Directions for the Questions 1 to 3: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given
below.
Given above are some trends of share prices of four major IT companies A, B, C and D,
which they show in the stock market. All the required information is given under the
graphs. On the basis of this information answer the following question. The maximum
percentage increase in share prices (intraday) has to be calculated on the basis of the
opening price.
1. What is the intraday AVERAGE of the shares of company D? (Consider the AVERAGE to
be the sum of the intraday high and intraday low, divided by difference between the
closing price on last night and opening price of the same day) (Q. code 102207001)
(1) 23.6 (2) 24.1
(3) 24.7 (4) 25.2
(5) Cannot be determined
2. If the closing share prices of last night of companies A, B, C and D shares were Rs.240,
Rs.250, Rs.220 and Rs.300 respectively, then at the end of the day, which company had
shown the largest absolute difference between the Intraday high and Intraday low?
(Q. code 102207002)
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
(5) Both A and B
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3. Which of the following information is required to calculate the closing share price of last
night of company A? (Q. code 102207003)
(1) Today's Intraday High of company A
(2) Today's Intraday Low of company A
(3) Difference between today's Intraday High and Intraday Low of company A
(4) Either of (1) or (2)
(5) Any one of (1), (2) and (3)
Directions for Questions 4 to 8: Answer the following questions based on the information given
below:
There is a cricket fan whose hobby is to collect information about cricket players. He
tabulates them under the following heads: name of the player, the player’s team, the
magazine read by the player, the company of which the player is the brand ambassador.
There are 6 players who play for 6 different teams and read different magazines. They are
the brand ambassadors of 6 different companies. Some information regarding the players:
I1: Ashish Nehra is the brand ambassador of Pepsi, but does not play for Australia
T20 or Bangladesh T20.
I2: Adam Gilchrist plays for England T20, but does not read Caribbean Cricket or
Cricket Samarat.
I3: Brian Lara reads Cricmania and is the brand ambassador of Airtel and does not
play for India T20.
I4: Caribbean Cricket & Cricmania are not liked by the person who plays for Australia
T20.
I5: MRF’s brand ambassador Sachin R. Tendulkar does not read Cricinfo.
I6: M. Kartik is not the brand ambassador of Garnier or Tanishka and the person who
plays for S. Africa T20 is the brand ambassador of Tanishka.
I7: M. Kartik reads Cricket Nirvana and M.S. Dhoni reads Cricket365.
I8: Coco Cola’s brand ambassador plays for Pakistan T20.
4. Who Plays for Australia T20? (Q. code 102207004)
(1) Sachin R. Tendulkar (2) Brian Lara
(3) M.S. Dhoni (4) M. Kartik
(5) Ashish Nehra
5. Who is the brand Ambassador of Coco Cola? (Q. code 102207005)
(1) Sachin R. Tendulkar (2) Adam Gilchrist
(3) M. Kartik (4) M.S. Dhoni
(5) Cannot be determined
6. The person who reads Caribbean Cricket is the brand ambassador of which company?
(Q. code 102207006)
(1) MRF (2) Airtel
(3) Tanishka (4) Coco Cola
(5) Pepsi
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7. Which of the following is the correct combination of the information about M.S. Dhoni?
(Q. code 102207007)
(1) Australia T20 – Coco Cola (2) S. Africa T20 Tanishka
(3) Bangladesh T20 Airtel (4) Bangladesh T20 Tanishka
(5) India T20 – Coco Cola
8. For how many players is it possible to determine all the information?
(Q. code 102207008)
(1) 3 (2) 5
(3) 4 (4) All the players
(5) 2
Directions for Questions 9 to 12: Answer the following questions based on the information
given below:
There are 5 serials of Allah Tele films Pvt. Ltd. (Mumbai) named as KSBKBT, KGGK,
KMS, KDMHMD, and KAA. The lead actors of these serials are Hiten, Akashdeep, Viren,
Mrigendra and Bhima not necessarily in the same order. Their Screen names (SName)
are Ansh, Karan, Sumit, Achal and Dhruva not necessarily in the same order. The
shooting locations of these serials are Lokhandwala, Khandala, Vadala, Dharavi and
Mulund.
S2: Akashdeep works in KMS. Hiten likes shooting at Vadala but does not want to work
in the serial having name as KAA or KGGK. KGGK and KDMHMD do not have
shooting permit at Lokhandwala or Khandala.
S3: KSBKBT has its shooting place as Mulund. Bhima’s SName is not Ansh and
Hiten’s SName is Sumit. The person who attends the shoot at Dharavi is not
Mrigendra and his SName is Karan. The person who is working in KAA has his S
Name as Ansh. Akashdeep dislikes Khandala.
9. What is the SName of Akashdeep? (Q. code 102207009)
(1) Dhruva (2) Karan
(3) Achal (4) Sumit
(5) Ansh
10. The person who shoots at Mulund is (Q. code 102207010)
(1) Viren (2) Bhima
(3) Akashdeep (4) Hiten
(5) Mrigendra
11. Which one of the following combinations is TRUE? (Q. code 102207011)
(1) Hiten – Sumit – Dharavi
(2) Mrigendra – Ansh – Khandala
(3) Viren – Karan – Mulund
(4) Akashdeep – Ansh – Dharavi
(5) Bhima – Ansh – Vadala
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12. Who is the lead actor in KGGK? (Q. code 102207012)
(1) Mrigendra (2) Viren
(3) Hiten (4) Akashdeep
(5) Bhima
Directions for Questions 13 to 16: Answer the following questions based on the information
given below.
5 famous classical musicians of India met in a recording studio to record a fusion album.
These musicians are of different ages which are multiples of 5. The dresses they wear are
Dhoti kurta, pajama kurta, Shirt Trousers, Pathani suit and Nehru Jacket. Each musician
wears a different dress.
(a) Ravi Shankar wears a pajama kurta.
(b) Bismillah Khan plays Tabla but never wears a Pathani suit.
(c) Sitar is not played by the musician who is 40 years of age.
(d) Sarod is played by a person who is 50 years old.
(e) The 55year old musician wears a Nehru Jacket.
(f) Hafiz Ali khan is 60 years old. He is a Shehnai player and wears Shirt Trousers.
(g) Flute is played by the person who is 30 years of age.
(h) Zakir Hussain is 55 years old.
(i) Hari Prasad Chourasia is also present at the recording. He is 50 years old.
13. Who wears a Dhoti? (Q. code 102207013)
(1) HariPrasad Chourasia (2) Hafiz Ali
(3) Zakir Hussain (4) Ravi Shankar
(5) Bismillah Khan
14. What is the sum of the ages of Bismillah Khan and Hari Prasad Chourasia?
(Q. code 102207014)
(1) 95 (2) 85
(3) 90 (4) 105
(5) None of these
15. Which of the following is a correct combination? (Q. code 102207015)
(1) Pajama Kurta, 40, Tabla (2) Hafiz Ali, Shirt Trouser, Shehnai
(3) Zakir Hussain, Nehru Jacket, Sitar (4) Hari Prasad Chourasia, 55, Sitar
(5) More than one of the above
16. If the Flute player goes to learn Sitar, who would go to whom? (Q. code 102207016)
(1) Zakir Hussain to Bismillah Khan (2) Bismillah Khan to Zakir Hussain
(3) Ravi Shankar to Zakir Hussain (4) Hafiz Ali to Ravi Shankar
(5) Hari Prasad Chourasia to Ravi Shankar
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Directions for Questions 17 to 20: Read the information given below and answer the questions
that follow. Data given in one question can be used as additional information in all subsequent
questions.
The graph shows the percentage of the total votes cast for the 6 national parties in India.
Only a person of the age 18 years or more can cast a vote. There are only these 6 parties
in India. Assume that all the voters cast their votes.
Distribution Of Voters As a Percentage Of The
Total Voters In India
CPI(M)
8%
NCP
10%
INC
CPI 34%
3%
BSP
21%
BJP
24%
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Percentagewise distribution of total voters of INC in
India
30 28
24 25
25
Percentage
20 15
15
10 8
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In the following questions, Mark
1: If the question can be answered by figure 1 alone and figure 2 is not required.
2: If the question can be answered by figure 2 alone and figure 1 is not required.
3: If the question can be answered by both of the figures taken together and not by
any one of these figures.
4: If the question cannot be answered even by using both the figures together.
5: If the question can be answered by using either figure 1 or figure 2 alone.
17. What is the total number of voters in India if the total voters who vote in Maharashtra is
1530200? (Q. code 102207017)
18. What is the total number of voters of INC in Maharashatra if the total number of voters of
CPI in India is 47022? (Q. code 102207018)
19. Given that the total population of people whose age is less than 18 years is 1528644 in
India.
Additional information for Figure 2: Percentage distribution of voters of INC is equal to the
percentage distribution of total number of voters in all the five states.
What is the total population of India if there are only these given five states in India?
(Q. code 102207019)
20. What is the ratio of the total voters of Maharashtra to the total voters of CPI (M)?
(Q. code 102207020)
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Directions for Questions 21 to 23: Each question is followed by two statements, 1 and 2.
Answer each question using the following instructions:
Mark (1) if the question can be answered by using the statement 1 alone but not by using
the statement 2 alone.
Mark (2) if the question can be answered by using the statement 2 alone but not by using
the statement 1 alone.
Mark (3) if the question can be answered by using either of the statements alone.
Mark (4) if the question can be answered by using both the statements together but not by
either of the statements alone.
Mark (5) if the question cannot be answered on the basis of the two statements.
22. P, Q and R invested their capital in a business in the ratio 5 : 7 : 6 for one year. If profit
ratio is the same as the ratio of their capital, how much was R's profit after one year?
(Q. code 102207022)
(1) P invested Rs. 55,000 and made a profit of Rs. 2000.
(2) Q made a profit of Rs. 400 more than what R made after one year.
23. If x = y 3 , then what is the value of x, where x is a natural number? (Q. code 102207023)
(1) x × y = 16
(2) x + y = 4
Directions for Questions 24 to 28: For the following questions, five options are given. Choose
the correct option.
24. Ajit, Ashutosh and Anil started from the same place and travelled in the same direction at
the speeds of 80, 70 and 60 kmph respectively. Ashutosh started 3 hours after Anil and
both Ajit and Ashutosh overtook Anil at 9.00 p.m. of the same day. Find the time at which
Ajit started? (Q. code 102207024)
(1) 5:15 a.m. (2) 5:30 a.m.
(3) 6:00 a.m. (4) 5:45 a.m.
(5) 5:00 a.m.
25. A sold an article to B at 30% profit. B in turn sold it to C at 20% profit. C sold it to D at 20%
loss and D sold it to E at 10% loss. By what percentage was E’s cost price more/less than
A’s cost price? (Q. code – 102207025)
(1) 12.32% less (2) 12.32% more
(3) 6.16% less (4) 6.16% more
(5) None of these
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26. Find the number of integral pairs of (x, y) which satisfy the equation:
(Q. code 102207026)
y 2 × (x 2 +1) + x 2 (y 2 +16) = 448
(1) 4 (2) 6
(3) 12 (4) 8
(5) 2
27. If
a + 6 = 9 and 2 b - 12 = 20, then find the difference between the maximum and
a
minimum possible values of b ? (Q. code 102207027)
(1) 75/16 (2) 65/16
(3) 85/16 (4) 75/14
(5) 85/14
28. On an ambulator (a moving horizontal surface), a snake crawling at 20m/s is chasing an
insect crawling at 5m/s. The ambulator, snake and insect are all moving in the same
direction. If 75 meters is the distance between the snake and the insect at the moment the
snake starts chasing the insect, and the ambulator is moving at 25m/s, then how much
time (in seconds) will it take for the snake to catch the insect? (Q. code 102207028)
(1) 5 (2) 10
(3) 15 (4) 20
(5) 25
Directions for Questions 29 to 31: For the following questions, five options are given. Choose
the correct option.
29. In a triple Decker bus there are 300 seats. The price of each ticket when the bus is full is
60. For every Rs. 5 increase in the ticket, the number of tickets sold goes down by 10.
Find the price of ticket for which the bus owner earns the maximum revenue.
(Q. code 102207029)
(1) 95 (2) 100
(3) 105 (4) 110
(5) 115
30. If P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are 7 single digit natural numbers and no three of them are
equal, then 00what is the maximum value of A, where:
A = P + 2Q + 3R + 4S + 5T + 6U + 7V (Q. code – 102207030)
(1) 200 (2) 210
(3) 220 (4) 230
(5) 240
31. A number when written to the base 16 contains only 3 zeros and three 1's and no other
digits. Find the maximum number of zeros in the number when it is represented in base 2.
(Q. code 102207031)
(1) 17 (2) 18
(3) 19 (4) 20
(5) 21
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Directions for the Questions 32 and 33: Answer the questions on the basis of the information
given below.
A survey on 500 players revealed that 265 of them like volleyball, 242 like football, and
213 play cricket. 57 players play all three games, while 50 players play none of the
games.
32. What is the difference between the number of players who like only volleyball and those
who like both football and cricket? (Q. code 102207032)
(1) 76 (2) 52
(3) 53 (4) 55
(5) 57
33. The number of players who like only cricket is the same as those who like
(Q. code 102207033)
(1) Only football and volleyball (2) Only football
(3) Football and cricket (4) Only volleyball
(5) Volleyball and cricket
Additional Information for Questions 34 and 35: The number of players who like both
volleyball and cricket is greater than the number of players who like both volleyball and football,
which is itself greater than the number of players who like both football and cricket.
34. What could be the maximum number of players who like only volleyball?
(Q. code 102207034)
(1) 110 (2) 113
(3) 97 (4) 103
(5) 106
35. What can be the minimum number of students who like only football?
(Q. code 102207035)
(1) 76 (2) 100
(3) 114 (4) 94
(5) 82
Directions for Question 36: For the following question, five options are given. Choose the
correct option.
36. A tetrahedron has a regular base with all the sides of the base equal to 10Ö3 units. The
perpendicular height of the apex of the tetrahedron from the base is 5√2 units. Find the
total surface area of the tetrahedron (approximately). (Q. code 102207036)
(1) 292 units (2) 165 units
(3) 429 units (4) 355 units
(5) None of these
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Directions for Questions 37 & 38: Refer to the diagram below to answer the questions that
follow.
AB, BC and AC are three tangents to the circle shown in the diagram and O is the center
of the circle. If we join BO, it becomes the angle bisector of angle ABC.
C
3 F
D
O
1
3 B
A E
37. If angle ACB = 35 ° , find angle DOA. (Q. code 102207037)
(1) 35 (2) 55
(3) 25 (4) 15
(5) None of these
38. What is the length of AO? (Q. code 102207038)
(1) 4/√7 (2) 3/√7
(3) 4√7 (4) 3√7
(5) Cannot be determined
Directions for Questions 39 to 41: For the following questions, five options are given. Choose
the correct option.
40. All the students of a class participated in a tennis competition. Each student has to play
with each of the other student exactly once. In 300 of the games, both players were boys.
In 120 of the games played, both players were girls. Find the total number of matches
played by the students of this class? (Q. code 102207040)
(1) 840 (2) 820
(3) 760 (4) 800
(5) 780
41. In an A.P. the sum of the first 17 terms is equal to sum of the first 27 terms. What is the
sum of the first 44 terms of this A.P.? (Q. code 102207041)
(1) 0 (2) 1
(3) 1 (4) 44
(5) Cannot be determined
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Directions for Question 42: For the following questions, five options are given. Choose the
correct option.
42. Given: a, b and c are 3 distinct real numbers greater than one.
a 2 + b 2 a 2 + c 2 c 2 + b 2
+ +
If d = ab ac bc
Out of the following which cannot be a value of d: (Q. code 102207042)
(1) 6 (2) 7
(3) 8 (4) 9
(5) 10
Directions for Questions 43 to 45: For the following questions, five options are given. Choose
the correct option.
43. How many real numbers x, satisfy the equation: (Q. code 102207043)
1- x + x - 2 = 3 - x + x - 4
(1) 1 (2) 2
(3) 3 (4) 4
(5) 5
44. If x = (101 3 + 101 2 ) + (99 3 – 99 2 ), then find the remainder when x is divided by 50?
(Q. code 102207044)
(1) 49 (2) 25
(3) 10 (4) 11
(5) None of these
45. There exist positive integers x, y and z satisfying the equation: 31x + 30y + 29z = 366.
Which of the following can be the value of x + y + z? (Q. code 102207045)
(1) 10 (2) 12
(3) 15 (4) 16
(5) 18
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Section III
Directions for Questions 46 to 49: In each of the following sentences, a part of the sentence or
the entire sentence is underlined. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of phrasing the
underlined part are indicated. Choose the best alternative from among the five. Check grammar,
usage, semantics, mechanics, redundancy, punctuation, spelling and style elements.
46. "As a consequence of saving their hardearned money, the Indians were able to save face
in these dire times of recession" said the Blues brothers. (Q. code 102207046)
(1) As a consequence of saving
(2) As a consequence of they saving
(3) Because they saved
(4) Because of saving
(5) Because of their saving
47. Civil engineers and architects are engaged in a heated dispute over if increasing the
height of the tower would decrease its ability to sustain higher air pressure.
(Q. code 102207047)
(1) over if increasing the height of the tower
(2) about if increase in the tower height
(3) about increasing the height of the tower
(4) over whether increasing the height of the tower
(5) concerning the increase in height of tower
48. In order to hide the money he siphoned, Raju instructed his accountants should delete the
logs of what were their company's revenue figures. (Q. code 102207048)
(1) should delete the logs of what were their company's revenue figures.
(2) would do the deleting of the logs of their company's revenue figures.
(3) delete the logs of company's revenue figures.
(4) the deletion of logs of company's revenue figures.
(5) to delete the logs of company's revenue figures.
49. As studying the nature of metal X under extreme conditions was one of their most
important goals, the team of metallurgists undertook an expedition to mount Vesuvius.
(Q. code 102207049)
(1) was one of their most important goals
(2) was one of its most important goals
(3) was one of the goal they considered to be most important
(4) having been one of its most important goals
(5) is one of its most important goals
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Directions for Questions 50 to 53: Read the information given in the paragraph and answer the
questions that follows.
50. The greater the number of people in a team, the greater is the need for coordination. This
is because a larger number of people leads to increased number of opinions, which
results in a greater burden on team leaders and, potentially, in a greater number of
disagreements between the team members. There are always more teams working on
shortterm projects than on long term projects.
If all of the statements given are true, then which of the following must also be true?
(Q. code 102207050)
(1) Disagreements are more frequent in goal oriented projects than in long term
projects.
(2) There are more ideas that surface up in a long term project than in a short term
project.
(3) The need for coordination in short term projects is greater than in long term
projects.
(4) A team leader's task is easier in a short term project than in a longterm project.
(5) Greater number of teams perform better in long term projects than in short term
projects.
51. During the Kargil War, about 500 civilians died in India and about 8,000 members of the
Indian armed forces died on the border. On the basis of those figures, it can be concluded
that it was more dangerous to be on the border in the armed forces during the war than it
was to stay at home as a civilian.
Which of the following would reveal most clearly the absurdity of the conclusion drawn
above? (Q. code 102207051)
(1) Counting deaths among members of the armed forces who served in India in
addition to deaths among members of the armed forces serving on border.
(2) Expressing the difference between the number of deaths among civilians and
members of the armed forces as a percentage of the total number of deaths.
(3) Separating deaths caused by accidents during service in the armed forces from
deaths caused by combat injuries.
(4) Comparing death rates per thousand members of each group rather than
comparing total numbers of deaths.
(5) Comparing deaths caused due to terrorist activity in India to deaths caused by
Kargil war.
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52. The state with the highest productivity of wheat on agricultural land is Punjab. North India
has highly fertile land, but Punjab is exceptional, having greatest fraction of its population
in agricultural areas: 91 percent of its population lives in agricultural areas.
Geographically, however, Punjab is urban: 96 percent of its land is outside agricultural
areas.
If all of the statements are true, which of the following is best supported on the basis of
them? (Q. code 102207052)
(1) Punjab's population density (in urban areas) is among the highest of all states in
India.
(2) No state has a smaller area devoted to agriculture than Punjab has.
(3) In Punjab, 9 percent of the urban population lives on 96 percent of the land.
(4) The current rate of population growth in Punjab's agricultural areas exceeds the
current rate of population growth in Punjab's urban areas.
(5) No state has a smaller fraction of its population in urban areas than Punjab has.
If all the above statements are correct, which among the following explains the reason
behind the contradiction stated above? (Q. code 102207053)
(1) There have been very few people who have succeeded, and those people were
counted in the surveys.
(2) It is easy to read books, however, it is tough to implement the ideas suggested in
them.
(3) It is easy to develop personality by exercising willpower.
(4) The group of people selected for the survey did include those who failed even after
reading the books.
(5) Those who succeeded did not go for further treatment and so are not included in
the researchers’ data.
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Directions for Questions 54 to 56: In each question, there are five sentences. The sentences
need to be arranged in a logical order to form a coherent paragraph. From the given options,
choose the most appropriate option.
54.
(A) I see advertisements for active young men, as if activity were the whole of a young
man's capital.
(B) What a doubtful compliment this is to pay me! As if he had met me halfway across
the ocean beating up against the wind, but bound nowhere, and proposed to me to
go along with him! If I did, what do you think the underwriters would say? No, no! I
am not without employment at this stage of the voyage.
(C) To tell the truth, I saw an advertisement for ablebodied seamen, when I was a
boy, sauntering in my native port, and as soon as I came of age I embarked.
(D) It is remarkable that there are few men so well employed, so much to their minds,
but that a little money or fame would commonly buy them off from their present
pursuit.
(E) Yet I have been surprised when one has with confidence proposed to me, a grown
man, to embark in some enterprise of his, as if I had absolutely nothing to do, my
life having been a complete failure hitherto.
(Q. code 102207054)
(1) AECBD (2) DAEBC
(3) ADBCE (4) ADCEB
(5) DCAEB
55.
(A) The existence of an algebra of generalized functions not being required for the
construction of renormalized perturbation theory.
(B) One of the key mathematical problems of relativistic (and, quite generally, local)
field theory is the construction of a satisfactory operation of multiplication for a
certain class of generalized functions.
(C) Hitherto, only individual classes of generalized functions have, as a rule, been
studied for the purpose of constructing products of generalized functions.
(D) In other words, it is the operation of multiplication of functions that must be the
object of renormalization.
(E) The idea behind the present work is that to obtain the renormalized equations of
local (including relativistic) quantum field theory one needs appropriate associative
algebras of functions, including the necessary generalized functions, and these
algebras must be equipped with involution and differentiation.
(Q. code 102207055)
(1) BECAD (2) ACBDE
(3) ACDBE (4) AEBDC
(5) BEDCA
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56.
(A) What said this aged orator? “National independence does not necessarily lead to
national virtue and happiness; but reason and experience demonstrate that public
spirit and general happiness are looked for in vain under the withering influence of
provincial subjection.
(B) Which, during a long life, he had treasured in his heart as the costliest legacy,
which a true citizen could bequeath the land that, gave him birth.
(C) These are not the crude sentiments of youth, though the mere commercial
politician, who has deduced his ideas of selfgovernment from the table of imports
and exports, may satirize them as such.
(D) Age has uttered them, my lord, and the experience of eighty years has preached
them to the people. A few weeks since, and there stood up in the Court of Queen’s
Bench an old and venerable man to teach the country the great lessons he had
learned in his youth beneath the portico of the Irish Senate House.
(E) From the stateliest mansion, down to the poorest cottage in the land, the inactivity,
the meanness, the debasement which provincialism engenders will be perceptible.
(Q. code 102207056)
(1) ADBEC (2) ABCDE
(3) ECDBA (4) EDBAC
(5) EBADC
Directions for Questions 57 to 61: The passage given below is followed by a set of five
questions. Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.
Though the euphoria surrounding Barack Obama’s election last week as presidentelect has not
yet begun to subside, it is already time to recognize that the most important challenge facing the
next US president is to restore America’s standing in the eyes of the world. A new president must
reinvent the US as a country that listens, that engages with others, and that has, in the famous
phrase from the American Declaration of Independence in 1776, ‘‘a decent respect to the
opinions of mankind.’’
That is, of course, easier said than done, even if the mere fact of Obama’s election has already
provided a huge public relations boost to the United States. Reading the Arab press in the week
after his election has been particularly impressive: so many columnists across the Middle East
have openly scorned America’s Arab critics, pointing to Obama’s election as proof of the critics’
ignorance and of America’s astonishing capacity to reinvent itself. But there are a few useful
rules the new administration would be well advised to follow.
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Americans must learn not to define ‘‘antiAmericanism’’ so broadly that they convert every critic
into an enemy. An Obama administration, led by a man who has lived abroad and travelled
extensively, must recognise that foreigners approach global problems with a different set of
assumptions and experiences — and that they might have different priorities that Washington
must learn to respect. This would be a healthy contrast to the Bush years: after all, when they
were elected in 2000, Dick Cheney had had more heart attacks than George W Bush had had
foreign trips.
Of course, foreigners have a complex set of associations in their minds when they think of
America — from Iraq to 9/11, certainly, but also from Coke to jeans. It is entirely possible for
people around the world to love American products, American books, American movies,
American music, and dislike the policies of the government of America. That’s why ‘‘anti
Americanism’’ is a meaningless term: many people who love a great deal about America and
dislike some of the policies of its government are often wrongly dismissed by politicians in the US
as antiAmerican.
Accepting this, Washington, in keeping with the Obama approach, should overtly and visibly
demonstrate its openness to the needs and priorities of the rest of the world. The new
administration must show that, despite its understandable internal preoccupations, America —
still the world’s richest country by far — will never forget its responsibilities to the wellbeing of
the planet. Foreigners can’t help feeling dismayed when they read that 65% of the elected
members of a recent US Congress had never held a passport.
They are terrified of Americans who think all the answers to all the world’s problems can be found
in America. It is essential that Washington never again shows the Bush administration’s disdain
for the opinions of the rest of the world. At the same time, America has no need to act as if it has
nothing to teach the rest of the world. The best way to do so is to revive America’s finest
traditions. Washington must stop the Bush administration practices that have repudiated the
values for which America has long stood. A good shortlist to start with would be to close down
Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib, abjure torture and rendition, prosecute Blackwater’s killings of
civilians(for which the Bush administration is responsible), and vow that America will never
conquer its enemies by behaving like them.
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The new president must show in word and deed that he recognizes the world has changed. An
America that adjusts graciously from being the world’s CEO to its chairman of the board, gently
nudging a set of independent directors whose autonomy it respects, is an America that once
again could be a shining beacon on the hill for the rest of us.
Almost a year ago, the commentator Andrew Sullivan wrote in The Atlantic: ‘‘At a time when
America’s estrangement from the world risks tipping into dangerous imbalance, when a country
at war with lethal enemies is also increasingly at war with itself, when humankind’s spiritual
yearnings veer between an excess of certainty and an inability to believe anything at all, and
when sectarian and racial divides seem as intractable as ever, a man who is a bridge between
these worlds may seem indispensable.
57. The author agrees with all of the following except (Q. code 102207057)
(1) The Bush administration made enemies out of critics.
(2) Most of the present senators have not travelled outside America even once.
(3) America should stop acting in authoritarian ways and learn to respect views of
other nations.
(4) George Bush administration respected that it was not possible for other nations to
think in the same vein as America does.
(5) Most of the columnists in Middle East have openly supported and praised election
of Obama as the President of America.
58. The passage is primarily concerned with (Q. code 102207058)
(1) Discussing the policies of former administration and comparing them to the policies
of present administration.
(2) Explaining that the foreigners are terrified of Americans who think all the answers
to all the world’s problems can be found in America.
(3) Warning the present administration against committing mistakes that were
committed by their predecessors.
(4) Analyzing the policies of current administration.
(5) Suggesting the present administration’s certain rules that would help in
restablishing the credentials of America.
59. All of the following can be inferred from the passage except (Q. code 102207059)
(1) Former administration had very little realization of the sufferings that the foreigners
had to bear.
(2) Entire world is looking up to the new administration with hopes.
(3) The author is very critical of the policies adopted by the former U.S. administration.
(4) The author is reasonably happy with the policies of the present U.S. administration.
(5) The term “AntiAmerican” is obsolete.
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60. Based on the passage, what can be the reason behind the author being censorious of the
Bush administration policies?
(A) Because of policies of Bush administration leading to human rights violation.
(B) Because of the tyrannical attitude of the Bush Administration.
(C) Because of the war waged on Iraq, which the author thinks was not necessary.
(D) Because of the dishonour shown by the Bush administration towards the values on
which America was built.
(E) All of the above (Q. code 102207060)
(1) E (2) B, C and D
(3) A, B and C (4) A, C and D
(5) A, B and D
61. The author expects all of the following from the current administration except
(A) To restore the faith over America, that the world seems to have lost.
(B) To respect the views of other nations.
(C) To stop the Iraq war with immediate effect.
(D) To openly accept the priorities of the rest of the world.
(E) All of the above (Q. code 102207061)
(1) E (2) B, C and D
(3) A, B and C (4) A, C and D
(5) A, B and D
Directions for Questions 62 to 66: The passage given below is followed by a set of five
questions. Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.
We are speaking on this occasion, not as members of this or that nation, continent, or creed, but
as human beings, members of the species Man, whose continued existence is in doubt. The
world is full of conflicts; and, overshadowing all minor conflicts, the titanic struggle between
Communism and antiCommunism.
We shall try to say no single word which should appeal to one group rather than to another. All,
equally, are in peril, and, if the peril is understood, there is hope that they may collectively avert
it. We have to learn to think in a new way. We have to learn to ask ourselves, not what steps can
be taken to give military victory to whatever group we prefer, for there no longer are such steps;
the question we have to ask ourselves is: what steps can be taken to prevent a military contest of
which the issue must be disastrous to all parties?
The general public, and even many men in positions of authority, have not realized what would
be involved in a war with nuclear bombs. The general public still thinks in terms of the obliteration
of cities. It is understood that the new bombs are more powerful than the old, and that, while one
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Abomb could obliterate Hiroshima, one Hbomb could obliterate the largest cities, such as
London, New York, and Moscow.
No doubt in Hbomb wars great cities would be obliterated. But this is one of the minor disasters
that would have to be faced. If everybody in London, New York, and Moscow were exterminated,
the world might, in the course of a few centuries, recover from the blow. But we now know,
especially since the Bikini test, that nuclear bombs can gradually spread destruction over a very
much wider area than had been supposed.
It is stated on very good authority that a bomb can now be manufactured which will be 2,500
times as powerful as that which destroyed Hiroshima. Such a bomb, if exploded near the ground
or under water, sends radioactive particles into the upper air. They sink gradually and reach the
surface of the earth in the form of a deadly dust or rain. It was this dust which infected the
Japanese fishermen and their catch of fish. No one knows how widely such lethal radioactive
particles might be diffused, but the best authorities are unanimous in saying that a war with H
bombs might possibly put an end to the human race. It is feared that if many Hbombs are used
there will be universal death, sudden only for a minority, but for the majority a slow torture of
disease and disintegration.
Many warnings have been uttered by eminent men of science and by authorities in military
strategy. None of them will say that the worst results are certain. What they do say is that these
results are possible, and no one can be sure that they will not be realized. We have not yet found
that the views of experts on this question depend in any degree upon their politics or prejudices.
They depend only, so far as our researches have revealed, upon the extent of the particular
expert's knowledge. We have found that the men who know most are the most gloomy.
Here, then, is the problem which we present to you, stark and dreadful and inescapable: Shall we
put an end to the human race; or shall mankind renounce war? People will not face this
alternative because it is so difficult to abolish war. The abolition of war will demand distasteful
limitations of national sovereignty. But what perhaps impedes understanding of the situation
more than anything else is that the term "mankind" feels vague and abstract. People scarcely
realize in imagination that the danger is to themselves and their children and their grandchildren,
and not only to a dimly apprehended humanity. They can scarcely bring themselves to grasp that
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they, individually, and those whom they love are in imminent danger of perishing agonizingly.
And so they think that perhaps war may be allowed to continue provided modern weapons are
prohibited.
This hope is illusory. Whatever agreements not to use Hbombs had been reached in time of
peace, they would no longer be considered binding in time of war, and both sides would set to
work to manufacture Hbombs as soon as war broke out, for, if one side manufactured the bombs
and the other did not, the side that manufactured them would inevitably be victorious. Although
an agreement to renounce nuclear weapons as part of a general reduction of armaments would
not afford an ultimate solution, it would serve certain important purposes. First, any agreement
between East and West is to the good in so far as it tends to diminish tension. Second, the
abolition of thermonuclear weapons, if each side believed that the other had carried it out
sincerely, would lessen the fear of a sudden attack in the style of Pearl Harbour, which at present
keeps both sides in a state of nervous apprehension. We should, therefore, welcome such an
agreement though only as a first step.
62. In the passage, the author is primarily concerned with doing which one of the following?
(Q. code 102207062)
(1) To urge governments of rival countries to settle their conflicts peacefully rather
than resorting to war.
(2) Urging people, of all nationalities, caste and creed, to choose continual progress in
happiness, knowledge and wisdom rather than choosing universal death.
(3) Organizing scientists and experts round the globe, to make governments and
people of conflicting countries aware of the dreadful effects of a nuclear war and
pressurize these countries to solve their disputes amicably.
(4) To urge all the nuclear countries to sign the nuclear disarmament treaty to diminish
tension between them.
(5) To urge the Congress to pass the resolution approving Nuclear disarmament.
63. What among the following does the passage demands? (Q. code 102207063)
(1) A change in mindset of the governments.
(2) A change in mindset of scientists
(3) A change in mindset of war experts and military personnel
(4) A change in the mindset of the people.
(5) A change in mindset of the leaders.
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64. What does the author mean by stating – “This hope is illusory” (eighth paragraph)?
(Q. code 102207064)
(1) The agreements, made during the time of peace, over not using the Hbombs may
not be adhered to, once a war is waged. So the hope of people that these bombs
will not be used is illusionary.
(2) People may think that even if Hbomb is dropped in an area away from their own, it
would not affect them. This hope of the people is illusionary.
(3) The experts and scientists have still not gauged the widespread effects of the H
bomb. The hope mentioned in the above line pertains to the hope of these experts,
who may think that the effects actually may not be that widespread.
(4) The hope mentioned in the above line pertains to the hope of leaders and military
personnel, who may think that waging a war will not lead to a nuclear war.
(5) All of the above
65. Which among the following is not stated by the author? (Q. code 102207065)
(1) The main issue today is not winning the war, but to avoid the war.
(2) Hbombs are much more powerful than the Abombs used to destroy Hiroshima.
(3) The views given by military personnel are politically motivated.
(4) People have no realization of the destruction that can be caused by the use of
nuclear bombs.
(5) None of the above
66. Why does the author mention the bikini test? (Q. code 102207066)
(1) To explain the effects of Hbombs.
(2) To strengthen the arguments given by him against Hbombs.
(3) To debate the use of Hbombs.
(4) To illustrate the side effects of Hbombs.
(5) To predict the lethal effects of Hbombs.
Directions for Questions 67 and 68 : Each question is a logical sequence of statements with a
missing link, the location of which is shown parenthetically [(....)]. From the five options available,
choose the one that best fits into the sequence.
67. Many of the views stated in this book are highly speculative, and some no doubt will
prove erroneous; but I have in every case given the reasons which have led me to one
view rather than to another. It seemed worthwhile to try how far the principle of evolution
would throw light on some of the more complex problems in the natural history of man
[……….]; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one
takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness: and when this is done, one path
towards error is closed and the road to truth is often at the same time opened.
(Q. code 102207067)
(1) Some of the views stated in this book are deemed to be absolutely correct and
harmless.
(2) False views are sometimes welcomed in the process of verification, because they
are harmless.
(3) True facts are often neglected in progress of science, for they are harmless.
(4) False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure
long.
(5) True views are highly caustic in the process of verification, for they often embrace
long.
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68. [……….]. I knew a boy who, from his peculiar energy, was called "Buster" by his
playmates, and this rightly supplanted his Christian name. Some travellers tell us that an
Indian had no name given him at first, but earned it, and his name was his fame; and
among some tribes he acquired a new name with every new exploit. It is pitiful when a
man bears a name for convenience merely, who has earned neither name nor fame.
(Q. code 102207068)
(1) Naming convention varies from one religion to other.
(2) At present our only true names are nicknames.
(3) Naming according to a person’s action is obsolete.
(4) Some religions profess the name according to the astrology.
(5) Nicknames always bear a special significance to the first name.
Directions for Questions 69 and 70: The words given below are anagrams followed by a set of
five options. An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of another word or
phrase. The anagrams when decoded result in a common English idiom. Choose the option that
best represents that idiom. (Example: Listen = Silent or tensil)
What could be the possible example carrying the meaning of the idiom.
(Q. code 102207069)
(1) Amitabh Bachchan giving a stage performance for the IIFA awards.
(2) Roger Federer creating a new history at Wimbledon.
(3) A major automobile firm launching a public issue.
(4) M.S. Dhoni replying to his critics by hitting a century.
(5) Disinvestment policy being criticized by Economists.
What word cannot be associated with (C)? (Q. code 102207070)
(1) Contemplation (2) Brain
(3) Ablution (4) Comprehension
(5) Anticipation
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