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Analyse
the following passage and  provide  an 
appropriate  answer  for 
the question  nos. 1 through 2
that follow. 

In 
Hume’s  eyes  productive labour  was the 
greatest asset of  a  country, and foreign trade  was 
valuable because it enabled a nation to use more and more varied labour
than would otherwise be  possible. But
commerce was of mutual advantage to the nations involved, not a benefit to one
and injury to other. “The increase of riches and commerce in any one nation,”
added Hume, “instead  of hurting,
commonly, promotes the riches and commerce of all its neighbours.” “The
emulation  in rival nations serves … to
keep industry alive in all of them.” 

1.
The importance of foreign trade, in eyes of Hume, was due to that:  

A. it allowed the employment of surplus
labour in a nation. 

B. it allowed the diversion of labour to
export oriented industries. 

C. it allowed the deeper specialisation of
the same labour force. 

D. it allowed varied application of labour
force in a nation. 

E. it allowed application of varied labour
force in a nation.  

2.
As per Hume, free trade between nations was made advantageous by the outcome
of:  

A. mutual increases in riches and
commerce. 

B. emulation of industrial activity by
different nations. 

C. affable promotion of industrial activity
among nations. 

D. productive employment of labour in
different nations. 

E. higher wages received by labour in
exporting nations.  

Questions
(3-5): Identify the correct sentences from the options given below.   

3. 

A.
When kite flying you can always tell when you lose a kite because the string
feels loose. 

B.
When kite flying you can always tell when you loose a kite because the string
feels lose. 

C.
When kite flying you can always tell when you loose a kite because the string
feels loose.  D. When flying a kite, you
can, always tell when you lose a kite because the string feels lose.  E. While flying a kite, you can always tell
if you lost a kite when the string felt lose.  

4. 

A.
If  XAT 
aspirants had not taken so long 
checking  each  question before  attempting 
the next  question they might not
have run out of time. 

B.
If XAT aspirants had taken so long checking each question before attempting the
next question  they might not have run
out of time. 

C.
Had XAT aspirants not took so long 
checking every  question
before  attempting  the next question they might not have run out
of time. 

D.
If  XAT 
aspirants had took so long 
checking  each and every  question before  attempting 
the next question they might not have run out of time. 

E.
Had XAT aspirants not  taken so long  checking 
all  questions before  attempting 
the next  question they might not
have run out of time.  

5. 

A.
The news channel agreed to report that next Sunday the couple had been married
for 10 years. 

B.
The news channel agreed to report that next Sunday the couple will have been
married for 10  years. 

C.
The news channel agreed to report that next Sunday the couple will be married
for 10 years.  D. The news channel agreed
to report that next Sunday the couple could have been married for 10
years. 

E.
The  news channel agreed to report that
next Sunday  the  couple has been married since  10 years.  

For
questions 6 & 7 go through the following passage.  

The Yoga system is divided into two
principal parts — Hatha and Raja Yoga. Hatha Yoga deals  principally with the physiological part of
man with a view to establish his health and train his will. The  processes prescribed to arrive  at this end are  so difficult 
that only  a  few resolute 
souls go  through all the stages
of its practice. Many have failed and some have died in the attempt.  It is therefore  strongly 
denounced by  all  the philosophers. The  most 
illustrious Shankaracharya  has
remarked in his treatise called Aparokshanubhuti that “the system of Hatha Yoga
was intended for  those whose worldly
desires are not pacified or uprooted.”  

6.
Which one  of  the following, if true, most  substantially 
strengthens the idea  given in the
passage?  

A. The percentage of people in a given
ashram practicing Raja Yoga is more than the percentage  of people practicing Hatha Yoga. 

B. The number of  people in a 
given  ashram practicing Raja
Yoga  is more  that the number of  people practicing Hatha Yoga. 

C. The number of Yoga schools teaching Raja
Yoga is more than the number of Yoga schools 
teaching Hatha Yoga. 

D. The 
number  of  teachers  teaching 
Raja Yoga  is more  than the number  of teachers teaching Hatha Yoga. 

E. The 
percentage  of  students who have  successfully 
learnt Raja Yoga  is more  than the 
percentage of students who have successfully learnt Hatha Yoga.  

7.
Which of the following option best reflects Shankaracharya’s comments on Hatha
Yoga?  

A. Hatha Yoga is for those whose worldly
desires are not placated. 

B. Hatha Yoga has disastrous consequences
for Yoga practitioners. 

C. Practiced under the guidance of experts,
Hatha Yoga is better than Raja Yoga for some people. 

D. Raja Yoga gives better results and in a
shorter time period for most people, and therefore it  should be encouraged. 

E. Hatha Yoga is ill-suited for people with
strong worldly desires.  

Analyse
the following  passage and  provide 
and  appropriate  answer 
of  the questions 8  through 10 that follow.

The greens success has clear policy
implications, especially on issues of nuclear power, ecological tax  reform, and citizenship rights. But success
also has implications for  parties
themselves. Greens have always faced a unique “strategic conundrum arising from
their unique beliefs and movement roots. Put simply, how can they reconcile
their radical alternative politics with participation in mainstream or “grey parliamentary
and government structures? Throughout 
the 1990s most parties shed their radical cloth in an attempt to capture
votes, even at the expense  of party
unity and purity. Most were rewarded with electoral success well beyond what
had been  imaginable in the 1980s. The
price to pay has been tortured internal debates about strategy, and new
questions about green party  identity  and purpose. Today  the key 
questions facing  green  parties revolve around not whether to embrace
power, but what to do with it. More specifically,  green parties face three  new challenges in the new millennium: first,
how to carve out a policy  niche  as established parties and governments become
wiser to green demands, and as green 
concerns themselves appear more 
mainstream. Second, how to make 
green ideas beyond the confines of rich industrialised states into
Eastern Europe and the developing world where green  parties remain marginal and environmental
problems acute. Third, how to ensure that the broader  role of green parties- as consciousness
raisers, agitators, conscience of parliament and politics- is  not sacrificed on the altar of  electoral success. Green parties have  come 
a  long  way 
since  their  emergence and development in the 1970s and
1980s. They have become established players able  to shape 
party  competition, government
formation, and government policy. But this very 
“establishment carries risk for a party whose core values and identities
depend mightily on their ability  to challenge  the 
conventional order, to agitate and to annoy. For  most 
green  parties, the  greatest fear 
is not electoral decline  so
much  as the prospect of  becoming 
a  party  with parliamentary platform, ministerial
voice, but nothing to say. 

8.
Which out of the following is closest in meaning to the first three challenges
mentioned in the  paragraph?  

A. Niche of green parties is being eroded
by mainstream parties. 

B. Green parties are finding it difficult
to find new strategy. 

C. Green parties have become stronger over
a period of time. 

D. Some green parties are becoming
grey. 

E. Non green parties are becoming less
relevant than green parties.  

9.
Which of the following is the most important point that author highlights?  

A. Challenges  before 
green parties  to change  their strategy  from green 
activism  to green  governance. 

B. How should green parties win confidence
and support of governments? 

C. Transformation of green parties in
recent decades. 

D. Green movement is not strong in
developing countries. 

E. Non green parties are becoming less
relevant than green parties.  

10.
How best can mainstream political parties, in India, keep green parties at
bay?  

A. By imposing a green tax. 

B. By allowing carbon trading. 

C. By including green agenda in their
governance. 

D. By hiring Al Gore, the Nobel prize
winner, as an ambassador. 

E. By not letting green parties fight
elections. 

MBA:

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Answers

1(e)    2(b)    
3(a)    4(a)     5(b)    
6(e)   7(a)    8(a)    
9(a)    10(c)