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Question No 1-5: In each of the five consecutive

years namely Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4 and Year

5 (in that order), the sports department of a school

organized a game in which exactly five students

participated every year. Every year, at the end of the

game, the five participants were given five different

ranks viz. Rank 1, Rank 2, Rank 3, Rank 4 and Rank

5. The number of points awarded to the participants

ranked 1, 2 and 3 were 5, 3 and 1 respectively. No

points were awarded to the participants ranked 4 and

5.

At the end of the game in year 5, the total number of

points awarded to nine participants viz. Aman,Aabhas, Naveen, Urmi, Sameer, Rashmi, Sanjay,

Kanika and Prashant were as given in the following

table:

Name of the Student PointAman 5

Aabhas 5Naveen 8

Urmi 2Sameer 5Rashmi 6

San a 4Kanika 10

Prashant 0

In Year 1, Aman, Aabhas, Naveen, Urmi and Sameer

participated in the game. In Year 2, Rashmi replaced

Aman in the game. In Year 3, Sanjay replaced Aabhas

in the game. The same process followed in the

subsequent years. It is also known that out of all the

nine students, Kanika was the only student who was

awarded points in two consecutive years.

1. If Sameer was awarded Rank 3 in Year 3, then

which of the following participants was awarded

Rank 2, in Year 3?

A. Naveen

B. Rashmi

C. Sanjay

D. Either (A) or (B)

E. Either (B) or (C)

SECTION A : ANALYTICAL REASONING & DECISION MAKING

2. At the end of the game in Year 4, how many

participants, out of all the mentioned nine, were

awarded lesser number of points than the number

of points awarded to Rashmi ?

A. 6

B. 7

C. 5

D. 8

E. Cannot be determined

3. In Year 5, what is the ratio of the number of points

awarded to Sanjay and Sameer?

A. 1: 3

B. 3: 1

C. 1: 5

D. 5:1

E. Cannot be determined

4. In Year 2, the list of participants who were awarded

Rank 1, Rank 3 and Rank 2 (in that order) is

A. Aabhas, Urmi and RashmiB. Naveen, Aabhas and Urmi

C. Urmi, Rashmi and Naveen

D. Sameer, Urmi and Rashmi

E. Cannot be determined.

5. In which of the following years, was Rashmi

awarded Rank 2?

A. Year 2

B. Year 3

C. Year 4

D. Year 5

E. Both (A) and (C)

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Question No 6-9: Sixteen teams viz. T1, T2, T3...

and T16are participating in a knock-out hockey

tournament which has four rounds viz. Pre Quarter-

finals, Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final. Based on

their past records, the teams T1, T2, T3... and T16are

assigned ranks 1, 2, 3...and 16 respectively. Assumethat the ranks assigned to the different teams do not

change before the last match of the tournament is over.

Following information is given about the four rounds:

Round I. Pre Quarter-finals: The first match of this

round is played between the two teams ranked 1 and

16. The second match is played between the two

teams ranked 2 and15. Following the same pattern,

the eighth match is played between the two teams

ranked 8 and 9.

Round II. Quarter-finals: The first quarterfinals match

is played between the teams winning the first and the

eighth matches of the pre quarter-finals. The second

quarterfinals match is played between the teams

winning the second and the seventh matches of the pre

quarter-finals. The teams for the other two matches

are selected on the same pattern.

Round III. Semi-finals: The first semi-finals match is

played between the teams winning the first and thefourth matches of the quarter-finals. The second

semi-finals match is played between the teams winning

the second and the third matches of quarter-finals.

Round IV. Final: The final match is played between the

winners of the two matches in the semi-finals.

All the matches of the tournament are played

on one or the other of the four grounds viz. G1, G2, G3

and G4. On any given day, only two matches can beplayed on each of these grounds - one in the morning

slot and the other in the evening slot.

6. There must be a gap of exactly two slots (i.e. one

morning slot and one evening slot, in any order) before

a team plays its next match. If all the matches of the

tournament have to be finished in x number of days,

then which of the following must be correct?

A. The final match cannot be played in the evening

slot of the 6thday.

B. If eight matches are played on the first day, then no

matches can be played on the second day.

C. For x to be minimum, no match should be played

on the fourth day.D. The minimum value of x is 7.

E. None of the above.

7. A team T has a rank which is an even number.

It is observed that, whenever team T plays against a

team which is ranked lower than T, team T definitely

wins. Each of the following statements could be

correct, EXCEPT:

A. Team T8did not reach the semi-finals.B. Team T6did not reach the semi-finals.

C. In one of the semi-finals matches, team T3plays

with team T6.

D. Team T2wins the tournament.

E. All of these.

8. Between ranks of the two teams which are

scheduled to play in a match, if the higher rank is an

even number then the match is played either on G1or

on G3. Between the ranks of the two teams which are

scheduled to play in a match, if the higher rank is an

odd number then the match is played either on G2or

on G4. If the observation mentioned in Q7 above

holds true, then which of the following statements is

definitely true?

A. All the matches in the quarter-finals and the

semi-finals rounds can be played on ground G3.

B. Number of matches played on grounds G2or G4is

more than that for grounds G1or G3.

C. Number of matches played on grounds G1or G3ismore than that for grounds G2or G4.

D. Final match will be played either on ground G1or

on ground G3.

E. More than three-fourth of all the matches in the

tournament can be played on ground G1.

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9. If teams T3and T9play in the semi-finals, then

which of the following statements could be correct?

A. Neither T4nor T12play in the final.

B. Teams T4and T5can be the two teams playing the

final match.C. Teams T3and T10can be the two teams playing

the final match.

D. Both (A) and (B).

E. Both (B) and (C).

Question No 10 to 13:Nine friends A, B, C, D, E,

F, H, I and J joined a fitness center. The fitness center

is closed on Monday.

At the fitness center, a week starts from a Tuesday

and ends on the Sunday that follows it. On each of the

six days of a particular week, exactly three personsvisited the fitness center such that each person visited

the fitness center on at least one day of that week.

There are exactly four persons who visited the fitness

center on more than two days. Further, the following

constraints must be obeyed.

(I) Both D and E visit the fitness center on three of the

first four days of the week.

(II) H does not visit the fitness center unless both A

and B also visit the fitness center.(III) Each of B, I and J visits the fitness center on

different days of the week.

(IV) C and F always visit the fitness center on the

same day of the week.

(V) None of the persons visited the fitness center on

three consecutive days of the week.

10. Which of the following persons visited the fitness

center on exactly three days?

A. IB. J

C. H

D. B

E. C

11. If A did not visit the fitness center on Sunday and

J visited the fitness center only on Friday, then which

of the following can be the day on which I visited the

fitness center?

A. Wednesday

B. Thursday

C. Saturday

D. Sunday

E. Both (B) and (C)

12. If E and I visited the fitness center on Sunday and

Friday respectively, then on which day did J visit the

fitness center?

A. Tuesday

B. Wednesday

C. Thursday

D. Saturday

E. Cannot be determined

13. If J and I visited the fitness center on Tuesday and

Friday respectively, then which of the following

persons definitely visited the fitness center on Sunday?

A. A

B. C

C. E

D. J

E. Cannot be determined

Question No 14-19:In the game "Codes", new

"messages" are composed and given messages are

modified to form another message. A message,

whether new or modified, consists of exactly five

"words" (meaningful or meaningless) and a word

consists of at least six letters of the English alphabets.

Within a message, words are written from left to right.

A message cannot start with a vowel and no two

consecutive words can have vowels. Except for the

first word, the successive words are formed by

applying exactly one of the four operations to thepreceding word- exchange the order of any two

letters, add a letter, delete a letter and replace a letter

with another. Each word is formed by a different

operation than what was used to form the preceding

word. The first and the last letter of a message must

be the same. Reversing the order of the letters in the

first word of the given message forms the first word

of the modified message and the successive words are

formed using exactly one of the four operations

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(as given above) but by applying an operation other

than the one applied to form the respective words in

the given message.

14. Which of the following messages is valid?

A. Cwpstn cwpstc wpstc mwpstc mapstc

B. Tbchxpm tbcxhpm tbcxpm mbcxpt mabcxpt.

C. Lpstrnm alpstmnh xlpstmn lpstmn npstml.

D. Qwertys swertyq swrtyq qwrtys swrtyq.

E. Malick malbck mlbckm mlbkcm mkblcm

15. Which of the following is a valid modification of

the message given below?

Jhghusd jhghpsd dhghpsj dhgpsj adhgpsj

A. Dsuhghj dshghj dshfhj dshfhpj jshfhpdB. Dsuhghj dsehghj dsahghj dsbhghj jsbhghd

C. Dsuhghj dshghj dshgej dshgqj jshgqd

D. Dsuhghj dshghj dshgfj dshgjf fshgjd

E. Dsuhghj dshghj dshhgj dhshhqj jhshhqd

16. The third and the fourth words in a modified

message are "vfksjy" and "vjksfy". Which of the

following, in the given order, can never be the third

and the fourth words in the original message?

A. vfksjy vjksjyB. fveksjy fvksjy

C. kfvsjy kfvsjay

D. skfvjy skfvjey

E. fvksjy fkvsjy

17. Which of the following word cannot be used as

the first word of a message?

A. Kmnopp

B. MnpokkC. Pmnkoo

D. Nopkmm

E. Pomknn

18. What is the maximum number of vowels that a

message can use in it?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

E. 5

19. The first word of a message has 7 distinct letters

in it. How many letters will the message have, if it hasthe maximum possible number of distinct letters in it?

A. 40

B. 41

C. 36

D. 37

E. 42

Question No 20-23:Eight children are numbered 1,

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 such that exactly one number iswritten on the shirt of each child. The mentioned

children ate eight fruits on a particular day such that

each child ate exactly one fruit. The fruits eaten by any

of the mentioned children are of three types - apple,

orange and mango. At least one and at most three

fruits of each type were eaten by the mentioned

children. The consecutive time slots of the day in

which these eight fruits were eaten are I, II, III, IV, V,

VI, VII and VIII, in that order.

Additional Information Given:

1. No two fruits of the same type were eaten in any

two consecutive time slots.

2. No two consecutively numbered children ate either

a mango or an apple.

3. Three consecutively numbered children ate an

orange each.

4. The children numbered 1 and 7 ate an apple and a

mango respectively.

20. Which of the following fruits did child numbered 4eat?

A. Apple

B. Orange

C. Mango

D. Either (A) or (B)

E. Either (A) or (B) or (C)

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21. If the time slots in which child numbered 3, 1 and

7 ate the fruit is IV, V and III respectively, then which

of the following MUST be false?

A. The time slot in which child numbered 2 ate the fruit

is II.B. The time slot in which children numbered 4 and 5

ate the fruit is VI and VII respectively.

C. The time slot in which children numbered 2 and 5

ate the fruit is VI and VIII respectively.

D. The time slots in which children numbered 6 and 8

ate the fruit is VI and VII respectively.

E. None of the above

22. If the time slots in which children numbered 5 and

3 ate the fruit is I and II respectively, then each of thefollowing statements could be true, EXCEPT:

A. The time slot in which child numbered 4 ate the fruit

is III.

B. The time slot in which children numbered 6 and 8

ate the fruit is III and IV respectively.

C. The time slots in which children numbered 1 and 8

ate the fruit is V and VI respectively.

D. Both (A) and (B)

E. Both (B) and (C)

23. Which of the following sequences of fruits eaten

by children numbered 2, 3, 5 and 8(in that order) is

not possible?

A. Orange, Orange, Mango and Apple

B. Mango, Orange, Mango and Apple

C. Orange, Orange, Apple and Apple

D. Both (A) and (C)

E. Both (B) and (C)

24. Twelve philosophers participate in an international

meet. At some point, one of the philosophers

commented, In our talks, one lie has been told.

Immediately following this comment, another

philosopher commented, Now two lies have been

told. which, in turn, was followed by the third such

comment, Now three lies have been told.. The

philosophers continued to comment until the twelfth

philosopher commented, Now 12 lies have been

told. If it turned out that at least one philosopher

stated the correct number of lies that had been told

before he made the claim, then how many lies did the

12 philosophers, actually tell?

A. 10B. 12

C. 7

D. 2

E. 11

25. In the following figure, a small square is drawn

inside a large square. The two diagonals of the smaller

square coincide with the diagonals of the larger

square. From the set {1,2,3,...,1999, 2000}, four

consecutive even numbers x1, x2, x3and x4 and fourconsecutive odd numbers y1, y2, y3 and y4are

selected and are filled in the square, as shown in the

figure.

x1x2

x3x4

y1 y2 y3 y4

Which of the following statements is definitely true?

A. If x4 > x3 > x2 > x1and y4 > y3 > y2 > y1, then the

sum of numbers inside the smaller square is always

equal to the sum of numbers outside the smaller

square.

B. The product of the numbers inside the smaller

square is greater than the product of the numbers

outside the smaller square.

C. When taken two numbers at a time, y4+ x4 is the

maximum possible sum.

D. The sum of all the numbers in the bigger square is

completely divisible by 5.

E. None of these.

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Question No 26-38:The caselets given below are

followed by a set of question/s. Choose the most

appropriate answer to each question.

26. In 1998 the Tatas acquired Britain-based

Littlewoods retail stores in Bangalore and renamedthem Westside. Before entering the Indian retail

segment, Westside conducted market research on

retailing trends in the domestic and international

markets. It was observed that in India, garment

retailers generally stocked both store-owned brands

and other brands in the ratio of 30:70, as it was easy

to attract customers for the established brands.

However, many major international retailers stocked

only their own brands because of high returns,

increased store loyalty and less restriction in terms ofdisplay, price and promotion. Stocking of only store-

owned brands for Indian retailers posed certain

problems. Though they offered higher margins,

retailers suffered on account of poor economies of

scale (until they established many outlets) and heavy

investment in brand building.

In such a scenario what would be the best strategy

Westside can adopt in order to maximize long-term

profits?

A. Push its own premium in-store products and earn

higher margins through higher prices and more control

over the manufacture, quality and distribution.

B. Push its own premium in-store products at a

discounted price in order to attract the more price-

sensitive customers

C. Maintain a mix of in-store and other brands in

order to attract more customers, even though other

brands do not command such higher margins

D. Push its own premium in-store brand to earn highermargins and at the same time pass on the savings from

cutting out intermediaries to the customers

E. Focus on recruiting young and smart sales

personnel in order to enhance customer service at its

stores.

27. In an incident at the local factory of a large

multinational company, the CEO was heckled by three

representatives of the workers union with whom he

had been having a meeting. Soon after the incident, the

management dismissed the three employees The

employees involved accepted their dismissal letters but

subsequently provoked other workers to go in for a

strike to protest the managements move. The workers

at the factory went on a strike for two days after that.The incident had opened a can of worms. The three

men who were charge-sheeted, were members of the

41-member committee of BMU, which had strong

political connections with the ruling party in the state

where the factory was located. Thus the incident

became more of a political issue rather than an

industrial relations problem when the party started

pressurizing the company to resolve the incident in

favour of the workers. The trio had also been close to

senior managers of the company who were no longerthere and had farmed out a large part of the contract

labour operations to them. The CEO was also of the

view that recalling the chargesheeted workers would

set a bad precedent in a company where the labour

union was perpetually restive and might be harmful to

the companys interest in the long run. In such a

complicated scenario the company was not sure

whether to reconsider its substantial investment plans

in the state or not.

The management of the company is considering the

following options in order to resolve the present crisis:

1. Close down the factory where the strike is

happening as well indefinitely postpone its investment

plans in the state in order to coerce the BMU and the

state apparatus to help lift the workers strike.

2. Recall the chargesheeted workers in order to lift the

strike even though it may set a bad precedent in the

company

3. Order for an impartial judicial enquiry into the issueto determine whether the dismissal of the employees

was legally right and ask the state apparatus to

convince the striking workers to abide by the verdict

of the enquiry.

4. Negotiate with the three dismissed workers and

offer a generous severance package so that they may

themselves help resolve the situation and have the

strike lifted.

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5. Have the CEO removed hoping that the incident

would then resolve out by itself.

From the managements point of view, keeping in mind

the companys objectives, the options for finding a

solution to the crisis, in the descending order of easeof implementation would be:

A. 2, 3, 4, 5, 1

B. 5, 2, 4, 3, 1

C. 4, 3, 2, 1, 5

D. 3, 4, 2, 5, 1

E. 4, 3, 2, 5, 1

Question No 28-29:On June 13, 1999, Coca-Cola

(Coke) recalled over 15 million cans and bottles afterthe Belgian Health Ministry announced a ban on

Cokes drinks, which were suspected of making more

than 100 school children ill in the preceding six days.

This recall was in addition to the 2.5 million bottles

that had already been recalled in the previous week.

Children at six schools in Belgium had complained of

headache, nausea, vomiting and shivering which

ultimately led to hospitalization after drinking Cokes

beverages. Most of them reported an unusual odor

and an off-taste in the drink.

In the same week, the governments of France, Spain

and Luxembourg also banned Cokes products while

Cokes Dutch arm recalled all products that had come

from its Belgium plant.

The entire episode left more than 200 Belgians and

French, mostly school children, ill after drinking the

Coke produced at Antwerp and Dunkirk. By June 15,

1999, Coke had recalled about 30 million cans and

bottles, the largest ever product recall in its 113-year

history. For the first time, the entire inventory of

Cokes products from one country were banned fromsale.

As part of a damage control exercise, Coke sent a

team of scientists to Europe. Coke Belgium even

announced that it would reimburse the medical costs

for people who had become ill after consuming its

products. The recall had a significant negative impact

on Cokes financial performance.

Analysts felt that the Belgium recall was one of the

worst public relations problems in Cokes history.

One analyst alleged that the company had information

about people who had become ill weeks prior to the

above incidents. Coke had an opportunity to disclose

this information but it did not do so.

Others blamed Cokes promotion strategy to sell soft

drinks to school children which had raised lot of

controversies in the US.

28. Any decision can be broken down into six

important decision-making points:

1. Framing The way the decision is visualized,

articulated in the decision makers mind: for example a

person deciding to buy a particular Brand X ofair-conditioner may frame his decision as either:

I need to buy the cheapest possible air-conditioner,

therefore I shall buy Brand X, or , I need to buy an

air conditioner that has the least frequency of after

sales breakdown, therefore, I shall buy Brand X

2. People - The people who are going form part of

the decision-making process

3. Process - The process one is going to follow in

making the decision

4. Alternatives The alternatives one would considerin arriving at the decision

5. Information The information one would consider

in making a decision

6. Values The criteria with respect to which one

would make the decision (e.g in the air-condition

buying example, a clear set of criteria against which

the decision could have been made would have

included factors such as price, design,

product-performance, after-sales service, etc.)

Cokes decision to adopt certain remedial measures in

Europe in the light of the Belgium recall would have

involved which of the following decision-making

points?

A. Framing, values & process

B. People, process & information

C. People, information & values

D. Values, framing & people

E. Values, alternatives & people

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29. The situation best highlights which of the following

errors:

A. Managerial short-sightedness in decision-making.

B. Inadequate dissemination of information at a critical

junctureC. Managerial incompetence in handling negative

customer feedback

D. B and C above

E. A, B and C above

Question No 30-31:The exclusive school contracts

in the US allowed Coke exclusive rights to sell its

products soda, juices, and bottled water - in all the

public schools of a district. Under the plan, the schools

got $350,000 as an up front money

and apercentage which ranged from 50 percent to

65 percent of total sales. The exclusive contract with

Coke represented one of the fastest growing areas of

commercialism of schoolhouses According to the

Center for Commercial-Free Public Education

(CCFPE) in April 1998, there were 46 exclusive

contracts between school districts and soft drink

bottlers in 16 states in the US. By July 1999, it

increased to 150 contracts across 29 states.

Critics said that these contracts represented the

growing trend of commercialization on school

campuses. When students saw products advertised in

their schools, they frequently thought that it was

something that the schools were endorsing. By

displaying its logos prominently in public schools,

Coke hoped to re-establish brand loyalty and brand

recognition. A study found that the average American

teenager could identify some 1,000 corporate logos,

but could not name even ten plants and animals in the

area where he or she lived.

Parents were concerned about the proliferation of

logos on school scoreboards, walls, buses and

textbooks. Some groups opposed the

commercialization in schools saying that it was

unethical, immoral and exploitative. They criticized the

education community for encouraging

commercialization in schools. Alex Molnar, Professor

of Education, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

said, It is an erosion in our culture between what is

public and what is private. It represents a subversion

of the idea that the school is for the public welfare.

30. From the passage, which of the following

cannot be concluded as one of the plausible reasonsfor parents being concerned about the proliferation of

logos?

A. The logos were a source of distraction for students

from academic work

B. The logos actively encouraged teenagers to spend

more on soft drinks

C. It seemed that the schools were actively endorsing

a soft-drink consuming habit among students

D. The schools were not passing on the earnings from

the contracts in the form of fee reduction for studentsE. The exclusive school contracts smacked of

commercialization and marked a deviation from the

purpose with which schools were set up.

31. The following are the measures the Government

could have taken to solve the exclusive school

contracts controversy.

1. Cancel the exclusive school contracts

2. Limit the display of logos on public school premises

3. Reassure the parents that the money obtained by

each school from Coke as part of the contract was

being used only for enhancing the schools facilities

4. Get into non-exclusive contracts and allow other

soft-drink manufacturers to display their logos as well.

The options in decreasing order of their impact on

parents and other protesting groups are:

A. 2, 4, 3, 1

B. 1, 3, 2, 4

C. 1, 4, 2, 3D. 2, 1, 3, 4

E. 4, 2, 1, 3

32. A change management problem surfaced when a

large financial institution (XYZ) decided to focus its

operations much more sharply around its customers.

In the earlier system, if a client had three different

requirements from XYZ, he had to approach the

relevant departments separately. The process was

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time-consuming and there was a danger that the client

would take a portion of the business elsewhere. To

tackle this problem the company set up three new

departments: major client group (MCG), growth client

group (GCG) and personal finance group. Now, the

customer talked only to his representative in MCG orGCG. And these representatives in turn found out

which department could do the job.

Though the customers seemed to be happy about this

new arrangement, people within the organization found

it unacceptable. In the major client group, a staff of

about 30-40 people handled the needs of the top

100 customers of XYZ. On the other hand, about 60

people manned the growth client group, which looked

after the needs of mid-size companies. Obviously, thebigger clients required more diverse kinds of services.

So working in MCG offered better exposure and

bigger orders. The net effect was that the MCG

executive ended up doing more business than the

GCG executive.

Though the top management tried to allay the fears by

mentioning that these assignments were

interchangeable, complaints against these changes put

in continued and XYZ was blamed for not putting in

adequate systems in place to develop the right people.

The organization is contemplating implementation of

the following measures in order to deal with the

situation:

1. Reform the compensation structure and put in two

different types of structures a contract basis to

attract risk-takers who would fit in the MCG group

and a tenure-based compensation for employees in

other groups who would want more job security.2. Impart skills to the different client groups in order to

make members of one group capable of smoothly

handling assignments when transferred to the other

group.

3. Regularly rotate members from one group to

another in order to give them more opportunity to

perform in diverse areas

4. Reduce the pressure on accountablility among

individual team members to reduce the negative impact

of a profit center approach

5. Relate rewards to individual performances and not

group performances and for individual star performers

make the method of selection transparent

Which of the following combination of measures from

among the above would best suit the organizations

goals of remaining more customer-focused and also

reduce the employee anxiety brought about by the

change.

A. 1, 2, 5

B. 2, 4, 5

C. 1, 3, 4D. 1, 3, 5

E. 1, 2, 4

33. XYZ had to face change resistance once again in

December 2000, when it was merged with ABC.

Though XYZ was nearly three times the size of ABC,

its staff strength was only 1,400 as against ABCs

2,500. Half of ABCs personnel were clerks and

around 350 were subordinate staff.

There were large differences in profiles, grades,

designations and salaries of personnel in the two

entities. It was also reported that there was uneasiness

among the staff of ABC as they felt that XYZ would

push up the productivity per employee, to match the

levels of XYZ. ABC employees feared that their

positions would come in for a closer scrutiny.

The apprehensions of the XYZ employees seemed to

be justified as the working culture at XYZ and ABC

were quite different and the emphasis of the respectivemanagement was also different. While ABC

management concentrated on the overall profitability

of the Bank, XYZ management turned all its

departments into individual profit centers and bonus

for employees was given on the performance of

individual profit center rather than profits of whole

organization.

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In order to implement a smooth HR integration

process in view of the merger, XYZ is focusing on the

following areas:

1. Employee communication

2. Cultural integration3. Recruitment and compensation

4. Performance management

5. Training

6. Employee relations

Which of the following is an activity that would not

form part of any of the above agenda?

A. Dialogues between the management and the

employees union of ABC

B. Skill upgradation programs for the clerical staff ofABC

C. Formation of individual profit centers for the

merged entity based on business focus areas

D. Evolving a common structure of grades and

designations for the employees of ABC and XYZ.

E. Formation of recreation clubs at different locations

for facilitating interaction between employees of the

two companies

Question No 34-35:In mid-1996, Oprah Winfrey

one of the worlds most well-known media

personalities and the host of the Oprah Winfrey

Show, was entangled in a major controversy. The

controversy arose because of statements made by

Oprah and Howard Lyman during an episode of the

Oprah Winfrey Show telecast on April 16 1996.The

show, based on the theme, Dangerous Food, talked

about the Mad Cow diseaseand the threat it

supposedly posed to beef consumers in the US. On

the show, Lyman blamed the practice of feeding

rendered livestock (protein derived from cattleremains) to cattle for outbreak of the disease in

Europe, which resulted in the death of over 1.5 million

cattle and 20 people in 1996. Lymans statements

suggested that beef consumers in the US could also

contract the human form of the mad cow disease as a

similar practice of feeding livestock was followed in

the US. On the show, Oprah swore that she would

never eat a hamburger again in her life.

In May 1996, some cattle producers filed a $10.3

million suit against Oprah and Lyman in the Texas state

court, under the Texas False Disparagement of

Perishable Food Products Act, claiming, business

disparagement, negligence and defamation. The cattle

producers claimed that Oprah knowingly aired falseand defamatory comments about the threat of mad

cow disease in the US. The show reportedly had a

devastating impact on cattle prices and sales in the

US. Prices fell to a 10-year low within a week of the

show, causing losses exceeding $12 million to the

cattle producers.

34. Out of the following which seems to be the most

likely cause for the cattle producers suit?

A. The fact that Oprah publicly swore never to eat a

hamburger again in her life

B. Lyman linking the practice of feeding rendered

livestock to the mad cow disease

C. The devastating dip in cattle prices and sales within

a week following the show

D. The discussion of a sensitive topic like the Mad

Cow disease on a popular television network

E. Though Oprah was a popular television personality,

she had no real expertise on the Mad Cow disease

35. Which of the following measures taken by the

producers of The Oprah Winfrey Show is likely to

be most effective in making the cattle producers

withdraw their lawsuit?

A. Air a second show on the same issue with cattle

industry representatives on the discussion panel to

arrive at a balanced perspective on the issue

B. Make Oprah Winfrey publicly eat a burger on her

showC. Have David Lyman withdraw his statement linking

the feeding of rendered livestock to the Mad Cow

disease

D. B and C above

E. A, B and C above

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Question No 36-38:On December 5, 2007, an

explosion occurred at the coal mine owned by Rui

Zhiyuan Company (RZC) in China. It was yet another

deadly coal mining explosion in China reported that

year. Official estimates suggested that at least 105

people might have died immediately in the gasexplosion at RZC. The earlier explosions had

occurred at Yujialing Coal Mine killing 26 workers in

March 2007 and Pudeng Coal Mine where 28 mine

workers had died in May 2007. The exact number of

deaths remained a mystery.

The major reason cited for hazardous conditions in

coal mines was the negligent attitude of mine owners

who allegedly did not pay enough attention to

workplace safety. It was alleged that the mine ownersoften put the lives of the workers at risk by not

investing in fire control and other equipment, proper

ventilation, etc. In addition, mine owners in China

often breached safety regulations to increase

production beyond the permissible level. China relies

heavily on coal due to scarcity in petroleum resources.

About two-thirds of the countrys electricity is

generated by burning coal, making China the largest

consumer and producer of coal in the world. In

addition to electricity generation, China depends on

coal for running its factories which comprise Chinas

huge manufacturing base.

The following questions are based on two statements I

and II. Examine the statements and then mark:

A. If statement I is an evidence from the passage and

statement II is a conclusion that must be true based on

that evidence.

B. If statement I is an evidence from the passage and

statement II is a conclusion that is not necessarily true

based on that evidence.C. If statement I is not an evidence from the passage

but statement II is a conclusion that must be true

based on that evidence.

D. If statement I is not an evidence from the passage

and statement II is a conclusion that is not necessarily

true based on that evidence.

E. If statement I is a conclusion based on the passage

and statement II is not a conclusion that is necessarily

true based on the passage.

36. I. Most mine owners in China had a negligent

attitude and did not pay enough attention to workplace

safety.

II. The heavy reliance of China on coal was

responsible for mine owners breaching safety

regulations and raising production beyond permissible

levels.

37. I. Installing effective fire control and ventilation

measures can enhance safety for those involved in

mining operations.

II. If the mines of China were run by the government

instead of private owners, chances of accident would

reduce.

38. I. There had been other deadly coal mining

explosions in China prior to the one on December 5,

2007.

II. It was becoming difficult to find workers for the

coal mines in China.

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Analyse the passage given and provide an

appropriate answer for the question nos. 39

through 44 that follow.

Socialism, which, like the god Vishnu, ever dying and

ever returning to life, has experienced within a score

of years its ten-thousandth incarnation in the persons

of five or six revelators,- socialism affirms the

irregularity of the present constitution of society, and,

consequently, of all its previous forms. It asserts, and

proves, that the order of civilization is artificial,

contradictory, inadequate; that it engenders

oppression, misery, and crime; it denounces, not to

say calumniates, the whole past of social life, andpushes on with all its might to a reformation of morals

and institutions.

Socialism concludes by declaring political economy a

false and sophistical hypothesis, devised to enable the

few to exploit the many; and applying the maximA

fructibus cognoscetis, it ends with a demonstration of

the impotence and emptiness of political economy by

the list of human calamities for which it makes it

responsible.

But if political economy is false, jurisprudence, which

in all countries is the science of law and custom, is

false also; since, founded on the distinction of thine

and mine, it supposes the legitimacy of the facts

described and classified by political economy. The

theories of public and international law, with all the

varieties of representative government, are also false,

since they rest on the principle of individual

appropriation and the absolute sovereignty of wills.

All these consequences socialism accepts. To it,political economy, regarded by many as the physiology

of wealth, is but the organization of robbery and

poverty; just as jurisprudence, honored by legists with

the name of written reason, is, in its eyes, but a

compilation of the rubrics of legal and official

spoliation,- in a word, of property. Considered in their

relations, these two pretended sciences, political

economy and law, form, in the opinion of socialism,

the complete theory of iniquity and discord. Passing

SECTION B : VERBAL AND LOGICAL ABILITY

then from negation to affirmation, socialism opposes

the principle of property with that of association, and

makes vigorous efforts to reconstruct social economy

from top to bottom; that is, to establish a new code, anew political system, with institutions and morals

diametrically opposed to the ancient forms. Thus the

line of demarcation between socialism and political

economy is fixed, and the hostility flagrant. Political

economy tends toward the glorification of selfishness;

socialism favors the exaltation of communism.

The economists, saving a few violations of their

principles, for which they deem it their duty to blame

governments, are optimists with regard toaccomplished facts; the socialists, with regard to facts

to be accomplished. The first affirm that that which

ought to be IS; the second, that that which ought to be

IS NOT. Consequently, while the first are defenders of

religion, authority, and the other principles

contemporary with, and conservative of, property, -

although their criticism, based solely on reason, deals

frequent blows at their own prejudices, the second

reject authority and faith, and appeal exclusively to

science although a certain religiosity, utterly illiberal,

and an unscientific disdain for facts, are always the

most obvious characteristics of their doctrines.

For the rest, neither party ever ceases to accuse the

other of incapacity and sterility.

The socialists ask their opponents to account for the

inequality of conditions, for those commercial

debaucheries in which monopoly and competition, in

monstrous union, perpetually give birth to luxury and

misery; they reproach economic theories, alwaysmodeled after the past, with leaving the future

hopeless; in short, they point to the regime of property

as a horrible hallucination, against which humanity has

protested and struggled for four thousand years.

The economists, on their side, defy socialists to

produce a system in which property, competition, and

political organization can be dispensed with; they

prove, with documents in hand, that all reformatory

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projects have ever been nothing but rhapsodies of

fragments borrowed from the very system that

socialism sneers at, plagiarisms, in a word, of

political economy, outside of which socialism is

incapable of conceiving and formulating an idea.

Every day sees the proofs in this grave suit

accumulating, and the question becoming confused.

While society has traveled and stumbled, suffered and

thrived, in pursuing the economic routine, the

socialists, since Pythagoras, Orpheus, and the

unfathomable Hermes, have labored to establish their

dogma in opposition to political economy. A few

attempts at association in accordance with their views

have even been made here and there: but as yet these

exceptional undertakings, lost in the ocean of property,

have been without result; and, as if destiny had

resolved to exhaust the economic hypothesis before

attacking the socialistic utopia, the reformatory party is

obliged to content itself with pocketing the sarcasms of

its adversaries while waiting for its own turn to come.

This, then, is the state of the cause: socialism

incessantly denounces the crimes of civilization, verifies

daily the powerlessness of political economy to satisfy

the harmonic attractions of man, and presents petition

after petition; political economy fills its brief withsocialistic systems, all of which, one after another, pass

away and die, despised by common sense. The

persistence of evil nourishes the complaint of the one,

while the constant succession of reformatory checks

feeds the malicious irony of the other. When will

judgment be given? The tribunal is deserted;

meanwhile, political economy improves its

opportunities, and, without furnishing bail, continues to

lord it over the world; possideo quia possideo.

If we descend from the sphere of ideas to the realitiesof the world, the antagonism will appear still more

grave and threatening. When, in these recent years,

socialism, instigated by prolonged convulsions, made

its fantastic appearance in our midst, men whom all

controversy had found until then indifferent and

lukewarm went back in fright to monarchical and

religious ideas; democracy, which was charged with

being developed at last to its ultimate, was cursed and

driven back.

39. According to the passage, socialism measures the

success of the political economy by

A. Comparing it to the incarnation of the god Vishnu.

B. Judging it by the fruits of its work.

C. Proving that the order of civilization is false.D. Vouching for the oppression in the society.

E. Investigating the lack of reformation of morals and

institutions.

40. What, according to the passage, is the line of

differentiation between political economy and

socialism?

A. Political economy leans toward the veneration of

selfishness; socialism favours the adulation ofcommunism.

B. Political economy tends to the disregard for

selfishness; socialism favours the downfall of

communism.

C. Political economy veers toward discounting of

selfishness; socialism favours the exaltation of

communism.

D. Political economy is for the sacrifice of selfishness

and socialism defends the spread of communism.

E. Political economy favours the glorification of

selflessness; socialism favours the demystification ofcommunalism.

41. Which of the following, according to the passage,

sets the economists and the socialists apart?

A. The socialists think ahead of the times and the

economists dwell on the past.

B. The economists are atheists whereas the socialists

are agnostics.

C. The economists are positive about realizedobjectives, the socialists about the ones yet to be

attained.

D. The socialists are communists and the economists

imperialists.

E. The economists are disdainful about science and the

socialists hold the government responsible for all

iniquity in society.

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42. Why does the mantle of falsity descend onto

jurisprudence and political economy, according to the

passage?

A. Because both believe in oppression and misery.

B. Because both give rise to crime.C. Because both are harbingers of lawlessness.

D. Because both ignore the existence of poverty.

E. Because both promote individual acquisitions.

43. In the passage, the economists seek to confront

the socialists through which of the following?

A. By challenging them to produce a regime of

commercialization.

B. By daring them to do without belongings.C. By demanding a system which is free from

materialism.

D. By flouting their reformatory projects as mere

copies of the old order.

E. By seeking a structure devoid of assets, opposition

and followings.

44. Which of the following could be a reason why

political economy continues to lord it over the world?

A. Socialism loses out on account of destiny.B. Political economy is a utopian state.

C. Socialism is overcome by wickedness.

D. Material goods prevail over socialism.

E. Sarcasms deter socialistic systems.

Directions (45-47): The sentences given in each

question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent

paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a number.

Choose the most logical order of sentences among the

given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

45:

1. I suspect that part of the appeal lies in an intrinsic

quality of the images themselves, namely the image

statistics that underlie what we perceive to be

natural images.

2. Both the Mountains ofCreation of Spitzer

and Morans The Teton Range communicate

something topographic that results from the

manner in which the overall scale relates to its

cragginess.

3. Real-world images contain structural information

over a range of scales that communicates

verisimilitude.

4. As we attempt to capitalize on the publicoutreach potential, we should take a moment to

consider the quality of peoples aesthetic response

by considering the study ofHubble imagery, by

doctoral student Elizabeth Kessler who compared

Hubbleimagery to paintings by members of the

Hudson School, such as Albert Bierstadt or

Thomas Moran: TheHubble images are part of

the Romantic landscape tradition they fit that

popular, familiar model of what the natural world

should look like.

A. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4

B. 4 - 3 - 2 - 1

C. 4 - 1 - 3 - 2

D. 3 - 1 - 2 - 4

E. 1 - 3 - 4 - 2

46:

1. The chaos experienced by the Penan is not a part

of their traditional religious imaginations, not a

myth and not a ritual construct - It is an alarmingfact.

2. Order cannot be maintained and the chaotic

gradually takes over; however, this chaos is not of

the creative kind that is periodically embraced in

order to refresh life, as we know it from other

cultures. It is not a chaotic disintegration that is

necessary for a new order to come about, as we

know it from numerous myths and rituals.

3. The interpretation of what the birds relate takes

place in social interaction between human beings -When the forest dies and the birds go away, there

are no divinatory messages to interpret, and

therefore neither a physical, nor a social-cognitive

space in which the Penan can operate: thus people

loose their sense of orientation and their sense of

meaning.

4. But what do you do if that, which used to define

your direction, is gone? The people I met were in

distress as they felt abandoned and confused: The

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implicit map that used to be drawn by the birds is

no longer created, and the precondition for the

most important social events, the nomadic

movements in the landscape and the hunt, is gone:

People with no direction and no purpose, the

man said.

A. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4

B. 3 - 4 - 1 - 2

C. 2 - 1 - 3 - 4

D. 1 - 4 - 2 - 3

E. 4 - 3 - 2 - 1

47:

1. Irish-Argentines have had a significant influence in

football, rugby, field hockey, basketball, polo andother sports. Relations between Ireland and the

region were enhanced through frequent sporting

contacts.

2. Central to this is the influence Irish immigrants and

Argentines of Irish origin have had on the

dissemination and development of these sports. In

addition to this, a specific contribution was made

with the introduction of hurling to Argentina.

3. The prominence given to the successes of

Argentina in a wide variety of sports in recent

times, in particular those of British origin, hascreated a greater awareness of the important

contribution ingleseshave made to the diffusion of

the sport in Latin America and Iberia through the

bonds of informal empire.

4. As Ireland has now become a net recipient of

migrants and home to communities from Latin

America and Iberia, it is likely that in the future

they will in turn make their mark in those sports

which the Irish played a part in diffusing and

developing in their countries of origin.

A. 2 - 1 - 4 - 3

B. 3 - 2 - 1 - 4

C. 4 - 1 - 2 - 3

D. 3 - 4 - 2 -1

E. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4

Directions: (48-56): Go through the caselets

below and answer the questions that follow.

48. Employee recognition can help companies build

and maintain engaged workforces that are productive,

conscientious and loyal. But to be effective,

recognition programs must touch a large portion of the

workforce, emphasize timely acknowledgement and

allow organizations to reap benefits that enhance the

employer-employee relationship. When employee

rewards and recognition initiatives are discussed with

senior management, office parties and one-off gift

certificates typically come to mind.

Efforts often involve discretionary spending without

measurable outcomes or business impact. Long-term

strategic planning often is neglected, putting the valueand sustainability of recognition and rewards programs

at risk.

A person seeking to defend the argument that

employee recognition initiatives are effective might

argue that

A. Employee recognition is gaining ground these days.

B. Employee recognition in whatever form is a solace

for most.C. Employee recognition helps organizations garner

huge advantages.

D. High attrition rates deter long term planning.

E. Rewards and recognition initiatives are on the

decline currently.

49. During the past 20 years, the audience for public

radio has increased by 500%, and currently, there are

nearly 30 million weekly public radio listeners. While

many of us rely on public radio for unbiased and in-

depth news, diverse music, and cultural programming,

there are still millions of people nationwide who have

limited access to public radio programs. Thus, with

additional public radio stations and program options,

more people could connect to their communities and

world through the voices of public radio.

Which of the following is true?

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A. The point above contradicts the speakers

argument.

B. The point above extends the speakers argument.

C. The point above is similar to the speakers

argument.

D. The point above concludes the speakersargument.

E. The point above strengthens the speakers

argument.

50. Peace of mind and heart does not mean

acceptance of everything that happens. It does mean

letting go of fear. When you live life fearlessly, you

experience a kind of peace that permeates every cell

of your body, every thought of your mind, every

emotion of your heart, every element of your spirit.

Which of the following, if true, would weaken the

speakers argument the most?

A. Without effectively connecting to other humans, you

become less than human yourself.

B. In order to evolve into a state of acceptance, you

must develop to value life in all its forms.

C. Fear helps us to be careful and avoid danger in life.

D. Life is in a constant state of flux, of change, of

rhythm and of evolution.E. The pursuit of peace is not something you attain

from outside your skin; it develops from within.

51. The most common type of boss isnt a villain. This

person falls in the Respectable Professional category

for 29 percent of employees. Employees view them

with respect and believe them to be honest and

reliable. However, Respectable Professionals are

task-driven and conduct business operations

efficiently, only displaying flexibility when required.These bosses tend to maintain a professional distance

and fail to make the company a fun place to work.

Which of the following best summarizes the above

paragraph?

A. Tough, controlling and ruthless, the Taskmasters

arent seen as ethical, honest or intelligent.

B.Seen as tough, controlling and task driven, the

Taskmaster is not cheerful or peaceful, but focused on

achieving goals.

C. The Taskmaster rates higher on both ethics and

competence, but doesnt engender much employee

loyalty.D. Caring Mentors are highly relational and greatly

appreciated by their direct reportees.

E. Most direct reportees characterize the Taskmasters

as inconsistent and clueless; these managers have the

lowest employee engagement.

52. In these times of fiscal correctness, it is heresy to

call for expansionary fiscal policy to revive the

economy. However sound economics underpins such

a prescription even if it sounds like the wild cry of aslump struck corporate bothered only about its own

bottomline.

Which if true would lend support to the authors view

on fiscal policy?

A. In the past, most governments have adopted a

conservative attitude in the face of an economic slump.

B. Expansionary fiscal policy would be welcomed by

business houses that have been overwhelmed by the

slump.C. Expansionary fiscal policy leading to more

expenditure would encourage production in a

depressed economy.

D. Sound economics suggests that to increase fiscal

expenditure during a depression would raise the

import bill and adversely affect the trade deficit.

E. Fiscal policies are often used as tools to provoke a

reaction in the market.

53. Easy import of goods and services spurred by freetrade policies introduce goods of various types and

quality into the domestic economy. The consumer

instead of the government gets the right to choose or

reject a foreign product. By treating imports and

domestic goods at the same level, the government

encourages competition which is essential to improve

productivity and lower costs, both are in turn essential

to improve the plight of the poor.

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Which of the following if true would strengthen the

case for free trade?

A. Consumers are likely to opt for imported products

as they are of superior quality.

B. Domestic producers, who enjoy lower costs ofproduction have an edge over the producers of

imported products in terms of price.

C. Domestic producers have easy access to technical

knowledge and face lower costs of

production

D. Consumers are unlikely to increase their level of

expenditure because of the introduction of a wide

variety of imported goods.

E. The removal of restrictions on imports will result in

the loss of an avenue for revenue collection.

54. The TV entertainment industry is evolving and with

it its attitudes towards research. The industry is moving

away from its chaotic roots in the direction of

increased professionalization. TV software companies

that once consisted of no more than scripts, studios

and salesmanship are now proper corporate entities

with access to formal sources of funding. Instead of

entrepreneurs leading by instinct, youre getting

professional with MBA degrees and experience in

established companies.

Which of the assumptions would weaken the claims of

increased professionalism in the Television industry?

A. The artists working on TV shows are paid on a

contractual basis and are not regarded as employees.

B. Banks and financial institutions are wary of lending

money to TV producers as the producers are unable

to furnish necessary documents.

C. Many management graduates who have opted for acareer in television are satisfied with their jobs.

D. Quite a few television producers see the industry as

an avenue for making quick money.

E. None of the above.

55. With the advent of mobile phones last year, the

number of automobile accidents has increased. Talking

on the mobile phone distracts the drivers attention

and hence causes accidents.

All of the following could be used to weaken the

argument except.

A. The number of cars on the road has increased in

the last year.

B. Radio stations have aired more interestingprogrammes in the last year which distracts the

drivers attention.

C. Due to poor maintenance, the road conditions have

worsened over the last year.

D. Most of the mobile phones were sold to people

who spend atleast 4 hours driving everyday.

E. Most mobile owners travel in chauffeur driven cars.

56. Granted we all need self confidence and a good

self image. However when confidence turns to conceit,people invite the proverbial downfall. Some invert

ideologists train their pupils to develop an unjustified

adulation of their own personal judgement causing

whole societies to collapse from ideologies that nurture

internal thought conceit.

Which of the following statements best highlights the

above mentioned problem?

A. We can be impartial in one area of our lives and

plagued by prejudice in another.B. It takes wrenching experiences to tear us away

from our own thought conceit.

C. People have difficulty recognizing thought conceit in

themselves.

D. Not all educators teach respect for self-discipline

and humility.

E. Education tends to wean students away from

thought conceit.

Analyse the passage given and provide anappropriate answer for the question nos. 57

through 61 that follow.

Computer programmers often remark that computing

machines with a perfect lack of discrimination will do

any foolish thing that they are told. The reason for this

lies of course in the narrow fixation of the computing

machines intelligence upon the basely typographical

details of its own perceptionsits inability to be

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guided by any large context. In a psychological

description of the computer intelligence, three related

adjectives push themselves forward:

single-mindedness, literal-mindedness,

simple-mindedness. Recognizing this, we should at the

same time recognize that this single-mindedness,literal-mindedness, simple-mindedness also

characterizes theoretical mathematics, though to a

lesser extent.

It is a continual result of the fact that science tries to

deal with reality that even the most precise sciences

normally work with more or less ill-understood

approximations toward which the scientist must

maintain an appropriate skepticism. Thus, for instance,

it may come as a shock to the mathematician to learnthat the Mober equation for the hydrogen atom, which

he is able to solve only after a considerable effort of

functional analysis and special function theory, is not a

literally correct description of this atom, but only an

approximation to a somewhat more correct equation

taking account of spin, magnetic dipole, and relativistic

effects; that this corrected equation is itself only an

ill-understood approximation to an infinite set of

quantum field-theoretical equations; and finally hat the

quantum field theory, besides diverging, neglects a

myriad of strange-particle interactions whose strengthand form are largely unknown. The physicist, looking

at the original Mober equation, learns to sense in it the

presence of many invisible terms, integral,

integrodifferential, perhaps even more complicated

types of operators, in addition to the differential terms

visible, and this sense inspires an entirely appropriate

disregard for the purely technical features of the

equation which he sees. This very healthy self-

skepticism is foreign to the mathematical approach.

Mathematics must deal with well-defined situations.

Thus, in its relations with science mathematics depends

on an intellectual effort outside of mathematics for the

crucial specification of the approximation which

mathematics is to take literally. Give a mathematician a

situation which is the least bit ill-definedhe will first

of all make it well defined. Perhaps appropriately, bit

perhaps also inappropriately. in other cases, the

mathematicians habit of making definite his

literal-mindedness may have more unfortunate

consequences. The mathematician turns the scientists

theoretical assumptions, i.e., convenient points of

analytical emphasis, into axioms, and then takes these

axioms literally. This brings with it the danger that he

may also persuade the scientist to take these axiomsliterally. The question, central to the scientific

investigation but intensely disturbing in the

mathematical contextwhat happens to all this if the

axioms are relaxed?is thereby put into shadow.

The physicist rightly dreads precise argument, since an

argument which is only convincing if precise loses all

its force if the assumptions upon which it is based are

slightly changed, while an argument which is

convincing though imprecise may well be stable undersmall perturbations of its underlying axioms.

57. The author discusses computing machines in the

first paragraph in order to

A. indicate the dangers inherent in relying to a great

extent on machines.

B. illustrate his views about the approach of

mathematicians to problem solving.

C. compare the work of mathematicians with that of

computer programmers.D. provide a definition of intelligence.

E. stress the importance of computers in modern

technological society.

58. Scientists are skeptical towards their equations

because scientists

A. work to explain real situations which are many

times based on approximations.

B. know that well-defined problems are often the mostdifficult to solve.

C. are unable to express their data in terms of multiple

variables.

D. are unwilling to relax the axioms they have

developed.

E. are unable to accept mathematical explanations of

natural phenomena.

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59. Mathematicians present a danger to scientists forwhich of the following reasons?

A. Mathematicians may provide theories that are

incompatible with those already developed by

scientists.B. Mathematicians may define situations in a way that

is incomprehensible to scientistsC. Mathematicians may convince scientists that

theoretical assumptions are facts.D. Scientists may come to believe that axiomaticstatements are untrue.

E. Scientists may begin to provide arguments that areconvincing but imprecise.

60. The author suggests that a mathematician asked to

solve a problem in an ill-defined situation would firstattempt to do which of the following?

A. Identify an analogous situation.B. Simplify and define the situation.C. Vary the underlying assumptions of a description of

the situation.D. Determine what use would be made of the solution

provided.E. Evaluate the theoretical assumptions that mightexplain the situation.

61. The author implies that scientists develop a healthy

skepticism because they are aware that

A. Mathematicians are able to solve problems better

than scientistsB. Changes in axiomatic propositions will inevitably

reinforce scientific arguments.C. Well-defined situations are necessary for the designof reliable experiments.

D. Mathematical solutions cannot be applied to real

problems.E. Some factors in most situations must remainunknown.

Directions (62-66): Choose the appropriate wordsto fill in the blanks.

62. To have a few things to desire and many things tofear is a miserable state of mind, commonly seen in the

case of kings; which makes their mind _____ . They

have many representations of _____ and shadows,which makes their mind _____

A. languishing, perils, uncertain

B. pining, risks, unclear

C. puissant, hazards, pellucidD. lassitude, problems, limpid

E. reinforced, risks, uncertain

63. To apprehend Dickens mode of experience hisway of _______ the world, one must turn, not to the

_________ statements so well __________ to the

speculative thought of the philosopher, but rather tothe non - discursive materials that point a picture with

out explaining its significance.

A. discovering, concise, reconciledB. finding, excursive, suitedC. perceiving, discursive, adapted

D. discerning, digressive, conformedE. probing, invalid, suited

64. The Greeks believed that too much power_________ in one person was dangerous. They were

the first democratic society in the ________ world ofkings and emperors. They were proud of their

________ and maintained their ________ belief in

rule by many.

A. induced, turbulent, theory, flaccidB. endowed, tempestuous, ideals, frailC. endued, tumultuous, doctrine, flimsy

D. entrusted, tumultuous, ideology, ferventE. endowed, turbulent, axiom, frail

65. Beowulf and Gilgamesh are both epics that showstruggles and _______ of the stories heroes and have

similar _______ basics, but they are also different in

many aspects. Most stories contain _______ usagesof literary devices such as similes, kennings and

___________ .

A. washouts, literate, varied, alliterativeB. washouts, literary, several, alliteration

C. triumphs, literate, several, alliterativeD. triumphs, literary, diverse, alliterationE. washouts, literate, little, alternatives

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66. At a time when India is being _________ for

everything from its growing economy to its youthful

workforce, its languages are getting a much needed

boost from the _________ of cool. Its a mass

movement that is happening, Dixit says. Youngsters

are suddenly _________ that our country is also hipand cool. It doesnt matter what language you sing in,

you just have to be able to sing with _________ .

A. applauded, purveyors, realizing, conviction

B. cheered, procurer, appreciating, certainty

C. acclaimed, assistants, appreciating, conviction

D. complimented, procurer, realizing, certainty

E. lauded, assistants, proclaiming, excitement

Question 67-70:The poem given below is followedby a set of questions. Choose the most appropriate

answer to each question.

When I see birches bend to left and right

Across the lines of straighter darker trees,

I like to think some boys been swinging them.

But swinging doesnt bend them down to stay.

Ice-storms do that.

Often you must have seen them

Loaded with ice a sunny winter morning

After a rain. They click upon themselvesAs the breeze rises, and turn many-coloured

As the stir cracks and crazes their enamel.

Soon the suns warmth makes them shed crystal shells

Shattering and avalanching on the snow-crust

Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away

Youd think the inner dome of heaven had fallen.

They are dragged to the withered bracken by the load,

And they seem not to break; though once they are

bowedSo low for long, they never right themselves:

You may see their trunks arching in the woods

Years afterwards, trailing their leaves on the ground,

Like girls on hands and knees that throw their hair

Before them over their heads to dry in the sun.

But I was going to say when Truth broke in

With all her matter-of-fact about the ice-storm,

I should prefer to have some boy bend them

As he went out and in to fetch the cows

Some boy too far from town to learn baseball,

Whose only play was what he found himself,

Summer or winter, and could play alone.

One by one he subdued his fathers treesBy riding them down over and over again

Until he took the stiffness out of them,

And not one but hung limp, not one was left

For him to conquer.

He learned all there was

To learn about not launching out too soon

And so not carrying the tree away

Clear to the ground.

He always kept his poise

To the top branches, climbing carefullyWith the same pains you use to fill a cup

Up to the brim, and even above the brim.

Then he flung outward, feet first, with a swish,

Kicking his way down through the air to the ground.

So was I once myself a swinger of birches.

And so I dream of going back to be.

Its when Im weary of considerations,

And life is too much like a pathless wood

Where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs

Broken across it, and one eye is weeping

From a twigs having lashed across it open.Id like to get away from earth awhile

And then come back to it and begin over.

May no fate wilfully misunderstand me

And half grant what I wish and snatch me away

Not to return.

Earths the right place for love:

I dont know where its likely to go better.

Id like to go by climbing a birch tree

And climb black branches up a snow-white trunk

Toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more,But dipped its top and set me down again.

That would be good both going and coming back.

One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.

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67. According to the opening lines of the passage,

which of the following was the reason for the birches

getting bent?

A. The darker trees were usually bent.

B. A boy had been swinging them.C. The rains typically did it.

D. The ice-storms had been at work.

E. It was a part of the speakers minds eye.

68. The poet uses which of the following metaphors to

describe the melting snow on the birches in the

passage?

A. Enamel

B. Snow-crustC. Crystal shells

D. Inner dome

E. Broken glass

69. According to the passage, the boy learnt which of

the following lessons from the trees?

A. That it was important to control the trees.

B. It was important to ride over them again and again.

C. That the trees were important playmates.

D. That one should be entirely prepared beforestarting out in life.

E. That one should conquer with great speed.

70. The line And life is too much like a pathless

wood, in the perspective of the passage, refers to

which of the following:

A. That human beings are like the pathless woods.

B. That our lives are governed by the woods.

C. That our emotions hold the key to our decisions inlife.

D. That its is very easy to lose our way in the forest.

E. That life does not throw up discernable paths.

Questions No 71-72: Each of the following questions

has a paragraph from which the last sentence has been

deleted. From the given options, choose the sentence

that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate

way.

71. The growth during 2007 was driven by the

emerging markets. The number of dollar millionaires

created by Indias red hot economy grew by 22.7%;

China followed with growth of 20.3% and Brazil came

next with a 19.1% expansion in the high net worth

population. There had been a divergence betweenmature and emerging markets in the second half of the

year. Mature economies had significantly slower

growth compared to other regions and compared to

last year. _________________

A. Chinas stock market grew by 291% and the

Bovespa in Sao Paulo expanded by 93%, as foreign

investors flooded into Brazil.

B. In the UK, the market capitalisation of the London

stock market contracted by 1.5% during 2007.

C. The acceleration in mature markets was supported

by soaring local stock markets.

D. The number of dollar millionaires in Eastern Europe

grew at 14.3%, compared with growth of 3% in

Western Europe.

E. Total market capitalisation of the Bombay exchange

expanded by 118% during 2007.

72. There are as many photographs of UFOs as there

are of the Loch Ness Monster, and they are of equal

quality: blurs and forgeries. Oddly, the advent ofinexpensive video cameras has corresponded to a

decreasein UFO sightings. Other physical evidence,

such as alleged debris from alien crashes, or burn

marks on the ground from alien landings, or implants in

noses or brains of alien abductees, have turned out to

be quite terrestrial, including forgeries.

_________________

A. The main reasons for believing in UFOs are the

questionable interpretations of visual experiences and

the inability to distinguish science fiction from science.B. UFOs are the products of the creative imagination

they serve a poetic and an existential function.

C. The main reasons for believing in UFOs are the

willingness to trust incompetent men telling fantastic

stories and the ability to distrust all contrary sources.

D. Belief in aliens and UFOs is akin to belief in

supernatural beings.

E. UFOlogy is the mythology of the space age, rather

than angels ... we now have ... extraterrestrials.

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Analyse the passage given and provide an

appropriate answer for the question nos. 73

through 76 that follow.

In one of the many letters he wrote to his son in the

1740s, Lord Chesterfield offered the following advice:There is time enough for everything in the course of

the day, if you do but one thing at once, but there is

not time enough in the year, if you will do two things at

a time. To Chesterfield, singular focus was not merely

a practical way to structure ones time; it was a mark

of intelligence. This steady and undissipated attention

to one object, is a sure mark of a superior genius; as

hurry, bustle, and agitation, are the never-failing

symptoms of a weak and frivolous mind.

In modern times, hurry, bustle, and agitation have

become a regular way of life for many peopleso

much so that we have embraced a word to describe

our efforts to respond to the many pressing demands

on our time: multitasking. Used for decades to

describe the parallel processing abilities of computers,

multitasking is now shorthand for the human attempt to

do simultaneously as many things as possible, as

quickly as possible, preferably marshalling the power

of as many technologies as possible.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, one sensed a kind

of exuberance about the possibilities of multitasking.

Advertisements for new electronic gadgets

particularly the first generation of handheld digital

devicescelebrated the notion of using technology to

accomplish several things at once. The word

multitasking began appearing in the skills sections of

rsums, as office workers restyled themselves as

high-tech, high-performing team players.

But more recently, challenges to the ethos of

multitasking have begun to emerge. Numerous studies

have shown the sometimes-fatal danger of using cell

phones and other electronic devices while driving, for

example, and several states have now made that

particular form of multitasking illegal. In the business

world, where concerns about time-management are

perennial, warnings about workplace distractions

spawned by a multitasking culture are on the rise.

In 2005, the BBC reported on a research study,

funded by Hewlett-Packard and conducted by the

Institute of Psychiatry at the University of London, that

found, Workers distracted by e-mail and phone calls

suffer a fall in IQ more than twice that found in

marijuana smokers. The psychologist who led thestudy called this new infomania a serious threat to

workplace productivity.

Multitasking might also be taking a toll on the

economy. One study by researchers at the University

of California, monitored interruptions among office

workers; they found that workers took an average of

twenty-five minutes to recover from interruptions such

as phone calls or answering e-mail and return to their

original task. Discussing multitasking with theNewYork Times in 2007, Jonathan B. Spira, an analyst at

the business research firm Basex, estimated that

extreme multitaskinginformation overloadcosts

the U.S. economy $650 billion a year in lost

productivity.

To better understand the multitasking phenomenon,

neurologists and psychologists have studied the

workings of the brain. In 1999, Chief of cognitive

neuroscience at the National Institute of Neurological

Disorders and Stroke , used functional magneticresonance imaging (fMRI) scans to determine that

when people engage in task-switchingthat is,

multitasking behaviorthe flow of blood increases to

a region of the frontal cortex called Brodmann area

10. (The flow of blood to particular regions of the

brain is taken as a proxy indication of activity in those

regions.) This is presumably the last part of the brain

to evolve, the most mysterious and exciting part,

Grafman told theNew York Timesin 2001adding,

with a touch of hyperbole, Its what makes us mosthuman.

It is also what makes multitasking a poor long-term

strategy for learning. Other studies, such as those

performed by psychologist Ren Marois, have used

fMRI to demonstrate the brains response to handling

multiple tasks. Marois found evidence of a response

selection bottleneck that occurs when the brain is

forced to respond to several stimuli at once.

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As a result, task-switching leads to time lost as the

brain determines which task to perform. Psychologist

David Meyer at the University of Michigan believes

that rather than a bottleneck in the brain, a process of

adaptive executive control takes place, which

schedules task processes appropriately to obeyinstructions about their relative priorities and serial

order, as he described to theNew Scientist. Unlike

many other researchers who study multitasking, Meyer

is optimistic that, with training, the brain can learn to

task-switch more effectively, and there is some

evidence that certain simple tasks are amenable to

such practice. But his research has also found that

multitasking contributes to the release of stress

hormones and adrenaline, which can cause long-term

health problems if not controlled, and contributes tothe loss of short-term memory.

73. By the reference to Lord Chesterfield, the passage

emphasizes which of the following:

A. Multitasking changes the way people learn.

B. Multitasking is not for the successful.

C. In multitasking, learning is less flexible and more

specialized.

D. Focus is superior to multitasking - which can be

detrimental.E. Multitasking develops the brain.

74. What, according to the passage, has revealed

extensive gaps in the spirit of multitasking?

A. The hurry, bustle, and agitation have become a

regular way of our life.

B. Efforts are required to respond to the manypressing demands on our time.

C. The aftermath of multitasking is doing the rounds.

D. Resistance to the mindset of multitasking is

appearing.

E. Multitasking is taking a toll on the economy.

75. Which of the following best represents the key

argument made by the author?

A. There are several factors that increase thelikelihood of multitasking.

B. When we force ourselves to multitask, were

driving ourselves to be less efficient in the long run

even though it sometimes feels like were being more

efficient.

C. Today, our collective will to pay attention seems

fairly weak.

D. People who have achieved great things often credit

for their success a finely honed skill for paying

a