MOCK XAT - I

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 SECTION A : ANALYTICAL REASONING & DECISION MAKING

Question No 1-5: In each of the five consecutive 2. At the end of the game in Year 4, how many
years namely Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4 and Year participants, out of all the mentioned nine, were
5 (in that order), the sports department of a school awarded lesser number of points than the number
organized a game in which exactly five students of points awarded to Rashmi ?
participated every year. Every year, at the end of the
game, the five participants were given five different A. 6
ranks viz. Rank 1, Rank 2, Rank 3, Rank 4 and Rank B. 7
5. The number of points awarded to the participants C. 5
ranked 1, 2 and 3 were 5, 3 and 1 respectively. No D. 8
points were awarded to the participants ranked 4 and E. Cannot be determined
5.
3. In Year 5, what is the ratio of the number of points
At the end of the game in year 5, the total number of
awarded to Sanjay and Sameer?
points awarded to nine participants viz. Aman,
Aabhas, Naveen, Urmi, Sameer, Rashmi, Sanjay,
A. 1: 3
Kanika and Prashant were as given in the following
B. 3: 1
table:
C. 1: 5
Name of the Student Point D. 5:1
Aman 5 E. Cannot be determined
Aabhas 5
Naveen 8 4. In Year 2, the list of participants who were awarded
Urmi 2
Sameer 5 Rank 1, Rank 3 and Rank 2 (in that order) is
Rashmi 6
Sanjay 4 A. Aabhas, Urmi and Rashmi
Kanika 10 B. Naveen, Aabhas and Urmi
Prashant 0 C. Urmi, Rashmi and Naveen
In Year 1, Aman, Aabhas, Naveen, Urmi and Sameer D. Sameer, Urmi and Rashmi
participated in the game. In Year 2, Rashmi replaced E. Cannot be determined.
Aman in the game. In Year 3, Sanjay replaced Aabhas
in the game. The same process followed in the 5. In which of the following years, was Rashmi
subsequent years. It is also known that out of all the awarded Rank 2?
nine students, Kanika was the only student who was
awarded points in two consecutive years. A. Year 2
B. Year 3
1. If Sameer was awarded Rank 3 in Year 3, then C. Year 4
which of the following participants was awarded D. Year 5
Rank 2, in Year 3? E. Both (A) and (C)

A. Naveen
B. Rashmi
C. Sanjay
D. Either (A) or (B)
E. Either (B) or (C)

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Question No 6-9: Sixteen teams viz. T1, T2, T3...
and T16 are participating in a knock-out hockey
tournament which has four rounds viz. Pre Quarter-
finals, Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final. Based on
their past records, the teams T1, T2, T3... and T16 are
assigned ranks 1, 2, 3...and 16 respectively. Assume
that the ranks assigned to the different teams do not
change before the last match of the tournament is over.
Following information is given about the four rounds:
Round I. Pre Quarter-finals: The first match of this
round is played between the two teams ranked 1 and
16. The second match is played between the two
teams ranked 2 and15. Following the same pattern,
the eighth match is played between the two teams
ranked 8 and 9.
Round II. Quarter-finals: The first quarterfinals match
is played between the teams winning the first and the
eighth matches of the pre quarter-finals. The second
quarterfinals match is played between the teams
winning the second and the seventh matches of the pre
quarter-finals. The teams for the other two matches
are selected on the same pattern.
Round III. Semi-finals: The first semi-finals match is
played between the teams winning the first and the
fourth matches of the quarter-finals. The second
semi-finals match is played between the teams winning
the second and the third matches of quarter-finals.
Round IV. Final: The final match is played between the
winners of the two matches in the semi-finals.
All the matches of the tournament are played
on one or the other of the four grounds viz. G1, G2, G3
and G4. On any given day, only two matches can be
played on each of these grounds - one in the morning
slot and the other in the evening slot.
6. There must be a gap of exactly two slots (i.e. one
morning slot and one evening slot, in any order) before
a team plays it’s next match. If all the matches of the
tournament have to be finished in “x” number of days,
then which of the following must be correct?
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A. The final match cannot be played in the evening
slot of the 6th day.
B. If eight matches are played on the first day, then no
matches can be played on the second day.
C. For ‘x’ to be minimum, no match should be played
on the fourth day.
D. The minimum value of ‘x’ is 7.
E. None of the above.
7. A team “T” has a rank which is an even number.
It is observed that, whenever team T plays against a
team which is ranked lower than T, team T definitely
wins. Each of the following statements could be
correct, EXCEPT:
A. Team T8 did not reach the semi-finals.
B. Team T6 did not reach the semi-finals.
C. In one of the semi-finals matches, team T3 plays
with team T6.
D. Team T2 wins the tournament.
E. All of these.
8. Between ranks of the two teams which are
scheduled to play in a match, if the higher rank is an
even number then the match is played either on G1 or
on G3. Between the ranks of the two teams which are
scheduled to play in a match, if the higher rank is an
odd number then the match is played either on G2 or
on G4. If the observation mentioned in Q7 above
holds true, then which of the following statements is
definitely true?
A. All the matches in the quarter-finals and the
semi-finals rounds can be played on ground G3.
B. Number of matches played on grounds G2 or G4 is
more than that for grounds G1 or G3.
C. Number of matches played on grounds G1 or G3 is
more than that for grounds G2 or G4.
D. Final match will be played either on ground G1 or
on ground G3.
E. More than three-fourth of all the matches in the
tournament can be played on ground G1.
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9. If teams T3 and T9 play in the semi-finals, then
which of the following statements could be correct?
A. Neither T4 nor T12 play in the final.
B. Teams T4 and T5 can be the two teams playing the
final match.
C. Teams T3 and T10 can be the two teams playing
the final match.
D. Both (A) and (B).
E. Both (B) and (C).
Question No 10 to 13: Nine friends A, B, C, D, E,
F, H, I and J joined a fitness center. The fitness center
is closed on Monday.
At the fitness center, a week starts from a Tuesday
and ends on the Sunday that follows it. On each of the
six days of a particular week, exactly three persons
visited the fitness center such that each person visited
the fitness center on at least one day of that week.
There are exactly four persons who visited the fitness
center on more than two days. Further, the following
constraints must be obeyed.
(I) Both D and E visit the fitness center on three of the
first four days of the week.
(II) H does not visit the fitness center unless both A
and B also visit the fitness center.
(III) Each of B, I and J visits the fitness center on
different days of the week.
(IV) C and F always visit the fitness center on the
same day of the week.
(V) None of the persons visited the fitness center on
three consecutive days of the week.
10. Which of the following persons visited the fitness
center on exactly three days?
A. I
B. J
C. H
D. B
E. C
11. If A did not visit the fitness center on Sunday and
J visited the fitness center only on Friday, then which
of the following can be the day on which I visited the
fitness center?
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A. Wednesday
B. Thursday
C. Saturday
D. Sunday
E. Both (B) and (C)
12. If E and I visited the fitness center on Sunday and
Friday respectively, then on which day did J visit the
fitness center?
A. Tuesday
B. Wednesday
C. Thursday
D. Saturday
E. Cannot be determined
13. If J and I visited the fitness center on Tuesday and
Friday respectively, then which of the following
persons definitely visited the fitness center on Sunday?
A. A
B. C
C. E
D. J
E. Cannot be determined
Question No 14-19: In the game "Codes", new
"messages" are composed and given messages are
modified to form another message. A message,
whether new or modified, consists of exactly five
"words" (meaningful or meaningless) and a word
consists of at least six letters of the English alphabets.
Within a message, words are written from left to right.
A message cannot start with a vowel and no two
consecutive words can have vowels. Except for the
first word, the successive words are formed by
applying exactly one of the four operations to the
preceding word- exchange the order of any two
letters, add a letter, delete a letter and replace a letter
with another. Each word is formed by a different
operation than what was used to form the preceding
word. The first and the last letter of a message must
be the same. Reversing the order of the letters in the
first word of the given message forms the first word
of the modified message and the successive words are
formed using exactly one of the four operations
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(as given above) but by applying an operation other
than the one applied to form the respective words in
the given message.
14. Which of the following messages is valid?
A. Cwpstn cwpstc wpstc mwpstc mapstc
B. Tbchxpm tbcxhpm tbcxpm mbcxpt mabcxpt.
C. Lpstrnm alpstmnh xlpstmn lpstmn npstml.
D. Qwertys swertyq swrtyq qwrtys swrtyq.
E. Malick malbck mlbckm mlbkcm mkblcm
15. Which of the following is a valid modification of
the message given below?
Jhghusd jhghpsd dhghpsj dhgpsj adhgpsj
A. Dsuhghj dshghj dshfhj dshfhpj jshfhpd
B. Dsuhghj dsehghj dsahghj dsbhghj jsbhghd
C. Dsuhghj dshghj dshgej dshgqj jshgqd
D. Dsuhghj dshghj dshgfj dshgjf fshgjd
E. Dsuhghj dshghj dshhgj dhshhqj jhshhqd
16. The third and the fourth words in a modified
message are "vfksjy" and "vjksfy". Which of the
following, in the given order, can never be the third
and the fourth words in the original message?
A. vfksjy vjksjy
B. fveksjy fvksjy
C. kfvsjy kfvsjay
D. skfvjy skfvjey
E. fvksjy fkvsjy
17. Which of the following word cannot be used as
the first word of a message?
A. Kmnopp
B. Mnpokk
C. Pmnkoo
D. Nopkmm
E. Pomknn
18. What is the maximum number of vowels that a
message can use in it?
A. 1
B. 2
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C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
19. The first word of a message has 7 distinct letters
in it. How many letters will the message have, if it has
the maximum possible number of distinct letters in it?
A. 40
B. 41
C. 36
D. 37
E. 42
Question No 20-23: Eight children are numbered 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 such that exactly one number is
written on the shirt of each child. The mentioned
children ate eight fruits on a particular day such that
each child ate exactly one fruit. The fruits eaten by any
of the mentioned children are of three types - apple,
orange and mango. At least one and at most three
fruits of each type were eaten by the mentioned
children. The consecutive time slots of the day in
which these eight fruits were eaten are I, II, III, IV, V,
VI, VII and VIII, in that order.
Additional Information Given:
1. No two fruits of the same type were eaten in any
two consecutive time slots.
2. No two consecutively numbered children ate either
a mango or an apple.
3. Three consecutively numbered children ate an
orange each.
4. The children numbered 1 and 7 ate an apple and a
mango respectively.
20. Which of the following fruits did child numbered 4
eat?
A. Apple
B. Orange
C. Mango
D. Either (A) or (B)
E. Either (A) or (B) or (C)
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21. If the time slots in which child numbered 3, 1 and told.” If it turned out that at least one philosopher
7 ate the fruit is IV, V and III respectively, then which stated the correct number of lies that had been told
of the following MUST be false? before he made the claim, then how many lies did the
12 philosophers, actually tell?
A. The time slot in which child numbered 2 ate the fruit
is II. A. 10
B. The time slot in which children numbered 4 and 5 B. 12
ate the fruit is VI and VII respectively. C. 7
C. The time slot in which children numbered 2 and 5 D. 2
ate the fruit is VI and VIII respectively. E. 11
D. The time slots in which children numbered 6 and 8
ate the fruit is VI and VII respectively. 25. In the following figure, a small square is drawn
E. None of the above inside a large square. The two diagonals of the smaller
square coincide with the diagonals of the larger
22. If the time slots in which children numbered 5 and square. From the set {1,2,3,...,1999, 2000}, four
3 ate the fruit is I and II respectively, then each of the consecutive even numbers x1, x2, x3 and x4 and four
following statements could be true, EXCEPT: consecutive odd numbers y1, y2, y3 and y4 are
selected and are filled in the square, as shown in the
A. The time slot in which child numbered 4 ate the fruit figure.
is III.
B. The time slot in which children numbered 6 and 8 x1
ate the fruit is III and IV respectively. x 2
y1 y2 y3 y4
C. The time slots in which children numbered 1 and 8
x3
ate the fruit is V and VI respectively. x4
D. Both (A) and (B)
E. Both (B) and (C) Which of the following statements is definitely true?

23. Which of the following sequences of fruits eaten
by children numbered 2, 3, 5 and 8(in that order) is
not possible?
A. Orange, Orange, Mango and Apple
B. Mango, Orange, Mango and Apple
C. Orange, Orange, Apple and Apple
D. Both (A) and (C)
E. Both (B) and (C)
24. Twelve philosophers participate in an international
meet. At some point, one of the philosophers
commented, “In our talks, one lie has been told”.
Immediately following this comment, another
philosopher commented, “Now two lies have been
told.” which, in turn, was followed by the third such
comment, “Now three lies have been told.”. The
philosophers continued to comment until the twelfth
philosopher commented, “Now 12 lies have been
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A. If x4 > x3 > x2 > x1 and y4 > y3 > y2 > y1, then the
sum of numbers inside the smaller square is always
equal to the sum of numbers outside the smaller
square.
B. The product of the numbers inside the smaller
square is greater than the product of the numbers
outside the smaller square.
C. When taken two numbers at a time, y4 + x4 is the
maximum possible sum.
D. The sum of all the numbers in the bigger square is
completely divisible by 5.
E. None of these.
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Question No 26-38: The caselets given below are
followed by a set of question/s. Choose the most
appropriate answer to each question.
26. In 1998 the Tatas acquired Britain-based
Littlewoods retail stores in Bangalore and renamed
them Westside. Before entering the Indian retail
segment, Westside conducted market research on
retailing trends in the domestic and international
markets. It was observed that in India, garment
retailers generally stocked both store-owned brands
and other brands in the ratio of 30:70, as it was easy
to attract customers for the established brands.
However, many major international retailers stocked
only their own brands because of high returns,
increased store loyalty and less restriction in terms of
display, price and promotion. Stocking of only store-
owned brands for Indian retailers posed certain
problems. Though they offered higher margins,
retailers suffered on account of poor economies of
scale (until they established many outlets) and heavy
investment in brand building.
In such a scenario what would be the best strategy
Westside can adopt in order to maximize long-term
profits?
A. Push its own premium in-store products and earn
higher margins through higher prices and more control
over the manufacture, quality and distribution.
B. Push its own premium in-store products at a
discounted price in order to attract the more price-
sensitive customers
C. Maintain a mix of in-store and other brands in
order to attract more customers, even though other
brands do not command such higher margins
D. Push its own premium in-store brand to earn higher
margins and at the same time pass on the savings from
cutting out intermediaries to the customers
E. Focus on recruiting young and smart sales
personnel in order to enhance customer service at its
stores.
27. In an incident at the local factory of a large
multinational company, the CEO was heckled by three
representatives of the workers’ union with whom he
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had been having a meeting. Soon after the incident, the
management dismissed the three employees The
employees involved accepted their dismissal letters but
subsequently provoked other workers to go in for a
strike to protest the management’s move. The workers
at the factory went on a strike for two days after that.
The incident had opened a can of worms. The three
men who were charge-sheeted, were members of the
41-member committee of BMU, which had strong
political connections with the ruling party in the state
where the factory was located. Thus the incident
became more of a political issue rather than an
industrial relations problem when the party started
pressurizing the company to resolve the incident in
favour of the workers. The trio had also been close to
senior managers of the company who were no longer
there and had farmed out a large part of the contract
labour operations to them. The CEO was also of the
view that recalling the chargesheeted workers would
set a bad precedent in a company where the labour
union was perpetually restive and might be harmful to
the company’s interest in the long run. In such a
complicated scenario the company was not sure
whether to reconsider its substantial investment plans
in the state or not.
The management of the company is considering the
following options in order to resolve the present crisis:
1. Close down the factory where the strike is
happening as well indefinitely postpone its investment
plans in the state in order to coerce the BMU and the
state apparatus to help lift the workers’ strike.
2. Recall the chargesheeted workers in order to lift the
strike even though it may set a bad precedent in the
company
3. Order for an impartial judicial enquiry into the issue
to determine whether the dismissal of the employees
was legally right and ask the state apparatus to
convince the striking workers to abide by the verdict
of the enquiry.
4. Negotiate with the three dismissed workers and
offer a generous severance package so that they may
themselves help resolve the situation and have the
strike lifted.
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5. Have the CEO removed hoping that the incident Analysts felt that the Belgium recall was one of the
would then resolve out by itself. worst public relations problems in Coke’s history.
One analyst alleged that the company had information
From the management’s point of view, keeping in mind about people who had become ill weeks prior to the
the company’s objectives, the options for finding a above incidents. Coke had an opportunity to disclose
solution to the crisis, in the descending order of ease this information but it did not do so.
of implementation would be:
Others blamed Coke’s promotion strategy to sell soft
A. 2, 3, 4, 5, 1 drinks to school children which had raised lot of
B. 5, 2, 4, 3, 1 controversies in the US.
C. 4, 3, 2, 1, 5
D. 3, 4, 2, 5, 1 28. Any decision can be broken down into six
E. 4, 3, 2, 5, 1 important decision-making points:

1. Framing – The way the decision is visualized,

Question No 28-29: On June 13, 1999, Coca-Cola
articulated in the decision maker’s mind: for example a
(Coke) recalled over 15 million cans and bottles after
person deciding to buy a particular Brand X of
the Belgian Health Ministry announced a ban on
air-conditioner may frame his decision as either:
Coke’s drinks, which were suspected of making more
“ I need to buy the cheapest possible air-conditioner,
than 100 school children ill in the preceding six days.
therefore I shall buy Brand X”, or , “I need to buy an
This recall was in addition to the 2.5 million bottles
air conditioner that has the least frequency of after
that had already been recalled in the previous week.
sales breakdown, therefore, I shall buy Brand X’
Children at six schools in Belgium had complained of
2. People - The people who are going form part of
headache, nausea, vomiting and shivering which
the decision-making process
ultimately led to hospitalization after drinking Coke’s
3. Process - The process one is going to follow in
beverages. Most of them reported an ‘unusual odor’
making the decision
and an ‘off-taste’ in the drink.
4. Alternatives – The alternatives one would consider
In the same week, the governments of France, Spain
in arriving at the decision
and Luxembourg also banned Coke’s products while
5. Information – The information one would consider
Coke’s Dutch arm recalled all products that had come
in making a decision
from its Belgium plant.
6. Values – The criteria with respect to which one
The entire episode left more than 200 Belgians and
would make the decision (e.g in the air-condition
French, mostly school children, ill after drinking the
buying example, a clear set of criteria against which
Coke produced at Antwerp and Dunkirk. By June 15,
the decision could have been made would have
1999, Coke had recalled about 30 million cans and
included factors such as price, design,
bottles, the largest ever product recall in its 113-year
product-performance, after-sales service, etc.)
history. For the first time, the entire inventory of
Coke’s products from one country were banned from Coke’s decision to adopt certain remedial measures in
sale. Europe in the light of the Belgium recall would have
involved which of the following decision-making
As part of a damage control exercise, Coke sent a points?
team of scientists to Europe. Coke Belgium even
announced that it would reimburse the medical costs A. Framing, values & process
for people who had become ill after consuming its B. People, process & information
products. The recall had a significant negative impact C. People, information & values
on Coke’s financial performance. D. Values, framing & people
E. Values, alternatives & people
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29. The situation best highlights which of the following
errors:
A. Managerial short-sightedness in decision-making.
B. Inadequate dissemination of information at a critical
juncture
C. Managerial incompetence in handling negative
customer feedback
D. B and C above
E. A, B and C above
Question No 30-31: The exclusive school contracts
in the US allowed Coke exclusive rights to sell its
products – soda, juices, and bottled water - in all the
public schools of a district. Under the plan, the schools
got $350,000 as an “up front” money and a
percentage which ranged from 50 percent to
65 percent of total sales. The exclusive contract with
Coke represented one of the fastest growing areas of
commercialism of schoolhouses According to the
Center for Commercial-Free Public Education
(CCFPE) in April 1998, there were 46 exclusive
contracts between school districts and soft drink
bottlers in 16 states in the US. By July 1999, it
increased to 150 contracts across 29 states.
Critics said that these contracts represented the
growing trend of commercialization on school
campuses. When students saw products advertised in
their schools, they frequently thought that it was
something that the schools were endorsing. By
displaying its logos prominently in public schools,
Coke hoped to re-establish brand loyalty and brand
recognition. A study found that the average American
teenager could identify some 1,000 corporate logos,
but could not name even ten plants and animals in the
area where he or she lived.
Parents were concerned about the proliferation of
logos on school scoreboards, walls, buses and
textbooks. Some groups opposed the
commercialization in schools saying that it was
unethical, immoral and exploitative. They criticized the
education community for encouraging
commercialization in schools. Alex Molnar, Professor
of Education, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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said, “It is an erosion in our culture between what is
public and what is private. It represents a subversion
of the idea that the school is for the public welfare.”
30. From the passage, which of the following
cannot be concluded as one of the plausible reasons
for parents being concerned about the proliferation of
logos?
A. The logos were a source of distraction for students
from academic work
B. The logos actively encouraged teenagers to spend
more on soft drinks
C. It seemed that the schools were actively endorsing
a soft-drink consuming habit among students
D. The schools were not passing on the earnings from
the contracts in the form of fee reduction for students
E. The exclusive school contracts smacked of
commercialization and marked a deviation from the
purpose with which schools were set up.
31. The following are the measures the Government
could have taken to solve the exclusive school
contracts controversy.
1. Cancel the exclusive school contracts
2. Limit the display of logos on public school premises
3. Reassure the parents that the money obtained by
each school from Coke as part of the contract was
being used only for enhancing the school’s facilities
4. Get into non-exclusive contracts and allow other
soft-drink manufacturers to display their logos as well.
The options in decreasing order of their impact on
parents and other protesting groups are:
A. 2, 4, 3, 1
B. 1, 3, 2, 4
C. 1, 4, 2, 3
D. 2, 1, 3, 4
E. 4, 2, 1, 3
32. A change management problem surfaced when a
large financial institution (XYZ) decided to focus its
operations much more sharply around its customers.
In the earlier system, if a client had three different
requirements from XYZ, he had to approach the
relevant departments separately. The process was
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time-consuming and there was a danger that the client
would take a portion of the business elsewhere. To
tackle this problem the company set up three new
departments: major client group (MCG), growth client
group (GCG) and personal finance group. Now, the
customer talked only to his representative in MCG or
GCG. And these representatives in turn found out
which department could do the job.
Though the customers seemed to be happy about this
new arrangement, people within the organization found
it unacceptable. In the major client group, a staff of
about 30-40 people handled the needs of the top
100 customers of XYZ. On the other hand, about 60
people manned the growth client group, which looked
after the needs of mid-size companies. Obviously, the
bigger clients required more diverse kinds of services.
So working in MCG offered better exposure and
bigger orders. The net effect was that the MCG
executive ended up doing more business than the
GCG executive.
Though the top management tried to allay the fears by
mentioning that these assignments were
interchangeable, complaints against these changes put
in continued and XYZ was blamed for not putting in
adequate systems in place to develop the right people.
The organization is contemplating implementation of
the following measures in order to deal with the
situation:
1. Reform the compensation structure and put in two
different types of structures – a contract basis to
attract risk-takers who would fit in the MCG group
and a tenure-based compensation for employees in
other groups who would want more job security.
2. Impart skills to the different client groups in order to
make members of one group capable of smoothly
handling assignments when transferred to the other
group.
3. Regularly rotate members from one group to
another in order to give them more opportunity to
perform in diverse areas
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4. Reduce the pressure on accountablility among
individual team members to reduce the negative impact
of a profit center approach
5. Relate rewards to individual performances and not
group performances and for individual star performers
make the method of selection transparent
Which of the following combination of measures from
among the above would best suit the organization’s
goals of remaining more customer-focused and also
reduce the employee anxiety brought about by the
change.
A. 1, 2, 5
B. 2, 4, 5
C. 1, 3, 4
D. 1, 3, 5
E. 1, 2, 4
33. XYZ had to face change resistance once again in
December 2000, when it was merged with ABC.
Though XYZ was nearly three times the size of ABC,
its staff strength was only 1,400 as against ABC’s
2,500. Half of ABC’s personnel were clerks and
around 350 were subordinate staff.
There were large differences in profiles, grades,
designations and salaries of personnel in the two
entities. It was also reported that there was uneasiness
among the staff of ABC as they felt that XYZ would
push up the productivity per employee, to match the
levels of XYZ. ABC employees feared that their
positions would come in for a closer scrutiny.
The apprehensions of the XYZ employees seemed to
be justified as the working culture at XYZ and ABC
were quite different and the emphasis of the respective
management was also different. While ABC
management concentrated on the overall profitability
of the Bank, XYZ management turned all its
departments into individual profit centers and bonus
for employees was given on the performance of
individual profit center rather than profits of whole
organization.
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In order to implement a smooth HR integration
process in view of the merger, XYZ is focusing on the
following areas:
1. Employee communication
2. Cultural integration
3. Recruitment and compensation
4. Performance management
5. Training
6. Employee relations
Which of the following is an activity that would not
form part of any of the above agenda?
A. Dialogues between the management and the
employee’s union of ABC
B. Skill upgradation programs for the clerical staff of
ABC
C. Formation of individual profit centers for the
merged entity based on business focus areas
D. Evolving a common structure of grades and
designations for the employees of ABC and XYZ.
E. Formation of recreation clubs at different locations
for facilitating interaction between employees of the
two companies
Question No 34-35: In mid-1996, Oprah Winfrey
one of the world’s most well-known media
personalities and the host of the ‘Oprah Winfrey
Show,’ was entangled in a major controversy. The
controversy arose because of statements made by
Oprah and Howard Lyman during an episode of the
‘Oprah Winfrey Show’ telecast on April 16 1996.The
show, based on the theme, ‘Dangerous Food,’ talked
about the Mad Cow disease and the threat it
supposedly posed to beef consumers in the US. On
the show, Lyman blamed the practice of feeding
rendered livestock (protein derived from cattle
remains) to cattle for outbreak of the disease in
Europe, which resulted in the death of over 1.5 million
cattle and 20 people in 1996. Lyman’s statements
suggested that beef consumers in the US could also
contract the human form of the mad cow disease as a
similar practice of feeding livestock was followed in
the US. On the show, Oprah swore that she would
never eat a hamburger again in her life.
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In May 1996, some cattle producers filed a $10.3
million suit against Oprah and Lyman in the Texas state
court, under the Texas False Disparagement of
Perishable Food Products Act, claiming, business
disparagement, negligence and defamation. The cattle
producers claimed that Oprah knowingly aired false
and defamatory comments about the threat of mad
cow disease in the US. The show reportedly had a
devastating impact on cattle prices and sales in the
US. Prices fell to a 10-year low within a week of the
show, causing losses exceeding $12 million to the
cattle producers.
34. Out of the following which seems to be the most
likely cause for the cattle producers’ suit?
A. The fact that Oprah publicly swore never to eat a
hamburger again in her life
B. Lyman linking the practice of feeding rendered
livestock to the mad cow disease
C. The devastating dip in cattle prices and sales within
a week following the show
D. The discussion of a sensitive topic like the Mad
Cow disease on a popular television network
E. Though Oprah was a popular television personality,
she had no real expertise on the Mad Cow disease
35. Which of the following measures taken by the
producers of ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ is likely to
be most effective in making the cattle producers
withdraw their lawsuit?
A. Air a second show on the same issue with cattle
industry representatives on the discussion panel to
arrive at a balanced perspective on the issue
B. Make Oprah Winfrey publicly eat a burger on her
show
C. Have David Lyman withdraw his statement linking
the feeding of rendered livestock to the Mad Cow
disease
D. B and C above
E. A, B and C above
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Question No 36-38: On December 5, 2007, an
explosion occurred at the coal mine owned by Rui
Zhiyuan Company (RZC) in China. It was yet another
deadly coal mining explosion in China reported that
year. Official estimates suggested that at least 105
people might have died immediately in the gas
explosion at RZC. The earlier explosions had
occurred at Yujialing Coal Mine killing 26 workers in
March 2007 and Pudeng Coal Mine where 28 mine
workers had died in May 2007. The exact number of
deaths remained a mystery.
The major reason cited for hazardous conditions in
coal mines was the negligent attitude of mine owners
who allegedly did not pay enough attention to
workplace safety. It was alleged that the mine owners
often put the lives of the workers at risk by not
investing in fire control and other equipment, proper
ventilation, etc. In addition, mine owners in China
often breached safety regulations to increase
production beyond the permissible level. China relies
heavily on coal due to scarcity in petroleum resources.
About two-thirds of the country’s electricity is
generated by burning coal, making China the largest
consumer and producer of coal in the world. In
addition to electricity generation, China depends on
coal for running its factories which comprise China’s
huge manufacturing base.
The following questions are based on two statements I
and II. Examine the statements and then mark:
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A. If statement I is an evidence from the passage and
statement II is a conclusion that must be true based on
that evidence.
B. If statement I is an evidence from the passage and
statement II is a conclusion that is not necessarily true
based on that evidence.
C. If statement I is not an evidence from the passage
but statement II is a conclusion that must be true
based on that evidence.
D. If statement I is not an evidence from the passage
and statement II is a conclusion that is not necessarily
true based on that evidence.
E. If statement I is a conclusion based on the passage
and statement II is not a conclusion that is necessarily
true based on the passage.
36. I. Most mine owners in China had a negligent
attitude and did not pay enough attention to workplace
safety.
II. The heavy reliance of China on coal was
responsible for mine owners breaching safety
regulations and raising production beyond permissible
levels.
37. I. Installing effective fire control and ventilation
measures can enhance safety for those involved in
mining operations.
II. If the mines of China were run by the government
instead of private owners, chances of accident would
reduce.
38. I. There had been other deadly coal mining
explosions in China prior to the one on December 5,
2007.
II. It was becoming difficult to find workers for the
coal mines in China.
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 SECTION B : VERBAL AND LOGICAL ABILITY
Analyse the passage given and provide an then from negation to affirmation, socialism opposes
appropriate answer for the question nos. 39 the principle of property with that of association, and
through 44 that follow. makes vigorous efforts to reconstruct social economy
from top to bottom; that is, to establish a new code, a
Socialism, which, like the god Vishnu, ever dying and new political system, with institutions and morals
ever returning to life, has experienced within a score diametrically opposed to the ancient forms. Thus the
of years its ten-thousandth incarnation in the persons line of demarcation between socialism and political
of five or six revelators,- socialism affirms the economy is fixed, and the hostility flagrant. Political
irregularity of the present constitution of society, and, economy tends toward the glorification of selfishness;
consequently, of all its previous forms. It asserts, and socialism favors the exaltation of communism.
proves, that the order of civilization is artificial,
contradictory, inadequate; that it engenders The economists, saving a few violations of their
oppression, misery, and crime; it denounces, not to principles, for which they deem it their duty to blame
say calumniates, the whole past of social life, and governments, are optimists with regard to
pushes on with all its might to a reformation of morals accomplished facts; the socialists, with regard to facts
and institutions. to be accomplished. The first affirm that that which
ought to be IS; the second, that that which ought to be
Socialism concludes by declaring political economy a IS NOT. Consequently, while the first are defenders of
false and sophistical hypothesis, devised to enable the religion, authority, and the other principles
few to exploit the many; and applying the maxim A contemporary with, and conservative of, property, -
fructibus cognoscetis, it ends with a demonstration of although their criticism, based solely on reason, deals
the impotence and emptiness of political economy by frequent blows at their own prejudices, – the second
the list of human calamities for which it makes it reject authority and faith, and appeal exclusively to
responsible. science – although a certain religiosity, utterly illiberal,
and an unscientific disdain for facts, are always the
But if political economy is false, jurisprudence, which
most obvious characteristics of their doctrines.
in all countries is the science of law and custom, is
false also; since, founded on the distinction of thine For the rest, neither party ever ceases to accuse the
and mine, it supposes the legitimacy of the facts other of incapacity and sterility.
described and classified by political economy. The
theories of public and international law, with all the The socialists ask their opponents to account for the
varieties of representative government, are also false, inequality of conditions, for those commercial
since they rest on the principle of individual debaucheries in which monopoly and competition, in
appropriation and the absolute sovereignty of wills. monstrous union, perpetually give birth to luxury and
All these consequences socialism accepts. To it, misery; they reproach economic theories, always
political economy, regarded by many as the physiology modeled after the past, with leaving the future
of wealth, is but the organization of robbery and hopeless; in short, they point to the regime of property
poverty; just as jurisprudence, honored by legists with as a horrible hallucination, against which humanity has
the name of written reason, is, in its eyes, but a protested and struggled for four thousand years.
compilation of the rubrics of legal and official
spoliation,- in a word, of property. Considered in their The economists, on their side, defy socialists to
relations, these two pretended sciences, political produce a system in which property, competition, and
economy and law, form, in the opinion of socialism, political organization can be dispensed with; they
the complete theory of iniquity and discord. Passing prove, with documents in hand, that all reformatory

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projects have ever been nothing but rhapsodies of 39. According to the passage, socialism measures the
fragments borrowed from the very system that success of the political economy by
socialism sneers at, – plagiarisms, in a word, of
political economy, outside of which socialism is A. Comparing it to the incarnation of the god Vishnu.
incapable of conceiving and formulating an idea. B. Judging it by the fruits of its work.
C. Proving that the order of civilization is false.
Every day sees the proofs in this grave suit D. Vouching for the oppression in the society.
accumulating, and the question becoming confused. E. Investigating the lack of reformation of morals and
While society has traveled and stumbled, suffered and institutions.
thrived, in pursuing the economic routine, the
socialists, since Pythagoras, Orpheus, and the 40. What, according to the passage, is the line of
unfathomable Hermes, have labored to establish their differentiation between political economy and
dogma in opposition to political economy. A few socialism?
attempts at association in accordance with their views
have even been made here and there: but as yet these A. Political economy leans toward the veneration of
exceptional undertakings, lost in the ocean of property, selfishness; socialism favours the adulation of
have been without result; and, as if destiny had communism.
resolved to exhaust the economic hypothesis before B. Political economy tends to the disregard for
attacking the socialistic utopia, the reformatory party is selfishness; socialism favours the downfall of
obliged to content itself with pocketing the sarcasms of communism.
its adversaries while waiting for its own turn to come. C. Political economy veers toward discounting of
selfishness; socialism favours the exaltation of
This, then, is the state of the cause: socialism communism.
incessantly denounces the crimes of civilization, verifies D. Political economy is for the sacrifice of selfishness
daily the powerlessness of political economy to satisfy and socialism defends the spread of communism.
the harmonic attractions of man, and presents petition E. Political economy favours the glorification of
after petition; political economy fills its brief with selflessness; socialism favours the demystification of
socialistic systems, all of which, one after another, pass communalism.
away and die, despised by common sense. The
persistence of evil nourishes the complaint of the one, 41. Which of the following, according to the passage,
while the constant succession of reformatory checks sets the economists and the socialists apart?
feeds the malicious irony of the other. When will
judgment be given? The tribunal is deserted; A. The socialists think ahead of the times and the
meanwhile, political economy improves its economists dwell on the past.
opportunities, and, without furnishing bail, continues to B. The economists are atheists whereas the socialists
lord it over the world; possideo quia possideo. are agnostics.
If we descend from the sphere of ideas to the realities C. The economists are positive about realized
of the world, the antagonism will appear still more objectives, the socialists about the ones yet to be
grave and threatening. When, in these recent years, attained.
socialism, instigated by prolonged convulsions, made D. The socialists are communists and the economists’
its fantastic appearance in our midst, men whom all imperialists.
controversy had found until then indifferent and E. The economists are disdainful about science and the
lukewarm went back in fright to monarchical and socialists hold the government responsible for all
religious ideas; democracy, which was charged with iniquity in society.
being developed at last to its ultimate, was cursed and
driven back.
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42. Why does the mantle of falsity descend onto
jurisprudence and political economy, according to the
passage?
A. Because both believe in oppression and misery.
B. Because both give rise to crime.
C. Because both are harbingers of lawlessness.
D. Because both ignore the existence of poverty.
E. Because both promote individual acquisitions.
43. In the passage, the economists seek to confront
the socialists through which of the following?
A. By challenging them to produce a regime of
commercialization.
B. By daring them to do without belongings.
C. By demanding a system which is free from
materialism.
D. By flouting their reformatory projects as mere
copies of the old order.
E. By seeking a structure devoid of assets, opposition
and followings.
44. Which of the following could be a reason why
political economy continues to lord it over the world?
A. Socialism loses out on account of destiny.
B. Political economy is a utopian state.
C. Socialism is overcome by wickedness.
D. Material goods prevail over socialism.
E. Sarcasms deter socialistic systems.
Directions (45-47): The sentences given in each
question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent
paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a number.
Choose the most logical order of sentences among the
given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
45:
1. I suspect that part of the appeal lies in an intrinsic
quality of the images themselves, namely the image
statistics that underlie what we perceive to be
natural images.
2. Both the “Mountains of Creation ” of Spitzer
and Moran’s “The Teton Range” communicate
something topographic that results from the
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manner in which the overall scale relates to its
cragginess.
3. Real-world images contain structural information
over a range of scales that communicates
verisimilitude.
4. As we attempt to capitalize on the public
outreach potential, we should take a moment to
consider the quality of people’s aesthetic response
by considering the study of Hubble imagery, by
doctoral student Elizabeth Kessler who compared
Hubble imagery to paintings by members of the
Hudson School, such as Albert Bierstadt or
Thomas Moran: “The Hubble images are part of
the Romantic landscape tradition — they fit that
popular, familiar model of what the natural world
should look like.”
A. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
B. 4 - 3 - 2 - 1
C. 4 - 1 - 3 - 2
D. 3 - 1 - 2 - 4
E. 1 - 3 - 4 - 2
46:
1. The chaos experienced by the Penan is not a part
of their traditional religious imaginations, not a
myth and not a ritual construct - It is an alarming
fact.
2. Order cannot be maintained and “the chaotic”
gradually takes over; however, this chaos is not of
the creative kind that is periodically embraced in
order to refresh life, as we know it from other
cultures. It is not a chaotic disintegration that is
necessary for a new order to come about, as we
know it from numerous myths and rituals.
3. The interpretation of what the birds relate takes
place in social interaction between human beings -
When the forest dies and the birds go away, there
are no divinatory messages to interpret, and
therefore neither a physical, nor a social-cognitive
space in which the Penan can operate: thus people
loose their sense of orientation and their sense of
meaning.
4. But what do you do if that, which used to define
your direction, is gone? The people I met were in
distress as they felt abandoned and confused: The
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 implicit map that used to be drawn by the birds is Directions: (48-56): Go through the caselets
no longer created, and the precondition for the below and answer the questions that follow.
most important social events, the nomadic
48. Employee recognition can help companies build
movements in the landscape and the hunt, is gone:
and maintain engaged workforces that are productive,
“People with no direction and no purpose”, the
conscientious and loyal. But to be effective,
man said.
recognition programs must touch a large portion of the
workforce, emphasize timely acknowledgement and
A. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
allow organizations to reap benefits that enhance the
B. 3 - 4 - 1 - 2
employer-employee relationship. When employee
C. 2 - 1 - 3 - 4
rewards and recognition initiatives are discussed with
D. 1 - 4 - 2 - 3
senior management, office parties and one-off gift
E. 4 - 3 - 2 - 1
certificates typically come to mind.
47:
Efforts often involve discretionary spending without
1. Irish-Argentines have had a significant influence in
measurable outcomes or business impact. Long-term
football, rugby, field hockey, basketball, polo and
strategic planning often is neglected, putting the value
other sports. Relations between Ireland and the
and sustainability of recognition and rewards programs
region were enhanced through frequent sporting
at risk.
contacts.
2. Central to this is the influence Irish immigrants and
A person seeking to defend the argument that
Argentines of Irish origin have had on the
employee recognition initiatives are effective might
dissemination and development of these sports. In
argue that
addition to this, a specific contribution was made
with the introduction of hurling to Argentina.
A. Employee recognition is gaining ground these days.
3. The prominence given to the successes of
B. Employee recognition in whatever form is a solace
Argentina in a wide variety of sports in recent
for most.
times, in particular those of British origin, has
C. Employee recognition helps organizations garner
created a greater awareness of the important
huge advantages.
contribution ingleses have made to the diffusion of
D. High attrition rates deter long term planning.
the sport in Latin America and Iberia through the
E. Rewards and recognition initiatives are on the
bonds of informal empire.
decline currently.
4. As Ireland has now become a net recipient of
migrants and home to communities from Latin
49. During the past 20 years, the audience for public
America and Iberia, it is likely that in the future
radio has increased by 500%, and currently, there are
they will in turn make their mark in those sports
nearly 30 million weekly public radio listeners. While
which the Irish played a part in diffusing and
many of us rely on public radio for unbiased and in-
developing in their countries of origin.
depth news, diverse music, and cultural programming,
there are still millions of people nationwide who have
A. 2 - 1 - 4 - 3
limited access to public radio programs. Thus, with
B. 3 - 2 - 1 - 4
additional public radio stations and program options,
C. 4 - 1 - 2 - 3
more people could connect to their communities and
D. 3 - 4 - 2 -1
world through the voices of public radio.
E. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
Which of the following is true?

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A. The point above contradicts the speaker’s
argument.
B. The point above extends the speaker’s argument.
C. The point above is similar to the speaker’s
argument.
D. The point above concludes the speaker’s
argument.
E. The point above strengthens the speaker’s
argument.
50. Peace of mind and heart does not mean
acceptance of everything that happens. It does mean
letting go of fear. When you live life fearlessly, you
experience a kind of peace that permeates every cell
of your body, every thought of your mind, every
emotion of your heart, every element of your spirit.
Which of the following, if true, would weaken the
speaker’s argument the most?
A. Without effectively connecting to other humans, you
become less than human yourself.
B. In order to evolve into a state of acceptance, you
must develop to value life in all its forms.
C. Fear helps us to be careful and avoid danger in life.
D. Life is in a constant state of flux, of change, of
rhythm and of evolution.
E. The pursuit of peace is not something you attain
from outside your skin; it develops from within.
51. The most common type of boss isn’t a villain. This
person falls in the Respectable Professional category
for 29 percent of employees. Employees view them
with respect and believe them to be honest and
reliable. However, Respectable Professionals are
task-driven and conduct business operations
efficiently, only displaying flexibility when required.
These bosses tend to maintain a professional distance
and fail to make the company a fun place to work.
Which of the following best summarizes the above
paragraph?
A. Tough, controlling and ruthless, the Taskmasters
aren’t seen as ethical, honest or intelligent.
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B. Seen as tough, controlling and task driven, the
Taskmaster is not cheerful or peaceful, but focused on
achieving goals.
C. The Taskmaster rates higher on both ethics and
competence, but doesn’t engender much employee
loyalty.
D. Caring Mentors are highly relational and greatly
appreciated by their direct reportees.
E. Most direct reportees characterize the Taskmasters
as inconsistent and clueless; these managers have the
lowest employee engagement.
52. In these times of fiscal correctness, it is heresy to
call for expansionary fiscal policy to revive the
economy. However sound economics underpins such
a prescription even if it sounds like the wild cry of a
slump struck corporate bothered only about its own
bottomline.
Which if true would lend support to the author’s view
on fiscal policy?
A. In the past, most governments have adopted a
conservative attitude in the face of an economic slump.
B. Expansionary fiscal policy would be welcomed by
business houses that have been overwhelmed by the
slump.
C. Expansionary fiscal policy leading to more
expenditure would encourage production in a
depressed economy.
D. Sound economics suggests that to increase fiscal
expenditure during a depression would raise the
import bill and adversely affect the trade deficit.
E. Fiscal policies are often used as tools to provoke a
reaction in the market.
53. Easy import of goods and services spurred by free
trade policies introduce goods of various types and
quality into the domestic economy. The consumer
instead of the government gets the right to choose or
reject a foreign product. By treating imports and
domestic goods at the same level, the government
encourages competition which is essential to improve
productivity and lower costs, both are in turn essential
to improve the plight of the poor.
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Which of the following if true would strengthen the All of the following could be used to weaken the
case for free trade? argument except.

A. Consumers are likely to opt for imported products A. The number of cars on the road has increased in
as they are of superior quality. the last year.
B. Domestic producers, who enjoy lower costs of B. Radio stations have aired more interesting
production have an edge over the producers of programmes in the last year which distracts the
imported products in terms of price. driver’s attention.
C. Domestic producers have easy access to technical C. Due to poor maintenance, the road conditions have
knowledge and face lower costs of worsened over the last year.
production D. Most of the mobile phones were sold to people
D. Consumers are unlikely to increase their level of who spend atleast 4 hours driving everyday.
expenditure because of the introduction of a wide E. Most mobile owners travel in chauffeur driven cars.
variety of imported goods.
E. The removal of restrictions on imports will result in 56. Granted we all need self confidence and a good
the loss of an avenue for revenue collection. self image. However when confidence turns to conceit,
people invite the proverbial downfall. Some invert
54. The TV entertainment industry is evolving and with ideologists train their pupils to develop an unjustified
it its attitudes towards research. The industry is moving adulation of their own personal judgement causing
away from its chaotic roots in the direction of whole societies to collapse from ideologies that nurture
increased professionalization. TV software companies internal thought conceit.
that once consisted of no more than scripts, studios
and salesmanship are now proper corporate entities Which of the following statements best highlights the
with access to formal sources of funding. Instead of above mentioned problem?
entrepreneurs leading by instinct, you’re getting
professional with MBA degrees and experience in A. We can be impartial in one area of our lives and
established companies. plagued by prejudice in another.
B. It takes wrenching experiences to tear us away
Which of the assumptions would weaken the claims of from our own thought conceit.
increased professionalism in the Television industry? C. People have difficulty recognizing thought conceit in
themselves.
A. The artists working on TV shows are paid on a D. Not all educators teach respect for self-discipline
contractual basis and are not regarded as employees. and humility.
B. Banks and financial institutions are wary of lending E. Education tends to wean students away from
money to TV producers as the producers are unable thought conceit.
to furnish necessary documents.
C. Many management graduates who have opted for a Analyse the passage given and provide an
career in television are satisfied with their jobs. appropriate answer for the question nos. 57
D. Quite a few television producers see the industry as through 61 that follow.
an avenue for making quick money.
E. None of the above. Computer programmers often remark that computing
machines with a perfect lack of discrimination will do
55. With the advent of mobile phones last year, the any foolish thing that they are told. The reason for this
number of automobile accidents has increased. Talking lies of course in the narrow fixation of the computing
on the mobile phone distracts the driver’s attention machine’s “intelligence” upon the basely typographical
and hence causes accidents. details of its own perceptions—its inability to be
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guided by any large context. In a psychological
description of the computer intelligence, three related
adjectives push themselves forward:
single-mindedness, literal-mindedness,
simple-mindedness. Recognizing this, we should at the
same time recognize that this single-mindedness,
literal-mindedness, simple-mindedness also
characterizes theoretical mathematics, though to a
lesser extent.
It is a continual result of the fact that science tries to
deal with reality that even the most precise sciences
normally work with more or less ill-understood
approximations toward which the scientist must
maintain an appropriate skepticism. Thus, for instance,
it may come as a shock to the mathematician to learn
that the Mober equation for the hydrogen atom, which
he is able to solve only after a considerable effort of
functional analysis and special function theory, is not a
literally correct description of this atom, but only an
approximation to a somewhat more correct equation
taking account of spin, magnetic dipole, and relativistic
effects; that this corrected equation is itself only an
ill-understood approximation to an infinite set of
quantum field-theoretical equations; and finally hat the
quantum field theory, besides diverging, neglects a
myriad of strange-particle interactions whose strength
and form are largely unknown. The physicist, looking
at the original Mober equation, learns to sense in it the
presence of many invisible terms, integral,
integrodifferential, perhaps even more complicated
types of operators, in addition to the differential terms
visible, and this sense inspires an entirely appropriate
disregard for the purely technical features of the
equation which he sees. This very healthy self-
skepticism is foreign to the mathematical approach.
Mathematics must deal with well-defined situations.
Thus, in its relations with science mathematics depends C. are unable to express their data in terms of multiple
on an intellectual effort outside of mathematics for the
crucial specification of the approximation which
mathematics is to take literally. Give a mathematician a developed.
situation which is the least bit ill-defined—he will first E. are unable to accept mathematical explanations of
of all make it well defined. Perhaps appropriately, bit
perhaps also inappropriately. in other cases, the
mathematician’s habit of making definite his
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literal-mindedness may have more unfortunate
consequences. The mathematician turns the scientist’s
theoretical assumptions, i.e., convenient points of
analytical emphasis, into axioms, and then takes these
axioms literally. This brings with it the danger that he
may also persuade the scientist to take these axioms
literally. The question, central to the scientific
investigation but intensely disturbing in the
mathematical context—what happens to all this if the
axioms are relaxed?—is thereby put into shadow.
The physicist rightly dreads precise argument, since an
argument which is only convincing if precise loses all
its force if the assumptions upon which it is based are
slightly changed, while an argument which is
convincing though imprecise may well be stable under
small perturbations of its underlying axioms.
57. The author discusses computing machines in the
first paragraph in order to
A. indicate the dangers inherent in relying to a great
extent on machines.
B. illustrate his views about the approach of
mathematicians to problem solving.
C. compare the work of mathematicians with that of
computer programmers.
D. provide a definition of intelligence.
E. stress the importance of computers in modern
technological society.
58. Scientists are skeptical towards their equations
because scientists
A. work to explain real situations which are many
times based on approximations.
B. know that well-defined problems are often the most
difficult to solve.
variables.
D. are unwilling to relax the axioms they have
natural phenomena.
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59. Mathematicians present a danger to scientists for
which of the following reasons?
A. Mathematicians may provide theories that are
incompatible with those already developed by
scientists.
B. Mathematicians may define situations in a way that
is incomprehensible to scientists
C. Mathematicians may convince scientists that
theoretical assumptions are facts.
D. Scientists may come to believe that axiomatic
statements are untrue.
E. Scientists may begin to provide arguments that are
convincing but imprecise.
60. The author suggests that a mathematician asked to
solve a problem in an ill-defined situation would first
attempt to do which of the following?
A. Identify an analogous situation.
B. Simplify and define the situation.
C. Vary the underlying assumptions of a description of
the situation.
D. Determine what use would be made of the solution
provided.
E. Evaluate the theoretical assumptions that might
explain the situation.
61. The author implies that scientists develop a healthy
skepticism because they are aware that
A. Mathematicians are able to solve problems better
than scientists
B. Changes in axiomatic propositions will inevitably
reinforce scientific arguments.
C. Well-defined situations are necessary for the design
of reliable experiments.
D. Mathematical solutions cannot be applied to real
problems.
E. Some factors in most situations must remain
unknown.
Directions (62-66): Choose the appropriate words
to fill in the blanks.
62. To have a few things to desire and many things to
fear is a miserable state of mind, commonly seen in the
case of kings; which makes their mind _____ . They
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have many representations of _____ and shadows,
which makes their mind _____
A. languishing, perils, uncertain
B. pining, risks, unclear
C. puissant, hazards, pellucid
D. lassitude, problems, limpid
E. reinforced, risks, uncertain
63. To apprehend Dicken’s mode of experience his
way of _______ the world, one must turn, not to the
_________ statements so well __________ to the
“speculative thought” of the philosopher, but rather to
the non - discursive materials that point a picture with
out explaining its significance.
A. discovering, concise, reconciled
B. finding, excursive, suited
C. perceiving, discursive, adapted
D. discerning, digressive, conformed
E. probing, invalid, suited
64. The Greeks believed that too much power
_________ in one person was dangerous. They were
the first democratic society in the ________ world of
kings and emperors. They were proud of their
________ and maintained their ________ belief in
rule by many.
A. induced, turbulent, theory, flaccid
B. endowed, tempestuous, ideals, frail
C. endued, tumultuous, doctrine, flimsy
D. entrusted, tumultuous, ideology, fervent
E. endowed, turbulent, axiom, frail
65. Beowulf and Gilgamesh are both epics that show
struggles and _______ of the stories’ heroes and have
similar _______ basics, but they are also different in
many aspects. Most stories contain _______ usages
of literary devices such as similes, kennings and
___________ .
A. washouts, literate, varied, alliterative
B. washouts, literary, several, alliteration
C. triumphs, literate, several, alliterative
D. triumphs, literary, diverse, alliteration
E. washouts, literate, little, alternatives
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66. At a time when India is being _________ for
everything from its growing economy to its youthful
workforce, its languages are getting a much needed
boost from the _________ of cool. “It’s a mass
movement that is happening”, Dixit says. Youngsters
are suddenly _________ that our country is also hip
and cool. It doesn’t matter what language you sing in, By riding them down over and over again
you just have to be able to sing with _________ .
A. applauded, purveyors, realizing, conviction
B. cheered, procurer, appreciating, certainty
C. acclaimed, assistants, appreciating, conviction
D. complimented, procurer, realizing, certainty
E. lauded, assistants, proclaiming, excitement
Question 67-70: The poem given below is followed
by a set of questions. Choose the most appropriate
answer to each question.
When I see birches bend to left and right
Across the lines of straighter darker trees,
I like to think some boy’s been swinging them.
But swinging doesn’t bend them down to stay.
Ice-storms do that.
Often you must have seen them
Loaded with ice a sunny winter morning
After a rain. They click upon themselves
As the breeze rises, and turn many-coloured
As the stir cracks and crazes their enamel.
Soon the sun’s warmth makes them shed crystal shells May no fate wilfully misunderstand me
Shattering and avalanching on the snow-crust
Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away
You’d think the inner dome of heaven had fallen.
They are dragged to the withered bracken by the load, I’d like to go by climbing a birch tree –
And they seem not to break; though once they are
bowed
So low for long, they never right themselves:
You may see their trunks arching in the woods
Years afterwards, trailing their leaves on the ground, One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.
Like girls on hands and knees that throw their hair
Before them over their heads to dry in the sun.
But I was going to say when Truth broke in
With all her matter-of-fact about the ice-storm,
I should prefer to have some boy bend them
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As he went out and in to fetch the cows–
Some boy too far from town to learn baseball,
Whose only play was what he found himself,
Summer or winter, and could play alone.
One by one he subdued his father’s trees
Until he took the stiffness out of them,
And not one but hung limp, not one was left
For him to conquer.
He learned all there was
To learn about not launching out too soon
And so not carrying the tree away
Clear to the ground.
He always kept his poise
To the top branches, climbing carefully
With the same pains you use to fill a cup
Up to the brim, and even above the brim.
Then he flung outward, feet first, with a swish,
Kicking his way down through the air to the ground.
So was I once myself a swinger of birches.
And so I dream of going back to be.
It’s when I’m weary of considerations,
And life is too much like a pathless wood
Where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs
Broken across it, and one eye is weeping
From a twig’s having lashed across it open.
I’d like to get away from earth awhile
And then come back to it and begin over.
And half grant what I wish and snatch me away
Not to return.
Earth’s the right place for love:
I don’t know where it’s likely to go better.
And climb black branches up a snow-white trunk
Toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more,
But dipped its top and set me down again.
That would be good both going and coming back.
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67. According to the opening lines of the passage,
which of the following was the reason for the birches
getting bent?
A. The darker trees were usually bent.
B. A boy had been swinging them.
C. The rains typically did it.
D. The ice-storms had been at work.
E. It was a part of the speaker’s mind’s eye.
68. The poet uses which of the following metaphors to
describe the melting snow on the birches in the
passage?
A. Enamel
B. Snow-crust
C. Crystal shells
D. Inner dome
E. Broken glass
69. According to the passage, the boy learnt which of
the following lessons from the trees?
A. That it was important to control the trees.
B. It was important to ride over them again and again.
C. That the trees were important playmates.
D. That one should be entirely prepared before
starting out in life.
E. That one should conquer with great speed.
70. The line “And life is too much like a pathless
wood”, in the perspective of the passage, refers to
which of the following:
A. That human beings are like the pathless woods.
B. That our lives are governed by the woods.
C. That our emotions hold the key to our decisions in
life.
D. That it’s is very easy to lose our way in the forest.
E. That life does not throw up discernable paths.
Questions No 71-72: Each of the following questions
has a paragraph from which the last sentence has been
deleted. From the given options, choose the sentence
that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate
way.
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71. The growth during 2007 was driven by the
emerging markets. The number of dollar millionaires
created by India’s red hot economy grew by 22.7%;
China followed with growth of 20.3% and Brazil came
next with a 19.1% expansion in the high net worth
population. There had been a divergence between
mature and emerging markets in the second half of the
year. Mature economies had significantly slower
growth compared to other regions and compared to
last year. _________________
A. China’s stock market grew by 291% and the
Bovespa in Sao Paulo expanded by 93%, as foreign
investors flooded into Brazil.
B. In the UK, the market capitalisation of the London
stock market contracted by 1.5% during 2007.
C. The acceleration in mature markets was supported
by soaring local stock markets.
D. The number of dollar millionaires in Eastern Europe
grew at 14.3%, compared with growth of 3% in
Western Europe.
E. Total market capitalisation of the Bombay exchange
expanded by 118% during 2007.
72. There are as many photographs of UFOs as there
are of the Loch Ness Monster, and they are of equal
quality: blurs and forgeries. Oddly, the advent of
inexpensive video cameras has corresponded to a
decrease in UFO sightings. Other physical evidence,
such as alleged debris from alien crashes, or burn
marks on the ground from alien landings, or implants in
noses or brains of alien abductees, have turned out to
be quite terrestrial, including forgeries.
_________________
A. The main reasons for believing in UFOs are the
questionable interpretations of visual experiences and
the inability to distinguish science fiction from science.
B. UFOs are the products of the creative imagination
they serve a poetic and an existential function.
C. The main reasons for believing in UFOs are the
willingness to trust incompetent men telling fantastic
stories and the ability to distrust all contrary sources.
D. Belief in aliens and UFOs is akin to belief in
supernatural beings.
E. UFOlogy is the mythology of the space age, rather
than angels ... we now have ... extraterrestrials.
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Analyse the passage given and provide an
appropriate answer for the question nos. 73
through 76 that follow.
In one of the many letters he wrote to his son in the
1740s, Lord Chesterfield offered the following advice:
“There is time enough for everything in the course of
the day, if you do but one thing at once, but there is
not time enough in the year, if you will do two things at
a time.” To Chesterfield, singular focus was not merely
a practical way to structure one’s time; it was a mark
of intelligence. “This steady and undissipated attention
to one object, is a sure mark of a superior genius; as
hurry, bustle, and agitation, are the never-failing
symptoms of a weak and frivolous mind.”
In modern times, hurry, bustle, and agitation have
become a regular way of life for many people—so
much so that we have embraced a word to describe
our efforts to respond to the many pressing demands
on our time: multitasking. Used for decades to
describe the parallel processing abilities of computers,
multitasking is now shorthand for the human attempt to
do simultaneously as many things as possible, as
quickly as possible, preferably marshalling the power
of as many technologies as possible.
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, one sensed a kind
of exuberance about the possibilities of multitasking.
Advertisements for new electronic gadgets—
particularly the first generation of handheld digital
devices—celebrated the notion of using technology to
accomplish several things at once. The word
multitasking began appearing in the “skills” sections of
résumés, as office workers restyled themselves as
high-tech, high-performing team players.
But more recently, challenges to the ethos of
multitasking have begun to emerge. Numerous studies
have shown the sometimes-fatal danger of using cell
phones and other electronic devices while driving, for
example, and several states have now made that
particular form of multitasking illegal. In the business
world, where concerns about time-management are
perennial, warnings about workplace distractions
spawned by a multitasking culture are on the rise.
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In 2005, the BBC reported on a research study,
funded by Hewlett-Packard and conducted by the
Institute of Psychiatry at the University of London, that
found, “Workers distracted by e-mail and phone calls
suffer a fall in IQ more than twice that found in
marijuana smokers.” The psychologist who led the
study called this new “infomania” a serious threat to
workplace productivity.
Multitasking might also be taking a toll on the
economy. One study by researchers at the University
of California, monitored interruptions among office
workers; they found that workers took an average of
twenty-five minutes to recover from interruptions such
as phone calls or answering e-mail and return to their
original task. Discussing multitasking with the New
York Times in 2007, Jonathan B. Spira, an analyst at
the business research firm Basex, estimated that
extreme multitasking—information overload—costs
the U.S. economy $650 billion a year in lost
productivity.
To better understand the multitasking phenomenon,
neurologists and psychologists have studied the
workings of the brain. In 1999, Chief of cognitive
neuroscience at the National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke , used functional magnetic
resonance imaging (fMRI) scans to determine that
when people engage in “task-switching”—that is,
multitasking behavior—the flow of blood increases to
a region of the frontal cortex called Brodmann area
10. (The flow of blood to particular regions of the
brain is taken as a proxy indication of activity in those
regions.) “This is presumably the last part of the brain
to evolve, the most mysterious and exciting part,”
Grafman told the New York Times in 2001—adding,
with a touch of hyperbole, “It’s what makes us most
human.”
It is also what makes multitasking a poor long-term
strategy for learning. Other studies, such as those
performed by psychologist René Marois, have used
fMRI to demonstrate the brain’s response to handling
multiple tasks. Marois found evidence of a “response
selection bottleneck” that occurs when the brain is
forced to respond to several stimuli at once.
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As a result, task-switching leads to time lost as the
brain determines which task to perform. Psychologist
David Meyer at the University of Michigan believes
that rather than a bottleneck in the brain, a process of
“adaptive executive control” takes place, which
“schedules task processes appropriately to obey
instructions about their relative priorities and serial
order,” as he described to the New Scientist. Unlike
many other researchers who study multitasking, Meyer
is optimistic that, with training, the brain can learn to
task-switch more effectively, and there is some
evidence that certain simple tasks are amenable to
such practice. But his research has also found that
multitasking contributes to the release of stress
hormones and adrenaline, which can cause long-term
health problems if not controlled, and contributes to
the loss of short-term memory.
73. By the reference to Lord Chesterfield, the passage
emphasizes which of the following:
A. Multitasking changes the way people learn.
B. Multitasking is not for the successful.
C. In multitasking, learning is less flexible and more
specialized.
D. Focus is superior to multitasking - which can be
detrimental.
E. Multitasking develops the brain.
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74. What, according to the passage, has revealed
extensive gaps in the spirit of multitasking?
A. The hurry, bustle, and agitation have become a
regular way of our life.
B. Efforts are required to respond to the many
pressing demands on our time.
C. The aftermath of multitasking is doing the rounds.
D. Resistance to the mindset of multitasking is
appearing.
E. Multitasking is taking a toll on the economy.
75. Which of the following best represents the key
argument made by the author?
A. There are several factors that increase the
likelihood of multitasking.
B. When we force ourselves to multitask, we’re
driving ourselves to be less efficient in the long run
even though it sometimes feels like we’re being more
efficient.
C. Today, our collective will to pay attention seems
fairly weak.
D. People who have achieved great things often credit
for their success a finely honed skill for paying
attention.
E. Multitasking has become the norm in today’s
corporate world.
76. According to the passage, Brodmann area 10
A. Hinders multitasking.
B. Facilitates multitasking.
C. Makes us value based.
D. Acts as a mental governor.
E. Is esoteric.
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SECTION C : DATA INTERPRETATION AND QUANTITATIVE ABILITY

77. For the nine-digit number 2982a7645, Spanish language course is 25. Twenty one students
following operation is performed: are enrolled in Spanish language course. Eighteen boys
|2 – 9| + |9 – 8| + …+ |6 – 4| + |4 – 5|. are enrolled in German and Spanish language courses.
For which of the following values of ‘a’ will the above The number of students enrolled in German language
summation be maximum? (| | represents the modulus course is 33.
function)
79. If the ratio of the number of girls to the number
of boys enrolled at this school is 2:1, then how
A. 0
many girls are enrolled in French language course?
B. 2
C. 8 A. 8
D. 9 B.10
E. Both (A) and (D) C.12
D. 7
78. E.13
Share (May 2008)
Percentage growth

10 80. If the number of boys enrolled in German language

8
8 course is the same as the number of girls enrolled in
6
6 French language course then how many boys are
4 4 4
4 2 enrolled at the school?
2 2
2 0
0 0 A. 10
0
-2 B. 20
-2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
-4 C.30
D. 40
Day of Month E. 50
The above graph represents the percentage growth in 81. Mr. Fruitwala had a total of 100 kg apples,
the value of a share in a stock market. Its value on 100 kg oranges and some mangoes in the morning.
day 0 (the day on which it was issued) was Rs.30. After the whole day of work he noticed that he has
Which of the following statements is true? sold 67% of the apples, 73% of the oranges and Y%
of the mangoes. If he had sold 75% of the apples and
A. The maximum value of the share was on day 6. 80% of the oranges and (Y + 3.33)% of the mangoes,
B. The minimum value of the share was on day 9. then the increase in his sales would have been 5% of
C. The value of share on day 6 was greater than that the total quantity of fruits with him in the morning.
on day 9. What is the approximate total weight (in kgs) of the
D. The maximum and the minimum value of share was mangoes he had in the morning?
on day 8 (or day 7) and day 0 respectively.
E. None of these. A. 100
B. 200
Questions 79-80: At a European languages school, C. 300
students can enroll in one of the three language D. 400
courses viz. German, French and Spanish. The E. 500
number of students enrolled in French language course
is 15. The total number of girls enrolled in German
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82. A, B and C have certain number of coins with Conclusion I: 2Z > Y.
them. The ratio of the number of coins with A and C Conclusion II: 2Y > Z.
is 1:3 and the ratio of the number of coins with C and Conclusion III: 4Y < Z.
B is 2:7. If the number of coins with B is 18 more than
six times the number of coins with A, then find the 85. F is a function such that F(x) = x4 – bx2 + 1, for
total number of coins with A, B and C. all real values of ‘x’ and ‘b’ is any real constant.

A. 87 Conclusion I: Minimum possible value of F(x) is at

B. 54 b
C. 29 x= , if b > 0.
2
D. 116 Conclusion II: Roots of F(x) = 1 are equal but
E. 58 opposite in sign.
Conclusion III: The maximum possible value of F(x) is
For questions 83-86, a statement is followed by
three conclusions. Select the answer from the b
.
following options. 12

A. Using the given statement, only conclusion I and 86. Given that A, B and C are distinct prime numbers
conclusion II can be derived. satisfying A + B + C = 19.
B. Using the given statement, only conclusion II and
conclusion III can be derived. Conclusion I: A × B + B × C + C × A = 103.
C. Using the given statement, only conclusion III and Conclusion II: A – B + C = 13.
conclusion I can be derived. 1 1 1 103
D. Using the given statement all conclusions I, II and Conclusion III: + + = .
A B C 165
III can be derived.
E. Using the given statement, none of the three
87. Let A = {2, 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 } and
conclusions I, II and III can be derived.
B = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12}. Find the number of elements
83. An operation is defined by in (A × B) ∩ (B × A).

 1  A. 3
 1 + X for X ≥ Y  B. 7
X*Y =   C. 9
 1 − 1 for X < Y
  D. 11
 Y 
E. 15

1 Question 88-90: Following is a 4 × 4 grid filled with

Conclusion I: (–3*1)*(–1*3) = – . letters A, B, C and D in the given manner. Each of the
2
letters A, B, C and D is a natural number less than 50.
5
Conclusion II: (2*2)*(1*2) = . Also, each of the letters A, B, C and D is a multiple 5.
3 The sum of the letters filled in the cells that form the
Conclusion III: (–1*–2)*(–3*–4) = (–3*1)*(–1*3) diagonals of the grid is 80. Also, A is the largest among
the four mentioned letters.
84. 'X', 'Y', 'Z' are positive real numbers such that
A B C D
Z + 4Y  1
X 2 − X 
B C D A
+ < 0 and ZX > 2. C D A B
 2YZ  YZ D A B C
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88. What is the value of A + C + D? D. 6
E. Minimum value of the given expression does not
A. 35 exist.
B. 40
C. 30 93. Let C, B, and E be three points on a straight line
D. 45 in that order. Suppose that A and D are two points on
E. Cannot be determined. the same side of the straight line such that
∠ACE = ∠CDE = 90 ° and CA = CB = CD.
89. Which of the following is a possible value of A? Let F be the point of intersection of the line segment
AB and the circumcircle of ∆ADC. Which of the
A. 35 following is correct?
B. 20
C. 30
A. F is the incentre of ∆CDE.
D. 15
E. None of these B. F is the orthocenter of ∆CDE.
C. F is the centroid of ∆CDE.
90. What is the minimum possible value of ‘B’ D. F is the circumcentre of ∆CDE.
for which (A + B + C + D) is a multiple of 4? E. None of these.

A. 10 3x
B. 20 94. If 2f(x+3)= and 3g(x – 2) = – 2x for all real
5
C. 15 value of ‘x’, then the value of f(g(6)) is
D. 5
E. None of these 5
A.
2
91. If ‘a’ and ‘b’ are the roots of the equation
7
x2 + px + c = 0 and ‘c’ and ‘d’ are the roots of the B. −
equation x2 + px + r = 0, then the value of 2
(a – c)(a – d) is 3
C.
2
A. p + c
B. c – r 3
D. –
C. r – c 2
D. c + r E. None of these.
E. p – c
95. X and Y start running simultaneously towards the
1 point C on a straight line from the points A and B
92. For real numbers a, b and c, if A = a + , respectively. The distance between the points A and B
a
is 50 kms as shown in the figure given below. The
1 1
B = b3 + and C = c5 + , then what is the speed at which X and Y run is 100 km/hr and 50 km/
3
b c5 hr respectively. After covering every 100 kms, X stops
minimum value of (A + 1)2 + B2 + (C –1)6 ? running and resumes running in the same direction as
earlier after exactly one hour. Which of the following
A. 4 must be true?
B. 12 A B C
C. 20

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A. X will reach the point C before than Y. A. If Statement I alone is sufficient to answer the
B. Y will reach the point C before than X. question.
C. Both will reach the point C simultaneously. B. If Statement II alone is sufficient to answer the
D. Either (B) or (C). question.
E. Cannot be determined. C. If Statement I and Statement II together are
sufficient but neither of the two alone is sufficient to
96. Two circles of radii 5 cm and ‘r’ cm answer the question.
(r < 5 cm) touch internally at point P. In the larger D. If either Statement I or Statement II alone is
circle, chord RS is perpendicular to its diameter PQ sufficient to answer the question.
and it passes through the center of the smaller circle. E. Both Statement I and Statement II are insufficient
If the length of the chord QS is 8 cm, then what is the to answer the question.
distance between the centres of the two given circles?
97. In a right-angled triangle ABC, if all the angles are
in arithmetic progression, then what is the length of
A. 3.6 cm
side BC?
B. 1.8 cm
C. 1.4 cm
D. 2.5 cm I: BC > AB and AC = 2(3 – 3)units.
E. 1.6 cm II: Sum of all the sides of ∆ABC is 6 units and
AC > BC.
Question Nos. 97-98 are followed by two
statements labelled as I and II. You have to 98. H o w is A related to B ?
decide if these statements are sufficient to
I: C is the wife of A’s only brother D and she does
conclusively answer the question. Choose the
not have any siblings.
appropriate answer from options given below: II: B is C’s brother in law’s wife.
Answer the question no. 99 to 103 on the basis of the data given below.
Brands/Month July August September
Sale of Used Maruti Suzuki Cars
Maruti Alto 2500 3000 2000
Maruti Zen 2250 1500 3000
Sale of Used Hyundai Motors Cars
Hyundai Santro 2800 3200 2500
Hyundai Verna 5500 4500 5200
Sale of Used General Motors Cars
Opel Corsa 2500 2000 3000
Chevrolet Optra 3600 4500 5400
Units Purchased = Units Sold + Ending Inventory – Beginning Inventory.
All sales figures are in Rupees thousand.
All other things are constant.
99. In the month of July, Dream Carz Ltd. sold double A. 25
the number of Maruti Alto cars that it purchased. B. 5
If the ending inventory for the month of July was 15, C. 10
then what was the beginning inventory?(Assume that D. 15
the selling price of 1 Maruti Alto car in the month of E. Cannot be determined
July by Dream Carz Ltd. is Rs.125000)
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100. From July to September, Dream Carz Ltd. sold
8 Opel Corsa cars every month and paid sales tax at a
rate of 15% of the sales value of the car. What is the
sum of the taxes paid (in Rs. thousand) on the sale of
three Opel Corsa cars, one each in the three given
months?
102. In the months of July and August, Dream Carz
Ltd. purchased 70 Opel Corsa cars. If their inventory
had 87 cars at the end of August and 65 cars at the
beginning of July, then what was the average sales
price (in Rs. thousand) of an Opel Corsa car during
the two months?

A. 120 A. 85.25
B. 150 B. 75.85
C. 140 C. 83.65
D. 105 D. 93.75
E. 180 E. 92.45

101. In the month of July, if 15% of the total sales of 103. In the month of September, the company
Maruti Alto cars together with 10% of the total sales purchased an equal number of cars of all the
of Hyundai Santro cars contributed 25% to the total 6 different brands. The difference(a positive number)
profit made by the company, then find the total profit in the ending inventory and the beginning inventory
(in Rs. thousand) made by the company in the month was equal for all the six brands. Which of the following
of July. could never have been the total number of cars sold in
A. 3452 the month of September by Dream Carz Ltd.?
B. 2620
C. 3865 A. 30
D. 2628 B. 42
E. 3452 C. 32
D. 36
E. 24

Question 104-106: Kumar studies on only three days in a week: Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. The following
line graph provides information about the total number of hours for which Kumar studied on Tuesday and
Friday in each of the ten weeks and the total number of hours for which Kumar studied in ten weeks namely I,
II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X.

60 55
50 50
50
Number of Hours

45
40 40
28 30
30 20 25
22 20
20 17 18
12 12 14 12 12 11
10 16 7 13 11 9
4 2 5 8 7 4
0
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X

Weeks

Tuesday Friday Total

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104. In which week the total number of hours for 107. Which of the following can be the total number
which Kumar studied on Saturday, is the maximum? of boys, studying either in the primary or in the
secondary classes of the school, in 1996?
A. VII
B. I
A. 14
C. IV
B. 22
D. III
C. 17
E. II
D. 24
105. In which week did the number of hours for which E. 29
Kumar studied on Tuesday witnessed the maximum
percentage increase? 108. Which of the following statements is definitely
true?
A. II
B. IV A. Total number of boys in the years 1997 and 1998
C. III put together, is greater than the total number of girls in
D. IX the years 1998 and 1999 put together.
E. None of these
B. Total number of boys in all the given years put
106. What is the difference between the average together, is greater than the total number of girls in the
number of hours per week for which Kumar studied in years 1997 and 1998.
the mentioned ten weeks and the average number of C. Total number of students in primary classes
hours per Saturday for which he studied in the in the years 1996 and 1997 put together, is greater
mentioned ten weeks? than the total number of students in secondary classes
in the years 1996 and 1997 put together.
A. 21.6 D. Total number of students in 1999 is the highest in all
B. 20.4 the given years.
C. 22 E. None of these.
D. 22.6
E. 22.4 109. If the average marks of all the students in the
Question 107-110: The table provides data of years 2000 and 2001 are 63 and 72 respectively and
average marks secured by boys and girls in primary if the number of boys studying in secondary classes in
and in secondary classes of a school, in different the year 2000 is equal to the number of boys studying
years. It also gives the average marks of all the boys in the primary classes in the year 2001, then which of
and girls, studying in primary and in secondary classes the following statements is definitely true?
of the school, for the same years. No student in this
school studies in both primary and secondary classes A. Total number of students in 2000 is equal to that in
and the school has only primary and secondary 2001.
classes. B. Total number of students in 2000 is 40% more than
the total number of students in 2001.
Years Primary Secondary Total C. Total number of students in 2000 is 20% less than
Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls the total number of students in 2001.
1996 40 54 54 62 48 58 D. Total number of students in 2000 is 33.33% more
1997 72 80 60 68 64 72
than the total number of students in 2001.
1998 60 76 68 70 62 74
1999 94 96 90 98 92 97 E. Total number of students in 2000 is 25% less than
2000 58 60 76 80 64 62 the number of students in 2001.
2001 50 60 80 90 70 76
2002 64 80 76 90 70 84
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110. If the average marks of all the students in the the sum of numbers written on houses owned by Ram
school in 2002 is 80 and the number of boys in to the product of numbers written on houses owned
secondary classes is 500, then the total number of by Rahim, is 8:9.
students in the school in 2002 is
113. If the product of the numbers written on
A. 4560 the houses owned by Rahim is the minimum, then
B. 3620 what is the sum of the numbers written on the houses
C. 4200 owned by Rahim?
D. 3500
E. None of these A. 15
B. 12
111. Ram said to Rahim, “The unit’s digit of the C. 11
product of my age and your age is one or the other D. 14
of three values 2, 4 and 8”. If the age (in years) of E. 13
Ram and Rahim is R1 and R2 respectively, then find
the total number of possible pairs (R1, R2). 114. If the product of the numbers on the houses
(Given that R1 and R2 are natural numbers less than owned by Rahim is the minimum, then which of the
20.) following is definitely the number written on the house
owned by Ram?
A. 108
B. 184 A. 1
C. 128 B. 15
D. 96 C. 9
E. 144 D. 8
E. 3
112. If the roots of the equation
4x3 – 12x2 + cx + 21 = 0 are in an arithmetic 115. Which of the following can be the number
progression, then find the value of c. written on the house jointly owned by Ram and
Rahim?
13
A. A. Only 1
4 B. Only 3
B. – 13 C. Either 1 or 3
C. 13
D. Either 1 or 9
–13 E. 1 or 3 or 9
D.
4
E. Cannot be determined 116. If the maximum value of of ax2 + bx + c does
not exist, then what is the minimum possible value of
Question 113-115: On a street, there are 40 houses |x – a| + |x – 2a| + |x + a| ?
numbered consecutively from 1 to 40 such that exactly
one number is written on one house. Ram and Rahim A. 3a
own three of these houses each. Few houses are B. a
owned jointly by both Ram and Rahim. The numbers C. 2a
written on houses owned by Ram are in an arithmetic D. 0
progression. The numbers written on houses owned E. 4a
by Rahim are in a geometric progression. The ratio of
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117. In the X-Y plane, two curves x2 – 4y2 = 0 119. A trapezium ABCD is inscribed in circle with
and (x – a)2 + (y – b)2 = 20 intersect each other centre O as shown in the figure given below. It is also
at exactly three distinct points. If the point given that AB is the diameter and the measure of
P(a, b) lies on the curve x2 – 4y2 = 0, then find ∠ABC = 60 °. If E is the mid point of arc AEB, then
the value of (a + b). what is the measure of ∠DEC ?
(Given that a, b are positive integers)
D C
A. 12
B. 0
C. 8 A 60° B
D. 6 O
E. Cannot be determined

118. How many positive even integers less than E

200 can be written as the sum of three A. 30°
consecutive integers? B. 15°
C. 60°
A. 33 D. 45°
B. 20 E. 120°
C. 15
D. 35 120. W hat is the remainder when 3 2004 is divided by
E. 51 13?

A. 1
B. 12
C. 6
D. 0
E. 7

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