44.Ans (a) If all leaves have chlorophyll and all plants have leaves, it follows that all plants have chlorophyll.
45.Ans (b) If bald people are intelligent and Raman is bald, it follows that Raman is intelligent.
46.Ans (d) Some gentlemen are barbarians and no gentlemen are rude. Therefore the gentlemen who are barbarians are
also not rude, implying that some barbarians are not rude.
47.Ans (d) Desks are made of metals. So if an object is a desk it should be made of metal.
48.Ans (d) Mathew and Paul are siblings and siblings are known to quarrel often. Therefore it follows that Mathew and
Paul quarrel often.
49.Ans (a) Art is a symptom of culture and music is a form of art, therefore music also shows culture.
50.Ans (c) If primary colours give different hues, and red is a primary colour, it implies that red also gives different hues.
1.
(a) The best part of the programme is the dances.
(b) The best part of the programme are the dances.
(c) The best part of the programme are the dance.
(d) The best parts of the programme is the dances.
2.
(a) The professor, as well as the students, was pleased with their results.
(b) The professor, as well as the students, were pleased with their results.
(c) The professor as well as the students were pleased with their results.
(d) The professor as well as the students were pleased with their results.
3.
(a) He was unwilling to testify, he was afraid of the defendant.
(b) Because he was afraid of the defendant, he was unwilling to testify.
(c) He was unwilling to testify: he was afraid of the defendant.
(d) Because he was afraid of the defendant he was unwilling to testify.
4.
(a) When you have good health, one should feel fortunate.
(b) When you have good health, you should feel fortunate.
(c) When one have good health, you should feel fortunate.
(d) When one has good health, he should feel fortunate.
5.
(a) Either you or he have to be here.
(b) Either you or he has to be here.
(c) Neither you nor he have to be here.
(d) Neither you nor they has to be here.
6.
(a) Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.
(b) Children begin by loving their parents, as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.
(c) Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them, sometimes they forgive them.
(d) Children begin by loving their parents, as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.
7.
(a) Gopal and Ramesh have not finished his work.
(b) Gopal and Ramesh has not finished his work.
(c) Neither Gopal nor Ramesh have finished their work.
(d) Neither Gopal nor Ramesh has finished his work.
8.
(a) The fact that Raghu was a good student he had many offers for good jobs.
(b) The fact that Raghu was a good student resulted in his having many offers for good jobs.
(c) The fact Raghu was a good student resulted in him having offers for good jobs.
(d) The fact that Raghu was a good student resulted in him having many offers for good jobs.
9.
(a) The people of this company, have always been aware, of the needs for products of better quality and lower price.
(b) The people of this company, have always been aware of the need for products of better quality and lower price.
(c) The people of this company have always been aware of the need for products of better quality and lower price.
(d) The people of this company, have always been aware of the need for products of better quality, and lower price.
10.
(a) The Dean finally agreed to see me. To talk about my financial problems.
(b) The Dean finally agreed to see me, to talk about my financial problems.
(c) The Dean, finally agreed to see me to talk about my financial problems.
(d) The Dean finally agreed to see me to talk about my financial problems.
11.
(a) We invited only the people who he said were his friends.
(b) We invited only the people whom he said were his friends.
(c) We invited only the people whom he said was his friends.
(d) We invited only the person whom he said were his friends.
Q12 to 22 : Each sentence below has been broken up into four parts sequentially (a, b, c, d). Choose that part which contains a mistake.
12.
(a) A feasibility survey has now
(b) been completed in India to establish
(c) a network of felicitate contacts
(d) between small and medium enterprises.
13.
(a) Privatization generally represents
(b) an ideological response
(c) to the perceived problem
(d) in the public sector.
14.
(a) The Indian government's choice
(b) of the EEC as a partner
(c) stem from the fact
(d) that the community is the most important market for India.
15.
(a) A person who earns a
(b) few thousand rupees
(c) and decides to save
(d) many of it must be a miser.
16.
(a) Had you been in my
(b) position, you were definitely
(c) shown your displeasure
(d) at the turn of events.
17.
(a) I definitely disagree
(b) with the position that
(c) requires that money
(d) is a key motivator.
18.
(a) This has slowed the progress
(b) of reforms in many countries
(c) because the choice of either of the extreme
(d) positions inevitably invite criticism.
19.
(a) Gavaskar was a great batsman who
(b) having played more than 100
(c) test matches, he then decided
(d) to call it a day.
20.
(a) When we sold of all our
(b) furniture, crockery and
(c) other household goods,
(d) the room looked bare.
21.
(a) In the history of mankind
(b) it has always been
(c) minority which have been
(d) able to change the world.
22.
(a) Management education is
(b) becoming highly sought after
(c) by aspiring ambitious students
(d) because of high demand in the job market.
Q23 to 29 : The questions below consist of a group of sentences followed by a suggested sequential arrangement. Select the best sequence.
23.
A. And that the pursuit of money by whatever design within the law is always benign.
B. And it holds broadly that the greater the amount of money, the greater the intelligence.
C. This is the institutional truth of Wall Street, this you will be required to believe.
D. The institutional truth of the financial world holds that association with money implies intelligence.
(a) ACBD
(b) CDBA
(c) DBAC
(d) DCAB
24.
A. Then think of by how much our advertising could increase the sales level.
B. Advertising effectiveness can be best grasped intuitively on a per capita basis.
C. Overall effectiveness is easily calculated by considering the number of buyers and the cost of advertising.
D. Think of how much of our brand the average individual is buying now.
(a) DCAB
(b) DACB
(c) BCDA
(d) ABCD
25.
A. The age of pragmatism is here, whether we like it or not.
B. The staple rhetoric that was for so long dished out also belongs to the bipolar world of yesterday.
C. The old equations, based on the cold war and on non-alignment no longer holds good.
D. But contrary to much of what is being said and written, it is a multipolar rather than unipolar world that appears to be emerging out of recent events.
(a) ABCD
(b) ACBD
(c) ADBC
(d) ADCB
26.
A. Past research has uncovered the fact that cognitive age is inversely related to life satisfaction among the elderly.
B. A person may feel young or old irrespective of chronological age.
C. That is, the 'younger' an elderly person feels, the more likely she or he is to be satisfied with life in general.
D. Cognitive age is a psychological construct that refers to one's subjective assessment of one's age.
(a) BDAC
(b) DBAC
(c) DCAB
(d) ABCD
27.
A. It was a fascinating tempting green, like the hue of the great green grasshopper.
B. Her teeth were very white and her voice had a cruel and at the same time a coaxing sound.
C. While she was uncorking the bottle I noticed how green her eyeballs were.
D. I saw, too, how small her hands were, which showed that she did not use them much.
(a) ACBD
(b) BACD
(c) CADB
(d) BADC
28.
A. By intelligence we mean a style of life, a way of behaving in various situations, and particularly in new, strange and perplexing situations.
B. When we talk about intelligence, we do not mean the ability to get a good score on a certain kind of test, or even the ability to do well at school.
C. The true test of intelligence is not how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.
D. These are at best only indicators of something large, deeper and far more important.
(a) BDAC
(b) CDBA
(c) ABCD
(d) CABD
29.
A. In formal speech, syllables are likely to be more deliberately sounded than in informal speech.
B. Yet dictionary editors have no choice but to deal with each word as an individual entity.
C. The pronunciation of words is influenced by the situation.
D. Further, the pronunciation of a word is affected by its position in the sentence and by the meaning it carries.
(a) ACBD
(b) ACDB
(c) ABCD
(d) CADB
Q30 to 35 : Each of these questions contains a sentence followed by four choices. Select from among these choices the one which most logically completes the idea contained in the given sentence.
30. Particularly today, when so many difficult and complex problems face the human species, the development of broad
(a) and powerful shoulders is necessary.
(b) plans of action is not possible.
(c) moral values is required.
(d) and powerful thinking is desperately needed.
31. In the European Community countries there has been talk of an energy tax to raise funds
(a) by burdening the rich who can afford higher taxes.
(b) to penalise heavy users of energy.
(c) by raising the price of energy-intensive implements.
(d) to search for alternative sources of energy.
32. "Look before you leap" reflects an attitude expressed in such a saying as
(a) 'Forewarned is forearmed.'
(b) 'A stitch in time saves nine.'
(c) 'No risk no gain.'
(d) 'Fools rush where the angels fear to tread.'
33. This is the ancient kingdom of Sumeria and you are its venerated ruler. The fate of Sumeria' economy and of your royal subjects
(a) is written in their horoscopes.
(b) is as unknown as the name of your kingdom.
(c) is entirely in your hands.
(d) is allocated according to their needs.
34. Furthermore, to be radical means to be ready and willing to break with the predominant cultural, political and social beliefs and values in order to
(a) investigate the essential realities that they conceal.
(b) investigate the root cause of malaise in a society.
(c) shape a new economic order.
(d) re-construct the system in terms of new realities.
35. Entrepreneurs are never satisfied with the status quo, they are intent on shaping the future, rather than being shaped by it. As one Chief Executive once said,
(a) "The future is the sum total of actions in the present and past."
(b) "If you are not alert, before you realize it the future is on you."
(c) "I do not want our competitors making decisions for us."
(d) "It is a sound business policy to anticipate change than being swamped by it."
Q 36 to 50 : Each of these questions contains six statements followed by four sets of combinations of three. Choose the set in which the statements are logically related.
36.
A. No attendants are qualified.
B. Some nurses are qualified.
C. Some nurses are not qualified.
D. All nurses are attendants.
E. All attendants are qualified.
F. Some attendants are qualified.
(a) ABF
(b) CDF
(c) BDF
(d) BDE
37.
A. Mary is John's wife.
B. Mary and John danced together.
C. Mary wears John's ring.
D. Husband and wives danced the last waltz.
E. John loves Mary.
F. John danced last with Mary.
(a) ADF
(b) ABD
(c) ACE
(d) AEF
38.
A. All roses are fragrant.
B. All roses are majestic.
C. All roses are plants.
D. All plants need air.
E. All roses need air.
F. All plants need water.
(a) ABC
(b) BCD
(c) CDE
(d) CEF
39.
A. Laxman is a man.
B. Meera is Laxman's wife.
C. Some women are islands.
D. No man is an island.
E. Meera is not an island.
F. Laxman is not a island.
(a) ADE
(b) ABE
(c) ADF
(d) CDE
40.
A. College students are intelligent.
B. Intelligence is a collegian's attribute.
C. Ram's sister is a college student.
D. Ram is a college student.
E. All intelligent persons go to college.
F. Ram is an intelligent person.
(a) ADF
(b) BCD
(c) ABF
(d) ABD
41.
A. Smoking causes cancer.
B. All cigarettes are hazardous to health.
C. Smoking doesn't cause cancer sometimes.
D. One brand of cigarettes is cham – cham.
E. Brand X causes cancer.
F. Cham – cham is bad for health.
(a) ABE
(b) BDF
(c) ABD
(d) ABC
42.
A. All good bridge players play good chess.
B. Many good chess players are not bridge players.
C. Goren is a good bridge player.
D. Goren plays chess well.
E. Spassky plays chess well.
F. Spassky plays bridge badly.
(a) ABD
(b) BEF
(c) ACE
(d) ACD
43.
A. All snakes are reptiles.
B. All reptiles are not snakes.
C. All reptiles are cold blooded.
D. All snakes lay eggs.
E. All reptiles lay eggs.
F. Snakes are cold blooded.
(a) ADE
(b) BDE
(c) ABE
(d) ACF
44.
A. All leaves are green.
B. All leaves have chlorophyll.
C. Chlorophyll is green.
D. All plants have leaves.
E. All plants have chlorophyll.
F. Only leaves have chlorophyll.
(a) BDE
(b) BEF
(c) BDF
(d) AEF
45.
A. Some men are bald.
B. Bald people are intelligent.
C. Raman is a man.
D. Raman is bald.
E. Raman is intelligent.
F. All men are intelligent.
(a) ABF
(b) BDE
(c) BCD
(d) BEF
46.
A. No barbarian is gentleman.
B. Some gentlemen are barbarians.
C. Some gentlemen are rude.
D. No gentlemen are rude.
E. Some barbarians are not rude.
F. All barbarians are rude.
(a) ABE
(b) BCE
(c) ADF
(d) BDE
47.
A. Metal is good material for desks.
B. Desks are made of metal.
C. This object is not a desk.
D. This object is a desk.
E. This object is not made of metal.
F. This is made of metal.
(a) ADF
(b) BCE
(c) ABD
(d) BDF
48.
A. Mathew and Paul are brothers.
B. Siblings are known to quarrel often.
C. Mathew and Paul don't quarrel.
D. All those who quarrel are siblings.
E. Paul and Mathew quarrel often.
F. Mathew and Paul cannot be siblings.
(a) BDE
(b) ADF
(c) CDE
(d) ABE
49.
A. Painting and music is art.
B. Art is symptom of culture.
C. Culture and art are complementary.
D. Music is a form of art.
E. Painting is a form of art.
F. Music shows culture.
(a) BDF
(b) AEF
(c) ACE
(d) CEF
50.
A. Different hues are obtained from primary colours.
B. A rainbow consists of several hues.
C. Blue and red can give different hues.
D. Red is a primary color.
E. Blue can give different hues.
F. Red can give different hues.
(a) ACE
(b) AEF
(c) ADF
(d) CDF
1.Ans (a) The subject here is 'the best part', which is singular and should therefore be followed by a singular verb.
2.Ans (a) When using 'as well as' to introduce a complex subject, the phrase should be set off by commas, and the verb
agrees with the main subject, which in this case is 'the professor'.
3.Ans (b) As the first part of the sentence provides the reason for his being unwilling to testify, 'because' should be used
to introduce it. Moreover a comma should always be used to separate two distinct phrases in a sentence.
4.Ans (b) The pronoun should remain consistent throughout the sentence.
5.Ans (b) When 'either' and 'neither' are followed by 'or' and 'nor' respectively, the verb depends on the noun
following 'or' and 'nor'.
6.Ans (a) The sentence has three different clauses, which should be separated by semi colons.
7.Ans (d) When 'neither' is followed by 'nor', the verb depends on the noun following 'nor'. In this case it is singular,
hence the verb should also be singular.
8.Ans (b) Before a gerund a noun should appear in the possessive form.
9.Ans (c) The sentence does not need any commas.
10.Ans (d) The sentence needs no commas.
11.Ans (a) We should use 'who' for subjects who do the action. In the given sentence 'who' is the subject of the verb
'were'.
12.Ans (c) The correct usage would be, 'a network to facilitate contacts'.
13.Ans (c) The correct phrase would be, 'to the perceived problems'.
14.Ans (c) 'The Indian Government's choice' is a singular noun and should have a singular verb 'stems'.
15.Ans (d) The correct quantifier to be used here is 'most'.
16.Ans (b) Here we should use the verb in past participle, i.e. 'you would have' as we are talking about an unreal past
condition.
17.Ans (c) 'Requires' should be replaced with 'assumes'.
18.Ans (d) The noun 'choice' is singular and should be followed by a singular verb 'invites'.
19.Ans (c) We already have a subject 'who' for the verb 'decided', so 'he then' is wrongly used here.
20.Ans (a) 'Of' should be replaced with 'off'.
21.Ans (c) Here minorities are being treated as a specific group and should therefore be preceded by 'the'.
22.Ans (c) 'Aspiring' cannot be used as an adjective for students here, as those who are studying management are already
students.
23.Anss (c) D. introduces the 'institutional truth of the financial world', B. elaborates the idea, A continues with B. and C.
presents the conclusion.
24.Ans (c) B. introduces the subject of the passage, C. elaborates on the idea, and use of 'then' in A. shows that it should
follow D.
25.Ans (b) A. introduces the age of pragmatism as the topic of the passage, C. explains what has changed in the new age,
B. explains the characteristic of the old world and D. comments on the position today.
26.Ans (b) D. shows that the passage is about cognitive age, B. explains what it implies, A. talks about a research related
to the subject and C. explains the implications of the research.
27.Ans (c) The sentence C. introduces 'her eyes', and should be the first sentence. A. elaborates on the eyes, so A should
follow C. No other option has CA as the mandatory pair. So, answer is (c).
28.Ans (a) B. shows that the topic is 'intelligence', D. uses 'these' to refer to the different abilities associated with
intelligence, as presented in B. A. explains what intelligence actually is and C. talks about the true test of
intelligence.
29.Ans (d) The passage is about difference in pronunciation of words in different situations. A. explains what the
difference is. Use of 'further' and 'yet' in D. and B. respectively show the order in which they should occur.
30.Ans (d) Broad and powerful thinking is needed to solve the problems.
31.Ans (d) The funds are being 'raised' for the purpose of having money to spend on the search of alternative sources of
energy.
32.Ans (a) If you look before you leap you will be forewarned and thus can be forearmed.
33.Ans (c) As the king, the fate of the economy and the subjects would be in the ruler's hands.
34.Ans (d) We should be prepared to 'break' something to 'reconstruct' it.
35.Ans (b) If the future is upon us before we realize it, it will shape us rather than the other way round.
36.Ans (c) Some nurses are qualified and all nurses are attendants. This implies that some of the attendants are qualified.
37.Ans (a) If Mary and John are wife and husband and the last waltz was danced by husbands and wives, it follows that
John danced last with Mary.
38.Ans (c) If all roses are plants need all plants need air, then all roses will also need air.
39.Ans (c) Laxman is a man and no man is an island, so Laxman cannot be an island.
40.Ans (a) If college students are intelligent and Ram is a college student, it follows that Ram is intelligent.
41.Ans (b) If all cigarettes are hazardous to health and cham-cham is a brand of cigarette, then cham-cham would also be
hazardous to health.
42.Ans (d) If all good bridge players play good chess, then Goran being a good bridge player should also play good chess.
43.Ans (d) If all snakes are reptiles and all reptiles are cold blooded, it implies that all snakes are cold blooded.
44.Ans (a) If all leaves have chlorophyll and all plants have leaves, it follows that all plants have chlorophyll.
45.Ans (b) If bald people are intelligent and Raman is bald, it follows that Raman is intelligent.
46.Ans (d) Some gentlemen are barbarians and no gentlemen are rude. Therefore the gentlemen who are barbarians are
also not rude, implying that some barbarians are not rude.
47.Ans (d) Desks are made of metals. So if an object is a desk it should be made of metal.
48.Ans (d) Mathew and Paul are siblings and siblings are known to quarrel often. Therefore it follows that Mathew and
Paul quarrel often.
49.Ans (a) Art is a symptom of culture and music is a form of art, therefore music also shows culture.
50.Ans (c) If primary colours give different hues, and red is a primary colour, it implies that red also gives different hues.
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