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DIRECTIONS for questions 1 to 3:In each question, there are fivesentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph. Identif the

sentence!s" or part!s" of sentence!s" that is # are correct in terms ofgrammar and usage. Then, choose the most appropriate option.

1. $. The first thing that might %e to&d a%out these arguments is that'. the are static in character evident& and fai&

C. to ta(e account of the dnamics of deve&opment.D. To do )ustice to the rea& situation it is necessar to consider the

reactionsE. and capacit of peop&e, and not confine onese&f to machiner or

a%stract concepts.(1) B, C and D

(2) C and E

(3) A, C and E

(4) B and E

(5) C and D

So&ution !*our $ns+er -"

2. $. This is &ogica& enough %ut rea&& &ife is %igger than &ogic.'. If a &arge num%er of criteria are &aid do+n for accounta%i&it,C. ever su%sidiar unit can %e fau&ted on one item or anotherD. government % e/ception %ecomes moc(er,

E. and no one can ever %e sure ho+ his unit stands.(1) B, C and E

(2) B, D and E

(3) A, C and D

(4) Only B

(5) A and C

So&ution !*our $ns+er 0"

3. $. Tempting as it ma %e to compare'. the ancient orac&es and the modern computerC. a comparison % contrast on& is possi%&e.

D. The former dea&s e/c&usive& +ith qua&ities,E. the &atter +ith quantities.(1) C, D and E

(2) Only E

(3) A and B

(4) Only D

(5) A, D and E



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DIRECTIONS for questions 4 to 6:Read the fo&&o+ing passage carefu&&

and then ans+er the questions that fo&&o+ it.

Immorta&it is the concept of &iving in a phsica& or spiritua& form for aninfinite or inconceiva%& vast &ength of time. $u%re de 2re, a &eading

researcher in the fie&d, defines ageing as fo&&o+s3a co&&ection ofcumu&ative changes to the mo&ecu&ar and ce&&u&ar structure of an adu&t

organism, +hich resu&t in essentia& meta%o&ic processes, %ut +hich a&so,once the progress far enough, increasing& disrupt meta%o&ism, resu&tingin patho&og and death.3 $s immorta&it is the negation of morta&it4notding or not %eing su%)ect to death4has %een a su%)ect of fascination to

man(ind since at &east the %eginning of histor. The 3Epic of 2i&gamesh3one of the first &iterar +or(s, dating %ac( at &east to the 55ndcentur 'C,

is primari& a quest of a hero see(ing to %ecome immorta&. 6hat form anunending human &ife +ou&d ta(e, or +hether the sou& e/ists and possesses

immorta&it, has %een a ma)or point of focus of re&igion, as +e&& as thesu%)ect of specu&ation, fantas, and de%ate.

Phsica& immorta&it is a state of &ife that a&&o+s a person to avoid death

and maintain conscious thought. It can mean the unending e/istence of aperson % +a of a source other than organic &ife such as techno&og. In

the ear& 57stcentur, phsica& immorta&it remains a goa& rather than area&it. $ctive pursuit of phsica& immorta&it can either %e %ased on

scientific trends such as cronics, %rea(throughs in re)uvenation orpredictions of an impending techno&ogica& singu&arit, or %ecause of a

spiritua& %e&ief, such as those he&d % the 8Rastafarians or Re%irthers8. 'definition, a&& causes of death must %e overcome or avoided for phsica&

immorta&it to %e achieved. There are three main causes of death ageing,disease and trauma.

$mong a&& these, phsica& trauma +ou&d remain as a threat to perpetua&phsica& &ife, even if the pro%&ems of aging and disease +ere overcome, asan other+ise immorta& person +ou&d sti&& %e su%)ect to unforeseen

accidents or catastrophes. Idea&&, an method to achieve phsica&

immorta&it +ou&d mitigate the ris( of encountering trauma. Ta(ingpreventative measures % engineering inherent resistance to in)ur is thusre&evant in addition to reactive measures more c&ose& associated +ith the

paradigm of medica& treatment. The speed and qua&it of the paramedicresponse remains a determining factor in surviving severe trauma.

6ithout improvements to such things, ver fe+ peop&e +ou&d remain a&iveafter severa& tens of thousands of ears pure& %ased on accident rate

statistics. 'eing the seat of consciousness, the %rain cannot %e ris(ed totrauma if a continuous phsica& &ife is to %e maintained. Therefore, it

cannot %e rep&aced or repaired in the same +a as other organs can %erepaired. In phsica& immorta&it, a method of transferring consciousness

+ou&d %e required and the %rain has to survive this process.

'io&ogica& immorta&it is an a%sence of ageing, specifica&&, the a%sence of

a sustained increase in the rate of morta&it as a function of chrono&ogica&age. $ ce&& or organism that does not e/perience aging, or ceases to age at

some point, is %io&ogica&& immorta&. 'io&ogists have chosen the +ordimmorta& to designate ce&&s that are not &imited % the 9af&ic( &imit,+here ce&&s no &onger divide %ecause of DN$ damage or shortened

te&omeres. Prior to the +or( of :eonard 9af&ic( there +as the erroneous%e&ief fostered % $&e/is Carre& that a&& norma& somatic ce&&s are immorta&.

' preventing ce&&s from reaching senescence one can achieve %io&ogica&immorta&it. Te&omere, a 3cap3 at the end of DN$, is thought to %e the

cause of ce&& aging. Ever time a ce&& divides the te&omere %ecomes a %itshorter. 6hen it is fina&& +orn do+n, the ce&& is una%&e to sp&it and dies.

Te&omerase is an en;me +hich re%ui&ds the te&omeres in stem ce&&s andcancer ce&&s, a&&o+ing them to rep&icate an infinite num%er of times. No

definitive +or( has et demonstrated that te&omerase can %e used inhuman somatic ce&&s to prevent hea&th tissues from aging. On the other

hand, scientists hope to %e a%&e to gro+ organs +ith the he&p of stem ce&&s,a&&o+ing organ transp&ants +ithout the ris( of re)ection, another step in


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e/tending human &ife e/pectanc. These techno&ogies are the su%)ect ofongoing research, and are not et rea&i;ed.

Cronics, the practice of preserving organisms, either intact specimens oron& their %rains, for possi%&e future reviva& % storing them at crogenic

temperatures +here meta%o&ism and deca are a&most comp&ete&stopped, is the ans+er for those +ho %e&ieve that &ife e/tension

techno&ogies &i(e nanotechno&og or nanoro%ots +i&& not deve&opsufficient& +ithin their &ifetime. Idea&&, cronics +ou&d a&&o+ c&inica&&

dead peop&e to %e %rought %ac( after cures to the patients8 diseases arediscovered in the future and even this +ou&d faci&itate a reverse in the

aging process.


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&onger than 5@40@ ears, %ut not impossi%&e. 'io&ogica& immorta&it is +hat&ife e/tension advocates fee& is &i(e& in the decades to come. Specifica&&this refers to the a%sence of ageing of the %od due to %ase&ine %io&ogica&

human &imitations, %ut ac(no+&edgement that comp&ete immorta&it in ahuman form is un&i(e& due to the fact that even +hen ou remain

%io&ogica&& oung, once ever fe+ hundred ears individua&s +i&& perishdue to accidents or % other means. A&timate&, a time&ess e/istence is

a&so not (no+n for certain to %e achieva%&e, or even defina%&e, despitemi&&ennia of arguments for eternit. 6ittgenstein, in a nota%& non4

theo&ogica& interpretation of eterna& &ife, +rites in the 3Tractus3 that, 3If+e ta(e eternit to mean not infinite tempora& duration %ut time&essness,

then eterna& &ife %e&ongs to those +ho &ive in the present.34. 6ittgenstein8s vie+ on eternit can %e ta(en to mean that one shou&d(1) remain optimistic about uncertainties in lie and t!in" only about t!e present

moment#

(2) be unaected by t!e transition in lie and realise t!e importance o li$in% in t!e

present#(3) ne$er ponder o$er t!e past but t!in" only about t!e moment one is li$in% in#

(4) reali&e t!e importance o p!ysical immortality and li$e lie to t!e ullest#

(5) care little about t!e si%niicance o e$ents and li$e only in t!e present#

So&ution

5. $s per the passage, +hat is the ma)or difference %et+een %io&ogica&and phsica& immorta&itB(1) 'nli"e in biolo%ical immortality, consciousness o t!ou%!t can be maintained inp!ysical immortality#

(2) 'nli"e biolo%ical immortality, p!ysical immortality is unac!ie$able#

(3) 'nli"e in biolo%ical immortality, disease and inury !a$e no role to play inp!ysical immortality#

(4) 'nli"e or p!ysical immortality, biolo%ical immortality is about p!ysicalstructure#

(5) 'nli"e biolo%ical immortality, p!ysical immortality cannot be ac!ie$ed inmulticellular orms#

So&ution

6. 6hich of the fo&&o+ing statements C$NNOT %e understood from thepassageB(1) Cryonics is a process !ic! is analo%ous to ree&in%#(2) *!e aut!or asserts t!at ac!ie$ement o immortality is possible only in t!edecades to come#

(3) *!e process in$ol$in% t!e ac!ie$ement o p!ysical immortality is subect toris"#

(4) +uantum immortality, is related to science, one ay or anot!er#

(5) *!e aut!or is noncommittal about t!e $ies o t!e scientists or uturists

mentioned in t!e last para%rap!#

So&ution

DIRECTIONS for questions 7 to 9:Each of the fo&&o+ing questions has a

paragraph from +hich the &ast sentence has %een de&eted. =rom the givenoptions, choose the sentence that comp&etes the paragraph in the most

appropriate +a.


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7. In man deve&oping 4 and deve&oped 4 countries, governments a&& toooften spend too much energ doing things the shou&dn8t do. This distracts

them from +hat the shou&d %e doing. The pro%&em is not so much that thegovernment is too %ig, %ut that it is not doing the right thing.

2overnments, % and &arge, have &itt&e %usiness running stee& mi&&s, and

tpica&& ma(e a mess of it. In genera&, competing private enterprises canperform such functions more efficient&. This is the argument forprivatisation 4 converting state4run industries and firms into private ones.

9o+ever there are some important preconditions that have to %e satisfied%efore privatisation can contri%ute to an econom8s gro+th. (1) And t!e success rate o pri$atisation essentially depends upon t!eaccomplis!ment o t!ese conditions

(2) But suc! a ta"e o$er by pri$ate irms !as t!e potential to redeine%lobalisation#

(3) But t!e uture o t!e economyas en$isa%ed by t!e economistslar%elydepends upon pri$atisation#

(4) But t!e economists still remain sceptical about t!is radical s!it#

(5) And t!e ay pri$atisation is accomplis!ed ma"es a %reat deal o dierence#

So&ution

8. Economics operates &egitimate& and usefu&& +ithin a 8given8 frame+or( +hich &ies a&together outside the economic ca&cu&us. 6e might sathat economics does not stand on its o+n feet, or that it is a 8derived8 %od

of thought 4 derived from meta4economics. If the economist fai&s to studmeta4economics, or, even +orse, if he remains una+are of the fact thatthere are %oundaries to the app&ica%i&it of the economic ca&cu&us, he is

&i(e& to fa&& into a simi&ar (ind of error as that of certain medieva&theo&ogians +ho tried to sett&e questions of phsics % means of %i%&ica&quotations. (1) E$ery science is beneicial it!in its proper limits, but becomes e$il as soon asit trans%resses t!em#

(2) -ence, a proper i not complete study o metaeconomics is critical to t!eeconomist#

(3) An economist, t!ereore, ould re.uire to be scrupulous enou%! to "eep aayrom reli%ious inluence#

(4) /cientiic insi%!t, ne$ert!eless, is $ital or an economist#

(5) Bein% aare o t!e boundaries o economic calculus may pro$e to be beneicial

or an economist#

So&ution

9. 2&o%a&isation itse&f is neither good nor %ad. It has the po+er to doenormous good, and for the countries of East $sia, +ho have em%racedg&o%a&isation under their o+n terms, at their o+n pace, it has %een anenormous %enefit, in spite of the set%ac( of the 7 crisis. 'ut in much of

the +or&d it has not %rought compara%&e %enefits. (1) Despite t!e ailure, t!e act remains t!at %lobalisation !as enormous potential#

(2) 0lobalisation, t!us !as been redeined, purely based on its success#

(3) *!e onus, t!ereore, to ma"e it a success is on t!e people#

(4) or many, it seems closer to an unmiti%ated disaster#

(5) A e still belie$e t!at it !arbours t!e poer to create a sustainable %lobal

economy#

So&ution

DIRECTIONS for questions 10 to 12:Read the fo&&o+ing passage carefu&&


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and then ans+er the questions that fo&&o+ it.

This re&ates to a concept +hich has recent& generated interesting

discussion. It is that of mora& &uc(. 6e can %e &uc( in a&& (inds of +as 4in our parents, education, ta&ents and income. 'ut can +e %e mora&&

&uc(B Or is it a necessar truth that our mora& praise+orthiness or%&ame+orthiness cannot %e determined % &uc(B

>ant firm& denies the e/istence of mora& &uc( !though he does not use theterm". The seat of mora& +orth is in the +i&& if the +i&& is good, then theagent is good 4 and the goodness of a good +i&& cannot %e ta(en a+a %

e/terna& circumstances. This is connected, it is c&ear, +ith the doctrine ofthe noumena& se&f seen as apart from the unsta%&e +or&d of empirica&

causes and effects, it is immune to the assau&ts of chance. 'ut +hat ismora& &uc(B Is >ant right to re)ect the notionB

T+o (inds of cases suggest the e/istence of mora& &uc(. One (ind seems to

sho+ that actions are )ustified % their actua&, rather than intendedresu&ts. The other (ind suggests that the proper )udgment of a person8s

mora& character is determined % factors +hich are significant& !thoughnot comp&ete&" %eond his or her contro&.

The point of the first formu&ation, then is that it is the actua& resu&ts that

matter mora&&, even +hen these are not the intended ones. Suppose thereis an armed insurgenc aimed at getting rid of a %ad po&itica& sstem. On

account of mora& &uc(, the )ustification for the insurgenc depends, part&at &east, upon +hether it actua&& achieves its aim +ithout costs

compara%&e to the evi& it see(s to destro. If it does, then +e shou&d )udgeit more favoura%& than if it )ust increases human suffering +ithoutachieving its primar aim. In fact, +hatever our theoretica& positions, this

is ho+ man of us do thin( of these things man peop&e thin( the nuc&ear%om%ing of Fapan in 71-, invo&ving the de&i%erate (i&&ing of a%out7@@,@@@ non4com%atants, +as mora&& )ustified %ecause it actua&& caused

the Fapanese to surrender. If the had not surrendered, man peop&e8s

mora& )udgement of the deed +ou&d have %een different. It cannot %estressed too much that this is not )ust a pscho&ogica& remar(. 6e are notmere& saing that peop&e &oo( favoura%& upon things that happen to

produce good effects, even though there +as considera%&e ris( +hen the+ere done. Rather, such peop&e %e&ieve that +hether the deed +as mora&&

)ustified can on& %e determined &ater, % seeing +hat actua&& happened.It is in this sense that the $&&ies in $ugust 71- are said to have %een

mora&& &uc( it turned out !+as a matter of &uc(" that the had done themora&& right thing.

The other e/amp&e of mora& &uc( concerns the idea that peop&e8s mora&

%&ame+orthiness or praise+orthiness can depend upon +hat actua&&fo&&o+s as a resu&t of something the do, or omit to do. This is c&ear&

&in(ed +ith the first e/amp&e, %ut this time stresses the ro&e of &uc( in the

assessment of agents. 9ere it seems that mora& &uc( is e/tensive& +ritten%oth into popu&ar attitudes and into the &a+. Thus 4 mista(en&, according

to a >antian 4 those +ho murder are thought +orse than those +hoattempt murder %ut fai&, and those +hose neg&igence &eads to accidentsare %&amed far more than those +hose equiva&ent neg&igence happens not

to cause an accident.

$n e/ce&&ent e/amp&e is the 9era&d of =ree Enterprise disaster atGee%rugge in 7H. This passenger ferr turned on its side short& after

&eaving the port, and most peop&e on %oard +ere dro+ned. 6hen it +asdiscovered that its %o+ doors had %een open +hen it set sai&, a&&o+ing

+ater into the car dec(, scapegoats +ere natura&& sought. Eventua&&, thecompan that o+ned the ferr +as found gui&t of corporate mans&aughter

for neg&igent& a&&o+ing the doors to %e &eft open. *et this +as no dou%ton& one of count&ess occasions +hen ships have set sai& +ith doors &eft

open. No%od +ou&d attach much mora& %&ame to those +ho act +ith equa&neg&igence, %ut +hose neg&igence does not cause disasters. It &oo(s as


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though the ferr firm +as )ust mora&& un&uc( on this occasion.

9o+ever, upon ref&ection, this presents some msteries. 6h are ou so

much more to %&ame if our neg&igence happens to cause a disaster than ifit doesn8tB =or sure&, +hat ou have done, or omitted, is e/act& the same

in %oth cases. It )ust happens, due to circumstances direct& %eond ourcontro&, that in one case ou casua&& contri%uted to an accident and in the

other case ou didn8t. No+, someone +i&& of course retort +hat ou did ineach case +as not the same 4 in one case ou caused a terri%&e disaster,

and in the other ou didn8t. In defence, ou might sa that the on& thingou did +as &eave the %o+ doors open 4 even though this caused the

disaster, ou did not %ring a%out the causa& connection %et+een ourorigina& omission and the disaster. That is, a&though our omitting to c&ose

the doors caused the ship to sin(, sin(ing the ship is on& vermis&eading& descri%ed as something ou actua&& did 4 at &east for the

purposes of mora& eva&uation.

This is rea&& the heart of the pro%&em. 9o+ are our actions !or omissions"to %e separated from +hat resu&ts from themB 6hat is this core of action

for +hich +e are responsi%&e, and ho+ is to %e cut off non4ar%itrari& from

the actua& consequencesB >ant8s so&ution is radica&. =or him, a&& mora&+orth arises from an inner condition of the +i&&, +hich can retain its +orth

or corruption even if it doesn8t achieve its aims. 'ut upon ref&ection it ishard to separate this inner state of +i&& from a&& the contingenciessurrounding it. >ant8s appea& is to a rationa& facu&t +hose de&i%erations

!+hen conducted according to the mora& &a+" is immune from the effectsof causes or contingent conditions. $re +e rea&& &eft +ith anthing at a&&,

once such contingent, empirica& conditions have %een removedB Does notthe good +i&& of >ant8s sstem turn out mere& to %e nothing at a&&B

This ve/ing pro%&em can %e so&ved on& % carefu&& distinguishing the

different forms that mora& &uc( is supposed to ta(e. I suggest that there isenough truth in >ant theor to )ustif re)ecting some forms of mora& &uc(,

%ut +e pro%a%& cannot e&iminate the notion of mora& &uc( a&together.

9o+ shou&d +e determine our mora& status, after +e have done someparticu&ar deedB The >antian idea is to strip a+a a&& the attendant and

su%sequent conditions over +hich +e had no direct contro&, andinvestigate the ma/ims, +hich of course inc&ude +hat +e intended to

achieve % the act. 6hat if the ma/ims themse&ves !or more prosaica&&,our intentions and va&ues" are determined % e/terna& factorsB 9o+ thenare +e supposed to discover the 3rea&3 personB10. $ccording to the passage, >ant(1) considered t!e moti$e as important as t!e action in decidin% t!e moral status

o an indi$idual#

(2) supported t!e idea o moral luc", but called it by a dierent name#

(3) belie$ed t!at a person could not be a $ictim o circumstances#

(4) endorsed t!e idea o ei%!in% t!e moral status o a person on t!e basis o !is

deeds#

(5) as o t!e $ie t!at t!ou%!ts determine t!e moral ibre o a man#


11. 6hich of the fo&&o+ing situations is c&osest to the one that re&ates tothe question posed % the author at the end of this passageB(1) A student, !o c!eats in an eamination %ets rusticated#

(2) A lady social or"er, !o !as been tra$ellin% tic"letless or one year to teac!street c!ildren is appre!ended#

(3) A transport irm is penali&ed in an accident case or operatin% poorly


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maintained $e!icle#

(4) An unemployed yout!, brain as!ed into becomin% a terrorist, "ills innocentpersons#

(5) A nations in$asion o its nei%!bourin% country to end t!e atrocities o anaut!oritarian re%ime#


12. In this passage, the author primari&(1) ei%!s t!e $alue o a concept#

(2) reects a notion it! eamples#

(3) pro$es t!e eistence o a p!enomenon#

(4) resol$es a contro$ersy#

(5) eplains t!e or"in% o a p!enomenon#


DIRECTIONS for questions 13 to 15:In each question there are five

sentences. Each sentence has pairs of +ords # phrases that are ita&icisedand high&ighted. =rom the ita&icised and high&ighted +ord!s" # phrase!s",

se&ect the most appropriate +ord!s" # phrase!s" to form correctsentences. Then, from the options given, choose the %est one.

13. The director of the fi&m had a s&ight alternation!$" # altercation!'"+ith some peop&e +ho o%)ected to his fi&ming.


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15. 9e %egan his acting career +ith the confidence ofaseasonal!$" #seasoned!'" performer.

hear!$" # heer!'" chance quite often p&as an important part inspar(ing off an idea.The government8s promises +ere e/posed as a

ho&&o+shame!$" #sham!'".She +as sitting at homepining!$" #pinning!'" for her &ost hus%and.The manufacturers have foreseen the consumers demand +ith their

usua&perspicacity!$" #perspicuity!'".(1) BBBAA

(2) BBABA

(3) BBAAA

(4) AABBA

(5) ABBBA


DIRECTIONS for questions 16 to 1!:Read the fo&&o+ing passage carefu&&and then ans+er the questions that fo&&o+ it.

3?uantum mechanics is ver impressive,3 $&%ert Einstein +rote in 75.3'ut an inner voice te&&s me that it is not et the rea& thing,3 $s quantum

theor matured over the ears, that voice has gotten quieter4%ut it has not%een si&enced. There is re&ent&ess murmur of confusion underneath the

chorus of praise for quantum theor.

?uantum theor +as %orn at the ver end of the 7thcentur and soon%ecame one of the pi&&ars of modern phsics. It descri%es, +ith incredi%&e

precision, the %i;arre and counterintuitive %ehaviour of the ver sma&&atoms and e&ectron and other +ee %easties of the su%microscopic +or&d.

'ut that success came +ith the price of discomfort. The equations ofquantum mechanics +or( ver +e&& the )ust don8t seem to ma(e sense.

No matter ho+ ou &oo( at the equations of quantum theor, the a&&o+ a

tin o%)ect to %ehave in +as that def intuition, =or e/amp&e, such ano%)ect can %e in 3superposition3. It can have t+o mutua&& e/c&usive

properties at the same time. The mathematics of quantum theor sas thatan atom, for e/amp&e, can %e on the &eft side of a %o/ and the right side of

the %o/ at the ver same instant, as &ong as the atom is undistur%ed anduno%served. 'ut as soon as an o%server opens the %o/ and tries to spot

+here the atom is, the superposition co&&apses and the atom instant&3chooses3 +hether to %e on the right or the &eft.

This idea is a&most as unsett&ing toda as it +as H@ ears ago, +hen Er+in

SchrJdinger ridicu&ed superposition % descri%ing a ha&f &iving, ha&f4deadcat. That is %ecause quantum theor changes +hat the meaning of 3is3 is.

In the c&assica& +or&d, an o%)ect has a so&id rea&it Even a c&oud of gas is+e&& descri%ed % hard &itt&e %i&&iard %a&&4&i(e pieces, each of +hich has a

+e&&4defined position and ve&ocit. ?uantum theor seems to underminethat so&id rea&it. Indeed, the famous Ancertaint Princip&e, +hich arisesdirect& from the mathematics of quantum theor, sas that o%)ects8

positions and momentum are smear and i&& defined and gaining(no+&edge a%out one imp&ies &osing (no+&edge a%out the other.

The ear& quantum phsicists dea&t +ith this unrea&it % saing that the3is3 4 the fundamenta& o%)ects hand&ed % the equations of quantum

theor 4 +ere not actua&& partic&es that had an e/trinsic rea&it %ut3pro%a%i&it +aves3 that mere& had the capa%i&it of %ecoming 3rea&3

+hen an o%server ma(es a measurement. This so4ca&&ed CopenhagenInterpretation ma(es sense, if ou8re +i&&ing to accept that rea&it is

pro%a%i&it +aves and not so&id o%)ects. Even so, it sti&& doesn8t sufficient&


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e/p&ain another +eirdness of quantum theor non4&oca&it.

In 70-, Einstein came up +ith a scenario that sti&& defies common sense.

In his thought e/periment, t+o partic&es f& a+a from each other and+ind up at opposite ends of the ga&a/. 'ut the t+o partic&es happen to %e

3entang&e3 4 &in(ed in a quantum4mechanica& sense4so that one partic&einstant& 3fee&s3 +hat happens to its t+in.


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(1) $a%ue#

(2) incredible#

(3) absurd#

(4) spoo"y#

(5) unny#


DIRECTIONS for questions 19 to 22:In each question, there are fivesentences#paragraphs. The sentence#paragraph &a%e&&ed $ is in its correctp&ace. The four that fo&&o+ are &a%e&&ed ', C, D and E, and need to %e

arranged in the &ogica& order to form a coherent paragraph#passage. =romthe given options, choose the most appropriate option.

19. !$" >urram is not the average tri%a& area on the Pa(istan4$fghanistan %order.

!'" The a&most equa& num%ers of Shia and Sunni 4 each sect c&aims it isthe ma)orit 4 in a region +ith an estimated popu&ation of over -@@,@@@

never made for an entire& peacefu& p&ace.!C" 'ut perhaps the most important difference is that >urram is the on&

tri%a& region in =$T$ +ith a significant Shia popu&ation.!D" Even a Pa(istan government internet site on >urram e/presses that a

3significant3 num%er of peop&e from the region are emp&oed a%road.!E" The Pashto4spea(ing popu&ation has higher &iterac rates than in the

other si/ agencies of the =edera&& $dministered Tri%a& $rea !=$T$".(1) CBED

(2) BCED

(3) EDBC

(4) BCDE

(5) EDCB


20. !$" The end of the Co&d 6ar had a trip&e significance for +or&d affairs the defeat of one po+er% another, the triumph of one po&itica& ideo&og

over another, and the discrediting of one economic mode& in favour ofanother. $&& three have no+ %een attenuated.

!'" The strugg&e for po+er and inf&uence %et+een them +as g&o%a&,&eaving no corner of the +or&d untouched or uncontested.

!C" The Co&d 6ar +as a g&o%a& and transcendenta& strugg&e centred onand &ed % the Soviet Anion and the Anited States.

!D" $nd it +as transcendenta& %ecause of competing ideo&ogies that cou&dnot to&erate each other8s e/istence %ut +ere committed to eventua&

destruction of the other.

!E" The +ere a%&e to structure the pattern of internationa& re&ations%ecause of the qua&itative discrepanc %et+een their po+er capacit andinf&uence, on the one hand, and that of everone e&se, on the other.(1) CDBE

(2) CEBD

(3) CBED

(4) CBDE

(5) CDEB


21. !$" India a%ounds in thro+ing up co&ourfu& persona&ities from thechequered pages of its histor.!'"


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to %e a po+erfu& mi&itar commander and Regent in one of the South

Indian Su&tanates, proved to %e an un%eata%&e nemesis for the might


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centuries. If one +ere to dra+ a map of the regions of the earth +hereparanoid suspicions have p&aed a pronounced part in po&itica& &ife, the


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+ho suffered from persecutor de&usion infected the other, +ea(erpartner. It +as said at the time that on& in rare cases folie a trioshad%een o%served. 'ut in princip&e there is no reason +h group paranoia

shou&d not e/ist, affecting not on& t+o individua&s %ut man more. Thephenomenon of the 3discip&e mass (i&&er3 is +e&& (no+n to crimino&ogists.

Char&es


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27. The pass percentage in the first attempt !i.e., in the schedu&ed ear ofpassing" +as the highest for the students )oining c&ass MI in +hich of the

fo&&o+ing earsB(1) 2666

(2) 2661

(3) 2662

(4) 2663

(5) Cannot be determined

So&ution

28. 9o+ man of the students +ho )oined c&ass MI in 5@@7 passed out ofc&ass MII in their first attempt !i.e., in their schedu&ed ear of passing"B(1) 47

(2) 52

(3) 58

(4) 6


So&ution

29. Considering ears 5@@1 to 5@@, the num%er of students +ho passedout of c&ass MII +as the highest in(1) 2664

(2) 2665

(3) 266

(4) Eit!er 2664 or 266


So&ution

30. 9o+ man of the students +ho )oined c&ass MI in 7 passed out ofc&ass MII in 5@@5B(1) 12

(2) 11

(3) 16

(4) 8


So&ution

DIRECITONS for questions 31 to 33:The question given %e&o+ is fo&&o+ed% t+o statements, $ and '. Stud the information given in the t+ostatements. $ssess +hether the statements are sufficient to ans+er thequestion and choose the appropriate option among the given choices.

31. =our %uses 4 $, ', C and D 4 start from P and reach ?, not necessari&in the same order. No t+o %uses start from P at the same time or reach ?

at the same time. 6hich is the first %us to reach ?B

$. $t &east t+o %uses started from P %efore %us ', +hich, in turn, reached? )ust %efore %us C, +hich, in turn, is the first %us to start from P.


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'. 'uses ' and D as +e&& as %uses $ and ' did not meet during the )ourne

from P to ?. 'us $ reached ? after %us D.(1) *!e .uestion can be ansered rom A alone but not rom B alone#

(2) *!e .uestion can be ansered rom B alone but not rom A alone#

(3) *!e .uestion can be ansered rom A alone as ell as rom B alone#

(4) *!e .uestion can be ansered rom A and B to%et!er but not rom any ot!em alone#

(5) *!e .uestion cannot be ansered e$en rom A and B to%et!er#


32. If 'ri)esh did not sit at either e/treme in the morning, +ho satad)acent to $rvind in the afternoonB

$. $rvind shifted % t+o p&aces to his right from the morning to theafternoon and 'ri)esh shifted % one p&ace to his &eft from the morning to

the afternoon.'. David shifted % t+o p&aces to his &eft from the morning to the

afternoon and Chandu shifted % one p&ace to his right from the morningto the afternoon.(1) *!e .uestion can be ansered rom A alone but not rom B alone#



(4) *!e .uestion can be ansered rom A and B to%et!er but not rom any o

t!em alone#


So&ution

33. If in the morning as +e&& as in the afternoon, it +as o%served that atmost one %o sat %et+een $rvind and Chandu, and Chandu did not sit tothe right of $rvind, then +hat is the order in +hich the sat in the

morningB

$. In the afternoon, $rvind sat to the immediate &eft of David and 'ri)eshdid not sit ad)acent to Chandu.

'. In the afternoon, David sat to the immediate right of 'ri)esh. In themorning, David sat second from the e/treme right of the ro+.(1) *!e .uestion can be ansered rom A alone but not rom B alone#



(4) *!e .uestion can be ansered rom A and B to%et!er but not rom any o

t!em alone#


So&ution

DIRECTIONS for questions 34 to 37:$ns+er the questions on the %asis of theinformation given %e&o+.

The &ine graph and the ta%&es %e&o+ give the detai&s of the performance of threecompanies 4 $, ' and C 4 for the ears 7H to 5@@0.


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34. In ho+ man of the given ears is the e/penditure on sa&aries of one ormore companies equa& to the profit of the respective compan in that earB

(1) 1

(2) 2

(3) 4

(4) 5

(5)


35. In +hich of the fo&&o+ing ears is the ratio of the e/penditure ofcompan $ to that of compan ' the highestB(1) 1887

(2) 1888


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(3) 2666

(4) 2663

(5) 2661


36. =or ho+ man of the given companies is the ratio of income toe/penditure more than -#1 %ut &ess than 0#5 in at &east four of the ears

givenB(1) 6

(2) 1

(3) 2

(4) 3



37. In the ear 5@@0, if the tota& cost incurred % a&& the three companiestogether is considered for each of the five cost heads, then the

e/penditure under +hich of the cost heads is the highest in that earB(1) 9a materials

(2) /alaries

(3) :oer

(4) *ransport

(5) O$er!eads


DIRECTIONS for questions 3! to 42:$ns+er the questions on the %asis of

the information given %e&o+. =our friends 4 $, ', C and D 4 &ive on an is&and, in +hich each person

%e&ongs to one of the three tri%es 4 Truth te&&ers, $&ternators and :iars.Truth te&&ers a&+as te&& the truth, a&ternators a&ternate %et+een true and

fa&se statements, in an order, and &iars a&+as &ie. $, ', C and D earn theirrespective &ive&ihoods as a Sna(e Charmer, a 6itch doctor, a :ion hunter

and a Sooth4Saer, not necessari& in the same order. 6hen as(ed a%outtheir tri%es and ho+ the earn their &ive&ihoods, each of them madee/act& three statements. $ made his first and third statements in the &oca&

&anguage, +hich +as incomprehensi%&e, %ut made his second statement inEng&ish. 9o+ever, ', C and D made a&& their statements in Eng&ish.$

Statement 7 #ira $aro $i.Statement 5 $t &east one of m statements is fa&se.

Statement 0 %ima rama remo.

' Statement 7 $8s first statement is that, 3C is either a :ion hunter or a

6itch doctor.3Statement 5 C is not a truth4te&&er.

Statement 0 $ is a Sooth4Saer.

C Statement 7 ' is a 6itch doctor.

Statement 5 $8s third statement is that, 3D is a truth4te&&er3.Statement 0 D is neither a :ion hunter nor a Sooth4Saer.

D Statement 7 C made e/act& one true statement.

Statement 5 E/act& t+o of us are truth4te&&ers.Statement 0 C is a :ion hunter.


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$mong $, ', C and D, at &east one person of each tri%e is present.38. 6ho is#are the &iar!s"B(1) A and B

(2) Only B

(3) Only C

(4) B and D


So&ution

39. 6ho is the :ion hunterB(1) A

(2) B

(3) C

(4) D


So&ution

40. On the +ho&e, ho+ man fa&se statements +ere madeB(1) 4

(2) 5

(3)

(4)

(5) 7

So&ution

41. 6hich of the fo&&o+ing groups of persons consists of the persons froma&& the three tri%esB(1) ABC

(2) ABD

(3) BCD


(5) ;one o t!ese

So&ution

42. 6ho is the Sooth4SaerB(1) D

(2) C

(3) B

(4) A


So&ution

DIRECTIONS for questions 43 to 45:$ns+er the questions on the %asis of theinformation given %e&o+.

The fo&&o+ing ta%&es give information a%out the tota& turnover, the tota&


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num%er of emp&oees and the average sa&ar of the emp&oees of the top 7@@

companies in the countr.

In each ta%&e, the va&ue in an ro+ of the second co&umn denotes the num%erof companies for +hich the va&ue of the parameter mentioned at the top of

the first co&umn is &ess than the corresponding va&ue given in the first co&umn.=or e/amp&e, the fifth ro+ of Ta%&e4I sho+s that there are 5 companies

having turnover of &ess than Rs.@@ crore.

=urther, a compan, M +i&& a&+as have a more num%er of emp&oees and ahigher average sa&ar than an other compan, *, if the tota& turnover of

compan * is &ess than that of M.

43. 9o+ man of the given companies have a tota& turnover of at &eastRs.@@ crore and the tota& num%er of emp&oees &ess than 5@@, +hi&e having

an average sa&ar, of the emp&oees, of at &east Rs.-@,@@@B(1) 31

(2) 27

(3) 1

(4) 24

(5) ;one o t!ese


44. 9o+ man of the given companies are there for +hich the turnover is&ess than Rs.@@ crore or the num%er of emp&oees is at &east 7H@@ or the

average sa&ar, of the emp&oees, is &ess than Rs.7@@,@@@B(1) 166

(2) 8

(3) 84

(4) 15

(5) ;one o t!ese


45. =or ho+ man of the given companies, is the average sa&ar, of theemp&oees, &ess than Rs.H@,@@@ and the tota& num%er of emp&oees is at

&east @@B(1) 53

(2) 3(3) 42


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(4) 41

(5) 45

So&ution

DIRECTIONS for questions 46 to 50:$ns+er the questions on the %asis of

the information given %e&o+.

The ta%&e a%ove sho+s the re&ationship %et+een t+o series of num%ers !4series and Q4series". 70 num%ers, from $ through


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(1) 6

(2) 1

(3) 3

(4) 4

(5) 2


49. 9o+ man num%ers of the Q4series are equa& to at &east one othernum%er of the same seriesB(1) 3

(2) 5

(3)

(4) 4

(5) ;one o t!ese


50. :et a&& the 5 num%ers %e&onging to either series %e ran(ed from 7on+ards in the ascending order of va&ues, such that the num%ers +ithequa& va&ues share the same ran(. 6hich of the fo&&o+ing represents the

num%er of 4series num%ers and the num%er of Q4series num%ers thathave a ran( of t+o or more than t+o, respective&B(1) 12, 13

(2) 13, 12

(3) 12, 12

(4) 11, 11


So&ution

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DIRECTIONS for questions 51 to 53:$ns+er the questions independent&of each other.

51. If aU @ and aX 7, then the num%er of va&ues of"satisfing the

equation &og"aZ &oga"a5Z W @ is

(1) 6

(2) 1

(3) 2

(4) 3


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(5)


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(1)

(2) 2r

(3)

(4) r

(5)


DIRECTIONS for questions 56 and 57:$ns+er the questions independent&

of each other.

56. There are t+o arithmetic progressions, $7and $5, +hose first termsare and - respective& and +hose common differences are and Hrespective&. 9o+ man terms of the series are common in the

first nterms of $7and $5, if the sum of the nthterms of $7and $5is equa&

to @@@B(1) 11

(2) 171

(3) 16

(4) 76

(5) 18

So&ution

57. Rice of t+o different qua&ities are mi/ed and the mi/ture is so&d atRs.M per (g, giving 5- profit. If the higher qua&it rice is so&d at Rs.M per

(g, then there +i&& %e a &oss of . If the ratio of the quantities of the

&o+er qua&it rice and the higher qua&it rice in the mi/ture is H 0, then+hat is the percentage profit +hen the &o+er qua&it rice is so&d at Rs.M

per (gB(1) 25=

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)


DIRECTIONS for questions 5! and 59:$ns+er the questions on the %asis

of the information given %e&o+.

The numerical equivalentfor each &etter of the eng&ish a&pha%et is

defined as %e&o+&umerical equivalentof $ is 7, ' is 5,[.. and so on. Thus * is 5- and G is

5.58. 6hich of the fo&&o+ing +ords +i&& give a pa&indrome, +hen each&etter of the +ord is rep&aced % its respective numerical equivalentB

(1) AE>O


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(2) BE>?

(3)


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(5)


63. In the figure given a&ongside, $, ' and C are three points on a circ&e,+hi&e M and * are points on $C and $' such that 'M %isects $'C and C*

%isects $C'. If C'* W 0-\ and 'C %isects the acute ang&e %et+een $'

and the tangent dra+n to the circ&e at ', find the measure of CM'.

(1) 45

(2) 56

(3) 52#5

(4) 6

(5) 76

So&ution

64. There are some %as(ets &a%e&&ed 7, 5, 0, 1 [[ and so on upto 5 n,+here nU , such that, for $W 7, 5, 0, 1, [.. 5n, there aree/act& $%as(ets &a%e&&ed $. The tota& num%er of %as(ets is N.

No+, consider the fo&&o+ing t+o cases for the num%er of app&es aiin the%as(et &a%e&&ed i.

Case I aiW iZ 7, if iis odd.W iZ 5, if iis even.

Case II aiW iZ 5, if iis odd.W iZ 7, if iis even.

The difference %et+een the tota& num%er of app&es in the N %as(ets in caseI and case II is(1)

(2)

(3)

(4) ;

(5)

So&ution

65. $ sequence P7, P5, P0[[[ Pnof rea& num%ers is defined such thatP7W @ ]P5] W ]P7Z 7] ]P0] W ]P5Z 7][[[]Pn] W ]Pn4 7Z 7]. If nis an

even natura& num%er, the minimum possi%&e va&ue of is(1)

(2) 1

(3)


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(4) 6

(5)


66.There are nnum%ers arranged in a ro+ such that the product of the

first inum%ers among them is !for a&& va&ues of i" and the product of

the &ast inum%ers among them is !for a&& va&ues of i". If e/act&

three of the nnum%ers are greater than , +hat is the va&ue of nB(1) 7

(2)

(3)

(4) 5


So&ution

67. If C represents a positive num%er, +hich of the fo&&o+ing equations%est descri%es the graph given a&ongsideB

(1) lo%C(x 1) (y 2)

(2) eC(x 1) (y 2)

(3) (x 1) (y 2) C

(4)

(5)

So&ution

68. T+o %oats are trave&&ing, in the same direction, on t+o straight andpara&&e& &anes. Ponnusam, a ro+er in one of the %oats, sa+ his friendPanniappa !another ro+er" in the other %oat, ahead of him, +ith his &ine ofsight ma(ing an ang&e of 0@\ +ith his &ane, at time tW @. $t e/act& tW 7@

seconds, Ponnusam turns around and finds his friend %ehind him, +ithhis &ine of sight ma(ing an ang&e of @\ +ith his &ane. Instead, had the t+o%oats %een trave&&ing in opposite directions, simi&ar situations +ou&d have

occurred +ith a gap of - seconds instead of 7@ seconds. If the c&osestdistance %et+een the t+o friends is @ m, find the ratio of the speed of the

faster %oat to that of the s&o+er %oat.(1) 2 1

(2) 3 2


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(3) 3 1

(4) 4 3

(5) 5 2

So&ution

69. There are three to+ns 4 P, ? and R 4 &ocated such that the triang&eformed % them is right4ang&ed at ?. $ car C starts from P and movesa&ong a straight &ine in the direction of R. Enroute to R, C crosses a to+n S

first and then another to+n T. The triang&e formed % ?, S and R is right4ang&ed at S, +hi&e the triang&e formed % P, T and ? is equi&atera&. If the

distance from P to S is 0@ (m, find the perimeter !in (m" of the triang&eformed % the to+ns ?, T and R.(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

So&ution

70. =ind the remainder +hen K!^"^L7is divided % 7.(1) 1

(2) 2

(3) 7

(4) 13

(5) 1

So&ution

71. IfpV 5, then +hich of the fo&&o+ing inequa&ities definite& ho&d#strueB

I. p0U 7@p4 7 II. !pZ 7"1 7@pZ 7 III.

(1) Only and

(2) Only

(3) Only

(4) Only and

(5) , and

So&ution

72. If a7, a5, a0, [[[, anare nintegers, such that a7a5[[[.. anW 7, then+hich of the fo&&o+ing must %e trueB(1) *!e minimum $alue o (a1 a2 FF an) is (n 1), i nis e$en#

(2) *!e maimum $alue o (a1 a2 F### an) is (n 1), i nis odd#

(3) *!e maimum $alue o (a1 a2 F### an) is (2n 1), i nis odd#

(4) *!e minimum $alue o (a1 a2 F### an) is (n 2), i nis odd#

(5) *!e minimum $alue o (a1 a2 F### an) is (2 n), i nis odd#

So&ution


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73. 9o+ man perfect squares of the form a'cde/ist such that dc'aisa&so a perfect square, distinct from a'cdand a mu&tip&e of a'cdB(1) 4

(2) 3

(3) 2(4) 1

(5) 6

So&ution

74. $ %o +as dra+ing a&& the squares of sides !in cm" from 7 to N, +hereN is an odd num%er. 6hi&e doing so, he missed a square +hose side +asequa& to !N Z 7"#5. If the average of the areas of a&& the squares he dre+

+as &ess than -@@ sq.cm, then the &ength of the side !in cm" of the squarehe missed out +as at most(1) 1

(2) 18

(3) 17

(4) 3

(5) 3


75. 6hat is the num%er of distinct +as in +hich four squares can %echosen on a chess%oard such that the a&& &ie on the same diagona&B(1) 12

(2) 172

(3) 322(4) 564

(5) 34


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