2005 - May - MAT

MAT –PAST PAPERS
MAT- UNSOLVED PAPER- MAY - 2005

PASSAGE I
The countrywide implementation of value added tax (VAT) finally got off the ground on April 1. But it
remains as divisive as ever. Several states have chosen not to implement it. Eight major States, five under
control of the Bhartiya Janta Party, have postponed its implementation. Opposition to VAT remains
strong. Traders across the country welcomed VAT with a three day nationwide strike. The divisions on
VAT are quite sharp. While the big industry organisations welcomed it and lobbied aggressively for its
implementation, small business, particularly retail traders, protested against it. The Bhartiya Janta Party
was quick to realize the potential of dissent from this substantial section. The party, which had initiated
the move towards VAT, changed track. Two weeks before the regime was to take off, it announced that
states under its control would not implement VAT, until requisite preparatory steps were taken by the
union Government. It said that Bhartiya Janta Party ruled states would not implement VAT until the
centre committed itself to a roadmap to phase out the union government levied Central state tax.
VAT is an attempt to address the problem of taxing inputs. Proponents of the tax argue that since inputs
that go into the making of a product are already taxed once, they should be set off at the higher levels
along the chain. They claim that this would avoid the TAX on TAX effect, which is inflationary. A union VAT
rate across the country, it is claimed, will replace the welter of sales tax rates that different states levy.
Unified VAT rates would result in a pan-Indian market which manufacturers and traders can address. It
will also half the practice of states indulging in a race to the bottom by offering competing incentives to

attract investment. Proponents of VAT argue that it will reduce prices and enable a more efficient
allocation of resources in the market. Since entities along the supply chain have a stake in claiming
setoffs for value addition that they have carried out, each of them has a stake in maintaining accounts in
a transparent manner.
Why should a tax that appears so reasonable at first glance provoke so much acrimony? The
apprehensions about VAT can be broadly classified into three sets. First there are fears that VAT's
proponents grossly exaggerate of the Sales Tax which has been the single most important source of
revenue for the states for the past 75 years. Only physical verification of individual invoices (of which
there will be millions) can be used to weed out the bogus claims made by traders, dealers and
manufacturers. Once traders understand that the tax authorities are unable to track and examine their
credit filings, they will deluge the system with spurious claims. This is exactly what happened in several
advanced countries. France, where the idea of VAT originated, has had problems with the tax. In 1981,
according to Mukhopadhyay, the "net evasion" of VAT, defined as the deviation between actual and
hypothetical revenue, amounted to 18 percent. This amounted to 6.6 percent of the total revenues, and
0.7 per cent of France's GDP. In India the mounting bogus claims on State finances by the VAT able
entities class can add significantly to the problem of diminished revenues that VAT itself may cause.

01 Problem

Which is/are the fear(s) about VAT?

a. Advantage of VAT is grossly exaggerated.
b. VAT undermines the Centre - State financial relations.
c. VAT is more complicated as compared to Sales Tax.
d. All the above

02 Problem

Which country is credited with originating the idea of VAT?

a. India
b. USA
c. France
d. UK

03 Problem

According to the passage, which one of the follow-ing statements is NOT true?

a. Unified VAT rates will stop the practice of offering competing incentives by
States to attract investment.
b. VAT will solve the problem of tracing inputs at multiple levels.
c. BJP ruled States will implement VAT after the Centre clarifies abolition of
Central Sales Tax.
d. Both big industry organizations and retail traders protested against the
implementation of VAT.

PASSAGE II
Anxiety is a hot issue in psychiatry now. In the 1960s the hot topic was schizophrenia, and in the 1970s it
was mood disorders — depression and manic depression — and now it is anxiety disorders. This is not
necessarily because there is more anxiety around; as one psychiatrist has pointed out, researchers tend
to gravitate toward research dollars, and an anxiety research is very popular among pharmaceutical
houses that sell tranquillizers. So money is one reason for all this interest. Another is surely the
revolution that has taken place in recent years in the way anxiety is defined and diagnosed. Each anxiety
disorder is now described with great precision in terms of symptoms, which theoretically enables doctors
to study and treat the disorder more scientifically. The old grab bag term anxiety neurosis' which covered
all sorts of anxious behaviour, has given way to diagnostic descriptions of specific forms of anxiety
phobias (in which the fear is of something external), panic states (in which the fear is of the panic
sensation itself), and the new favourite of the researchers, post-traumatic stress disorder (P.T.S.D. in the
trade), which has been much in the news. P.T.S.D. is a cluster of symptoms suffered by people who have
been through deeply traumatic experiences. The obsessive reliving of these experiences, typically in
dreams and memories, is the central symptom of the disorder, according to Dr. Elizabeth A. Brett, an
associate clinical professor of psychiatry. She describes other symptoms: "The startle response — you're
hypervigilant. War veterans, if they see a helicopter, will hit the ground, and always stand with their
backs to the wall in crowded rooms. Numbing sensations. Becoming more emotionally constricted.

Trouble sleeping. Psychological responses — sweating, clamminess, stomach upset — to anything
resembling the original event." The range of victims of P.T.S.D. is as broad as the sodden spectrums of
contemporary stress. Survivors of natural disasters; survivors of terrorist attacks; witnesses to horrors;
victims of child abuse, rape, kidnapping — all these have been studied down to the nub of their anxiety.
But nowhere in any of this, or in current research of any other anxiety disorder, is there ever talk of’
neurosis'. Earlier theories had it that anxiety usually emanates from neurosis. But in five days in
Montreal, I never once heard the word and am told that it does not even appear (except in parentheses
for historical continuity) in psychiatry's bible, the revised third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders, known as the 'DSM-III R,' in which every disorder is set forth with this new
diagnostic precision. Instead, they now speak of 'vulnerability'. Some of us are simply more 'vulnerable'
to anxiety than others because of a complex interaction of psychology, biology, past experience and
stressful events. The first three belong to us — the events, which figure hugely in this theory, are the luck
of the draw.

04 Problem

More research is done in anxiety disorders at present because

a. the modern people have to live in anxiety all around
b. researchers are keen on making money
c. the doctors want to analyse precisely the symptoms of the disease
d. some provision has to be given for unemployed doctors

05 Problem

The best way to treat patients with anxiety disor-der would be

a. to find out precise ideas about who get anxious and why
b. to study and treat the disorder more scientifically
c. to approach a psychologist
d. None of the above

06 Problem

Theories in the past laid emphasis on the fact that

a. there is a complex reaction of psychology and biology
b. neurosis is the basic cause for anxiety
c. psychological responses contributed to the study
d. natural disorders added to the stress

PASSAGE III

For ages, the Indian psyche has been geared to devoting one's life to the welfare of 'all', sarvabhuta hile
ratha. It has also focused not on the individual self but on the entire globe; vasndhaiva kutumbakam was
always the objective. The Western world remains unaware of the strength of Indian culture, traditions
and beliefs. It has good reason to do so. An accurate perception would have harmed its colonial interests
and exploitation of nations for which it was not entitled under any rationale, logic or tradition. This
legacy, however, continues in another form. Those influenced by Western philosophy, attitude and
approach to life refuse to understand indigenous thought and culture even at this stage. To them, any
mention of Indian tradition and culture is a conservative statement. If you think of highlighting Indian
contributions to global civilization, they immediately apprehend that India is going backward in the
history. To them, self-respect, patriotism and the sense of pride in being an Indian are outdated
concepts. The mere mention that spirituality is an important part of education is anathema to them.
After World War II, the victorious Americans realized the futility of war, bombs, destruction and killings.
A group of American school teachers planned a book on spirituality in 1945. This was published by the
Elementary School Teachers Association of America in 1947. The title is Spirituality in Elementary
Schools. In India, the mere mention of the word 'Spirituality' is attributed to political pressure. Recently
the Director General of UNESCO's International School of Educational Planning, Paris, visited India and
was appraised of the proposed curricular changes in school education, which were under discussion. The

Director General, a former education minister of Norway, gave details of curriculum renewal in Norway
and indicated that in their curriculum for school education prepared in 1997, they have proposed to
prepare a 'spiritual man' through school education. Even a unitary society like Norway is gearing up for
the times when multi-ethnic people would be living there. There would be different religions, and
consequently, linguistic and ethnic diversities would emerge. In the Indian context, the focus on
spirituality has always been there.
The swift pace of educational change is emerging as a prime contributor to the pace of progress of
developmental initiatives. The relevance of education will have to be ensured professionally in the
context of social, cultural and economic changes. The global acceptance of education for social cohesion
and for learning to live together deserves in-depth attention and consideration in the national context.
The perpetration of a model of education transplanted by alien rulers, even after five decades of
Independence, does not reflect positively on indigenous initiatives. Indian education must be rooted in
Indian culture. At this juncture, everyone, whether educated, literate or illiterate, realizes the
significance of education for future generations. Even the weakest are willing to contribute literally
everything to educate their children. Such universal acceptance never existed before. Simultaneously, it
is necessary that a national consensus emerges on the need for desirable educational change. This, of
course, is in conformity with the stipulations of experts and policy statements as well. The regular

revision of the school curriculum is a globally accepted phenomenon and any question of revising the
curriculum framework after more than a decade need not give rise to any apprehension in any quarter.
Developing nations need peace, harmony and the will ingress to work together among its citizens and
communities. India sorely needs this as it still has to win the battles against poverty, illiteracy and socio-
economic inequalities. Only a total national effort can contribute effectively to these. India's 50 lakh
school teachers can transform future society once they internalize the importance of their role and the
tasks assigned to them. The commitment and performance of teachers, which is often projected as a
matter of serious concern, can be changed only if public opinion is also transformed by political and
religious leaders on the one hand, and social workers, intellectuals, thinkers and educationists, on the
other. The role of the media has somewhat been discouraging. Even the national channels find no time
to telecast, suitable programmes for children and teachers. Commercialization appears to have
overtaken national requirements, which should get top priority, like transforming society through
imparting the appropriate type of education, that inculcates values like respect, tolerance and creativity
among the , youth of this country. The Indian education system need not be bogged down by its oft-
trumpeted failures. The achievements of the past are considerable. In the last five decades, we have
achieved a literacy rate of over 60 per cent. And this has been through indigenous efforts, undoubtedly,
we have much more to achieve but that needs to be, done in, an' environment of optimism and

motivation. The entire focus of school education both in and out of the classroom needs to prepare the
individual to understand his duties and responsibilities on the one hand, and the need to develop the
necessary competence, skills and attitudes to execute them on the other. Future education needs to be
geared towards the culture of peace in which India's diversities, pluralities and multiplicities will be
treated as positive assets that contribute to national unity. School programmes functions, and
celebrations can reinforce these initiatives. Every school should have a mission statement. It should
attempt to develop capacities and design activities to rediscover the local socio-cultural ethos that would
contribute to, developing a sense of belonging among children. It is the school education that needs to
acknowledge and appropriately internalize among the learners the responsibility for the future and need
to respect all life and living beings.

07 Problem

The essence of the Indian psyche has been

a. to feel a universal emotionality
b. to find the real self in the one divine
c. centred not on the individual self but on the whole world
d. dedication of oneself to the service of all humankind

08 Problem

The anathema to those influenced by the Western philosophy is the fact that

a. spirituality has a major part to play in education
b. India has its own tradition and culture
c. India has contributed to the world civilization
d. there are past historical truths of India

09 Problem

The Western countries have realised the need for spirituality in education
because

a. the Americans realised the worthlessness and waste of war and bombs
b. the Director General of UNESCO visited India and brought in curricular
changes
c. a proposal to prepare a 'spiritual man' through school education has been
made
d. of the religious, linguistic and ethnic diversities in Norway

10 Problem

India can win battles against socio-economic prob-lems of poverty and illiteracy
only by

a. focusing education to prepare individuals to do their duties and
responsibilities
b. desirable educational changes and fresh programmes for children and
teachers
c. encouraging to build an environment of optimism and motivation
d. changing the opinions of the social workers and religious leaders

11 Problem

What the author means by 'mission statement' is

a. to base education on spirituality and respect for all living things
b. that every school should focus on developing the capabilities of the students,
creating a sense of belonging
c. the task undertaken by the school to focus on the harmonious development
of the child
d. that there is the need to develop the competence, skills and attitudes of the
children

PASSAGE IV
A much safer way of preventing smallpox was through cowpox vaccination or, simply, vaccination. The
man who discovered vaccination was a country doctor called Jenner. As a boy Jenner had been
inoculated with smallpox. His interest in cowpox, however, was first roused when he was still a medical
student. He was at a friend's place and the conversation was about smallpox. A milkmaid happened to be
present & and she said carelessly, "I cannot get that disease, for I have had the cowpox." Jenner said
nothing at that time, but the milkmaid's remark made him think deeply. He could, however, do nothing
more than think at that time. But soon after he started practising as a doctor in his village Berkeley,
Jenner decided to find out, in his spare time, what truth there was in the milkmaid's remark. He made
enquiries and found out that the remark was based on a popular belief. The belief was that smallpox
never attacked a person who had earlier suffered from cowpox. Jenner mentioned this to other doctors,
but they dismissed it as just a superstition among country people. Jenner was not discouraged. He began
to study cowpox. The disease appeared in the form of spots on the udders of cows. Human beings
caught it by touching the cow's udders, usually during milking. Fortunately, the disease caused little
discomfort to human beings. Jenner asked himself: if cowpox infection could prevent smallpox, why not
use it in place of the dangerous smallpox inoculation? It was Jenner's duty as a country doctor to give
people smallpox inoculations and he noticed one strange thing. The smallpox inoculations produced no
effect at all in people who had earlier suffered from cowpox. So the popular belief was right after all!

Jenner continued his observations. He went round examining cows and questioning milkmaids. He
became more and more certain and came out with his idea of cowpox vaccination to the other doctors in
the country. They did not take him seriously. Jenner then went to London hoping that London doctors
might listen to him with greater respect. He received the same treatment in London too. "Where is the
practical proof?" they asked. Jenner now saw the weakness in his argument. He himself had never
proved that cowpox vaccination could prevent smallpox. So he decided to supply the proof. He returned
to Berkeley. Jenner's first experiment was done on a boy named Phipps. Phipps was inoculated in the
arm with the cowpox virus taken from the hand of a young woman suffering from cowpox. Later, the boy
was inoculated with the smallpox virus, and to Jenner's joy, it produced no effect in the boy. Jenner made
two more successful experiments and he wrote a paper on the results of his experiments. But no one
would publish his paper. Jenner continued with his experiment and in 1798 published his results himself
in the form of a paper. To begin with, no one believed Jenner. Then one London doctor tried the
experiment on himself. Others came soon after and vaccination had come to stay. Later other countries
adopted the practice of vaccination, and Jenner's name became a household word. But he did not want
all this fame. He wanted to be left in peace in his village, doing the work of an ordinary country doctor. To
the last he remain a simple country gentleman. Jenner was not a laboratory scientist. I though he made a
great practical discovery, he did not know why the inoculation of cowpox should prevent smallpox. He

was interested in the results, not the reasons. The results of Jenner's discovery were both immediate
and far-reaching. Smallpox outbreaks wore controlled and finally they became a thing of the past.

12 Problem

Jenner started studying cowpox because

a. he wanted to know whether there was any connection between cowpox and
smallpox
b. he had great faith in the popular belief which connected cowpox and
smallpox
c. he had a lot of spare time
d. he had a large number of patients suffering from cowpox

13 Problem

When Jenner gave smallpox vaccinations to people, he found that in some of
them they produced no effect at all because:

a. they were quite strong
b. they had earlier suffered from cowpox
c. the inoculation was not properly done
d. they were all milkmaids

14 Problem

When Jenner spoke to the London doctors about cowpox vaccination they did
not believe him be-cause

a. he was only a country doctor
b. they were jealous of him
c. they did not like new ideas
d. he gave them no practical proof

15 Problem

The thing that most helped Jenner to make his dis-covery was that

a. his duties as a country doctor did not take up much time.
b. there were plenty of cases of cowpox in his village Berkeley
c. he had an open mind and did not dismiss as baseless a popular belief among
country people
d. he was a scientist

PASSAGE V

Punctuality is a necessary habit in all public affairs of a civilized society. Without it nothing could ever be
brought to a conclusion, everything would be in a stage of chaos. Only in a sparsely populated rural
community is it possible to disregard it. In ordinary living there can be some tolerance of unpunctuality.
The intellectual, who is working on some abstruse problem, has everything coordinated and organized
for the matter in hand. He is therefore forgiven, if late for the dinner party. But people are often
reproached for unpunctuality when their only fault is cutting things fine. It is hard for energetic, quick-
mined people to waste time, so they are often tempted to finish a job before setting out to keep an
appointment. If no accidents occur on the way, like punctured tyres, diversion of traffic, sudden descent
of fog, they will be on time. They are often more industrious and more useful citizens than those who
are never late. The over-punctual can be as much a trial to others as the unpunctual. The guest who
arrives half an hour too soon is the greatest nuisance. Some friends of my family had this irritating
habit. The only thing to do was to ask them to come half an hour later than the other guests. Then they
arrived just when we wanted them. If you are catching a train, it is always better to be comfortably early
than even a fraction of a minute too late. Although being early may mean wasting a little time, this will
be less than if you miss the train and have to wait an hour or so for the next one. And you avoid the
frustration of arriving at the very moment when the train is drawing out of the station and being unable
to get on it. And even a harder situation is to be on the platform in good time for a train and still to see

it go off without you. Such an experience befell a certain young girl the first time she was travelling
alone. She entered the station twenty minutes before the train was due, since her parents had
impressed upon her that it would be unforgivable to miss it and cause the friends with whom she was
going to stay to make two journeys to meet her. She gave her luggage to a porter and showed him her
ticket. To her horror he said that she was two hours too soon. She felt in her handbag for the piece of
paper on which her father had written down all the details of the journey and gave it to the porter. He
agreed that a train did come in the station at the time on the paper and that it did stop, but only to take
on water, not passengers. The girl asked to see a timetable, feeling sure that her father could not have
made such a mistake. The porter went to fetch one and arrived back with the Station- Master, who
produced it with a flourish and pointed out a microscopic 'o* beside the time of the arrival of the train
at his station. The girl, tears streaming down her face, begged to be allowed to slip into the guard's van.
But the Station-Master was adamant: rules will not be broken. And she had to watch that train
disappear towards her destination while she was left behind.

16 Problem

The author feels that it is necessary to be punctual in a civilized society, because

a. it makes people think that you are a good tempered person
b. it elevates your social status
c. it helps to conduct things without confusion
d. it makes your friends trust you

17 Problem

The author's family asked some of their friends to come half an hour later than
others because

a. they did not like their friends
b. they did not want them to meet other guests
c. these friends had to meet some other people on the way
d. they were in the habit of arriving too early

18 Problem

The author implies that it is better to arrive early at the station so that

a. there is no chance of missing your train
b. there is a chance of meeting the important people who travel by train
c. you can get into the compartment of your choice
d. you can find porters to help you and carry your luggage

19 Problem

The expression 'to her horror' used in the passage comes nearest in meaning to

a. she was very scared to see
b. she was disgusted to discover
c. she was disappointed to find
d. she was surprised to find

Directions for questions 20 to 23:

Each of the sentences below has blank spaces. Following each sentence, four sets
of words are given numbered 1 to 4. Select the appropriate set of words that
makes the sentence most meaningful.

20 Problem

We can coax physical nature into___________ many of our wishes but we
cannot ________ authority over it or make it change its ways one jot.

a. granting, empower
b. satiating, display
c. satisfying, exercise
d. stimulating, exercise

21 Problem

War has been, throughout history, the chief _____________ of social cohesion;
and since sci-ence began, it has been the strongest__________ to technical
progress.

a. reason, encouragement
b. origin, boost
c. cause, provocation
d. source, incentive

22 Problem

Genetic engineering in humans should be used to ___________ diseases, not to
________ genetic uniformity.

a. treat, foster
b. eradicate, cater
c. cure, generate
d. avoid, promote

23 Problem

The conflict of man with physical nature is turned into a ___________ in
proportion as man learns the_______ of nature and thereby becomes able to
co-operate with her.

a. cohesion, mysteries
b. unity, puzzles
c. harmony, secrets
d. collation, riddles


Each sentence has four underlined parts marked A, B, C & D. Identify the part
that must be changed to make the sentence correct.

24 Problem

Of all the problems that have confronted human
A
beings since the beginning of recorded history,
B
perhaps the most significant have been the
C
riddle of their own origin.
D

a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D

25 Problem

The water flows at about 2.5 m per second for
A
about 12 hours when the tide is rising through the
B
channel, paused at high tide and then reverses reaction.
C D

a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D

26 Problem

Vimla's two sisters are both very intelligent and
A B
hardworking, still, 1 don't know why, I like C
the former the most.
D

a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D

27 Problem

She would have asked Sita to leave her room
A
that very minute if her brother would have been in
B C
the house that day.
D

a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D

28 Problem

It is a pity that a son born from very good parents
AB
hould live a life of misery and deprivation of
C
the worst order.
D

a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D


In each question a sentence has been jumbled and each part is marked P, Q, R, S
& T. Arrange the parts in such a way that the whole sentence becomes
meaningful. Choose from the options given.

29 Problem

P. the image dies as soon as it is seen
Q. and based on a delicate system of filming and recording;
R. its working does not consist in storing or record-ing an image;
S. the science of television is highly sophisticated
T. it rather catches and reflects an image like a mirror;

a. PRTSQ
b. SQRTP
c. QTRPS
d. PQRST

30 Problem

P. as time passed the layer of sludge became very thick and covered with mud,
Q. when they died they sank to the ocean bed and decayed into sludge,
R. the weight of water’ and mud pressing down on the sludge
S. countless tiny sea animals lived in the ocean mil-lions of years ago
T. changed it into tiny drops of oil

a. PQRST
b. QSTPR
c. QPRST
d. SQPRT

31 Problem

P. the chief reason is that it is considered rude to differ with them
Q. moreover, even agreeing with them completely is not considered good
manners
R. in England it is not easy to keep up conversation with women in company;
S. nor can you ask them to give a reason for the opinion they profess;
T. you are also afraid of imposing your views upon them,

a. PSTQR
b. RPSTQ
c. PQRST
d. RSTPQ

32 Problem

P. and was at once convinced
Q. he sent a few copies of the book to well-known poetry critics
R. Shaw read the first few lines of the volume
S. and awaited their reaction
T. that what he was reading was real poetry,

a. RPTQS
b. QSTPR
c. RSPQT
d. QPRST


Each question comprises of a brief passage. Answer the question based on what
is presented or implied in the passage.

33 Problem

Once while traveling by train, Gandhiji was asked by the white passengers to
leave the first class com-partment and shift to the van compartment. This event
was a turning point in his life and he decided to stay back in S. Africa and fight
against this bla-tant injustice.
The passage implies that:
The white people asked Gandhiji to leave the first class compartment because:

a. they wanted to annoy him
b. they wanted to avenge themselves on Gandhiji
c. they treated Indians as inferior to them
d. they wanted to talk to Gandhiji

34 Problem

Men living in the same neighborhood may live vastly different lives. But it is not
the neighborhood which is quarrelsome, but the man within us. And we have it in
our power to change our neighborhood into a pleasant one by simply changing
our own ways. According to the author, the world is:

a. one of the loveliest and quietest places
b. an unpleasant and turbulent place
c. one's own excessive sensitivity that makes it a bad place
d. a sordid place for those who suffer in life

35 Problem

Surveys conducted in many of our primary schools reveal the enormous
heterogeneity of the linguistic and cultural background of the children, contrary
to the belief that they all come from Hindi-speaking backgrounds.
In the given context, "The enormous heterogeneity of the linguistic and cultural
background of the chil-dren" implies that these children

a. speak different languages
b. come from various states
c. belong to different classes of society
d. come from different cultural backgrounds

36 Problem

Many sociologists have argued that there is a func-tional relationship between
education and economic systems. They point to the (net that mass formal
education began in industrial society and is an es-tablished part of all industrial
societies. The author argues that:

a. formal education can be traced to industrial society
b. industrial society changed the pattern of education
c. industrial society is responsible for expansion of education at the mass level
d. formal education has suffered a setback due to industrial society


The sentence against each question has a portion or the whole underlined. Each
sentence is followed by four alternative versions of the underlined portion. Select
the alternative best suited according to standard written English; without altering
the original meaning. Answer (1) is the same as the original version.

37 Problem

Visiting Agra for the first time, the Taj Mahal in moonlight was truly impressive.

a. Visiting Agra for the first time, the Taj Mahal in moonlight was truly
impressive.
b. Visiting Agra for the first time, I found the Taj Mahal truly impressive in the
moonlight.
c. Visiting Agra for the first time, I found the Taj Mahal in moonlight truly
impressive.
d. Visiting Agra the first time, I find the Taj Mahal in moonlight was truly
impressive.

38 Problem

The policemen attempted to tactfully pacify the quar-relling families.

a. The policemen attempted to tactfully pacify the quarrelling families.
b. The policemen tactfully attempted to pacify the quarreling families.
c. The policemen attempted tactfully to pacify-the quarrelsome families.
d. The policemen attempted to pacify tactfully the quarrelling families.

39 Problem

Modern films have a detrimental effect on child psychology for they make the
children think that violence is justifiable.

a. for they make the children think that violence is justifiable.
b. for these films make them think that violence is justifiable.
c. for they make them think that violence is justifiable.
d. for they make those children think that violence is justifiable.

40 Problem

The war victims needed nurses to bandage their wounds badly.

a. The war victims needed nurses to bandage their wounds badly.
b. The victims of war needed nurses to bandage their wounds badly.
c. The war victim's badly needed nurses to bandage their wounds.
d. The war victims needed nurses badly for bandaging their wounds.

SECTION -B

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

41 Problem

Train A travelling at 60 km/hr leaves Mumbai for 47. Delhi at 6 p.m. Train B
travelling at 90/hr also leaves Mumbai for Delhi at 9 p.m. Train C leaves Delhi for
Mumbai at 9 p.m. If all the three trains meet at the same time between Mumbai
and Delhi, what is the speed of Train C if the distance between Delhi and Mumbai
is 1260 km?

a. 60 km/hr
b. 90 km/hr
c. 120 km/hr
d. 135 km/hr

42 Problem

A man invests Rs. 5000 for 3 years at 5% p.a. compound interest reckoned yearly.
Income tax at the rate of 20% on the interest earned is deducted at the end of
each year. Find the amount at the end of the third year.

a. Rs. 5624.32
b. Rs. 5630.50
c. Rs. 5788.125
d. 5627.20

43 Problem

In a class of 50 students, 23 speak English, 15 speak Hindi and 1 8 speak Punjabi.
3 speak only English and Hindi, 6 speak only Hindi and Punjabi and 6 speak only
English and Punjabi. If 9 can speak only English, how many speak all the three?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 5

44 Problem

Two spinning machines A and B can together pro-duce 3,00,000 metres of cloth
in 10 hours-If ma-chine B alone can produce the same amount of cloth in 15
hours, how much cloth can machine A alone produce in 10 hours?

a. 2,00,000 metres
b. 1,00,000 metres
c. 1,50,000 metres
d. 50,000 metres

45 Problem

The average of 10 numbers is 40.2. Later it is found that 2 numbers have been
wrongly added. The first is 18 greater than the actual number and the sec-ond
number added is 13 instead of 31. Find the cor-rect average.

a. 40.2
b. 40.4
c. 40.6
d. 40.8

46 Problem

A class photograph has to be taken. The front now consists of 6 girls who are
sitting. 20 boys are stand-ing behind. The two corner positions are reserved for
the 2 tallest boys. In how many ways can the students be arranged?

a. 181x1440
b. 6! x 1440
c. 18! x 2! x 1440
d. None of these

47 Problem

If 22x-1 + 4x = 3X-1/2 + 3x+1/2 then x equals,

a. 1/2
b. 2/3
c. 1
d. 3/2

48 Problem

The length of a rectangular plot is increased by 25%. To keep its area unchanged,
the width of the plot should be

a. kept unchanged
b. increased by 25%
c. increased by 20%
d. reduced by 20%

49 Problem

A man has 1044 candles. After burning, he can make a new candle from 9
stubs left behind. Find the maximum number of candles that can be made

a. 116
b. 120
c. 130
d. 140

50 Problem

A country follows a progressive taxation system under which the income tax rate
applicable varies for different slabs of income. Total tax is computed by
calculating the tax for each slab and adding them up. The rates applicable are as
follows:

TABLE*
If my annual income is Rs. 1,70,000, what is the tax payable by me?

a. Rs. 51,000
b. Rs. 17,000
c. Rs. 34,000
d. Rs. 25,000

51 Problem

If the length and width of a rectangular garden plot were each increased by 20
percent, what would be the percent increase in the area of the plot?

a. 20%
b. 24%
c. 36%
d. 44%

52 Problem

The population of a bacteria culture doubles every 2 minutes. Approximately how
many minutes will it take for the population to grow from 1,000 to 500,000
bacteria?

a. 10
b. 12
c. 14
d. 18

53 Problem

The population of a city increases at a rate of 4% per annum. There is an
additional annual increase of 1 % in the population due to the influx of job
seek-ers. The % increase in the population after 2 years is therefore

a. 10
b. 10.25
c. 10.50
d. 10.75

54 Problem

The sides of a triangle are in the ratio of 1/2 : 1/3 : 62. 1/4. If the perimeter is 52
cm, the length of the smallest side is

a. 9 cm
b. 10 cm
c. 11cm
d. 12 cm

55 Problem

The ratio of the rate of flow of water in pipes var-ies inversely as the square of
the radius of the pipes. What is the ratio of the rates of flow in 2 pipes of
diameters 2 cm and 4 cm?

a. 1:2
b. 2:1
c. 1:8
d. 4:1

56 Problem

A tap can fill a tank in 16 minutes and another can empty it in 8 minutes. If the
tank is already Vi full and both the taps are opened together, will the tank 64. be
filled or emptied? How long will it take before the tank is either filled completely
or emptied com-pletely as the case may be?

a. Emptied; 16 minutes
b. Filled; 8 minutes
c. Emptied; 8 minutes
d. Filled; 12 minutes

57 Problem

If x + y > 5 and x-y > 3, then which of the follow-ing gives all possible values of x?

a. x > 3
b. x > 4
c. x > 5
d. x < 5

58 Problem

The LCM of two numbers is 4800 and their HCF is 160. If one of the numbers is
480, then the second number is

a. 16
b. 16000
c. 160
d. 1600

59 Problem

If x and y are negative, then which of the following statements is/are always true?

I. x+ y is positive
II. xy is positive
III. x-y is positive

a. I only
b. II only
c. Ill only
d. I and III only

60 Problem

A pond 100 m in diameter is surrounded by a circu-lar grass walk 2 m wide. How
much sq. m of grass is there on the walk?

a. 98
b. 100
c. 204
d. 202

61 Problem

A tree 6 m tall casts a 4 m long shadow. At the same time a flag pole casts a
shadow 50 m long. How long is the flag pole?

a. 75m
b. 100m
c. 150m
d. 50m

62 Problem

Two series of a question booklet for an aptitude test are to be given to twelve
students. In how many ways can the students be placed in two rows of six each
so that there should be no identical series side by side and that the students
sitting on behind the other should have the same series?

a. 2 x 12C6 x (6!)2
b. 6! x 6!
c. 71x7!
d. None of these

63 Problem

The probability of rain on Day 1 is 0.2 and the prob-ability on Day 2 is 0.3. What is
the probability of it raining on both the days?

a. 0.2
b. 0.1
c. 0.6
d. 0.25

64 Problem

There are five boxes in a cargo hold. The weight of the first box is 200 kg and the
weight of the second box is 20% higher than the weight of the third box, whose
weight is 25% higher than the first box's weight. The fourth box at 350 kg is 30%
lighter than the fifth box. The difference in the average weight of the four
heaviest boxes and the four light-est boxes is

a. 51.5 kg
b. 75 kg
c. 37.5 kg
d. 112.5 kg

65 Problem

Which of the following is true?

a. log17 275 = log19 375
b. log17 275 < log19 375
c. log17275 > log19 375
d. Cannot be determined

66 Problem

A contractor undertakes to build a wall in 50 days. He employs 50 people for the
same. However, af-ter 25 days he finds that the work is only 40% com-plete. How
many more men need to be employed to complete the work in time?

a. 25
b. 30
c. 35
d. 20

67 Problem

Three containers A, B and C are having mixtures of milk and water in the ratio of
1 : 5,3 : 5 and 5 : 7 respectively. If the capacities of the containers are in the ratio
5:4:5, find the ratio of milk to water, if the mixtures of all the three containers are
mixed together.

a. 51:115
b. 52:115
c. 53:115
d. 54:115

68 Problem

At what price should I buy a share, the value of which Rs. 100 paying a
dividend of 8%, so that my yield is II %?

a. Rs. 70
b. Rs. 72.72
c. Rs. 75
d. Rs. 84

69 Problem

How many 5 digit numbers can be formed by using all the 0,2,4,7 and 5; which
are not divisible by 75?

a. 14
b. 18
c. 78
d. 82

70 Problem

In how many ways can a selection be made of 5 letters out 5As, 4Bs, 3Cs, 2Ds and
IE?

a. 70
b. 71
c. 15C
5

d. 15P
5

71 Problem

If the elevation of the sun changes from 30° to 60°, then difference between the
lengths of shadows of a pole 15m h at these two elevations of the sun, is

a. 7.5 m
b. 15 m
c. 10V3m
d. 15V3m

72 Problem

The length of a string between a kite and a point on the ground is 85 m. If the
string makes an angle + with the level ground such that tan + = 15/8, how high is
the kite?

a. 78.05 m
b. 75 m
c. 316 m.
d. 226 m

73 Problem

The numbers 1 to 29 are written side by side as follows 1234567891011…………
2829.1fthenumber is divided by 8 what is the remainder?

a. 3
b. 1
c. 0
d. None of these

74 Problem

A ship 77 km from the shore, springs a leak which admits 2 —tones of water in
5— minutes. 92 tonnes of water would sink her. But, the pumps can throw out 12
tonnes per hour. Find the average rate of sailing so that she may just reach the
shore as she begins to sink.

a. 10.5 kmph
b. 11 kmph
c. 10 Kmph
d. 12.5 kmph

75 Problem

The number 6n2 + 6n for natural n is always divis-ible by

a. 6 only
b. 18 only
c. 12only
d. 6 and 12

76 Problem

A brother and a sister appear for an interview against two vacant posts in an
office. The probabil-ity of the brother's selection is 1/5 and that of the sister's
selection is 1/3. What is the probability that only one of them is selected?

a. 1/5
b. 2/5
c. 1/3
d. 2/3

77 Problem

Visitors to a show were charged Rs. 15 each on the first day, Rs. 7.50 on the
second day and Rs. 2.50 on the third day and the attendance on the three days
was in the ratio 2:5: 13. The average charge per person for the whole show was

a. Rs. 6.33
b. Rs. 9
c. Rs. 5
d. Rs. 7.50

78 Problem

A trader marks his goods at such a price that he can deduct 15% for cash and yet
make 20% profit. Find the market price of an item which cost him Rs. 90.

3
a. Rs. 105
21

b. Rs. 135 11
13

1
c. Rs. 127
17

1
95
a. Rs. 21

79 Problem

A conical cavity is drilled in a circular cylinder of 15 cm height and 16 cm base
diameter. The height and base diameter of the cone are the same as those of the
cylinder. Determine the total surface area of the remaining solid.

a. 440 cm2
b. 215 cm2
c. 542 cm2
d. 376 cm2

80 Problem

40% of the students in a college play basketball, 34% of the students play tennis
and the number of students who play both the games is 234. The num-ber who
play neither basketball nor tennis is 52%. Determine the student population in
the college.

a. 800
b. 1050
c. 900
d. 850

SECTION -C

DATAANALYSIS AND SUFFICIENCY

Examine the Bar Chart and the information given to answer these questions.
The following additional information is available:
Total worldwide working population : 2.5 billion (2500 million)
Working population in low income economies : 1400 million
Working population in middle income economies : 660 million
Working population in high income economies: 440 million Total unemployed
population : 120 million The following definitions hold true :
Poor or low income economies : Annual per capita income less than $695 Rich or
high income economies : Annual per capita income more than $8626

81 Problem

Approximately what percentage of the poor econo-mies' total workforce is in
agriculture?

a. 43%
b. 52%
c. 60%
d. 78%

82 Problem

Approximately what percentage of the middle in-come economies' total
workforce is in services?

a. 23%
b. 38%
c. 49%
d. 62%

83 Problem

The ratio of rich economies workforce working in industry to poor economies
workforce working in services sector is closest to

a. 1:7
b. 1:6
c. 1:5
d. 1:4

84 Problem
Which of the following statements is/are not true?
I. Of the total workforce in services, over 50% do not come from the poor economies.
II. Poor economies account for nearly one-third of the total unemployed workers in the
world.
III. High income economies account for over 25% of the total industrial workforce.
IV. Middle income economies account for nearly one-third of the total services sector
employees in the world.

a. All of the above
b. Ill only
c. Ill and IV
d. None of these.

85 Problem

Which of the following statements is/are true ?

a. Unemployed workforce accounts for approximately 7% of the world's total
working population.
b. For both high and middle income economies, the services sector is the
highest provider of employment.
c. Low income economies contribute a higher proportion of the total workforce
engaged in the services sector than either the high or the middle income
economies, yet the services sector is not the biggest provider of jobs in the
low income economies.
d. Both 2 and 3.

86 Problem

Approximately what percentage of the total work-ing population in the world
earns less than $695 p.a. ?

a. 42%
b. 56%
c. 70%
d. Can't be determined


Study the following figures and answer the questions which follow.


Information on the polypropylene industry in India

87 Problem

When consumption is more than the production, the government has to
import the shortfall. What per-centage of consumption was imported in 2003 -
04?

a. 5.77%
b. 7.36%
c. 6.12%
d. 5.65%

88 Problem

What was the percentage increase in installed ca-pacity in the year 2003 - 04?

a. 10.09%
b. 11.22%
c. 12.14%
d. 13.35%

89 Problem

Capacity utilization was the maximum in which of the following years?

a. 2000-01
b. 2001-02
c. 2002-03
d. 2004-05

90 Problem

In which year was production as a percentage of installed capacity the least?

a. 2000-01
b. 2001-02
c. 2002-03
d. 2003-04

91 Problem

The installed capacity of HP (in '000 tonnes) in 2003 - 04 was (Assume the
same share of capac-ity for HP as it had in 2001 - 02).

a. 68
b. 76
c. 78
d. 83

92 Problem

If TC will double its installed capacity of2003 -04 in the year 2005 - 06, what
would be the installed capacity of the industry in 2005 - 06? (Assume that no
other manufacturer adds to their capacity in 2005 - 06 and that TC had a 46%
share in 2003 - 04).

a. 2723
b. 2763
c. 2827
d. Can't be determined

DIRECTIONS for questions 93 to 97:

Study the table below to answer these questions.
Industry 1989 1991
No. of Bank Overdoes No. of Bank Overdues
Sick Units (Rs. in crore) Sick Units (Rs. in crore)
Engineering 19474 416 476.92 476.92
(10.4) (18.6) (11.3) (17.1)
Cotton Textiles 4123 97.42 6057 134.16
(2-2) (4.3) (2.7) (4.8)
Electricity 15308 151.12 16149 171.78
(8.2) (6.7) (7.3) (6.2)
Sugarcane 203 12.75 287 6.18
(0.1) (0.6) (0.1) (0-2)
Paper 1881 46.02 2634 36.51
(1.0) (2.1) (1.2) (1.3)
Copper 953 36.50 2063 39.63
(0.5) (1.6) (0.9) (1-4)
CR Steel 405 13.61 737 20.35
(0.2) (0.6) (0.3) (0.7)
HR Steel 2356 110.49 2952 129.68
(1.3) (4.9) (1.3) (4.6)

Cement 371 14.27 384 14.06
(0.2) (0.6) (0-2) (0.5)
Petroleum 6751 206.45 8208 262.15
(3.6) (9.2) (3.7) (10.1)
Miscellaneou 134616 1138.00 157075 1480.61
s (72.3) (50.8) (71.0) (53.1)
186441 2242.63 221487 2772.03
Total (100.0) (100.0) (100.0) (100.0)

93 Problem

Which of the following statements is/are true?

a. There has been a net increase in the number of sick units between 1989 to
1991.
b. While the number of sick units under the miscellaneous category has gone
up, the bank overdues of such sick units as a percentage of the total bank
overdues have gone down.
c. Cement companies have been doing worse during the period.
d. Both 1 and 2

94 Problem

Which of the following industries have shown an increase in the number of sick
units from 1989 to 1991?

I. Cotton Textiles
II. Petroleum
III. Paper

a. I only
b. II only
c. I and II only
d. I, II and III only

95 Problem

Which sector has shown the maximum percentage increase in the number of sick
units?

a. Electricity
b. Engineering
c. Cotton Textiles
d. None of these

96 Problem

The least change in the ratio of bank overdoes per sick unit between the two
years is exhibited by which sector?

a. Petroleum
b. CR steel
c. Cotton Textiles
d. None of these

97 Problem

Which industry can show a major impact if the gov-ernment were to turn around
a small number of units to get the maximum benefits from the 1991 data?
(Assume that the bank overdues are evenly distributed amongst all sick units).

a. Petroleum
b. HR Steel
c. Paper
d. Cement


Each of the questions given below consists of two quantities, one in column A
and one in Column B. You are to compare the two quantities and mark the
answer as

a. if the quantity in column A is greater.
b. if the quantity in column B is greater.
c. if the two quantities are equal.
d. if the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

98 Problem

Narain Karthikeyan is a sportsman in the Held of

a. shooting
b. car racing
c. chess
d. golf

99 Problem

El Nino is

a. a sea storm
b. a warm ocean current
c. a tropical disturbance
d. another name of typhoon

100 Problem

Which of the following industries are the major beneficiaries of the Mumbai
port ?

a. Sugar and cotton textile industry
b. Iron and Steel industry
c. Cotton textile and Petrochemical industry
d. Engineering and Fertilizer industry

Directions (Questions 101 - 104) :

Fill in the blanks.

101 Problem

Professionals focus their ___________ on fulfill-ing their responsibilities and
achieving re-sults, not on ____________ a particular image.

a. leadership—attributing
b. planning—devising
c. abilities — contributing
d. energies— portraying

102 Problem

When you are living with your __________ values and principles you can be
straightfor-ward, honest and_______

a. inherited — distinct
b. core — up-front
c. innate — durable
d. cultural — perceptive


In each question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions marked
A and B. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and
decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.

Mark answer as
1. if only assumption A is implicit
2. if only assumption B is implicit
3. if either A or B is implicit
4. if neither A nor B is implicit

103 Problem

Statement : Detergents should be used to clean clothes.

Assumptions : A. Detergents form more lather.
B. Detergents help to dislodge grease and dirt.

104 Problem

Statement : The private bus services in the city have virtually collapsed because
of the ongoing strike of its employees.

Assumptions .
A. Going on strikes has become the right of every employee.
B. People no more require the ser-vices of private bus operators.

105 Problem

Statement : In Bombay, railway trains are indis-pensable for people in the
suburbs to reach their places of work on time.

Assumptions .
A. Railway trains are the only mode of transport available in the suburbs of
Bombay.
B. Only railway trains run punc-tually.

106 Problem

Statement : The government has decided to re-duce the custom duty on
computer peripherals.

Assumptions :
A. The domestic market price of computer peripherals may go up in the near
future.
B. The domestic manufacturers may oppose the decision.

107 Problem

Statement : I cannot contact you on phone from Karshik.

Assumptions :
A. Telephone facility is not avail-able at Karshik.
B. Nowadays it is difficult to con-tact on phone.

108 Problem

Statement : Even with the increase in the num-ber of sugar factories in India, we
still continue to import sugar.

Assumptions :
A. The consumption of sugar per capita has increased in India.
B. Many of the factories are not in a position to produce sugar to their fullest
capacity.


Use the graph given below to answer these questions.
Given in graph is the profile of values of a college student marked as personal
profile. The normative profiles are given as average male profile and average
female profile. Examine the graph and answer the questions.

109 Problem

In the given personal profile, which is the value with the lowest score?

a. Theoretical
b. Religious
c. Social
d. Economic

110 Problem

In the given personal profile, which is the value with the lowest score?

a. Theoretical
b. Religious
c. Social
d. Aesthetic

111 Problem

In which value score does there exist maximum difference between average
profiles and personal profiles?

a. Theoretical
b. Religious
c. Economic
d. Political

112 Problem

In which value score does there exist convergence between personal profile and
average female pro-file?

a. Theoretical
b. Social
c. Aesthetic
d. None of these

113 Problem

In which value score does there exist a no differ-ence state between the personal
profile and aver-age male profile?

a. Economic
b. Social
c. Aesthetic
d. None of these


There are two statements marked A, B against each question. To answer the
question, one or both statements can be used. Give your answer as '
if statement A ALONE is sufficient to answer the question, but statement B alone
is not.
if statement B ALONE is sufficient to answer !he question, but statement A alone
is not.]
if both statements TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, but neither
statement is independently sufficient to answer the question.
if both statements are INDEPENDENTLY sufficient to answer the question.

114 Problem

How many hours will it take for all the students and teachers together to put up a
tent?

A. There are 4 teachers and 7 students.
B. All the teachers working together can put up . the tent in 5 hours while all the
students working together can do so in 3 hours.

115 Problem

What is the remainder when the square of N is divided by 5?

A. When N is divided by 5 the remainder is 3.
B. N is an even integer.

116 Problem

What is the value of the 2 digit number ab?

a. The difference between its digits is 4.
b. The sum of its digits is 4.

117 Problem

a, b, and c are the three digits of a number abc. abc is a multiple of 3. Find (a + b
+ c).

a. a = 3, b = 4.
b. c is an odd number.

118 Problem

N is an integer between 1 and 93. What is the value of N?

a. N is both the square of an integer and the cube of an integer.
b. The square root of N is divisible by 8.


The bar chart given below shows the consumption of fertilizers in
nutrient terms. Examine the graph to answer these questions.

Consumption of Fertilizer in Nutrient terms ("000 tonnes of nutrients)

119 Problem

Total consumption of Nitrogenous Fertilizers, Phos-phatic Fertilizers and Potassic
Fertilizers during the period 1997 - 2002 has been in the ratio of

a. 10:28:74
b. 37:14:5
c. 5:2:1
d. None of these

120 Problem

Which one of the following fertilizers has shown a consumption pattern of
increase and decrease in alternate years?

a. Nitrogenous Fertilizers
b. Phosphatic Fertilizers
c. Potassic Fertilizers
d. No such trend is discernable

SECTION – D

INTELLIGENCE & CRITICAL REASONING

121 Problem

A certain number of horses and an equal number of men are going somewhere.
Half of the owners are on their horses' back while the remaining ones are walking
along leading their horses. If the num-ber of legs walking on the ground is 70,
how many horses are there?

a. 10
b. 12
c. 14
d. 16

122 Problem

In a certain code, 15789 is written as XTZAL and 2346 is written as NPSU. How is
23549 written in that code?

a. NPTUL
b. PNTSL
c. NPTSL
d. NBTSL

123 Problem

If VICTORY is coded as YLFWRUB, how can SUCCESS be coded?

a. VXEEIVV
b. VXFFHVV
c. VYEEHVV
d. None of these

124 Problem

Choose the term which will continue the following series:
P 3 C, R 5 F, T 8 I, V 12 L, ?

a. Y 17 O
b. X 17M
c. X 17 O
d. X 16 O

125 Problem

Which term of the series 5, 10,20,40,.... is 1280?

a. 10th
b. 9th
c. 8th
d. None of these

126 Problem

The number of boys in a class is three times the number of girls. Which one of
the following num-bers cannot represent the total number of children in the
class?

a. 48
b. 44
c. 42
d. 40

127 Problem

What is the smallest number of ducks that could swim in this formation : two
ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck and a duck between two
ducks?

a. 3
b. 5
c. 7
d. 9

128 Problem

The post office is to the east of the school while my house is to the south of
the school. The market is to the north of the post office. If the distance of the
market from the post office is equal to the distance of my house from the
school, in which direction is the market with respect to my school?

a. North
b. East
c. North-east
d. South-west

129 Problem

A watch reads 4.30. If the minute hand points East, in what direction will the
hour hand point?

a. North
b. North-west
c. South-east
d. North-east


In each of the following questions, a statement is given followed by two
conclusions I and II.
Mark your answer as

1. if only conclusion I follows
2. if only conclusion II follows
3. if neither I nor II follows
4. if both I and II follow

130 Problem

Statement : Sealed tender are invited from competent conn actors experienced in
executing construction jobs.

Conclusions:
I. Tenders are invited only from experienced contractors.
II. It is difficult to find competent tenderers in construction jobs.

131 Problem

Statement : The distance of 900 km by road between Bombay and Jafra will be
reduced to 280 km by sea. This will lead to a saving of Rs. 7.92 crores per annum
on fuel.

Conclusions :
I. Transportation by sea is cheaper than that by road.
II. Fuel must be saved to the greatest extent.

132 Problem

Statement : The manager humiliated Sachin in the presence of his colleagues.

Conclusions :
I. The manager did not like Sachin.
II. Sachin was not popular with his colleagues.

133 Problem

Statement : Any young man who makes dowry as a condition for marriage
discred-its himself and dishonours woman-hood.

Conclusions :
I. Those who take dowry in mar-riage should be condemned by society.
II. Those who do not take dowry in marriage respect woman-hood.


In each question there is a statement followed by two courses of action I and II.
Assume everything in the statement to be true, and then decide which of the two
suggested courses of action logically follows.
Mark your answer as

1. if only I follows
2. if only II follows
3. if neither 1 nor II follows
4. if both I and II follow

134 Problem

Statement : Every year, at the beginning or at the end of the monsoons, we have
some cases of conjunctivitis, but this year, it seems to be a major epi-demic
witnessed after nearly four years.

Courses of action ;
I. Precautionary measures should be taken after every four years to check this
epidemic.
II. People should be advised to drink boiled water during rainy season.

135 Problem

Statement : Exporters in the capital are alleg-ing that commercial banks are
vio-lating a Reserve bank of India di-rective to operate a post shipment export
credit denominated in for-eign currency at international inter-est rates from
January this year.

Courses of action :
I. The officers concerned in the commercial banks are to be suspended.
II. The RBI should be asked to stop giving such directives to commercial banks.

136 Problem

Statement : Courts take too long in deciding important disputes of various
de-partments.

Courses of action :
I. Courts should be ordered to speed up matters.
II. Special powers should be granted to officers to settle dis-putes concerning
their depart-ment.

137 Problem

Statement : The Chairman stressed the need for making education system more
flex-ible and regretted that the curricu-lum has not been revised in keep-ing with
the pace of the changes taking place.

Courses of action :
I. Curriculum should be reviewed and revised periodically.
II. System of education should be made more flexible.


Read the following information to answer the questions.

The Director of an Institute has announced that six guest lectures on different
areas like Leadership, Decision Making. Quality Circle, Motivation, Assessment
Centre and Group Discussion are to be organised one on each day from Monday
to Sunday.
1. Motivation should be organised immediately after Assessment Centre
2. Quality Circle should be organised on Wednesday and should not be followed
by Group Discussion.
3. Decision Making should be organised on Friday and there should be a gap of
two days between Leadership and Group Discussion.
4. One day there will be no lecture (Sunday is not that day), just before that day
Group Discussion will be organised.

138 Problem

Which of the pairs of lectures were organized on first and last day?

a. Quality Circle and Motivation
b. Group Discussion and Quality Circle
c. Group Discussion and Decision Making
d. None of these

139 Problem

How many lectures are organized between Moti-vation and Quality Circle?

a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. None of these

140 Problem

Which day will the lecture on Leadership be orga-nized?

a. Tuesday
b. Wednesday
c. Friday
d. None of these

141 Problem

On which day is there no lecture?

a. Sunday
b. Monday.
c. Tuesday
d. None of these


One statement regarding composition of participants in get-togethers is given
against each of these questions. A set of four logically equivalent statements
marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 follow these statements. Select the logically equivalent
statement matching the original statement.

142 Problem

The number of female participants is less than the number of male participants,
which is not as large as the number of child participants

143 Problem

The number of female participants is less, than that of male participants, which is
larger than that of the child participants.

144 Problem

The number of female participants is the same as the number of male
participants but is not so small as the number of child participants.

145 Problem

The numbers of male and female participants are both less than the number of
child participants and the former two numbers are same.

a. The number of male participants is the same as the number of female
participants but is not quite so large as the number of child participants.
b. The number of male participants is larger than both, the number of female
participants and that of the child participants.
c. The number of child participants is larger than the number of male
participants which is larger than the number of female participants.
d. The number of female participants is the same as the number of male
participants but the number of child participants is less than that of female
participants.


Read the information to answer these questions.

1. In a family of six persons A, B, C, D, E and F, there are two married couples.
2. D is grandmother of A and mother of B.
3. C is wife of B and mother of F.
4. F is the grand-daughter of E.

146 Problem

What is C to A?

a. Grandmother
b. Mother
c. Cannot be determined
d. None of these

147 Problem

How many male members are there in the family?

a. Three
b. Four
d. None of these

148 Problem

Which of the following is true?

a. A is sister of F
b. D has two grandsons
c. B has two daughters
d. None of these

149 Problem

Who among the following 3 of the couples?

a. DE
b. EB
d. None of these

Directions for question 150 to 153:

Each question below consists of u statement followed by two arguments I and II.
Decide which of the arguments is a 'strong' argument and which is a 'weak'
argument.

Mark your answer as
a. if only argument I is strong.
b. if only argument II is strong.
c. if neither I nor II is strong.
d. if both I and II are strong

150 Problem

Statement : Should Central Government open well-equipped hospitals for every
subdivision of every district?

Arguments :
I. Yes. Health and well-being of ev-ery citizen is the primary respon-sibility of
the government.
II. No. It is not possible. Society must come forward to help govern-ment.

151 Problem

Statement : Should articles of only deserving au-thors be allowed to be
published?

Arguments :
I. Yes. It will save a lot of paper which is in short supply.
II. No. It is not possible to draw a line between the deserving and the
undeserving.

152 Problem

Statement : Does India need so many plans for development?

Arguments :
I. Yes. Nothing can be achieved without proper planning.
II. No. Too much time, money and energy is wasted on planning.

153 Problem

Statement : Should cutting of trees be banned altogether?

Arguments :
I. Yes. It is very much necessary to do so to restore ecological bal-ance.
II. No. A total ban would harm tim-ber based industries.


There are four statements marked A, B, C and D against each question, Examine
the statements carefully and find out which two of the statements cannot be true
simultaneously, but can both be false.

154 Problem

A. All animals are carnivorous.
B. Some animals are not carnivorous.
C. Animals are not carnivorous.
D. Some animals are carnivorous.

a. A and B
b. B and C
c. A and C
d. C and D

155 Problem

A. All children are inquisitive.
B. Some children are inquisitive.
C. No children are inquisitive.
D. Some children are not inquisitive.

a. A and C
b. A and D
c. B and C
d. C and D

156 Problem

A. Some nations wish for peaceful coexistence.
B. All nations wish for peaceful coexistence.
C. Some nations are not wishing for peaceful co-existence.
D. No nation is wishing for peaceful coexistence.

a. A and B
b. A and C
c. B and D
d. C and D


A set of Assertion (A) and Reason (R) is given in each of these questions. Mark
your answer as per choices given below.
1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
2. A is true but R is false.
3. A is false but R is true.
4. Both A and R are false.

157 Problem

Assertion (A) : Bangladesh imports jute from In- dia.
Reason (R) : Bangladesh has most of the jute mills.

158 Problem

Assertion (A) : Most of the Himalayan rivers are perennial.
Reason (R) : They are fed by melting snow.

159 Problem

Assertion (A) : We prefer to wear white clothes in winter.
Reason (R) : White clothes are good reflectors of heat.

160 Problem

Assertion (A) : We feel comfortable in hot and humid climate.
Reason (R) : Sweat evaporates faster in humid climate.

SECTION -E

INDIAN & GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

161 Problem

Which state of India has been officially recognized by China as part of India
during the visit of the Chinese Premier to India in April 2005?

a. Arunachal Pradesh
b. Nagaland
c. Sikkim
d. Manipur

162 Problem

Who has been named the new CEO of Hewlett- Packard?

a. Mark 1 lurd
b. Y K Harnied
c. GRGopinath
d. Richard Branson

163 Problem

Which FMCG major has recently acquired Balsara for Rs. 143 crore in an all-cash
deal?

a. HLL
b. Godrej
c. Dabur
d. None of these

164 Problem

Which car company brand has the tagline - 'For a special journey called life'?

a. Suzuki
b. Ford
c. Fiat
d. Chevrolet

165 Problem

Sachin Tendulkar does unendorsed

a. Coke
b. Adidas
c. Airtel
d. Boost

166 Problem

Which country does not belong to G-4, a group formed by four leading
contenders for a permanent seat in an expanded UN Security Council?

a. Japan
b. Brazil
c. India
d. China

167 Problem

Car 'Tucson' has been launched by

a. Honda
b. Ford
c. Suzuki
d. None of these

168 Problem

Which is not an Indian pharma company?

a. Ranbaxy
b. Pfizer
c. Cipla
d. Nicholas Piramal

169 Problem

Next Olympic Games are scheduled to be held in

a. Beijing
b. Sydney
c. New Delhi
d. London

170 Problem

The merger between P & G and Gillette will create______________ consumer
goods company.

a. the world's second largest
b. the world's largest
c. a reasonably big
d. None of the above is true

171 Problem

Which is not a brand from Godrej Group?

a. Ezee
b. Fair Glow
c. Harpic
d. Cinthol

172 Problem

PC maker company "Lenovo Group', presently 8th largest in the world, and which
is entering Indian market also, is a company from

a. China
b. Malaysia
c. Japan
d. South Korea

173 Problem

Which company was adjudged the Best Employer in the year 2004?

a. Bharti Televentures
b. res
c. N T PC
d. Procter & Gamble India

174 Problem

The Indo-Russian joint venture supersonic cruise missile Brahmos, which was
test-fired for the first time in a land-to-land role recently, has a range of ________
km.

a. 100
b. 200
c. 500
d. 250

175 Problem

Third World refers to

a. Developing countries
b. Developed countries
c. Capitalist nations
d. None of these

176 Problem

Which American President was assassinated while still in office?

a. Abraham Lincoln
b. James A. Garfield
c. John F. Kennedy
d. All of them

177 Problem

Headquarters of International Civil Aviation Organisation (1CAO) are located in

a. Geneva
b. Rome
c. Montreal
d. Vienna

178 Problem

National Institute of Nutrition is located in

a. Bhopal
b. Indore
c. Karnal
d. Hyderabad

179 Problem

Sariska Reserve Forest is located in

a. Uttaranchal
b. Maharashtra
c. Jharkhand
d. None of these

180 Problem

Who is the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?

a. Mahatma Gandhi
b. Jawaharlal Nehru
c. Rabindranath Tagore
d. Sarojini Naidu

181 Problem

Which city has emerged as the biggest IT job pro-vider?

a. Bangalore
b. Chennai
c. Hyderabad
d. Mumbai

182 Problem

_________ is a book written by Late Dr. Mulkraj Anand, the eminent English
author.

a. Coolie
b. The Barbers Trade Union
c. Two Leaves and a Bud
d. All of these

183 Problem

International Women's Day is observed on

a. 28 February
b. 03 March
c. 05 March
d. 08 March

184 Problem

In the recent past, USA and European Union made moderate progress towards
efforts to put a cap on global warming at a UN Conference on Climate Change
held in

a. Tokyo
b. Buenos Aires
c. Paris
d. New Delhi

185 Problem

The 'Neticket' scheme, which allows a passenger to fly without ever visiting a
reservation counter has been introduced by

a. Jet Airways
b. Sahara Air
c. Indian Airlines
d. None of these

186 Problem

Headquarters of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) are located in
Mumbai. Its regional office is not located at

a. New Delhi
b. Bangalore
c. Kolkata
d. Chennai

187 Problem

World Trade Organization (WTO) has its headquar-ters in

a. Geneva
b. Rome
c. Manila
d. Algiers

188 Problem

Sunderlal Bahuguna is associated with protests against Tehri Dam project and

a. Green Revolution
b. White Revolution
c. Chipko Andolan
d. None of these

189 Problem

Which Indian business group acquired Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (VSNL) in 2002?

a. Birla Group
b. Tata group
c. Reliance Group
d. Godrej Group

190 Problem

Cricket World Cup in 2007 will be hosted by

a. West Indies
b. New Zealand
c. South Africa
d. Kenya

191 Problem

S.S. Kohli is associated with

a. Indian Bank
b. Punjab National Bank
c. State Bank of India
d. HDFC Bank

192 Problem

Who is designated as the next President of World Bank with effect from 01 June
2005?

a. David C. Mulford
b. Warren Buffett
c. Paul Wolfowitz
d. Phillip Purcell

193 Problem

Haier is known to be world's ___________ home Appliances brand.

a. second largest
b. largest
c. third largest
d. fifth largest

194 Problem

From which modern day Indian state does the dance form Mohiniattam
originate?

a. Tamil Nadu
b. Kerala
c. Karnataka
d. Andhra Pradesh

195 Problem

BirjuMaharaj is famous dancer.

a. Bharatnatyam
b. Kathakali
c. Kathak
d. Odissi

196 Problem

Which state in India has the smallest area?

a. Haryana
b. Tripura
c. Sikkim
d. Goa

197 Problem

Capital of Zambia is

a. Harare
b. Hanoi
c. Lusaka
d. Kampala

198 Problem

Recently released famous book The Alchemy of Desire has been written by

a. Tarun J. Tejpal
b. RuskinBond
c. Khushwant Singh
d. JackHiggins

199 Problem

The Indian Constitution Recognizes______________ languages.

a. 20
b. 18
c. 25
d. 12

200 Problem

Which is not a neighbouring state of Jharkhand?

a. Madhya Pradesh.
b. Bihar
c. West Bengal
d. Orissa

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