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Section I
Questions 1 to 26 carry 1 mark each.
(1) None (2) Only UK
Answer questions 1 to 4 based on the following (3) Only India (4) Both India and UK
information:
Answer questions 5 to 8 based on the following
Prof. Singh has been tracking the number of visitors
information:
to his homepage. His service provider has provided
him with the following data on the country of origin A study was conducted to ascertain the relative
of the visitors and the university they belong to: importance that employees in five different countries
assigned to five different traits in their Chief
Number of Visitors
Executive Officers. The traits were compassion (C),
Day
Country decisiveness (D), negotiation skills (N), public
1 2 3
visibility (P), and vision (V). The level of dissimilarity
Canada 2 0 0 between two countries is the maximum difference in
Netherlands 1 1 0 the ranks allotted by the two countries to any of the
India 1 2 0 five traits. The following table indicates the rank
UK 2 0 2 order of the five traits for each country.
USA 1 0 1
Country
Number of Visitors Rank India China Japan Malaysia Thailand
Day 1 C N D V V
University
1 2 3 2 P C N D C
University 1 1 0 0 3 N P C P N
University 2 2 0 0 4 V D V C P
University 3 0 1 0 5 D V P N D
University 4 0 0 2
5. Three of the following four pairs of countries
University 5 1 0 0
have identical levels of dissimilarity. Which pair
University 6 1 0 1
is the odd one out?
University 7 2 0 0
University 8 0 2 0 (1) Malaysia and China
(2) China and Thailand
1. University 1 can belong to ______. (3) Thailand and Japan
(1) UK (2) Canada (4) Japan and Malaysia
(3) Netherlands (4) USA
6. Which amongst the following countries is most
2. To which country does University 5 belong? dissimilar to India?
(1) India or Netherlands but not USA (1) China (2) Japan
(2) India or USA but not Netherlands (3) Malaysia (4) Thailand
(3) Netherlands or USA but not India
(4) India or USA but not UK 7. Which of the following countries is least
dissimilar to India?
3. Visitors from how many universities from UK (1) China (2) Japan
visited Prof. Singh’s homepage in the three days? (3) Malaysia (4) Thailand
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4
4. Which among the listed countries can possibly

host three of the eight listed universities?

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8. Which of the following pairs of countries are

most dissimilar?
(1) China and Japan

(2) India and China
(3) Malaysia and Japan
(4) Thailand and Japan
Answer questions 9 to 12 based on the following information:
The data points in the figure below represent monthly income and expenditure data of individual members of the
Ahuja family( )the Bose family( ), the Coomar family (o) and the Dubey family (•). For these questions, savings
is defined as:
Savings = Income – Expenditure
Income
Line indicating
Income = Expenditure
3000
2000
1000
0 1000 2000 3000

Expenditure
9. Which family has the highest average expenditure?
(1) Ahuja (2) Bose (3) Coomar (4) Dubey
10. Which family has the lowest average income?
11. The highest amount of savings accrues to a member of which family?
12. Which family has the lowest average savings?

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The Dean’s office recently scanned student results into the central computer system. When their character reading
software cannot read something, it leaves the space blank. The scanner output reads as follows:
Name Finance Marketing Statistics Strategy Operations GPA

Aparna B F 1.4
Bikas D D F F
Chandra D A F F 2.4
Deepak A B D D 3.2
Fazal D F B D 2.4
Gowri C C A B 3.8
Hari B A D 2.8
Ismet B A
Jagdeep A A B C 3.8
Kunal F A F F 1.8
Leena B A B F 3.2
Manab A B B
Nisha A D B A F 3.6
Osman C B B A 4.6
Preeti F D D 3.2
Rahul A C A F 4.2
Sameer C F B
Tara B 2.4
Utkarsh F C A 3.0
Vipul A C C F 2.4
In the grading system, A, B, C, D, and F grades fetch 6, 4, 3, 2, and 0 grade points respectively. The Grade Point
Average (GPA) is the arithmetic mean of the grade points obtained in the five subjects.
Some additional facts are also known about the students’ grades. These are:
a. Vipul obtained the same grade in Marketing as Aparna obtained in Finance and Strategy.
b. Fazal obtained the same grade in Strategy as Utkarsh did in Marketing.
c. Tara received the same grade in exactly three courses.
13. In Operations, Tara could have received the same grade as ____________.
(1) Ismet (2) Hari (3) Jagdeep (4) Manab
14. What grade did Preeti obtain in Statistics?
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
15. What grade did Utkarsh obtain in Finance?
(1) B (2) C (3) D (4) F
16. In Strategy, Gowri’s grade point was higher than that obtained by _________.
(1) Fazal (2) Hari (3) Nisha (4) Rahul

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Purana and Naya are two brands of kitchen mixer-grinders available in the local market. Purana is an old brand that
was introduced in 1990, while Naya was introduced in 1997. For both these brands, 20% of the mixer-grinders
bought in a particular year are disposed of as junk exactly two years later. It is known that 10 Purana mixer-grinders
were disposed of in 1997. The following figures show the number of Purana and Naya mixer-grinders in operation
from 1995 to 2000, as at the end of the year.
250 236 236

222
200 182
162
150 134
120 124
100 80
50 30
0
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Purana Naya
17. How many Naya mixer-grinders were disposed of by the end of 2000?
(1) 10 (2) 16 (3) 22 (4) Cannot be determined from the data
18. How many Naya mixer-grinders were purchased in 1999?
(1) 44 (2) 50 (3) 55 (4) 64
19. How many Purana mixer-grinders were purchased in 1999?
20. How many Purana mixer-grinders were disposed of in 2000?
Answer questions 21 to 26 based on the following Choose 3 if the question can be answered by using
instructions: both statements together but not by either statement
alone.
Each question is followed by two statements, A and B.
Choose 4 if the question cannot be answered on the
Answer each question using the following
basis of the two statements.
instructions
21. Ravi spent less than Rs.75 to buy one kilogram
Choose 1 if the question can be answered by using
each of potato, onion, and gourd. Which one of
one of the statements alone but not by using the other
the three vegetables bought was the costliest?
statement alone.
Choose 2 if the question can be answered by using A. 2 kg potato and 1 kg gourd cost less than 1 kg
either of the statements alone. potato and 2 kg gourd.

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B. 1 kg potato and 2 kg onion together cost the 26. Zakib spends 30% of his income on his children’s
same as 1 kg onion and 2 kg gourd. education, 20% on recreation and 10% on
healthcare. The corresponding percentages for
22. Tarak is standing 2 steps to the left of a red mark Supriyo are 40%, 25%, and 13%. Who spends
and 3 steps to the right of a blue mark. He tosses more on children’s education?
a coin. If it comes up heads, he moves one step to
A. Zakib spends more on recreation than
the right; otherwise he moves one step to the left.
Supriyo.
He keeps doing this until he reaches one of the
B. Supriyo spends more on healthcare than
two marks, and then he stops. At which mark
Zakib.
does he stop?
A. He stops after 21 coin tosses. Questions 27 to 38 carry 2 marks each.

B. He obtains three more tails than heads.
information:
23. Nandini paid for an article using currency notes
of denominations Re. l, Rs. 2, Rs. 5, and Rs. 10 Coach John sat with the score cards of Indian players
using at least one note of each denomination. The from the 3 games in a one-day cricket tournament
total number of five and ten rupee notes used where the same set of players played for India and all
was one more than the total number of one and the major batsmen got out. John summarized the
two rupee notes used. What was the price of the batting performance through three diagrams, one for
article? each game. In each diagram, the three outer triangles
communicate the number of runs scored by the three
A. Nandini used a total of 13 currency notes.
top scorers from India, where K, R, S, V, and Y
B. The price of the article was a multiple of Rs.
represent Kaif, Rahul, Saurav, Virender, and Yuvraj
10.
respectively. The middle triangle in each diagram
24. Four candidates for an award obtain distinct denotes the percentage of total score that was scored
scores in a test. Each of the four casts a vote to by the top three Indian scorers in that game. No two
choose the winner of the award. The candidate players score the same number of runs in the same
who gets the largest number of votes wins the game. John also calculated two batting indices for
award. In case of a tie in the voting process, the each player based on his scores in the tournament;
candidate with the highest score wins the award. the R-index of a batsman is the difference between his
Who wins the award? highest and lowest scores in the 3 games while the M-
index is the middle number, if his scores are arranged
A. The candidates with the top three scores each
in a non-increasing order.
vote for the top scorer amongst the other
three.
B. The candidate with the lowest score votes for
the player with the second highest score.
25. In a class of 30 students, Rashmi secured the

third rank among the girls, while her brother
27. Which of the players had the best M-index from
Kumar studying in the same class secured the
the tournament?
sixth rank in the whole class. Between the two,
who had a better overall rank? (1) Rahul (2) Saurav
(3) Virender (4) Yuvraj
A. Kumar was among the top 25% of the boys
merit list in the class in which 60% were boys.
28. Among the players mentioned, who can have the
B. There were three boys among the top five
lowest R-index from the tournament?
rank holders, and three girls among the top
ten rank holders. (1) Only Kaif, Rahul or Yuvraj
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(3) Only Kaif or Yuvraj (1) 2 experts in population studies from the
(4) Only Kaif Americas and 2 health experts from Africa
attended the conference.
29. For how many Indian players is it possible to (2) 2 experts in population studies from the
calculate the exact M-index? Americas and 1 health expert from Africa
(1) 0 (2) 1
(3) 3 experts in refugee relocation from the
(3) 2 (4) More than 2
Americas and 1 health expert from Africa
30. How many players among those listed definitely
scored less than Yuvraj in the tournament?
(4) Africa and America each had 1 expert in
(1) 0 (2) 1 population studies attending the conference.
(3) 2 (4) More than 2
33. If Ramos is the lone American expert in
Answer questions 31 to 34 based on the following population studies, which of the following is NOT
information: true about the numbers of experts in the
Twenty one participants from four continents (Africa, conference from the four continents?
Americas, Australasia, and Europe) attended a United (1) There is one expert in health from Africa.
Nations conference. Each participant was an expert in (2) There is one expert in refugee relocation
one of four fields, labour, health, population studies, from Africa.
and refugee relocation. The following five facts about (3) There are two experts in health from the
the participants are given. Americas.
a. The number of labour experts in the camp was (4) There are three experts in refugee relocation
exactly half the number of experts in each of the from the Americas.
three other categories.
b. Africa did not send any labour expert. Otherwise, 34. Alex, an American expert in refugee relocation,
every continent, including Africa, sent at least one was the first keynote speaker in the conference.
expert for each category. What can be inferred about the number of
c. None of the continents sent more than three American experts in refugee relocation in the
experts in any category. conference, excluding Alex?
d. If there had been one less Australasian expert, i. At least one
then the Americas would have had twice as many ii. At most two
experts as each of the other continents.
Mike and Alfanso are leading experts of (1) Only i and not ii (2) Only ii and not i
population studies who attended the conference. (3) Both i and ii (4) Neither i nor ii
They are from Australasia.
31. Which of the following numbers cannot be information:
determined from the information given?
The year was 2006. All six teams in Pool A of World
(1) Number of labour experts from the Americas. Cup hockey, play each other exactly once. Each win
(2) Number of health experts from Europe. earns a team three points, a draw earns one point and
(3) Number of health experts from Australasia. a loss earns zero points. The two teams with the
(4) Number of experts in refugee relocation from highest points qualify for the semi-finals. In case of a
Africa. tie, the team with the highest goal difference (Goals
For – Goals Against) qualifies.
32. Which of the following combinations is NOT
possible? In the opening match, Spain lost to Germany. After the
second round (after each team played two matches),
the pool table looked as shown below.

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Pool A
Games Goals Goals
Teams Won Drawn Lost Points
Played For Against
Germany 2 2 0 0 3 1 6
Argentina 2 2 0 0 2 0 6
Spain 2 1 0 1 5 2 3
Pakistan 2 1 0 1 2 1 3
New
2 0 0 2 1 6 0
Zealand
South
2 0 0 2 1 4 0
Africa
In the third round, Spain played Pakistan, Argentina

played Germany, and New Zealand played South
Africa. All the third round matches were drawn. The
following are some results from the fourth and fifth
round matches.
a. Spain won both the fourth and fifth round

matches.
b. Both Argentina and Germany won their fifth round
matches by 3 goals to 0.
c. Pakistan won both the fourth and fifth round
matches by 1 goal to 0.
35. Which one of the following statements is true

about matches played in the first two rounds?
(1) Pakistan beat South Africa by 2 goals to 1.

(2) Argentina beat Pakistan by 1 goal to 0.
(3) Germany beat Pakistan by 2 goals to 1.
(4) Germany beat Spain by 2 goals to 1.
36. Which one of the following statements is true

about matches played in the first two rounds?
(1) Germany beat New Zealand by 1 goal to 0.

(2) Spain beat New Zealand by 4 goals to 0.
(3) Spain beat South Africa by 2 goals to 0
(4) Germany beat South Africa by 2 goals to 1.
37. If Pakistan qualified as one of the two teams from

Pool A, which was the other team that qualified?
(1) Argentina (2) Germany

(3) Spain (4) Cannot be determined
38. Which team finished at the top of the pool after

five rounds of matches?
(1) Argentina (2) Germany

(3) Spain (4) Cannot be determined

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Section II
Questions 39 to 58 carry 1 mark each. 44. If a man cycles at 10 km/hr, then he arrives at a
certain place at 1 p.m. If he cycles at 15 km/hr, he
39. A father and his son are waiting at a bus stop in
will arrive at the same place at 11 a.m. At what
the evening. There is a lamp post behind them.
speed must he cycle to get there at noon?
The lamp post, the father and his son stand on the
same straight line. The father observes that the (1) 11 km/hr (2) 12 km/hr
shadows of his head and his son's head are (3) 13 km/hr (4) 14 km/hr
incident at the same point on the ground. If the
heights of the lamp post, the father and his son 45. On January 1, 2004 two new societies, S1, and S2,
are 6 metres, 1.8 metres and 0.9 metres are formed, each with n members. On the first
respectively, and the father is standing 2.1 metres day of each subsequent month, S1 adds b
away from the post, then how far (in metres) is members while S2 multiplies its current number
the son standing from his father? of members by a constant factor r. Both the
societies have the same number of members on
(1) 0.9 (2) 0.75 (3) 0.6 (4) 0.45
July 2, 2004. If b = 10.5n, what is the value of r?
40. A milkman mixes 20 litres of water with 80 litres (1) 2.0 (2) 1.9
of milk. After selling one-fourth of this mixture, (3) 1.8 (4) 1.7
he adds water to replenish the quantity that he
has sold. What is the current proportion of water 46. The total number of integer pairs (x, y) satisfying
to milk? the equation x + y = xy is ______.
(1) 2 : 3 (2) 1 : 2 (3) 1 : 3 (4) 3 : 4 (1) 0 (2) 1

(3) 2 (4) None of the above
41. Karan and Arjun run a 100 metre race, where
Karan beats Arjun by 10 metres. To do a favour to 47. If f(x) = x3 – 4x + p, and f(0) and f(1) are of
Arjun, Karan starts 10 metres behind the starting opposite signs, then which of the following is
line in a second 100 metre race. They both run at necessarily true?
their earlier speeds. Which of the following is
(1) –1 < p < 2 (2) 0 < p < 3
true in connection with the second race?
(3) –2 < p < 1 (4) –3 < p < 0
(1) Karan and Arjun reach the finishing line
simultaneously. 48. Suppose n is an integer such that the sum of the
(2) Arjun beats Karan by 1 metre. digits of n is 2, and 1010 < n < 1011. The number of
(3) Arjun beats Karan by 11 metres. different values for n is
(4) Karan beats Arjun by 1 metre. (1) 11 (2) 10
42. N persons stand on the circumference of a circle (3) 9 (4) 8
at distinct points. Each possible pair of persons,
not standing next to each other, sings a two-
minute song one pair after the other. If the total
then r cannot take any value except _____
time taken for singing is 28 minutes, what is N?
(1) 5 (2) 7
(3) 9 (4) None of the above
43. If the sum of the first 11 terms of an arithmetic

progression equals that of the first 19 terms, then
what is the sum of the first 30 terms?
(1) 0 (2) –1
(3) 1 (4) Not unique

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55. A rectangular sheet of paper, when halved by

folding it at the mid-point of its longer side,
results in a rectangle, whose longer and shorter
sides are in the same proportion as the longer
and shorter sides of the original rectangle. If the
What is the value of y?
shorter side of the original rectangle is 2, what is
the area of the smaller rectangle?
Instructions for questions 56 - 58:

51. Let f(x) = ax2 – b|x|, where a and b are constants.
Then at x = 0, f(x) is In the adjoining figure, I and II are circles with centres
P and Q respectively. The two circles touch each other
(1) maximized whenever a > 0, b > 0 and have a common tangent that touches them at
(2) maximized whenever a > 0, b < 0 points R and S respectively. This common tangent
(3) minimized whenever a > 0, b > 0 meets the line joining P and Q at O. The diameters of I
(4) minimized whenever a > 0, b < 0 and II are in the ratio 4 : 3. It is also known that the
length of PO is 28 cm.
52. Two boats, travelling at 5 and 10 kms per hour,
head directly towards each other. They begin at a R
distance of 20 kms from each other. How far S
apart are they (in kms) one minute before they
collide? O
P Q
II
I
53. Each family in a locality has at most two adults,
and no family has fewer than 3 children. 56. What is the ratio of the length of PQ to that of QO?
Considering all the families together, there are (1) 1 : 4 (2) 1 : 3
more adults than boys, more boys than girls, and (3) 3 : 8 (4) 3 : 4
more girls than families. Then the minimum
possible number of families in the locality is: 57. What is the radius of the circle II?
(1) 4 (2) 5 (3) 2 (4) 3 (1) 2 cm (2) 3 cm

(3) 4 cm (4) 5 cm
54. In Nuts And Bolts factory, one machine produces
only nuts at the rate of 100 nuts per minute and 58. The length of SO is ________.
needs to be cleaned for 5 minutes after
production of every 1000 nuts. Another machine
produces only bolts at the rate of 75 bolts per
minute and needs to be cleaned for 10 minutes
after production of every 1500 bolts. If both the
machines start production at the same time, what
is the minimum duration required for producing
9000 pairs of nuts and bolts?
(1) 130 minutes (2) 135 minutes

(3) 170 minutes (4) 180 minutes

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Questions 59 to 73 carry 2 marks each.

62. Which of the following is necessarily true?
59.
(1) f4(x) = f1(x) for all x
(2) f1(x) = –f3(–x) for all x
(3) f2(–x) = f4(x) for all x
(4) f1(x) + f3(x) = 0 for all x

In an examination, there are 100 questions divided
into three groups A, B and C such that each group
contains at least one question. Each question in group
A carries 1 mark, each question in group B carries 2
marks and each question in group C carries 3 marks.
In the adjoining figure, chord ED is parallel to the It is known that the questions in group A together
diameter AC of the circle. If ∠CBE = 65°, then carry at least 60% of the total marks.
what is the value of ∠DEC?
63. If group B contains 23 questions, then how many
(1) 35° (2) 55° (3) 45° (4) 25° questions are there in group C?
60. (1) 1 (2) 2

(3) 3 (4) Cannot be determined
B C
64. If group C contains 8 questions and group B

carries at least 20% of the total marks, which of
the following best describes the number of
questions in group B?
A D (1) 11 or 12 (2) 12 or 13
(3) 13 or 14 (4) 14 or 15
On a semicircle with diameter AD, chord BC is
parallel to the diameter. Further, each of the 65. A sprinter starts running on a circular path of
chords AB and CD has length 2, while AD has radius r metres. Her average speed (in
length 8. What is the length of BC? metres/minute) is πr during the first 30 seconds,
(1) 7.5 (2) 7 πr/2 during next one minute, πr/4 during next
(3) 7.75 (4) None of the above 2 minutes, πr/8 during next 4 minutes, and so on.
What is the ratio of the time taken for the nth
Instructions for questions 61 – 62: round to that for the previous round?
Answer the following questions based on the (1) 4 (2) 8 (3) 16 (4) 32
information given below.
66. Consider the sequence of numbers a1, a2, a3, ... to
f1(x) = x 0≤x≤1
infinity where a1 = 81.33 and a2 = –19 and
=1 x≥1
aj = aj–1 – aj–2 for j ≥ 3. What is the sum of the first
=0 otherwise
6002 terms of this sequence?
f2(x) = f1(–x) for all x
f3(x) = –f2(x) for all x (1) –100.33 (2) –30.00
f4(x) = f3(–x) for all x (3) 62.33 (4) 119.33
61. How many of the following products are
67. The remainder, when (1523 + 2323) is divided by
necessarily zero for every x
19, is:
f1(x)f2(x), f2(x)f3(x), f2(x)f4(x)?
(1) 4 (2) 15 (3) 0 (4) 18
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 3

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68. In the adjoining figure, the lines represent one- G F

way roads allowing travel only northwards or
only westwards. Along how many distinct routes
can a car reach point B from point A? C B
North
D A
A
West (1) equal to the side of the cube
(1) 15 (2) 56 (3) 120 (4) 336
69. Let C be a circle with centre P0 and AB be a

diameter of C. Suppose P1 is the mid-point of the (4) impossible to find from the given information
line segment P0B, P2 is the mid-point of the line
segment P1B and so on. Let C1, C2, C3, ... be circles 73. A circle with radius 2 is placed against a right
with diameters P0P1, P1P2, P2P3 ... respectively. angle. Another smaller circle is also placed as
Suppose the circles C1, C2, C3, ... are all shaded. shown in the adjoining figure. What is the radius
The ratio of the area of the unshaded portion of C of the smaller circle?
to that of the original circle C is:
(1) 8 : 9 (2) 9 : 10
(3) 10 : 11 (4) 11 : 12
70. Let u = (log2 x)2 – 6 log2 x + 12 where x is a real

number. Then the equation xu = 256, has
(1) no solution for x
(2) exactly one solution for x
(3) exactly two distinct solutions for x
(4) exactly three distinct solutions for x
71. A new flag is to be designed with six vertical

stripes using some or all of the colours yellow,
green, blue and red. Then, the number of ways
this can be done such that no two adjacent stripes
have the same colour is:
(1) 12 × 81 (2) 16 × 192
(3) 20 × 125 (4) 24 × 216
72. If the lengths of diagonals DF, AG and CE of the

cube shown in the adjoining figure are equal to
the three sides of a triangle, then the radius of the
circle circumscribing that triangle will be _______.

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Section III
Questions 74 to 83 carry 0.5 marks each. and trust funds can be ________D________; automobiles
may be ________E________, and auctioned off. Nothing
belongs to the ________F________ until the case is
Fill up the blanks A, B, C D, in the passage below with settled."
the most appropriate word from the options given for
78. For Blank A-
each blank.
(1) devious (2) blunt
At that time the White House was as serene as a
(3) tactful (4) pretentious
resort hotel out of season. The corridors were
________A________. In the various offices, ________B________
79. For Blank B-
gray men in waistcoats talked to one another in low-
pitched voices. The only colour, or choler, curiously (1) interest (2) taxes
enough, was provided by President Eisenhower (3) principal (4) returns
himself. Apparently, his ________C________ was easily set
off; he scowled when he ________D________ the corridors. 80. For Blank C-
74. For Blank A- (1) sanctions (2) refunds

(3) fees (4) fines
(1) striking (2) hollow
(3) empty (4) white
81. For Blank D-
75. For Blank B- (1) closed (2) detached

(3) attached (4) impounded
(1) quiet (2) faded
(3) loud (4) stentorian
82. For Blank E-
76. For Blank C- (1) smashed (2) seized

(3) dismantled (4) frozen
(1) laughter (2) curiosity
(3) humour (4) temper
83. For Blank F-
77. For Blank D- (1) purchaser (2) victim

(3) investor (4) offender
(1) paced (2) strolled
(3) stormed (4) prowled
Questions 84 to 118 carry 1 mark each.
Instructions for questions 78 - 83: Instructions for questions 84 - 86:
Fill up the blanks A, B, C ... F, in the passage below Identify the INCORRECT sentence or sentences.
with the most appropriate word from the options
84.
given for each blank.
A. Harish told Raj to plead guilty.
"Between the year 1946 and the year 1955, I did not B. Raj pleaded guilty of stealing money from the
file any income tax returns". With that ________A________ shop.
statement, Ramesh embarked on an account of his C. The court found Raj guilty of all the crimes he
encounter with the Income Tax Department. "I was charged with.
originally owed Rs. 20,000 in unpaid taxes. With D. He was sentenced for three years in jail.
________B________ and ________C________, the 20,000
(1) A and C (2) B and D
became 60,000. The Income Tax Department then
(3) A, C and D (4) B, C and D
went into action, and I learned firsthand just how
much power the Tax Department wields. Royalties

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85. (1) estimated with a reasonable certainty as

A. Last Sunday, Archana had nothing to do. being about 3400 years old,
B. After waking up, she lay on the bed thinking of (2) are estimated reasonably certain to be about
what to do. 3400 years old
C. At 11 o'clock she took shower and got ready. (3) estimated at about 3400 years old with
D. She spent most of the day shopping. reasonable certainty,
(4) estimated with reasonable certainty to be
(1) B and C (2) C
about 3400 years old,
(3) A and B (4) B, C and D
89. Many people suggest ________ and still others

86.
would like to convince people not to buy pirated
A. It was a tough situation and Manasi was taking
cassettes.
pains to make it better.
B. Slowly her efforts gave fruit and things started (1) to bring down audiocassette prices to reduce
improving. the incidence of music piracy, others
C. Everyone complemented her for her good advocate strong legal action against the
work. offenders,
D. She was very happy and thanked everyone for (2) bringing down audiocassette prices to reduce
their help. the incidents of music piracy, others are
advocating strong legal action against
(1) A (2) D
offenders,
(3) B and C (4) A, and C
(3) bringing down audiocassette prices to reduce
the incidence of music piracy, others
advocate strong legal action against
Each statement has a part missing. Choose the best offenders,
option from the options given below the statement to (4) audiocassette prices to be brought down to
make up the missing part. reduce incidence of music piracy, others
advocate that strong legal action must be
87. The ancient Egyptians believed ________ so that
taken against offenders.
when these objects were magically reanimated
through the correct rituals, they would be able to
function effectively. In each question, the word at the top of the table is
used in different ways. Choose the option in which the
(1) that it was essential that things they
usage of the word is INCORRECT or INAPPROPRIATE.
portrayed must have every relevant feature
shown as clearly as possible 90. BOLT
(2) it was essential for things they portray to
1 The shopkeeper showed us a bolt of fine silk.
have had every relevant feature shown as
2 As he could not move, he made a bolt for the
clearly as possible, gate.
(3) it was essential that the things they 3 Could you please bolt the door?
portrayed had every relevant feature shown 4 The thief was arrested before he could bolt
as clearly as possible, from the scene of the crime.
(4) that when they portrayed things, it should
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4
have every relevant feature shown as clearly
as possible
88. Archaeologists believe that the pieces of red-ware

pottery excavated recently near Bhavnagar and
________ shed light on a hitherto dark 600-year
period in the Harappan history of Gujarat.

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91. PASSING C. Bush felt he had a mission to restore power

to the presidency.
1 She did not have passing marks in
D. Bush was not fighting just the democrats.
mathematics.
2 The mad woman was cursing everybody E. Representative democracy is a messy
passing her on the road. business, and a CEO of the White House does
3 At the birthday party all the children not like a legislature of second guessers and
enjoyed a game of passing the parcel time wasters.
4 A passing taxi was stopped to rush the
accident victim to the hospital. (1) CAEDB (2) DBAEC
(3) CEADB (4) ECDBA
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4
95.
92. FALLOUT A. In the west, Allied Forces had fought their
1 Nagasaki suffered from the fallout of nuclear way through southern Italy as far as Rome.
radiation. B. In June 1944 Germany's military position in
2 People believed that the political fallout of World War Two appeared hopeless.
the scandal would be insignificant. C. In Britain, the task of amassing the men and
3 Who can predict the environmental fallout materials for the liberation of northern
of the WTO agreements?
Europe had been completed.
4 The headmaster could not understand the
D. The Red Army was poised to drive the Nazis
fallout of several of his good students at the
public examination. back through Poland.
E. The situation on the eastern front was
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4 catastrophic.
Instructions for questions 93 - 95: (1) EDACB (2) BEDAC

(3) BDECA (4) CEDAB
The sentences given in each question, when properly
sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence Instructions for questions 96 and 97:
is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order
of sentences from among the four given choices to Each of the questions below contains a paragraph
construct a coherent paragraph. followed by alternative summaries. Choose the option
that best captures the essence of the paragraph.
93.
A. The two neighbors never fought each other. 96. You seemed at first to take no notice of your
B. Fights involving three male fiddler crabs school-fellows, or rather to set yourself against
have been recorded, but the status of the them because they were strangers to you. They
participants was unknown. knew as little of you as you did of them; this
C. They pushed or grappled only with the would have been the reason for their keeping
intruder. aloof from you as well, which you would have felt
D. We recorded 17 cases in which a resident as a hardship. Learn never to conceive a prejudice
that was fighting an intruder was joined by against others because you know nothing of
an immediate neighbor, an ally. them. It is bad reasoning, and makes enemies of
E. We therefore traced 268 intruder males until half the world. Do not think ill of them till they
we saw them fighting a resident male. behave ill to you; and then strive to avoid the
faults which you see in them. This will disarm
(1) BEDAC (2) DEBAC their hostility sooner than pique or resentment or
(3) BDCAE (4) BCEDA complaint.
94. (1) The discomfort you felt with your school

A. He felt justified in bypassing Congress fellows was because both sides knew little of
altogether on a variety of moves. each other. You should not complain unless
B. At times he was fighting the entire Congress. you find others prejudiced against you and

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have attempted to carefully analyze the faults eat depending on the local climate and the
you have observed in them. local produce.
(2) The discomfort you felt with your school
fellows was because both sides knew little of Instructions for questions 98 - 101:
each other. Avoid prejudice and negative
The passage given below is followed by a set of
thoughts till you encounter bad behaviour
questions. Choose the most appropriate answer to
from others, and then win them over by
each question.
shunning the faults you have observed.
(3) You encountered hardship amongst your Recently I spent several hours sitting under a tree in
school fellows because you did not know my garden with the social anthropologist William Ury,
them well. You should learn to not make a Harvard University professor who specializes in the
enemies because of your prejudices art of negotiation and wrote the bestselling book,
irrespective of their behaviour towards you. Getting to Yes. He captivated me with his theory that
(4) You encountered hardship amongst your tribalism protects people from their fear of rapid
school fellows because you did not know change. He explained that the pillars of tribalism that
them well. You should learn to not make humans rely on for security would always counter
enemies because of your prejudices unless any significant cultural or social change. In this way,
they behave badly with you. he said, change is never allowed to happen too fast.
Technology, for example, is a pillar of society. Ury
97. The human race is spread all over the world, from believes that every time technology moves in a new
the polar regions to the tropics. The people of or radical direction, another pillar such as religion or
whom it is made up eat different kinds of food, nationalism will grow stronger - in effect, the
partly according to the climate in which they live, traditional and familiar will assume greater
and partly according to the kind of food which importance to compensate for the new and untested.
their country produces. In hot climates, meat and In this manner, human tribes avoid rapid change that
fat are not much needed; but in the Arctic regions leaves people insecure and frightened.
they seem to be very necessary for keeping up
But we have all heard that nothing is as permanent as
the heat of the body. Thus, in India, people live
change. Nothing is guaranteed. Pithy expressions, to
chiefly on different kinds of grains, eggs, milk, or
be sure, but no more than clichés. As Ury says, people
sometimes fish and meat. In Europe, people eat
don’t live that way from day-to-day. On the contrary,
more meat and less grain. In the Arctic regions,
they actively seek certainty and stability. They want
where no grains and fruits are produced, the
to know they will be safe.
Eskimo and other races live almost entirely on
meat and fish. Even so; we scare ourselves constantly with the idea
of change. An IBM CEO once said: ‘We only re-
(1) Food eaten by people in different regions of
structure for a good reason, and if we haven’t re-
the world depends on the climate and the
structured in a while, that’s a good reason.’ We are
produce of that region, and varies from meat
scared that competitors, technology and the
and fish in the Arctic to predominantly grains
consumer will put us out of business – so we have to
in the tropics.
change all the time just to stay alive. But if we asked
(2) Hot climates require people to eat grains
our fathers and grandfathers, would they have said
while cold regions require people to eat meat
that they lived in a period of little change? Structure
and fish.
may not have changed much. It may just be the speed
(3) In hot countries people eat mainly grains
with which we do things.
while in the Arctic, they eat meat and fish
because they cannot grow grains. Change is over-rated, anyway. Consider the
(4) While people in Arctic regions like meat and automobile. It’s an especially valuable example,
fish and those in hot regions like India prefer because the auto industry has spent tens of billions of
mainly grains, they have to change what they dollars on research and product development in the
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chassis with an internal combustion, gasoline- pistons and carburettors, and would be loath to
powered engine, four wheels with rubber tyres, a foot cannibalize their expertise, along with most of their
operated clutch assembly and brake system, a factories.
steering wheel, and four seats, and it could safely do
98. According to the passage, which of the following
18 miles per hour. A hundred years and tens of
statements is true?
thousands of research hours later, we drive cars with
a metal chassis with an internal combustion, gasoline- (1) Executives of automobile companies are
powered engine, four wheels with rubber tyres, a foot inefficient and ludicrous.
operated clutch assembly and brake system, a (2) The speed at which an automobile is driven
steering wheel, four seats – and the average speed in in a city has not changed much in a century.
London in 2001 was 17.5 miles per hour! (3) Anthropological factors have fostered
That’s not a hell of a lot of return for the money. Ford innovation in automobiles by promoting use
evidently doesn’t have much to teach us about of new technologies.
change. The fact that they’re still manufacturing cars (4) Further innovation in jet engines has been
is not proof that Ford Motor Co. is a sound more than incremental.
organization, just proof that it takes very large
companies to make cars in great quantities – making 99. Which of the following views does the author
for an almost impregnable entry barrier. Fifty years fully support in the passage?
after the development of the jet engine, planes are
(1) Nothing is as permanent as change.
also little changed. They've grown bigger, wider and
(2) Change is always rapid.
can carry more people. But those are incremental,
(3) More money spent on innovation leads to
largely cosmetic changes.
more rapid change.
Taken together, this lack of real change has come to (4) Over decades, structural change has been
mean that in travel – whether driving or flying – time incremental.
and technology have not combined to make things
much better. The safety and design have of course 100. Which of the following best describes one of the
accompanied the times and the new volume of cars main ideas discussed in the passage?
and flights, but nothing of any significance has
(1) Rapid change is usually welcomed in society.
changed in the basic assumptions of the final product.
(2) Industry is not as innovative as it is made out
At the same time, moving around in cars or to be.
aeroplanes becomes less and less efficient all the (3) We should have less change than what we
time. Not only has there been no great change, but have now.
also both forms of transport have deteriorated as (4) Competition spurs companies into radical
more people clamour to use them. The same is true innovation.
for telephones, which took over hundred years to
become mobile, or photographic film, which also 101. According to the passage, the reason why we
required an entire century to change. continued to be dependent on fossil fuels is that:
The only explanation for this is anthropological. Once (1) Auto executives did not wish to change.
established in calcified organizations, humans do two (2) No alternative fuels were discovered.
things: sabotage changes that might render people (3) Change in technology was not easily possible.
dispensable, and ensure industry-wide emulation. In (4) German, Japanese and French companies
the 1960s, German auto companies developed plans could not come up with new technologies.
to scrap the entire combustion engine for an electrical Instructions for questions 102 - 106:
design. (The same existed in the 1970s in Japan, and The passage given below is followed by a set of
in the 1980s in France.) So for 40 years we might questions. Choose the most appropriate answer to
have been free of the wasteful and ludicrous each question.
dependence on fossil fuels. Why didn't it go
anywhere? Because auto executives understood

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The painter is now free to paint anything he chooses. Thus, for a painting to succeed it is essential that the
There are scarcely any forbidden subjects, and today painter and his public agree about what is significant.
everybody is prepared to admit that a painting of The subject may have a personal meaning for the
some fruit can be as important as a painting of a hero painter or individual spectator; but there must also be
dying. The Impressionists did as much as anybody to the possibility of their agreement on its general
win this previously unheard-of freedom for the artist. meaning. It is at this point that the culture of the
Yet, by the next generation, painters began to society and period in question precedes the artist and
abandon the subject altogether, and began to paint his art. Renaissance art would have meant nothing to
abstract pictures. Today the majority of pictures the Aztecs—and vice versa. If, to some extent, a few
painted are abstract. intellectuals can appreciate them both today it is
because their culture is an historical one: its
Is there a connection between these two
inspiration is history and therefore it can include
developments? Has art gone abstract because the
within itself, in principle if not in every particular, all
artist is embarrassed by his freedom? Is it that,
known developments to date.
because he is free to paint anything, he doesn't know
what to paint? Apologists for abstract art often talk of When a culture is secure and certain of its values, it
it as the art of maximum freedom. But could this be presents its artists with subjects. The general
the freedom of the desert island? It would take too agreement about what is significant is so well
long to answer these questions properly. I believe established that the significance of a particular
there is a connection. Many things have encouraged subject accrues and becomes traditional. This is true,
the development of abstract art. Among them has for instance, of reeds and water in China, of the nude
been the artists' wish to avoid the difficulties of body in Renaissance, of the animal in Africa.
finding subjects when all subjects are equally Furthermore, in such cultures the artist is unlikely to
possible. be a free agent: he will be employed for the sake of
particular subjects, and the problem, as we have just
I raise the matter now because I want to draw
described it, will not occur to him.
attention to the fact that the painter's choice of a
subject is a far more complicated question than it When a culture is in a state of disintegration or
would at first seem. A subject does not start with transition the freedom of the artist increases—but the
what is put in front of the easel or with something question of subject matter becomes problematic for
which the painter happens to remember. A subject him: he, himself, has to choose for society. This was at
starts with the painter deciding he would like to paint the basis of all the increasing crises in European art
such-and-such because for some reason or other he during the nineteenth century. It is too often
finds it meaningful. A subject begins when the artist forgotten how many of the art scandals of that time
selects something for special mention. (What makes it were provoked by the choice of subject (Gericault,
special or meaningful may seem to the artist to be Courbet, Daumier, Degas, Lautrec, Van Gogh, etc.).
purely visual—its colours or its form.) When the
By the end of the nineteenth century there were,
subject has been selected, the function of the painting
roughly speaking, two ways in which the painter
itself is to communicate and justify the significance of
could meet this challenge of deciding what to paint
that selection.
and so choosing for society. Either he identified
It is often said today that subject matter is himself with the people and so allowed their lives to
unimportant. But this is only a reaction against the dictate his subjects to him; or he had to find his
excessively literary and moralistic interpretation of subjects within himself as painter. By people I mean
subject matter in the nineteenth century. In truth the everybody except the bourgeoisie. Many painters did
subject is literally the beginning and end of a painting. of course work for the bourgeoisie according to their
The painting begins with a selection (I will paint this copy-book of approved subjects, but all of them, filling
and not everything else in the world); it is finished the Salon and the Royal Academy year after year, are
when that selection is justified (now you can see all now forgotten, buried under the hypocrisy of those
that I saw and felt in this and how it is more than they served so sincerely.
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102. When a culture is insecure, the painter chooses (2) The more secure a culture, the greater the
his subject on the basis of: freedom of the artist.
(3) The more secure a culture, more difficult the
(1) The prevalent style in the society of his time.
choice of subject.
(2) Its meaningfulness to the painter.
(4) The more insecure a culture, the less
(3) What is put in front of the easel.
significant the choice of the subject.
(4) Past experience and memory of the painter.

103. In the sentence, "I believe there is a connection"
(second paragraph), what two developments is The passage given below is followed by a set of
the author referring to? questions. Choose the most appropriate answer to
each question.
(1) Painters using a dying hero and using a fruit
as a subject of painting. The viability of the multinational corporate system
(2) Growing success of painters and an increase depends upon the degree to which people will
in abstract forms. tolerate the unevenness it creates. It is well to
(3) Artists gaining freedom to choose subjects remember that the 'New Imperialism' which began
and abandoning subject’s altogether. after 1870 in a spirit of Capitalism Triumphant, soon
(4) Rise of Impressionists and an increase in became seriously troubled and after 1914 was
abstract forms. characterized by war, depression, breakdown of the
international economic system and war again, rather
104. Which of the following is NOT necessarily among than Free Trade, Pax Britannica and Material
the attributes needed for a painter to succeed: Improvement. A major reason was Britain's inability
(1) The painter and his public agree on what is to cope with the by-products of its own rapid
significant. accumulation of capital; i.e., a class-conscious labour
(2) The painting is able to communicate and force at home; a middle class in the hinterland; and
justify the significance of its subject selection. rival centres of capital on the Continent and in
(3) The subject has a personal meaning for the America. Britain's policy tended to be atavistic and
painter. defensive rather than progressive— more concerned
(4) The painting of subjects is inspired by with warding off new threats than creating new areas
historical developments. of expansion. Ironically, Edwardian England revived
the paraphernalia of the landed aristocracy it had just
105. In the context of the passage, which of the destroyed. Instead of embarking on a 'big push' to
following statements would NOT be true? develop the vast hinterland of the Empire, colonial
administrators often adopted policies to arrest the
(1) Painters decided subjects based on what they development of either a native capitalist class or a
remembered from their own lives. native proletariat which could overthrow them.
(2) Painters of reeds and water in China faced no
serious problem of choosing a subject. As time went on, the centre had to devote an
(3) The choice of subject was a source of increasing share of government activity to military
scandals in nineteenth century European art. and other unproductive expenditures; they had to
(4) Agreement on the general meaning of a rely on alliances with an inefficient class of landlords,
painting is influenced by culture and officials and soldiers in the hinterland to maintain
historical context. stability at the cost of development. A great part of
the surplus extracted from the population was thus
106. Which of the following views is taken by the wasted locally.
author? The New Mercantilism (as the Multinational
(1) The more insecure a culture, the greater the Corporate System of special alliances and privileges,
freedom of the artist. aid and tariff concessions is sometimes called) faces
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The centre is troubled: excluded groups revolt and price and which has financed the urban-biased
even some of the affluent are dissatisfied with the growth of recent years. In fact, it is difficult to see how
roles. Nationalistic rivalry between major capitalist the system in most underdeveloped countries could
countries remains an important divisive factor. survive without cheap labour since removing it (e.g.
Finally, there is the threat presented by the middle diverting it to public works projects as is done in
classes and the excluded groups of the socialist countries) would raise consumption costs to
underdeveloped countries. The national middle capitalists and professional elites.
classes in the underdeveloped countries came to 107. The author is in a position to draw parallels
power when the centre weakened but could not, between New Imperialism and New Mercantilism
through their policy of import substitution because
manufacturing, establish a viable basis for sustained
growth. They now face a foreign exchange crisis and (1) both originated in the developed Western
an unemployment (or population) crisis— the first capitalist countries.
indicating their inability to function in the (2) New Mercantilism was a logical sequel to
international economy and the second indicating New Imperialism.
their alienation from the people they are supposed to (3) they create the same set of outputs- a labour
lead. In the immediate future, these national middle force, middle classes and rival centres of
classes will gain a new lease of life as they take capital.
advantage of the spaces created by the rivalry (4) both have comparable uneven and divisive
between American and non-American oligopolists effects.
striving to establish global market positions.
108. According to the author, the British policy during
The native capitalists will again become the the 'New Imperialism' period tended to be
champions of national independence as they bargain defensive because
with multinational corporations. But the conflict at
(1) it was unable to deal with the fallouts of a
this level is more apparent than real, for in the end
sharp increase in capital.
the fervent nationalism of the middle class asks only
(2) its cumulative capital had undesirable side-
for promotion within the corporate structure and not
effects.
for a break with that structure. In the last analysis
(3) its policies favoured developing the vast
their power derives from the metropolis and they
hinterland.
cannot easily afford to challenge the international
(4) it prevented the growth of a set-up which
system. They do not command the loyalty of their
could have been capitalistic in nature.
own population and cannot really compete with the
large, powerful, aggregate capitals from the centre.
109. In the sentence, "They are prisoners of the taste
They are prisoners of the taste patterns and
patterns and consumption standards set at the
consumption standards set at the centre. centre." (fourth paragraph), what is the meaning
The main threat comes from the excluded groups. It is of 'centre'?
not unusual in underdeveloped countries for the top 5 (1) National government
per cent to obtain between 30 and 40 per cent of the (2) Native capitalists
total national income, and for the top one-third to (3) New capitalists
obtain anywhere from 60 to 70 per cent. At most, one- (4) None of the above
third of the population can be said to benefit in some
sense from the dualistic growth that characterizes 110. Under New Mercantilism, the fervent nationalism
development in the hinterland. The remaining two- of the native middle classes does not create
thirds, who together get only one-third of the income, conflict with the multinational corporations
are outsiders, not because they do not contribute to because they (the middle classes)
the economy, but because they do not share in the
benefits. They provide a source of cheap labour which (1) negotiate with the multinational
helps keep exports-to the developed world at a low corporations.

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(2) are dependent on the international system diseases. If this is the case, then it is logical to treat
for their continued prosperity such diseases not with drugs but with multiple
(3) are not in a position to challenge the status micronutrient repletion, or "pharmaco-nutrition'.
quo. This can take the form of pills and capsules—
(4) do not enjoy popular support. 'nutraceuticals', or food formats known as 'functional
foods'. This approach has been neglected hitherto
Instructions for questions 111 - 114: because it is relatively unprofitable for drug
companies—the products are hard to patent—and it
is a strategy which does not sit easily with modern
medical interventionism. Over the last 100 years, the
each question.
drug industry has invested huge sums in developing a
Throughout human history the leading causes of range of subtle and powerful drugs to treat the many
death have been infection and trauma. Modern diseases we are subject to. Medical training is
medicine has scored significant victories against both, couched in pharmaceutical terms and this approach
and the major causes of ill health and death are now has provided us with an exceptional range of
the chronic degenerative diseases, such as coronary therapeutic tools in the treatment of disease and in
artery disease, arthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's, acute medical emergencies. However, the
macular degeneration, cataract and cancer. These pharmaceutical model has also created an unhealthy
have a long latency period before symptoms appear dependency culture, in which relatively few of us
and a diagnosis is made. It follows that the majority of accept responsibility for maintaining our own health.
apparently healthy people are pre-ill. Instead, we have handed over this responsibility to
health professionals who know very little about
But are these conditions inevitably degenerative? A
health maintenance, or disease prevention.
truly preventive medicine that focused on the pre-ill,
analysing the metabolic errors which lead to clinical One problem for supporters of this argument is lack
illness, might be able to correct them before the first of the right kind of hard evidence. We have a wealth
symptom. Genetic risk factors are known for all the of epidemiological data linking dietary factors to
chronic degenerative diseases, and are important to health profiles / disease risks, and a great deal of
the individuals who possess them. At the population information on mechanism: how food factors interact
level, however, migration studies confirm that these with our biochemistry. But almost all intervention
illnesses are linked for the most part to lifestyle studies with micronutrients, with the notable
factors— exercise, smoking and nutrition. Nutrition is exception of the omega 3 fatty acids, have so far
the easiest of these to change, and the most versatile produced conflicting or negative results. In other
tool for affecting the metabolic changes needed to tilt words, our science appears to have no predictive
the balance away from disease. value. Does this invalidate the science? Or are we
simply asking the wrong questions?
Many national surveys reveal that malnutrition is
common in developed countries. This is not the Based on pharmaceutical thinking, most intervention
calorie and/or micronutrient deficiency associated studies have attempted to measure the impact of a
with developing nations (Type A malnutrition); but single micronutrient on the incidence of disease. The
multiple micronutrient depletion, usually combined classical approach says that if you give a compound
with calorific balance or excess (Type B formula to test subjects and obtain positive results,
malnutrition). The incidence and severity of Type B you cannot know which ingredient is exerting the
malnutrition will be shown to be worse if newer benefit, so you must test each ingredient individually.
micronutrient groups such as the essential fatty acids, But in the field of nutrition, this does not work. Each
xanthophylls and flavonoids are included in the intervention on its own will hardly make enough
surveys. Commonly ingested levels of these difference to be measured. The best therapeutic
micronutrients seem to be far too low in many response must therefore combine micronutrients to
developed countries. normalise our internal physiology. So do we need to
analyse each individual's nutritional status and then
There is now considerable evidence that Type B
tailor a formula specifically for him or her? While we
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do not have the resources to analyse millions of (4) it is not cost effective to do so.
individual cases, there is no need to do so. The vast
majority of people are consuming suboptimal Instructions for questions 115 - 118:
amounts of most micronutrients, and most of the
micronutrients concerned are very safe. Accordingly,
a comprehensive and universal program of
each question.
micronutrient support is probably the most cost-
effective and safest way of improving the general Fifty feet away three male lions lay by the road. They
health of the nation. didn't appear to have a hair on their heads. Noting the
111. Type-B malnutrition is a serious concern in colour of their noses (leonine noses darken as they
developed countries because age, from pink to black), Craig estimated that they
were six years old- young adults. "This is wonderful!"
(1) developing countries mainly suffer from he said, after staring at them for several moments.
Type-A malnutrition. "This is what we came to see. They really are mane
(2) it is a major contributor to illness and death. less." Craig, a professor at the University of
(3) pharmaceutical companies are not producing Minnesota, is arguably the leading expert on the
drugs to treat this condition. majestic Serengeti lion, whose head is mantled in
(4) national surveys on malnutrition do not long, thick hair. He and Peyton West, a doctoral
include newer micronutrient groups. student who has been working with him in Tanzania,
had never seen the Tsavo lions that live some 200
112. Why are a large number of apparently healthy miles east of the Serengeti. The scientists had partly
people deemed pre-ill?
suspected that the maneless males were adolescents
(1) They may have chronic degenerative mistaken for adults by amateur observers. Now they
diseases. knew better.
(2) They do not know their own genetic risk
The Tsavo research expedition was mostly Peyton's
factors which predispose them to diseases.
show. She had spent several years in Tanzania,
(3) They suffer from Type-B malnutrition.
compiling the data she needed to answer a question
(4) There is a lengthy latency period associated
that ought to have been answered long ago: Why do
with chronically degenerative diseases.
lions have manes? It's the only cat, wild or domestic,
that displays such ornamentation. In Tsavo she was
113. The author recommends micronutrient-repletion
attacking the riddle from the opposite angle. Why do
for large-scale treatment of chronic degenerative
its lions not have manes? (Some "mane less" lions in
diseases because
Tsavo East do have partial manes, but they rarely
(1) it is relatively easy to manage. attain the regal glory of the Serengeti lions'.) Does
(2) micronutrient deficiency is the cause of these environmental adaptation account for the trait? Are
diseases. the lions of Tsavo, as some people believe, a distinct
(3) it can overcome genetic risk factors. subspecies of their Serengeti cousins?
(4) it can compensate for other lifestyle factors. The Serengeti lions have been under continuous
observation for more than 35 years, beginning with
114. Tailoring micronutrient-based treatment plans to George Schaller's pioneering work in the 1960s. But
suit individual deficiency profiles is not necessary the lions in Tsavo, Kenya's oldest and largest
because protected ecosystem, have hardly been studied.
(1) it very likely to give inconsistent or negative Consequently, legends have grown up around them.
results. Not only do they look different, according to the
(2) it is a classic pharmaceutical approach not myths, they behave differently, displaying greater
suited to micronutrients. cunning and aggressiveness. "Remember too," Kenya:
(3) most people are consuming suboptimal The Rough Guide warns, "Tsavo's lions have a
amounts of safe-to-consume micronutrients. reputation of ferocity." Their fearsome image became
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construction of what is now Kenya railways by 115. The book Man-Eaters of Tsavo annoys some
allegedly killing and eating 135 Indian and African scientists because
labourers. A British Army officer in charge of building
(1) it revealed that Tsavo lions are ferocious.
a railroad bridge over the Tsavo River, Lt. Col. J. H.
(2) Patterson made a helluva lot of money from
Patterson, spent nine months pursuing the pair
the book by sensationalism.
before he brought them to bay and killed them.
(3) it perpetuated the bad name Tsavo lions had.
Stuffed and mounted, they now glare at visitors to the
(4) it narrated how two male Tsavo lions were
Field Museum in Chicago. Patterson's account of the
killed.
leonine reign of terror, The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, was
an international best-seller when published in 1907.
116. According to the passage, which of the
Still in print, the book has made Tsavo's lions
following has NOT contributed to the popular
notorious. That annoys some scientists. "People don't
image of Tsavo lions as savage creatures?
want to give up on mythology,” Dennis King told me
one day. The zoologist has been working in Tsavo off (1) Tsavo lions have been observed to bring
and on for four years. "I am so sick of this man-eater down one of the strongest and most
business. Patterson made a helluva lot of money off aggressive animals- the Cape buffalo.
that story, but Tsavo's lions are no more likely to turn (2) In contrast to the situation in traditional lion
man-eater than lions from elsewhere." haunts, scarcity of non-buffalo prey in the
Tsavo makes the Tsavo lions more
But tales of their savagery and wiliness don't all come
aggressive.
from sensationalist authors looking to make a buck.
(3) The Tsavo lion is considered to be less
Tsavo lions are generally larger than lions elsewhere,
evolved than the Serengeti variety.
enabling them to take down the predominant prey
(4) Tsavo lions have been observed to attack
animal in Tsavo, the Cape buffalo, one of the
vehicles as well as humans.
strongest, most aggressive animals of Earth. The
buffalo don't give up easily: They often kill or severely
117. The sentence which concludes the first
injure an attacking lion, and a wounded lion might be
paragraph, "Now they knew better", implies that:
more likely to turn to cattle and humans for food.
And other prey is less abundant in Tsavo than in (1) The two scientists were struck by wonder on
other traditional lion haunts. A hungry lion is more seeing mane less lions for the first time.
likely to attack humans. Safari guides and Kenya (2) Though Craig was an expert on the Serengeti
Wildlife Service rangers tell of lions attacking Land lion, now he also knew about the Tsavo lions.
Rovers, raiding camps, stalking tourists. Tsavo is a (3) Earlier, Craig and West thought that amateur
tough neighbourhood, they say, and it breeds tougher observers had been mistaken.
lions. (4) Craig was now able to confirm that darkening
of the noses as lions aged applied to Tsavo
But are they really tougher? And if so, is there any
lions as well.
connection between their mane lessness and their
ferocity? An intriguing hypothesis was advanced two
118. Which of the following, if true, would weaken the
years ago by Gnoske and Peterhans: Tsavo lions may
hypothesis advanced by Gnoske and Peterhans
be similar to the unmanned cave lions of the
most?
Pleistocene. The Serengeti variety is among the most
evolved of the species— the latest model, so to (1) Craig and Peyton develop even more serious
speak— while certain morphological differences in doubts about the idea that Tsavo lions are
Tsavo lions (bigger bodies, smaller skulls, and maybe primitive.
even lack of a mane) suggest that they are closer to (2) The maneless Tsavo East lions are shown to
the primitive ancestor of all lions. Craig and Peyton be closer to the cave lions.
had serious doubts about this idea, but admitted that (3) Pleistocene cave lions are shown to be far
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(4) The morphological variations in body and people died they were buried in simple
skull size between the cave and Tsavo lions graves.
are found to be insignificant. E. We know infinitely more about the wealthy
people of Egypt than we do about the
Questions 119 to 123 carry 2 marks each. ordinary people, as most monuments were
made for the rich.
Instructions for questions 119 and 120:
(1) CDBEA (2) ECDAB
The sentences given in each question, when properly
(3) EDCBA (4) DECAB
sequenced, form 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. Each of the questions below contains a paragraph
followed by alternative summaries. Choose the option
119.
that best captures the essence of the paragraph.
A. Experts such as Larry Burns, head of
research at GM, reckon that only such a full 121. Although almost all climate scientists agree that
hearted leap will allow the world to cope the Earth is gradually warming, they have long
with the mass motorisation that will one day been of two minds about the process of rapid
come to China or India. climate shifts within larger periods of change.
B. But once hydrogen is being produced from Some have speculated that the process works like
biomass or extracted from underground coal a giant oven or freezer, warming or cooling the
or made from water, using nuclear or whole planet at the same time. Others think that
renewable electricity, the way will be open shifts occur on opposing schedules in the
for a huge reduction in carbon emissions Northern and Southern Hemispheres, like
from the whole system. exaggerated seasons. Recent research in Germany
C. In theory, once all the bugs have been sorted examining climate patterns in the Southern
out, fuel cells should deliver better total fuel Hemisphere at the end of the last Ice Age
economy than any existing engines. strengthens the idea that warming and cooling
D. That is twice as good as the internal occurs at alternate times in the two hemispheres.
combustion engine, but only five percentage A more definitive answer to this debate will allow
points better than a diesel hybrid. scientists to better predict when and how quickly
E. Allowing for the resources needed to extract the next climate shift will happen.
hydrogen from hydrocarbon, oil, coal or gas,
(1) Scientists have been unsure whether rapid
the fuel cell has an efficiency of 30%.
shifts in the Earth's climate happen all at
(1) CEDBA (2) CEBDA once or on opposing schedules in different
(3) AEDBC (4) ACEBD hemispheres; research will help find a
definitive answer and better predict climate
120. shifts in future.
A. But this does not mean that death was the (2) Scientists have been unsure whether rapid
Egyptians' only preoccupation. shifts in the Earth's climate happen all at
B. Even papyri come mainly from pyramid once or on opposing schedules in different
temples. hemispheres; finding a definitive answer will
C. Most of our traditional sources of help them better predict climate shifts in
information about the Old Kingdom are future.
monuments of the rich like pyramids and (3) Research in Germany will help scientists find
tombs. a definitive answer about warming and
D. Houses in which ordinary Egyptians lived cooling of the Earth and predict climate shifts
have not been preserved, and when most in the future in a better manner.

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(4) More research rather than debates on protest techniques. These struggles might
warming or cooling of the Earth and perhaps be seen as a manifestation of a new kind
exaggerated "seasons in its hemispheres will of class conflict.
help scientists in Germany predict climate
(1) A new kind of class conflict arises from
changes better in future.
preferential treatment given to agents of
resource-intensification by the state which
122. Modern bourgeois society, said Nietzsche, was
the local community sees as unfair.
decadent and enfeebled - a victim of the excessive
(2) The grant of long leases to agents of
development of the rational faculties at the
resource-intensification for an expanding
expense of will and instinct. Against the liberal-
commercial-industrial economy leads to
rationalist stress on the intellect, Nietzsche urged
direct protests from the local community,
recognition of the dark mysterious world of
which sees it as unfair.
instinctual desires - the true forces of life.
(3) Preferential treatment given by the state to
Smother the will with excessive intellectualizing
agents of resource-intensification for an
and you destroy the spontaneity that sparks
expanding commercial-industrial economy
cultural creativity and ignites a zest for living.
exacerbates injustice to local communities
The critical and theoretical outlook destroyed the
and leads to direct protests from them,
creative instincts. For man's manifold potential to
resulting in a new type of class conflict.
be realized, he must forego relying on the
(4) Local communities have no option but to
intellect and nurture again the instinctual roots of
protest against agents of resource-
human existence.
intensification and create a new type of class
(1) Nietzsche urges the decadent and enfeebled conflict when they are given raw material at
modern society to forego intellect and give subsidized prices for an expanding
importance to creative instincts. commercial-industrial economy.
(2) Nietzsche urges the decadent and enfeebled
modern society to smother the will with
excessive intellectualising and ignite a zest
for living.
(3) Nietzsche criticizes the intellectuals for
enfeebling the modern bourgeois society by
not nurturing man's creative instincts.
(4) Nietzsche blames excessive
intellectualization for the decline of modern
society and suggests nurturing creative
instincts instead.
123. Local communities have often come in conflict

with agents trying to exploit resources, at a faster
pace, for an expanding commercial-industrial
economy. More often than not, such agents of
resource-intensification are given preferential
treatment by the state, through the grant of
generous long leases over mineral or fish stocks,
for example, or the provision of raw material at
an enormously subsidized price. With the
injustice so compounded, local communities at
the receiving end of this process have no
recourse except direct action, resisting both the
state and outside exploiters through a variety of

Answer Key
SECTION I SECTION II SECTION III
Q. Ans. Q. Ans. Q. Ans. Q. Ans. Q. Ans. Q. Ans.

1 3 26 1 39 4 64 3 74 3 99 4
2 1 27 2 40 1 65 3 75 1 100 2
3 2 28 1 41 4 66 3 76 4 101 1
4 1 29 3 42 2 67 3 77 1 102 2
5 4 30 2 43 1 68 2 78 2 103 3
6 2 31 4 44 2 69 4 79 1 104 3
7 1 32 4 45 1 70 2 80 4 105 1
8 4 33 3 46 3 71 1 81 3 106 1
9 4 34 3 47 2 72 1 82 2 107 4
10 3 35 2 48 1 73 4 83 4 108 1
11 1 36 4 49 3 84 2 109 4
12 4 37 4 50 4 85 1 110 3
13 4 38 3 51 4 86 3 111 2
14 1 52 3 87 3 112 1
15 3 53 4 88 4 113 2
16 2 54 3 89 3 114 3
17 2 55 2 90 2 115 3
18 2 56 2 91 2 116 3
19 1 57 2 92 4 117 3
20 4 58 3 93 1 118 3
21 3 59 4 94 4 119 1
22 2 60 2 95 2 120 3
23 4 61 3 96 2 121 2
24 1 62 2 97 1 122 4
25 1 63 1 98 2 123 3

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Before the Test:

At the start of the Test:

After the Test:

Test Form Number: 111

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4. Which among the listed countries can possibly

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8. Which of the following pairs of countries are

(1) China and Japan

Answer questions 9 to 12 based on the following information:

0 1000 2000 3000

(1) Ahuja (2) Bose (3) Coomar (4) Dubey

10. Which family has the lowest average income?

(1) Ahuja (2) Bose (3) Coomar (4) Dubey

11. The highest amount of savings accrues to a member of which family?

(1) Ahuja (2) Bose (3) Coomar (4) Dubey

12. Which family has the lowest average savings?

(1) Ahuja (2) Bose (3) Coomar (4) Dubey

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Answer questions 13 to 16 based on the following information:

Name Finance Marketing Statistics Strategy Operations GPA

(1) Ismet (2) Hari (3) Jagdeep (4) Manab

14. What grade did Preeti obtain in Statistics?

(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D

15. What grade did Utkarsh obtain in Finance?

(1) B (2) C (3) D (4) F

(1) Fazal (2) Hari (3) Nisha (4) Rahul

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Answer questions 17 to 20 based on the following information:

250 236 236

(1) 10 (2) 16 (3) 22 (4) Cannot be determined from the data

18. How many Naya mixer-grinders were purchased in 1999?

(1) 44 (2) 50 (3) 55 (4) 64

19. How many Purana mixer-grinders were purchased in 1999?

(1) 20 (2) 23 (3) 50 (4) Cannot be determined from the data

20. How many Purana mixer-grinders were disposed of in 2000?

(1) 0 (2) 5 (3) 6 (4) Cannot be determined from the data

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A. He stops after 21 coin tosses. Questions 27 to 38 carry 2 marks each.

25. In a class of 30 students, Rashmi secured the

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In the third round, Spain played Pakistan, Argentina

a. Spain won both the fourth and fifth round

35. Which one of the following statements is true

(1) Pakistan beat South Africa by 2 goals to 1.

36. Which one of the following statements is true

(1) Germany beat New Zealand by 1 goal to 0.

37. If Pakistan qualified as one of the two teams from

(1) Argentina (2) Germany

38. Which team finished at the top of the pool after

(1) Argentina (2) Germany

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(1) 2 : 3 (2) 1 : 2 (3) 1 : 3 (4) 3 : 4 (1) 0 (2) 1

43. If the sum of the first 11 terms of an arithmetic

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55. A rectangular sheet of paper, when halved by

Instructions for questions 56 - 58: