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Directions
(1-2):  Read the following information carefully and
answer the questions that follow:

The convenience of online shopping is what I
like best about it. Where else can you shop even at mid night wearing your
night suit? You do not have to wait in a line or wait till the shop assistant
is ready to help you with your purchases. It is a much better experience as
compared to going to a retail store.

– A consumer’s view

1. Which of the following can be a strong argument in favour of retail
store owners?

(1) Online shopping portals offer a great
deal of discounts which retail stores offer only during the sale season.

(2) One can compare a variety of products
online which cannot be done on a retail stores.

(3) Many online shopping portals offer the
cash on delivery feature which is for those who are sceptical about online
payments.

(4) Many consumers prefer shopping at retail
stores which are nearer to their houses.

(5) In online shopping the customer may be
deceived as he cannot touch the product he is paying for.

2. Which of the following can be Inferred from the given information?
(An inference is something that is not directly stated but can be inferred from
the given information)

(1) One can shop online at night.

(2) Those who are not comfortable using
computers can never enjoy the experience of online shopping.

(3) All retail stores provide shopping
assistants to each and every customer.

(4) The consumer whose view is presented has
shopped at retails stores as well as online.

(5) The consumer whose view is presented does
not have any retail stores in her vicinity.  

Directions
(3): Read the following information
carefully and answer the questions that follow:

“Pets are not allowed in the park premises’ A
notice put up at park entrance by the authority that is responsible for
maintenance the park.

3. Which of the following can be an assumption according to the given
information? (An assumption is something that is supposed or taken granted)

(1) At least some people who visit the park
have pets.

(2) This is the only park which does not
allow pets

(3) People who ignored this notice were fined.

(4) There are more than one entrances to the
park.

(5) Many people have now stopped visiting the
park.

Directions
(4-6) Read the following information
carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Despite repeated announcements that mobile
phones were not allowed in the examination hall, three students were caught
with their mobile phones.

(A) Mobile phones nowadays have a lot of
features and it is easy to cheat with their help.

(B) The invigilator must immediately
confiscate the mobile phones and ask the students to leave the exam hall immediately.

(C) Mobile phones are very expensive and
leaving them in bags outside the exam hall is not safe.

(D) There have been incidents where students
who left the exam hall early stole the mobile phones kept in the bags of the
students who were writing the exam.

(E) The school authorities must ask the
students to leave their phones in the custody of the invigilator before the
exam in order to avoid thefts of mobile phones.

(F) None of the other students were carrying their
phones in the exam hall.

4. Which of the following among A, B, C and D
may be a strong argument in favour
of three students who caught with the mobiles phones?

(1) Only A

(2) A & B

(3) C & D

(4) Only C

(5) B & D

5. Which among the following among A, B, E and F
may be the reason behind the school making such announcement before the exam?

(1) Only B

(2) D & E

(3) Only F

(4) Only a

(5) E & F

6. Which among the following among A, B, D and F
can be an immediate course of action for the invigilator?

(1) Only B

(2) A & D

(3) Only A

(4) D & F

(5) Only F

Directions
(7): Read the following information
carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Many manufacturing companies are now shifting
base to the rural areas of the country as there is a scarcity of space in urban
areas. Analysts say that this shift will not have a huge impact on the prices
of the product manufactured by these companies as only about 30% consumers live
in urban areas.

7. Which of the following may be the consequence of the given information?

(1) The prices of such products will decrease
drastically in the urban areas.

(2) People living in urban areas will not be
allowed to work in such manufacturing companies.

(3) These manufacturing companies had set –
ups in the urban areas before shifting base.

(4) Those who had already migrated to the
urban areas will not shift back to rural areas.

(5) The number of people migrating from rural
to urban areas in search of jobs may reduce.

Answers:

1 (5

2 (4)

3 (1) 

4 (3)

5 (4)

6 (1)

7 (5)