Direction for questions 1 to 5: A part of each sentence given below has been bracketed. You have to select the option that best replaces the bracketed part.
1. British Airspace has been (focusing on building European links.)
a. concentrating on creating European links
b. pursuing ways of building European connectivity
c. stressing on building European links
d. focusing on forging European links
2. The appetite of banks for funds was lost under the onslaught of the slowdown, corporates refused to borrow even as (bank deposits flourished.)
a. bank deposits flourished b. bank deposits swelled
c. bank deposits were enhanced d. bank deposits flummoxed
3. The 8th-century revival of Byzantine learning is (an inexplicable phenomenon,) and its economic and military precursors have yet to be discovered.
a. a phenomenon yet to be discovered
b. a phenomenon incompletely explained
c. an inexplicable phenomenon
d. an unidentifiable phenomenon
4. The management can still hire freely but( cannot scold freely.)
a. cannot scold at will b. cannot give umbrage
c. cannot take decisions to scold d. cannot scold willfully
5. Many people mistake familiarity for a vulgar style, and suppose that to write without affectation( is to write at random speed.)
a. is to write at random b. is to write randomly
c. is to write fast d. is to do speed writing
Direction for questins 6 to 15: Fill in the blanks of the following sentences using the most appropriate word or words from among the options given for each.
6. Football evokes a ___ response in India compared to cricket, that almost ___ the nation.
a. tepid ... boiling b. lukewarm ... electrifies
c. turbid ... fascinating d. apocryphal ... genuinely fascinates
7. Social studies, science matters of health and safety, the very atmosphere of the classroom — these areas are few of the ___ for the ___ of proper emotional reactions.
a. things ... growth b. fertile areas ... basis
c. fertile fields ... inculcation d. important areas ... formation
8. When children become more experienced with words as visual symbols, they find that they can gain meaning without making ___ sounds.
a. aural b. audible c. vocal d. intelligible
9. Learning is more efficient when it is ___. It is less efficient when it is ___.
a. fast ... slow b. rapid ... turtle-slow
c. tedious ... like a joy ride d. fun ... drudgery
10. To a greater or lesser degree all the civilized countries of the world are made up of a small class of rulers ___ and of a large class of subjects ___.
a. formed by a small minority ... who are uncivilized
b. powerfully corrupt ... pointless crusaders
c. corrupted by too much power ... corrupted by too much passive obedience
d. who are ruled ... who ruled
11. Simple arithmetic tells us that there is more ___ than ___.
a. imitation ... innovation b. improvisation ... improvement
c. impracticality ... knowledge d. improbability ... probability
12. As a step towards protesting against the spiralling prices, the farmers have decided to stage a picket in an effort to ___.
a. show their virility b. make themselves heard
c. curb the prices d. topple the government
13. Science is a sort of news agency comparable ___ to other news agencies.
a. principally b. in principle c. in principal d. in spirit and form
14. Most political leaders acquire their position by causing a large number of people to believe that these leaders are ___ by altruistic desires.
a. actuated b. convinced c. categorised d. led
15. Everyone will admit that swindling one's fellow beings is a necessary practice; upon it is based the really sound commercial success formula — ___.
a. sell what you cannot buy back
b. buy what you will sell to another at a higher price
c. buy cheap and sell dear
d. sell what you can, do not buy from a competitor
Direction for questions 16 to 20: Arrange sentences A, B, C and D between sentences 1 and 6 to form a logical sequence of six sentences.
16. 1. Buddhism is a way to salvation.
A. But Buddhism is more severely analytical.
B. In the Christian tradition there is also a concern for the fate of human society conceived as a whole, rather than merely as a sum or network of individuals.
C. Salvation is a property, or achievement of individuals.
D. Not only does it dissolve society into individuals, the individual in turn is dissolved into component parts and instants, a stream of events.
6. In modern terminology, Buddhist doctrine is reductionist.
a. ABDC b. CBAD c. BDAC d. ABCD
17. 1. The problem of improving Indian agriculture is both a sociological and an administrative one.
A. It also appears that there is a direct relationship between the size of a state and development.
B. The issues of Indian development, and the problem of India's agricultural sector, will remain with us long into the next century.
C. Without improving Indian agriculture, no liberalisation and delicensing will be able to help India.
D. At the end of the day, there has to be a ferment and movement of life and action in the vast segment of rural India.
6. When it starts marching, India will fly.
a. DABC b. CDBA c. ACDB d. ABCD
18. 1. Good literary magazines have always been good because of their editors.
A. Furthermore, to edit by committee, as it were, would prevent any magazine from finding its own identity.
B. The more quirky and idiosyncratic they have been, the better the magazine is, at least as a general rule.
C. But the number of editors one can have for a magazine should also be determined by the number of contributions to it.
D. To have four editors for an issue that contains only seven contributions, it is a bit silly to start with.
6. However, in spite of this anomaly, the magazine does acquire merit in its attempt to give a comprehensive view of the Indian literary scene as it is today.
a. ABCD b. BCDA c. ABDC d. CBAD
19. 1. It is the success story of the Indian expatriate in the US which today hogs much of the media coverage in India.
A. East and West, the twain have met quite comfortably in their person, thank you.
B. Especially in its more recent romancing — the-NRI phase.
C. Seldom does the price of getting there — more like not getting there — or what's going on behind those sunny smiles get so much media hype.
D. Well groomed, with their perfect Colgate smiles, and hair in place, they appear the picture of confidence which comes from having arrived.
6. The festival of feature films and documentaries made by Americans of Indian descent being screened this fortnight, goes a long way in filling those gaps.
a. ACBD b. DABC c. BDAC d. ABCD
20. 1. A market for Indian art has existed ever since the international art scene sprang to life.
A. But interest in architectural conceits is an unanticipated fallout of the Festivals of India of the '80s, which were designed to increase exports of Indian crafts.
B. Simultaneously, the Indian elite discarded their synthetic sarees and kitsch plastic furniture and a market came into being.
C. Western dealers, unhappy in a market afflicted by violent price fluctuations and unpredictable profit margins, began to look East, and found cheap antiques with irresistible appeal.
D. The fortunes of the Delhi supremos, the Jew Town dealers in Cochin and myriad others around the country were made.
6. A chain of command was established, from the local contacts to the provincial dealers and up to the big boys, who entertain the Italians and the French, cutting deals worth lakhs in warehouses worth crores.
a. ABCD b. DCAB c. CBAD d. CABD
Direction for questions 21 to 31: In each of the following questions, a paragraph has been split into four parts. You have to rearrange these parts to form a coherent paragraph.
21. A. He was carrying his jacket and walked with his head thrown back.
B. As Annette neared the lamp she saw a figure walking slowly.
C. For a while Michael walked on and she followed 20 paces behind.
D. With a mixture of terror and triumph of recognition she slackened her pace.
a. ABCD b. BADC c. BCDA d. ACBD
22. A. However, the real challenge today is in unlearning, which is much harder.
B. But the new world of business behaves differently from the world in which we grew up.
C. Learning is important for both people and organisations.
D. Each of us has a 'mental model' that we've used over the years to make sense.
a. CADB b. BDAC c. CDAB d. ACBD
23. A. There was nothing quite like a heavy downpour of rain to make life worthwhile.
B. We reached the field, soaked to the skin, and surrounded it.
C. The wet, as far as he was concerned, was ideal.
D. There, sure enough, stood Claudius, looking like a debauched Roman emperor under a shower.
a. DCBA b. BDCA c. BADC d. BACD
24. A. Alex had never been happy with his Indian origins.
B. He set about rectifying this grave injustice by making his house in his own image of a country manor.
C. Fate had been unfair to him; if he had had his wish, he would have been a count or an Earl on some English estate, or a medieval monarch in a chateau in France.
D. This illusion of misplaced grandeur, his wife felt, would be Alex's undoing.
a. ACDB b. ABDC c. ACBD d. CABD
25. A. The influence is reflected the most in beaded evening wear.
B. Increasingly, the influence of India's colours and cuts can be seen on western styles.
C. And even as Nehru jackets and Jodhpurs remain staples of the fashion world, designers such as Armani and McFadden have turned to the sleek silhouette of the churidar this year.
D. Indian hot pink, paprika and saffron continue to be popular colours, year in and year out.
a. BADC b. ABCD c. BCAD d. DABC
26. A. Such a national policy will surely divide and never unite the people.
B. In fact, it suits the purpose of the politicians; they can drag the people into submission by appealing to them in the name of religion.
C. In order to inculcate the unquestioning belief they condemn the other states, which do not follow their religion.
D. The emergence of the theocratic states, where all types of crimes are committed in the name of religion, has revived the religion of the Middle Ages.
a. ABCD b. DBCA c. DBAC d. CDAB
27. A. His left-hand concealed a blackjack, his right-hand groped for the torch in his pocket.
B. The meeting was scheduled for 9 o'clock, and his watch showed the time to be a quarter to nine.
C. The man lurked in the corner, away from the glare of light.
D. His heart thumped in his chest, sweat beads formed themselves on his forehead, his mouth was dry.
a. CABD b. BDAC c. BADC d. ABCD
28. A. The director walked into the room and took a look around the class.
B. Mitch wanted to scream — the illogicality of the entire scene struck him dumb.
C. The managers stared at him with the look of fear that no democratic country should tolerate in its people.
D. He walked out of the room — it was his irrevocable protest against an insensible and insensitive situation.
a. ACBD b. BDAC c. BCAD d. ABCD
29. A. The establishment of the Third Reich influenced events in American history by starting a chain of events which culminated in war between Germany and the United States.
B. The Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1936 prohibited trade with any belligerents or loans to them.
C. While speaking out against Hitler's atrocities, the American people generally favoured isolationist policies and neutrality.
D. The complete destruction of democracy, the persecution of Jews, the war on religion, the cruelty and barbarism of the allies, caused great indignation in this country and brought on fear of another World War.
a. ABCD b. CBDA c. CDBA d. ADCB
30. A. An essay which appeals chiefly to the intellect is Francis Bacon's Of Studies.
B. His careful tripartite division of studies expressed succinctly in aphoristic prose demands the complete attention of the mind of the reader.
C. He considers studies as they should be; for pleasure, for self-improvement, for business.
D. He considers the evils of excess study: laziness, affectation, and preciosity.
a. DCBA b. ABCD d. CDBA d. ACBD
31. A. By reasoning we mean the mental process of drawing an inference from two or more statements or going from the inference to the statements, which yield that inference.
B. So logical reasoning covers those types of questions, which imply drawing an inference from the problems.
C. Logic means, if we take its original meaning, the science of valid reasoning.
D. Clearly, for understanding arguments and for drawing the inference correctly, it is necessary that we should understand the statements first.
Direction for questions 32 to 36: In each question, the main statement is followed by four sentences. Select the pair of sentences that relates logically to the given statement.
32. Either Sita is sick or she is careless.
A. Sita is not sick. B. Sita is not careless.
C. Sita is sick. D. Sita is careless.
a. AB b. AD c. BA d. DA
33. Ram gets a swollen nose whenever he eats hamburgers.
A. Ram gets a swollen nose.
B. Ram does not eat hamburgers.
C. Ram does not get a swollen nose.
D. Ram eats hamburgers.
a. AB b. DC c. AC d. BC
34. Either the employees have no confidence in the management or they are hostile by nature.
A. They are not hostile by nature.
B. They are hostile by nature.
C. They have confidence in the management.
D. They have no confidence in the management.
a. BA b. CB c. DA d. BD
35. Whenever Ram reads late into the night, his father beats him.
A. His father does not beat Ram.
B. Ram reads late into the night.
C. Ram reads early in the morning.
D. Ram's father beats him in the morning.
a. CD b. BD c. AB d. None of these
36. All irresponsible parents shout if their children do not cavort.
A. All irresponsible parents do not shout.
B. Children cavort.
C. Children do not cavort.
D. All irresponsible parents shout.
a. AB b. BA c. CA d. All of these
Direction for questions 37 to 40: Each question contains four arguments of three sentences each. Choose the set in which the third statement is a logical conclusion of the first two
.
37. A. Some Xs are Ps. Some Ps are Ys. Some Xs are Ys.
B. All Sonas are bright. Some bright are crazy. Some Sonas are crazy.
C. No faith is strong. Only strong have biceps. No faith has biceps.
D. All men are weak. Some weak are strong. Some strong are weak.
a. A and D b. C only c. D only d. None of these
38. A. Some icicles are cycles. All cycles are men. Some icicles are men.
B. All girls are teeth. No teeth is yellow. No girls are yellow.
C. No hand is foot. Some foot are heads. Some hands are heads.
D. Every man has a wife. All wives are devoted. No devoted has a husband.
a. A, B and C b. A and B c. C and B d. A, B and C and D
39. A. No sun is not white. All moon is sun. All moon is white.
B. All windows are open. No open space is allocated. All window is closed space.
C. No German can fire. All Americans bombard. Both, Germans and Americans can fight.
D. No X is Z. No Z is Y. No X is Y.
a. A only b. B only c. C only d. D only
40. A. All Ts are square. All squares are rectangular. All Ts are rectangular.
B. Some fat are elongated. Some elongated things are huge. Some fat are huge.
C. Idiots are bumblers. Bumblers fumble. Idiots fumble.
D. Water is good for health. Health foods are rare. Water is rare.
a. D only b. C only c. Both A and C d. All of these
Direction for questions 41 to 50: Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.
41. Efficiency is all right in its place, in the shop, the factory, the store. The trouble with efficiency is that it wants to rule our play as well as our work; it won't be content to reign in the shop, it follows us home.
It can be inferred from the above passage that
a. efficiency can become all-pervading.
b. efficiency does not always pay.
c. efficiency can be more of a torture than a blessing.
d. None of these
42 In order to ease the traffic congestion, the transport planners decided to have a sophisticated system of elevated monorail travel in the city. However, it was pointed out by somebody that a metro rail
system would be a more effective solution to the traffic problem. The plan was thus stalled. Moreover, since a budget had not been drawn up for the project, it was deemed fit to stall the work of the monorail for some time. In the meanwhile, the traffic planners of the city decided to build an efficient system of subways and flyovers in the city with the aim of easing the same problem. At the instant when the planners were preparing to award the contracts to the concerned parties, the transport
planners came up with the contention that the subways interfered with the site of a pillar of the monorail system. The traffic planners had to give up the idea and think of other possible solutions.
Which of the following can we infer from the above passage?
a. The city authorities felt that the monorail system was essentially impractical.
b. There is a strong contention between the two groups of planners in the city.
c. The projects would be stalled for an indefinite period.
d. None of these
43. The company encourages its managers to interact regularly, without a pre-set agenda, to discuss issues concerning the company and society. This idea has been borrowed from the ancient Indian concept of religious congregation, called satsang. Designations are forgotten during these meetings; hence, it is not uncommon in these meetings to find a sales engineer questioning the CEO on some corporate policy or his knowledge of customers.
Based on the information provided in the above passage, it can be inferred that
a. the company is concerned about its reputation with its employees.
b. the company believes in fostering the spirit of dialogue without degenerating it into a positioning based debate.
c. the company had some inter-personnel problems in the past due to which it felt the need for these corporate satsangs.
d. All of these
44. From Cochin to Shimla, the new culture vultures are tearing down acres of India's architectural treasures. Ancestral owners are often fobbed off with a few hundred rupees for an exquisitely carved door or window, which fetches fifty times that much from foreign dealers, and yet more from the drawing room sophisticates of Europe and the US. The reason for such shameless rape of the Indian architectural wealth can perhaps, not wrongly, be attributed to the unfortunate blend of activist disunity and the local indifference.
It can be inferred from the above passage that
a. the environment created by the meeting between activist disunity and local indifference is ideal for antique dealers to strive in India.
b. only Indians are not proud of their cultural heritage and are hungry for the foreign currency that is easily available in return of artifacts.
c. most Indian families have heirlooms which can be sold at high prices to Europeans and Americans.
d. India provides a rich market for unscrupulous antique dealers.
45. Deepa Metha's Fire is under fire from the country's self-appointed moral police. Their contention is that the film is a violation of the Indian cultural mores and cannot be allowed to influence the Indian psyche. According to them, such films ruin the moral fabric of the nation, which must be protected and defended against such intrusions at all cost, even at the cost of cultural dictatorship.
Based on the information in the above passage, it can be inferred that
a. the assumption underlying the moral police's critique of Fire is that the Indian audience is vulnerable to all types of influence.
b. the assumption underlying the moral police's critique of Fire is that the Indian audience is impressionable and must be protected against 'immoral' influences.
c. the moral police thinks it has the sole authority to pass judgement on films screened in India.
d. None of these
46. The dominant modern belief is that the soundest foundation of peace would be universal prosperity. One may look in vain for historical evidence that the rich have regularly been more peaceful than the
poor, but then it can be argued that they have never felt secure against the poor; that their aggressiveness stemmed from fear; and that the situation would be quite different if everybody were rich.
It can be inferred from the above passage that
a. a lot of aggression in the world stems from the desire of the haves to defend themselves against the have-nots.
b. universal prosperity as a foolproof measure of peace can no longer be accepted.
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b)
47. The effect produced on the mind by travelling depends entirely on the mind of the traveller and on theway in which he conducts himself. The chief idea of one very common type of traveller is to see as many objects of interest as he possibly can. If he can only after his return home say that he has seen such and such temple, castle, picture gallery, or museum, he is perfectly satisfied. Far different is the effect of travels upon those who leave their country with a mind prepared by culture to feel intelligent admiration for all the beauties of nature and art to be found in foreign lands. When they visit a new place, instead of hurrying from temple to museum to picture gallery, they allow the spirit
of the place to sink into their minds, and only visit such monuments as the time they have at their disposal allows them to contemplate without irreverent haste.
It can be inferred from the above passage that
a. the writer prefers the second type of traveller.
b. the first type of traveller is the lay traveller who does not understand the worth of any place he travels to.
c. the objective of the second type of traveller is not to see much, but to see well.
d. All of these
48. Whether we look at the intrinsic value of our literature, or at the particular situation of this country, we shall see the strongest reason to think that of all foreign tongues, the English tongue is that which would be the most useful to our native subjects.
It can be inferred that
a. the speaker is a die-hard colonist.
b. the speaker has the good of the nation at heart.
c. the speaker is addressing an issue related to a colonial empire.
d. None of these
49. Where the film Bombay loses out is where every commercial film congenitally goes awry — becoming too simplistic to address serious issues and failing to translate real life to reel.
Which of the following can be inferred from the above line?
a. The film's director aimed at recreating real life on the silver screen.
b. The film was too simplistic for the audience's taste.
c. The film was successful in spite of its shortcomings.
d. None of these
50. Aspiration is nothing new. Neither is the debate over what the Indian middle class is, what it wants and what it buys. Since the mid-80s, that has been the focus of the economic policy papers so called pro- and anti-poor budgets and marketing strategies that have successfully broken the barrier of urban selling and reached deeper into rural India with increasing income levels and aspirations.
Based on the above passage, it can be inferred that
a. the Indian middle class has been the focus of economic policies for a long time.
b. the Indian middle class has graduated from being the 'deprived' middle class to the 'pampered' middle class.
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b)
1. British Airspace has been (focusing on building European links.)
a. concentrating on creating European links
b. pursuing ways of building European connectivity
c. stressing on building European links
d. focusing on forging European links
2. The appetite of banks for funds was lost under the onslaught of the slowdown, corporates refused to borrow even as (bank deposits flourished.)
a. bank deposits flourished b. bank deposits swelled
c. bank deposits were enhanced d. bank deposits flummoxed
3. The 8th-century revival of Byzantine learning is (an inexplicable phenomenon,) and its economic and military precursors have yet to be discovered.
a. a phenomenon yet to be discovered
b. a phenomenon incompletely explained
c. an inexplicable phenomenon
d. an unidentifiable phenomenon
4. The management can still hire freely but( cannot scold freely.)
a. cannot scold at will b. cannot give umbrage
c. cannot take decisions to scold d. cannot scold willfully
5. Many people mistake familiarity for a vulgar style, and suppose that to write without affectation( is to write at random speed.)
a. is to write at random b. is to write randomly
c. is to write fast d. is to do speed writing
Direction for questins 6 to 15: Fill in the blanks of the following sentences using the most appropriate word or words from among the options given for each.
6. Football evokes a ___ response in India compared to cricket, that almost ___ the nation.
a. tepid ... boiling b. lukewarm ... electrifies
c. turbid ... fascinating d. apocryphal ... genuinely fascinates
7. Social studies, science matters of health and safety, the very atmosphere of the classroom — these areas are few of the ___ for the ___ of proper emotional reactions.
a. things ... growth b. fertile areas ... basis
c. fertile fields ... inculcation d. important areas ... formation
8. When children become more experienced with words as visual symbols, they find that they can gain meaning without making ___ sounds.
a. aural b. audible c. vocal d. intelligible
9. Learning is more efficient when it is ___. It is less efficient when it is ___.
a. fast ... slow b. rapid ... turtle-slow
c. tedious ... like a joy ride d. fun ... drudgery
10. To a greater or lesser degree all the civilized countries of the world are made up of a small class of rulers ___ and of a large class of subjects ___.
a. formed by a small minority ... who are uncivilized
b. powerfully corrupt ... pointless crusaders
c. corrupted by too much power ... corrupted by too much passive obedience
d. who are ruled ... who ruled
11. Simple arithmetic tells us that there is more ___ than ___.
a. imitation ... innovation b. improvisation ... improvement
c. impracticality ... knowledge d. improbability ... probability
12. As a step towards protesting against the spiralling prices, the farmers have decided to stage a picket in an effort to ___.
a. show their virility b. make themselves heard
c. curb the prices d. topple the government
13. Science is a sort of news agency comparable ___ to other news agencies.
a. principally b. in principle c. in principal d. in spirit and form
14. Most political leaders acquire their position by causing a large number of people to believe that these leaders are ___ by altruistic desires.
a. actuated b. convinced c. categorised d. led
15. Everyone will admit that swindling one's fellow beings is a necessary practice; upon it is based the really sound commercial success formula — ___.
a. sell what you cannot buy back
b. buy what you will sell to another at a higher price
c. buy cheap and sell dear
d. sell what you can, do not buy from a competitor
Direction for questions 16 to 20: Arrange sentences A, B, C and D between sentences 1 and 6 to form a logical sequence of six sentences.
16. 1. Buddhism is a way to salvation.
A. But Buddhism is more severely analytical.
B. In the Christian tradition there is also a concern for the fate of human society conceived as a whole, rather than merely as a sum or network of individuals.
C. Salvation is a property, or achievement of individuals.
D. Not only does it dissolve society into individuals, the individual in turn is dissolved into component parts and instants, a stream of events.
6. In modern terminology, Buddhist doctrine is reductionist.
a. ABDC b. CBAD c. BDAC d. ABCD
17. 1. The problem of improving Indian agriculture is both a sociological and an administrative one.
A. It also appears that there is a direct relationship between the size of a state and development.
B. The issues of Indian development, and the problem of India's agricultural sector, will remain with us long into the next century.
C. Without improving Indian agriculture, no liberalisation and delicensing will be able to help India.
D. At the end of the day, there has to be a ferment and movement of life and action in the vast segment of rural India.
6. When it starts marching, India will fly.
a. DABC b. CDBA c. ACDB d. ABCD
18. 1. Good literary magazines have always been good because of their editors.
A. Furthermore, to edit by committee, as it were, would prevent any magazine from finding its own identity.
B. The more quirky and idiosyncratic they have been, the better the magazine is, at least as a general rule.
C. But the number of editors one can have for a magazine should also be determined by the number of contributions to it.
D. To have four editors for an issue that contains only seven contributions, it is a bit silly to start with.
6. However, in spite of this anomaly, the magazine does acquire merit in its attempt to give a comprehensive view of the Indian literary scene as it is today.
a. ABCD b. BCDA c. ABDC d. CBAD
19. 1. It is the success story of the Indian expatriate in the US which today hogs much of the media coverage in India.
A. East and West, the twain have met quite comfortably in their person, thank you.
B. Especially in its more recent romancing — the-NRI phase.
C. Seldom does the price of getting there — more like not getting there — or what's going on behind those sunny smiles get so much media hype.
D. Well groomed, with their perfect Colgate smiles, and hair in place, they appear the picture of confidence which comes from having arrived.
6. The festival of feature films and documentaries made by Americans of Indian descent being screened this fortnight, goes a long way in filling those gaps.
a. ACBD b. DABC c. BDAC d. ABCD
20. 1. A market for Indian art has existed ever since the international art scene sprang to life.
A. But interest in architectural conceits is an unanticipated fallout of the Festivals of India of the '80s, which were designed to increase exports of Indian crafts.
B. Simultaneously, the Indian elite discarded their synthetic sarees and kitsch plastic furniture and a market came into being.
C. Western dealers, unhappy in a market afflicted by violent price fluctuations and unpredictable profit margins, began to look East, and found cheap antiques with irresistible appeal.
D. The fortunes of the Delhi supremos, the Jew Town dealers in Cochin and myriad others around the country were made.
6. A chain of command was established, from the local contacts to the provincial dealers and up to the big boys, who entertain the Italians and the French, cutting deals worth lakhs in warehouses worth crores.
a. ABCD b. DCAB c. CBAD d. CABD
Direction for questions 21 to 31: In each of the following questions, a paragraph has been split into four parts. You have to rearrange these parts to form a coherent paragraph.
21. A. He was carrying his jacket and walked with his head thrown back.
B. As Annette neared the lamp she saw a figure walking slowly.
C. For a while Michael walked on and she followed 20 paces behind.
D. With a mixture of terror and triumph of recognition she slackened her pace.
a. ABCD b. BADC c. BCDA d. ACBD
22. A. However, the real challenge today is in unlearning, which is much harder.
B. But the new world of business behaves differently from the world in which we grew up.
C. Learning is important for both people and organisations.
D. Each of us has a 'mental model' that we've used over the years to make sense.
a. CADB b. BDAC c. CDAB d. ACBD
23. A. There was nothing quite like a heavy downpour of rain to make life worthwhile.
B. We reached the field, soaked to the skin, and surrounded it.
C. The wet, as far as he was concerned, was ideal.
D. There, sure enough, stood Claudius, looking like a debauched Roman emperor under a shower.
a. DCBA b. BDCA c. BADC d. BACD
24. A. Alex had never been happy with his Indian origins.
B. He set about rectifying this grave injustice by making his house in his own image of a country manor.
C. Fate had been unfair to him; if he had had his wish, he would have been a count or an Earl on some English estate, or a medieval monarch in a chateau in France.
D. This illusion of misplaced grandeur, his wife felt, would be Alex's undoing.
a. ACDB b. ABDC c. ACBD d. CABD
25. A. The influence is reflected the most in beaded evening wear.
B. Increasingly, the influence of India's colours and cuts can be seen on western styles.
C. And even as Nehru jackets and Jodhpurs remain staples of the fashion world, designers such as Armani and McFadden have turned to the sleek silhouette of the churidar this year.
D. Indian hot pink, paprika and saffron continue to be popular colours, year in and year out.
a. BADC b. ABCD c. BCAD d. DABC
26. A. Such a national policy will surely divide and never unite the people.
B. In fact, it suits the purpose of the politicians; they can drag the people into submission by appealing to them in the name of religion.
C. In order to inculcate the unquestioning belief they condemn the other states, which do not follow their religion.
D. The emergence of the theocratic states, where all types of crimes are committed in the name of religion, has revived the religion of the Middle Ages.
a. ABCD b. DBCA c. DBAC d. CDAB
27. A. His left-hand concealed a blackjack, his right-hand groped for the torch in his pocket.
B. The meeting was scheduled for 9 o'clock, and his watch showed the time to be a quarter to nine.
C. The man lurked in the corner, away from the glare of light.
D. His heart thumped in his chest, sweat beads formed themselves on his forehead, his mouth was dry.
a. CABD b. BDAC c. BADC d. ABCD
28. A. The director walked into the room and took a look around the class.
B. Mitch wanted to scream — the illogicality of the entire scene struck him dumb.
C. The managers stared at him with the look of fear that no democratic country should tolerate in its people.
D. He walked out of the room — it was his irrevocable protest against an insensible and insensitive situation.
a. ACBD b. BDAC c. BCAD d. ABCD
29. A. The establishment of the Third Reich influenced events in American history by starting a chain of events which culminated in war between Germany and the United States.
B. The Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1936 prohibited trade with any belligerents or loans to them.
C. While speaking out against Hitler's atrocities, the American people generally favoured isolationist policies and neutrality.
D. The complete destruction of democracy, the persecution of Jews, the war on religion, the cruelty and barbarism of the allies, caused great indignation in this country and brought on fear of another World War.
a. ABCD b. CBDA c. CDBA d. ADCB
30. A. An essay which appeals chiefly to the intellect is Francis Bacon's Of Studies.
B. His careful tripartite division of studies expressed succinctly in aphoristic prose demands the complete attention of the mind of the reader.
C. He considers studies as they should be; for pleasure, for self-improvement, for business.
D. He considers the evils of excess study: laziness, affectation, and preciosity.
a. DCBA b. ABCD d. CDBA d. ACBD
31. A. By reasoning we mean the mental process of drawing an inference from two or more statements or going from the inference to the statements, which yield that inference.
B. So logical reasoning covers those types of questions, which imply drawing an inference from the problems.
C. Logic means, if we take its original meaning, the science of valid reasoning.
D. Clearly, for understanding arguments and for drawing the inference correctly, it is necessary that we should understand the statements first.
Direction for questions 32 to 36: In each question, the main statement is followed by four sentences. Select the pair of sentences that relates logically to the given statement.
32. Either Sita is sick or she is careless.
A. Sita is not sick. B. Sita is not careless.
C. Sita is sick. D. Sita is careless.
a. AB b. AD c. BA d. DA
33. Ram gets a swollen nose whenever he eats hamburgers.
A. Ram gets a swollen nose.
B. Ram does not eat hamburgers.
C. Ram does not get a swollen nose.
D. Ram eats hamburgers.
a. AB b. DC c. AC d. BC
34. Either the employees have no confidence in the management or they are hostile by nature.
A. They are not hostile by nature.
B. They are hostile by nature.
C. They have confidence in the management.
D. They have no confidence in the management.
a. BA b. CB c. DA d. BD
35. Whenever Ram reads late into the night, his father beats him.
A. His father does not beat Ram.
B. Ram reads late into the night.
C. Ram reads early in the morning.
D. Ram's father beats him in the morning.
a. CD b. BD c. AB d. None of these
36. All irresponsible parents shout if their children do not cavort.
A. All irresponsible parents do not shout.
B. Children cavort.
C. Children do not cavort.
D. All irresponsible parents shout.
a. AB b. BA c. CA d. All of these
Direction for questions 37 to 40: Each question contains four arguments of three sentences each. Choose the set in which the third statement is a logical conclusion of the first two
.
37. A. Some Xs are Ps. Some Ps are Ys. Some Xs are Ys.
B. All Sonas are bright. Some bright are crazy. Some Sonas are crazy.
C. No faith is strong. Only strong have biceps. No faith has biceps.
D. All men are weak. Some weak are strong. Some strong are weak.
a. A and D b. C only c. D only d. None of these
38. A. Some icicles are cycles. All cycles are men. Some icicles are men.
B. All girls are teeth. No teeth is yellow. No girls are yellow.
C. No hand is foot. Some foot are heads. Some hands are heads.
D. Every man has a wife. All wives are devoted. No devoted has a husband.
a. A, B and C b. A and B c. C and B d. A, B and C and D
39. A. No sun is not white. All moon is sun. All moon is white.
B. All windows are open. No open space is allocated. All window is closed space.
C. No German can fire. All Americans bombard. Both, Germans and Americans can fight.
D. No X is Z. No Z is Y. No X is Y.
a. A only b. B only c. C only d. D only
40. A. All Ts are square. All squares are rectangular. All Ts are rectangular.
B. Some fat are elongated. Some elongated things are huge. Some fat are huge.
C. Idiots are bumblers. Bumblers fumble. Idiots fumble.
D. Water is good for health. Health foods are rare. Water is rare.
a. D only b. C only c. Both A and C d. All of these
Direction for questions 41 to 50: Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow.
41. Efficiency is all right in its place, in the shop, the factory, the store. The trouble with efficiency is that it wants to rule our play as well as our work; it won't be content to reign in the shop, it follows us home.
It can be inferred from the above passage that
a. efficiency can become all-pervading.
b. efficiency does not always pay.
c. efficiency can be more of a torture than a blessing.
d. None of these
42 In order to ease the traffic congestion, the transport planners decided to have a sophisticated system of elevated monorail travel in the city. However, it was pointed out by somebody that a metro rail
system would be a more effective solution to the traffic problem. The plan was thus stalled. Moreover, since a budget had not been drawn up for the project, it was deemed fit to stall the work of the monorail for some time. In the meanwhile, the traffic planners of the city decided to build an efficient system of subways and flyovers in the city with the aim of easing the same problem. At the instant when the planners were preparing to award the contracts to the concerned parties, the transport
planners came up with the contention that the subways interfered with the site of a pillar of the monorail system. The traffic planners had to give up the idea and think of other possible solutions.
Which of the following can we infer from the above passage?
a. The city authorities felt that the monorail system was essentially impractical.
b. There is a strong contention between the two groups of planners in the city.
c. The projects would be stalled for an indefinite period.
d. None of these
43. The company encourages its managers to interact regularly, without a pre-set agenda, to discuss issues concerning the company and society. This idea has been borrowed from the ancient Indian concept of religious congregation, called satsang. Designations are forgotten during these meetings; hence, it is not uncommon in these meetings to find a sales engineer questioning the CEO on some corporate policy or his knowledge of customers.
Based on the information provided in the above passage, it can be inferred that
a. the company is concerned about its reputation with its employees.
b. the company believes in fostering the spirit of dialogue without degenerating it into a positioning based debate.
c. the company had some inter-personnel problems in the past due to which it felt the need for these corporate satsangs.
d. All of these
44. From Cochin to Shimla, the new culture vultures are tearing down acres of India's architectural treasures. Ancestral owners are often fobbed off with a few hundred rupees for an exquisitely carved door or window, which fetches fifty times that much from foreign dealers, and yet more from the drawing room sophisticates of Europe and the US. The reason for such shameless rape of the Indian architectural wealth can perhaps, not wrongly, be attributed to the unfortunate blend of activist disunity and the local indifference.
It can be inferred from the above passage that
a. the environment created by the meeting between activist disunity and local indifference is ideal for antique dealers to strive in India.
b. only Indians are not proud of their cultural heritage and are hungry for the foreign currency that is easily available in return of artifacts.
c. most Indian families have heirlooms which can be sold at high prices to Europeans and Americans.
d. India provides a rich market for unscrupulous antique dealers.
45. Deepa Metha's Fire is under fire from the country's self-appointed moral police. Their contention is that the film is a violation of the Indian cultural mores and cannot be allowed to influence the Indian psyche. According to them, such films ruin the moral fabric of the nation, which must be protected and defended against such intrusions at all cost, even at the cost of cultural dictatorship.
Based on the information in the above passage, it can be inferred that
a. the assumption underlying the moral police's critique of Fire is that the Indian audience is vulnerable to all types of influence.
b. the assumption underlying the moral police's critique of Fire is that the Indian audience is impressionable and must be protected against 'immoral' influences.
c. the moral police thinks it has the sole authority to pass judgement on films screened in India.
d. None of these
46. The dominant modern belief is that the soundest foundation of peace would be universal prosperity. One may look in vain for historical evidence that the rich have regularly been more peaceful than the
poor, but then it can be argued that they have never felt secure against the poor; that their aggressiveness stemmed from fear; and that the situation would be quite different if everybody were rich.
It can be inferred from the above passage that
a. a lot of aggression in the world stems from the desire of the haves to defend themselves against the have-nots.
b. universal prosperity as a foolproof measure of peace can no longer be accepted.
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b)
47. The effect produced on the mind by travelling depends entirely on the mind of the traveller and on theway in which he conducts himself. The chief idea of one very common type of traveller is to see as many objects of interest as he possibly can. If he can only after his return home say that he has seen such and such temple, castle, picture gallery, or museum, he is perfectly satisfied. Far different is the effect of travels upon those who leave their country with a mind prepared by culture to feel intelligent admiration for all the beauties of nature and art to be found in foreign lands. When they visit a new place, instead of hurrying from temple to museum to picture gallery, they allow the spirit
of the place to sink into their minds, and only visit such monuments as the time they have at their disposal allows them to contemplate without irreverent haste.
It can be inferred from the above passage that
a. the writer prefers the second type of traveller.
b. the first type of traveller is the lay traveller who does not understand the worth of any place he travels to.
c. the objective of the second type of traveller is not to see much, but to see well.
d. All of these
48. Whether we look at the intrinsic value of our literature, or at the particular situation of this country, we shall see the strongest reason to think that of all foreign tongues, the English tongue is that which would be the most useful to our native subjects.
It can be inferred that
a. the speaker is a die-hard colonist.
b. the speaker has the good of the nation at heart.
c. the speaker is addressing an issue related to a colonial empire.
d. None of these
49. Where the film Bombay loses out is where every commercial film congenitally goes awry — becoming too simplistic to address serious issues and failing to translate real life to reel.
Which of the following can be inferred from the above line?
a. The film's director aimed at recreating real life on the silver screen.
b. The film was too simplistic for the audience's taste.
c. The film was successful in spite of its shortcomings.
d. None of these
50. Aspiration is nothing new. Neither is the debate over what the Indian middle class is, what it wants and what it buys. Since the mid-80s, that has been the focus of the economic policy papers so called pro- and anti-poor budgets and marketing strategies that have successfully broken the barrier of urban selling and reached deeper into rural India with increasing income levels and aspirations.
Based on the above passage, it can be inferred that
a. the Indian middle class has been the focus of economic policies for a long time.
b. the Indian middle class has graduated from being the 'deprived' middle class to the 'pampered' middle class.
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b)
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