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Directions for 1-7: In each of the following sentences,
part/parts of the sentence is/ are left blank. Beneath
each sentence, four different ways of completing the sentence
are indicated. Choose the best alternative from among
the four.
1. In pursuance of their decision to resist what they
saw as anti-labour policies, the company employees' union
launched agitation to ____________ [1] show their virility
[2] reaffirm their commitment to the company [3] bring
down the government [4] demonstrate their strength
2. The safest general characterisation of the European
philosophical tradition as it has developed up to now,
with all its diverse proponents, is that it consists of
a __________ Plato. [1] series of footnotes to [2] set
of prologues to [3] collection of chapters on [4] string
of commentaries to
3. The interest generated by the soccer World Cup is
_________- compared to the way cricket _____________ the
nation. [1] milder, fascinates [2] lukewarm, electrifies
[3] tepid, inspires [4] unusual , grips
4. (A) Some apples are sour; This fruit is an apple;
This fruit is sour. (B) Sita is a nurse; All nurses are
tall officers are smart; Military officers are smart.
(C) Army officers are smart; Airforce officers are smart;
Military officers are smart. (D) No animal likes fire;
Aardvarks are animals; Aardvarks do not like fire. [1]
B only [2] C only [3] D only [4] None of these
5. (A) No S is P; All X is S; No X is P. (B) No S is
P; All X is S; All X is P (C) Some S is not P; Some X
is S; Some X is not P. (D) Some S is not P; All X is S;
All X is not P. [1] A only [2] A and B [3] C only [4]
A only
6. Why are horses the same? (A) It may be old and lame,
and in time it will die. (B) A particular horse 'flows',
naturally. (C) But there is something all horses have
in common. (D) You probably don't think they are at all.
(E) But the 'form' of the horse is eternal and immutable.
[1] DCAB [2] CABD [3] CBDA [4] DCBA
7. Buddhism is a way to salvation. (A) But Buddhism is
more severely analytical . (B) In the Christian tradition
there is also a concern for the fate of human society
conceived as a whole, rather than merely as a sum or network
of individuals. (C) Salvation is a property, or achievement,
of individuals. (D) Not only does it dissolve society
into individuals; the individual in turn is dissolved
into component parts and instants, a stream of events.
(E) In modern terminology, Buddhist doctrine is reductionism.
[1] BCAD [2] ADBC [3] CBAD [4] CDAB
Directions for 8: Sentences given in each question, when
properly sequenced, from a coherent paragraph. Each sentence
is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order
of sentences from among the four given choices to construct
a coherent paragraph.
8. (A) However, the real challenge today is unlearning,
which is much harder. (B) But the new world of business
behaves differently from the world in which we grew up.
(C) Learning is important for both people and organisations.
(D) Each of us has a "mental model" that we've
used over the years to make sense. [1] DBCA [2] CABD [3]
DACB [4] CBDA
Directions 9 -11 : Read each of the short passages given
below and answer the questions that follows it.
9. The Kolahal party had to fight the Golmal party bitterly
to win mayoral elections. One of the main features of
its campaign was that it would make public all the papers
related to a scandal during the regime of the Golmal party.
After the victory, however, the new mayor got busy introducing
many schemes, both liked and not liked by the public.
The Golmal party made only mild protests but refrained
from tabling a serious no-confidence motion in the council
which it could have won by obtaining the support of the
independent members.
Which of the following statements, if true, implies that
the Kolahal party is blackmailing the Golmal party? [1]
The papers mentioned in the election campaign are prepared
and ready. [2] Some members of the public disliked the
reforms made by the new mayor. [3] People complained about
collusion between the two parties. [4] Independent members
were not keen on supporting the Golmal party.
10. Cellular phone services are being provided by two
companies in each telecom circle. These companies were
awarded the contracts based on the license fees they agreed
to pay the government and were selected on a competitive
basis. Cellular phone service providers have found that
their profits are much less than they expected - in fact
in most cases they are losing money.
Which of the following can be inferred from the above
passage? [1] All the cellular phone service providers
have been operating inefficiently. [2] The government
was wrong in allowing private provision of cellular services.
[3] Cellular services providers have been unable to match
performance to plan. [4] Paging services have eaten into
the revenue of the cellular services
11. Organisations are often defined as group of people
who come together to pursue a common goal. But more often
then not, goals diverge as much as they converge, making
the rationality of the overall organization no more than
an elusive ideal. Beneath the collective irrationality,
however organisations are often operating in a way that
is eminently rational from the standpoint of the individuals,
groups and coalitions directly involved.
Which of the following can be inferred form the above
passage? [1] If all employees of an organization pursue
their individual goals, one can never have an organization
that behaves rationally. [2] Although conceptually an
organization may appear to be irrational-behaviors of
individuals, groups and coalitions in the organization
may be rational. [3] As individuals, groups or coalitions
in an organization pursue their own interests, the conceptual
issues of rational behaviour get blurred. [4] Since people
are essentially irrational, the ideal of building a rational
organization is elusive.
Directions for 12 - : Each passage in this section is
followed by questions. Read the passage and choose the
best answer.
Passage - 1
Every lover of words knows that these little symbolic
units of meaning can be as contradictory as sub-atomic
particles sometimes are. This may well be nature's quixotic
way of laughing at our desperate need to explain everything.
It gives us a full stop, but watches helplessly, as we
expand it into three dots and continue to search.
Although the measurement of the velocity of subatomic
particles precludes the measurement of their position
and vice versa, it hasn't stopped nuclear physicists from
trying from searching, from attempting to pin down, to
explain. And it is important.
In a book on quantum physics called In Search of Schrodinger's
Cat, John Gribbin says something very fascinating. If
a mythical god with a magical pair of infinitesimally
small pliers started the task of removing one atom from
a molecule of hydrogen (if I remember correctly) every
second from the time of the Big Bang … today, it would
take another million years for him or her to complete
the task Phew!
But it is still important to try. Why? If everything
is so small and the now proved quantum world is essentially
indefinable, why do we go on trying to define? Because
we must. It is as important to be rigorous and empirical
as to accept the indefinable. Lest we forget, it is through
absorption in the act of definition that we first encountered
the indefinable. And it is still found there more easily
than anywhere else.
But for the effort to define, how would we find the indefinable?
But for the setting of limits, would the notion of the
limitless have ever arisen? Didn't William Blake once
remind us that we never know what is enough; unless we
have known what is more than enough.
So, when we analyse words, they are paradoxical, as anything
self-referential is. Whether it is the language of mathematics
or the language of words. Self-reference engenders paradox.
But one wonders why this is a cause of concern for some
people, who would prefer no shades of grey.
Paradox is delightful. It is a rich and fertile ground
that nourishes and nurtures what we want to communicate,
which often has a nasty habit of falling in between any
two given words available describe it.
Words are very close to what Planck called " quanta"
though they are not literally packets of meaning; they
are the paradoxical verbal equivalent, "receptacles
of meaning" Little drawers if you like, into which
we can insert fresh meanings that expand, limit or even
contradict the accepted meaning of the word or phrase.
When we say, "I'll believe you! For instance, we
mean the exact opposite. As, indeed, when we say something
is "bad" in Black American language, because
it means "good."
The original meaning of the word is like a reference
point on a matrix. Good, if we use its definition as a
working hypothesis. But very dangerous, if we take it
as a full and final, irrevocable statement of what it
sets out to describe.
Why, one may ask, give the word a meaning at all, if
accepting it is suspect? And why embark on the act of
definition at all if the result of the definition is insignificant?
Like many wonderful and rewarding things in this mysterious
world. It is not either/ or but and/ plus. It is like
asking why we learnt to crawl, if all we are going to
do is unlearning it to walk? And further, when on occasion,
we are required to crawl in later life are we regressing?
Learning is a process, not a thing. If we must look at
it as a thing we must look at it as lying - siting - standing
- crawling - walking - running.
To define words, and define them exactly, is very important
at the outset. When one is learning a language and even
through the process of getting familiar with it, definitions
and boundaries are crucial, just as following a broad
road to a place is critical before we know our way there.
Once we do the rules aren't important; once we have found
a dozen shorter or pleasanter ways to the place, the highway
may be of little use to us.
Like a protective cage around a little sapling, definitions
protect us in our fledgling days, from the predators of
licence and ambiguity. And they are important. In its
place, everything is important.
Once we have a certain command of the language, however,
rules are meant to be broken. Particularly if we are riding
the crazy roller coaster of the English language. It is
then what we thought was a packet turns out to be a receptacle.
In the clearer light of day, when there is less confusion
and obscurity, what appeared to be a serpent in the dusty
light, is now quite clearly rope.
In Alice in Wonderland, Dumpty says it quite brilliantly.
"I don't know what you mean by ' glory'," Alice
said.
Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously.
"Of course you don't - till I tell you. I meant
there's a nice knock - down argument for you!"
"But 'glory' doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument',
" Alice objected.
"When I use a word, " Humpty Dumpty said, in
a rather sorrowful tone, "it means just what I choose
it to mean - neither more nor less."
"The question is, " said Alice, "whether
you can make words mean so many different things"
Be that as it may, a word in your ear before the words
stop. Can you ever have a nice knock-down argument?
12. According to the passage: [1] Anything delightful
is paradoxical. [2] Anything self-referential is paradoxical.
[3] Anything in shades of grey is paradoxical. [4] Anything
in a rich and fertile ground is paradoxical.
13. From the passage it can be inferred that: [1] To
understand a system, we should investigate within its
boundaries. [2] To understand a system, we should investigate
beyond its boundaries. [3] To understand a system, we
should be rigorous and empirical. [4] To understand a
system, we should investigate both within and beyond its
boundaries.
14. According to Humpty Dumpty: [1] Alice does not know
what 'glory' means . [2] He is Alice's master. [3] He
imparts to a word the meaning he intends. [4] His words
are ambiguous.
15. According to the passage: [1] When some people say
'bad', they mean the opposite. [2] God will complete the
removal of all atoms from the hydrogen molecule in a million
years. [3] One can simultaneously measure both the velocity
and position of sub-atomic particles. [4] Planck called
words 'quanta;.
Directions for 16-18 : Choose the best alternative.
16. Define m #n = m + n + mn, then 2 # 3 = [1] 0 [2]
6 [3] 11 [4] 20
17. Define m # n = m + n + mn. If for any m, there is
a number q such that m # q = m, then q = [1] 0 [2] -1
[3] 1 [4] q does not exist
18. A charity solicited P persons over phone who agreed
to an average pledge of Rs. R each. Q of these people
who had pledged an average of Rs.S each never sent the
pledged money. Which of the following expressions represents
the percent of pledged money that the charity received?
[1] 100(PR/QS) [2] 100(QS/PR) [3] 100 - 100(QS/PR) [4]
100PR - 100(QS /PR)
Directions for 19-20 : Two operators # and Ñ for real
numbers a and b are defined as follows:
(i) a # b = a + b if both a and b are positive = 1, otherwise
(ii) a Ñ b = (ab) a+b if ab is positive = 1, otherwise
19. The value of ( 2 ¹ 3) #(-1 Ñ 5) is (1 Ñ 2) # ((-1)
# 5) [1] 2/3 [2] ½ [3] 1/3 [4] None of these
20. The value of ((1 # 1) # 2) - (10 1.3 # log 10 0.1
) is [1] (4 - 10 1.3)/2 [2] 1/8 [3] 3/8 [4] 15/8
Directions for 21-23 : The following table provides information
on the arrival of apples in the Agricultural Produce Market
Committee (APMC) in Delhi in the year 1990-1991. In the
months when the supply of fresh apples is less than the
demand, apples are supplied from cold storage.
Arrival of Apples in APMC, Delhi (in Tonnes) : 1990-91
Month HP UP J & K Cold Storage Total May 7 0 7 59
73 June 12 1 0 0 13 July 9741 257 8017 0 18015 August
71497 10 18750 0 90257 September 77675 0 20286 0 97961
October 53912 0 56602 0 110514 November 12604 0 79591
24 92219 December 3499 0 41872 42 45413 January 1741 0
14822 15 16578 February 315 0 10922 201 11438 March 25
0 11183 77 11285 April 0 0 683 86 769
21. The percentage share of HP in the total supply of
1990-91 to APMC, Delhi is closest to [1] 30 [2] 40 [3]
45 [4] 55
22. The largest percentage share of J & K in the
monthly supply at APMC, Delhi is closest to [1] 88 [2]
95 [3] 99 [4] 100
23. The period in which the fresh fruit supply at APMC,
Delhi, was more than the demand is [1] June - August [2]
June - October [3] November - May [4] February - April
Directions for 24-25 : Each question is followed by two
statements. You have to decide whether the information
provided in the statements is sufficient for answering
the questions.
Mark 1 If the question can be answered by using one of
the statements alone, but cannot be answered using the
other statement alone.
Mark 2 If the question can be answered using either statement
alone.
Mark 3 If the question can be answered by using both
statements together, but cannot be answered using either
statement alone.
Mark 4 If the question cannot be answered by using both
statements together.
24. What is 2 Å 3? [1] a Å b is not necessarily equal
to b Å a for two integers a and b , and 1 Å 2 = 3. [2]
a Å b = ( a + b ) / a for a ¹ 0.
25. A circle C2 with radius r2 lies completely within
another circle C1 with radius r1. What is the value of
r2? [1] The difference in the circumferences of C1 and
C2 is k cms. [2] The difference in the areas of C1 and
C2 is m sq. cms
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