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1
Given below are two words that have a certain relationship with each other followed by alternatives. Select the alternative that has the same relationship as depicted in the original pair of words.
Opulence : Pauperism
a. Deportment : Demeanor
b. Convalescence : Recuperation
c. Anathema : Bête noire
d. Clemency : Mercilessness
2
Given below are four sentences on a topic. These sentences when read together constitute a paragraph. Some sentences are grammatically incorrect or inappropriate. Select the option that indicates the grammatically incorrect and inappropriate sentence(s).
1. Who, by and large, are the men whom the gallow swallows?
2. The white-collar criminals and the corporate criminals whose wilful economic and environmental crimes inflict mass deaths or who hire assassins to murder people by a remote control?
3. Rarely. With a few exceptions, they hardly fear the halter.
4. The feuding villager, heady with country liquor, the striking workers desperate with defeat, the political dissenter and sacrificing liberator intent on changing the social order from satanic misrule, the waifs and strays whom society has hardened by neglect into street toughs, and the poor householder-husband or wife driven by dire necessity or burst of tantrums- it is this person who is the morning meal of the macabre executioner.
a. Only 4 b. Only 1 c. Both 2 and 3 d. Both 1 and 4
3
There are two blanks in the following sentence. From the pair of words given, choose the one that fills the blanks most appropriately. The first word in the pair should fill the first blank.
Anti-plagiarism software is growing increasingly sophisticated; it is now enabling a scholar like Vickers to investigate the __________ of unattributed works of literature. “With this method we see the way authors use and reuse the same phrases and ________ , like chunks of fabric in a weave,” says Vickers.
a. provenance, metaphors
b. authenticity, styles
c. truthfulness, metres
d. plausibility, idioms
4
Read the argument given below and answer the question that follows.
Labour leaders of Gurgaon have planned a protest march for tomorrow against companies working in the area. They have applied for the permission well in advance but the city administration has not taken any action on their request. The request of protest march was complete and satisfied all the mandatory requirements. The law prohibits any demonstration or protest without government permission but, the labour leaders have decided to carry out their protest march on the pre-decided date. The labour leaders have defended their decision by claiming that people need not refrain from actions that fail to comply with the law if they have made a wholehearted effort to comply but are prevented from doing so by the government’s apathy.
Which of the following actions would be justified according to the claim of the labour leaders?
a. A thermal power plant conducted an environmental impact assessment. The report mentioned that the power plant releases harmful gases in the atmosphere but these emissions are within the prescribed limits. Hence, the plant took no action for the reduction of harmful gases.
b. The law requires that all individuals should submit their income return. But the authorities have failed to come up with an effective mechanism to punish those who have not filed their returns. This has encouraged many for not submitting income returns.
c. A landowner wanted to construct his house. He got the map of the house prepared from a government approved architect. The map was drawn according to the guidelines laid out by the government. After waiting for over a year for the approval of the map, the landowner started to build his house according to the map.
d. A final year medical student waited for his results for six months. He knew his subject very well and was confident that he would pass the examination. After the end of six months when his result was not declared, he started treatment of people in order to support his livelihood.
There are two blanks in each of the following sentences. From the pair of words
given, choose the one that fills the blanks most appropriately. The first word in the pair should fill the first blank.
5
Mahatma Gandhi, who would not allow even a pencil stub to be wasted, to be _______ with Rs 1.1 million of _________ excess is surely an act of silliness, if not worse.
a. lavished, commemorative
b. associated, extravagant
c. symbolized, remembrance
d. showered, honour
6
Power in a ___________ state seldom lies with any representative of the majority. If America is content for Mr. Karjai to squander money on clinging to power, bribing Taliban and fuelling a narco-economy, why is it so _________ about election rigging?
a. dependent, complacent
b. failed, crotchety
c. dysfunctional, fastidious
d. troubled, sedated
Read the arguments given below and answer the questions that follow.
7
GP: We do not need to stop and ask for the way. We would not need to do that unless, of course, we were lost. Satya: The fact that we are lost is precisely why we need to stop.
In the dialogue above, the function of Satya’s comment is to
a. deny one of GP’s implicit premises and thereby arrive at a different conclusion.
b. imply that GP’s argument is invalid by accepting the truth of its premises while rejecting its conclusion.
c. contradict the conclusion of GP’s argument without offering any reason to reject any of GP’s implicit premises.
d. affirm the truth of the stated premise of GP’s argument while remaining noncommittal about its conclusion.
8
Career Launcher offers uneducated workers excellent opportunities for advancement. As evidence, consider the fact that the CEO of the company, Mr. Padhai, worked as a counselor, an entry level position requiring no education, when he first started at Career Launcher.
Which one of the following statements, if true, most weakens the reasoning above?
a. Mr. Padhai worked at Career Launcher for more than 10 years before he was promoted to CEO.
b. Career Launcher regularly hires top graduates of universities and employs them briefly in each of a succession of entry level positions before promoting them to management.
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. None of (a) and (b)
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