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DIRECTIONS for questions 1 to 5:
Each of the sentences below has one blank space.
Choose the alternative which when inserted in the
sentence, best fits in with the meaning of the sentence as a
whole |
| Question
1. |
As the ----------------author of the anonymous book, he
found himself fielding a lot of questions. A. putative
B. puny
C. penurious
D. assumed
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| Question
2. |
A born story teller, McCourt drew from a ---------- of
accounts about his youth
A. fund
B. treasure
C. repertoire
D. number
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| Question
3. |
A ---------- settled over the populace before the war
began.
A. dullness
B. indifference
C. malady
D. malaise
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| Question
4. |
He endured----------conditions when crossing Antarctica
A. balmy
B. torrid
C. gelid
D. inundated
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| Question
5. |
We spotted a great deal of ---------- that could have
been from the missing ship
A.
refuse
B. jetsam
C. flotsam
D. bottles |
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DIRECTIONS for
questions 6 to 10:
A number of sentences are given below, which when
properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph.
Each sentence is labeled with a letter.
Choose the most logical order of sentences from among
the alternatives so as to construct a coherent paragraph. |
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6. |
A.
When successful companies face bit changes in their
environment, they often fail to respond effectively.
B. Their best people leave, and their stock valuations stumble.
C. Unable to defend themselves against competitors armed with new
products, technologies or strategies they watch their sales
and profits erode.
D. One
of the most common phenomena is also one of the most
confusing.
A. BACD
B. DACB
C. DBAC
D. CADB
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| Question
7. |
A.
Just before dawn on the final day, the taxi carries me
along the Avenue of External Peace.
B. It’s easy
to imagine them as the ghosts of the murdered students and
workers
C. My two weeks in Beijing have zoomed by.
D. Several
hundred early risers huddle in the square, murky silhouettes
in the wispy fog
A.
B.
C.
D.
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| Question
8. |
A. One day
Mike came into restaurant when Sandy was also there
B. She figured that Sandy, another friend who seemed to have
much in common with Mike.
Would be an ideal date.
C. Barbie dragged Mike over to Sandy’s table and introduced
the two
D. Barbie a waitress, decided to put her matchmaking skills to
the test with our mutual friend Mike
A.
ABCD
B. DACB
C. DBAC
D. ACBD
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| Question
9. |
A. There
are about two millio0n credit card holders in India,
electronic payments between merchants
and banks has already been introduced
B. Although
Rs.1 crore in 100-rupee notes weighs around 100 kilos.
C. Even so,
small steps towards this goal have been taken
D. In India not likely to become a cashless
society for a long time yet.
A. DBAC
B. BCDA
C. DCBA
D. BDCA
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| Question
10. |
A. The young do
much less of it than the old and the middle aged.
B. Peter Kreisky argues that reading newspapers is a habit,
like smoking that is acquired early in life.
C. Publishers shudder when they look at the demographics of
newspaper reading.
D. The problem is competition –not specifically from and
other medium, but more generally for people’s time.
A. ABCD
B. CADB
C. CABD
D. ACBD
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DIRECTIONS for
questions 11 to 15: Find out the correct code. |
| Question
11. |
If
COQUETTE IS YMKGWHHW, what is PREVIOUS?
A. JHUDQKEG
B. LJWERLFH
C. LJWFSMGI
D. JHLKKKEG
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| Question
12. |
If THRUST is EQGDFE,
what is PRODUCT? A. igjuhzi
B. igjudve
C. igjufve
D. igjufev |
| Question
13. |
If wise is dqfs,
what barn? A. yxim
B. xyhl
C. yygj
D. yyjg |
| Question
14. |
If prim is RTKO what CANE?
A. xzmv
B. ecpg
C. dbof
D. ecgp
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| Question
15. |
If Prune is MKHOX what STUMP? A. jkhku
B. gfemj
C. jihpm
D. jijqp
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DIRECTIONS for questions 16 to 20:
read the passages and
answer the questions that follow.
PASSAGE-1
As
more and more students seek out the secrets of the perfect
pizza, the Neapolitans are planning a “Pizza University”,
with intensive on-the-job training at the city’s historic
pizzerias. The
classes will cover such topics as the history of pizza, flour
mixture, dough-ball manipulation and wood-oven technology. |
| Question
16. |
What of
the following statements is not true?
A. The popularity of pizzas is responsible for the Pizza
University
B. The classes will teach about the history of pizzas
C. The students will have to work as well as undergo a
training
D. None of the above |
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PASSAGE-2
Neurologists
at the University of Pennsylvania were puzzled by a group of stroke patients who were all under 60 and had few
or none of the usual risk factors.
It was soon determined, however that these stroke
victims had been taking over the counter decongestant pills at
high doses/ or for long periods of time |
| Question
17. |
What of the following statements can be inferred from
the passage? A. Neurologists get puzzled when they are faced
with patients suffering from the same kinds of diseases
B. Neurologists specialise in the study of nerves
C. Decongestant pills may lead to stroke
D. None of the above |
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PASSAGE-3
A
Study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
said doctors are “far less likely to be current users of
illicit substances” like
cocaine than age and gender peers in society, but use alcohol
and some prescription drugs at a higher rate.
As the study notes, ‘a unique concern of physicians
is their high rate of self-treatment with controlled
medications- a practice that could increase their risk of drug
abuse or dependence’. |
| Question
18. |
Which of the following statements cannot be inferred
from the passage? A. Doctors are less likely to use cocaine.
B. Doctors indulge in self-treatment.
C. The risk of drug abuse is higher in doctors than in age
and gender peers in society.
D. Doctors sometimes misuse drugs. |
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PASSAGE-4
Over
the past few years, gold has been
steadily losing its luster as an asset, nose-diving to
$258 per ounce, the lowest since May 1979.
The Bank of England plans to sell a total of 415 tonnes
of gold. And if the plans of the Swiss Central Bank and the IMF to
sell their gold stocks are also factored in, market sentiment
is bound to be bearish for the precious metal. |
| Question
19. |
The statement that the Bank of England’s plan to sell
a total of 415 tonnes of gold will affect the market sentiment
is
A. Definitely true
B. Probably true
C. Definitely false
D. Indeterminate
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PASSAGE-5
Modern
Algerian political history begins in 1962, when
nationalists threw of France’s 132 year long colonical rule
after a bloody eight-year war.
The new leaders converted prosperous farms into Soviet
style cooperatives and invested the country’s oil wealth in
inefficient state-run industries.
To boost Arab consciousness, they hired thousands of
teachers who quietly indoctrinated a generation of Algerian
youth with Islamist ideology.
That decision would come to haunt the nation |
| Question
20. |
Which of the following statements can be inferred from
the passage?
A. Religious movements have disastrous consequences.
B. Modern Algerian political history is marked by war and
loss of lives.
C. The new leaders were out to ruin Algeria
D.
All of the above
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DIRECTIONS for questions21 to 25: A number of sentences are
given below, followed by a highlighted statement.
The sentences when properly sequenced form a coherent
paragraph concluding with this highlighted statement.
Each sentence is labeled with a letter.
Choose the most logical order of sentences from among
the alternatives so as to construct a coherent paragraph. |
| Question
21. |
A. In
years past, preparations lasted a long time, perhaps millions
paraded before Lenin’s mausoleum in solemn formations.
B. That day’s observances have always been an important
event; their nature
and scale were always a good barometer of the country’s
situation.
C. When I
went out in the morning this time the city was empty.
D.
Being in Moscow after three years I very much wanted to see it
in May.
A. BACD
B. DBAC
C. DACB
D. ACBD
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| Question
22. |
A “It
‘s faster than a horse “, Herschberger said, “you just
feel free”
B.But as a member of the Amish community-an orthodox religious
sect-he may not drive a car, ride
a motorcycle or even hop on
a bicycle to go there
Andrew Herscherger’s girlfriend lives almost 40 kilometres
from him.
So he uses an increasingly popular mode of Amish
transportation: in-line
skates.
He’s
not alone, in the past many Amish have taken to in-line
skating.A.
B.
C.
D. |
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23. |
A. Was somebody calling?
B. The sky was clear and sunny, the air cool and still
C. Far below Gardner saw a herd of cows being brought in for
milking
D. His boots were swishing through the wet grass when suddenly
he heard something and
paused to cock an ear.
A.
B.
C.
D.
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| Question
24. |
A. “Do you think this tie goes wit these pants?”,
he asks nervously?
B. I am enveloped in the strong scent of cologne tat wafts
from his room.
C. It’s a cool and rainy night, and adolescent anxiety is in
high form
D.
Checking to see if my 14-year old son is ready for his
eighth standard dinner dance I open the door. He
dressed in his 16-year old brother’s clothes.
A. CBDA
B. BDCA
C. CDBA
D. BCAD
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| Question
25. |
A. It
is enough to make your stay at home
B. Avoiding pollution may be a full time job
C. But that according to a growing body of scientific evidence
would be a bad idea.
D. Try not to inhale traffic fumes; keep away from chemical
plants and building sites; wear a mask when cycling.
Since the average American spends 18 hours indoors for every
hour outside, it looks as though many environmentalists may be
attacking the wrong target
A. BCDA
B. BDCA
C. BDAC
D. DBCA
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DIRECTIONS for questions 26 to 30:
Each question below has six statements followed by four
sets of combinations of three. Choose the set in which the statements are logically related |
| Question
26. |
a] Violet flowers have a sweet smell
b] All
sweet smelling things are yellow.
c] Red
rises smell sweet
d] Canaries are
yellow
e]
Red roses are yellow
f]
Canaries are sweet smelling
A. abc
B. bdf
C. cbe
D. ceb
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| Question
27. |
a] Some like it hot
b] Time is
evil
c] Those who like
it cold are evil
d] Tim
likes it cold
e]Tim
does not like it hot
f] Those who like it could do not like it hot.
A. bce
B. ceb
C. dfe
D. adf |
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28. |
a] All dolls sing and dance.
b] Barbie
sings and dance.
c] Barbie is a
doll
d] Those
who sing and
dance are actors
e]
Barbie is an actor
f] Dolls are actors
A. cfe
B. abc
C. deb
D. bdf
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| Question
29. |
a] All hills
are mountains
b] All rivers are valleys
c] Some valleys are not
mountains
d] Some mountains are valley
e]Some
rivers are not mountains.
f] All rivers are mountains
A. abd
B. ced
C. fbd
D. bcd
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| Question
30. |
a] Some elephants can fly
b] Jumbo
has wings
c] Jumbos are
elephants.
d] Jumbos
can fly
e] Those who
cannot fly are not elephants
f]Jumbos
cannot fly
A. cda
B. bda
C. efa
D. dca
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DIRECTIONS
for questions 31 to 35: Each question below contains
three statements, Classify each statement as Fact, Inference
and Judgement. A
fact is something that can be seen, heard or verified.
A Judgement is an opinion and implies approval or
disapproval. An Inference is
a statement that is drawn or concluded from a fact |
| Question
31. |
A] I have a splitting headache.
B] I took an
Anacin
C]Anacin is the best medicine for headache
A. FFJ
B. FJF
C. JFI
D. JFJ
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| Question
32. |
A] It normally does not rain in the month of September in Bombay
B] The share
prices are expected to fall this year
C]
Poets are known to be reserved by nature
A. FJJ
B. III
C. IJI
D. IJF
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| Question
33. |
A]God’s presence can be felt everywhere *************
B]Many people have faith in God
C]I don’t believe in God
A.
B.
C.
D.
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| Question
34. |
A] The
TATA’s are one of he oldest family-run businesses in India
B] The TATA
Business empire was founded by Jamshedji
Tata
C] Ratan
Tata is the rightful successor to Jamshedji
A. FFF
B. IFJ
C. JJF
D. FFJ
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| Question
35. |
A] India is a
democratic country.
B] India is a democratic country only in name
C] Tunisia is
having its first ever Presidential elections.
A. FIJ
B. FJF
C. FIF
D. JFF
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DIRECTIONS for
questions 36 to 40:
Each question below has four statements.
An argument is a statement meant to convince another
person about your point of view.
An assertion is a point of view.
A counter argument contains logic opposed to your
assertion. Based
on these definitions.
Mark A, if the
statement is an assertion.
Mark B. if the statement is a supporting reason
Mark C if the statement is a counter argument
Mark
D, if the statement is irrelevant |
| Question
36. |
I] In
India almost every other family has a car
II] Car sales have
gone up in the recent years because of the slash in pricing
III] Cars are no more a
luxury but a necessity
IV] Many people are
buying cars because it is now more affordable
A. DADC
B. ABCD
C. DADB
D. BACD
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| Question
37. |
I] The pollution
levels in the metros are rising each day.
II] Metros
are more polluted than other cities.
III] With
stringent laws against vehicular pollution in metros, the
pollution level has been restricted.
IV]
Every day, in each metro about hundred new cars hit the
streets contributing to the pollution level
A. BACB
B. BADB
C. CABD
D. ADCB
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| Question
38. |
I] Even if you go to the remotest corner of the world, you
will feel the presence of the Ganapati.
II] Ganapati is
worshipped only in India
III] Combodia, Japan, and
Mexico have Ganapati idols dating back to the thirteenth
century.
IV]The
Greek god of wisdom is known as Janus, he too is pictured with
the head of an elephant as is Ganapati
A. ACBB
B. ADBD
C. ACBD
D. BADD
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| Question
39. |
I] The
powerful El Nino in 1982-83 inflicted an estimated $13 billion
in damage and claimed some 2000 lives
II] In Australia
day turned to night when a dust storm blanketed Melbourne
III] The vast impact of
E1 Nino on humans has often been catastrophic
IV] In
India because of the E1 Nino monsoon fizzled out the
crops withered
A. ABCD
B. ACBD
C. ABBB
D. BDAB
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| Question
40. |
I] It
is not easy to shed weight
II] My sister has
lost weight
III] My friend
is trying to lose weight
IV] A friend of
mine shed ten kilos quite easily
A. ABBD
B. ADDC
C. ADCB
D. ABCD
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DIRECTIONS
for questions 41 to 43:
Read the following information and answer the following
questions
TinTin
is on a mission
to find Capt. Haddock
who is missing. He
lands on an island TseTse,
looking for Haddock.
On the island TseTse, live strange people, Who answer
questions in two statements on of which is true and the other
false. After a
round-up TinTin manages to get these responses from them:
A: I haven’t seen Haddock.
B has seen him
B: A is lying
about me. A
always lies
C: Haddock is
wearing a green shirt. Haddock
is with B
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| Question
41. |
What does TinTin do?
A. Arrest B
B. Interrogate A further
C. Interrogate B further
D. Interrogate C further
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TinTin decides to continue with the search and chances
upon D,E and F, on questioning they reply:
D: I saw
Haddock heading to the North.
I do not know who he is with
E: Haddock
has gone to the South. D
knows who Haddock is with
F: haddock
is wearing a blue shirt.
Haddock is not headed for the North |
| Question
42. |
What would TinTin do?
A. Proceed towards the North
B. Proceed towards the South
C. Interrogate F further
D. Interrogate D further
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TinTin is one
the verge of giving up the chase when he meets three other
inhabitants of TseTse, on questioning they answer
G:
Haddock has been kidnapped by I. I haven’t kidnapped
him
H:
Haddock has not been kidnapped by I.
Haddock has been kidnapped by G
I: Haddock has
been kidnapped by G. Haddock has been kidnapped by H
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| Question
43. |
What does TinTin do?
A. Arrest G
B. Arrest H
C. Arrest I
D. Continue with the search
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DIRECTIONS for questions 44 and 45: Choose the pair of
words which best fits in the blank |
| Question
44. |
As the van drove slowly through the Players Club
parking lot watching a digital----------for -------- I was
getting close to my target
A. Soundtrack---------songs
B. diary
---------facts
C. display------------sings
D. calculator---------figures
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| Question
45. |
Beijing Opera is a seamless ---------- of acting,
recitation, mime, singing, acrobatic skills, and martial
arts----------.
A. mixture-----------skills
B. combination ----------achievements
C. amalgam-----------feats
D. confluence------------examples
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