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1.
“On a wing and a prayer, the Indian team landed in Heathrow to take on
their formidable opponents”.
From
the above sentence it can be inferred that the Indian team was
A. high in spirits
B. well prepared
C. over confident
D. under prepared
E. buoyant
2.
It ______ not look like a great deal today, but back then it was a coup: no man
before _____to import tea directly into Ireland.
The
option that will best fill the blanks in the above sentences would be:
A. may, has dared
B. may, had dared
C. might, have dared
D. might, have ever dared
E. may, ever dared
3.
“It was AC Milan’s success in Europe in the sixties that introduced the
‘libero’ as the Italian default and a quarter of a century later, it was AC
Milan’s success in Europe that killed it off.”
Which
of the following was not implied in the above sentence?
A. AC Milan was successful in Europe in the
sixties with the help of a ‘libero’
B. AC Milan was successful in Europe in the
late eighties without a ‘Iibero’
C. The ‘Iibero’ was an Italian default for
almost a quarter of a century.
D. AC Milan was not successful in Europe
for almost a quarter of a century.
E. The Italians seldom used a ‘libero’
since late eighties.
4.
Choose the odd one:
A. Chaos / Order
B. Fact / Fiction
C. Virtue / Vice
D. Study / Analyse
E. Light / Darkness
5.
The 2001 census showed a sharp fall in the literacy rate compared to 1991, but
an increase in the literacy rate by 2006 suggests that between 1991 and 2006
lndia progressed in terms of literacy rate.
Which
of the following statements, if true, best refutes the above argument?
A. One of the causes of more literacy is
the increased population growth rate.
B. Although there was no census in 2006 the
information about the literacy rate is reliable.
C. Many of those who were illiterate in 2001
became literate by 2006.
D. The rate of fall in literacy rate
between 1991 and 2001 was more than the rate of rise in literacy rate between
2001 and 2006.
E. The rise in literacy rate between 2001
and 2006 was due to persistent campaign on television and FM radio.
6.
Ravindra Dubey was guilty of embezzlement. It means that Ravindra Dubey-
A. did not pay his bills.
B. misappropriated assets he was entrusted
with.
C. engaged in circulating black money in
the economy.
D. cheated on his spouse.
E. misreported educational qualification.
7.
Read the sentences and choose the option that best arranges them in a logical
order
A.
Some of these are tangible while others are not.
B.
The micro factors look at brand building, product development, competition,
pricing, decision making within organizations etc.
C.
Another way to classify these factors is to distinguish which of them are macro
in nature and which of them are micro.
D.
The macro factors comprise government policies, state of the economy, changing
demographics etc.
E.
The factors influencing forecasts include social, technological, economic,
political, religious, ethnic, governmental, and natural factors.
A. E-A-C-D-B
B. E-C-B-D-A
C. A-E-C-D-B
D. D-B-A-C-E
E. E-D-B-A-C
Read
the following passage and provide appropriate answers for the questions 8 – 12.
There is an essential and irreducible ‘duality’ in the normative
-conceptualisation of an individual person. We can see the person in terms of
his or her ‘agency’, recognizing and respecting his or her ability to form
goals, commitments, values, etc., and we can also see the person in terms of
his or her ‘well-being’. This dichotomy is lost in a model of exclusively
self-interested motivation, in which a person’s agency must be entirely geared
to his or her own well-being. But once that straitjacket of self-interested
motivation is removed, it becomes possible to recognize the indisputable fact
that the person’s agency can well be geared to considerations not covered – or
at least not fully covered – by his or her own well-being. Agency may be seen
as important (not just instrumentally for the pursuit of well-being, but also
intrinsically), but that still leaves open the question as to how that agency
is to be evaluated and appraised. Even though the use of one’s agency is a
matter for oneself to judge, the need for careful assessment of aims,
objective, allegiances, etc., and the conception of the good, may be important
and exacting.
To recognize the distinction between the ‘agency aspect’ and the
‘well-being aspect’ of a person does not require us to take the view that the
person’s success as
an agent must be independent, or completely
separable from, his or her success in terms of well-being. A person may well
feel happier and better off as a result of achieving what he or she wanted to
achieve – perhaps for his or her family, or community, or class, or party, or
some other cause. Also it is quite possible that a person’s well-being will go
down as a result of frustration if there is some failure to achieve what he or
she wanted to achieve as an agent, even though those achievements are not
directly concerned with his or her well-being. There is really no sound basis
for demanding that the agency aspect and the well-being aspect of a person
should be independent of each other, and it is, I suppose, even possible that
every change in one will affect the other as well. However, the point at issue
is not the plausibility of their independence, but the sustainability and
relevance of-the distinction. The fact that two variables may be so related
that one cannot change without the other, does not imply that they are the same
variable, or that they will have the same values, or that the value of one can
be obtained from the other on basis of some simple transformation.
The importance of an agency achievement does not rest entirely on the
enhancement of well-being that it may indirectly cause. The agency achievement
and well-being achievement, both of which have some distinct importance, may be
casually linked with each other, but this fact does not compromise the specific
importance of either. In so far as utility-based welfare calculations
concentrate only on the well-being of the person, ignoring the agency aspect,
or actually fails to distinguish between the agency aspect and well-being
aspect altogether, something of real importance is lost.
8.
According to the ideas in the passage, the following are not true except:
A. The value of a person’s well-being
cannot be obtained from the value of her agency.
B. A person’s agency aspect is independent
of her well-being aspect.
C. A person’s agency is important because
her well-being must depend on her agency.
D. A person’s agency must be entirely
geared towards her own well-being.
E. A person’s well-being will be dependent
on her agency in all circumstances.
9.
In the case of Japan, there is a strong empirical evidence to suggest that
systematic departure from self-interested behaviour, in the direction of duty,
loyalty and goodwill have played a substantial part in industrial success.
Which
of the following is closest to the ideas presented in the passage?
A. Japanese are duty bound selfless people.
B. The sense of well-being of the Japanese
people gets consistently enhanced due to this systematic departure from the
self-interested behaviour.
C. Had there been no enhancement of their
own well-being, the Japanese people would have not been dutiful.
D. Ability to achieve their country’s
objectives may have enhanced the sense of well-being of Japanese people.
However the agency of the Japanese people in their industrial success is
probably derived from factors beyond this sense of well-being.
E. Japanese people’s adherence to ethos of
duty, loyalty and goodwill can well be explained within the paradigm of
self-interested behaviour.
10.
Of the options presented below, which one is the best example for the ideas
propounded in the passage?
A. ‘Change for Equality’ was a campaign by
women of Iran to remove discrimination against women in their country,
Activists of the movement were attacked and jailed by the government, but the
campaign continued.
B. In January 2011, the Egyptian people
came out against the regime to topple it. Their grievances included police
atrocities, state emergency laws, lack of free election, and lack of freedom of
speech, corruption, unemployment, food price inflation and low minimum wages.
C. A worker immolated himself to highlight injustice being perpetrated by the
management against the employees in the company.
D. The factory workers carried on with the
strike in demand for increased wages, even though they were not paid wages for
the duration they were on strike.
E. A politician went on a hunger strike
against corruption which not only galvanised the state government in enacting
new laws, but also increased his image in the minds of the voters.
11.
Read the sentences given below and choose the option that is best in accordance
with the ideas in the passage.
I.
There is a need to distinguish between the agency aspect and the well-being
aspect of a person.
II.
A person can be conceptualised in terms of either agency or well-being.
Ill.
Agency is important, not just instrumentally, for the pursuit of well-being.
A. I only B.
II only C. III only D. I and III E. II and III
12.
The idea of agency, as used in the passage, is implied in all the options given
below, except:
A. A student arguing for a grade revision
B. A lawyer arguing the case for his rich
client
C. A politician on dharna to gain publicity
D. A hungry child crying for food
E. A ascetic praying for world peace
13.
Which of the following sentences is grammatically incorrect?
A. Bats are able to fly in the dark.
B. Bats can fly in the dark
C. Bats have the ability to fly in the
dark.
D. Bats cannot fly in the dark if it rains.
E. Bats have the ability of flying in the
dark, if it does not rain.
14.
Alfredo, Diego and Lionel are discussing Argentinean football.
Alfredo:
Argentina was a football powerhouse.
Diego:
Argentina is a football powerhouse.
Lionel:
Argentina will be a football powerhouse.
Which
of the following cannot be inferred from the above conversation?
A. Lionel is optimistic about the future.
B. Alfredo, Diego and Lionel may disagree
on certain things.
C. Diego views the present positively.
D. Alfredo completely disagrees with Diego.
E. Alfredo has positive feelings about the
past.
15.
Choose the grammatically correct sentence from the options given below.
A. Surprisingly, given the recent labour
problems in the factory, the factory manager has enjoyed considerable support
from they who had previously challenged his leadership.
B. Surprisingly, given the recent labour
problems in the factory, the factory manager has enjoyed considerable support
from them who had previously challenged his leadership.
C. Surprisingly, given the recent labour
problems in the factory, the factory manager has enjoyed considerable support
from he who had previously challenged his leadership.
D. Surprisingly, given the recent labour
problems in the factory, the factory manager has enjoyed considerable support
from those who had previously challenged his leadership.
E. Surprisingly, given the recent labour
problems in the factory, the factory manager has enjoyed considerable support
from that who had previously challenged his leadership.
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Answers
1(d) 2(b)
3(d) 4(d) 5(d)
6(b) 7(a) 8(a)
9(d) 10(e) 11(d)
12(e) 13(e) 14(d)
15(d)