Cat 1

Sample Test Questions from IIMs CAT
Bulletin for December 2000 Exam
For the Session beginning July 2001
Section I
(Qs.
Directions (Qs. 1 to 5) : Sentences in organisational life through
given in each question, when properly the exercise of power and
form coherent
sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. influence.
letter.
Each sentence is labelled with a letter. (1) ADBC (2) CBAD
Choose the most logical order of these (3) DBCA (4) ABDC
sentences from among the four given 2. A. Group decision making,
alternatives construct coherent
alternatives to constr uct a coherent however, does not necessarily
paragraph. fully guard against arbitrari-
1. A. In rejecting the functionalism ness and anarchy, for
in positivist organisation individual capriciousness can
theor y, either wholly or
get substituted by collusion of
partially, there is often a move
group members.
towards a political model of
B. Nature itself is an intricate
organisation theory.
system of checks and balances,
B. Thus the analysis would shift
meant to preserve the delicate
to the power resources
possessed by different groups balance between various
in the organisation and the environmental factors that
way they use these resources affect our ecology.
in actual power plays to shape C. In institutions also, there is
the organisational structure. a need to have in place a
C. At the extreme, in one set of system of checks and balances
writings, the growth of which inhibits the concentration
administrators in the of power in only some
organisation is held to be individuals.
completely unrelated to the D. When human interventions
work to be done and to be alter this delicate balance, the
caused totally by the political outcomes have been seen to
pursuit of self-interest. be disastrous.
D. The political model holds that (1) CDAB (2) BCAD
individual interests are pursued (3) CABD (4) BDCA
MBA ENTRANCE EXAMINATION AT A GLANCE 1

3. A. He was bone-weary and soul- I asked for a popular shampoo
wear y, and found himself mixture, consisting of olive oil
muttering, “Either I can’t manage and flaked soap.
this place, or it’s unmanage- (1) DCBA (2) DACB
able.” (3) BDAC (4) BCDA
B. To his horror, he realised that 5. A. Since then, intelligence tests
he had become the victim of have been mostly used to
an amorphous, unwitting, separate dull children in school
unconscious conspiracy to from average or bright children,
immerse him in routine work so that special education can
that had no significance. be provided to the dull.
C. It was one of those nights in B. In other words, intelligence tests
the office when the office clock give us a norm for each age.
was moving towards four in C. Intelligence is expressed as
the morning and Bennis was intelligence quotient, and tests
still not through with the are developed to indicate what
incredible mass of paper an average child of a certain
stacked before him. age can do—what a 5-year-
D. He reached for his calendar old can answer, but a 4-year-
and ran his eyes down each old cannot, for instance.
hour, half-hour, and quarter- D. Binet developed the first set of
hour, to see where his time had such tests in the early 1900s
gone that day, the day before, to find out which children in
the month before. school needed special
(1) ABCD (2) CADB attention.
(3) BDCA (4) DCBA E. Intelligence can be measured
4. A. With that, I swallowed the by tests.
shampoo, and obtained most (1) CDABE (2) DECAB
realistic results almost on the (3) EDACB (4) CBADE
spot. Directions (Qs. 6 to 13) : Read each
B. The man shuffled away into the short
of the eight short passages given below
back regions to make up a and answer these questions following
prescription, and after a moment the passages :
I got through on the shop- 6. Three airlines—IA, JA and SA—
telephone to the Consulate, operate on the Delhi-Mumbai route. To
intimating my location. increase the number of seats sold, SA
C. Then, while the pharmacist was reduced its fares and this was emulated
wrapping up a six-ounce bottle by IA and JA immediately. The general
of the mixture, I groaned and belief was that the volume of air travel
inquired whether he could give between Delhi and Mumbai would
me something for acute gastric increase as a result.
cramp. Which of the following, if true, would
D. I intended to stage a sharp add credence to the general belief ?
gastric attack, and entering an (1) Increase in profitability of the three
old-fashioned pharmacy, airlines.
2 MBA ENTRANCE EXAMINATION AT A GLANCE

(2) Extension of the discount scheme population, as a proportion of its
to other routes. total income, will grow in the future.
(3) A study that shows that air travellers (2) The insurance sector is under-
in India are price-conscious. developed and trends indicate that
(4) A study that shows that as much it will be extensively privatised in
as 80% of air travel in India is the future.
company-sponsored. (3) India is on a path of development
7. According to McNeill, a Brahmin that will take it to a developed
priest was expected to be able to recite country status, with all its positive
at least one of the Vedas. The practice and negative implications.
was essential for several centuries when (4) If the working population builds a
the Vedas had not yet been written stronger financial base, there will
down. It must have had a selective effect, be a revival of the joint family system.
since priests would have been recruited 9. Various studies have shown that
from those able or willing to memorise our forested and hilly regions and, in
long passages. It must have helped in general, areas where biodiversity—as
the dissemination of the work, since a reflected in the variety of flora—is high,
memorised passage can be duplicated are the places where poverty appears
many times. to be high. And these same areas are
Which one of the following can be also the ones where educational
inferred from the above passage ?
per formance seems to be poor.
(1) Reciting the Vedas was a
Therefore, it may be surmised that, even
Brahmin’s obligation.
disregarding poverty status, richness in
(2) The Vedic priest was like a
biodiversity goes hand in hand with
recorded audio cassette.
educational backwardness.
(3) McNeill studied the behaviour of
Brahmin priests. Which one of the following
(4) Vedic hymns had not been statements, if true, can be said to best
scripted. provide supporting evidence for the
8. Developed countries have made surmise mentioned in the passage ?
adequate provisions for social security for (1) In regions where there is little variety
senior citizens. State insurers (as well as in flora, educational performance
private ones) offer medicare and pension is seen to be as good as in regions
benefits to people who can no longer with high variety in flora, when
earn. In India, with the collapse of the poverty levels are high.
joint family system, the traditional shelter (2) Regions which show high
of the elderly has disappeared. And a biodiversity also exhibit poor
State faced with a financial crunch is not educational performance, at low
in a position to provide social security. levels of poverty.
So, it is advisable that the working (3) Regions which show high bio-
population give serious thought to building diversity reveal high levels of poverty
a financial base for itself. and poor educational performance.
Which one of the following, if it were (4) In regions where there is low
to happen, weakens the conclusion biodiversity, at all levels of poverty,
drawn in the above passage the most ? educational performance is seen
(1) The investible income of the working to be good.

10. Cigarettes constitute a mere 20% (3) Human systems, and natural
of tobacco consumption in India, and systems like food supply, follow
fewer than 15% of the 200 million natural laws of growth which have
tobacco users consume cigarettes. Yet remained constant, and will
these 15% contribute nearly 90% of the remain unchanged.
tax revenues to the Exchequer from the (4) Human beings can colonise other
tobacco sector. The punitive cigarette planetary systems on a regular and
taxation regime has kept the tax base on-going basis to accommodate a
narrow, and reducing taxes will expand growing population.
this base. 12. The company’s coffee crop for
Which one of the following best 1998-99 totalled 8079 tonnes, an all
bolsters the conclusion that reducing time record. The increase over the
duties will expand the tax base ? previous year’s production of 5830
(1) The cigarette manufacturers’ tonnes was 38.58%. The previous
association has decided to indulge highest crop was 6089 tonnes in 1970-
in aggressive promotion.
71. The company had fixed a target of
(2) There is a likelihood that tobacco
8000 tonnes to be realised by the year
consumers will shift to cigarette
2000-01 and this has been achieved
smoking if cigarette prices were
two years earlier, thanks to the emphasis
to reduce.
laid on the key areas of irrigation,
(3) The cigarette manufacturers are
lobbying for a reduction on duties. replacement of unproductive coffee
(4) An increase in duties on non- bushes, intensive refilling and improved
cigarette tobacco may lead agricultural practices. It is now our
to a shift in favour of cigarette endeavour to reach the target of 10000
smoking. tonnes in the year 2001-02.
11. Thomas Malthus, the British Which one of the following
clergyman turned economist, predicted would contribute most to making the
that the planet would not be able to target of 10000 tonnes in 2001-02
support the human population for long. unrealistic ?
His explanation was that human (1) The potential of the productivity
population grows at a geometric rate, enhancing measures implemented
while the food supply grows only at an up to now has been exhausted.
arithmetic rate. (2) The total company land under
Which one of the following, if true, coffee has remained constant since
would not undermine the thesis offered 1969 when an estate in the Nilgiri
by Malthus ? Hills was acquired.
(1) Population growth can be slowed (3) The sensitivity of the crop to
down by the voluntary choices of climatic factors makes predictions
individuals and not just by natural about production uncertain.
disasters. (4) The target-setting procedures
(2) The capacity of the planet to feed in the company have been
a growing human population can proved to be sound by the
be enhanced through bio- achievement of the 8000 tonne
technological means. target.

13. Animals in general are shrewd in a bill for a friend to pay a bill for him.
proportion as they cultivate society. He invites a friend to go for a ride just
Elephants and beavers show the after the friend has finished a long car
greatest signs of this sagacity when trip. He is eager to offer services which
they are together in large numbers, but are not wanted but which cannot be
when man invades their communities politely refused. If he is present at an
they lose all their spirit of industry. arbitration, he stirs up dissension
Among insects, the labours of the bee between the two parties, who were
and the ant have attracted the attention really anxious to agree. Such is the
and admiration of naturalists, but all their unseasonable man.
14. He tends to
sagacity seems to be lost upon
(1) Entertain women.
separation, and a single bee or ant
(2) Be a successful arbitrator
seems destitute of every degree of
when dissenting parties are
industry. It becomes the most stupid anxious to agree.
insect imaginable, and it languishes and (3) Be helpful when solicited.
soon dies. (4) Tell a long story to people who
Which of the following can be have heard it many times
inferred from the above passage ? before.
(1) Humankind is responsible for the 15. The unseasonable man tends to
destruction of the natural habitat (1) Bring a higher bidder to a
of animals and insects. salesman who has just closed
(2) Animals, in general, are unable a deal.
to function effectively outside their (2) Disclose confidential informa-
normal social environment. tion to others.
(3) Naturalists have great admiration (3) Sing the praises of the bride
for bees and ants, despite their when he goes to a wedding.
lack of industry upon separation. (4) Sleep late and rise early.
(4) Elephants and beavers are smarter Directions (Qs. 16 to 23) : In each of
part
the following sentences, a part of the
than bees and ants in the presence
sentence is underlined. Beneath each
of human beings.
sentence, four different ways of phrasing
Directions (Qs. 14 & 15) : For each part are
the underlined par t ar e indicated.
of these questions, indicate which of alternative from
Choose the best alternative from among
with particular
the statements given with that particular alternatives
the given alternatives :
question is consistent with the description 16. It was us who had left before he
of the unseasonable man in the passage arrived.
given below : (1) We who had left before time he
Unseasonableness is a tendency to had arrived.
do socially permissible things at the (2) Us who had went before he
wrong time. The unseasonable man is arrived.
the sort of person who comes to confide (3) Us who had went before had
in you when you are busy. He serenades arrived.
his beloved when she is ill. He asks a (4) We who had left before he
man who has just lost money by paying arrived.

17. The MP rose up to say that, in neglected his lessons to make him
her opinion, she thought the Women’s understand the need to persevere.
Reservation Bill should be passed on (1) Severing the thread on her loom’s
unanimously. shuttle whenever Mencius
(1) Rose to say that she thought the neglected his lessons to make him
Women’s Reservation Bill should understand the need to persevere.
be passed (2) Severed the thread on her loom’s
(2) Rose up to say that, the Women’s shuttle whenever Mencius
Reservation Bill should be passed neglected his lessons to make him
on understand the need to persevere.
(3) Rose to say that, in her opinion, (3) Severed the thread on her loom’s
she thought that the Women’s shuttle whenever Mencius neglected
Reservation Bill should be passed his lessons to make him understand
(4) Rose to say that, in her opinion, the need for persevering.
the Women’s Reser vation Bill (4) Severing the thread on her loom’s
should be passed on shuttle whenever Mencius
18. Mr. Pillai, the president of the neglected his lessons, to make
union and who is also a member of the them understand the need to
community group, will be in charge of persevere.
the negotiations. 21. If you are on a three-month
(1) Since he is a member of the software design project and, in two
community group weeks, you’ve put together a programme
(2) Also being a member of the that solves part of the problem, show it
to your boss without delay.
community group
(1) And, you’ve put together a
(3) A member of the community group
programme that solves part of the
(4) , in addition, who is a member of
problem in two weeks
the community group
(2) And, in two weeks, you’ve put
19. Since the advent of cable
together a programme that solves
television, at the beginning of this part of the problem
decade, the entertainment industry took (3) And, you’ve put together a
a giant stride forward in our country. programme that has solved part
(1) This decade saw the entertainment of the problem in two weeks
industry taking (4) And, in two weeks you put
(2) This decade, the entertainment together a programme that solved
industry has taken only part of the problem
(3) This decade, the entertainment 22. Many of these environmentalists
industry had taken proclaim to save nothing less than the
(4) This decade, the entertainment planet itself.
industry took (1) To save nothing lesser than
20. His mother made great sacrifices (2) That they are saving nothing lesser
to educate him, moving house on three than
occasions, and severing the thread on (3) To save nothing less than
her loom’s shuttle whenever Mencius (4) That they save nothing less than

23. Bacon believes that the medical terms and more as a regime of legal
profession should be permitted to ease obligations, the WTO package was
and quicken death where the end would acceptable as a means to discipline the
otherwise only delay for a few days resort to unilateral measures by the
and at the cost of great pain. United States. Countries like Canada
(1) Be delayed for a few days and other middle and smaller trading
(2) Be delayed for a few days and partners were attracted by the expansion
(3) Be otherwise only delayed for a of a rules-based system and by the
few days and symbolic value of a trade organisation,
(4) Otherwise only delay for a few both of which inherently support the
days and weak against the strong. The developing
Directions (Qs. 24 to 50) : Each of countries were attracted due to the
the five passages given below is
provisions banning unilateral measures.
followed by questions. Read each of
Finally, and perhaps most important,
these passages and then answer the
many countries at the Uruguay Round
questions following each of these
came to put a higher priority on the
passages :
export gains than on the import losses
PASSAGE I that the negotiation would produce, and
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) they came to associate the WTO and a
was created in the early 1990s as a rules-based system with those gains. This
component of the Uruguay Round reasoning—replicated in many countries
negotiation. However, it could have —was contained in U.S. Ambassador
been negotiated as part of the Tokyo Kantor’s defence of the WTO, and it
Round of the 1970s, since that amounted to a recognition that
negotiation was an attempt as a international trade and its benefits
‘constitutional reform’ of the General cannot be enjoyed unless trading nations
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
accept the discipline of a negotiated
Or it could have been put off to the
rules-based environment.
future, as the US government wanted.
A second factor in the creation of the
What factors led to the creation of the
WTO was pressure from lawyers and
WTO in the early 1990s ?
One factor was the pattern of the legal process. The dispute settlement
multilateral bargaining that developed system of the WTO was seen as a
late in the Uruguay Round. Like all victory of legalists over pragmatists but
complex international agreements, the the matter went deeper than that. The
WTO was a product of a series of trade- GATT, and the WTO, are contract
offs between principal actors and organisations based on rules, and it is
groups. For the United States, which did inevitable that an organisation created
not want a new organisation, the dispute to further rules will in turn be influenced
settlement part of the WTO package by the legal process. Robert Hudec has
achieved its long-standing goal of a written of the ‘momentum of legal
more effective and more legal dispute development’, but what is this precisely?
settlement system. For the Europeans, Legal development can be defined as
who by the 1990s had come to view promotion of the technical legal values
GATT dispute settlement less in political of consistency, clarity (or, certainty) and

effectiveness; these are values that those teleological method represents an effort
responsible for administering any legal to keep current policies consistent with
system will seek to maximise. As it stated goals, and it is analogous to the
played out in the WTO, consistency effort in GATT to keep contracting party
meant integrating under one roof the trade practices consistent with stated
whole lot of separate agreements signed rules. In both cases legal concerns and
under GATT auspices; clarity meant procedures are an independent force
removing ambiguities about the powers for further cooperation.
of contracting parties to make certain In large part the WTO was an
decisions or to undertake waivers; and exercise in consolidation. In the context
effectiveness meant eliminating of a trade negotiation that created a
exceptions arising out of grandfather- near-revolutionar y expansion of
rights and resolving defects in dispute international trade rules, the formation
settlement procedures and institutional of the WTO was a deeply conservative
provisions. Concern for these values is act needed to ensure that the benefits
inherent in any rules-based system of of the new rules would not be lost. The
co-operation, since without these values WTO was all about institutional structure
rules would be meaningless in the first and dispute settlement: these are the
place. Rules, therefore, create their own concerns of conservatives and not
incentive for fulfillment. revolutionaries, which is why lawyers
The momentum of legal development and legalists took the lead on these
has occurred in other institutions besides issues. The WTO codified the GATT
the GATT, most notably in the European institutional practice that had developed
Union (EU). Over the past two decades by custom over three decades, and it
the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has incorporated a new dispute settlement
consistently rendered decisions that have system that was necessary to keep both
expanded incrementally the EU’s internal old and new rules from becoming a
market, in which the doctrine of ‘mutual sham. Both the international structure and
recognition’ handed down in the case the dispute settlement system were
Cassis de Dijon in 1979 was a key necessary to preserve and enhance the
turning point. The Court is now widely integrity of the multilateral trade regime
recognised as a major player in that had been built incrementally from
European integration, even though the 1940s to the 1990s.
arguably such a strong role was not 24. What could be the closest reason
originally envisaged in the Treaty of why the WTO was not formed in the
Rome, which initiated the current 1970s ?
European Union. One means the Court (1) The US government did not like it.
used to expand integration was the (2) Important players did not find it in
‘teleological method of interpretation’, their best interest to do so.
whereby the actions of member states (3) Lawyers did not work for the
were evaluated against ‘the dispute settlement system.
accomplishment of the most elementary (4) The Tokyo Round negotiation
community goals set forth in the was an attempt at constitutional
Preamble to the [Rome] treaty’. The reform.

25. The most likely reason for the (1) Ambassador Kantor’s defence of
acceptance of the WTO package by the WTO.
nations was that (2) The higher priority on export gains
(1) It had the means to prevent the US placed by many countries at the
from taking unilateral measures. Uruguay Round.
(2) They recognised the need for a (3) The export gains many countries
rule-based environment to protect came to associate with a rule-
the benefits of increased trade. based system.
(3) It settles disputes more legally and (4) The provision of a rule-based
more effectively. system by the WTO.
(4) Its rule-based system leads to 29. The importance of Cassis de Dijon
export gains. is that it
26. According to the passage, WTO (1) Gave a new impetus to the
promoted the technical legal values momentum of legal development
partly through at the European Court of Justice.
(1) Integrating under one roof the (2) Resulted in a decision that
agreements signed under GATT. expanded incrementally the EU’s
(2) Rules that create their own internal market.
incentive for fulfillment. (3) Strengthened the role of the Court
(3) Grandfather-rights exceptions and more than envisaged in the Treaty
defects in dispute settlement of Rome.
procedures. (4) Led to a doctrine that was a key turn-
(4) Ambiguities about the powers of ing point in European integration.
contracting parties to make certain
PASSAGE II
decisions.
27. In the method of interpretation of Have you ever come across a
the European Court of Justice, painting, by Picasso, Mondrian, Miro,
(1) Current policies needed to be or any modern abstract painter of this
consistent with stated goals. century, and found yourself engulfed in
(2) Contracting party trade practices a brightly coloured canvas which your
needed to be consistent with stated senses cannot interpret ? Many people
rules. would tend to denounce abstractionism
(3) Enunciation of the most elementary as senseless trash. These people are
community goals needed to be disoriented by Miro’s bright, fanciful
emphasised. creatures and two-dimensional canvases.
(4) Actions of member states needed They click their tongues and shake their
to be evaluated against the stated heads at Mondrian’s grid works,
community goals. declaring the poor guy played too many
28. In the settlement “...it amounted scrabble games. They silently shake their
to a recognition that international trade heads in sympathy for Picasso, whose
and its benefits cannot be enjoyed unless gruesome, distorted figures must be a
trading nations accept the discipline of reflection of his mental health. Then,
a negotiated rules-based environment”, standing in front of a work by Charlie
‘it’ refers to : Russell, the famous Western artist, they’ll

declare it a work of God. People feel them. But now, I believe differently. Firstly,
more comfortable with something they I object to the argument that abstract
can relate to and understand artists are not capable of drafting. Many
immediately without too much thought. abstract artists, such as Picasso, are
This is the case with the work of Charlie excellent draftsmen. As his work matured,
Russell. Being able to recognise the Picasso became more abstract in order
elements in his paintings—trees, horses to increase the expressive quality of his
and cowboys—gives people a safety line work. Guernica was meant as a protest
to their world of “reality”. There are against the bombing of that city by the
some who would disagree when I say Germans. To express the terror and
abstract art requires more creativity and suffering of the victims more vividly, he
artistic talent to produce a good piece distorted the figures and presented them
than does representational art, but there in a black and white journalistic manner.
are many weaknesses in their arguments. If he had used representational images
People who look down on abstract and colour, much of the emotional content
art have several major arguments to would have been lost and the piece
support their beliefs. They feel that artists would not have caused the demand for
turn abstract because they are not justice that it did. Secondly, I do not think
capable of the technical drafting skills that a piece must be logical and
that appear in a Russell; therefore, such aesthetically pleasing to be art. The
artists create an art form that anyone is message it conveys to its viewers is more
capable of and that is less time important. It should reflect the ideals and
consuming, and then parade it as artistic issues of its time and be true to itself, not
progress. Secondly, they feel that just a flowery, glossy surface. For example,
purpose of art is to create something of through his work, Mondrian was trying
beauty in an orderly, logical to present a system of simplicity, logic,
composition. Russell’s compositions are
and rational order. As a result, his pieces
balanced and rational; everything sits
did end up looking like a scrabble board.
calmly on the canvas, leaving the viewer
Miro created powerful, surrealistic images
satisfied that he has seen all there is to
from his dreams and subconscious. These
see. The modern abstractionists, on the
artists were trying to evoke a response
other hand, seem to compose their
from society through an expressionistic
pieces irrationally. For example, upon
seeing Picasso’s Guernica, a friend of manner. Finally, abstract artists
mine asked me, “What’s the point?” and representational artists maintain
Finally, many people feel that art should different ideas about ‘reality’. To the
portray the ideal and real. The exactness representational artist, reality is what he
of detail in Charlie Russell’s work is an sees with his eyes. This is the reality he
example of this. He has been called a reproduces on canvas. To the abstract
great historian because his pieces depict artist, reality is what he feels about what
the life style, dress, and events of the his eyes see. This is the reality he interprets
times. His subject matter is derived from on canvas. This can be illustrated by
his own experiences on the trail, and Mondrian’s Trees series. You can actually
reproduced to the smallest detail. see the progression from the early
I agree in part with many of these recognisable, though abstracted, Trees,
arguments, and at one time even endorsed to his final solution, the grid system.

A cycle of abstract and representa- (4) Paintings like Guernica do not
tional art began with the first scratching have a point.
of prehistoric man. From the abstractions 32. In the author’s opinion, Picasso’s
of ancient Egypt to representational, Guernica created a strong demand for
classical Rome, returning to justice since
abstractionism in early Christian art and (1) It was a protest against the
so on up to the present day, the cycle German bombing of Guernica.
has been going on. But this day and (2) Picasso managed to express the
age may witness its death through the emotional content well with his
camera. With film, there is no need to abstract depiction.
produce finely detailed, historical
(3) It depicts the terror and suffering
records manually; the camera does this
of the victims in a distorted
for us more efficiently. Maybe,
representational art would cease to exist. manner.
With abstractionism as the victor of the (4) It was a mature work of Picasso’s,
first battle, may be a different kind of painted when the artist’s drafting
cycle will be touched off. Possibly, some skills were excellent.
time in the distant future, thousands of 33. The author acknowledges
years from now, art itself will be that Mondrian’s pieces may have ended
physically non-existent. Some artists up looking like a scrabble board
today believe that once they have because
planned and constructed a piece in their (1) Many people declared the poor
mind, there is no sense in finishing it guy played too many scrabble
with their hands; it has already been games.
done and can never be duplicated. (2) Mondrian believed in the ‘grid-
30. The author argues that many works’ approach to abstractionist
people look down upon abstract art painting.
because they feel that (3) Mondrian was trying to convey
(1) Modern abstract art does not the message of simplicity and
portray what is ideal and real. rational order.
(2) Abstract artists are unskilled in (4) Mondrian learned from his Trees
matters of technical drafting.
series to evolve a grid system.
(3) Abstractionists compose irra-
34. The main difference between the
tionally.
abstract artist and the representational
(4) All of the above.
31. The author believes that people artist in matters of the ‘ideal’ and the
feel comfortable with representational art ‘real’, according to the author, is
because (1) How each chooses to deal with
(1) They are not engulfed in brightly ‘reality’ on his or her canvas.
coloured canvases. (2) The superiority of interpretation
(2) They do not have to click their of reality over reproduction of
tongues and shake their heads in reality.
sympathy. (3) The different values attached by
(3) They understand the art without each to being a historian.
putting too much strain on their (4) The varying levels of drafting skills
minds. and logical thinking abilities.

PASSAGE III inner certainty of being ‘revellers’ is
added that of being inessential in
Each one has his reasons : for one
relation to the thing revealed.
art is a flight; for another, a means of
One of the chief motives of artistic
conquering. But one can flee into a
creation is certainly the need of feeling
hermitage, into madness, into death.
that we are essential in relationship to
One can conquer by arms. Why does
the world. If I fix on canvas or in writing
it have to be writing, why does one
a certain aspect of the fields or sea or
have to manage his escapes and
a look on someone’s face which I have
conquests by writing ? Because, behind
disclosed, I am conscious of having
the various aims of authors, there is a
produced them by condensing
deeper and more immediate choice
which is common to all of us. We shall relationships, by introducing order where
try to elucidate his choice, and we shall there was none, by imposing the unity
see whether it is not in the name of this of mind on the diversity of things. That
ver y choice of writing that the is, I think myself essential in relation to
engagement of writers must be required. my creation. But this time it is the created
Each of our perceptions is object which escapes me; I can not
accompanied by the consciousness that reveal and produce at the same time.
human reality is a ‘revealer’, that is, it The creation becomes inessential in
is through human reality that ‘there is’ relation to the creative activity. First of
being, or, to put it differently, that man all, even if it appears to others as
is the means by which things are definitive, the created object always
manifested. It is our presence in the seems to us in a state of suspension; we
world which multiplies relations. It is we can always change this line, that shade,
who set up a relationship between this that word. Thus, it never forces itself. A
tree and that bit of sky. Thanks to us, novice painter asked his teacher, ‘When
that star which has been dead for should I consider my painting finished ?’
millennia, that quarter moon, and that And the teacher answered, ‘When you
dark river are disclosed in the unity of can look at it in amazement and say to
a landscape. It is the speed of our auto yourself “I’m the one who did that!”’
and our airplane which organises the Which amounts to saying ‘never’. For
great masses of the earth. With each of it is virtually considering one’s work with
our acts, the world reveals to us a new someone else’s eyes and revealing what
face. But, if we know that we are has been created. But it is self-evident that
directors of being, we also know that we are proportionally less conscious of
we are not its producers. If we turn away the thing produced and more conscious
from this landscape, it will sink back of our productive activity. When it is a
into its dark permanence. At least, it matter of poetry or carpentry, we work
will sink back; there is no one mad according to traditional norms, with tools
enough to think that it is going to be whose usage is codified; it is Heidegger’s
annihilated. It is we who shall be famous ‘they’ who are working with our
annihilated, and the earth will remain hands. In this case, the result can seem
in its lethargy until another consciousness to us sufficiently strange to preserve its
comes along to awaken it. Thus, to our objectivity in our eyes. But if we ourselves

produce the rules of production, the confirm or disappoint his foresights. The
measures, the criteria, and if our creative reading is composed of a host of
drive comes from the very depths of our hypotheses, followed by awakenings, of
heart, then we never find anything but hopes and deceptions. Readers are
ourselves in our work. It is we who have always ahead of the sentence they are
invented the laws by which we judge it. reading in a merely probable future
It is our history, our love, our gaiety that which partly collapses and partly comes
we recognise in it. Even if we should together in proportion as they progress,
regard it without touching it any further, which withdraws from one page to the
we never receive from it that gaiety or next and forms the moving horizon of
love. We put them into it. The results the literary object. Without waiting,
which we have obtained on canvas or without a future, without ignorance, there
paper never seem to us objective. We is no objectivity.
are too familiar with the processes of 35. The author holds that
which they are the effects. These processes (1) There is an objective reality
remain a subjective discovery; they are and a subjective reality.
ourselves, our inspiration, our ruse, and (2) Nature is the sum total of
when we seek to perceive our work, we disparate elements.
create it again, we repeat mentally the (3) It is human action that reveals
operations which produced it; each of the various facets of nature.
its aspects appears as a result. Thus, in (4) Apparently disconnected
the perception, the object is given as the elements in nature are unified
essential thing and the subject as the in a fundamental sense.
inessential. The latter seeks essentiality in 36. It is the author’s contention that
the creation and obtains it, but then it (1) Artistic creations are results of
is the object which becomes the human consciousness.
inessential. (2) The very act of artistic creation
The dialectic is nowhere more leads to the escape of the
apparent than in the art of writing, for created object.
the literary object is a peculiar top which (3) Man can produce and reveal
exists only in movement. To make it come at the same time.
into view a concrete act called reading (4) An act of creation forces itself
is necessary, and it lasts only as long on our consciousness leaving
as this act can last. Beyond that, there us full of amazement.
are only black marks on paper. Now, 37. The passage makes a distinction
the writer can not read what he writes, between perception and creation in
whereas the shoemaker can put on the terms of
shoes he has just made if they are to (1) Objectivity and subjectivity.
his size, and the architect can live in (2) Revelation and action.
the house he has built. In reading, one (3) Objective reality and perceived
foresees; one waits. He foresees the end reality.
of the sentence, the following sentence, (4) Essentiality and non-essentiality of
the next page. He waits for them to objects and subjects.

38. The art of writing manifests the communities; it may even go so
dialectic of perception and creation far as genocide to ensure that order
because prevails.
(1) Reading reveals the writing till As one observes the awakening of
the act of reading lasts. communities in different parts of the
(2) Writing to be meaningful needs world, one cannot ignore the context in
the concrete act of reading. which identity issues arise. It is no longer
(3) This art is anticipated and a context of sealed frontiers and
progresses on a series of
isolated regions but is one of integrated
hypotheses.
global systems. In a reaction to this
(4) This literary object has a
moving horizon brought about trend towards globalisation, individuals
by the very act of creation. and communities ever ywhere are
39. A writer, as an artist, voicing their desire to exist, to use
(1) Reveals the essentiality of their power of creation and to play an
revelation. active part in national and international
(2) Makes us feel essential vis-a- life.
vis nature. There are two ways in which the
(3) Creates reality. current upsurge in demands for the
(4) Reveals nature in its recognition of identities can be looked
permanence. at. On the positive side, the efforts by
PASSAGE IV certain population groups to assert their
identity can be regarded as “liberation
Since World War II, the nation-state movements”, challenging oppression
has been regarded with approval by and injustice. What these groups are
ever y political system and ever y doing – proclaiming that they are
ideology. In the name of modernisation different, rediscovering the roots of
in the West, of socialism in the Eastern their culture or strengthening group
bloc, and of development in the Third solidarity—may accordingly be seen as
World, it was expected to guarantee
legitimate attempts to escape from their
the happiness of individuals as citizens
state of subjugation and enjoy a certain
and of peoples as societies. However,
measure of dignity. On the downside,
the state today appears to have broken
down in many parts of the world. It has however, militant action for recognition
failed to guarantee either security or tends to make such groups more deeply
social justice, and has been unable to entrenched in their attitude and to make
prevent either international wars or civil their cultural compartments even more
wars. Disturbed by the claims of watertight. The assertion of identity then
communities within it, the nation-state starts turning into self-absorption and
tries to repress their demands and to isolation, and is liable to slide into
proclaim itself as the only guarantor of intolerance of others and towards ideas
security or all. In the name of national of “ethnic cleansing”, xenophobia and
unity, territorial integrity, equality of all violence.
its citizens and non-partisan secularism, Whereas continuous variations among
the state can use its powerful resources peoples prevent drawing of clear
to reject the demands of the dividing lines between the groups, those

militating for recognition of their group’s “where we come from” and “where we
identity arbitrarily choose a limited are going“.
number of criteria such as religion, Identity is thus a necessity in a
language, skin colour, and place of constantly changing world, but it can
origin so that their members recognise also be a potent source of violence and
themselves primarily in terms of the disruption. How can these two
labels attached to the group whose contradictory aspects of identity be
existence is being asserted. This reconciled ? First, we must bear the
distinction between the group in question arbitrary nature of identity categories in
and other groups is established by mind, not with a view to eliminating all
simplifying the feature selected. forms of identification—which would be
Simplification also works by transforming unrealistic since identity is a cognitive
groups into essences, abstractions necessity—but simply to remind ourselves
endowed with the capacity to remain that each of us has several identities at
unchanged through time. In some cases, the same time. Second, since tears of
people actually act as though the group nostalgia are being shed over the past,
has remained unchanged and talk, for we recognise that culture is constantly
example, about the history of nations being recreated by cobbling together
and communities as if these entities fresh and original elements and counter-
survived for centuries without changing, cultures. There are in our own country
with the same ways of acting and a large number of syncretic cults wherein
thinking, the same desires, anxieties, and modern elements are blended with
aspirations. traditional values or people of different
Paradoxically, precisely because communities venerate saints or divinities
of particular faiths. Such cults and
identity represents a simplifying fiction,
movements are characterised by a
creating uniform groups out of disparate
continual inflow and outflow of members
people, that identity performs a cognitive
which prevent them from taking on a
function. It enables us to put names to
self-perpetuating existence of their own
ourselves and others, form some idea
and hold out hope for the future, indeed,
of who we are and who others are,
perhaps for the only possible future.
and ascertain the place we occupy Finally, the nation-state must respond to
along with the others in the world and the identity urges of its constituent
society. The current upsurge to assert communities and to their legitimate quest
the identity of groups can thus be partly for security and social justice. It must do
explained by the cognitive function so by inventing what the French
performed by identity. However, that philosopher and sociologist, Raymond
said, people would not go along as Aron, called “peace through law”. That
they do, often in large numbers, with would guarantee justice both to the state
the propositions put to them, in spite of as a whole and its parts, and respect
the sacrifices they entail, if there the claims of both reason and emotions.
was not a ver y strong feeling of The problem is one of reconciling
need for identity, a need to take stock nationalist demands with the exercise
of things and know “who we are”, of democracy.

40. According to the author, PASSAGE V
happiness of individuals was expected The persistent patterns in the way
to be guaranteed in the name of nations fight reflect their cultural and
(1) Development in the Third World. historical traditions and deeply rooted
(2) Socialism in the Third World. attitudes that collectively make up their
(3) Development in the West. strategic culture. These patterns provide
(4) Modernisation in the Eastern Bloc. insights that go beyond what can be
41. Demands for recognition of learnt just by comparing armaments and
identities can be viewed divisions. In the Vietnam War, the
(1) Positively and negatively. strategic tradition of the United States
(2) As liberation movements and called for forcing the enemy to fight a
militant action. massed battle in an open area, where
(3) As efforts to rediscover cultural superior American weapons would
roots which can slide towards prevail. The United States was trying to
intolerance of others. re-fight World War II in the jungles of
(4) All of the above. Southeast Asia, against an enemy with
42. Going by the author’s exposition
no intention of doing so.
of the nature of identity, which of the
Some British militar y historians
following statements is untrue ?
describe the Asian way of war as one
(1) Identity represents creating uniform
of indirect attacks, avoiding frontal
groups out of disparate people.
attacks meant to overpower an
(2) Identity is a necessity in the
changing world. opponent. This traces back to Asian
(3) Identity is a cognitive necessity. history and geography: the great
(4) None of the above distances and harsh terrain have often
43. According to the author, the made it difficult to execute the sort of
nation-state open field clashes allowed by the flat
(1) Has fulfilled its potential. terrain and relatively compact size of
(2) Is willing to do anything to Europe. A very different strategic
preserve order. tradition arose in Asia.
(3) Generates security for all its The bow and arrow were metaphors
citizens. for an Eastern way of war. By its nature,
(4) Has been a major force in prevent- the arrow is an indirect weapon. Fired
ing civil and international wars. from a distance of hundreds of yards, it
44. Which of the following views of does not necessitate immediate physical
the nation-state cannot be attributed to contact with the enemy. Thus, it can be
the author ? fired from hidden positions. When fired
(1) It has not guaranteed peace and from behind a ridge, the barrage seems
security. to come out of nowhere, taking the
(2) It may go as far as genocide for enemy by surprise. The tradition of this
self-preservation. kind of fighting is captured in the
(3) It represents the demands of classical strategic writings of the East.
communities within it. The 2,000 years’ worth of Chinese
(4) It is unable to prevent international writings on war constitutes the most
wars. subtle writings on the subject in any

language. Not until Clausewitz, did the army of the United States was designed
West produce a strategic theorist to to fight on the plains of Europe, where
match the sophistication of Sun-tzu, it could quickly move unhindered from
whose Art of War was written 2,300 one spot to the next. The jungle did
years earlier. more than make quick movement
In Sun-tzu and other Chinese writings, impossible; broken down into smaller
the highest achievement of arms is to units and scattered in isolated bases,
defeat an adversary without fighting. He US forces were deprived of the feeling
wrote : “To win one hundred victories of support and protection that ordinarily
in one hundred battles is not the acme comes from being part of a big army.
of skill. To subdue the enemy without The isolation of U.S. troops in Vietnam
fighting is the supreme excellence.” was not just a logistical detail, something
Actual combat is just one among many that could be overcome by, for instance,
means towards the goal of subduing an bringing in reinforcements by helicopter.
adversary. War contains too many In a big army reinforcements are readily
surprises to be a first resort. It can lead available. It was Napoleon who realised
to ruinous losses, as has been seen time the extraordinary effects on morale that
and again. It can have the unwanted come from being part of a larger
effect of inspiring heroic efforts in an formation. Just the knowledge of it lowers
enemy, as the United States learned in the soldier’s fear and increases his
Vietnam, and as the Japanese found aggressiveness. In the jungle and on
out after Pearl Harbor. isolated bases, this feeling was removed.
Aware of the uncertainties of a military The thick vegetation slowed down the
campaign, Sun-tzu advocated war only reinforcements and made it difficult to
after the most thorough preparations. find stranded units. Soldiers felt they
Even then it should be quick and clean. were on their own.
Ideally, the army is just an instrument to More important, by altering the way
deal the final blow to an enemy already the war was fought, the Viet Cong
weakened by isolation, poor morale, stripped the United States of its belief in
and disunity. Ever since Sun-tzu, the the inevitability of victory, as it had done
Chinese have been seen as masters of to the French before them. Morale was
subtlety who take measured actions to high when these armies first went to
manipulate an adversary without his Vietnam. Only after many years of
knowledge. The dividing line between debilitating and demoralising fighting
war and peace can be obscure. Low did Hanoi launch its decisive attacks, at
level violence often is the backdrop to Dienbienphu in 1954 and against
a larger strategic campaign. The Saigon in 1975. It should be recalled
unwitting victim, focused on the day-to- that in the final push to victory the North
day events, never realises what’s Vietnamese abandoned their jungle
happening to him until it’s too late. guerrilla tactics completely, committing
History holds many examples. The Viet their entire army of twenty divisions to
Cong lured French and U.S. infantry puhsing the South Vietnamese into
deep into the jungle, weakening their collapse. This final battle, with the
morale over several years. The mobile enemy’s army all in one place, was the

one that the United States had attack on Kuwait even though it had
desperately wanted to fight in 1965. satellite pictures of Iraqi troops massing
When it did come out into the open in at the border.
1975, Washington had already The exception that proves the point
withdrawn its forces and there was no that cultural differences obscure the
possibility of re-intervention. West’s understanding of Asian behaviour
The Japanese early in World War II was the Soviet Union’s 1979 invasion
used a modern form of the indirect of Afghanistan. This was fully anticipated
attack, one that relied on stealth and and understood in advance. There was
surprise for its effect. At Pearl Harbor, no surprise because the United States
in the Philippines, and in Southeast Asia, understood Moscow’s world view and
stealth and surprise were attained by thinking. It could anticipate Soviet action
sailing under radio silence so that the almost as well as the Soviets themselves,
navy’s movements could not be tracked. because the Soviet Union was really a
Moving troops aboard ships into Western country.
Southest Asia made it appear that the The difference between the Eastern
Japanese army was also “invisible.” and Western way of war is striking. The
Attacks against Hawaii and Singapre West’s great strategic writer, Clausewitz,
seemed, to the American and British linked war to politics, as did Sun-tzu.
defenders, to come from nowhere. In Both are opponents of militarism, of
Indonesia and the Philippines the turning war over to the generals. But
Japanese attack was even faster than there all similarity ends. Clausewitz
the German blitz against France in the wrote that the way to achieve a larger
political purpose is through destruction
West.
of the enemy’s army. After observing
The greatest military surprises in
Napoleon conquer Europe by smashing
American history have all been in Asia.
enemy armies to bits, Clausewitz made
Surely there is something going on here
his famous remark in On War (1932)
beyond the purely technical difficulties
that combat is the continuation of politics
of detecting enemy movements. Pearl
by violent means. Morale and unity are
Harbor, the Chinese intervention in
important, but they should be harnessed
Korea, and the Tet offensive in Vietnam for the ultimate battle. If the Eastern way
all came out of a tradition of surprise of war is embodied by the stealthy
and stealth. U.S. technical intelligence— archer, the metaphorical Western
the location of enemy units and their counterpart is the swordsman charging
movements—was greatly improved after forward, seeking a decisive showdown,
each surprise, but with no noticeable eager to administer the blow that will
improvement in the American ability to obliterate the enemy once and for all.
foresee or prepare what would happen In this view, war proceeds along a fixed
next. There is a cultural divide here, not course and occupies a finite extent of
just a technical one. Even when it was time, like a play in three acts with a
possible to track an army with beginning, a middle, and an end. The
intelligence satellites, as when Iraq end, the final scene, decides the issues
invaded Kuwait or when Syria and Egypt for good.
attacked Israel, surprise was achieved. When things don’t work out quite this
The United States was stunned by Iraq’s way, the Western military mind feels

tremendous frustration. Sun-tzu’s great (3) War is linked to politics.
disciples, Mao Zedong and Ho Chi (4) War should not be left to the
Minh, are respected in Asia for generals alone.
their clever use of indirection and 48. The difference in the concepts of
deception to achieve an advantage over war of Clausewitz and Sun-tzu is best
stronger adversaries. But in the West characterised by
their approach is seen as underhanded (1) Clausewitz’s support for militarism
and devious. To the American strategic as against Sun-tzu’s opposition to
mind, the Viet Cong guerrilla did not it.
fight fairly. He should have come out (2) Their relative degrees of sophisti-
into the open and fought like a man, cation.
instead of hiding in the jungle (3) Their attitude to guerrilla warfare.
and sneaking around like a cat in the (4) Their differing conceptions of the
night. structure, time and sequences of a
45. According to the author, the main war.
reason for the U.S. losing the Vietnam 49. To the Americans, the approach
war was of the Viet Cong seemed devious
(1) The Vietnamese understood the because
local terrain better. (1) The Viet Cong did not fight like
(2) The lack of support for the war
men out in the open.
from the American people.
(2) The Viet Cong allied with
(3) The failure of the U.S. to mobilise
America’s enemies.
its military strength.
(3) The Viet Cong took strategic
(4) Their inability to fight a war on
advice from Mao Zedong.
terms other than those they
understood well. (4) The Viet Cong used bows and
46. Which of the following statements arrows rather than conventional
does not describe the ‘Asian’ way of weapons.
war ? 50. According to the author, the
(1) Indirect attacks without frontal greatest military surprises in American
attacks. history have been in Asia because
(2) The swordsman charging forward (1) T h e Americans failed to
to obliterate the enemy once and implement their military strategies
for all. many miles away from their
(3) Manipulation of an adversary own country.
without his knowledge. (2) The Americans were unable
(4) Subduing an enemy without to use their technologies like
fighting. intelligence satellites effectively
47. Which of the following is not one to detect enemy movements.
of Sun-tzu’s ideas ? (3) The Americans failed to
(1) Actual combat is the principal understand the Asian culture of
means of subduing an adversary. war that was based on stealth and
(2) War should be undertaken only surprise.
after thorough preparation. (4) Clausewitz is inferior to Sun-tzu.

Directions (Qs. 51 to 55) : In these C. But its fortunes are presently
questions, arrange the sentences A, B, restored, because the
form
C and D to form a logical sequence immobile queen, walled in
between sentences 1 and 6. well below ground level, lays
51. l. Making people laugh is eggs not only in large
tricky. enough numbers, but also in
A. At times, the intended the var ying proportions
humour may simply not come required.
off. D. The hump is alive with
B. Making people laugh while
worker termites and soldier
trying to sell them something
termites going about their
is a tougher challenge, since
distinct kinds of business.
the commercial can fall flat
on two grounds. 6. How can we account for her
C. There are many advertise- mysterious ability to respond
ments which do amuse but like this to events on the
do not even begin to set the distant surface ?
cash tills ringing. (1) BADC (2) DBAC
D. Again, it is rarely sufficient (3) ADCB (4) BDCA
for an advertiser simply to 53. l. According to recent research,
amuse the target audience the critical period for
in order to reap the sales developing language skills is
benefit. between the ages of three and
6. There are indications that in five and a half years.
substituting the hard sell A. The read-to child already has
for a more entertaining a large vocabulary and a
approach, some agencies sense of grammar and
have rather thrown out the sentence structure.
baby with the bath water. B. Children who are read to in
(1) CDBA (2) ABCD these years have a far better
(3) BADC (4) DCBA
chance of reading well in
52. l. Picture a termite colony,
school, indeed, of doing well
occupying a tall mud hump
on an African plain. in all their subjects.
A. Hungr y predators often C. And the reason is actually
invade the colony and quite simple.
unsettle the balance. D. This correlation is far and
B. The colony flourishes only if away the highest yet found
the proportion of soldiers to between home influences and
workers remains roughly the school success.
same, so that the queen and 6. Her comprehension of
workers can be protected by language is therefore very
the soldiers, and the queen high.
and soldiers can be serviced (1)DACB (2) ADCB
by the workers. (3)ABCD (4) BDCA

54. l. High-powered outboard and theories of the current
motors were considered to be normal science as separately
one of the major threats to and as nearly seriatim as
the survival of the Beluga possible.
whales. B. Those misconstructions render
A. With these, hunters could revolutions invisible; the
approach Belugas within arrangement of the still visible
hunting range and profit from material in science texts
its inner skin and blubber. implies a process that, if it
B. To escape an approaching existed, would deny
motor, Belugas have learned revolutions a function.
to dive into the ocean bottom C. But when combined with the
and stay there for up to 20 generally unhistorical air of
minutes, by which time the science writing and with the
confused predator has left. occasional systematic
C. Today, however, even with misconstruction, one impres-
much more powerful engines, sion is likely to follow.
it is difficult to come close, D. As pedagogy this technique
because the whales seem to of presentation is unexcep-
disappear suddenly just when tionable.
you thought you had them in 6. Science has reached its
your sights. present state by a series of
D. When the first outboard individual discoveries and
engines arrived in the early inventions that, when
1930s, one came across 4 gathered together, constitute
and 8 HP motors. the modern body of technical
knowledge.
6. Belugas seem to have used
(1) BADC (2) ADCB
their well-known sensitivity to
noise to evolve an (3) DACB (4) CBDA
‘avoidance’ strategy to SECTION II
outsmart hunters and their
powerful technologies. (Qs.
Directions (Qs. 56 to 74) : Answer
(1) DACB (2) CDAB each of these questions independently.
independently.
(3) ADBC (4) BDAC 56. The number of positive integer-
55. l. The reconstruction of history valued pairs (x, y) satisfying
by post-revolutionary science 4x – 17y = 1 and x < 1000 is
texts involves more than a (1) 59 (2) 57 (3) 55 (4) 58
multiplication of historical 57. Let a, b and c be the distinct
misconstructions. digits. Consider a two-digit number ‘ab’
A. Because they aim quickly to and a three-digit number ‘ccb’, both
acquaint the student with what defined under the usual decimal number
the contemporary scientific system. If (ab)2 = ccb and ccb > 300,
community thinks it knows, then the value of b is
textbooks treat the various (1) 1 (2) 0
experiments, concepts, laws (3) 5 (4) 6

58. The remainder when 7 84 is percent of the men earn more than
divided by 342 is Rs. 25,000 per year. If 45 percent of
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 49 (4) 341 the company’s employees earn more
59. Ten points are marked on a than Rs. 25,000 per year, what fraction
straight line and eleven points of the women employed by the company
are marked on another straight line. earn Rs. 25,000 per year or less ?
How many triangles can be constructed 2 1 1 3
with vertices from among the above (1) (2) (3) (4)
11 4 3 4
points ? 64. If r − 6 = 11 and 2q − 12 = 8 ,
(1) 495 (2) 550
what is the minimum possible value of
(3) 1045 (4) 2475 q/r ?
60. For a scholarship, at most n (1) –2/5 (2) 2/17
candidates out of 2n + 1 can be (3) 10/17 (4) None of these
selected. If the number of different ways 65. If n = 1 + x, where x is the
of selection of atleast one candidate is product of four consecutive positive
63, the maximum number of candidates integers, then which of the following
that can be selected for the scholarship is/are true ?
is A. n is odd B. n is prime
(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 2 (4) 5 C. n is a perfect square
61. The speed of a railway engine is (1) A and C only
42 Km per hour when no compartment (2) A and B only
is attached and the reduction in (3) A only
speed is directly proportional to the (4) None of these
square root of the number of 66. In a survey of political preference,
compartments attached. If the speed of 78% of those asked were in favour of
the train carried by this engine is 24 atleast one of the proposals : I, II, III.
Km per hour when 9 compartments are 50% of those asked favoured proposal I,
attached, the maximum number of 30% favoured proposal II and 20%
favoured proposal III. If 5% of those
compartments that can be carried by
asked favoured all three of the
the engine is
proposals, what percentage of those
(1) 49 (2) 48 (3) 46 (4) 47 asked favoured more than one of the 3
62. Total expenses of a boarding proposals.
house are partly fixed and partly varying (1) 10 (2) 12 (3) 17 (4) 22
linearly with the number of boarders. 67. For two positive integers a and
The average expenses per boarder is b, define the function h(a, b) as the
Rs. 700 when there are 25 boarders greatest common factor (gcf) of a, b.
and Rs. 600 when there are 50 Let A be a set of n positive integers.
boarders. What is the average expenses G(A), the gcf of the elements of set A
per boarder when there are 100 is computed by repeatedly using the
boarders ? function h. The minimum number of times
(1) 550 (2) 560 for which h is required to be used to
(3) 540 (4) 530 compute G is
63. Forty percent of the employees of (1) ½n (2) (n – 1)
a certain company are men and 75 (3) n (4) None of these

68. The figure below shows two arranged that men and women
concentric circles with centre O. PQRS alternated and each woman was three
is a square inscribed in the outer circle. places distant from her husband.
It also circumscribes the inner circle Mrs. Charlie sat to the left of
touching it at points B, C, D and A. Mr. Abraham. Mrs. Elmer sat two places
to the right of Mrs. Border. Who sat to
P B Q the right of Mr. Abraham ?
(1) Mrs. Dennis
(2) Mrs. Elmer
(3) Mrs. Border
A O. C (4) Mrs. Border or Mrs. Dennis
72. Navjivan Express from
Ahmedabad to Chennai leaves
Ahmedabad at 6 : 30 am and travels at
S D R 50 km per hour towards Baroda situated
100 km away. At 7:00 am, Howrah–
What is the ratio of the perimeter of the Ahmedabad Express leaves Baroda
outer circle to that of the polygon ABCD ? towards Ahmedabad and travels at 40
(1) π / 4 (2) 3π / 2 km per hour. At 7:30 am, Mr. Shah, the
(3) π / 2 (4) π traffic controller at Baroda, realises that
69. Three labelled boxes containing
both the trains are running on the same
red and white cricket balls are all
track. How much time does he have to
mislabelled. It is known that one of the
avert a head-on collision between the
boxes contains only white balls and one
two trains ?
only red balls. The third contains a
(1) 15 minutes (2) 20 minutes
mixture of red and white balls. You are
(3) 25 minutes (4) 30 minutes
required to correctly label the boxes with
the labels red, white and red & white 73. There is a circle of radius 1 cm.
by picking a sample of one ball from Each number of a sequence of regular
only one box. What is the label on the polygons Sl(n), n = 4, 5, 6, ...., where
box you should sample ? n is the number of sides of the polygon,
(1) White is circumscribing the circle; and each
(2) Red member of the sequence of regular
(3) Red and White polygons S2(n), n = 4, 5, 6, ... where
(4) Not possible to determine from a n is the number of sides of the polygon,
sample of one ball is inscribed in the circle. Let L1(n)
70. If n2 = 123456787654321, what and L2(n) denote the perimeters
is n ? of the polygons S1(n) and S2(n)
(1) 12344321 (2) 1235789 respectively.
(3) 11111111 (4) 1111111 Then {L1(13) + 2π} / L2(17) is
71. Abraham, Border, Charlie, Dennis (1) Greater than π/4 and less than 1
and Elmer and their respective wives (2) Greater than 1 and less than 2
recently dined together and were seated (3) Greater than 2
at a circular table. The seats were so (4) Less than π/4

74. There is a square field with each (2) Q and S together get atleast four
side 500 metres long. It has a compound coins.
wall along its perimeter. At one of its (3) R and S together get atleast five
corners, a triangular area of the field is coins.
to be cordoned off by erecting a straight (4) P and R together get atleast five
line fence. The compound wall and the coins.
fence will form its borders. If the length Directions (Qs. 78 to 80) : These
of the fence is 100 metres, what is the questions are based on the situation
maximum area in square metres that given below :
can be cordoned off ? A young girl Roopa leaves home with
(1) 2,500 (2) 10,000 x flowers and goes to the bank of a
(3) 5,000 (4) 20,000 nearby river. On the bank of the river,
Directions (Qs. 75 to 77) : These there are four places of worship standing
questions are based on the situation in a row. She dips all the x flowers into
given below : the river. The number of flowers doubles.
Ten coins are distributed among four Then she enters the first place of worship,
people P, Q, R, S such that one of them offers y flowers to the deity. She dips the
gets one coin, another gets two coins,
remaining flowers into the river and again
the third gets three coins and the fourth
the number of flowers doubles. She goes
gets four coins. It is known that Q gets
to the second place of worship and offers
more coins than P and S gets fewer
y flowers to the deity. She dips the
coins than R.
remaining flowers into the river and again
75. If the number of coins distributed
the number of flowers doubles. She goes
to Q is twice the number of coins
distributed to P, then which one of the to the third place of worship and offers
following is necessarily true ? y flowers to the deity. She dips the
(1) R gets an even number of coins remaining flowers into the river and again
(2) R gets an odd number of coins the number of flowers doubles. She goes
(3) S gets an even number of coins to the fourth place of worship and offers
(4) S gets an odd number of coins y flowers to the deity. Now she is left
76. If R gets at least two more coins with no flowers in hand.
than S, then which one of the following 78. If Roopa leaves home with 30
is necessarily true ? flowers, the number of flowers she offers
(1) Q gets atleast two more coins to each deity is
than S. (1) 30 (2) 31
(2) Q gets more coins than P. (3) 32 (4) 33
(3) P gets more coins than S. 79. The minimum number of flowers
(4) P and Q together get atleast five that could be offered to each deity is
coins. (1) 0 (2) 15
77. If Q gets fewer coins than R, (3) 16 (4) Cannot be determined
then which one of the following is not 80. The minimum number of flowers
necessarily true ? with which Roopa leaves home is
(1) P and Q together get atleast four (1) 16 (2) 15
coins (3) 0 (4) Cannot be determined

Directions (Qs. 81 and 82) : The Directions (Qs. 85 and 86) : These
following table presents the sweetness questions are based on the situation
questions
of different items relative to sucrose, given below :
whose sweetness is taken to be 1.00. Seven university cricket players are
Lactose 0.16 to be honoured at a special luncheon.
Maltose 0.32 The players will be seated on the dais
Glucose 0.74 along one side of a single rectangular
Sucrose 1.00 table.
Fructose 1.70 A and G have to leave the luncheon
Saccharin 675.00 early and must be seated at the extreme
81. What is the minimum amount of right end of the table which is closest to
sucrose (to the nearest gram) that must the exit.
be added to one-gram of saccharin to B will receive the Man of the
make a mixture that will be at least 100 Match award and must be in the center
times as sweet as glucose ? chair.
(1) 7 (2) 8 C and D, who are bitter rivals for the
(3) 9 (4) 100 position of wicket keeper, dislike each
82. Approximately how many times other and should be seated as far apart
sweeter than sucrose is a mixture as possible.
consisting of glucose, sucrose and E and F are best friends and want to
fructose in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3 ? sit together.
(1) 1.3 (2) 1 85. Which of the following
(3) 0.6 (4) 2.3 may not be seated at either end of the
Directions (Qs. 83 and 84) : These table ?
questions are based on the situation (1) C (2) D
given below : (3) G (4) F
A, B, C, D, E and F are a group of 86. Which of the following pairs may
friends from a club. There are two not be seated together ?
housewives, one lecturer, one architect, (1) E & A (2) B & D
one accountant and one lawyer in the (3) C & F (4) G & D
group. There are two married couples Directions (Qs. 87 and 88) : These
in the group. The lawyer is married to questions are based on the situation
D who is a housewife. No lady in the given below :
group is either an architect or an A rectangle PRSU is divided into two
accountant. C, the accountant, is married smaller rectangles PQTU and QRST by
to F who is a lecturer. A is married to the line TQ. PQ = 10 cm, QR = 5 cm
D and E is not a housewife. and RS = 10 cm. Points A, B, F are
83. What is E ? within the rectangle PQTU and points
(1) Lawyer (2) Architect C, D, E are within the rectangle QRST.
(3) Lecturer (4) Accountant The closest pair of points among the
84. How many members of the group pairs (A, C), (A, D), (A, E), (F, C), (F, D),
are males ?
(1) 2 (2) 3 (F, E), (B, C), (B, D), (B, E) are 10 3 cm
(3) 4 (4) None of these apart.

87. Which of the following statements F1 (x)
is necessarily true ?
2
(1) The closest pair of points among
the six given points cannot be
(F, C)
(2) Distance between A and B is greater –2 2 x
than that between F and C 0
(3) The closest pair of points among
the six given points is (C, D),
(D, E) or (C, E) –2
(4) None of these (1) a (2) b
88. AB > AF > BF; CD > DE > CE; (3) c (4) d
and BF = 6 5 cm. Which is the closest 90. F (x)
pair of points among all the six given
2
points ?
(1) B, F (2) C, D
(3) A, B (4) None of these –2 0 2
x
Directions (Q.s 89 to 92) : These
F1 (x)
questions are based on the situation
given below : –2 2
In each of these questions a pair of
graphs F(x) and F1(x) are given. These
are composed of straight-line segments, –2 0 2 x
shown as solid lines, in the domain
x ∈ ( −2, 2) .
If F1(x) = –F(x), choose your answer as –2
a; if F1(x) = F(–x), choose your answer (1) a (2) b
as b; if F1(x) = –F(–x), choose your (3) c (4) d
answer as c; and if none of the above 91. F (x)
is true, choose your answer as d.
2
89. F (x)
–2 2 x
2
0
F1 (x)
2
–2

–2 2 –2 0
x 2 x
0

–2
(1) a (2) b
–2 (3) c (4) d

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