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Directions (1-3): Carefully read the statements in the questions below and arrange them in a logical order.

1:

1. So too it is impossible for there to be any propositions of ethics. Propositions can express nothing that is higher.

2. The sense of the world must lie outside the world. In the world everything is as it is, and everything happens as it does happen: in it no value exists – and if it did exist it would have no value. If there is any value that does have value, it must lie outside the whole sphere of what happens and is the case. For all that happens and is the case is accidental. What makes it non-accidental cannot lie within the world, since if it did it would itself be accidental. It must lie outside the world.

3. It is clear that ethics cannot be put into words. Ethics is transcendental.

4. All propositions are of equal value. 

(A) 4-2-1-3

(B) 2-1-3-4

(C) 1-3-4-2

(D) 4-3-1-2

(E) 3-1-2-4

2:

1. The fact all contribute only to setting the problem, not to its solution.

2. How things are in the world is a matter of complete indifference for what is higher. God does not reveal himself in the world.

3. To view the world sub specie aeterni is to view it as a whole- a limited whole. Feeling the world as a limited whole- it is this that is mystical.

4. It is not how things are in the world that is mystical, but that it exists.

(A) 1-2-3-4

(B) 2-1-3-4

(C) 2-1-4-3

(D) 3-1-4-2

(E) 3-4-1-2

3:

1. The operation is what has to be done to one proposition in order to make other out of it.

2. Structure of proposition stands in internal relations to one another.  

3. In order to give prominence to these internal relations we can adopt the following mode of expression: we can represent a proposition as the result of an operation that produces it out of other propositions (which are bases of the operation).

4. An operation is the expression of a relation between the structures of its result and of its bases.

(A) 1-2-3-4

(B) 2-3-4-1

(C) 4-3-1-2

(D) 2-1-3-4

(E) 4-1-2-3

Directions (4 -7): Choose the appropriate words to fill in the blanks.

4: Mark Twain was responsible for many striking, mostly cynical ______, such as “Always do right. That will gratify some of the people, and astonish the rest.” ______can sometimes end up as _____, but rarely would someone use them as an ______.

(A) epitaphs, Epitaphs, epigrams, epigraph

(B) epigraphs, Epigraphs, epitaphs, epigraph

(C) epigrams, Epitaphs, epigrams, epigraph

(D) epitaphs, Epitaphs, epigraphs, epigram

(E) epigrams, Epigrams, epigraphs, epitaph

5: A candidate in the medical viva voce exam faced a tinge of intellectual _______when asked to spell the_____ gland. The fact that he carried notes on his person would definitely be termed as _____ by faculty, but may be termed as ______ by more generous sections of students.

(A) ambivalence, prostrate, amoral, immoral

(B) ambiguity, prostrate, amoral, immoral

(C) ambivalence, prostrate, immoral, amoral

(D) ambivalence, prostate, immoral, amoral

(E) ambiguity, prostrate, immoral, amoral

6: It is not_____ democratic that the parliament should be _____ on issues and resort to passing ______ rather than have an open debate on the floor of the house.

(A) quite, quite, ordinances

(B) quite, quiet, ordnances

(C) quiet, quite, ordnances

(D) quite, quiet, ordinances

(E) quiet, quiet, ordinances

7: In a case of acute _______, _________ membranes secrete excessive__________.

(A) sinus, mucous, mucous

(B) sinus, mucus, mucous

(C) sinus, mucous, mucus

(D) sinusitis, mucus, mucous

(E) sinusitis, mucous, mucus

8.
Concurrence means all of the following except:

A. Agreement

B. Accord

C. Consensus

D. Coincidence

E. Harmony         

9.
Read the sentences and choose the option that best arranges them in a logical
order.

(i)
All it has to do is to drive up the inflation rate examples are the damage
Lyndon Johnson’s inflationary policies did to the US economy and the damage
which consistently proinflationary policies have done to the economy of Italy.

(ii)
It is easy, the record shows, for a government to do harm to its domestic
economy.

(iii)Contrary to what economists confidently promised forty years ago,
business cycles have not been abolished.

(iv)They
still operate pretty much the way they have been operating for the past 150
years.

(v)
But there is not the slightest evidence that any government policy to stimulate
the economy has impact, whether that policy be Keynesian, monetarist, supply
-side or neoclassical.

A. (iii)-(iv)-(ii)-(i)-(v)

B. (iii)-(v)-(ii)-(i)-(iv)

C. (ii)-(iv)-(i)-(v)-(iii)

D. (ii)-(i)-(iii)-(iv)-(v)

E. (ii)-(i)-(v)-(iii)-(iv)          

10.
When income tax rates are reduced, there is an increase in taxable income, and
an increase in taxable income results in increased total income tax revenues
for the government.  

Which of the following is analogous to the
argument above in terms of its logical features?

A. If the city municipal corporation
increases taxes on property by 1% it will raise tax revenues, which can be used
for garbage disposal management.

B. The Leader of the Opposition at the
Parliament argued that a restriction on the import of Chinese manufacturing
products will increase the sales ofIndian manufacturing products.

C. An advertisement using more than 25
words of text will not be read, and when an advertisement is not read, the
product is not sold. Therefore, the fewer words an advertisement has, the more
effective it will be in promoting its product.

D. The balance of payment of a country will
improve if the country reduces its imports and increases exports.

E. Citizens earning more than 15 lakh
rupees per annum pay at an increased tax rate of 40%. Citizens earning less
than I lakh rupees per annum can be exempted from paying income taxes without
decreasing the revenues of the Income Tax Department.

11.
Not wanting to present an unwarranted optimistic picture in the board meeting,
the CEO estimated the sales growth _________.          

The
option that will best fill the blank in the above sentence would be:

A. strictly   

B. liberally   

C. fancifully

D. pessimistically  

E. conservatively

Read
the following passage and provide appropriate answers for the questions 12 – 15.

The idea of demarcating certain areas
within the country as special economic zones to promote investment and growth
is not new. A large country unable to provide the kind of facilities and
environment that can attract foreign investment throughout the country often
finds it feasible and attractive to carve up some of its areas where such
facilities can be provided. The laws and procedures for setting up new
industries are waived to make the area business-friendly with developed
infrastructure and a one-window interaction with government. In addition, huge
tax benefits are promised to lure investors. China’s experience shows that if
chalked and implemented with care such a poIicy can accelerate the flow of
capital and technology from abroad and thereby speed up growth.

However, SEZs may not be the best option in
all situations to clear the bottlenecks in growth. India’s experience with
export processing zones (EPZs) bears this out. They have failed in India for
the simple reason that the factors that made the SEZs successful in China have
been absent here. In India, as in China, EPZs were thought of as a way of
providing an escape route from the stranglehold of control that prevailed over
the Indian economy. But even while promising to ease the rigours of controls,
Indian policy-makers could not give up their penchant for micromanaging from
the centre and undoing the promised relaxations with all kinds of
qualifications and “guidelines”.

Over last two decades India has evolved
into a market economy and much of governmental control has disappeared, but the
flow of foreign direct investment has not reached anywhere near the levels of
China. Besides, infrastructure building has fallen far short of what is
required. Even after three years of the enactment of the Electricity Act
(2003), private investment in electricity generation is still a trickle with the
states refusing to give up the monopoly of their electricity boards in the
matter of purchase of the power generated. While swearing by growth,
governments at both the centre and the states cite the fiscal responsibility
laws to plead their helplessness in making the required investments to improve
infrastructure.

Given this situation, the SEZs have
apparently been thought of as a simple way out. In its enthusiasm for SEZs the
commerce ministry forgot two critical lessons of the Chinese experience, viz.,
that an SEZ must be of an adequate size to provide opportunities for reaping
the benefit of large-scale operations and their number should be few. Every
industry or economic activity worth its name is now seeking SEZ status.
Proposals are now being floated to invite foreign educational institutions to
come to India with promises of SEZ treatment! The finance ministry apprehends a
loss of nearly Rs.1,75,000 crore in direct taxes, customs duties and excise
duties over the next five years.

12.
The objective of the author in writing the above passage seems to be to          

A. highlight the failure of Indian policy
makers regarding EPZs.

B. narrate the pros and cons of SEZs.

C. compare between the Indian EPZs and
Chinese SEZs.

D. oppose the proliferation of SEZs in
India.

E. argue that India should imitate the
Chinese policies regarding SEZs.

13.
The author’s arguments suggest the following conclusions, except          

A. SEZs may be the best option for
countries unable to provide infrastructure and business environment to attract
foreign direct investment.

B. SEZs must be large enough to house large
scale operations.

C. fiscal responsibility laws actually
limit the investment on infrastructure by the Government of India.

D. government of India must limit the
number of SEZs.

E. SEZs cause loss of tax revenue for the
central Government.

14.
The author does not oppose               

A. SEZ treatment of foreign educational
institutes in India.

B. qualifiers undoing relaxation of
government control.

C. tax benefits to strategically promote
SEZs.

D. monopoly of state electricity boards in
power purchase.

E. lack of Government initiative in
infrastructure development.

15.
The passage was most likely written in the year:

A· 1991           
B. 2001           C. 2003            D. 2006            E. 2011          

MBA:

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Answers

1(a)    2(c)    
3(c)    4(e)     5(d)    
6(d)   7(e)    8(e)    
9(e)    10(c)    11(e)     
12(d)      13(c)       14(c)    
15(d)

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