Which of the following is the right one.
- He is older than I am
- He is older than me
- He is older than I
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The magic of Mahatma Gandhi is that he defies categorization. Would one call him a saint, philosopher, social reformer, or politician? Actually, he was all of these and perhaps, much more than any of these. He was a deeply religious person, but which religion could one ascribe his beliefs to? He was greatly influenced by Vedanta, but was not really a traditional Vedantist. Vedantic thought tells us the atman or self in each individual is essentially one, a part of the divine being or Brahman. The traditional interpretation of this principle is an effort to disassociate oneself from the world and its machinations so that one becomes free of maya or the illusion of a separately existing, ego-bound I . Gandhi applied this principle in his unique way, extending it to strive for a better society, free of all divisions. He worked for caste and communal amity and maintained that the service of the neediest people is the worship of Daridranarayan (God in the form of the poor). His life's mission was to work for the betterment of society by affirmative action. For him, India's independence was not merely about wrangling power from the British but about creating a more equitable society or Swarajya, "for those toiling and unemployed millions who do not get even a square meal a day and have to scratch along with a piece of stale roti and a pinch of salt". The Bhagavad Gita says, "You have the right to act, but do so without expecting the fruits of your action." From this, Gandhi drew inspiration to persevere undaunted in his struggle, fully understanding that his may be a prolonged struggle which may or may not yield the expected results within a reasonable period of time
. Many attribute his fetish for fasts to the Jain philosophy, which was an early influence on him. However, there was a key difference in the application of this principle by Gandhi. While the Jain concept of fasting is renunciation of action that of Gandhi was fasting for a cause. In the Sermon on the Mount, another great inspiration for Gandhi, Jesus says, "Resist not him that is evil, but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek turn to him the other also." Forgiveness, the central principle of Christ, was embraced by Gandhi, but he did not stop at that. He extended this principle to make non-violent opposition a potent weapon. Fighting against injustice without causing any harm or harboring any ill-feelings towards the enemy came to be his guiding principle. Hence, though deeply religious, he cannot be categorized as belonging to any particular sect or creed. Like all great messiahs and masters, he rose above the practices of the day and culled the essence from each faith, beautifully interweaving various religious traditions to create a mosaic of spirituality that was uniquely his own
This passage principally intends to:
(1) Extol disciplinary ideas.
(2) Recognize the great work done.
(3) Identify the creation and practice of an ideology.
(4) Extend religious beliefs.
(5) Create a feeling of curiosity.
74. The phrase "defies categorization" in the passage means:
(1) Challenges classification.
(2) Resists grouping.
(3) Rebels labeling
(4) Disobeys groups
(5) Dares tagging
75. The last paragraph of the passage succeeds mainly in:
(1) Laying down the political ideologies of the times.
(2) Bringing out the greatness of the future leaders.
(3) Highlighting the evolution of Gandhian ideology
(4) Defining true religion.
(5) Delineating the philosophy of life.
Farmers who used "slash and burn" methods of clearing forests to grow crops thousands of years ago could have increased carbon dioxide levels enough to change the climate, researchers claimed today.The US scien- tists believe that small populations released carbon emissions as they cleared large tracts of land to produce relatively meagre amounts of food.They were much less efficient than farmers using today's agricultural practices because there were no constraints on land.
A study published online in the journal Quaternary Science Reviews by researchers at the University of Virginia and the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) said that early farmers could have cleared five or more times as much land as they used at any one time.According to the researchers, today's population of six billion people uses about 90% less land per person for growing food than the early farming societies.William Ruddiman, the paper's lead author and emeritus professor of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia, said the early farmers were likely to have cleared land by burning forests, planted crop seeds among the dead stumps and moved on to a new area once the yields declined."They used more land for farming because they had little incentive to maximise yield from less land, and because there was plenty of forest to burn. They may have inadvertently altered the climate," he said.
Ruddiman first published a hypothesis five years ago suggesting people began altering the global climate thousands of years ago, with human activity accounting for rises in carbon dioxide that began about 7,000 years ago.His theory was criticised by scientists who believe the human impact on the climate began with the industrial revolution because earlier populations were too small to influence the level of carbon emissions in the atmosphere.
But Ruddiman said that early farming methods, with around 10 times the amount of land per person than is used today, could have created an impact on the climate despite the small number of people in early civilisations.
54. Which of the following would be strongly supported by Ruddiman's critics ?
(1) Land use in the past was similar to land use today and that the great population explosion of the past centuries has increased land use proportionally.
(2) The modes of farming have become more efficient since the industrial revolution.
(3) Farmers today use lesser land per person than farmers before the industrial revolution.
(4) The proportion of carbon emitted by vehicles is much more as compared to that emitted by agricultural practices.
(5) Farmers of the earlier ages used 10 times more land per person than the present day farmers
2)The passage is trying to establish which of the following facts ?
A. Much smaller earlier populations used more land than the current populations and may have more greatly affected climate than current models reflect.
B. Much smaller earlier populations burnt and cleared a lot of forest land and may have more greatly affected climate than current models reflect.
C. Much smaller earlier populations used lesser land than the current populations and may have more greatly affected climate than current models reflect.
(1) Only A (2) Only B (3) A and B (4) B and C (5) A, B and C
The author's tone in the passage is?
(1) Supportive (2) Analytical (3) Neutral (4) Expounding (5) Can't Say
Even as the tiger crisis makes the headlines, conservationists should be doing all they can to garner greater public support for wildlife conservation. Instead, we are making many more enemies. Across the country in dozens of sites, the fragile livelihoods that communities living within forests have carved out for themselves are being snatched away by insensitive conservation laws and programmes. The people, who have for centuries considered forests their mother, are being alienated from them.
In March this year, there were reports of widespread forest fires in the Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary, in Karnataka. Once famous as the hideout of Veerappan, BRT WLS is a stronghold of the elephant and other wildlife, as also home to a few thousand Soliga adivasis. Newspaper reports cited forest officials blaming these adivasis for the fires, suggesting that they were probably taking out their anger on the government for having banned collection of non-timber forest produce.
An investigation by Kalpavriksh revealed that indeed the Soliga adivasis were angry and upset. The ban on collection of produce like amla (gooseberry), medicinal plants, honey, and lichen, had hit them badly. In some cases such produce comprised over 60 per cent of their income, apart from their own use for food, health, housing, and other requirements.
Gauramma, an elder of Kaneri Colony, a Soliga settlement, had this to say: "Ever since we have been stopped from collecting forest produce, we are in a desperate situation. We used to have two full meals a day, now even one is difficult to get." She and her husband now migrate out of the sanctuary to work, earning a meager amount as labour in the fields of non-adivasis. Our investigation found that the Soligas could not be blamed for most of the forest fires. However, the alienation caused by the NTFP ban led to a lack of interest in reporting fires or helping the Forest Department to douse them, as was the case earlier. Additionally, local researchers reported that outsiders had chopped down several dozen amla (gooseberry) trees in the WLS. In previous years, they would have been stopped by the Soligas who had a stake in protecting the trees. Clearly, the NTFP ban is not only causing widespread impoverishment and misery, but also backfiring on conservation itself.
This will intensify if the anger among the Soligas grows, and if, as some local social workers fear, "Naxalite" groups active in nearby areas gain a foothold among the disgruntled adivasis. BRT WLS is not an isolated example.
A recent study revealed that thousands of families in various protected areas of Orissa have suffered a similar fate. In Baisipalli and Satkosia Sanctuaries, the ban on NTFP collection has reduced already thin earnings, by 50 to 90 per cent. Many families are migrating to find work, with serious impact on social life and greater chances of exploitation. The government has provided no alternatives.
This is an issue of grave constitutional and human rights violation, as the right to life can only be sustained if access to basic livelihood resources is ensured.
The main point from the author's view is that
(1) there is a need for a more balanced approach to conservation and livelihoods.
(2) basic livelihood activities should be considered "bona fide" and not "commercial".
(3) the effect of this widespread hostility because of the law may be more serious than it was in the absence of the law.
(4) the anti-social elements will thrive under such laws.
(5) only large scale extraction should be banned.
71. The author's attitude as it is revealed in the language used is one of:
(1) Skepticism
(2) Hostility
(3)Criticism
(4) Indifference
(5) Scathing
72. According to the passage the ban would result in:
(1) affecting the produce.
(2) rebounding on conservation.
(3) creating social stigma.
(4) degrading the fauna.
(5) eroding the culture.
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I got 51 percentile in Verbal last year, still I made it to 94 in total. My english is not that bad, but, I really am doing some blunder somewhere. Can someone guide me on how to prepare for CAT 2016?
1) I should be able to devote half an hour everyday and around 4 hours on a weekend (9.5 per week) for english.
2) I am the lazy one and not very motivated when it comes to studying english.
3) I am located in Bangalore, and am open to studying in group. (HELP)
4) Aiming strictly for only top 10 B Schools.
(I need more help than someone telling me to read newspaper!)
Verbal Aptitude Quiz for MBA entrance exams
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This quiz consists of questions from various past papers of MBA entrance exams. Leave your answers/ responses in the comments section below and soon we'll let you know the correct answers!
Direction for questions 1 to 3: In each of the following questions, a part of a sentence has been left blank. Select from among the four options given below each question, the one which would best fill in the blank.
1. The present constitution will see _________ amendments but its basic structure will survive.
a. much more
b. many more
c. too many more
d. quite a few more
2. Taking risks, breaking the rules, and being a maverick have always been important for companies, but, today, they are __________.
a. more crucial than ever
b. more crucial
c. much more crucial
d. very crucial
3. Education is central because electronic networks and software-driven technologies are beginning to __________ the economic barriers between nations.
a. break down
b. break
c. crumble
d. dismantle
Direction for questions 4 to 10: Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D in a proper sequence so as to make a coherent paragraph.
4.
A. It begins with an ordinary fever and a moderate cough.
B. India could be under attack from a class of germs that cause what are called atypical pneumonias.
C. Slowly, a sore throat progresses to bronchitis and then pneumonia and respiratory complications.
D. It appears like the ordinary flu, but baffled doctors find that the usual drugs don't work.
a. ABCD b. BDAC c. ADCB d. BCDA
5.
A. Chemists mostly don't stock it: only a few government hospitals do but in limited quantities.
B. Delhi's building boom is creating a bizarre problem: snakes are increasingly biting people as they emerge from their disturbed underground homes.
C. There isn't enough anti-snake serum, largely because there is no centralised agency that distributes the product.
D. If things don't improve, more people could face paralysis, and even death.
a. BCAD b. DBCA c. ABCD d. CABD
6.
A. But the last decade has witnessed greater voting and political participation by various privileged sections.
B. If one goes by the earlier record of mid-term elections, it is likely that the turnout in 1998 will drop by anything between four and six percentage points over the already low polling of 58 per cent in 1996.
C. If this trend offsets the mid-term poll fatigue, the fall may not be so steep.
D. Notwithstanding a good deal of speculation on this issue, it is still not clear as to who benefits from a lower turnout.
a. BACD b. ABCD c. DBAC d. CBDA
7.
A. After several routine elections there comes a 'critical' election which redefines the basic pattern of political loyalties, redraws political geography and opens up political space.
B. In psephological jargon, they call it realignment.
C. Rather, since 1989, there have been a series of semi-critical elections.
D. On a strict definition, none of the recent Indian elections qualifies as a critical election.
a. ABCD b. ABDC c. DBAC d. DCBA
8.
A. Trivial pursuits marketed by the Congress, is a game imported from Italy.
B. The idea is to create an imaginary saviour in times of crisis so that the party doesn't fall flat on its collective face.
C. Closest contenders are Mani Shankar Aiyar, who still hears His Master's Voice and V. George, who is frustrated by the fact that his political future remains Sonia and yet so far.
D. The current champion is Arjun for whom all roads lead to Rome, or in this case, 10 Janpath.
a. ABDC b. ABCD c. DCBA d. CDBA
9.
A. Good advertising can make people buy your products even if it sucks.
B. A dollar spent on brainwashing is more cost-effective than a dollar spent on product improvement.
C. That's important because it takes pressure off you to make good products.
D. Obviously, there's a minimum quality that every product has to achieve: it should be able to withstand the shipping process without becoming unrecognizable.
a. BACD b. ACBD c. ADCB d. BCDA
10.
A. Almost a century ago, when the father of the modern automobile industry, Henry Ford, sold the first Model T car, he decided that only the best would do for his customers.
B. Today, it is committed to delivering the finest quality with over six million vehicles a year in over 200 countries across the world.
C. And for over 90 years, this philosophy has endured in the Ford Motor Company.
D. Thus, a vehicle is ready for the customer only if it passes the Ford 'Zero Defect Programme'.
a. ABCD b. ACDB c. ACBD d. CDAB
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The style of teaching at the Indian Institutes of Technology is much more ________(i)________ than that in top American universities like Stanford and MIT, where innovative thinking is inculcated and encouraged, one probable reason for there being no inventors / entrepreneurs in the ________(ii)_________ of Steve Wozniack, Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Mark Zuckerberg.
a)dogmatic...wake
b)insular...person
c)didactic...mould
d)pedantic...likes
Note:More than one of the above answer choices could also be correct.
The powers and abilities conferred by the use of language entail cognitive successes of various kinds. But language may also be the source of cognitive failures. The idea that language is potentially misleading is familiar from many practical contexts like politics, and interpretation of works of scripture, literature, legal documents and scientific treatises. The "mist and veil of words," as the Irish philosopher George Berkeley (1685 − 1753) described it, is a traditional theme in the history of philosophy. Confucius (551 − 479bc), for example, held that, when words go wrong, there is no limit to what else may go wrong with them; for this reason, "the civilized person is anything but casual in what he says." This view has inspired efforts by some philosophers and linguists to construct an "ideal" language − i.e., one that would be semantically or logically "transparent."
According to the author, what should be the characteristics of an ideal language?
a)An ideal language should follow mathematical logic so that the inferences that can be drawn are clear and objective.
b)An ideal language should not be associated with pessimism and should inspire people to use it as a tool for acquiring knowledge.
c)An ideal language should not obscure ideas behind a veil of words and not use professional idioms.
d) None of the above.
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Verbal Aptitude Quiz for MBA entrance exams
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This quiz consists of questions from various past papers of MBA entrance exams. Leave your answers/ responses in the comments section below and soon we'll let you know the correct answers!
Direction for questions 1 to 5: A part of each sentence given below has been underlined. You have to select the option that best replaces the underlined part.
1. British Airspace has been focusing on building European links.
a. concentrating on creating European links
b. pursuing ways of building European connectivity
c. stressing on building European links
d. focusing on forging European links
2. The appetite of banks for funds was lost under the onslaught of the slowdown, corporates refused to borrow even as bank deposits flourished.
a. bank deposits flourished
b. bank deposits swelled
c. bank deposits were enhanced
d. bank deposits flummoxed
3. The 8th-century revival of Byzantine learning is an inexplicable phenomenon, and its economic and military precursors have yet to be discovered.
a. a phenomenon yet to be discovered
b. a phenomenon incompletely explained
c. an inexplicable phenomenon
d. an unidentifiable phenomenon
4. The management can still hire freely but cannot scold freely.
a. cannot scold at will
b. cannot give umbrage
c. cannot take decisions to scold
d. cannot scold willfully
5. Many people mistake familiarity for a vulgar style, and suppose that to write without affectation is to write at random speed.
a. is to write at random
b. is to write randomly
c. is to write fast
d. is to do speed writing
Direction for questions 6 to 10: Arrange sentences A, B, C and D between sentences 1 and 6, so as to form a logical sequence of six sentences.
6.
1. Whenever technology has flowered, it has put man's language - developing skills into overdrive.
A. Technical terms are spilling into mainstream language almost as fast as junk - mail is slapped into e-mail boxes.
B. The era of computers is no less.
C. From the wheel with its axle to the spinning wheel with its bobbins, to the compact disc and its jewel box, inventions have trailed new words in their wake.
D. "Cyberslang is huge, but it's parochial, and we don't know what will filter into the large culture," said Tom Dalzell, who wrote the slang dictionary Flappers 2 Rappers.
6. Some slangs already have a pedigree.
a. BCAD b. CBAD c. ABCD d. DBCA
7.
1. Until the MBA arrived on the scene the IIT graduate was king.
A. A degree from one of the five IITs was a passport to a well-paying job, great prospects abroad and, for some, a decent dowry to boot.
B. From the day he or she cracked the Joint Entrance Examination, the IIT student commanded the awe of neighbours and close relatives.
C. IIT students had, meanwhile, also developed their own special culture, complete with lingo and attitude, which they passed down.
D. True, the success stories of IIT graduates are legion and they now constitute the cream of the Indian diaspora.
6. But not many alumni would agree that the IIT undergraduate mindset merits a serious psychological study, let alone an interactive one.
a. BACD b. ADCB c. BADC d. ABCD
8.
1. Some of the maharajas, like the one at Kapurthala, had exquisite taste.
A. In 1902, the Maharaja of Kapurthala gave his civil engineer photographs of the Versailles Palace and asked him to replicate it, right down to the gargoyles.
B. Yeshwantrao Holkar of Indore brought in Bauhaus aesthetics and even works of modern artists like Brancusi and Duchamp.
C. Kitsch is the most polite way to describe them.
D. But many of them, as the available light photographs show, had execrable taste.
6. Like Ali Baba's caves, some of the palaces were like warehouses with the downright ugly next to the sublimely aesthetic.
a. BACD b. BDCA c. ABCD d. ABDC
9.
1. There, in Europe, his true gifts unveiled.
A. Playing with Don Cherie, blending Indian music and jazz for the first time, he began setting the pace in the late 70s for much of what present - day fusion is.
B. John McLaughlin, the legendary guitarist whose soul has always had an Indian stamp on it, was seduced immediately.
C. Fusion by Gurtu had begun.
D. He partnered Gurtu for four years, and 'natured' him as a composer.
6. But for every experimental musician there's a critic nestling nearby.
a. ABCD b. BCAD c. ADBC d. ABDC
10.
1. India, which has two out of every five TB patients in the world, is on the brink of a major public health disaster.
A. If untreated, a TB patient can die within five years.
B. Unlike AIDS, the great curse of modern sexuality, the TB germ is airborne, which means there are no barriers to its spread.
C. The dreaded infection ranks fourth among major killers worldwide.
D. Every minute, a patient falls prey to the infection in India, which means that over five lakh people die of the disease annually.
6. Anyone, anywhere can be affected by this disease.
a. CADB b. BACD c. ABCD d. DBAC
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Verbal Aptitude Quiz for MBA entrance exams
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This quiz consists of questions from various past papers of MBA entrance exams. Leave your answers/ responses in the comments section below and soon we'll let you know the correct answers!
Direction for questions 1 to 5: In each of the following questions, a paragraph has been split into four parts. You have to rearrange these parts to form a coherent paragraph.
1.
A. His left-hand concealed a blackjack, his right-hand groped for the torch in his pocket.
B. The meeting was scheduled for 9 o'clock, and his watch showed the time to be a quarter to nine.
C. The man lurked in the corner, away from the glare of light.
D. His heart thumped in his chest, sweat beads formed themselves on his forehead, his mouth was dry.
a. CABD b. BDAC c. BADC d. ABCD
2.
A. The director walked into the room and took a look around the class.
B. Mitch wanted to scream - the illogicality of the entire scene struck him dumb.
C. The managers stared at him with the look of fear that no democratic country should tolerate in its people.
D. He walked out of the room - it was his irrevocable protest against an insensible and insensitive situation.
a. ACBD b. BDAC c. BCAD d. ABCD
3.
A. The establishment of the Third Reich influenced events in American history by starting a chain of events which culminated in war between Germany and the United States.
B. The Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1936 prohibited trade with any belligerents or loans to them.
C. While speaking out against Hitler's atrocities, the American people generally favoured isolationist policies and neutrality.
D. The complete destruction of democracy, the persecution of Jews, the war on religion, the cruelty and barbarism of the allies, caused great indignation in this country and brought on fear of another World War.
a. ABCD b. CBDA c. CDBA d. ADCB
4.
A. An essay which appeals chiefly to the intellect is Francis Bacon's Of Studies.
B. His careful tripartite division of studies expressed succinctly in aphoristic prose demands the complete attention of the mind of the reader.
C. He considers studies as they should be; for pleasure, for self-improvement, for business.
D. He considers the evils of excess study: laziness, affectation, and preciosity.
a. DCBA b. ABCD c. CDBA d. ACBD
5.
A. By reasoning we mean the mental process of drawing an inference from two or more statements or going from the inference to the statements, which yield that inference.
B. So logical reasoning covers those types of questions, which imply drawing an inference from the problems.
C. Logic means, if we take its original meaning, the science of valid reasoning.
D. Clearly, for understanding arguments and for drawing the inference correctly, it is necessary that we should understand the statements first.
a. ACBD b. CABD c. ABCD d. DBCA
Directions for questions 6 to 10: In each of the following sentences, a part of the sentence is underlined. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of phrasing the underlined part are indicated. Choose the best alternative among the four.
6. It was us who had left before he arrived.
a. we who had left before time he had arrived.
b. us who had went before he arrived.
c. us who had went before had arrived.
d. we who had left before he arrived.
7. The MP rose up to say that in her opinion, she thought the Women's Reservation Bill should be passed on unanimously.
a. rose to say that she thought the Women's Reservation Bill should be passed
b. rose up to say that, the Women's Reservation Bill should be passed on
c. rose to say that, in her opinion, she thought that the Women's Reservation Bill should be passed
d. rose to say that, in her opinion, the Women's Reservation Bill should be passed on
8. Mr Pillai, the president of the union and who is also a member of the community group, will be in charge of the negotiations.
a. since he is a member of the community group
b. also being a member of the community group
c. a member of the community group
d. in addition, who is a member of the community group
9. Since the advent of cable television, at the beginning of this decade, the entertainment industry took a giant stride forward in our country.
a. this decade saw the entertainment industry taking
b. this decade, the entertainment industry has taken
c. this decade, the entertainment industry had taken
d. this decade, the entertainment industry took
10. His mother made great sacrifices to educate him, moving house on three occasions, and severing the thread on her loom's shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to make him understand the need to persevere.
a. severing the thread on her loom's shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to make him understand the need to persevere.
b. severed the thread on her loom's shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to make him understand the need to persevere.
c. severed the thread on her loom's shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to make him understand the need for persevering.
d. severing the thread on her loom's shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to make them understand the need to persevere.
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The conductor's role in a dance performance is completely different from his role in a music performance. The dance conductor brings all parts into focus. With one eye on the stage and one on the musicians, he shapes the orchestra's interpretation so that it will sustain the action, supplying important cues, pushing the dancers when needed, or adding a lilt to make a rhythm less square.
One of the most important skills for dance conductors is the ability to keep a ________________ tempo without becoming inexpressive or mechanical. They can't rely on _________________ rubatos or accelerations to create excitement or __________________. It would _____________ the dancers. ________________________.
a)stable, automatic, suffering, make off ................. There is no difference between ballet music and other music; there is only good and bad music.
b)balanced, voluntary, bathos, set off .................. But musically under-rehearsed performances are an inevitable reality.
c)static, natural, compassion, rub off ................... There is also the reality that dance audiences often don't seem to pay much attention to the music; it's common to hear whispering during overtures and musical interludes.
d)steady, spontaneous, pathos, throw off ................... This is even truer in musical theatre, where conductors are expected to produce consistent performances for months or years, through cast changes, timed down to the minute.
The entire conceptual edifice of modern science is a product of biology. Even the most basic and profound ideas of science − relativity, quantum theory, theory of evolution by natural selection − are generated and necessarily limited by the particular capacities of our human biology, the limitations of our human brains. This implies that the content and scope of scientific knowledge is not open-ended.
Which of the following, if true, would weaken the above argument?
a)Human biology is not too different from that of animals' like apes, yet humans have clearly superior scientific knowledge, so human biology does not limit us
b)Science is the study of objective truths − i.e. what's really 'out there' − and not limited by subjective capabilities.
c)In the future, human beings could find ways to radically expand the capacities of our brains.
d)There is still a lot more scientific knowledge left to be discovered before we reach the limits of our biology.
Verbal Aptitude Quiz for MBA entrance exams
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This quiz consists of questions from various past papers of MBA entrance exams. Leave your answers/ responses in the comments section below and soon we'll let you know the correct answers!
Direction for questions 1 to 5: In each of the following questions, a paragraph has been split into four parts. You have to rearrange these parts to form a coherent paragraph.
1.
A. His left-hand concealed a blackjack, his right-hand groped for the torch in his pocket.
B. The meeting was scheduled for 9 o'clock, and his watch showed the time to be a quarter to nine.
C. The man lurked in the corner, away from the glare of light.
D. His heart thumped in his chest, sweat beads formed themselves on his forehead, his mouth was dry.
a. CABD b. BDAC c. BADC d. ABCD
2.
A. The director walked into the room and took a look around the class.
B. Mitch wanted to scream - the illogicality of the entire scene struck him dumb.
C. The managers stared at him with the look of fear that no democratic country should tolerate in its people.
D. He walked out of the room - it was his irrevocable protest against an insensible and insensitive situation.
a. ACBD b. BDAC c. BCAD d. ABCD
3.
A. The establishment of the Third Reich influenced events in American history by starting a chain of events which culminated in war between Germany and the United States.
B. The Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1936 prohibited trade with any belligerents or loans to them.
C. While speaking out against Hitler's atrocities, the American people generally favoured isolationist policies and neutrality.
D. The complete destruction of democracy, the persecution of Jews, the war on religion, the cruelty and barbarism of the allies, caused great indignation in this country and brought on fear of another World War.
a. ABCD b. CBDA c. CDBA d. ADCB
4.
A. An essay which appeals chiefly to the intellect is Francis Bacon's Of Studies.
B. His careful tripartite division of studies expressed succinctly in aphoristic prose demands the complete attention of the mind of the reader.
C. He considers studies as they should be; for pleasure, for self-improvement, for business.
D. He considers the evils of excess study: laziness, affectation, and preciosity.
a. DCBA b. ABCD c. CDBA d. ACBD
5.
A. By reasoning we mean the mental process of drawing an inference from two or more statements or going from the inference to the statements, which yield that inference.
B. So logical reasoning covers those types of questions, which imply drawing an inference from the problems.
C. Logic means, if we take its original meaning, the science of valid reasoning.
D. Clearly, for understanding arguments and for drawing the inference correctly, it is necessary that we should understand the statements first.
a. ACBD b. CABD c. ABCD d. DBCA
Directions for questions 6 to 10: In each of the following sentences, a part of the sentence is in bold. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of phrasing the underlined part are indicated. Choose the best alternative among the four.
6. It was us who had left before he arrived.
a. we who had left before time he had arrived.
b. us who had went before he arrived.
c. us who had went before had arrived.
d. we who had left before he arrived.
7. The MP rose up to say that in her opinion, she thought the Women's Reservation Bill should be passed on unanimously.
a. rose to say that she thought the Women's Reservation Bill should be passed
b. rose up to say that, the Women's Reservation Bill should be passed on
c. rose to say that, in her opinion, she thought that the Women's Reservation Bill should be passed
d. rose to say that, in her opinion, the Women's Reservation Bill should be passed on
8. Mr Pillai, the president of the union and who is also a member of the community group, will be in charge of the negotiations.
a. since he is a member of the community group
b. also being a member of the community group
c. a member of the community group
d. in addition, who is a member of the community group
9. Since the advent of cable television, at the beginning of this decade, the entertainment industry took a giant stride forward in our country.
a. this decade saw the entertainment industry taking
b. this decade, the entertainment industry has taken
c. this decade, the entertainment industry had taken
d. this decade, the entertainment industry took
10. His mother made great sacrifices to educate him, moving house on three occasions, and severing the thread on her loom's shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to make him understand the need to persevere.
a. severing the thread on her loom's shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to make him understand the need to persevere.
b. severed the thread on her loom's shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to make him understand the need to persevere.
c. severed the thread on her loom's shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to make him understand the need for persevering.
d. severing the thread on her loom's shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to make them understand the need to persevere.
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Verbal Aptitude Quiz for MBA entrance exams
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This quiz consists of questions from various past papers of MBA entrance exams. Leave your answers/ responses in the comments section below and soon we'll let you know the correct answers!
Directions for questions 1 to 5: In each of the sentences, parts of the sentence are left blank. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the best alternative from among the four.
1. Though one eye is kept firmly on the ________, the company now also promotes __________ contemporary art.
a. present, experimental
b. future, popular
c. present, popular
d. market, popular
2. The law prohibits a person from felling a sandalwood tree, even if it grows on one's own land, without prior permission from the government. As poor people cannot deal with the government, this legal provision leads to a rip-roaring business for ________, who care neither for the _________, nor for the trees.
a. middlemen, rich
b. the government, poor
c. touts, rich
d. touts, poor
3. It will take some time for many South Koreans to _________ the conflicting images of North Korea, let alone to _________ what to make of their northern cousins.
a. reconcile, decide
b. understand, clarify
c. make out, decide
d. reconcile, understand
4. In these bleak and depressing times of _________ prices, non-performing governments and __________ crime rates, Sourav Ganguly has given us, Indians, a lot to cheer about.
a. escalating, increasing
b. spiraling, booming
c. spiraling, soaring
d. ascending, debilitating
5. The manners and ________ of the nouveau riche is a recurrent _________ in the literature.
a. style, motif
b. morals, story
c. wealth, theme
d. morals, theme
Directions for questions 6 to 10: Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6.
6.
1. Making people laugh is tricky.
A. At times, the intended humour may simply not come off.
B. Making people laugh while trying to sell them something is a tougher challenge, since the commercial can fall flat on two grounds.
C. There are many advertisements which do amuse but do not even begin to set the cash registers ringing.
D. Again, it is rarely sufficient for an advertiser simply to amuse the target audience in order to reap the sales benefit.
6. There are indications that in substituting the hardsell for a more entertaining approach, some agencies have rather thrown out the baby with the bath-water.
a. CDBA b. ABCD c. BADC d. DCBA
7.
1. Picture a termite colony, occupying a tall mud hump on an African plain.
A. Hungry predators often invade the colony and unsettle the balance.
B. The colony flourishes only if the proportion of soldiers to workers remains roughly the same, so that the queen and workers can be protected by the soldiers, and the queen and soldiers can be serviced by the workers.
C. But its fortunes are presently restored, because the immobile queen, walled in well below the ground level, lays eggs not only in large enough numbers, but also in the varying proportions required.
D. The hump is alive with worker termites and soldier termites going about their distinct kinds of business.
6. How can we account for a mysterious ability to respond like this to events on the distant surface?
a. BADC b. DBAC c. ADCB d. BDCA
8.
1. According to recent research, the critical period for developing language skills is between the age of three and five years.
A. The read-to child already has a large vocabulary and a sense of grammar and sentence structure.
B. Children who are read to in these years have a far better chance of reading well in school, indeed, of doing well in all their subjects.
C. And the reason is actually quite simple.
D. This correlation is far and away the highest yet found between home influences and school success.
6. Their comprehension of language is therefore very high.
a. DACD b. ADCB c. ABCD d. BDCA
9.
1. High-powered outboard motors were considered to be one of the major threats to the survival of the Beluga whales.
A. With these, hunters could approach Belugas within hunting range and profit from its inner skin and blubber.
B. To escape an approaching motor, Belugas have learnt to dive to the ocean bottom and stay there for up to 20 min, by which time the confused predator has left.
C. Today, however, even with much more powerful engines, it is difficult to come close, because the whales seem to disappear suddenly just when you thought you had them in your sights.
D. When the first outboard engines arrived in the early 1930s, one came across 4 HP and 8 HP motors.
6. Belugas seem to have used their well-known sensitivity to noise to evolve an 'avoidance' strategy to outsmart hunters and their powerful technologies.
a. DACB b. ACDB c. ADCB d. DBAC
10.
1. The reconstruction of history by post-revolutionary science texts involves more than a multiplication of historical misconstructions.
A. Because they aim quickly to acquaint the student with what the contemporary scientific community thinks it knows, textbooks treat the various experiments, concepts, laws and theories of the current normal science as separately and as nearly seriatim as possible.
B. Those misconstructions render revolutions invisible; the arrangement of the still visible material in science texts implies a process that, if it existed, would deny revolutions a function. C. But when combined with the generally unhistorical air of science writing and with the occasional systematic misconstruction, one impression is likely to follow.
D. As pedagogy, this technique of presentation is unexceptionable.
6. Science has reached its present state by a series of individual discoveries and inventions that, when gathered together, constitute the modern body of technical knowledge.
a. BADC b. ADCB c. DACB d. CBDA
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The temple of Wisdom is seated on a rock, above the rage of the fighting elements, and inaccessible to all the malice of man. The rolling thunder breaks below; and those more terrible instruments of human fury reach not so sublime a height. The sage looks down with compassion on the errors of mistaken mortals, who blindly seek for the true path of life, and pursue riches, nobility, honour, or power, for genuine felicity. The greatest part lie, he beholds, disappointed of their fond wishes. Some lament, that, having once possessed the object of their desires, it is ravished from them by envious fortune; and all complain, that even their own vows, though granted, cannot give them happiness, or relieve the anxiety of their distracted minds.
But does the sage always preserve himself in this philosophical indifference, and rest contented with lamenting the miseries of mankind, without employing himself for their relief? Does he constantly indulge this severe wisdom, which hardens his heart, and render him careless of the interests of mankind? No; he knows that in this sullen apathy, true happiness cannot be found. He feels too strongly the charm of the social affections ever to counteract so natural, so virtuous a propensity. Even when, bathed in tears, he laments the miseries of human race, and, unable to give succour, can only relieve them by compassion; he yet rejoices in the generous disposition, and feels a satisfaction superior to that of the most indulged sense. So engaging are the sentiments of humanity, that they brighten up the face of sorrow, and operate like the sun, which, shining on a dusky cloud or falling rain, paints on them the most glorious colours which are to be found in the whole circle of nature
But it is not here alone, that the social virtues display their energy. With whatever ingredient you mix them, they are still predominant. Sorrow and sensual pleasure cannot obscure them. The joys of love, however tumultuous, banish not the tender sentiments of affection. They even derive their chief influence from that generous passion; and when presented alone, afford nothing to the unhappy mind but disgust. Behold this sprightly debauchee, who professes a contempt of all other pleasures but those of wine and jollity: Separate him from his companions, like a spark from a fire, where before it contributed to the general blaze: His alacrity suddenly extinguishes; and though surrounded with every other means of delight, he loathes the sumptuous banquet, and prefers even the most abstracted study and speculation, as more agreeable and entertaining.
But the social passions never afford such transporting pleasures, or make so glorious an appearance in the eyes both of GOD and man, as when, shaking off every earthly mixture, they associate themselves with the sentiments of virtue, and prompt us to worthy actions.As harmonious colours mutually give and receive a lustre by their friendly union; so do these ennobling sentiments of the human mind. See the triumph of nature in parental affection! Whether a man exults in the virtue of his offspring, or flies to their succour, through the most threatening dangers, what selfish passion, what sensual delight, is a match for it?
Proceed still in purifying the generous passion, you will admire its shining glories. What charms are there in the harmony of minds, and in a friendship founded on mutual esteem and gratitude! What satisfaction in relieving the distressed, in comforting the afflicted, in raising the fallen, and in stopping the career of cruel fortune, or of cruel man, in their insults over the virtuous! What supreme joy in the victories over vice, when, by virtuous example or exhortation, our fellow-creatures are taught to govern their passions, reform their vices, and subdue their worst enemies, which inhabit within their own bosoms?
But these objects are too limited for the human mind, which, being of celestial origin, swells with the divinest affections, and carrying its attention beyond acquaintance, extends its benevolent wishes to the most distant posterity. It views liberty and laws as the source of human happiness, and devotes itself, with the utmost alacrity, to their guardianship. Toils, dangers, death carry their charms, when we brave them for the public good, and ennoble that being, which we generously sacrifice for our country's interests. Happy the man, whom indulgent fortune allows to pay to virtue what he owes to nature, and to make a generous gift of what must otherwise be ravished from him by cruel necessity.
20.Which of the following least supports the author's line of reasoning in the boldface parts of the text?
a)Every cloud has a silver lining that can direct us to our ultimate goal, human good.
b)Sorrow and happiness are part of the circle of life but social virtues cannot be obscured by them. Social virtues are the foundation stones of everlasting happiness.
c)Neither joy nor sorrow can explain the idea of the human mind. The human mind should be noble enough to entertain thoughts of liberty and the common good and should lead one to help others. d)One must give in to one's passions and be subdued by pleasures and sorrows and one's own worst enemies that inhabit within the core of one's beings.
21)The theme of the passage relates more closely to which of the following sayings?
Select all that apply:
a)Nobleness enkindles nobleness.
b)Happiness is where you are and what you want to be.
c)The greatest happiness lies in wisely advising others and making others happy.
d)A man is known by the company he keeps.
e)Man is a social animal.
22.Which of the following closely corresponds to what the author means when he says, '...what must otherwise be ravished from him by cruel necessity' (last para)?
a)Man proposes but God disposes.
b)A man never becomes poor by being philanthropic and if a person does not spend his fortune on good deeds, thieves would plunder his wealth.
c)A sage laments the miseries of the human race.
d)Man can suffer a purposeless death.
23.The allusion to a 'sprightly debauchee' in the passage is made with a view to show
a)the ephemeral nature and the evil effects of the pleasures of wine and jollity.
b)how even pleasures such as of wine and jollity are better enjoyed in company than in loneliness.
c)that social passions can never afford transporting pleasures. d)how an addict to wine and jollity detests even a sumptuous banquet.
24.Which of the following statements can be understood from the passage?
a)Social passions afford a person the greatest pleasure when they attach themselves with the sentiments of virtue and prompt him towards virtuous deeds.
b)Social passions afford a person the greatest pleasure when he indulges in pleasures to his liking and adopts a give and take policy. c)On seeing the miseries of mankind, the sage laments without ever employing himself for mankind's relief and preserves himself in philosophical indifference.
d)On seeing the miseries of mankind, the sage is apathetic to the human accidents and shows a condescending commiseration.
25.What are the closest contextual meanings of the word 'alacrity' in the order that it appears in the passage?
a)(i) fervour, & (ii) shrewdness
b)(i) zeal, & (ii) concern for consequences
c)(i) sprightliness, & (ii) objective
d)In both cases, 'fervour'.
PM Manmohan Singh lobbied for the inculsion of India amongest the set of ASEAN countries.This would help develop and liberalize trade with countries such as japan,china and other prominent members of ASEAN group.
Each of the following could account for the above except,
- The PM’s United party alliance had promised the creation of new jobs in the economy.
- The IMF would punish the PM for such a deal
- Being a shrewed economist,Manmohan Singh nations of the ASEAN would definately lead to an increase in the Trade defecit of the country
- The Inclusion of India in the ASEAN would be a mojor achivement on the economic and political front for manmohan singh
- The PM is up for re-election and needs to show results.
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