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This quiz consists of questions from
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1.  Read the sentences and choose the option that
best arranges them in a logical order. 

1. He might make the opposite mistake; when
I want to assign a name to this group of nuts, he might understand it as a
numeral,

2. Now, one can ostensively define a proper
name, the name of a colour, the name of a material, a numeral, the name of a
point of the compass and so on.

3. The definition of the number two.
“That is called ‘two’ ” pointing to two nuts is perfectly exact. But
how can two be defined like that?

4. He may suppose this; but perhaps he does
not.

5. The person one gives the definition to
doesn’t know what one wants to call “two”; he will suppose that
“two” is the name given to this group of nuts! 

(1)
1, 2, 3, 5, 4             (2) 2, 3, 5, 4,
1             (3) 3, 5, 4, 2, 1             (4) 5, 2, 3, 1, 4             (5) 2, 3, 4, 1, 5

Analyse
the following passage and provide an appropriate answer for the questions 2
through 3 that follow. 

Silver is especially and repetitively
savage about what he sees as the extravagant claims made for particle physics,
arguing that once the proton, neutron, and electron were found and their
properties experimentally confirmed, the very expensive searches for ever more
exotic particles, such as the Higgs Boson, were increasingly harder to justify
other than by their importance to particle physicists. Most of the particles
resemble ecstatic happiness: They are very short-lived and have nothing to do
with everyday life. His repeated assault goes to the level of sarcasm:
“Finding the Higgs Boson will be a magnificent technical and theoretical
triumph. Like a great Bobby Fisher game”. Of course, this is a tad unfair,
even if some of the claims of its practitioners invite such assaults on their
field. 

2.
Which of the following, if true, will weaken the argument described in the
passage?

(1) All streams of new science need to
undergo through a period of uncertainty and we should not criticize research in
particle physics alone.

(2) Necessity is the mother of every
invention.

(3) Knowledge has preceded application in
all spheres of science.

(4) Funding agency supporting research on
Higgs Boson do not mind wasting their money.

(5) Do not expect everyone to appreciate
everything. 

3.
Identify the statement(s) that is(are) logically consistent with the content of
the paragraph: 

I. Silver is an ardent critic of Higgs
Boson theory.

II. Everyday life has nothing to do with
experimental confirmation of the properties of proton, neutron and electron.

III. Identifying more information about
Higgs Boson is a significant contribution to particle physics.

IV. Research on exotic particles in
particle physics is an expensive proposition. 

(1) Only I         (2)
Only II        (3) Only II and IV         (4) Only IV       (5) Only I and IV

Analyse
the following passage and provide an appropriate answer for the questions 4
through 5 that follow. 

Fashion is different from custom, or rather
is a particular species of it. That is not the fashion which everybody wears,
but which those wear who are of a high rank, or character. The graceful, the
easy, and the commanding manners of the great, joined to the usual richness and
magnificence of their dress, give a grace to the very form which they happen to
bestow upon it. As long as they continue to use this form, it is connected in
our imaginations with the idea of something that is genteel and magnificent,
and though in itself it should be indifferent, it seems, on account of this
relation, to have something about it that is genteel and magnificent too. As
soon as they drop it, it loses all the grace, which it had appeared to possess
before, and being now used only by the inferior ranks of people, seems to have
something of their meanness and awkwardness. 

4.
Which phrase would be the best title of the passage? 

(1) Proletariat fashion models and fashion
shows

(2) Scourge of fashion

(3) The clothes make the man

(4) The man make the cloth

(5) Predicting fashion-trends and
character 

5.
Which is nearest to the central idea in the passage? 

(1) Fashion improves grace of a person.

(2) Grace is indicated by the fashion
adopted.

(3) Grace is a characteristic of
imaginative persons.

(4) The contemporary nature of fashion
portrays the society. 

(5) Grace is a reflection of the person’s
rank or character. 

6.  Social roles may either conflict or cooperate
within any given person, depending upon the circumstances. They conflict when
the behaviour patterns demanded by one role cannot be performed while
performing the second role. Thus, one cannot easily be a saintly rake or a
feminine brut, but given an understanding husband, a woman can be both a loving
wife and a loving mother with no conflict between the roles. 

Which
of the following methods is used by the author to make his or her point? 

1. Applying an individual attribute to a
whole

2. Implying contradictions without actually
citing them

3. Relying on common-sense notions of
social roles

4. Presenting specific examples to clarify
a generality

5. Using paradox to highlight an implicit
contradiction 

7.
While no one made any _______________ the financial scandal while he was in the
room, there was a feeling of awe to the ________ created by the broker that had
snared many unsuspecting investors under the 
______________that everyone would end up rich and the fact that he had
been celebrating his ________of the legal authorities by attending parties. 

The
option that best fills the blanks in the above paragraph would be: 

(1) delusion, elusion, allusion, illusion

(2) elusion, illusion, allusion, delusion

(3) allusion, delusion, illusion, elusion

(4) illusion, allusion, delusion, elusion

(5) allusion, illusion, delusion, elusion

8.
“So you want me to proscribe Ceecee… “. The most suitable inference about
Ceecee can be: 

(1) A book written by a senior politician
who was expelled recently from the party, revealing the unpalatable secrets
about the functioning of the government.

(2) A newly published book from the most
respected management expert worldwide.

(3) A specific medicine requested by a
patient; here the request is made to a family doctor, who is also a close
friend of the patient.

(4) A leader who needs moral support from
friends.

(5) A student who asks for a specific
instruction from her teacher. 

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

1. Well, it may mean various things; but
one very likely thinks first of all that a picture of the object comes before
the child’s mind when it hears the word.

2. But what does this mean?

3. I will call it “ostensive teaching of
words”. I say that it will form an important part of the training, because it
is so with human beings; not because it could not be imagined otherwise.

4. But now, if this does happen – is it the
purpose of the word? Yes, it may be the purpose. I can imagine such a use of
words (of series of sounds).

5. This ostensive teaching of words can be
said to establish an association between the word and the thing. 

(1)
2, 3, 4, 5, 1             (2) 2, 3, 5, 4,
1             (3) 3, 5, 4, 2, 1             (4) 5, 3, 2, 1, 4             (5) 3, 5, 2, 1, 4 

10. The boss called to inform that he
_________ be coming to office that day. However the employees did not take it
easy as they know it was his _________ to give them a surprise by coming in and
checking who was at work. Any employee, once caught not working, would then be
required to _________ on the reasons for not working and if the boss was not
satisfied the employee had to work on Sunday to __________ the wrong. 

The option that best fills the blanks in
the above paragraph would be: 

(1)
won’t, wont, expatiate, expiate

(2)
won’t, wont, expiate, expatiate

(3)
wont, won’t, expatiate, expiate

(4)
won’t, wont, expatriate, expiate

(5)
wont, won’t, expatriate, expatiate 

11. Gourmet is to gourmand as 

(1)
aquatic is to aqueduct 

(2)
foliage is to fodder 

(3)
ecclesiastic is to earthy

(4)
election is to elector

(5)
epitaph is to epilogue

12. In the song sung on Independence day,
Ram’s voice was ___________. 

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

(1)
high pitched 

(2)
pitched high

(3)
possessing of high pitch

(4)
characterised by pitch

(5)
of higher pitch 

13. In the election of 2009, the internet
emerged as the new communication ______________ to be used by political parties
to inform the voters about their agenda. 

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

(1)
mode         (2) instrument            (3) medium                (4)
media         (5) method 

14. “Indigestion? Acidity? Unable to
sleep?…Don’t spend the time tossing and turning! Tak Magix for a sound,
restful sleep … you ‘ll soon fall asleep, and wake up refreshed and energized.
Remember … Magix when you are suffering from acidity and need that sleep!” 

All of the following are claims of Magix
except: 

(1)
A good night’s sleep 

(2)
Added energy

(3)
A cure to indigestion

(4)
Quickly falling asleep

(5)
A restful slumber 

15. Filmmakers tend to highlight their
emotional points with visuals, rather than dialogue. Words tend to be the tools
of playwrights. Images are the stuff that films are made of. Nevertheless, many
successful films have been made from stage plays and contain little else than
one location or one stage set.  

The option most opposite to the idea in the
paragraph: 

(1)
Films are not necessarily a filmmaker’s medium.

(2)
Films are not limited to any one particular style.

(3)
Films are solely built upon visual and eye- catching scenes. 

(4)
Films are better made by playwrights and novelists. 

(5)
Films perhaps are better understood by literary critics.

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Answers

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

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