Wednesday, 5 August 2015

VARC 1996 SOLUTIONS

1.Ans (a)  Starts with telling how women handle pain better than
men. Given example of child birth in A followed by
consequences in B, D states that men in authors' life do
not take painkillers, C tells about their complaining.

2.Ans (a)  D States the position now, as opposed to a 'few years
ago' mentioned in 1. B makes a comparison with a similar
situation which A continues with. C asks a question that
is answered by 6.

3.Ans (a)  A talks about where the wedding took place, C states
who all attended marriage, D tells us about the bride and
B states that little is known about her, a fact that is
continued in 6.

4.Ans (b)  D states that in addition to being unlucky in love, Liz
Taylor is unlucky in law too. C states the reason for that
observation, A states the consequences of C and B
states what the lawsuit was about.

5.Ans (c)  A tells us who Chambers was, D states why he had
appeared before the Committee, C states Hiss' reaction
to charges against him. B states that Nixon arranged a
meeting between the two, and 6 continues with what
happened at the meeting.

6.Ans (a)  A gives some names of the guitar heroes, C adds to the
list, B states why these musicians were popular and D
states why their popularity came down.

7.Ans (a)  A states that though oceans are the cradles of life, waste
is dumped into them, C talks about the results of the
same, B continues with it and D concludes that man has
caused these problems.

8.Ans (a)  D tries to answer the question raised in 1, B simplifies
the statement made in D, C further simplifies it and A talks
about the position of ordinary citizens regarding the issue,
which is continued in 6.

9.Ans (c)  B answers the question raised in 1, D gives a reason for
the stand taken by the analysts regarding the new
machine, C highlights that a desktop computer can come
just for $2,000 in America, and A states a disadvantage
of these computers.

10.Ans (b)  B states Clarke's determination to make stained glass
more popular, A states his success in the mission, D talks
about his two projects and C elaborates on the first
project while 6 talks about the second.

11.Ans (b)  All others have a quality of excitement in them.

12.Ans (b)  All others refer to a flow of a liquid.

13.Ans (b)  All others refer to deception in some form.

14.Ans (c)  All others are modes of transport
.
15.Ans (d)  All others refer to a break in a continuous action.

16.Ans (a)  The first pair shows two states of matter and the second
pair gives examples of those states.

17.Ans (b)  The first word of each pair refers to breaking up of
something and the second pair refers to joining of
something.

18.Ans (a)  Both are pairs of antonyms.

19.Ans (a)  Bricks put together make a building, just as words put
together make a dictionary.

20.Ans (c)  Both are pairs of antonyms.

21.Ans (b)  In both the pairs, the first is interrupted or followed by
the second.

22.Ans (a)  Using words in a wrong place is malapropism and placing
something in a wrong period of time is anachronism.

23.Ans (d)  Anterior means front and posterior means rear.

24.Ans (b)  This is the only phrase that fits here.

25.Ans (a)  'Even if I have tears in me' goes perfectly with 'I have to
keep smiling'.

26.Ans (b)  Stock markets indicate public sentiment, not just
confidence.

27.Ans (c)  'Few will know about' is the most concise way to express
the meaning.

28.Ans (b)  It is a well-known saying in English.

29.Ans (b)  'Its haunting images' refers to the haunting images of the
movie.

30.Ans (a)  No other choice states why they are tied to Moscow.

31.Ans (a)  The sentence refers to the people who are 'physically
looked after' by the welfare aid. No other choice states
the involvement of welfare aid.

32.Ans (b)  The best possible and logical answer is (b) combining
realsitic details.

33.Ans (c)  The given phrase obviously refers to the answer to the
question that is bothering the author.

34.Ans (a)  The original phrase is best suited here.

35.Ans (c)  The sentence means that any other action will most
probably lead to failure.

36.Ans (c)  If all copper is used for pins and some tin is also copper,
then it follows that some pins are made of tin.

37.Ans (a)  If all birds lay eggs and ostrich is a bird, it follows that
ostrich also lays eggs.

38.Ans (b)  If all wood is good and all wood is paper, it follows that
some paper is also good.

39.Ans (a)  If all bricks are tricks and all tricks are shrieks, then some
shrieks should be bricks.

40.Ans (a)  If all sandal is band and all band is sand, it follows that
some sand is band.

41.Ans (d)  All life is strife and all that is wife is life, therefore all wife
is also strife.

42.Ans (d)  All owls are mosquitoes but some owls are flies,
therefore some flies are also mosquitoes.

43.Ans (a)  Six is five but some six is twelve, therefore some twelve
is also five.

44.Ans (a)  Although this doesn't seem convincing, but if we look at
it from purely logical point of view, then if poor girls want
to marry rich boys, and rich boys want to marry rich
girls, then logically poor girls want to marry rich girls.

45.Ans (c)  D introduces Sylvestor Stallone as being a successful
man, B states the condition of his daughter as a contrast
to his career, C states that the condition might correct
itself and A states that in spite of the possible cure, how
the girl might suffer.

46.Ans (c)  D introduces one of the twelve labours of Hercules, B
states the problem involved in the task, A states how the
problem could be tackled and C states how Hercules
finally accomplished the task.

47.Ans (a)  A makes a statement that is proved by an example in D.
B shows the reaction of Jodie Foster to the given fact
and C continues with it.

48.Ans (a)  D introduces JP Morgan as one of the largest banking
institutes, B states some facts to corroborate it, A tells
us about how it makes its business decisions and C
states the importance of JP Morgan's proprietary related
data.

49.Ans (a)  A states an offer being made by the Saheli programme, C
states that it will include all sorts of topics, B further
states what the participants will learn, and D states that
the tour would also include some sightseeing.

50.Ans (d)  A states that something magical is happening to our planet,
C states what it is, B states what it is being called by
some people and D states what others are calling it.

51.Ans (b)  The passage is about how capitalism has led to
disintegration of labour.

52.Ans (b)  The author feels that Adam Smith boasted about
something that was actually undesirable.
53.Ans (d)  It takes much less time to make pins by machines today.

54.Ans (b)  Pins are so cheap that a child stealing it would not even
feel that he is actually stealing something.

55.Ans (a)  The author is clearly against machines taking the place
of men.

56.Ans (c)  Adam Smith was a supporter of mass production.

57.Ans (b)  The statement means that as people get richer they lose
out on individual abilities.

58.Ans (c)  He is attacking this fact by making fun of it.

59.Ans (d)  None of the given statements continue with what the
author has said in the last paragraph.

60.Ans (a)  The passage refers to the British Government as the
'Empire', and talks about the way it takes over foreign
territories.

61.Ans (a)  The author says that simple tribes are often friendly and
honest.

62.Ans (c)  Trade of finished products falls under the capital freshly
saved.

63.Ans (d)  He says that the civilized empire grows at the expense
of the home tax payers, without any intention or approval
on their parts.

64.Ans (b)  Civilized countries practise protection, which means there
is an imposition of heavy taxes on imported goods.

65. a 'Officious' means 'self-important'.

66.Ans (c)  Though they seem to come with the intention of trade,
soon gun boats follow and a government is set up by the
capitalists in the new land.

67.Ans (b)  He perceives no sign of a revolution in ethical matters.

68.Ans (c)  The author finds no reason why the doctrines of Darwin
should change our moral ideas.

69.Ans (c)  The Chief Good refers to the welfare of the community
realized in its members.

70.Ans (b)  He advocates a return to a non-Christian and perhaps a
Hellenic ideal.

71.Ans (a)  The moral code of Christianity has been rejected by all
except fanatics.

72. d The passage is obviously against all the subsidies.

73.Ans (d)  The author believes that actually the poor pays for the
subsidies and most subsidies go to the rich.

74. a Utopia is an imaginary perfect world.

75.Ans (b)  The author believes that subsidies do more harm than
good.

76.Ans (d)  All are victims of subsidies.

77.Ans (a)  Deve Gowda's government has shown some courage
when it came to petroleum prices.

78.Ans (a)  The passage is about the fact that ultimately subsidies
are not really beneficial.

79.Ans (c)  Experts call inflation and not subsides the most
regressive form of taxation. Refer paragraph second
line 6.

80.Ans (d)  They had nuclei in a less differentiated state.

81.Ans (a)  The contention has been proved to be true.

82. c There is prevalence of uninucleate cells.

83.Ans (b)  Nuclei of a binucleate cell serve as a source of hereditary
information.

84.Ans (d) The function of the crystalline layer has not been
mentioned in the passage.

85.Ans (c)  A lobate form provides a much greater surface area for
nuclear cytoplasmic exchanges.

86.Ans (b)  Fungi are multinucleate because the cross walls are
either absent or irregularly present.

87.Ans (b)  Drug addiction has not been mentioned as a reason for
poverty.

88.Ans (c)  Such people need extraordinary talent to become rich.

89.Ans (d)  Ambitious people have not been mentioned as the ones
likely to get rich quickly.

90.Ans (c The author says that there is no way by which to judge
the good) ness or badness of a person.

91.Ans (b)  He rejects the notion that the wealth is distributed
according to merit and feels that it is biased in favour of
the rich.

92.Ans (c)  The author refers to someone as ' intelligent lady' implying
that he is probably writing to someone.

93.Ans (a)  'Improvidence' means spending too much of money.

94.Ans (b)  The example proves that might scores over love and
religion.

95.Ans (c)  He has been referred to as the umpire, and the passage
also mentions the assertiveness being shown by the
Election Commission regarding code of conduct during
the elections.

96.Ans (b)  The passage is about an issue-less election, as
highlighted even by the last sentence of the passage.

97.Ans (d)  Ramakrishna Hegde's involvement in any alleged
corruption case has not been mentioned in the passage.

98.Ans (d)  All the parties have failed to submit audited returns every
year.

99.Ans (a)  The greater awareness among the public has not been
credited with the changes coming in the system.

100.Ans (b)  The empowerment of women has not been mentioned
as a possible issue of the elections.

No comments:

Post a Comment