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Section - A

Verbal Ability

Directions for questions 1 to 5 : Given below are some words followed by four options. Choose the option which is oppositethe given word.

1.

Illusory

a deceiving b. not happening c. advisory d. concealed

2.Nebulous

a. Nervous b. powerful c. crystal d. hazy

3.Kerb

a. a line of soldiers b. a line of antsc. a line of raised stones d. the level of rising waters

4.Lax

a. carefulb. careless c. pay tax d. ignorant

5.Janitor

a. jailer b. caretaker c. jail-bird d. porter

Directions for questions 6 to 15: Given below are some words followed by four options. Choose the option which is incongrgiven word.

6.Intercede

a. involve b. participate c. seclude d. intermix

7.Humility

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a. conceit b. meekness c. mellowness d. modesty

8.Culmination

a. pinnacle b. profundity c. height d. inception

9.Retaliation

a. vindictiveness b. spite c. rancor d. forgiveness

10.Ludicrous

a. obnoxious b. humorous c. praiseworthy d. impractical

11.Abridge

a. inflate b. shorten c. amend d. modify

12.Dreary

a. drab b. dangerous c. beautiful d. dazzling

13.Mellow

a. excitable b. callousc. irrational d. fickle

14.Nonplus

a. puzzle b. hinder c. placate d. bewilder

15.Obtuse

a. brainy b. dim-witted c. stupid d. acute

Directions for questions 16 to 25 : Given below are some word-pairs. Each word-pair bears a certain relationship. Choose thwhich has a similar relationship as the one given in capitals.

16.GLASS : TRANSLUCENCE

a. Cup : Portability b. Mammal : Perfectionc. Light : Opacity d. Metal : Lustre

17.NEEDLE : PINE

a. Pin : Cloth b. Trunk : Tree

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c. Flower : Leaf d. Spine : Cactus

18.

DERIDE : RIDICULE

a. Belit tle : Disparage b. Assuage : Increase

c. Efface : Inscribe d. Decrease : Augment

19.

REPREHENSIBLE : PRAISEWORTHY

a. Pretentious : Harmful b. Virulent : Innocuousc. Epidemic : Widespread d. Antiseptic : Medicinal

20.

ANECDOTE : STORY

a. Elegy : Song b. Novel : Chapter

c. Limerick : Poem d. Prose : Poetry 21.

EXPEDITE : HASTEN

a. Conscript : Write down b. Divert : Make harderc. Facilitate : Simplify d. Satirize : Praise

22.

DIFFIDENT : CONFIDENCE

a. Obscure : Peculiarity b. Unstable : Balancec. Submissive : Equanimity d. Fervid : Vigour

23.

ERUDITE : LEARNING

a. Whimsical : Caprice b. Elegant : Diplomacyc. Generous : Stinginess d. Conscientious : Objection

24.

GRANDILOQUENT : SIMPLE

a. Palatial : Sybaritic b. Salacious : Rumoredc. Soporific : Sporadic d. Circumlocutory : Straightforward

25.

APOCRYPHAL : CERTAINTY

a. Conventional : Orthodoxy b. Religious : Pietyc. Strange : Incongruity d. Chaotic : Order

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Directions for questions 26 to 35 : In the following passage some words are underlined. Find the synonyms for the words frthe choices provided and mark the same in your response sheet.

Dr. Tagore is not only a great poetical force but also a moral force. What is more, there is a dualism and something more than dualism inonly the poet laureate of Asia and a great world personality but also the spokesman of India and the living symbol of our culture. Never w

desire manifested than at the present day by the West to understand the hoary East, especially India, with a memorial culture, and neverhistory was there greater anxiety on the part of the whole of the East and even more so in the case of India, to have her past and her intmoral attainments adequately interpreted to the nation who dwell on the other half of the globe. India and her people, therefore cannot bthemselves fortunate that, at this juncture, Dr. Tagore imposed upon himself the mission of interpreting the soul of India to the rest of thecarrying with him the great and magnificent past of her achievement in arts, philosophy and ethics as his countrys gift to the differentworld he has been visiting. In this volume it will not be difficult to detect the utterances in which the poet and seer proclaims aloud and withe aesthetics, philosophical, political and moral standards which India stood for in the past and which he thinks, she ought to stand for epresent day.

26.Manifested

a. managed b. manipulated c. demonstrated d. obscured

27.

Hoary

a. ancient b. prevailing c. horrifying d. appalling

28.

Interpreted

a. influenced b. differentiated c. implemented d. deduced

29.Deem

a. bewilder b. judge c. compose d. consider 30.

Juncture

a. conjunction b. conglomeration c. conjecture d. congestion

31.Magnificent

a. tame b. wee c. splendid d. luxuriant

32.

Imposed

a. augmented b. intimidated c. inflicted d. demoralized

33.

Ethics

a. evaluations b. standards c. edicts d. decrees

34.

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Utterances

a. rumours b. anecdotes c. proclamations d. blabs

35.

Aesthetics

a. sedativesb. principles of appreciation c. analyses d. admirations

Directions for questions 36 to 40 : Sentences given below are divided into four parts which may or may not contain an erropart which contains the error as answer.

36.

Telco is taking the premium route/to expand their market share/and take competition/in the (A) (B)utility vehicle segment.

(D)

37.

Prices of government bonds / fell marginally on Thursday / in anticipation / to the (A) (B) (C)

auction announcement.(D)

38.

Pain with common conditions/such as headaches and backache/costs the US employers (A) (B) (about $80 billion / a year in lost productivity.

(D)

39.

A company spokesman told the newspaper / that the flights targeted/for elimination / (A)(B) (C)has not yet been determined.

(D)

40.

We are currently facing with / two entirely different problems / both of which are(A) (B) (C)

deadly, / nuclear attack and terrorism.(D)

Directions for questions 41 to 45 : Sequence the sentences between S 1 and S 6 to form a coherent passage. Choose the bestsuggests the correct sequence.

41.S 1. According to the contract signed by sponsors

A. cricketers taking part in the five tournamentsB. during the tour or

C. no competing brands can be endorsed byD. one month before

S 6. the tournament.a. CABD b. ABCD c. CADB d. ACBD

42.S 1. It is a familiar scenario thatA. in its usual higgledy - piggledy mannerB. traffic is stopped at a traffic signalC. that seems like foreverD. the light turns green after

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S 6. A car overtakes another from the wrong side, nearly causing a collision.a. BADC b. BDCA c. CBAD d. DCBA

43.

S 1. Congress has been under great pressure from the elderly an

A. but price controls would reduce the number of n

B. therefore a much better approach is toC. to control drug prices, because expenditure on medicines hsharply during the past two

D. but prices are high in the past because research and develso

S 6. Food and drug administration rules that drive up prices andmedical

a. CADB b. CDAB c. BCDA d. DABC

44.

S 1. Over the past 12 months, America has seen the largest one-yearof government spending on national defense as a percentage of

A. but also the business and the economy there at any time since theB. it has seen more regulation, more legislative oversight, and more

C. remember in acting to protect the public over the pastD. Washington not only destroyed a government halfway around the

S 6. It effectively killed a company, Arthur Anderson LLP, for its accountiand reprimanded our entire generation of CEOs for their

arrogance anda. BCAD b. CDAB c. BACD d. DABC

45.

S 1- With much of the corporate frauds being attributed to the aindependent direc

A. to discharge their corporate responsibilitiB. the absence of a training institute to help train such directors is ano

issue which needs to beC. and the fact that most of these directors are not adequatel

D. there is now a growing debate about what kind of training should be suchS 6. Mr.Morporia, executive director of ICICI Bank said that while

training institutes for directors in the UK a similar facility is not a

a. DACB b. CADB c. DABC d. BACD

Directions for questions 46 to 50 : Each of the sentences given below has two blanks. Choose the most appropriate word-pgiven options to fill in the blanks.

46.It is time to _______ the old and learn the new, if one must get _______ out of investing in the stock markets

a. unlearn, return

b. realize, profitc. forget, moneyd. adapt, justice

47.

Sitting around the sandwiches, seltzer and scratch pads at meetings end the participants seemed most ____ to have been able to _____about Basel II.

a. happy, stateb. grateful, reveal

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c. gratified, articulated. pugnacious, surmise

48.

While arms dealers have been _______ of violating national laws against forgery or domestic export regulations, only one _______ dealebrought to court for the crime of violating a UN arms Embargo.

a. prosecuted, allegedb. acquitted, licensedc. grilled, acquittedd. accused, alleged

49.So whether we look at biology or economics, difference is the _____ of the complex ________ in which we live.

a. understanding, societyb. culmination, ethnologyc. assimilation, theologyd. precondition, ecology

50.The people in the country think that the politicians _____ the institutions and it is their duty to _____ them.

a. Admonished, saveb. ruined, rescuec. destroyed, protectd. annihilated, sustain

Directions for questions 51 to 60 : The passage given below has some blanks. Four options are given for each blank. Choosappropriate words that best fit into the blanks.

__51______ has had yet another fallout: there are more job opportunities ____52_____ to people, which means there will be a ___53__towards better paying and more __54____ work environments. Todays managers are ____55____ by a spirit of ___56____, which __57traditional regard of long years of service at a single workplace. Here it is not the ___58____ of loyalty, or the need to wait for a reward t

__59___. ___60____ fewer people are waiting for the watch to tick their 25 th anniversary in the coming decades.

51.a. Slackening b. Liberalization c. Globalisation d. Disinvestment

52.a. available b. obtainable c. accessible d. existing

53.a. predisposition b. bent c. tendency d. leaning

54.a. friendly b. genial c. amiable d. congenial

55.a. motivated b. forced c. goaded d. aggravated

56.a. escapade b. adventure c. quest d. exploration

57.a. dominates b. prevails c. overrides d. precedes

58.a. sensation b. impression c. sentiment d. sense

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59.a. consideration b. thought c. point d. apprehension

60.a. Approximately b. Fittingly c. Suitably d. Consequently

Directions for questions 61 to 80 : Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions that follow.

Passage - I

"INDIAN BANKS are weighed down by enormous amounts of bad loans that threaten the very health of the banking system. Surely, bankswhich are far more advanced economically and industrially, would be healthier than Indian banks. Among the Indian banks, public sector iaffected and among banks in the private sector, the newer tech-savvy and the foreign banks are the least vulnerable to bad loans. If onlybad loans are separated and sold to an outside agency, the problem could be largely resolved". These and similar opinions are held by knpersons both in the banking system and outside it. But then, these contain untruths and half-truths, as discussed below.

It is a fact that the problem of bad loans is plaguing the banking system for quite some time. The quantum of bad loans, called inelegantlperforming assets (NPAs) is a fairly high proportion of total loans. The percentage of net NPA to advances of scheduled commercial banksIndia was 6.2 per cent on March 31, 2001, according to the Reserve Bank of India report on Trends and Progress of Banking in India. Thein the U.S. would be less than 2 per cent. Given the fact that the total capital and reserves of SCBs were around 5.23 per cent of total assmight jump to the conclusion that NPA was more than the capital and reserves. But, the net NPA amounting to Rs. 32,468 crores represehalf of capital resources at Rs. 67,741.47 crores. This is because a good chunk of the assets of banks securities, which is fully realizable aFurther, all NPAs are not irrecoverable and banks do have some securities to back up the NPAs. Therefore, it is clear that the Indian bankibasically safe; well, some banks are reportedly more adventurous than others, like a South-based private bank that was in the headlines

In any comparison between India and China, except perhaps in the area of democracy, China comes out on tops. Certainly, in industrializaperformance, in the level of discipline among the populace and adherence to law, China should rank better. Therefore, banks in China woupresume, be healthier than Indian banks. Facts portray a contrary picture. As per the Banker magazine (a sister publication of Financial TiU.K.), the level of NPA to total assets in the two biggest banks in China, Commercial Bank of China and Bank of China were 25.01 per cenper cent respectively in 2000. As against this, Naps of Indian banks were 2.5 per cent of total assets (not advances) as on March 31, 200India are thus in a much better state of health than their counterparts in China.

In some respects, the problem of NPA of public sector banks is more acute than private banks, but the picture is somewhat blurred. The Nper cent of advances for public sector banks against 5.4 per cent for private sector banks and 2.2 per cent for foreign banks in 2001. Howolder private sector banks, that is, other than those that started in the 1990s, the NPA was 7.3 per cent, which is higher than the public sThese are average figures. Looking at figures of individual banks, some of the private and foreign banks reflect a pathetic figure as compapublic sector. The highest level in public sector bank was in Dena Bank (18.29 per cent) and four others have higher than 10 per cent. Thfigure among all banks was a foreign bank, Bank International, Indonesia at 50.75 per cent and four other foreign banks have more than

Among them Dresdner Bank, a German bank with 24.05 per cent also figures. Three Indian private sector banks have more than 20 per chighest being 23.70 per cent for Benares State Bank Ltd. Thus, public sector banks have been able to manage their loans better than thesector, including some of the foreign banks.

The belief that, by separating the hard core NPA and selling them to a recovery agency, the problem of NPA could be resolved has caughtimagination of many seasoned veterans in banking. Many expert committees have recommended the setting up of Asset Reconstruction CFund (ARC or ARF) on the lines of the model tried out in the U.S. and other countries. It is debatable if ARC would be an useful tool underconditions.

The borrowers of the banking system could be broadly classified into business and industrial concerns and households and individuals. Hoindividuals, including the agricultural sector, contribute to around 26 per cent of total advances, excluding loans to food procurement agenfood credit).

In these cases, the ARF would not be of any help as banks do succeed in enforcing their rights against recalcitrant borrowers to a consideor recover by reducing the dues by mutual agreement. (Yes, it is an unfortunate fact that banks are able to force recovery from the small

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but seem utterly helpless against larger borrowers, who are 'willful defaulters', due to the slow process of legal remedies and the defaulterefuge under the labyrinthine legal process).

The first Narasimham Committee which brought about revolutionary changes in the banking and financial system in 1991 suggested the f ARF "to facilitate recovery of dues from clients in respect of whom banks and financial institutions have already taken a decision to recall tproceed with the enforcement of security".

It was also stressed that the ARF should focus on the larger borrowers. The total number of suit filed against borrowers enjoying advancecrore and above from the banking system was 5,013 aggregating Rs. 27,988.59 crores as on March 31, 2000, according to the RBI publicsuits are pending in various courts due to the inadequacy of courts to cope with the enormous number of cases before them; one estimatat a few crore cases. It is extremely doubtful if a separate ARF can expedite matters.

In any case, these would have already been fully written off in the banks' books and the cases would be handled to the Law departmentsbanks. The ARF would only act as the extended legal arm of banks; it would certainly be inappropriate to buy these dues from banks, as twould take years.

ARF or ARC might be helpful in cases of commercial borrowers who default in payment of their dues, where banks have not written themcases, if the borrowers are industrial companies, the cases would come under a separate agency, Board for Industrial and Financial Recon(BIFR), whose first objective, as the name implies, i s to see if the company can be rehabilitated.

In other words, the presumption is that the borrower should be kept alive with possible fresh infusion of advances.

This, it has become evident over the last few years, has created a problem of 'moral hazard'; the owners and managers, who were largelyfor making the company sick, are given fresh funds are required, obviously an ARF, which cannot lend, is not the solution. The Governmedeclared that BIFR would be closed and a more expeditious legal structure set up. But this could take some time.

The main handicap under which banks suffer in recovering their dues is the legal framework, which some feel, is debtor friendly. Many def borrowers know that banks cannot force them to repay quickly, even if banks have the security, due to the long time taken in courts to ensecurity. To alleviate the problems of banks, Debt Recovery Tribunals were set up for speedy enforcement of law against defaulting borrowdues exceed Rs. 10 lakhs. There are loans given to State and Central public sector units which has failed to repay. The operations of DebtTribunals are such that they have not so far made a dent in the NPA position of banks".

While on the subject, it is worth recording that even where an advance is guaranteed by Central or State Governments and the primary b

unable to repay, the guaranteeing Government rarely, if ever, honours its legal obligation as guarantor, because the bureaucrats want to ethe Government does not face a loss or the loss is largely reduced. The fact of Governments failing to honour financial obligations gives ricurious phenomenon. A guarantor would fail to pay, if he is either unwilling or unable to pay. The existence of bad loans is due to many cafaulty initial scrutiny by banks, defective follow up of loans, economic slowdown, cheating by borrowers and the like; these causes requirestudy. For the present discussion, the RBI report sums up succinctly "At the policy level, there is need for legislation which will make recoprocesses smoother and legal action quicker".

Creation of ARF or even Debt Recovery Tribunals appears to be mere palliatives for a chronic illness that has so far defied solution. So lonborrowers know that the long arm of law would take years, perhaps decades, to bring them to books, banks would be the sufferers and thpublic would tend to blame the banks for problems over which banks have little control.

61.

What according to the author is the possible remedy for the mounting hard-core bad loans in banks?

a. Keep quiet, waive and forgetb. Take vigorous legal stepsc. Sell the bad loans to an outside agencyd. Seek police assistance

62.

The author implies that the Indian banking system is relatively safe because

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a. The loan advancing aspect is minimal in the case of Indian Banksb. Scrutiny by field officers is exemplaryc. Securities are taken care of d. All the non-performing assets (NPAs) are not irrecoverable

63.

. What is NOT TRUE among the following statements?

a. China and India are democratic nationsb. China ranks better than India with respect to industrialization, export performance,

level of discipline among the populace and adherence to lawc. China has greater population than Indiad. Banks in China have better health than those in India

64.It is easier to recover the loan amounts from

a. Industrialists than from businessmenb. businessmen than from infrastructure buildersc. individual borrowers than from industrialistsd. House building contractors than from owners of flats

65.What according to the author is the handicap in recovering the loans?

a. Records and sureties are not genuineb. Managers and field officers - not all are honestc. Legal system itself is loanee- friendlyd. General sluggishness from top to bottom

66.

How does the author react towards the efficacy of Debt Recovery Tribunals?

a. Their progress is too slowb. Less said the betterc. Recoveries are possible through their intervention

d. It is Godsend

67.Does the author mention the role of Government in ensuring quick recovery of bad loans? How helpful is the government

a. They speak sweet but act harshb. They sign as guarantor but later go back at the suggestion of recoveryc. They have a luke-warm attituded. Less intervention from them is itself a loan for banking industry

68.

What is RBI's opinion?

a. It wants banks to be fool proof at the initial stagesb. It suggests no loans should ever be advancedc. It suggests streamlining the legal procedures to provide quick positive steps of full

recoveryd. It suggests the minimum loan amount to be Rs 50 lakhs per individual

69.Do banks have control over hard-core defaulters?

a. They are totally helpless

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b. Author is silent about thisc. Documents are the only assistance but legal procedures take long timed. Honesty amongst borrowers is the first casualty

70.A suitable title for the passage can be

a. Woes of banking systemb. A worrisome projectc. Myth and realityd. Bank now and repent later

Passage - II

The rich analyses of Fernand Braudel and his fellow Annales historians have made significant contributions to historical theory and researcdeparture from traditional historical approaches, the Annales historians assume (as do Marxists) that history cannot be limited to a simpleof conscious human actions, but must be understood in the context of forces that underlie human behavior. Braudel was the firstgain widespread support for the idea that history should synthesize data from social sciences, especially economics, to provide a broaderview of human societies over time (although Febvre and Bloch, founders of the Annales school, originated this approach).

Braudel conceived of history as the dynamic interaction of three temporalities. The first of these, the evenementielle , involved shor"events," such as battles, revolutions, and the actions of great men, which had preoccupied traditional historians like Carlyle. CoBraudel's term for the larger, cyclical processes that might last up to half a century. The longue duree , a historical wave of great lengthBraudel the most fascinating of the three temporalities. Here he focused on those aspects of everyday life that might remain relatively uncenturies.

What people ate, what they wore, their means and routes of travelfor Braudel these things create "structures" that define the limits of psocial change for hundreds of years at a time.

Braudel's concept of the longue duree extended the perspective of historical space as well as time. Until the Annales school, histor juridical political unitthe nation-state, duchy, or whateveras their starting point. Yet, when such enormous time spans are considered,features may have more significance for human populations than national borders. In his doctoral thesis, a seminal work on the Mediterrathe reign of Philip II, Braudel treated the geo- history of the entire region as a "structure" that exerted myriad influences on human life-sthe first settlements on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

And so the reader is given such arcane information as the list of products that came to Spanish shores from North Africa, the seasonal roby Mediterranean sheep and their shepherds, and the cities where the best ship timber could be bought.

Braudel has been faulted for the imprecision of his approach. With his Rabelaisian delight in concrete detail, Braudel vastly extended the rrelevant phenomena; but this very achievement made it difficult to delimit the boundaries of observation, a task necessary to begin any sinvestigation. Further, Braudel and other Annales historians minimize the differences among the social sciences. Nevertheless, the many sidesigned studies aimed at both professional and popular audiences indicate that Braudel asked significant questions which traditional histoverlooked.

71.The primary purpose of the passage is to

a. outline some of Braudel's influential conceptions and distinguish them fromconventional approaches.

b. evaluate Braudel's criticisms of traditional and Marxist historiography.c. contrast the perspective of the longue duree with the actions of major historical

figures.d. illustrate the relevance of Braudel's concepts to other social sciences.

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72.

The author refers to the work of Febvre and Bloch in order to

a. illustrate the limitations of the Annales tradition of historical investigation.b. suggest the relevance of economics to historical investigation.c. debate the need for combining various sociological approaches.

d. show that previous Annales historians anticipated Braudel's focus on economics.

73.

According to the passage, all of the following are aspects of Braudel's approach to history EXCEPT that he

a. attempted to unify various social sciences.b. studied social and economic activities that occurred across national boundaries.c. pointed out the link between increased economic activity and the rise of

nationalism.d. examined seemingly unexciting aspects of everyday life.

74.The passage suggests that, compared to traditional historians, Annales historians are

a. more interested in other social sciences than in history.b. more critical of the achievements of famous historical figures.c. more skeptical of the validity of most economic research.d. more interested in the underlying context of human behavior provided by social

structure.

75.

The author is critical of Braudel's perspective for which of the following reasons?

a. It seeks structures that underlie all forms of social activity.b. It assumes a greater similarity among the social sciences than actually exists.c. It fails to consider the relationship between short-term events and long-term social

activity.d. It clearly defines boundaries for social analysis.

Passage III

In the last century Irish painting has changed from a British-influenced lyrical tradition to an art that evokes the ruggedness and roots of past. At the turn of the twentieth century Irish painters including notables, Walter Frederick Osborne and Sir William Orpen, looked elsewinfluence. Osborne's exposure to "plain air" painting deeply impacted his stylistic development; and Orpen allied himself with a group of Ewhile at the same time participating in the French avant-garde experiment, both as painter and teacher.

However, nationalist energies were beginning to coalesce, reviving interest in Irish culture including Irish visual arts. Beatrice Elvery's landmark achievement, merged the devotional simplicity of fifteenth-century Italian painting with the iconography of Ireland's Celtic past,

history of Irish Catholicism with the still-nascent I rish republic. And although captivated by the French plain air school, Sir John Lavery invmythology of his native land for a 1928 commission to paint the central figure for the bank note of the new Irish Free State. Lavery chosearewith her arm on a Celtic harp, the national symbol of independent Ireland. In Irish painting from about 1910, memories of Edwardian romcoexisted with a new sense of realism, exemplified by the paintings of Paul Henry and Sen Keating, a student of Orpen's. Realism also crwork of Edwardians Lavery and Orpen, both of whom made paintings depicting World War I, Lavery with a distanced Victorian nobility, Orthe front, revealing a more sinister and realistic vision. Meanwhile, counterpoint to the Edwardians and realists came Jack. B Yeats, whosethroughout the rugged and more authentically Irish West led him to depict subjects ranging from street scenes in Dublin to boxing matchfunerals. Fusing close observations of Irish life and icons with an Irish identity in a new way, Yeats changed the face of Irish painting andmost important Irish artist of his century.

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76.With respect to which of the following painters does the passage provide LEAST support for the assertion that the painter was influencedcontemporary art of France?

a. Walter Frederick Osborneb. Sir William Orpen

c. Beatrice Elveryd. Sen Keating

77.

Which of the following best explains the author's use of the word "counterpoint" in referring to Yeats?

a. Yeats' paintings differed significantly in subject matter from those of hiscontemporaries in Ireland.

b. Yeats reacted to the realism of his contemporary artists by invoking nineteenth-century naturalism in his own painting style.

c. Yeats avoided religious and mythological themes in favor of mundane portrayals of Irish life.

d. Yeats' paintings suggested that his political views departed radically from those of the Edwardians and the realists.

78.

The author points out the coexistence of romanticism and realism most probably in order to show that :

a. Irish painters of the early twentieth century often combined elements of realism withthose of romanticism into a single painting

b. Irish painters of the early twentieth century tended to romanticize the harsh realityof war

c. for a time painters from each school influenced painters from the other schoold. the transition in Irish painting from one predominant style to the other was not an

abrupt one

79.Which of the following is the most likely title of a longer article in which the passage might have appeared?

a. "20th Century Irish Masterpieces: A Coalescence of Painting Styles"b. "Who Deserves Credit for the Preeminence of Yeats among Irish Painters?"c. "Realism vs. Romanticism: Ireland's Struggle for National Identity"d. "Irish Paintings: Reflections of an Emerging Independent State"

80.

The word rugged in the passage can be replaced by :

a. gruff b. shaggyc. craggyd. sleek

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Section - B

Quantitative Ability

Directions for questions 81 to 87

The following questions are based on the information given below. Read the information carefully and answer the questions that follow.

Four holes numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4 are filled by coloured pegs. The pegs may be of colours white (W). violet (V). pink (P) and orange (WWOV means holes 1 and 2 are filled by white pegs, hole 3 by orange and hole 4 by violet peg. You will be making guesses in sequencebe given a score as feedback for your guess in the following manner.

Each time you guess a colour that is there in the configuration but position it wrongly, you will be given a black peg as a score. If alongcolour, the correct position is also guessed, then you will get a golden peg as score. Thus. for the colouring WWOV, if your guess is WOPyou will get one golden and two black pegs for your score. If, however your guess was PWOO you will get two golden pegs only.

81.

Find the number of distinct scores that can be given for a guess.

a. 15 b. 16 c. 14 d. Cannot say

82.Suppose a golden peg scores 10 points for you while a black peg scores 5 points, how many distinct numerical scores are possible for a

a. 9 b. 14 c. 7 d. None of these

83.Suppose a golden peg scores 10 points for you while a black peg scores only 4 points, how many distinct numerical scores are possible f


84.Suppose we have the following guesses and scores

Guess

V

V

P

P
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P

O

O

P

W

W

O

O

W

V

V

O

Score

Golden, Black

Black

Golden, Golden

Golden, Black

Which one of the following can be the actual configuration?

a. W W P V b. W W V P c. W P V P d. None of these

85.Suppose we have the following guesses and scores:

Guess

W

W

P

O

P

P

W

W

W

P

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V

O

Score

Black

Golden

Golden

Which of the following coloured pegs would there be in hole number 2?

a. violet b. pink c. orange d. None of these

86.In the previous question which of the following coloured pegs would be there in hole number 3?

a. white b. orange c. pink d. None of these

87.Suppose we have the following guesses and scores:

Guess

O

O

P

V

O

W

O

V

P

P

O

W

Score

Golden, Golden, Black

Golden, Black

Golden, Black

Find the actual configuration.

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a. V O V V b. either P O V V or V O V V c. either P O V V or V P O O d. None of these Directions for questions 88 to 92

The following questions relate to the construction of words from an alphabet set comprising of the three letters; P, Q and R the words seletters are constructed by the application of one or more of the following syntactic rules

Ride 1: If a word ends with the letter P, then a new word can be made by addingthe end.

Rule 2: If y is any sequence of letters and Ry is a word, then so is Ryy.Rule 3 : If PPP occurs in any word, then it can be replaced by Q.Rule 4 : If QQ occurs in any word, we may drop it.

It is also given that RP is a word.

Given below is an illustration of one way of constructing the word RQPPQ from RP in seven steps.

Step 1: RP (Given)Step 2: RPP (Rule 2)Step 3: RPPPP (Rule 2)Step 4: RQP (Rule 3)Step 5: RQPQ (Rule 1)

Step 6: RQPQQPQ (Rule 2)Step 7: RQPPQ (Rule 4}

88. Find the minimum number of steps required to construct the word RQQPP.


89. Find the minimum number of steps required to construct QQ from RP.

a. 3 b. 4 c. 8 d. Not possible

90. Find the minimum number of steps required to construct RQQQP.

a. 11 b.9 c. 10 d. None of these

91. Find the number of words in the collection {RQ, RPQ, RQP, RPP, PQ} that can beconstructed from RP.


92. If RQQ is also a valid word then find the number of constructible words in the collection inquestion above.


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In the following set of questions, a given sequence of natural numbers has to be rearranged into a new sequence where the same numbin an increasing order of magnitude. Thus, there is a number sequence 2314, it has to be converted to 1234. Three different conversionare permitted - one step switching, two step switching and random switching. These processes are defined below.

One-step switching: In this procedure at a time only two adjacent numbers in the givensequence may be interchanged.

Two-step switching: In this procedure at a time two numbers in the given sequence may

be interchanged only if there is at most one number between them.

Random switching: In this procedure any two numbers in the given sequence may beinterchanged.

93. If only one step switching is used then find the minimum number of switchings requiredto convert 53142 to 12345.


94. If only two-step switching is used, then find the minimum number of switchings required toconvert 53142 to 12345.


95. If random switching is used, then find the minimum number of switchings required toconvert 625134 to 123456.


96. If random switching is used, then find the minimum number of switchings required toconvert 526143 to 123456.


97. If one-step switching is used to convert 561243 to 612435 and then random switching isused to convert it back to 123456, then find the minimum number of switchings requiredfor the entire conversion.



There are three books to be selected from the book shelf, based on the following conditions.

Condition 1: Books 1 and 2 must be selected.

Condition 2: Book 1 or Book 3 must be selected, but not both.

Condition 3: Book 2 can be selected only if Book 3 is selected.

98. Ignoring the conditions given above, in how many ways can one are more books be

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selected?


99. What is the number of selection combinations which satisfy at most one of the threeconditions?


100. What is the number of selection combinations satisfying at least two conditions?


101. What is the number of selection combinations satisfying condition 3?



The following questions are based on an experiment. In this experiment, five distinct marbles are distributed into four distinct packets. Epacket may receive no marble, exactly one marble or more than one marble or more than one marble.

102.Find the number of ways in which the second packet receives exactly two marbles.


103.

Find the number of ways in which marble 1 goes into the first packet


104.

What is the total number of ways in which the marbles can be distributed into the packets?


105.

Find the total number of ways in which the marbles can be distributed into the packets such that no packet is empty.


106.

What is the number of ways in which the marbles can be distributed such that all the marbles go into one packet?


107.

In questions 102 to 111, if the number of marbles is changed from five to three and the number of packets is changed from four to threhow many ways can the marbles be distributed such that only one packet remains empty?


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108.

In the previous question, in how many ways can the marbles be distributed such that the third packet is not empty?


109.

In question 107, in how many ways can the marbles be distributed such that exactly two packets are empty?


110.

In question 107, in how many ways can the marbles be distributed such that the third packet is empty?


111.

In question 107, in how many ways can the marbles be distributed such that marble 1 does not go into the first packet?


Directions for questions 112 to 116 :

The following questions relate to the construction of words from the symbol set (p,q,r). It is also given that

I. urprqu is a valid word whenever u is a sequence of rs (i.e. u = rr or rrr etc.)

II. Suppose u,v,w are all sequences of rs; it can then be inferred that if upvqw is avalid word, so is urpvrqw or upvqwr or urprvqw etc.

112.The number of valid words in the collection rrprqrr, rrrrprrqrr, rrrprrqr, rrrrqrprrr is


113.

Which of the following is a valid word?

a. rrqrpr b. rprrqr c. pqrpr d. None of these

114.

Which of the words in the collection ( i) rrrprqrr, (ii) rrpqr, (iii) prrqr and (iv) rrprqrr are valid?

a. i and ii b. i and iii c. ii and iii d. None of these

115.Which of the following are invalid words?

a. rrrrrprrrqrr b. rrrrprrqrr c. rrprrq d. All are valid

116.

Consider the collection (i) rrrrrrprrrqrrr, (ii) rrrrqrprrr and (iii) rrrrrprrrrqr. Which of the following is true?

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a. (i) and (ii) are valid wordsb. (i) and (iii) are valid wordsc. (ii) and (iii) are valid wordsd. None of these is true


The following questions are based on a function f (p, q) which is defined for all integers p and q with p > q and both p, q 0.

f(p, q) = p, if q = 0f(p, q) = f(q, x) if q > x, here x is the remainder when p is divided by q.

117.Find the value of f(27,18).


118.

Which of the following is equivalent to f(6,4)?

a. f(54, 52) b. f(56, 52) c. f(52, 48) d. None of these

119.

Find the value of f (15, 9).


120.What is the value of f (44, 15)?

a. 4 b. 3 c. 5 d. Non

121.

Which of the following is equivalent to f (9, 3)?

a. f(54, 50) b. f(54,51) c. f(54,48) d. None of these


These questions are based on the given data.

Function f(m,n) is defined only for non negative integers.

f( m,n) = n + 1 if m = 0= f (m-1, 1) if m !=0 but n = 0

= f (m-1, f((m,n-1)) if m =!0 and n =! 0 122.

Find the value of f(1,3).


123.

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124.



125.



126.

Which of the following is equivalent to (1, 2)?

a. f (2, 0) b. f (1, 3) c. f (5, 0) d. None of these

127.

Which of the following is equivalent to f (0, f (1, 1))?

a. f (1,1) b. f (0, f (1,0)) c. f (1,2) d. None of these

128.

Find the value of (3, 0).

a. (2, 0) b. (1, 2) c. (1, 3) d. None of these

129.

Which of the following is the same as (0, (1,0))?

a. (1,1) b. (0, (1,1)) c. (1,2) d. None of these

130.

If (1,n) = 5, what is the value of n ?


Directions for questions 131 to 140 :

Each question is followed by two statements You have to decide whether the information provided in the statements insufficient for answquestion.

Mark a If the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, butcannot be answered by using the other statement alone.

Mark b If the question can be answered by using either statement alone.Mark c If the question can be answered by using both statements together, but cannot

be answered by using either statement alone.

Mark d If the question cannot be answered even by using both the statements together

131.What is Jagans date of birth?

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i. Sridhar remembers that Jagans date of birth is somewhere between 15 th April and19 th April.

ii. Srinivas remembers that Jagans date of birth is after 17 th April but before 21 st April 132.

What could be the possible bandwidth in kbps (kilo bits per second) of the cable laid by Reliance for the mobile services?

i. The diameter of the cable laid is 1.5mmii. The cable can transmit 8192 bits per second.

133.

A student at The Magnus Institute can enroll for two batches Mag1 and Mag2. Krishna enrolls for the above mentioned batches. What conumber of classes that she can attend in a particular month, if there is a condition that if she attends the Mag2 batch first, then she canthe Mag1 batch but if she attends the Mag1 batch first then she can also attend the Mag2 batch. It is required that Krishna has to attenbatch

i. The batch Mag1 is conducted daily and Mag2 batch is conducted on alternate days.ii. The batch Mag1 was the first batch to be started.

134.

What would be the height of the tree after three years?

i. The present height of the tree is 10 m.ii. The annual rate of increase in the height is 2.5%

135.Mr. Xavier celebrates his birthday on the 5 th of June every year. Find the number of people who are expected to attend the birthday part

i. On his last years birthday party, the total number of guests was 500.ii. On this years birthday party Mr. Xavier is expecting at least 20 more guests.

136.

Two friends Sita and Gita are standing exactly midway on either side of a uniform lake whose length is 4km. Find the width of the lake.

i. The total area covered by the lake is 40 sq. kmii. Sita moves along the side of the lake at a speed of 1.5 kmph for 1hour, as a result

the distance between Sita and Gita becomes 1.5 km.

137.

What is the speed of Suresh in kmph?

i. Suresh can read the word MAGNUS in 0.4sec.ii. Sureshs speed of walking is the same as his speed of reading.

138.Find the total number of matches played in the triangular series.

i. Three teams participated in the series.ii. Each team has to play the other teams twice.

139.In how many ways can a student select 8 questions?

i. There are 12 questions in the paper.ii. The paper is divided into two sections consisting of 5 and 7 questions respectively

and the student has to select at least 3 questions from each section.

140.

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Who is the heaviest among the four friends Mahesh, Paresh, Amit and Krishna?

i. Amit is lighter than Paresh.ii. Paresh is heavier than Mahesh, but lighter than Krishna.

Section - C

General Knowledge

Directions for questions 141 to 200: Choose the correct answer.

141.

The national income is identically equal to

a. Gross National product at indexed pricesb. Net Domestic savings at lowest interest ratesc. Gross National capital formation without depreciation.d. Net National product at Factors cost.

142. Desikottama is an award instituted by

a. Jawaharlal Nehru universityb. Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sanghc. Shantiniketand. Sahitya Academy

143.The major naval air bases in India are located at

a. Visakapatnam and Cochinb. Goa and Arakonnamc. Port Blair and Kavarettid. Chennai and Mumbai

144.The Vice-President of India is elected by

a. both houses of parliamentb. the members of Lok Sabha onlyc. the member of Parliament and state legislature assembliesd. the members of Rajya Sabha only.

145.The diabetic drug that raised an alarm in the pharmaceutical world is

a. Dianilb. Loratidinec. Ragaglitazard. Cyploflaxacin

146.A recent discovery by an Australian scientist says that Light is ________

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a. gaining speedb. slowing downc. always constantd. immeasurable

147.

The Appalachean mountains are located in :

a. South Americab. Africac. Russiad. North America

148.The term Ambush Marketing is coined by

a. Amarthya Senb. Dhirubai Ambanic. Jerry Welshd. WTO

149.The chain of restaurants started by Sachin Tendulkar is named as

a. Sixer and Boundaryb. Sachinsc. Centuryd. Tendulkars

150.The Pearl mosque was constructed by

a. Shajahanb. Jahangeerc. Akbard. The Taliban

151. Agnivarsha is authored by which one of these writers?

a. Nasiruddin Shahb. Javed Aktharc. Girish Karnadd. Subrahmanya Bharathi

152.For which of these discoveries did Albert Einstein win the Nobel Prize?

a. Discovering photo electric effectb. Quantum Theory

c. Unified field Theoryd. Theories on Electro Magnetism.

153.The present chairman of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission is

a. R. Chidambaramb. Anil Kakkadc. Kasturi Rangand. Dr. Raja Ramanna

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154.Which one of these is the worlds largest company?

a. General Electricb. General Motorsc. NASA

d. Indian Railways

155.NSS is the acronym for

a. National stock surveyb. National statistical samplec. National sample surveyd. National scrip schedule

156.Which one of the following statements regarding Ashokan stone pillars is incorrect ?

a. These are highly polishedb. These are monolithic

c. The shaft of the pillars is tapering in shaped. These are parts of architectural structures

157.Which of the following dances involves solo performance ?

a. Bharatanatyamb. Mohini Attamc. Kuchipudid. Odissi

158.One will not have to pass through the Suez canal while traveling from Mumbai to -

a. Alexandriab. Suezc. Port Saidd. Benghazi

159.Which one of these diseases is not caused by a micro organism?

a. Malariab. Encephalitisc. Aidsd. Leukemia

160.Which of these is the richest PSU in India.

a. Indian Oil Corporationb. ONGCc. SAILd. OIL

161.Who among the following Indians was honoured with an Oscar Award ?

a. Meera Nayarb. Satyajitray

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c. Sehkar Kappord. Aamir Khan

162.The name Red Sea is derived from the reddish coloration caused by the presence of

a. Red algae

b. Fungusc. Red minardsd. Red coloured shrimp

163.Who has written the book The Presidential Marathon?

a. Bill Clintonb. Boris Yeltsinc. Fidel Castrod, Al gore

164.NASCOM is associated with

a. garment exportsb. spacec. softwared. internet

165.Convergence Bill is related to

a. Information and Technologyb. Information and Broadcastingc. Telecommunicationd. All the above

166. Whenever I think of my invention it makes me feel sad .These lines are said by

a. Alfred Nobelb. Open Heimmerc. Anton Kalashnikovd. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

167.The union planning commission is headed by the

a. Deputy Chairmanb. Vice- Presidentc. Finance Ministerd. Prime Minister

168.The percentage of Ethanol to be mixed with petrol in India is

a. 5%b. 2%c. 15%d. 25%

169.Big Blue project is a ____

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a. Deep sea oil exploration by Shell Oil Companyb. Joint offshore Oil exploration by Reliance Petroleum and ONGCc. The project by NASA to find the origins of the universed. A Genome project undertaken by IBM.

170.The National currency of South Korea is

a. Korean dollarb. Wonc. Kwangd. Yuan

171.The Escorts group is headed by which one of the following families ?

a. Nandasb. Firodiasc. Singhaniasd. Mittals

172.The largest producer of electricity in India is

a. The National Hydro power corporation.b. The National Atomic power corporation.c. The National Thermal Power Corporation.d. The Tata Power Undertaking.

173.The term MSUV means

a. Motor spirit utilizing vehicleb. Multi sports utility vehiclec. Maharashtra state universityd. None of the above.

174.Which one of these have signed a four year deal with Sachin Tendulkar for brand Marketing ?

a. Mark Mascarhenasb. MRFc. Pepsid. BCCI

175.Which country uses the largest number of robots ?

a. Japanb. USA

c. Germanyd. France

176.Who among these is the CEO of Intel ?

a. Patrisia Russob. Steve Balmer

c. Samuel.J Palmmisonod. Creig Barett

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177.The word call money refers to

a. money in buying sharesb. money withdrawn from an ATM counterc. money earned by a call girl

d. money thats to be returned on demand

178.The Bombay Triumvirate was applied for

a. B.G. Tilak, G.G. Agarkar and G.H. Deshmukhb. B.G. Tilak, G.K. Gokhale and M.B. Namjoshi

c. Firojshah Mehta, K.T. Telang and Badruddin Tyabjid. K.T.Telang, R.G. Bhadarkar and Dadabai Naoroji.

179.The sex of a child is determined :

a. at the time of the sperms entry

b. at the time of fertilization of the ovum.c. 6 7 weeks after conceptiond. In the third month of pregnancy.

180.The increase in population all over the world is due to

a. tremendous increase in birth rateb. significant decrease in birth rate

c. gradual decrease in mortality rated. failure to adopt family planning contraceptive devices

181.

The following are the commissioned ranks in the defence services. Identify the three that are equivalent a. General, Commodore, Air Marshalb. Major, Lieutenant Commander, Squadron Leaderc. Major General, Admiral, Air Chief Marshal

d. Captain, Lieutenant, Flying Officer

182.

In addition to the speaker, the Lok Sabha has a deputy speaker who is

a. appointed by the speakerb. appointed by the Presidentc. appointed by the Prime Ministerd. elected by the Members of Lok Sabha

183.Tea will cool most easily in a

a. metal cupb. porcelain cupc. glass cupd. clay cup

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184.

The Hydraulic brakes in automobiles is a direct application of

a. Benoulis Theoremb. Toricellin Lawc. Pascals law

d. Archemedis principle.

185.

Which one of these sporting events is held in a velodrome?

a. Archeryb. Cyclingc. Gymnasticsd. Karate Judo

Match the inventions in column A with the inventors in column B.

Column A

Column B

186.Submarine

a. Michael Faraday

187.Motorcycle

b. Stephen Hawking

188.Black hole

c. David Bushnell

189.Electron

d. J J Thomson

190.Electric Motor

e. Daimler

191.The companies involved in the logo dispute between the ICC and the Cricket players are

a. Samsung and Coca-colab. Ford and General Motorsc. South Africa Gold co. and Sonyd. South African Airways, L..G. Electronics and Pepsi

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192.TIDE is a brand launched by

a. Hindustan Leverb. Procter & Gamblec. Spic Henkod. Coca-Cola

193.The Grand Trunk Express is operated by the

a. South Central Railwayb. Northern Railwayc. Southern Railway

d. South Eastern Railway

194.Find the odd one out

a. Rajiv Gandhi

b. Rajesh Pilotc. Biju Patnayakd. V.P. Singh

195. Ushuai is a popular programme on which of these following T.V channels ?

a. Star Plusb. Discoveryc. Zee TVd. E TV Urdu

196.Which is the latest entrant into the list of the IITs

a. IIT Roorkeeb. IIT Guwahatic. IIT Ghaziabadd. IIT Kanpur

197.The Mourya Sheraton belongs to which one of these Hotel groups ?

a. WELCOME ITCb. TAJ Groupc. EAST INDIA Hotels Ltd.d. ITDC

198.Who among these regulate the global oil prices?

a. The USAb. The London Oil Marketc. The Gulf Oil producers associationd. OPEC

199.

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A hospital in Kabul run by Indian aid is named after -

a. Indira Gandhib. Jawaharlal Nehruc. Jayaprakash Narayand. Mother Theresa

200.

The subsidiary of Singapore Air lines is

a. Malaysian Air Linesb. Silk Airlinesc. Cathay Pacificd. Santosa Air Lines