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INSTRUCTIONS

1. This Test contains 19 pages and 80 questions.

2. This test has three sections that examine various abilities.Section-I has 20 questions, Section-II has 15 questions and Section-III has 45 questions.You will be given 150 minutes to complete the test.In distributing the time over the sections, please bear in mind that you need to demonstrate yourcompetence in all three sections.

3. All questions carry 4 marks each. Each wrong answer will attract a penalty of 1 mark.

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1. What is the remainder when 1360 + 1560 is divided by 8?(1) 7 (2) 6 (3) 0 (4) 1 (5) 2

2. A combo pack having a bulb and a tubelight costs Rs. 52. If the cost of the bulb drops by 20% and thecost of the tubelight escalates by 50%, the pack would cost Rs. 50. Find the cost of a tubelight.(1) Rs.8 (2) Rs.9 (3) Rs.10 (4) Rs.12 (5) Rs.15

3. Sum of the first 30 terms of an arithmetic progression is 0. If the first term is 29, then find the sum ofthe 28th, 29th and 30th terms of this arithmetic progression.(1) 81 (2) 84 (3) 84 (4) 81 (5) None of these

4. A picnic invites two kinds of charges: bus fare, which is independent of the number of people attendingthe picnic and buffet lunch, which increases directly with an increase in the number of people. Thecharges are calculated to be Rs. 165 per head when there are 200 invitees and Rs. 170 per head whenthere are 150 invitees. What would be the charges per head when there are 100 invitees?(1) Rs.175 (2) Rs.180 (3) Rs.185 (4) Rs.190 (5) Rs.195

5. I cut a piece of paper in four equal parts. Now, I cut exactly one out of these four parts into four equalparts. Now, again if I keep on repeating the same process for infinite number of times, then which of thefollowing can be the total number of parts of paper at any instant of time?(1) 2048 (2) 2050 (3) 2049 (4) 2051 (5) 2052

DIRECTIONS DIRECTIONS DIRECTIONS DIRECTIONS DIRECTIONS for Questions 6 and 7:for Questions 6 and 7:for Questions 6 and 7:for Questions 6 and 7:for Questions 6 and 7: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.In a colony, there are 350 residents. The number of residents who smoke cigar, hookah and cigarette as apercentage of the total number of residents is atleast 40%, atleast 30% and atleast 22% respectively.

6. If p is the number of residents smoking all the three, i.e. cigar, hookah and cigarette, then(1) 28 p 77 (2) 0 p 100 (3) 0 p 7 (4) 0 p 350 (5) 0 p 28

7. If 50% of the residents do not smoke, then at most how many residents smoke exactly one of cigar,cigarette and hookah?(1) 70 (2) 175 (3) 50 (4) 91 (5) 98

8. In the figure given below each of the 3 quadrilaterals ABCD, SBUT and PQRD is a square. If3SB = 3DR = 2AB, then the ratio of the area of the shaded region to the area of the square ABCD is

A S B

U

CRD

P Q

T

(1) 2 : 3 (2) 1 : 3 (3) 2 : 9 (4) 4 : 9 (5) None of these


9. Let a, c {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12} and b {22, 24, 26}, where a, b and c are distinct. Find the number ofequations of the form ax2 + bx + c = 0, that can be formed such that the equation has real roots.(1) 15 (2) 18 (3) 45 (4) 90 (5) 36

10. How many 4-digit positive integral numbers are there in base 7, if you are counting the numbers in thesame base system?(1) 2058 (2) 5666 (3) 6000 (4) 6666 (5) None of these

11. In the figure given below, ABCD is a square and a semicircle is drawn having DC as the diameter.ON is a tangent to the semicircle at the point F and the line DF is extended to meet BC at E. If themeasure of = FDC 30 , then what is the measure of FNE?

A O B

E

N

CD

F

(1) 75 (2) 45 (3) 60 (4) 40 (5) 30

12. Given that y yx 22 + x = 3. What is the total number of integral solutions for the given equation?

(1) 0 (2) 2 (3) 1 (4) 3 (5) More than 3

13. If A and B are positive integers such that A 113.3125,B= then which of the following can be the

remainder when A is divided by B?(1) 7 (2) 15 (3) 9 (4) 2 (5) 21

14. If ABCD is a square of side 2 cm, then what is the area of triangle EBC if the measure of the angleABE is 60?

A B

CD

E

(1) (2 3 3) sq. cm (2) 3 14+

sq. cm (3) ( 3 1) sq. cm

(4) (2 2 2) sq. cm (5) ( )3 3 2 sq. cm


15. The value of a quadratic function f(x) is a negative for all values of x, except for x = 2. If f(x = 0) = 10,then find the value of f(x = 2).(1) 40 (2) 80 (3) 60 (4) 20 (5) Data Inconsistent

16. The team of 11 players is to be selected out of 16 shortlisted aspirants. The team must include exactlyone wicketkeeper, at least five bowlers and at least four batsmen. Out of these shortlisted aspirants, twoare wicketkeepers, nine are batsmen and the rest are bowlers. In how many ways can the team beselected?(1) 108 (2) 126 (3) 1512 (4) 252 (5) 192

17. If the sum of lengths of three sides of a rectangle is 100 units, then find the maximum possible area ofthe rectangle ?(1) 1110.9 sq. units (2) 1250 sq. units (3) 990 sq. units(4) 1008 sq. units (5) 1225 sq. units

DIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONS for Questions 18 to 20: for Questions 18 to 20: for Questions 18 to 20: for Questions 18 to 20: for Questions 18 to 20: Each question is followed by two statements, A and B. Answer eachquestion using the following instructions:

Mark (1) if the question can be answered by using the statement A alone but not by using the statement Balone.

Mark (2) if the question can be answered by using the statement B alone but not by using the statement Aalone.

Mark (3) if the question can be answered by using either of the statements alone.Mark (4) if the question can be answered by using both the statements together but not by either of the

statements alone.Mark (5) if the question cannot be answered on the basis of the two statements.

18. In a year X, which month(s) will have its first day falling on a Sunday?A:A:A:A:A: First May is a Sunday in the year (X 1).B:B:B:B:B: First December is a Sunday in the year (X + 3).

19. What is the least value of the expression (21x + 14y)?

A:A:A:A:A: + + =1 1 1 1x y xy

and x, y are prime numbers.

B:B:B:B:B: The product (x.y) = 6.

20. What is the difference between the maximum and the minimum value of the expressiona2 + b2 + c2?A:A:A:A:A: a, b and c are distinct integers and a + b + c = 6.B:B:B:B:B: a3 + b3 = 9.


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DIRECTIONS DIRECTIONS DIRECTIONS DIRECTIONS DIRECTIONS for Questions 21 to 23:for Questions 21 to 23:for Questions 21 to 23:for Questions 21 to 23:for Questions 21 to 23: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.The given table provides information about five PC manufacturers namely Compaq-HP, HCL, Acer, Zenithand Sony. It shows the selling price per PC and the cost price per PC for each of these mentioned manufacturers.It also provides information about the annual sales for each PC manufacturer for a given year and the sales taxrate as a percentage of the selling price for each manufacturer.

CP SP Units Sold Sales tax as % selling priceCompaq - HP 30000 60000 100000 10

HCL 20000 50000 75000 15Acer 25000 40000 35000 20

Zenith 20000 30000 200000 10Sony 40000 100000 15000 25

Additional Information given:Additional Information given:Additional Information given:Additional Information given:Additional Information given:Profit = (Selling Price Cost Price Sales Tax)Revenue = (Selling Price per PC) (Number of PCs sold)21. For which of the following pairs of manufacturers, the profit per PC sold by them is the same?

(1) Sony and Compaq-HP (2) Acer and Zenith (3) HCL and Acer(4) Compaq-HP and Acer (5) Sony and Zenith

22. Which of the following manufacturer(s) has/have the highest revenue from PC sales, amongst the givenfive manufacturers?(1) Compaq-HP and Zenith (2) Sony (3) Zenith(4) Compaq-HP (5) HCL and Sony

23. Which of the following manufacturer(s) contribute the maximum sales tax?(1) Sony and Compaq-HP (2) Compaq-HP, HCL and Zenith (3) HCL and Acer(4) Compaq-HP and Acer (5) Compaq-HP and Zenith

DIRECTIONS for DIRECTIONS for DIRECTIONS for DIRECTIONS for DIRECTIONS for QQQQQuestions 24 to 27:uestions 24 to 27:uestions 24 to 27:uestions 24 to 27:uestions 24 to 27: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.Mr. Mathew teaches the students of exactly ten different classes namely A, B, C,...I and J. The number ofstudents in the classes A, B, C, ...I and J are 1, 2, 3, ...9 and 10 respectively. No student is in more than oneclass. In a particular week W he did not teach the students of exactly two of the mentioned classes. He taughtthe students of each of the remaining eight classes on exactly three different days of the week W. He did notteach the students of any class on Sunday and on each of the remaining six days of the week, he taught thestudents of exactly four different classes. The total number of students taught by him on Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of week W is 18, 12, 23, 19, 32 and 25 respectively.Assume that in the week W no student was absent in his/her respective class.

24. The students of which of the following classes was not taught by him in Week W?(1) E (2) G (3) I (4) D (5) Cannot be determined


25. The students of which of the following classes was not taught by him on Friday?(1) F (2) I (3) G (4) J (5) None of these

Additional Information for questions 26 and 27:Additional Information for questions 26 and 27:Additional Information for questions 26 and 27:Additional Information for questions 26 and 27:Additional Information for questions 26 and 27:On Saturday of week W, Mr. B did not teach the students of class J but taught the students of class C.

26. The students of which of the following classes was not taught by him on two consecutive days of theweek W?(1) C (2) E (3) A (4) G (5) F

27. The students of which class was taught by him on three consecutive days of the week W?(1) A (2) B (3) I (4) J (5) Cannot be determined

DIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONS for for for for for QQQQQuestions 28 to 31: uestions 28 to 31: uestions 28 to 31: uestions 28 to 31: uestions 28 to 31: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.Five friends A, B, C, D and E bought 10 chocolates and distributed it among themselves such that each ofthem received a distinct integral number of chocolates. Each of them likes a different biscuit from amongst;HNS, BON, CHM, KRC and GDY (not necessarily in that order) and likes to watch a different TV shows fromamongst Sportscenter, Raw, Wrestlemania, Smackdown and Hitz (not necessarily in that order). Sportscenterand Hitz are sports shows and rest are wrestling shows. No two persons like same type of biscuit or same TVshow. Following information is also given:

1. C who didnt receive any chocolates does not like any wrestling show.2. A likes CHM and received more cookies than B.3. Difference in the number of chocolates with C and with A is equal to the difference in the number of

choclates with B and with D.4. E didnt receive the maximum number of chocolates.5. B and C like TV shows starting with the same alphabet.6. Person who received the maximum number of chocolates likes KRC and a wrestling show.7. Persons whose names start with the same alphabet, like the same type of TV shows.8. E didnt like BON and C didnt like HNS.

28. Who likes Krackjack?(1) D (2) B (3) C (4) E (5) Cannot be determined

29. Which biscuit does E like?(1) GDY (2) HNS (3) BON (4) KRC (5) Cannot be determined

30. If C likes GDY, then which biscuit does B like?(1) GDY (2) HNS (3) BON (4) KRC (5) Cannot be determined

31. Which TV show is liked by A?(1) Wrestlemania (2) Raw (3) Smackdown (4) Hitz (5) Cannot be determined


DIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONS for Questions 32 to 35: for Questions 32 to 35: for Questions 32 to 35: for Questions 32 to 35: for Questions 32 to 35: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.The percentage of students getting PPOs (Pre-Placement Offers) and their average annual salary (in lakhs) isshown in the Bar graphBar graphBar graphBar graphBar graph.

The number of students, companies visiting the campus total offers made (including PPOs) and AverageAnnual Salary (in Rs. lakh) have been shown in the TableTableTableTableTable for the mentioned five leading B-schools.

Table Bar graph Table Bar graph Table Bar graph Table Bar graph Table Bar graph

Number of Companies

Number of students

Number of offers

Average Annual Salary (In Rs. lakh)

FMS 60 100 125 7

IMT 90 150 225 6

IMI 50 120 150 5

K.J. Somaiya 70 150 150 4

Narsee Monjee 80 150 200 5

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

% ofstudents

AverageAnnualSalary

FMS IMT IMI K.J. Somaiya Narsee Monjee

=

Total salary offered in the B-SchoolAverage Annual SalaryNumber of students in the B-School

32. The ratio of number of students to the number of companies visiting the campus is lowest for(1) IMT (2) FMS (3) Narsee Monjee(4) Both (1) and (2) (5) Both (2) and (3)

33. Which B-school has the highest total number of offers per student?(1) IMT (2) Narsee Monjee (3) IMI(4) FMS (5) K.J. Somaiya

34. The ratio of the number of offers to the number of companies visiting the campus is highest for(1) IMT (2) K.J. Somaiya (3) IMI(4) FMS (5) Narsee Monjee

35. At FMS, what is the average salary of students, who did not get PPO?(1) Rs.7 lakh (2) Rs.4.5 lakh (3) Rs.8 lakh(4) Rs.6 lakh (5) Rs.6.5 lakh


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DIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONS for Questions 36 to 40: for Questions 36 to 40: for Questions 36 to 40: for Questions 36 to 40: for Questions 36 to 40: There is one blank in each of the following sentences. From thewords given, choose the one that fills the blank most appropriately.

36. ___ is the branch in philosophy that studies the origin of knowledge.(1) Axiology (2) Cosmology (3) Ontology (4) Epistemology (5) Metaphysics

37. ___ is a collection of selected passages or excerpts from one or more authors.(1) Eulogy (2) Anthology (3) Edition (4) Panegyric (5) Analects

38. Non-poetic compositions are said to be written in ___.(1) verse (2) prose (3) script (4) meter (5) cadence

39. ___ learners learn best in hands-on learning settings in which they can physically manipulate somethingto learn.(1) Parse (2) Tactile (3) Feeble (4) Quick (5) Active

40. Adhering strictly to scholarly methods is termed _____.(1) pedantic (2) laconic (3) bucolic (4) philosophy (5) semantics

DIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONS for Questions 41 to 44: for Questions 41 to 44: for Questions 41 to 44: for Questions 41 to 44: for Questions 41 to 44: In each question, there are five sentences/paragraphs. The sentence/paragraph labelled A is in its correct place. The four that follow are labelled B, C, D and E, and need to bearranged in the logical order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the mostappropriate option.

41. A. The most important part of the Analytical Engine was undoubtedly the mechanical method of carryingthe tens.

B. The difficulty did not consist so much in the more or less complexity of the contrivance as in thereduction of the time required affecting the carriage.

C. At last I came to the conclusion that I had exhausted the principle of successive carriage.D. On this I laboured incessantly, each succeeding improvement advancing me a step or two.E. Twenty or thirty different plans and modifications had been drawn.(1) CBDE (2) BECD (3) DBEC (4) ECDB (5) EBCD

42. A. The Vedic hymns are probably the earliest important religious documents of the human race.B. Often the favours sought are of the nature of material blessings, such as long life, vigorous offspring,

cattle and horses, gold, etc.C. The hymns of the Rig Veda, on the other hand, are often praises of various deities, who are frequently

mere personifications of the different powers of nature.D. The prayers in these hymns are praises of the greatness and power, the mysterious nature, and the

exploits of these deities, as well as prayers for various favours.E. The Atharva Veda contains among other things descriptions of charms for securing harmony and

influence in an assembly etc.(1) ECDB (2) CEBD (3) DBCE (4) BDCE (5) EBCD


43. A. The paintings, sculptures, and balloons of Takashi Murakami are colourful and attractive, andaccessible in their reference to lovable cartoon characters.

B. Not stopping with the production of artworks, Murakami shocked the world with his entrepreneurialcollaboration with Louis Vuitton, when he challenged the divide between art and commerce.

C. As a curator, Murakami challenges our notions of history and culture. D. Murakami uses his deep understanding of Western art to integrate his work into its structure; working

from the inside to portray Japanese-ness as a tool to bring about revolution in the world of art.E. As an artist, Murakami questions the lines drawn between East and West, past and present, high art

and popular culture. (1) BDEC (2) CBDE (3) CEBD (4) DEBC (5) BCDE

44. A. By the turn of the century it did not seem extraordinary that managers should manage by walkingabout.

B. The outside world filtered through via a secretary who, traditionally, sat like a guard dog in front oftheir (usually closed) office door.

C. But in the 1950s many white-collar managers turned their offices into fortresses from which theyrarely emerged.

D. The technologies of mobile communications made it so much easier for them to both walk aboutand stay in touch at the same time.

E. Edicts were sent out to the blue-collar workforce whom they rarely met face-to-face.(1) CBDE (2) BCDE (3) CBED (4) DBCE (5) DCEB

DIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONS for Questions 45 to 50: for Questions 45 to 50: for Questions 45 to 50: for Questions 45 to 50: for Questions 45 to 50: The two passages given below is followed by a set of questions.Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.

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Perceiving, for all its nicety of functioning in the dark room under strict instructions for accuracy, comprisesa highly complex series of little understood psychological processes. For under all conditions, perceivingrepresents a resultant of two complex sets of specifications. One set describes the conditions of stimulation.This is done either in terms of physical measures such as wave length, or in terms of psychological normssuch as in the description of a picture as that picture is seen by normal observers under optimal conditionsand with a set for accuracy. This first set of specifications we are used to calling stimulus factors.

Stimuli, however, do not act upon an indifferent organism. There is never, in the old-fashioned language of G.F. Stout, anoetic sentience. The organism in perception is in one way or another in a state of expectancy aboutthe environment. It is a truism worth repeating that the perceptual effect of a stimulus is necessarily dependentupon the set or expectancy of the organism.

There have been very few systematic efforts to analyze the dimensions of set and to formulate laws regardingthe effectiveness of set in perception such as those which describe stimulus-perception relationships. Thatstudents of nonsensory or directive factors in perception have thus far refrained from any large-scale statementof principles, while it is a mark of admirable modesty in the face of a very confusing array of experimentaldata, is highly regrettable. For it has prevented the emergence of new hypotheses which, flowing even frompremature principles, might serve to test the utility of theories of perception.

The present study, though empirical in nature, is essentially an essay in the theory of perception or at leastthat part of the theory of perception which deals with directive factors in the perceiving process. Our basicaxiom has already been stated that perceiving is a process which results from the stimulation of a preparedor eingestellt organism. A second axiom concerns the operation of such directive factors: given a stimulus


input of certain characteristics, directive processes in the organism operate to organize the perceptual field insuch a way as to maximize percepts relevant to current needs and expectations and to minimize perceptsinimical to such needs and expectations. This minimax axiom we have referred to elsewhere as theconstruction-defense balance in perceiving.

All of which is not to say that perception is always wishful or autistic. Indeed, that is not the point.Wishfulness has to do with the nature of the expectations which are at work and is not a term relevant to theperceiving process as such. By wishful we mean an expectation with a low probability of being confirmedby events.

The construction-defense process operates where expectations are realistic or where they are wishful. Inthe former case, it is simply a matter of constructing a percept which is relevant, say, to the exigencies oflocomotion, defending against percepts which, though potentially wish-fulfilling, are disruptive to the taskof locomotion.

A concern of this paper is also with the perceptual events which occur when perceptual expectancies fail ofconfirmation the problem of incongruity.

45. The closest meaning of the word autistic in the context of the passage is(1) Rational (2) Selfish (3) Limited (4) Irrelevant (5) Focussed

46. The primary purpose of the author is to show that(1) Ultimately the mechanism of perception involves a complex set of processes which are not fully

understood.(2) The most important factor in the mechanism of perception is essentially the stimulus as it influences

the constructive -defense mechanism.(3) It is important to understand the directive factors in the perceiving process as they influence the

process of perception.(4) Incongruity has been given very less attention in experiments and needs to be thoroughly researched.(5) There are many factors in perception which we take for granted and hence our axioms are suspect.

47. Which of the following statements cannot be inferred from the passage?A. The theories of perception are confusing and this can be largely attributed to the complacency

among the students of perception.B. Theories of perception need a serious review as the old theories were based on the assumption of an

indifferent organism.C. Incongruities would not be perceived if an organism decided to give up in face of non-confirmation

of expectations.(1) Only A (2) A and B (3) B and C (4) A and C (5) A, B and C


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Aghast at the atrocities committed by US forces invading the Philippines, and the rhetorical flights aboutliberation and noble intent that routinely accompany crimes of state, Mark Twain threw up his hands at hisinability to wield his formidable weapon of satire. The immediate object of his frustration was the renownedGeneral Funston. No satire of Funston could reach perfection, Twain lamented, because Funston occupiesthat summit himself... [he is] satire incarnated.

It is a thought that often comes to mind, again in August 2008 during the Russia-Georgia-Ossetia war. GeorgeBush, Condoleezza Rica and other dignitaries solemnly invoked the sanctity of the United Nations, warningthat Russia could be excluded from international institutions by taking actions in Georgia that are inconsistentwith their principles. The sovereignty and territorial integrity of all nations must be rigorously honored, theyintoned all nations, that is, apart from those that the US chooses to attack: Iraq, Serbia, perhaps Iran, anda list of others too long and familiar to mention.

The junior partner joined in as well. British foreign secretary David Miliband accused Russia of engaging in19th century forms of diplomacy by invading a sovereign state, something Britain would never contemplatetoday. That is simply not the way that international relations can be run in the 21st century, he added,echoing the decider-in-chief, who said that invasion of a sovereign neighboring stateis unacceptable in the21st century. Mexico and Canada therefore need not fear further invasions and annexation of much of theirterritory, because the US now only invades states that are not on its borders, though no such constraint holdsfor its clients, as Lebanon learned once again in 2006.

The moral of this story is even more enlightening, Serge Halimi wrote in Le Monde diplomatique, when,to defend his countrys borders, the charming pro-American Saakashvili repatriates some of the 2,000 soldiershe had sent to invade Iraq, one of the largest contingents apart from the two warrior states.

Prominent analysts joined the chorus. Fareed Zakaria applauded Bushs observation that Russias behavior isunacceptable today, unlike the 19th century, when the Russian intervention would have been standardoperating procedure for a great power. We therefore must devise a strategy for bringing Russia in line withthe civilized world, where intervention is unthinkable.

There were, to be sure, some who shared Mark Twains despair. One distinguished example is Chris Patten,former EU commissioner for external relations, chairman of the British Conservative Party, chancellor ofOxford University and a member of the House of Lords. He wrote that the Western reaction is enough tomake even the cynical shake their heads in disbelief referring to Europes failure to respond vigorously tothe effrontery of Russian leaders, who, like 19th-century tsars, want a sphere of influence around theirborders.

Patten rightly distinguishes Russia from the global superpower, which long ago passed the point where itdemanded a sphere of influence around its borders, and demands a sphere of influence over the entire world.It also acts vigorously to enforce that demand, in accord with the Clinton doctrine that Washington has theright to use military force to defend vital interests such as ensuring uninhibited access to key markets, energysupplies and strategic resources and in the real world, far more.

Clinton was breaking no new ground, of course. His doctrine derives from standard principles formulated byhigh-level planners during World War II, which offered the prospect of global dominance. In the postwarworld, they determined, the US should aim to hold unquestioned power while ensuring the limitation ofany exercise of sovereignty by states that might interfere with its global designs.


48. It can be inferred from the quote by Mark Twain that he was referring to:The ________ nature of the US policy of military intervention in the Philippines.Fill in the blank above with the most appropriate word from the list given below:(1) satirical (2) hypocritical (3) duplicitous (4) revisionist (5) inimical

49. Which of the following statements about the Clinton doctrine is false?(1) The Clinton doctrine owed its origins to 19th century diplomacy.(2) The Clinton doctrine was aimed at consolidating US supremacy in the military as well as economic

spheres.(3) The Clinton doctrine was justified and perpetuated by US governmental institutions.(4) Russias actions in Georgia were not in accordance with the principles of the Clinton doctrine.

(5) None of the above

50. Which of the following can be rightly inferred about the author of the passage?(1) The author is an indifferent nationalist who is not supportive of Russias actions in Georgia(2) The author is a neutral observer who refuses to take a stand in favour of either Russias action in

Georgia or of the Western reaction to it.(3) The author is a biased demagogue who is attempting to draw political capital out of the Russia-

Georgia-Ossetia crisis(4) The author is an incisive analyst who clearly perceives the double standards applied by the US and

its allies when it comes to dealing with incidents like the Russia-Georgia-Ossetia crisis.(5) The author is a historian who is interpreting the Russia-Georgia-Ossetia crisis by comparing it with

the imperial policies of the Tsars in the 19th century.

DIRECTIONS DIRECTIONS DIRECTIONS DIRECTIONS DIRECTIONS for Questions 51 to 54:for Questions 51 to 54:for Questions 51 to 54:for Questions 51 to 54:for Questions 51 to 54: There are two blanks in each of the following sentences. From thepairs of words given, choose the one that fills the blanks most appropriately. The first word in the pair shouldfill the first blank.

51. Not that the Soviet ________ was the only culprit. In every country where it was shown the censors hada field day, and nibbled away even at what the ________Shumiatsky had left.(1) kingdom, benevolent (2) era, obnoxious (3) ideology, blasphemous(4) regime, esurient (5) culture, sureshot

52. Truly, with the ________mirror of material ________ever before our gaze, we see things spiritual andeternal through a glass darkly.(1) tenebrous, reality (2) shattered, pompousness (3) distant, sobriety(4) fading, distraction (5) silent, divinity

53. The metaphor of a light in ones heart, therefore, represents a rejection of the ________dichotomybetween reason and emotion; all the more so since it is a candle of understanding in ones heart, for acandle ________both light and heat.(1) growing, bars (2) pressing, brews (3) putative, emanates(4) subsiding, rebukes (5) obvious, shields

54. The arousing of the emotions was the other pan of the ______in which the orator should lay bare thefountains of more lofty eloquence so that if he should be praising, the listeners not only praise, butrejoice, admire and are moved to ______what is praised.(1) peroration, emulate (2) eloquence, follow (3) continuum, desecrate(4) ordeal, consume (5) write-up, instigate


DIRECTIONS DIRECTIONS DIRECTIONS DIRECTIONS DIRECTIONS for Questions 55 to 59:for Questions 55 to 59:for Questions 55 to 59:for Questions 55 to 59:for Questions 55 to 59: Identify the incorrect sentence/s.

55. 1. Trying to locate a sunken ship with jewellery on it is not only a profession but also the passion, away of life.

2. However, disappointment is so common that some quit very quickly.3. In order to find a ship, divers should have some knowledge concerning underwater navigation and

ocean currents.4. Many hours are spend in libraries skimming through archives to find old maps, routes of Spanish

ships and their diaries.(1) 1 (2) 3 (3) 1 & 4 (4) 3 & 4 (5) 1 & 3

56. 1. In my youth, I read lot of philosophy.2. In those days, I picked up books of metaphysics with an excitement that I cannot recapture now,

and that completely mystifies me.3. I still cannot quite make my mind, however, whether or not I wasted my time.4. After all, I was a medical student, not someone training to be an intellectual.(1) 2 & 3 (2) 3 & 4 (3) 1 & 3 (4) 2 & 4 (5) 1 & 2

57. 1. The Olympic games symbolizes pinnacles of athletic endeavour.2. In these games, the effort is heralded, not the athlete.3. That is why wreaths bestowed to winning ancient Olympic athletes were made of flowers, not of

gold or gems.4. The honour of competing was the reward participant sought.(1) 2 & 3 (2) 1, 2 & 3 (3) 1, 3 & 4 (4) 1 & 4 (5) 2, 3 & 4

58. 1. I can see why an end of the iconic age has made headlines and dont doubt the distaste for whatyou and many critics call exhibitionistic iconic design.

2. This event has had some impact on people.3. Among these are the self-cancelling gestures who not only upstage each other but also destroy

urban coherence.4. Moreover, these structures are often absurdly expensive, turning the Thames, as one angry architect

has dubbed it, into the Costa del Icon.(1) 1 & 3 (2) 3 & 4 (3) 2 & 4 (4) 1 & 4 (5) 1, 2 and 3

59. 1. Although we all silently talk to ourself a good deal, not all thoughts are verbal.2. Some of our thoughts are visual or auditory.3. We visualize people and places every day and often recall tunes from music we like.4. Thoughts are commonly mixtures of these and other types, often accompanied by the emotions.(1) 1 (2) 2 & 3 (3) 4 (4) 1 & 4 (5) 2 & 4

DIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONS for Questions 60 to 62: for Questions 60 to 62: for Questions 60 to 62: for Questions 60 to 62: for Questions 60 to 62: Pick the odd word out in the following three questions.

60. (1) Agliophobia (2) Batrachophobia (3) Entomophobia(4) Herpetophobia (5) Isopterophobia

61. (1) Sepulcher (2) Catacomb (3) Mausoleum(4) Sacellum (5) Ossuary

62. (1) Imposter (2) Charlatan (3) Camouflage(4) Apparition (5) Mountebank


DIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONS for Questions 63 to 65: for Questions 63 to 65: for Questions 63 to 65: for Questions 63 to 65: for Questions 63 to 65: Each of the following questions has a sentence with one italicizedword that does not make sense. Choose the most appropriate replacement for that word from the optionsgiven below.

63. It was commonly accepted by people in his locality that Matin Shroff was a divine personality nothingless than a cokuny.(1) ogre (2) buffon (3) collie (4) busker (5) seraph

64. The disciple was surprised at the ity from his master, considering the fact that the latter had undergonea personal loss during the past week.(1) euphemism (2) sarcasm (3) sally (4) insularity (5) cogitation

65. Lenin was the initiator of the central drama - the tragedy - of our era, the rise of totalitarian states.A hhixcd man with a scholars habits and a generals tactical instincts, Lesnin introduced to the 20thcentury the practice of taking an all-embracing ideology and imposing it on an entire society rapidlyand mercilessly.(1) hawkish (2) boorish (3) rakish (4) bookish (5) fiendish

DIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONSDIRECTIONS for Questions 66 to 76: for Questions 66 to 76: for Questions 66 to 76: for Questions 66 to 76: for Questions 66 to 76: The three passages given below is followed by a set of questions.Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.

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For 10 years or longer, my weekday routine as a psychiatrist had been constant: write mornings, see patientsafternoons. With the publication of my book Listening to Prozac in 1993, new elements were added: traveland public appearances.

One question followed me from lecture to lecture, from talk show to talk show, bookstore to bookstore.Because the question was so automatic, so predictable, it took me months to appreciate how peculiar it was.

At a book signing, . Inevitably someone would ask: What if so-and-so had taken Prozac? The candidatesfor drug treatment were drawn from a short roster of tortured 19th-century artists and writers. Friedrich Nietzscheand Edgar Allan Poe made frequent appearances.

My response was perfunctory a quick review of theories of art and neurosis. I resented the joking distractionfrom issues I had raised. I did not treat the what if question as I did others. I did not attend to it, puzzle over it,take it to heart.

And then one day I did. The setting was a professional meeting in Copenhagen, in 1995. At home, as theProzac books popularity grew, my standing among my colleagues fell or so I feared. With a few thousandcopies sold, a man is all right. With hundreds of thousands of sales, it is another matter. I was a popularizer, anopportunist who had made his way on the backs of others, the real researchers. This apprehension was amatter of hypersensitivity, of mild paranoia although when a book succeeds, there are always belateddebunking reviews, to feed an authors insecurity. Speaking invitations poured in, and still I thought I heardsnickering from the back row.

But in Scandinavia! There I was a prophet with honour, like Jerry Lewis in France. The Finns were among thefirst to translate Listening to Prozac. Now it was being put into Swedish, with an introduction by the mosteminent biological psychiatrist in Northern Europe, Marie sgard. The Swedes had persuaded the ScandinavianSociety for Psychopharmacology to invite me as the keynote speaker at their annual meeting.


My hosts had proposed the topic Myths and Realities about antidepressants. The core of the talk wouldconcern an orthodoxy I considered mythical, the one that said antidepressants treat only depression. I wantedto review evidence that the drugs might influence personality traits in people with no mental illness at all.

I launched into my talk. The audience was attentive, applause polite. A hearty fellow stood up to ask the firstquestion. He had a smile that was familiar to me, from other audiences. His question was: So, Dr. Kramer,what would have happened if Kierkegaard had taken Prozac?

Of course, in Copenhagen the suffering artist would be Sren Kierkegaard. Who else? He is the most famousDane, give or take Hans Christian Andersen. Certainly Kierkegaard is the Dane best known for his melancholy,if you understand Hamlet to be fiction. Danes know Kierkegaard the way we know Mark Twain or HenryDavid Thoreau perhaps more intimately. I was once told that when Danish children are sullen, parents willscold them, Dont be such a Sren!

On the flight across the Atlantic, I had browsed in a paperback version of Kierkegaards Diaries. How grimthey are. Kierkegaard describes self-loathing, pessimism, dread, isolation, guilt, and anomie. He writes ofwanting to shoot himself. Kierkegaard complains of a primitive melancholy ... a huge dowry of distress. Hewrites, My whole past life was in any case so altogether cloaked in the darkest melancholy, and in the mostprofoundly brooding of miserys fogs, that it is no wonder I was as I was.

66. It can be inferred that the victim of the mild paranoia was / were(1) The researchers who claimed the author to be a popularizer(2) His publishers(3) The author(4) The reviewers(5) The patients of depression

67. It can be inferred that Psychopharmacology deals with(1) Using scientific methods to treat mental problems(2) Using medicine to treat mental problems(3) Using medicine to alter the psychological state of people(4) Using medicine to treat relatives and families of mental patients(5) Using medicine to develop psychological healing techniques

68. The phrase if you understand Hamlet to be fiction is used to mean(1) Hamlet was a creation of Kierkegaard who was a melancholic(2) Hamlet is also a popular melancholic in Sweden but he is fictitious(3) Hamlet is a semi fictitious figure who is well known for melancholia(4) The author realized that the Danes were big fans of Shakespeare(5) Hamlet was an enthusiast

69. Why does Kierkegaard describe primitive melancholy as a huge dowry of distress?(1) Primitive melancholy refers to the genetic depression in human beings and is a legacy (dowry) fromthe ancestors(2) Depression is like a gift that turns to be something else altogether.(3) Swedes were against dowry and the association of dowry with depression fits in culturally.(4) All of the above(5) None of the above


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It is now forty years and something more since I surveyed the scene in the economically advanced countries,especially the United States, and wrote The Affluent Society. The book had a satisfying reception, and Imhere asked as to its latter-day relevance. That should not be asked of any author, but the mistake having beenmade, I happily respond. The central argument in the book was that in the economically advanced countries,and especially in the United States, there has been a highly uneven rate of social development. Privatelyproduced goods and services for use and consumption are abundantly available. So available are they, indeed,that a large and talented expenditure on advertising and salesmanship is needed to persuade people to wantwhat is produced. Consumer sovereignty, once governed by the need for food and shelter, is now the highlycontrived consumption of an infinite variety of goods and services.

That, however, is in what has come to be called the private sector. There is no such abundance in the servicesavailable from the state. Social services, health care, education especially education public housing forthe needful, even food, along with action to protect life and the environment, are all in short supply. Damageto the environment is the most visible result of this abundant production of goods and services. In a passagethat was much quoted,I told of the family that took its modern, highly styled, tail-finned automobile out for aholiday. They went through streets and countryside made hideous by commercial activity and commercialart. They spent their night in a public park replete with refuse and disorder and dined on delicately packagedfood from an expensive portable refrigerator.

All this, were I writing now, I would still emphasize. I would especially stress the continuing unhappy positionof the poor. This, if anything, is more evident than it was forty years ago. Then in the United States it was theproblem of southern plantation agriculture and the hills and hollows of the rural Appalachian Plateau. Now itis the highly visible problem of the great metropolis.

There is another contrast. Were I writing now, I would give emphasis to the depressing difference in well-being as between the affluent world and the less fortunate countries mainly the post-colonial world. Therich countries have their rich and poor. The world has its rich and poor nations. There has been a developingconcern with these problems; alas, the progress has not kept pace with the rhetoric.

The problem is not economics; it goes back to a far deeper part of human nature. As people become fortunatein their personal well-being, and as countries become similarly fortunate, there is a common tendency toignore the poor. Or to develop some rationalization for the good fortune of the fortunate.This is not, of course, the full story. After World War II decolonization, a greatly civilized and admirable step,nonetheless left a number of countries without effective self-government. Nothing is so important for economicdevelopment and the human condition as stable, reliable, competent and honest government. Here Im notsuggesting an independent role for any one country and certainly not for the United States. I do believe weneed a much stronger role for international action, including, needless to say, the United Nations. We need tohave a much larger sense of common responsibility.

So I take leave of my work of forty years ago.. There remains always the possibility, even the probability, thatbooks do more for the self-esteem of the author than for the fate of the world.


70. What is the author attempting to illustrate through this passage?(1) The fact that books like The Affluent Society, end up promoting the cause of the author more than

finding real solutions to the issues they deal with.(2) The disparity in the development of utilities and services between the private sector and the state

sector in the United States(3) The trend of bipolar disparities in economic endowments observed by him from the time of the first

publication of The Affluent Society.(4) That human nature and not economic factors are responsible for the gap between the rich and the

poor(5) The role of the government in ensuring economic development in the post-colonial world

71. The author is likely to agree with which of the following?(1) Contrived consumption in todays world leads to unfair competitive practices among sellers of

private goods.(2) The environmental impact of consumer sovereignty is best addressed by bodies like the United

Nations rather than by individual countries in the developing world(3) The family (quoted in the passage) which went for a holiday liked commercial art because commercial

art is one of the features of the affluent society(4) A disregard for the public good is one of the hallmarks of the affluent society.(5) The problems of the rural poor of the southern plantations of the United States are comparable to

that of the urban poor of the great metropolis today.

72. Which of the following terms corresponds best to the definition of consumer sovereignty?(1) Buyers market(2) Consumerist culture(3) Consumer Goods(4) Perfect competition among seller(5) Sellers market.

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Indian civilization begins with the Indus civilization that dates back about 4000 years. Aryans from the westsettled in India and developed Vedic literature as part of the Brahman religion. These became the HolyBooks of the religion, which later came to be known as Hinduism. During the 5th-6th centuries BC, GautamaSiddharta became Buddha and started Buddhism and Vardhamana became Mahavira and started Jainism.Buddhism had the support of the royal class and was adopted by the masses. As Buddhism spread across thecountry, so did its monasteries and temples. As Hinduism re-established itself strongly, the Buddhist presencedisappeared from India in the 13th century. Cave temples typically represent the architecture of AncientTimes. Naturally there must have been castles, palaces and houses during that time, but none of those remain,because buildings constructed of wood, rotted or burned easily. Temples were built of bricks, but whenBuddhism died out, these were destroyed or pulled down due to a lack of protectors. However, cave templesand monasteries still exist today because they were carved out of rock - a much stronger material. There arearound 1,200 such cave temples and monasteries left and 75 per cent of them belong to Buddhism.

As they were not satisfied with cave temples, entire sculpted rock temples were built during the Middle Ages.A few still exist unto the present day. In contrast to the rock temples that imitated wooden temples of ancienttimes, the stone temples, built by laying cut stones one on top of another, came to be the model of sculptedstone construction. But since these developed together, there is no line dividing the ages in terms of centuries.Construction of stone temples commenced in the 5th century, during the Gupta dynasty, but was standardizedonly during the 8th century. Many stone temples were built between the 7th and 9th centuries, but the temples


carved out of rocks were constructed up till the 12th century. Hence according to the history of architecture,the transition from ancient times to the Middle Ages took many centuries. Buddhism took the lead inconstruction during ancient times and in contrast, Hinduism took the lead during the Middle Ages followedby Jainism. The method of stone construction improved by leaps and bounds in north and south India. Thestyle caught on and very soon the whole of India was filled with stone structures.

The Chandella dynasty in the north and the Chola dynasty in the south showed remarkable developments inarchitecture, by building magnificent temples, using stone. Islam entered India during the 11th century andestablished power in Delhi during the 13th century. Till the 16th century, the Turkish and Afghan dynastiescontinued to rule Delhi during a period referred to as the Delhi Sultanate. Western styles of architecture,including techniques like domes were brought to India during this age and had a strong influence on buildingstyles. This period called the Middle Ages, and the advent of the Mughals who conquered most of India,signalled the beginning of the Modern Age.

The 600-odd buildings in the book, are grouped together according to their similarities. To enable the travellerto decide which place to visit, the buildings are given a star rating, from 0 to 3. This is done as a subjectivemeasure to help the traveller use this as a yardstick while planning his journey.

73. It can be inferred that the author mentions the cave temples regarding ancient Indian architecture inorder to(1) showcase the range of Indian art in all its forms(2) highlight their importance as enduring displays of Indian art(3) demonstrate the common mans approach to art(4) argue against the popularity of high art(5) draw parallels between ancient and modern forms of architecture

74. The author mentions this there is no line dividing the ages in terms of centuries with reference to(1) the lack of evidence to display the development of stone temples(2) the lack of a definitive time period when temple architecture developed in India(3) the absence of a definitive demarcation between the development of rock and stone temple

architecture(4) the absence of any authoritative piece of documentation that proved the superiority of rock temples(5) the lack of evidence of the starting point of temple art in India

75. It can be inferred that the domes and other Western styles of architecture were brought into India during(1) 11th to 13th centuries(2) 11th century(3) 14th century(4) 13th century(5) 16th century

76. It can be inferred that this passage is an extract from a/an-(1) book on Indian architecture for tourists(2) article on growth and development of Indian architecture(3) a collection of essays on Indian architecture(4) a tourist guide by eminent architects(5) a book on architecture for architects.


77. Treating the launch lightly would give Pyongyang leverage to demand concessions in exchange for arollback. Neither is trying to impose new sanctions feasible with the likely fallout being Pyongyangswithdrawal from the Six-Party Talks. A more viable course of action may be to refurbish the existingsanctions structure It has been neglected to the point of being ineffective. Reinforcing it would send aclear, punitive message without giving China or Russia grounds to object.

Which one of the following, if true, weakens the explanation?

(1) Recently the existing sanctions structure was revamped and new provisions were added.(2) Pyongyang is adamant to go ahead with its nuclear programme.(3) Sanctions have always been resorted to as a last measure.(4) Other countries are wary of Pyongyangs demands.(5) Punitive action can retrieve the situation.

78. For six decades, power in Pakistan has teetered between military dictatorship and civilian rule. Whenthe credibility of civilians was exhausted the people welcomed the army; when the generals overstayedtheir welcome, the citizen returned to political parties. Pakistan is facing a dangerous moment, when thecredibility of both the military and politicians seems to have ebbed beyond recovery. How long beforethe poor and the middle classes turn to the theocrats waiting totake over?

The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that

(1) it exploits the term credibility by blaming both military and politicians.(2) it fails to distinguish between the advantages of military dictatorship vis- a-vis civilian rule.(3) its conclusion is a generalization of statistical evidence drawn from only a small minority of the

population(4) its conclusion supports an implicit principle on which an earlier part of the argument is based.(5) since there are only two options historically as well as practically, the argument creates the third

option of theocracy.

79. Of course India is not Britain, and no foreign ideas can simply be imported wholesale into our country.But we must acknowledge the grave risk to the national fabric of any community being alienated fromthe police. Our police forces must reflect the diversity of India. Such a policy would be the other sideof the coin to a tough security policy which is indispensable to reassure the common urban resident,terrorized by the bomb blasts, that the Government can keep them safe.

Which one of the following most accurately describes the intention of the author of the given argument?

(1) It analyzes a desirable result of undertaking the course of action that appears to be the best(2) It argues that our country needs to learn a lesson from Britain.(3) It provides information that is consistent with an explicitly stated premise in the beginning(4) It presents a consideration that undercuts an assumption on which the argument depends.(5) It denies an alternative solution to the problem.


80. The drug blocks the activity of a substance that the brain apparently needs to retain much of itslearned information. And if enhanced, the substance could help ward off dementias and other memoryproblems. So far, the research has been done only on animals. But scientists say this memory systemis likely to work almost identically in people.

If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true on the basis of them?

(1) human beings always respond the way the animals do.(2) animals always respond the way the human beings do.(3) the above described substance can be developed in laboratory.(4) similar impact of the enhancement of the substance must have been expected on the humans as in

animals.(5) For every ailment of humans animals are used as guinea pigs.

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