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Classic MoCAT - 7


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Section 1 (50 marks)
Part 1 - (1 mark questions)

1. In a tribe, today there are only 31 people, of whom every second person is a male. Nobody from the
tribe marries outside the tribe or outside his generation. One child is born to every couple. Every
second person born is a male. How many further generations will the tribe last ?
1] 3 2] 4 3] 5 4] 6


2. Each vertex of a pentagon is joined with every other vertex. How many triangles are formed in the
process ?
1] 10 2] 20 3] 25 4] 30


3. By the time a dog takes four 3-feet steps, a cat takes five 2-feet steps. If a dog starts chasing a cat
after the cat has taken 50 steps, how many steps would it require to catch up ?
1] 50 2] 100 3] 200 4] 250


4. If Sachin scores a hundred, Saurav does not and if Saurav does, Sachin does not. Either of them
scores at least 50% and at most 150% of what the other does. What is the maximum total that the
two can put up ?
1] 297 2] 250 3] 247 4] None of these


5. If ax = by = cz, then find a
x
z



+ b
y
z



.
1]
c
2
2] 2cz 3] 2c 4] c


6. A person buys pure milk and sells it at 10% profit. What will his new profit be if he adds 25% water
to the milk ?
1] 40% 2] 37.5% 3] 35% 4] 32%


7. One salesperson gets a fixed salary of Rs.2000 plus 4% of the value of sales he makes and another
gets Rs.3000 plus 2% of his sale value. When their sale values are in the ratio 3 : 4, they make equal
money, what is the total value of sale made by the two salespersons?
1] Rs. 1,750,000 2] Rs.1,400,000 3] Rs.2,800,000 4] Rs.3,500,000


8. How many numbers between 1092 and 3242 (both inclusive) are divisible by 4 but not by 12 ?
1] 179 2] 358 3] 359 4] 538


9. How many 3-digit numbers can be made with the number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 such that the digits are
in ascending order from left to right ?
1] 20 2] 24 3] 22 4] 32


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10. In a cricket match, where there are 11 batsmen in a team, and each batsman scored at least 1 run. If
the team scored 132 runs, with no 2 players scoring equal number of runs, what is the highest
possible individual score?
1] 87 2] 77 3] 66 4] 78


11. I went to a town with a certain amount of money. On the first day I spent 25% of what I had, on the
second day 10% of the remaining, on the third day the same as the second day and the remaining
Rs.5500 on the fourth and final day. How much did I have initially?
1] Rs.
5500
0.60



2] Rs.
5500
0.6075



3] Rs.
5500
0.675



4] None of these


12. ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral inscribed in a circle of radius 1 unit.
If AB.BC.CD.DA > 4, then what is ABCD ?
1] Rectangle 2] Trapezium 3] Rhombus 4] Square


13. If N = 5
m
+ 5
k
, where m and k are positive integers, then which of the following statements is true ?
1] N is not divisible by 2. 2] N is a cube of an integer.
3] N is not a square of an integer. 4] N is not divisible by 5.


DIRECTIONS for questions 14 to 15: These questions are based on the following situation.
In an injection moulding unit, there are 3 machines working 24 hours a day. 1000 computer frames of
colours black, blue, and red in the ratio 5 : 3 : 2 have to be moulded. It takes a machine 2 minutes 24
seconds to successfully mould one frame. The first machine has capacity to accommodate raw material
sufficient for 200 frames and the second and third for 150 frames each. It takes 10 minutes to refill the
machine with raw material of the same colour or 30 minutes to refill the machine with raw material of a
different colour.

14. What colour frames will machine 1 mould so that there is no wastage of raw material:
1] Red only 2] Blue and black
3] Black only 4] Red and black


15. The job started at 6 a.m. with all the machines loaded with raw material upto maximum capacity. At
what time will the job get completed ensuring minimum wastage of raw material and maximum
utilization of machinery ?
1] 10 p.m. 2] 10.30 p.m. 3] 6 p.m. 4] 6.30 p.m.


DIRECTIONS for questions 16 to 17: These questions are based on the following situation.
A road network connects locations A, B, C, D, and E. All segments are straight lines. E is the midpoint on
the road connecting A and C. BE is 1 km shorter than DE. The segments AB, BC, CD, and AE are 15 km,
2 km, 12 km, and 6.5 km respectively.

16. What is the distance from A to D ?
1] 13 km 2] 12 km 3] 14 km 4] 11 km


17. If Xavier travels from A to C via D and his speed on DC is 48 kmph, then what should be his speed
on AD such that he reaches C in 26 minutes ?
1] 66 kmph 2] 60 kmph 3] 56 kmph 4] 50 kmph

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18. For any positive integer n it is known that n
5
n have the same last digit. Then which of the
following statements are false ?
1] 2 always divides n
5
n 2] 5 always divides n
5
n
3] 7 always divides n
5
n 4] 10 always divides n
5
n


19. What are the last two digits of 2
6n
6
2n
, n being an even positive number ?
1] 40 2] 04 3] 00 4] 08


20. In the table below for suitably chosen constants a, b, and c; which one of the following best
describes the relation between y and x ?

x -2 -1 0 1 2
y 3 5 3 -3 -13


1] y = a + bx 2] y = a + bx + cx
2

3] y = e
a + bx
4] None of these


Section 1
Part 2 - (2 mark questions)

21. There is a 50 litre tank that is half-full. It has an inlet that lets in water at 3 litres a minute and an
outlet that lets out water at 2 litres a minute. First the inlet is opened for 5 minutes and then the
outlet for the same time if this goes on alternately, how many minutes will it require for the tank to
get filled up ?
1] 50 2] 25 3] 20 4] 15


22. There is a circular track of diameter 42 m. Two people start simultaneously, one running back and
forth along the diameter and the other along the circumference, both at 6 m/s. After how long will
they meet for the first time [ =
22
7
] ?
1] 70 seconds 2] 77 seconds 3] 154 seconds 4] None of these


23. Three people A, B, and C are gambling in a game where the rule is that the losers give 10% of what
they have to the winner in each bout. All of them start with Rs.100. A wins the first game, B the
second, and C the third. Who has the maximum after 3 games ?
1] A 2] B
3] C 4] They have equal amount.


24. f(x) consists of a part that varies as the square of x, one part that varies directly with x and a constant
part. Value of f becomes 0 when x = 3, and when x = 2. What is f(x) when x = 0 ?
1] 6 2] 6 3] 1 4] Cant say


25. x, y, and z can take any of the values 0, 1 and 1. How many possible values can now be taken by x
+ y + z ?
1] 4 2] 6 3] 7 4] 8
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26. What is the equation of the straight line parallel to 2x + 3y + 16 = 0 that is concurrent with 2x 3y =
5 and 7x + 5y = 2 ?
1] 2x + 3y = 7 2] 3x + 2y = 5
3] 2x + 3y + 1 = 0 4] 2x 3y = 1


27. In a cricket match, where there are 11 batsmen in a team, and each batsman scored at least 1 run.
The team scored 132 runs, with no 2 players scoring equal number of runs. What would the highest
score be if it was also told that the sum of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th highest runs in 50 ?
1] 52 2] 72 3] 67 4] 57


28. Let x = 0.123456789101112.....998999, where the digits are obtained by writing the integers 1
through 999 in order. What is the 1983rd digit to the right of the decimal point ?
1] 2 2] 3 3] 5 4] 7


29. Let E be the midpoint of median AD of triangle ABC. Let DB be produced to P such that DB = BP
and let DC be produced to Q such that DC = CQ. Let EP cut AB at L and EQ cut AC at M. What is
the ratio of the area of pentagon BLEMC to that of the triangle ABC ?
1] 2/3 2] 2/5 3] 1/3 4] 1/5


30. The curved surface area of a cylinder inscribed in a sphere of radius R is maximum when h = ?
1]
R
2
2] R 2 3]
R
2
4] 2R


31. A, B, and C are finite sets. A has twice as many elements as B. B has more elements than C. The
number of subsets of B is 15 more than that of C. Then what is the number by which the number of
subsets of A exceed the number of subsets of B ?
1] 0 2] 2
8
3] 240 4] 2
15



32. The set of values of x satisfying 2 < |x 1| < 5 is _____ .
1] 4 < x < 1 or 3 < x < 6 2] 3 < x < 6 or 6 < x < 3
3] x < 1 or x > 3 4] 1 < x < 3 or 4 < x < 6


33. What is the remainder when 3
1994
+ 2 is divided by 11 ?
1] 6 2] 4 3] 3 4] 0


34. For how many positive integers n is n 1 n 1 + + rational ?
1] 4 2] 2 3] 1 4] 0


35. If a, b, c are the sides of a triangle and a + b + c = 2, then what will be the value of a
2
+ b
2
+ c
2
+
2ab ?
1] Less than 2 2] Equal to 2
3] Greater than 2 4] Indeterminate

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Section 2 (45 marks)
Part 1 - (1 mark questions)

36. If p, q, r are less than 27 and sum of p, q, and r is 51, which of the following statements is logically
sufficient to find p + q?
i. All of p, q, r are positive
ii. Sum of p and q is not less than 25
iii. Difference of p and q is positive
iv. r is greater than or equal to the sum of p and q
1] ii, iii and iv 2] ii and iv 3] i, ii and iv 4] All four


37. If product of p, q, and r are positive, which of the following statements is sufficiently derivable?
1] p, q, and r are all positive 2] at least one of p, q, r, is positive
3] at least 2 of p, q, r is positive 4] at least 2 of p, q, r is negative


38. If 10% of the population suffers from malaria and 20% from malnutrition, which of the following is
necessarily true?
1] 30% of the population is ill.
2] not less than 30% of the population is ill.
3] not less than 20% of the population is ill.
4] none of the above.


39. A 6 digit number is formed by writing a 3 digit number to its right
i. The resultant number when divided by 1001 gives back the three digit number.
ii. The 6 digit number is divisible by 7, 11 and 13.
iii. All digits are greater than zero and different in the 3 digit number.
iv. Sum of 3 digits is 6 and are in ascending order.
The number can be found from
1] i, ii and iv 2] i, ii and iii 3] i and ii 4] iii and iv


40. What is the number of alphabets in the sentence?
i. The sentence is of 7 words, of which only two words are repeated.
ii. There are words of length 2, 3, 4, and 6 alphabets only.
iii. Less than one-third of the words have greater than three alphabets.
iv. A majority of the words have 3 alphabets.
v. Only two words have 2 alphabets each.
The question can be answered using minimum
1] i, iii, v 2] i, iii, iv, v 3] i, ii, iii, v 4] i, ii, iii, iv


Directions for questions 41 to 42: In a game played by two people there are initially N matchsticks kept
on a table. A move in the game consists of a player removing either one or two matchsticks from the table.
The one who takes the last matchstick loses. Players make moves alternately. The player who will make the
first move is A. The other player is B.

41. The smallest value of N (greater than 5) that ensures a win for B is
1] 7 2] 6 3] 10 4] 8


42. The largest value of N (less than 50) that ensures a win for B is
1] 46 2] 47 3] 48 4] 49
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DIRECTIONS for questions 43 to 45:
A pegboard has a total of six holes, all in a horizontal line, numbered one through six from left to right.
Five pegs-one blue, one green, one red, one white and one yellow -are to be arranged in the pegboard, one
peg per hole, leaving exactly one empty hole for any arrangement. To be acceptable, any arrangement of
the pegs must meet the following conditions:
The green peg must be closer to the red peg than to the blue peg.
The yellow peg must be in the hole immediately to the left of the blue peg.
The white peg must not be in a hole immediately adjacent to the blue peg.
The red peg must not be in hole number one.

43. All of the following arrangements, given in left-to-right order meet the conditions EXCEPT
1] green, red, white, empty hole, yellow, blue
2] green, red, empty hole, yellow, blue, white
3] green, white, red, yellow, blue, empty hole
4] white, empty hole, yellow, blue, red, green


44. If the green peg must be in the hole immediately to the left of the yellow peg, which of the following
arrangements, given in left-to-right order, is acceptable?
1] Red, green, yellow, blue, empty hole, white
2] White, red, empty hole, green, yellow, blue
3] Empty hole, red, green, yellow, blue, white
4] Empty hole, white, red, green, yellow, blue


45. If the conditions are changed so that the red peg must be in hole number one, and if hole number six
is the empty hole, then the only acceptable left-to-right arrangement of the remaining peg is
1] green, white, yellow, blue
2] green, yellow, blue, white
3] green, blue, yellow, white
4] white, yellow, blue, green


46. Saira, Mumtaz and Zeenat have a ball, a pen and a pencil; and each girl has just one object in hand.
Among the following statements, only one is true and the other two are false.
(i) Saira has a ball
(ii) Mumtaz does not have the ball.
(iii) Zeenat does not have the pen.
Who has the ball?
1] Saira 2] Mumtaz 3] Zeenat 4] Indeterminant


47. Albert, David, Jerome and Tomy were plucking mangoes in a grove to earn some pocket money
during the summer holidays. Their earnings were directly related to the number of mangoes plucked
and had the following relationship:
Jerome got less money than Tomy. Jerome and Tomy together got the same amount as Albert and
David taken together. Albert and Tomy together got less than David and Jerome taken together.
Who got the most? Who plucked the least mangoes?
1] David, Jerome 2] David, Albert
3] Jerome, Tomy 4] Jerome, Albert


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48. I happened to be the judge in the All India Essay Competition on Nylon Dyeing, organized some
time back by a dyestuff firm. Mill technicians were eligible to enter the competition. My work was
simplified in assessing the essays, which has to be done under five heads Language, Coherence,
Subject Matter, Machinery and Recent Developments. Marks were to be given out of maximum of
20 under each head. There were only five entries.
The winner got 90 marks. Akhila got 13 in Coherence and Divya 10 in Machinery. Bhanus total
was less than Akhilas. Charulata had sent an entry. Ela got as many marks as Divya. None got 20
under any head. Who was the winner?
1] Divya 2] Charulata 3] Ela 4] Bhanu


49. I bought 30 books on Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, priced respectively at Rs.17, Rs.19 and
Rs.23 per book, for distribution among poor students of Standard X of a school. The Physics books
were more in number than the Mathematics books, but less than the Chemistry books, the
differences being more than one. The total cost amounted to Rs.620. How many book on
Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry were bought respectively.
1] 5, 8 17 2] 5, 12, 13 3] 5, 10, 15 4] 5, 6, 19


50. Last time Rahul was buying Diwali cards, he found that the four types of cards that I liked were
priced Rs.2.00, 3.50, 4.50 and 5.00 each. As Rahul wanted 30 cards, he took five each of two kinds
and ten each of the other two, putting down a number of ten rupee notes on the counter for payment.
How many notes of Rs.10 did Rahul pay?
1] 8 2] 9 3] 10 4] 11


Section 2
Part 2 - (0.75 mark questions)

For questions 51 to 54, refer to the table below.

POPULATION OF INDIA
The following table gives age wise distribution of the population in three different census taken after
independence.

Year 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64
1951 4.5 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.0 2.6 2.2 1.9 1.5 1.2
1971 3.5 3.9 3.7 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.4 1.9
1991 4.3 3.7 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.8 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.2 2.5 2.4

Population total (in million): In 1951 > 42.1 In 1971 > 46 In 1991 > 50

51. What percentage of the 1991 population was born between 1952 and 1971 ?
1] 17% 2] 21% 3] 29% 4] 35%

52. The percentage increase in people aged above 64 from 1951 to 1971 (x) and that from 1971 to 1991
(y) is
1] equal 2] higher for x 3] higher for y 4] Cant say

53. Dividing the population into three age categories of A 0-24, B 25-49 and C 49+, then
population for the three census put together for A, B and C, in that order, shows a _____ trend.
1] Increasing 2] Decreasing
3] Decreasing, then increasing 4] Increasing, then decreasing
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54. Of the people under 20 years of age in 1971, how many did not live beyond 20, assuming no
immigration and emigration ?
1] 40,000 2] 60,000 3] 600,000 4] Indeterminate

For questions 55 to 62, refer to the graph below outlining the cumulative approvals and disburses of
loans by a bank for the period 1994-1998. Cumulative approvals in 1993 were 5.5 crores and disbursals
were 4 crores.
Cumulative loan approvals & disbursals
6
7.5
9
12
15
4.45
5.8
7.5
9.2
12.5
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
(Rs.crore)
Approvals Disbursals


55. In which year between 1995 and 1998 has the growth in loan approval been the maximum?
1] 1995 2] 1996 3] 1997 4] 1998


56. The approval to disbursal ratio is maximum during which one of the following years?
1] 1994 2] 1995 3] 1996 4] None of these


57. What was the value of loan (in Rs.crore) approved during the period 1994-1998 ?
1] 8.05 2] 9.0 3] 10.55 4] 9.5


58. Assuming that all loan approved in 1996 got disbursed in 1996 itself. What percentage of loan
disbursed in 1996 were from loans approved in the previous years ?
1] 12 2] 16 3] 20 4] 8

For questions 59 to 62, use the additional data below. Rundown for a year is defined as disbursal less
growth in loan outstanding for that year.
Loan outstanding
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
(Rs.crore)

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59. Between 1995 and 1998, in which year was the rundown as a percentage of outstandings the
maximum ?
1] 1994 2] 1995 3] 1997 4] 1998


60. What has been the cumulative rundown from 1995 to 1998 ?
1] 2 2] 4.05 3] 5 4] 3


61. In which year is the outstanding as a percentage of cumulative approval the lowest?
1] 1998 2] 1997 3] 1995 4] 1996


62. The maximum growth in disbursals was in the year _____ .
1] 1995 2] 1996 3] 1997 4] None of these

Directions for questions 63-67, refer to the table given below.

The following table gives the prawn culture area holding of farmers in major states.

SMALL FARMERS LARGE FARMERS
States
% bel ow 2
hectares
% i n 2-5
hectares
% i n 5-10
hectares
% above
10
hectares
Guj arat 15 75 8 2
Maharashtra 30 40 25 5
Karnataka 60 20 14 6
Keral a 52 27 7 14
Tami l Nadu 20 37 26 17
Andhra 90 5 2.5 2.5
Ori ssa 95 2.5 1.8 0.7
West Bengal 55 23 14 8
Average 52 29 12 7


63. How many states are different from distribution trend of average in respect of small and large
farmers?
1] 8 2] 4 3] 6 4] 5


64. The distribution trend is nearest to flat in respect of
1] Gujarat 2] Maharashtra 3] Tamil Nadu 4] West Bengal


65. Ratio between small farmer and large farmer class is 40 for
1] Orissa 2] Andhra 3] Gujarat 4] Karnataka

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66. If Gujarat, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu are taken off the table, the first element of the average row
will
1] remain same 2] increase 3] decrease 4] nothing can be said


67. Which states have the steepest and second steepest fall between the two columns for large farmers ?
1] Orissa and Gujarat 2] Orissa and Karnataka
3] Orissa and Andhra 4] Maharashtra and Gujarat

Directions for questions 68-72, refer to the table given below.

The following table gives the figures of marketing department of 4 group companies for the year 1995.
The 4 companies are Tata Chemicals, TELCO, Tata Hydro, and TISCO.

Tata Chem (1) TELCO (2) Tata Hydro (3) TISCO (4)
Sal es 770 5640 421 4549
Export 4 583 6 550
Import 54 335 92 518


68. The ranking of companies on exports to sales in the descending order is
1] 1, 2, 3, 4 2] 4, 2, 3, 1 3] 4, 2, 1, 3 4] 3, 4, 1, 2


69. The ranking of companies on imports to sales in ascending order is
1] 2, 1, 4, 3 2] 2, 1, 3, 4 3] 1, 2, 4, 3 4] 1, 2, 3, 4


70. The ranking of companies on imports to exports in descending order is
1] 2, 4, 1, 3 2] 4, 3, 2, 1 3] 3, 1, 4, 2 4] 3, 2, 1, 4


71. The ranking of companies in exports to imports in ascending order is
1] 1, 3, 2, 4 2] 1, 4, 3, 2 3] 1, 3, 4, 2 4] 3, 1, 4, 2


72. The ranking of companies on sales to exports in descending order is
1] 1, 2, 3, 4 2] 1, 4, 3, 2 3] 1, 3, 4, 2 4] 1, 3, 2, 4

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Directions for questions 73-77, refer to the graph given below.

The graph below gives 3 alternate usages of 11,000 units of a critical non-destructible and non-procurable
material which can be transferred to any usage with minimum lot of 1,000. The usages are in the following
order : industry, entertainment and defence. Industry usage is determined by availability of technical
people from friendly countries. Defence usage is determined by hostility of neighbour countries and
entertainment usage is a residual opportunity.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
Industry Entertainment Defence

73. In which year is the escalation of war tension is the maximum as that compared to the previous
year?
1] 1994 2] 1995 3] 1996 4] 1995 and 1996


74. Which usage has been upsized maximum times?
1] Defence 2] Industry 3] Entertainment 4] Both [1] and [2]


75. What is the maximum downsizing ratio of entertainment usage?
1] 0.33 2] 0.4 3] 0.5 4] 1


76. What is the maximum upsizing ratio of industry usage?
1] 0.33 2] 0.4 3] 0.5 4] 0.66


77. What is the magnitude of highest average of any usage?
1] 4.2 2] 3.66 3] 4.4 4] 5

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DIRECTIONS : For Qs.78-82 refer to the graph below. The following graph depicts the movement of
BSE Sensex and National index in first 10 sessions of a month.
3100
3200
3300
3400
3500
3600
3700
3800
3900
4000
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
B
S
E

S
e
n
s
e
x
1300
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
N
a
t
i
o
n
a
l

I
n
d
e
x
BSE Sensex National Index

NOTE: 0-1 means 1st session; 1-2 means 2nd session and so on

78. The number of session for which National Index did not follow the same trend as BSE Sensex is
1] 1 2] 2 3] 3 4] 4


79. If X = percentage drop in BSE Sensex from the beginning of 5th session to the end of 6th session
and Y = percentage increase in BSE Sensex from the beginning of 7th session to the end of 8th
session, then
1] X = Y 2] X > Y
3] X < Y 4] X and Y cannot be computed


80. The difference in average values of BSE Sensex and National Index over 10 sessions is
1] 1565 2] 2065 3] 2565 4] 3065


81. If the index rises continuously for three sessions then the market is said to have given "bull" signal
and if index falls continuously for two session then the market is said to have given "bearish" signal.
Two bull signals or bear signals can have some overlapping sessions. The total bull signals for both
the indices exceeds the total bear signals for both the indices by
1] 1 2] 2 3] 3 4] 4


82. The percentage appreciation in National sensex from the beginning of 1st session to the end of 10th
session exceeds the percentage appreciation in BSE Sensex during the same period by
1] 10% 2] 15.7% 3] 20% 4] 8%

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DIRECTIONS for Qs.83-85 : Refer to the pie charts below which represent the sales of six brands (A, B,
C, D, E and F) of cigarettes in India in 2000
By Volume : 13500 million sticks
Brand A
16%
Brand C
27%
Brand D
15%
Brand E
8%
Brand F
20%
By Value = Rs. 225 crores
Brand F
7%
Brand D
23%
Brand C
20%
Brand B
13%
Brand A
25%
Brand E
12%


83. The costliest brand of cigarette in 2000 in India was priced at
1] 26 paise 2] 36 paise 3] 7 paise 4] 48 paise


84. The ratio of prices of the cheapest brand to the costliest brand in India was
1] 1 : 3 2] 5 : 12 3] 3 : 13 4] 4 : 9


85. If brand E is withdrawn from the market and the smokers of brand E change over to brand A and D
in the ratio of 2 : 3, what will be the new percentage share of brand A in sales value?
1] 20% 2] 30% 3] 18% 4] 40%

DIRECTIONS : In Qs. 86 - 90, the problems contain a question and two statements giving certain
data. You have to decide whether the data given in the statements are sufficient for answering the
question.
Mark (1), if statement I alone is sufficient but statement II alone is not sufficient.
Mark (2), if statement II alone is sufficient but statement I alone is not sufficient.
Mark (3), if both statements I and II together are sufficient, but neither statement alone is sufficient, or if
both the statement even when used together are not sufficient.
Mark (4), if each statement alone is sufficient.

86. What is the angle between the two hands of a watch ?
I. The minute hand is at 12. II. The hour hand is at 12.

87. What is the value of
2
(p q) 2pq
p q

?
I. p = 6 - q II. pq = 9

88. How much did Ravi earn in 1976 ?
I. He earned Rs.65,000 in 1977 which is 12.5% more than what he earned in 1976.
II. His wife and he together earned Rs.85,000 in 1976.

89. What are the dimensions of a certain rectangle ?
I. The perimeter of rectangle is 98 cm. II. The diagonal of rectangle is 41 cm.

90. In a series of five consecutive even numbers, find the fourth.
I. The sum of the last two numbers is 34. II. The sum of first two numbers is 22.
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Section 3 (55 marks)
1 mark questions

Questions 91 to 100 are based on independent passages.

91. Children perceive the world spontaneously and unself-consciously. But as they grow into adulthood,
learning more facts about reality, they lose their capacity for direct perception and immediate
response. If the statements above are true, which of the following conclusions can be logically
inferred?

1] childrens perception are better than those of adults.
2] Facts are unimportant in the process of perceiving.
3] Children and adults do not perceive the world in the same way.
4] It is impossible for adults to recapture spontaneous perception.

92. The Earth receives energy in the form of heat from the sun and discharges heat energy into space by
its own emissions. The heat energy received undergoes many transformations. But in the long run,
no significant account of heat energy is stored on the Earth, and there is no continuing trend toward
higher or lower temperatures.
Which of the following sentences provides the most logical continuation of this paragraph?

1] it is obvious, therefore, that much of the heat energy that reaches the Earth is transformed by some
means not yet understood.
2] Thus, it is imperative that we develop a way to use solar energy before it is dissipated into outer
space.
3] As a result, the amount of heat energy lost by the Earth must closely approximate the amount
gained from the sun.
4] The Earth would become as hot as the sun without the many transformations of heat energy.

93. Compared to a carnivore, an herbivore needs relatively few pounds of plants as food to be able to
produce a pound of protein. Since carnivores feed on both herbivores and other carnivores, the
accumulated consumption of thousands of pounds of plants is needed for a carnivore to produce a
pound of protein. This argument is best completed by which of the following?

1] herbivores produce protein faster than carnivores.
2] A pound of carnivore protein has more food value than a pound of herbivore protein.
3] The impact of people on plant resources would be much less if they substituted chicken for tuna in
their diets.
4] Chickens are a cheaper source of food than tuna.

94. At its annual meeting, the chairman of the board of MCS, Inc., responded to a question about the
lack of women senior executives by stating that 60% of the employees of the corporation are
women. He then added that MCS was committed to equal employment opportunities for women.
The basic flaw in the chairmans answer is that it

1] confuses opportunity with action
2] deflects the question by describing the number of women employees
3] suggest that there are more women than men employees at MCS
4] interprets the question to focus on women executives

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95. The distinctive yellow-green colours of van Goghs paintings may have resulted from now known
side effects of the drug digitalis. Digitalis was a commonly prescribed drug during the time van
Gogh lived, and in portraits of the physicians who treated van Gogh, he is holding a branch of
foxglove, the plant from which digitalis is made.
The point of the passage is made primarily by

1] presenting clear evidence of cause and effect 2] presenting circumstantial evidence
3] connecting digitalis to van Goghs paintings 4] citing specific documentary evidence

96. When your office is above the fourth floor, it has two exits. From which of the following can the
above statement be logically deduced?

1] no offices on the fourth floor have two exits.
2] Unless it is above the fourth floor, an office does not have two exits.
3] All offices above the fourth floor have fire escapes.
4] Some offices on the fourth floor have two exits.

97. All quiet people are harmless.
No harmless people are easily identified.
The premises above lead to which of the following conclusions?

1] quiet people are not easily identified.
2] Most people who are easily identified are harmless.
3] No harmless people are quiet.
4] Some easily identified people are quiet.

98. Computers have been programmed to play poker. Because of the way they are programmed,
computers reproduce human strategies, such as bluffing. Apparently, they make decisions for the
same reasons as human players.
The author of this note

1] Uses scientific evidence to support the conclusion.
2] Proposes a common cause for similar effects.
3] Grounds the argument on the double meaning of the word reason
4] States a conclusion and then explains how it was reached.

99. The automation of industry throws people out of work; therefore, machines are harmful.
The argument above is most like which of the following?

1] Hitler was a fascist; therefore he was evil.
2] Fatty foods are harmful; therefore, eating butter is dangerous.
3] The senator steals public funds; therefore he is dishonest.
4] Pigeons spread disease; therefore, birds are nuisances.

100. When it rains, the crops grow; but it hasnt rained recently, so the crops must not be growing.
Which of the following arguments is logically most similar to the one above?

1] when people are old, they complain about their health; but our town has no health problems; so it
must have no old people.
2] When a town has health problems, so it must also have many old people.
3] When people are old, they complain about their health; but one can complain about ones health
and yet not be old.
4] When people complain about their health, they get old; but no one is complaining about their
health, so we must have no people getting old.

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DIRECTIONS for 101 to 106: From the four options, choose the most concise statement.

101. 1] The government has so far permitted the setting up of new plants under the stipulation that
they use the Snaprogetti or Haldar Tospsoe technology.
2] The government has so far permitted new plants to be set up using only Snamprogetti or
Haldar Topsoe technology.
3] So far the government has permitted new plants to be set up only using Snamprogetti or
Haldar Topsoe technology.
4] New plants are permitted to be set up by the government provided they use only Snamprogetti
or Haldar Topsoe technology.

102. 1] The only drawback of using naphtha a feedstock is the high level of energy consumption as
compared to gas.
2] As compared to using gas, using naphtha as a feedstock has a drawback -- that of high level of
energy consumption/
3] The only disadvantage of using naphtha as a feedstock, instead of gas, is the high level of
energy consumption.
4] The only disadvantage of using naphtha rather than gas as a feedstock, is the high level of
energy consumption.

103. 1] There has been an accelerating process of consolidators that is likely to continue into 1993,
wherein all larger units are planning or implementing expansions.
2] The process of consolidation which has accelerated is likely to continue through 1993,
wherein all larger units are planning or implementing expansions.
3] The accelerated process of consolidation is likely to continue through 1993, wherein all larger
units are planning or implementing expansion.
4] The accelerated process of consolidation which has led all larger units to plan expansion or
implement it will continue through 1993.

104. 1] Cold forging can be done only using a closed die and a press, while hot forging can be done
using either open die or closed die and using hammers or presses.
2] Cold forging can be done by only using a closed die and a press, whereas hot forging can be
done by using either an open die or a closed one and using hammers or presses.
3] Whereas cold forging is done by using a closed die and a press, hot forging can be done by
using either an open die or a closed one and by using hammers or presses.
4] Whereas cold forging can only be done by using closed dies and presses, hot forging can be
done by using either open dies or closed ones and hammers or presses.

105. 1] For many of the past years chlorine, the co-product of caustic soda, has been seen as a
liability.
2] Chlorine, the co-product of caustic soda has been often in the past regarded as a liability
rather than as an asset.
3] Chlorine, the co-product of caustic soda, has been seen as a liability for much of the past
years.
4] Rather than being regarded an asset, chlorine the co-product of caustic soda has often been
viewed as a liability in the past.

106. 1] In the future the prices of raw materials are less likely to rise, with the result the plastic
industry could suffer less from raw material cost pressure.
2] The past trend in raw material price hike could change in coming years and raw material cost
pressure could reduce on plastic industry.
3] As raw material prices are not likely to be hiked in the coming years, the plastic industry is
less likely to be affected owing to those reasons.
4] As raw material prices are not likely to be hiked in the coming years, there will be less of cost
pressure on the plastic industry.

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DIRECTIONS for questions 107 to 113: Rearrange sentences a, b, c, d in a coherent manner so as to
form a logical paragraph.

107. a) Molten iron could form large drops and flow.
b) As the temperature of the earth increased, earth melted.
c) The iron that gravitated to the centre forms the core of the earth.
d) These heavy drops now began to fall to the centre of the earth displacing the higher constituents
which upwelled to the surface to form a primitive crust.
1] badc 2] dabc 3] cbad 4] abdc

108. a) He destroyed the power of Rajput princes and brought the whole of North India under his
control.
b) He rendered great service to the Islamic Empire in India.
c) Iltutmish was son-in-law of Aibak.
d) He not only suppressed the rebellious chiefs and nobles but also his powerful rivals like Yaldoz
and Qabacha and the Khiljis of Bengal to protect the Muslim Empire in India from various
challenges.
1] cabd 2] cdba 3] cbda 4] abcd

109. a) Gradually more land passed into the hands of moneylenders, merchants, rich peasants, and
other moneyed classes.
b) It forced the peasants to fall into the clutches of the money lenders.
c) High revenue demands led to devastations, as it led to poverty and the deterioration of
agriculture in the 19th century.
d) If the peasant could not pay the money, his lands were sold off.
1] cabd 2] cbda 3] acdb 4] cdba

110. a) More people have been killed by carbon monoxide than by any other gas.
b) Carbon monoxide is very poisonous and particularly dangerous because it has no smell.
c) Carbon monoxide is very poisonous because it reacts with the haemoglobin in blood and
prevents the blood from acting as an oxygen carrier.
d) Carbon monoxide is formed when carbon compounds burn in limited supply of air.
1] dacb 2] adcb 3] abcd 4] dbac

111. a) This is not so.
b) They themselves need explanation.
c) The forms and energies of the world are not final and ultimate.
d) The unreflecting consciousness hastily assumes that the finite world is absolutely real.
1] dacb 2] abcd 3] dcab 4] acdb

112. a) By harvest time, most tourists have come and gone.
b) Hotels that were chockablock in July and August are empty come fall, and discounts are easy to
find.
c) The sky is an electric blue.
d) September is the best month to visit.
1] dcab 2] adcb 3] dabc 4] acdb

113. a) Eventually the electric fields inside conductor becomes zero everywhere, the currents
automatically stops and electrostatic conditions prevail.
b) When an excess charge is placed at random on an insulated conductor, it will set up electric
fields inside the conductor.
c) These currents redistribute the excess charges in such a way that the internal electric fields are
automatically reduced in magnitude.
d) These fields act on the charge carriers of the conductor and cause them to move, i.e., they set
up internal currents.
1] bcda 2] acdb 3] bdac 4] bdca
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DIRECTIONS for questions 114 to 120: Arrange the sentences A, B, C, D in a logical sequence between
sentences 1 and 6, so as to form a coherent paragraph.
114. 1) For a writer, nothing is more exciting at the same time terrifying as a clean sheet of paper or a
blank computer screen.
A. More than any other, it demands imagination, inductive thinking, and a touch of craziness.
B. For a reengineering team, its the first redesign session.
C. In redesigning processes, the reengineering team abandons the familiar and seeks the
outrageous.
D. All the team has to do is to get a start on reenvisioning the company and inventing a new way
of doing its work.
6) Redesign is unnerving precisely because the team can do whatever it likes.
1] BDAC 2] DBCA 3] ABCD 4] DCAB

115. 1) In palmistry the line that used to be known as the marriage lines are nowadays usually called
relationship lines.
A. The pill allowed women to make their own choice and gave them the means to say No to
pregnancy.
B. This shows the change in thought in the space of one generation.
C. This gave women control over their own bodies.
D. Perhaps the first change to contribute to this was the advent of the birth control pill.
6) This in turn brought about a change in the laws to do with the termination of pregnancy.
1] ABDC 2] BDCA 3] BCAD 4] BACD

116. 1) What do you call man who hates to lose?
A. That is too easy, too glib, and buries the story.
B. A winner?
C. He wanted a piece of the action preferably all of it.
D. All Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani ever wanted to be is the best there ever was.
6) If others wouldnt let him in, he would create his own turf and own it all.
1] DCAB 2] BDCA 3] BADC 4] None

117. 1) Small business play a central role in our lives because we conduct most of our own personal
economic activity with people running small businesses.
A. By customary government definition, a small business is one with fewer than 500 employees.
B. The same holds true when you go for a late-night snack at your neighborhood Mom and pop
pizzeria, buy the morning newspaper, or browse for Mothers day and Fathers day greeting
cards at a local shop.
C. Small business refers to businesses locally owned and managed, often with very few employees
working at a single location.
D. Whenever you have your cycle repaired, get your haircut, or visit your dentist, you are a part of
the small business economy.
6) By this definition, STAR TV was, but is no longer, a small business.
1] DBCA 2] ADBC 3] ADCB 4] DBAC

118. 1) Abraham Maslow sought to explain why people are driven by particular needs at particular
times.
A. Maslows answer is that human needs are arranged in hierarchy, from the most pressing to the
least pressing.
B. People will try to satisfy their most important need first.
C. In their order of importance they are, physiological needs, safety needs, social needs, esteem
needs and self-actualization needs.
D. Why does one person spend considerable time and energy on personal safety and the other on
pursuing the high opinion of others?
6) When a person succeeds in satisfying an important need, that need will cease being a current
motivator, and the person will try to satisfy the next-most-important need.
1] CADB 2] DBCA 3] DACB 4] None
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119. 1) In 1999, more than two decades after she first tasted fame, P.T Usha still runs for India.
A. Much like Milka again she made a substantive contribution to Indian athletic movement.
B. It is not that no other star has emerged, but that she and Indian athletics have remained so
essentially intertwined.
C. In 1979, when she made a debut, athletics was very much a male preserve and track-suited
women a rarity.
D. Much like Milka Singh she narrowly missed an Olympic medal.
6) But the 1982 Asian games in Delhi, and Ushas later progress led to a resurgence of womens
sports.
1] DCAB 2] DABC 3] BCDA 4] BDAC

120. 1) Within the field of medicine there have been many breakthroughs in the last fifty years some
bad and some good.
A. The discovery of penicillin led to the development of many of todays antibiotics, without
which countless number of people would have died.
B. At the same time, sensitivity to these antibiotics causes problems for others.
C. Conventional medicines tend to isolate the various components of substances and use them in
isolation.
D. This can cause an imbalance, leading to resistant superbugs and new viruses.
6) Folk medicine, on the other hand, tends to involve the balancing of various substances, and
tends to treat the cause rather than the symptoms.
1] BADC 2] CDAB 3] ABCD 4] ACDB

DIRECTIONS for questions 121 to 145: Read the passages below carefully and answer the questions
that follow according to the contents of the passage.

PASSAGE - 1
This topic can be approached from a huge variety of functional and structural perspectives. The subject of
discussion is the basic roots of human communication system although it seems anomalous to communicate
at a distance on the topic of non-verbal communication which by its very nature is usually face to face.
Definitions of communication have a tremendous range from everything an animal does paraphrase of
Jane Goodall, to Information transfer system based on a cybernetic view point to the common idea
among humans that it involves mainly language and animals do not have very rich systems. This of course
is leaving out huge fields such as art, music, drama, sports, etc. which are all well studied arenas in which
communication of both physical and symbolic material occurs. Thus, in this very brief introduction to the
field I dont want to suggest that what is being covered here is in any way a comprehensive view of the
topic. Rather, the idea is to discuss the basis of non-verbal systems which we humans use all the time,
whether we recognize it or not.

Humans must realize that much of their communication would seem highly impoverished to many animals.
Telephone talk, computer messages or the written word only provide one channel whether auditory or
visual to express the nuances of the message. Mind you, language is a very complex system and in addition
to its arbitrary nature, complexities of temporal referent and fine details of labeling, we also have a major
aspect of social relativity expressed by word use, dialect, accent, jargon, pitch, inflection and a host of other
prosodic features which allow us to comprehend more than the actual words coming over the phone.

In many cases, however, humans do not realize the wealth of information they are processing, storing and
responding to. This was emphasized by Ned Halls early book, The Silent Language which discussed the
messages sent by cultural behaviour which in many cases totally contradicted the overt spoken word. In
The Hidden Dimension Hall focused on the use of space as a cultural reality which transmits messages
about perception of self, others, social situations, dominance and a host of other features. Most monkeys
wouldnt have to read Halls book. They know that space is a very important message field, not just a
metaphor for all kinds of information. Humans have become more and more aware of subtle features such
as angle of gaze, position in a room and nature of clothing, in the self projections that they are attempting to
create. However, our increasing manipulations at the level of marketing, rank establishment and diplomacy
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have only recently been coupled with an increasing awareness that this subtlety is based on a foundation
arising from our primate past.

Thus a brief history of how communication has been studied in primates seems in order. Monkeys did not
have much value to science other than as curiosities and pets until Darwins theorizing led people to think
that they could learn something about humans by studying them. Even in the late 1800s very few apes or
monkeys lived long in captivity. Darwin was an early exponent of using the comparative method to study
communication systems in his The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals. Other researchers
became fascinated with the possibility that they could learn about humans this way and proceeded to try to
study primate both in captivity and the wild in the 1890s. Garner reported that he had been able to interpret
some sounds of monkeys as having specific meanings and in particular that they had a word for death. Of
course, later research denies any such specificity to primate vocalizations.

Meanwhile sound spectrographic analysis of primate calls began in the late 1950s as recording equipment
improved, and analysis of vocalizations based on pitch, frequency, band-width and pattern began to reveal
some level of systemization in primate calls. Early work by Rowell and Hinde at Cambridge led to the idea
of a call cycle; the grading of one call unto another as various aspects of call structure were modified. This
tied in with a widely held idea that primate calls were governed by emotional responses to situations. They
were seen as hard wired expressions of pain, fear, rage and maternal solicitude, which were governed by
genetic background and were evident from infancy. Separation experiments were done to see if infants
would possess a species specific repertoire in the absence of learning or exposure to their species. The
results of the type of experiments were totally confounded by the major trauma that isolation rearing
presents to primates. Infants did produce calls, but they did not use or comprehend them in social contexts
at all. These youngsters behaved in totally inappropriate ways and did not act or respond as if what came
out of their mouths had any meaning. It is worth noting that their facial gestures and proxemic kinesic
behaviour were also highly inappropriate for the social situation they were in. This is not to say that some
vocalization in primates are not hard wired, because it is clear in a variety of species such as mouse lemur,
galago, squirrel monkeys etc. that infant vocalizations occur and are responded to appropriately by adults.
Infant lost calls, nursing requests, and screams of pain will bring appropriate response and are clearly
communicative. However, there is a lot more to primate vocal systems than these kinds of calls. As more
and more research has been conducted on vocalization, the complexity of the system is slowly being
unraveled. In 1967 Struhsaker first published data suggesting that vervet monkeys could label predator
danger as being from the air eagle alarm, the ground leopard alarm or from snakes snake alarm. In the
late 1970s this work was picked up and spread to a wide variety of forms and now we know that many
prosimians and new world monkeys have variable predator alarms. The work with vervets was expanded to
demonstrate a greater complexity of alarm calls, to demonstrate that they had to be learned by the young,
that they would operate in the absence of a real predator (by using tape recording) and that they had an
individual component. Other studies revealed differential use of other vocalizations such as grunts and
coos which could only be discriminated by sound spectrographic analysis but which had clearly different
meanings for the animals using them. The vervet work and some research on marmosets and mouse lemurs
also suggests individual recognition of calls. In other words, the sounds not only convey a message, but
also information about who sent it. This may include aspects of kin line, rank, and group membership.

In order to discuss these codes of communication with intelligibility, one needs to review the channels and
modalities of communication commonly used by primates. Since primates do not leave written work for
generations yet to come, an animal who has information to transmit must provide it within the sensory
range of another who can decipher the code. Some of these messages are intentional and some are not. The
term intentional is subject to some controversy but animals do have choices about acting and responding
and it is at this level that I am using the term. A monkey can choose to approach or avoid another, to groom
or not to groom, to stay or leave when an approach is made or to vocalize or not, at least in some situations.
In other aspects they do not have a choice. They cannot change what species or age or gender that they are .
In terms of cues they cannot change what they look like, who they were born to, what they smell like or
characteristics of their voice. And it is true that some calls that appear in newborns are only modified by the
maturation of the vocal tract. Therefore, in order to sort out differences between these two situations I tend
to borrow from G.G. Simpsons view of behaviour which he saw as having a boundary at the level of the
individual. Those things which occur within the individual, and over which the individual has no control I
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call basic types of communication. This includes information that any other member of the species (or
another species) can acquire just by being in the presence of the animal. The examples of species, age,
gender, health, individual identity, etc. would be included here. The other level of communication I would
characterize as Interactive, where there is an active relationship of information transfer between two or
more animals whether or not they are in sight of one another. Clearly the interaction could continue in the
auditory channel, with out of sight animals such as long calls given by a variety of primates both to
advertise their presence and to attract mates. Just as clearly this would also include scent and urine marks
left to mark territory or advertise sexual state.

Both these levels of communication utilize the four main channels of sensory input open to primates. These
are the Visual, Auditory Tactile and Olfactory/Gustatory channels. Within each of these are a number of
coding modalities or ways of patterning behaviour which transmit information in a form which can be
deciphered by a receiver who is familiar with they system. To begin with the basic level, the visual channel
allows visual perception of the sender. The receiver gets information on size, colour, proportions, gender,
movement patterns, proximity to others and can assemble this input into a judgement on species, age,
gender etc. Among some species detailed aspects of facial colouration would be important recognition
markers (such as among guenons which are a group of 12 to 15 species of African mainly arboreal
monkeys of similar size who are most notably discriminated on the basis of face colour patterns).
Recognition of species and gender may also rest on the presence of a mane, (hamadryas baboon) sexually
dimorphic body colour and size, length of canine teeth and other more obvious sexual characteristics.

The auditory channel can also provide information at the basic level. Most people only consider the vocal
modality of sending, but footsteps, branch noise and falling fruit can also provide information about
location and potential resources which may not be intentionally sent. Vocalizations may also occur due to
fear or rage which may be uncontrolled.

The tactile channel is a very interesting one for humans to consider. In many western sub-cultures touching
others is bound up with a wealth of social/emotional/sexual freight. Most non-human higher primates spend
a lot of time and energy grooming each other, soliciting grooming from others, sitting in contact, sleeping
in clumps and generally touching each other. Usually who one sits with, grooms with, sleeps with etc. says
a great deal about ones social relations or position. But there is a little (if any) evidence to suggest that
such activity is done in order to demonstrate that one has social/physical access to another. Instead, it
occurs for the intrinsic benefits, comfort and support that occur to primates from such social tactile contact.
A major exception to this would be consort behaviour in which the close proximity, grooming and sexual
behaviour indicate a particular relationship and may be intended to intimidate others from approaching a
potential mate. Thus all four sensory channels allow the transfer of information at a basic level. Other
animals are involved as receivers, but in many cases the communication is not an interaction.

Interactive messages are also sent in these four channels but here I will focus on brief discussion of the
various modalities through which the information can be coded. Beginning with the visual channel we have
the modalities of face, hand and body gestures, kinesics, proxemics and visual displays. I will outline their
importance briefly here. As a general statement I would say that a very large proportion of information
transmitted by social primates is through the visual channel. Facial gestures can be quite overt, but in the
main they are very subtle glances, look away, movements of ears, eyelids and mouth corners. Piloerection,
or erection of the fur, is usually perceived visually unless two animals are in contact. Kinesic behaviour or
movements of the body can transmit emotion or intention. Tense, cowering, trembling unsteady movement
can send one kind of message, while confident swaggering, tail held high, head high, relaxed sprawl or
assured approach to resources sends quite another.

Active olfactory communication occurs in a range of contexts which are influenced by the taxonomic level
of the primates involved. Many prosimians are nocturnal and some are solitary or only semi-social. Thus
much of their communication is through the olfactory channel because they are small, alone and in the
dark. New World monkeys also mark quite extensively, both with scent glands and by urine washing. They
rub urine on themselves, each other and the substrate. This may help establish a group smell or make
animals more relaxed with each one another.

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These four channels are also used by humans but with a rather different focus. Most of us use the
auditory/vocal channel as our main interactive mechanism, with some backup from the visual. Many
western people make every effort to ignore the olfactory channel or cover it up, even though experimental
work shows that we still have acute olfactory perceptions. Other cultures are more aware of olfactory
information transfer and may value it quite differently. The same can be said for the tactile channel
especially outside the sphere of sex and courtship. Obviously tactile interaction is necessary for sex, but the
symbolism this represents makes other areas of tactile contact difficult to permit in some cultures. There are
many societies in which men have tactile interactions with other men, -sitting, holding, tattooing, grooming
etc. and women with women but few with unrestricted touching between the sexes. Primates are much
more relaxed about his, possibly because they use sex for so many different social purposes besides
reproduction. This is a general statement of course, but it will serve as a good place to end this lecture.

121. One of the following is a definition of communication outlined in the passage:
1] Non-verbal exchange of information 2] Movements of any animal
3] Information transfer system 4] Face to face interaction

122. Read the sentences carefully and choose one option.
a) Language is a very complex system and in addition to its arbitrary nature, complexities of
temporal referent and fine details of labeling, we also have a major aspect of social relativity
expressed by word use, dialect, accent, jargon, pitch, inflection and a host of other prosodic
features which allow us to comprehend more than the actual words coming over the phone.
b) Communication involves mainly language and animals do not have very rich systems
c) Monkeys have a special word for death
d) Large proportion of information transmitted by social primates is through the visual channel.
Facial gestures can be quite overt, but in the main they are very subtle glances, look away,
movements of ears, eyelids and mouth corners.
The author disagrees with the above statements except:
1] a and d 2] All of the above
3] b and d 4] b and c

123. There is an increasing awareness that this subtlety is based on a foundation arising from our
primate past.
Which of the following statements is not related to this subtlety mentioned above?
1] Telephone talk, computer messages or the written word only provide one channel whether
auditory or visual to express the nuances of the message.
2] Messages sent by cultural behaviour in many cases totally contradicts the overt spoken word.
3] The use of space is a cultural reality which transmits messages about perception of self, others,
social situations, dominance and a host of other features.
4] Humans have become more and more aware of subtle features such as angle of gaze, position
in a room and nature of clothing, in the self projections that they are attempting to create.

124. Which of the following can be the most appropriate title to this passage ?
1] The Concept of Space in Non-verbal Communication
2] Vocalisation Patterns in Monkeys
3] The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals
4] The Basic Tenets of Non-verbal Communication

125. Primate calls are governed by emotional responses to situations. In the light of later research it can
be said with greatest accuracy that:
1] Sounds of monkeys have specific meanings and in particular that they have a word for death.
2] Primate calls are hard wired expressions of pain, fear, rage and maternal solicitude, which are
governed by genetic background and are evident from infancy.
3] Separation experiments revealed that infants would possess a species specific repertoire in the
absence of learning or exposure to their species.
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4] Vervet monkeys have variable predator alarms. These have to be learned by the young and also
operate in the absence of a real predator (by using tape recording). The sounds not only convey
a message, but also information about aspects of kin line, rank, and group membership.

126. One of the following is a part of basic communication as defined in the passage:
1] Intentional communication like a monkeys decision to groom another.
2] Vocalisation by a monkey.
3] Interactive communication.
4] Gender identity.

127. In which species among the ones mentioned does recognition of species and gender rest on the
presence of a mane, sexually dimorphic body colour and size, length of canine teeth and other more
obvious sexual characteristics. If the observer is also a member of the same group, recognition of the
individual and therefore of its rank and matrilineal relationship (if any) is also implied
1] Vervet monkeys. 2] Hamadryas baboon.
3] Marmosets. 4] Mouse lemurs.

128. The four sensory channels are used for messages in which communication type/s?
1] Basic communication.
2] Interactive communication.
3] Both basic and interactive communications.
4] Neither basic nor interactive.

129. Kinesics refers to the:
1] Movements of the body. 2] Physical space.
3] Proximity to other animals. 4] Communication.

130. The following are examples of visual, olfactory and tactile communications except:
1] Relaxed sprawl. 2] Grunt.
3] Marking with urine washing. 4] Grooming.

131. One of the following is a difference between primates and human beings, in terms of
communication, implied in the passage is:
1] Human beings do not use the four sensory channels to communicate.
2] Human beings do not use non-verbal modes of communication.
3] Human beings do not use body movements to communicate.
4] Human beings often ignore the olfactory channel of communication.

132. The messages sent by cultural behaviour in many cases totally contradicts the overt spoken word.
This was first emphasized by
1] Charles Darwin. 2] Jane Goodall. 3] Garner. 4] Ned Hall.

PASSAGE - 2
A traumatic historical event usually finds the artistic/literary response twice. Once, during the event or
immediately following it and again after a lapse of time, when the event has found its corner in the
collective memory of the generation that witnessed it. The initial response tends to be emotionally intense
and personal in character, even melodramatic. On the other hand, when the event is reflected upon with
emotional detachment and objectivity, a clearer pattern of the various forces that shaped it is likely to
emerge. Tamas is the reflective response to the partition of India one of the most tragic events in the
recent history of the Indian sub-continent.

Bhishamji witnessed the turbulence of the period as an adult. That was a period of intense turmoil people
sacrificing their lives for the freedom of the country, people dying fighting. The unprecedented communal
violence provoked by the callous manipulation of religious sentiments of different communities by the
elements who chose to use religion as a weapon to achieve political objectives heightened his sensitivity
towards human suffering and also strengthened his commitment to secularism. Tamas had to wait twenty-
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three years after partition to be born. Perhaps, because the initial response was shock and numbness. As a
writer, Bhishamji is rarely given to a sentimental and dramatic response to immediate events. His
creativity is characterised by deep reflection upon and understanding of the complexitities and nuances of
reality.

As a novel Tamas is episodic in structure, which, from the point of view of literary craftsmanship may not
exactly be considered flawless. Yet, as a piece of literature it reveals the vision of one detached yet
passionate, quietly reflective yet emotionally intense.

A work of fiction with an immediate historical event as a backdrop invariably invites questions like how far
does the work reflect true history? In the case of Tamas, the question becomes all the more delicate
because it involves three different religious communities who were either the victims, or the aggressors, in
different parts of the country, during partition. In 1974 when the novel was first published, surprisingly, no
such questions were raised. However, when the television mini-series based on Tamas and two other short
stories by Bhishamji (Sardarni and Zahud Baksh) was shown from 9 January 1988 it evoked an
unprecedented response all over the country, both emotional and political. Several questions were raised
Why Tamas now? Why dig up old graves of tragic memories when the country was constantly tense with
apprehensions of communal violence? Amidst the allegations of being biased against the Hindu
community and unjustifiably glorifying the Communists and thus distorting history, fears were expressed
that the uneducated, poor and insecure common man might find it highly inflammatory and that a fresh
wave of communal strife might sweep the nation. A petition was moved in the Bombay High Court
praying for the discontinuance of the telecast on the plea, among others, that ... the film would have a
deleterious effect on the minds of people at large who in the majority were illiterate and particularly on the
youth of the country. ... No one was going to learn anything from Tamas and religious slogans would
poison the minds of the young.

In their by now famous judgement Justice Bakhtavar Lentin and Justice Sujata Manohar of the Bombay
High Court said ... Tamas is an anatomy of that tragical period. It depicts how communal violence was
generated by fundamentalists and extremists in both communities, and how innocent persons were duped
into serving the ulterior purposes of fundamentalists and communalists of both sides; how an innocent boy
is seduced to violence resulting in his attacking both communities; how extremist elements in both
communities infuse tension and hatred for their own ends at the cost of intercommunal harmony, how
realisation ultimately dawns as to the futility of it all, and finally how inherent goodness in human nature
triumphs and both communities learn to live in amity. They have learnt it the hard way. Tamas is in equal
measure against fundamentalists and extremists of both communities, and not in favour of hatred towards
any one particular community. Both communities are treated equally for blame as they are for praise. The
message is loud and clear, directed as it is against the sickness of communalism.

The Supreme Court of India, upheld the Bakhtawar Lentin Sujata Manohar judgement and observed. ... It
is out of the tragic experience of the past that we can fashion our present in a rational and reasonable
manner and view our future with wisdom and care. Awareness in proper light is a first step towards that
realisation. It is true that in certain circumstances truth has to be avoided. Tamas takes us to a historical
past unpleasant at times, but revealing and instructive. In those years which Tamas depicts, a human
tragedy of great dimensions took place in this sub-continent though 40 years ago it has left lasting
damage to the Indian psyche. It has been said by Lord Morley in On Compromise that it makes all the
difference in the world whether you put truth in the first place or in the second place. It is true that a writer
or a preacher should cling to truth and right, if the very heavens fall. This is a universally accepted basis.
Yet, in practice, all schools alike are forced to admit the necessity of a measure of accommodation in the
very interests of truth itself. Fanatic is a name of such ill repute, exactly because one who deserves to be so
called injures good causes by refusing timely and harmless concession; by irritating prejudices that a wiser
way of urging his own opinion might have turned aside; by making no allowances, respecting no motives,
and recognising none of those qualifying principles that are nothing less than necessary to make his own
principle true and fitting in a given society. Judged by all standards of a common mans point of view of
presenting history with a lesson in this film, these ... could have been kept in mind. This is also the lesson
of history that naked truth in all times will not be beneficial but truth in its proper light indicating the evils
and the consequences of those evils is instructive and that message is there in Tamas... There cannot be
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any apprehension that it is likely to affect public order or it is likely to incite the commission of any
offence. On the other hand, it is more likely that it will prevent incitement to such offences in future by
extremists and fundamentalists.

Apart from the judiciary, a large number of democratic, progressive and secular individuals and groups,
trade unions, student organisations, womens groups, scientists, film societies and political parties like the
Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India (Marxist) expressed their solidarity and
support for Tamas in strong and unequivocal terms.

As cinema Tamas has been haild variously as a milestone, a major achievement, an extremely relevant
historic document, a work with epic dimensions, and a masterpiece. It has also been condemned as
simplistic, overdrawn, inflammatory, irrelevant, a distortion of history, and exploitative
commercial cinema. This was to be expected.

A subject as potentially explosive as partition will always raise strong emotions. All I can personally say
about the TV version of Tamas is that it refocused the attention of the public on the grim consequences of
communal politics and the significance of secularism to preserve our democratic system and national unity.

Bhishamji is a committed secular humanist. In Tamas, as in all his major works, he provides an insight into
the contradictions of human nature, the complexities of a fanatic mind, the subversive nature of communal
politics, the terror of religious fundamentalism, the undercurrents of faith and hope in the midst of the most
violent of tragedies. When I read the novel for the first time, I was deeply moved by its simplicity of
expression, its honesty of observation, and the deep compassion of his secular vision. As a film-maker, I
only made a humble effort to retain these qualities in my film version of Tamas.

For me, who has deep impression of the holocaust of partition, (my first memories of fright, panic, and
blood are from that period), Tamas is more than just a mini-series or a film, it is an act of faith. As a novel
Tamas is more than a work of literature. It is a grim reminder of the immense tragedy, that results
whenever the religious sentiments of communities are manipulated to achieve political objectives. It is a
prophetic warning against the use of religion as a weapon to gain and perpetuate political power.

133. Which of the following has been mentioned as one of the defects of the novel Tamas ?
1] It is episodic. 2] It is emotionally intense.
3] It is sentimental. 4] It is not based on historical facts.

134. Which of the following political allegations were raised when the TV mini-serial based on Tamas
was aired ?

I. It glorified the Communists unjustifiably.
II. Digging up old graves of tragic memories when the country was constantly tense with
apprehensions of communal violence.

1] I only 2] II only 3] Both I and II 4] Neither I nor II

135. Who, presumably, is the writer of this article ?
1] The writer of Tamas.
2] The maker of the tele-serial based on Tamas.
3] An independent film/literary critique.
4] The Supreme Court Judge who pronounced the verdict on airing the mini-serial Tamas.

136. What is the tone of the view of the writer of this piece on the novel Tamas ?
1] Unqualified appreciation.
2] Faithful remembrance.
3] Unconditional acceptance.
4] Disdainful rejection.

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137. What is made of the statement made by Lord Morley in On Compromise as mentioned in the
passage ?
1] The place of truth is very important in ones life.
2] The smallest compromise on truth makes a world of difference.
3] A compromise is defined as the place assigned to truth in ones life and actions.
4] Truth should be treated with absolute respect.

138. All of the following except one characterise each of Bhishamjis writings. Find the odd one.
1] Nature of politics.
2] Contradictions of human nature.
3] Simplicity of expression.
4] Secular vision.

139. What was the basic thrust of the Lentin-Manohar argument in favour of Tamas ?
1] It was directed against communalism and not any specific community.
2] It depicted how violence was generated by fanatics on both sides.
3] Ultimately, it talks about both communities learning to live in harmony thus the novel
promotes communal harmony.
4] None of the above.

140. Which of the following statements is the writer most likely to agree with ?
1] The Communists have done a lot of good to the nation.
2] Any compromise on truth is unacceptable.
3] Religious sentiments of common people are fanned by manipulating politicians.
4] Tamas is the most telling commentary on the traumatic experience of partition.

PASSAGE - 3
Television anchors, presenters, reporters, singers, musicians, actors, comedians, mimics, dancers, script
writers, photographers, sound recordists, light-men, make-up artists, event managers, cable TV wallahs and
the like have never had it so good. Their jobs have seen such an explosion that Zee Telefilms, which
employs their talent in a big way, has become Indias second-largest company in market capitalisation in
just nine years. The rise of a new economy is throwing up new jobs and new business opportunities whose
eventual form and shape we cannot even visualise.

This is worth remembering when considering a report by the Reserve Bank of India about the services
sector contributing 55 per cent to Indias GDP in 2003-04 compared to the 45 per cent contributed by
agriculture and manufacturing put together. Make no mistake. The Indian economy is undergoing the
same time-tested transformation to prosperity agriculture, manufacturing, then services. Who, for
instance, had heard of software engineers ten years ago? Now, India has around 500,000 of them and the
countrys software exports of $6 billion exceed the combined value of Indias exports of coffee, tea, oil
cakes, tobacco, and cashew kernels.

Indias rapid economic transformation, however, is being held back by an ignorance of the shifts in the
production base of the economy. There is still a reluctance to understand the fact that new wealth and new
jobs are to be found in the services, less in manufacturing and certainly very few in agriculture or mining.
The services share of Indias GDP grew by 10 percentage points in the last 25 years, while agricultures
share fell 12 per cent. It is the same story everywhere the services account for 75 per cent of Britains
employment. Jobs in agriculture and mining are falling, they are stagnant in industry, but they are growing
in the services.

But India literally ends up stiffling the services. Take the previous governments - BJPs quarter-hearted
opening up of insurance. It has hindered the emergence of 58,000 insurance jobs in 10 years by capping a
foreign insurers equity at 26 per cent in a domestic insurance company. The cap ensures that cash-rich
foreign insurers cannot bring sufficient investment, while cash-starved Indian partners can. Its like Sachin
Tendulkar being asked to take wickets and Srinath being told to score runs.

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Of course, market equilibrium will be restored. Liberalising rules will allow the cash-strapped Indian
partner to sell out his stake to the foreign insurer. The insurance sector will see a replay of what happened
in the automobile industry. That lies in the future, however. What worries today is our governments
colossal ignorance of insurance being a means of self-help. But our government even sabotages the self-
help efforts of its citizens.

Unlike India, North America, Western Europe, and East Asia seek foreign investment vigorously. Margaret
Thatcher wrote in her autobiography that when Prime Minister Nakasone of Japan told her that Britain
accounted for half of Japans companies in the European Union, she said: Not enough. I would like two
dozen more. China, a quick learner, also embraces foreign funds. Indian businessmen setting up
businesses in China are met at the airport and their hotels by bowing officials who smooth all obstacles
from their path. India, however, treats foreign investment like garbage.

Last year, a US film-maker wanted to shoot a film on Tibet on Ladakh. We refused him permission; our
loss was Argentinas gain. He went and shot there, spending a few million dollars that could have
benefited Ladakhis in their barren moonscape. What is it that India needs? Could it be the case India needs
EST, a form of self-therapy that raged worldwide two decades ago. EST specialised in sending its seekers
through a physical, mental and emotional roller-coaster. While listening to the EST guru, they were barred
from going to the bathroom even if their bladders were bursting. They had to give and receive the foulest
abuses from one another in an open hall. EST believed that its turmoil-inducing self-therapy cleansed
people of deep rooted fears and helped them look at life from a clean slate.

While living in the new millennium physically, India is mired in the past mentally. It needs a clean slate,
too. By its nature, capitalism is unpredictable. Who could have foreseen that a company like Amazon.com
with annual losses could one day be valued at $29 billion? Boxer Tyson earned $32,785, or Rs.13.77 lakh,
per second in his recent bout at Manchester. Work that out by dividing his prize money of $8 million (pre-
tax) by 244, the number of seconds Tyson fought before flattening his foe. A BJP ideologue may ask: why
should a convicted rapist earn so much while Bill Clintons salary is just $200,000 a year? The answer lies
in the systems of market economics. World audiences want to see Tyson in action, not Mother Teresa at
work.

Meanwhile, it is time to liberate Indias services that are growing despite mental and physical restrictions.
One question that Indians need to ask is: should casinos and night clubs the symbols of modern leisure
activities be allowed to operate in this country? Or should you let Nepal earn gambling revenues from a
huge Indian clientele? Why close bars and restaurants on national and religious holidays? Why restrict
Narayan Murthy from using more than $100 million in buying up a foreign company?

In short, why have restrictions that stifle legitimate commerce? Yet our governments have a do-this, dont-
do-that mind-set which deters new wealth creation. India is something like the man who asks his
psychiatrist why he has an inferiority complex. Because you are inferior, the psychiatrist replies. Truly,
the Indian economy can move forward only if Indias self perception and self worth change, and change
fast.

141. What is common to television anchors, cable TV wallahs, event managers and lightmen ?
1] They all belong to the services sector of the economy.
2] They are all employed by Zee Telefilms.
3] These jobs have been thrown up by the new economy.
4] They are all undergoing transformation.

142. Which of the following could be a logical rebuttal to the writers argument of liberating all services
from all restrictions ? (Meanwhile, it is time to liberate Indias services that are growing...)
1] Economic considerations are not the only criteria that drive policy decisions of the government.
2] What is possible in Nepal may not be possible in India.
3] Casinos and nightclubs are against Indian cultural ethics and social norms.
4] Gambling revenues form only a small part of the total services kitty.

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143. A Mike Tyson earns more than a Bill Clinton because
1] the public does not want to watch a Mother Terasa or a Bill Clinton at work.
2] The work of Bill Clinton is less valuable than that of Mike Tyson.
3] Mike Tyson draws bigger crowds to the ring than Bill Clinton draws to his lecture arena.
4] There is a greater demand to watch Mike Tyson perform than to watch Clinton perform.

144. What, in one word, is the EST most akin to ?
1] Catharsis 2] Vacuum cleaning
3] Turmoil 4] Introspection

145. Which of the following, if true, would undermine the authors logic about the insurance sector the
most ? [Ref: Its like Sachin Tendulkar...]
1] The Indian holders, however cash-strapped, will never sell stake to the foreign partners.
2] The foreign players have a labour saving strategy and hence the forecast of 48,000 jobs is an
overestimate.
3] The holding Indian companies are huge government companies that have easy access to
government coffers, whereas most foreign insurance companies are running cash losses.
4] If any party other than BJP comes to power, insurance sector policy will be reversed.
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