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Directions (Qs. 1-6): A number of sentences are given below which, when
properl se!uence", form a coherent paragraph. #hoose the most logical
or"er of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a
coherent paragraph.
1. (A) Realists believe that there is an objective reality out there independent of
ourselves.
(B) his reality e!ists solely by virtue of ho" the "orld is and it is in principle
discoverable by application of the methods of science.
(#) hey believe in the possibility of determinin$ "hether or not a theory is indeed
really true or false.
(%) & thin' it is fair to say that this is the position to "hich most "or'in$ scientists
subscribe.
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A
(. (A) here is a stron$ manufacturin$ base for a variety of products.
(B) &ndia has come a lon$ "ay on the technolo$y front.
(#) But the technolo$y adopted has been lar$ely of forei$n ori$in.
(%) here are) ho"ever) areas such as atomic ener$y) space) a$riculture) and
defence "here si$nificant strides have been made in evolvin$ relevant technolo$ies
"ithin the country.
(a) A%#B (b) %BA# (c) BA#% (d) #BA%
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*. (A) &n emission tradin$) the $overnment fi!es the total amount of pollution that is
acceptable to maintain a desired level of air +uality.
(B) ,conomists ar$ue this approach ma'es air pollution control more cost-effective
than the current practice of fi!in$ air pollution standards and e!pectin$ all companies
to pollute belo" these standards.
(#) ./A uses emission tradin$ to control air pollution.
(%) &t then distributes emission permits to all companies in the re$ion) "hich add up
to the overall acceptable level of emission.
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0. (A) he individual companies vary in si1e) from the corner $rocery to the industrial
$iant.
(B) Policies and mana$ement methods "ithin firms ran$e from formal) "ell-planned
or$ani1ation and controls to slipshod day-to-day operations.
(#) 2arious industries offer a "ide array of products or services throu$h millions of
firms lar$ely independent of each other.
(%) 2ariation in the form of o"nership contributes to diversity in capital investment)
volume of business and financial structure.
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(a) %B#A (b) #A%B (c) BA%# (d) A%#B
B
3. (A) All levels of demand) "hether individual) a$$re$ate) local) national or
international are subject to chan$e.
(B) At the same time science and technolo$y add ne" dimensions to products) their
uses) and the methods used to mar'et them.
(#) A$$re$ate demand fluctuates "ith chan$es in the level of business activity) 45P
and national income.
(%) he demand of individuals tends to vary "ith chan$in$ needs and risin$ income.
(a) #B%A (b) %#AB (c) B#A% (d) A%#B
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6. (A) /ecret persons shall stri'e "ith "eapons) fire or poison.
(B) #lans mutually supportin$ each other shall be made to stri'e at the "ea' points.
(#) 7e shall destroy their caravans) herds) forests and troop reinforcements.
(%) he con+ueror shall cause enemy 'in$doms to be destroyed by nei$hbourin$
'in$s) jun$le tribes) pretenders or unjustly treated princes.
(a) %#BA (b) AB#% (c) B%#A (d) A%#B
A
Directions (Qs. $-1%): Arrange the sentences A, &, #, D to form a logical
se!uence between sentences 1 an" 6:
8. 1.9hat does the state do in a country "here ta! morality is very lo":
(A) &t tries to spy upon the ta! payers.
(B) &t investi$ates income sources and spendin$ patterns.
(#) ,!actly "hat the ta! authority tries to do no" even if inconsistently.
(%) &t could also encoura$e people to denounce to the ta! authorities any
conspicuously prosperous nei$hbours "hy may be suspected of net payin$ their
ta!es properly.
6. he ultimate solution "ould be an ;r"ellian /ystem.
(a) BA#% (b) %BA# (c) AB#% (d) %#BA
A
<. 1. he fra$ile =u$oslav state has uncertain future.
(A) hus there "ill surely be chaos and uncertainty if people fail to settle their
differences.
(B) /harp ideolo$ical differences already e!ist in the country.
(#) ,thnic) re$ional) lin$uistic and material disparities are profound.
(%) he country "ill also loose the e!cellent reputation it enjoyed in international
arena.
6. at "orst) it "ill once more become vulnerable to international conspiracy and
intri$ue.
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(a) B#A% (b) A%#B (c) A#B% (d) %B#A
A
>. 1. &ndia?s e!perience of industriali1ation is characteristics of the difficulties faced
by a ne"ly-independent developin$ country.
(A) &n 1>08 &ndia "as undoubtedly as underdeveloped country "ith one of the lo"est
per capita incomes in the "orld.
(B) &ndian industriali1ation "as the result of a conscious deliberate policy of $ro"th
by indi$enous political elite.
(#) oday &ndia ran's fifth in the international community of nations if measured in
terms of purchasin$ po"er.
(%) ,ven today) ho"ever) the benefits of &ndian industriali1ation since independence
have not reached the masses.
6. &n &ndia) there have been limited successes@ one more e!ample of $ro"th "ithout
development.
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1A. 1. he 5e" ,conomic Policy comprises of the various policy measures and
chan$es introduced since Buly 1>>1.
(A) here is a common thread runnin$ throu$h all these measures.
(B) he objective is simple- to improve the efficiency of the system.
(#) he re$ulator mechanism involvin$ multitude of controls has fra$mented the
capacity and reduced competition even in the private sector.
(%) he thrust of ne" policy is to"ards creatin$ a more competitive environment as
a means to improvin$ the productivity and efficiency of the economy.
6. his is to be achieved by removin$ the barriers and restriction on the entry and
$ro"th of firms.
(a) %#AB (b) AB#% (c) B%A# (d) #%BA
B
11. 1. &t is si$nificant that one of the most common objections to competition is that
it is bad.
(A) his is important because in a system of free enterprise based on private
property chances are not e+ual and there is indeed a stron$ case for reducin$ that
ine+uality of opportunity.
(B) Rather it is a choice bet"een a system "here it is the "ill of a fe" persons that
decides "ho is to $et "hat and one "here it depends at least partly on the ability
and the enterprise of the people.
(#) Althou$h competition and justice may have little else in common) it is as much a
commendation of competition of justice that it is no respecter of justice.
(%) he choice today is not bet"een a system in "hich everybody "ill $et "hat he
deserves accordin$ to some universal standard and one "here individual shares are
determined by chance or $ood"ill.
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6. he fact that opportunities open to the poor in a competitive society are much
more restricted than those open to the rich) does not ma'e it less true that in such a
society the poor are more free than a person commandin$ much $reater material
comfort in a different type of society.
(a) #%BA (b) %#BA (c) AB#% (d) BA%#
A
1(. 1. he necessity for re$ional inte$ration in /outh Asia is underlined by the very
history of the last 03 years since the li+uidation of the British ,mpire in this part of
the "orld.
(A) After the partition of the &ndian sub continent) Pa'istan "as formed in that very
area "hich the imperial po"ers had al"ays mar'ed out as the potential base for
operations a$ainst the Russian po"er in #entral Asia.
(B) Because of the disunity and ill-"ill amon$ the /outh Asian nei$hbours) particular
&ndia and Pa'istan) the $reat po"ers from outside the area could meddle into their
affairs and thereby 'eep nei$hbours apart.
(#) &t needs to be added that it "as the bountiful supply of sophisticated arms that
emboldened Pa'istan to $o for "ar li'e bellicosity to"ards &ndia.
(%) As a part of the cold "ar strate$y of the ../.) Pa'istan "as suc'ed into
9ashin$ton?s military alliance spreadin$ the over the years.
6. &nternally too) it "as the massive induction of American arms into Pa'istan "hich
empo"ered the military junta of the country to stuff out the civilian $overnment and
destroy democracy in Pa'istan.
(a) A#B% (b) AB%# (c) #BA% (d) %#AB
B
1*. 1. #ommercial ener$y consumption sho"s an increasin$ trend and poses a major
challen$e for the future.
(A) he demand for petroleum durin$ 1>>6->8 and (AA6-A8 is anticipated to be <1
million tones and 1(3 million tones respectively.
(B) Accordin$ to the projection of 10
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Po"er /urvey #ommittee Report) the
electricity $eneration re+uirements from utilities "ill be about 013 billion units by
1>>6->8 and <(0 billion units by (AA6-A8.
(#) he production of coal should reach *A* million tones by 1>>6->8 to achieve Plan
tar$ets and 06A million tones by (AA6-A8.
(%) he demand for petroleum products has already outstripped indi$enous
production.
6. ,lectricity is $oin$ to play a major role in the development of infrastructure
facilities.
(a) %A#B (b) #A%B (c) BA%# (d) AB#%
A
10. 1. he success of any unit in a competitive environment depends on prudent
mana$ement of resources.
(A) &n this conte!t it "ould have been more appropriate if the concept of accelerated
depreciation to$ether "ith additional incentives to"ards capital allo"ances for
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recoupin$ a portion of the cost of replacements out of the current $enerations had
been accepted.
(B) Added to this are the ne$li$ible retention of profits because of inade+uate capital
allo"ances are artificial disallo"ances of $enuine outflo"s.
(#) ;ne si$nificant cause for poor $eneration of surpluses is the hi$h cost of capital
and its servicin$ cost.
(%) he lac' of a mechanism in &ndia ta! la"s for +uic' recovery of capital costs has
not received its due attention.
6. 9hile this may apparently loo' costly from the point of vie" of the e!che+uer) the
ultimate cost to the $overnment and the community in the losses suffered throu$h
poor viability "ill be prohibitive.
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13. 1. #ount Rumford is perhaps best 'no"n for his observations on the nature of
heat.
(A) 7e undertoo' several e!periments in order to test the theories of the ori$in of
frictional heat.
(B) Accordin$ to the calorists) the heat "as produced by the caloric s+uee1ed out
of the chips in the process of separatin$ them from the lar$er pieces of metal.
(#) Cavoisier had introduced the term caloric for the "ei$htless substance heat)
and has included it amon$ the chemical elements alon$ "ith carbon) nitro$en) and
o!y$en.
(%) &n the ammunitions factory in Dunich) Rumford noticed that a considerable
de$ree of heat developed in a brass $un "hile it "as bein$ bored.
6. Rumford could not believe that the amount of heat $enerated could have come
from the small amount of dust created.
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16. 1. he death of cinema has been predicted annually.
(A) &t hasn?t happened.
(B) &t "as said that the television "ould 'ill it off-and indeed audiences plummeted)
reachin$ a lo" in 1><0.
(#) Eilm has enjoyed a renaissance) and audiences are no" rou$hly double of "hat
they "ere a decade a$o.
(%) hen the home computer became the projected nemesis follo"ed by satellite
television.
(a) #A%B (b) B%A# (c) AB%# (d) %AB#
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18. 1. he idea of sea-floor spreadin$ preceded the theory of plate tectonics.
(A) he hypothesis "as soon substantiated by the discovery that periodic reversals of
the earth?s ma$netic field are recorded in the oceanic crust.
(B) &n its ori$inal version) it described the creation and destruction of the ocean floor)
but it did not specify ri$id lithospheric plates.
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(#) An e!planation of this process devised by E. B. 2ine and %. 7. Datthe"s of
Princeton is no" $enerally accepted.
(%) he sea-floor spreadin$ hypothesis "as formulated chiefly by 7arry 7. 7ess of
Princeton .niversity in the early 1>6As.
6. As ma$ma rises under the mid-ocean rid$e) ferroma$netic minerals in the ma$ma
become ma$neti1ed in the direction of the $eoma$netic field.
(a) %#BA (b) AB%# (c) #B%A (d) %BA#
A
1<. 1. 2isual reco$nition involves strin$ and retrievin$ of memories.
(A) Psycholo$ists of the 4astalt /chool maintain that objects are reco$ni1ed as a
"hole in parallel procedure.
(B) 5eutral activity) tri$$ered by the eye) forms an ima$e in the brain?s memory
system that constitutes an internal representation of the vie"ed object.
(#) #ontroversy surrounds the +uestion of "hether reco$nition is a sin$le one-step
procedure or a serial step-by-step one.
(%) 9hen an object is encountered a$ain) it is matched "ith its internal reco$nition
and thereby reco$ni1ed.
6. he internal representation is matched "ith the retinal ima$e in a sin$le +uestion.
(a) %BA# (b) %#AB (c) B%#A (d) #AB%
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1>. 1. he history of mammals dates bac' at least to riassic time.
(A) Diocene and Pliocene time "as mar'ed by culmination of several $roups and
continued approach to"ards modern characters.
(B) %evelopment "as retarded) ho"ever) until the sudden acceleration of evolutional
chan$e that occurred in the oldest Paleocene.
(#) &n the ;li$ocene ,poch) there "as further improvement) "ith appearance of
some ne" lines and e!tinction of theories.
(%) his led to ,ocene time to increase in avera$e si1e) lar$er mental capacity) and
special adaptations for different modes of life.
6. he pea' of the career of mammals in variety and avera$e lar$e si1e "as attained
in this epoch.
(a) B%#A (b) A#%B (c) B#%A (d) A#B%
A
Directions (Qs. '(-')): *n each !uestion, four parts of a sentence have been
given. +rom the alternatives fin" the combination which best gives a
meaningful sentence.
(A. (A) here "as the hope that in another e!istence a $reater happiness "ould
re"ard one
(B) Previous e!istence) and the effort to do less "ould be less difficult too "hen
(#) &t "ould be less difficult to bear the evils of one?s o"n life if
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(%) ;ne could thin' that they "ere but the necessary outcome of one?s in a
(a) #AB% (b) B%#A (c) BA%# (d) #%BA
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(1. (A) he can only rene" himself if his soul
(B) 7e rene"s himself and
(#) he "riter can only be fertile if
(%) &s constantly enriched by fresh e!perience
(a) #BA% (b) #A%B (c) B%#A (d) BA#%
A
((. (A) But a masterpiece is
(B) .ntau$ht $enius
(#) A laborious career than as the luc'y flu'e of
(%) Dore li'ely to come as the culminatin$ point of
(a) #%AB (b) A%#B (c) #%BA (d) A#%B
B
(*. (A) 9hat interests you is the "ay & "hich you have created the illusion
(B) hey are an$ry "ith you) for it "as
(#) he public is easily disillusioned and then
(%) he illusion they loved@ they do not understand that
(a) A#B% (b) B%#A (c) #B%A (d) B#A%
B
(0. (A) An ade+uate physical and social infrastructure level
(B) he pattern of spatial $ro"th in these to"ns as also to
(#) he failure of the $overnment to ensure
(%) he roots of the riots are related to
(a) A#B% (b) %B#A (c) AB%# (d) #B%A
B
Directions (Qs. ',-'%): *n each of the following !uestions, the answer
choice suggest the alternative arrangements of four sentences A, &, #, an"
D. #hoose the alternative which suggests a coherent paragraph.
(3. (A) o have settled one?s affairs is a very $ood preparation to leadin$ the rest of
one?s life "ithout concern for the future.
(B) 9hen & have finished this boo' & shall 'no" "here & stand.
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(#) ;ne does not die immediately after one has made one?s "ill@ one ma'es one?s
"ill as a precaution.
(%) & can afford then to do "hat & choose "ith the years that remain to me.
(a) %BA# (b) #AB% (c) B%A# (d) #B%A
B
(6. (A) &t is said that &ndia has al"ays been in a hurry to conform to the "estern
thou$ht especially the American.
(B) ,ven the smaller countries have the $uts to ta'e a firm contrarian stand if they
feel the policies happen to compromise their country?s interest.
(#) &t?s one thin$ to sprout theories on liberali1ation) and entirely another to barter
the interests of the nation in its name.
(%) &n this case too) "hile a lar$e number of countries are yet to ratify the 4A)
&ndia has not only ratified the treaty) but is also preparin$ to amend the Patents Act.
(a) #AB% (b) %#AB (c) #B%A (d) B%#A
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(8. (A) But instead you are faced "ith another hu$e cra$ and the "eary trail
continues.
(B) 5o) the path "inds on and another mountain bars your "ay.
(#) 9hen for days you have been $oin$ throu$h a mountain pass a moment comes
"hen you are sure that after "indin$ around the $reat mass of roc' in front of you)
you "ill come upon the plain.
(%) /urely after this you "ill see the plain.
(a) #%BA (b) BA%# (c) #A%B (d) B#A%
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(<. (A) %urin$ one e!hibition) ho"ever) some air became mi!ed "ith the hydro$en)
and in the "ords of the sha'en performerF he e!plosion "as so dreadful that &
ima$ined all my teeth had been blo"n outG
(B) An entertainer "ould finish his act by blo"in$ the hydro$en he had inhaled
to"ards a li$hted candle@ as the hydro$en cau$ht fire) flames "ould shoot
menacin$ly from his lips.
(#) A paper filled "ith hydro$en ama1ed $uests by 1oomin$ off in to space.
(%) 9hen people learn about its uni+ue li$hter-than-air property) they be$an to use
it in all sorts of parlour stunts.
(a) %#BA (b) %BA# (c) #AB% (d) A#B%
A
(>. (A) &t is e!citin$ and various.
(B) & am a "riter as & mi$ht have been a doctor or a la"yer.
(#) he "riter is free to "or' in "hat he believes.
(%) &t is so pleasant a profession that it is not surprisin$ if a vast number of persons
adopt it "ho have no +ualifications for it.
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(a) #A%B (b) AB%# (c) %B#A (d) B%A#
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Directions (Qs. -(--)): Arrange sentences A, &, # an" D between sentences
1 an" 6 to form a logical se!uence of si. sentences.
*A. 1. &t is often said that $ood actors can $et out of a play more than the author
has put into it.
(A) A $ood actor) brin$in$ to a part his o"n talent) often $ives it a value that the
layman on readin$ the play had not seen in it) but at the utmost he can do no more
than reach the ideal that the author has seen in his mind?s eye.
(B) &n all my plays) & have been fortunate enou$h to have some of the parts acted as
& "anted@ but in none have & had all the parts so acted.
(#) hat is not true.
(%) 7e has to be an actor of address to do this@ for the most part the author has to
be satisfied "ith an appro!imation of the performance he visuali1ed.
6. his is so obviously inevitable for the actor "ho is suited to a certain role may "ell
be en$a$ed and you have to put up "ith the second or third best because there is no
help for it.
(a) BA#% (b) %A#B (c) #A%B (d) %#BA
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*1. 1. & can thin' of no serious prose play that has survived the $eneration that $ave
it birth.
(A) hey are museum pieces.
(B) hey are revived no" and then because a famous part tempts a leadin$ actor or
a mana$er in "ant of a stop $ap thin's he "ill put on a play on "hich he has no
loyalties to pay.
(#) A fe" comedies have hapha1ardly traveled do"n on a couple of centuries or so.
(%) he audience lau$hs at their "it "ith politeness and at their farce "ith
embarrassment.
6. hey are not held nor ta'en out of themselves.
(a) #%BA (b) #AB% (c) AB%# (d) BA#%
A
*(. 1. he "ind had sava$e allies.
(A) &f it had not been for my closely fitted helmet) the e!plosions mi$ht have
shattered my eardrums.
(B) he first clap of thunder came as a deafenin$ e!plosion that literally shoo' my
teeth.
(#) & did not hear the thunder & actually felt it H an almost unbearable physical
e!istence.
(%) & sa" li$htenin$ all around me in every shape ima$inable.
6. &t "as rainin$ so torrentially that & thou$ht & "ould dro"n in mid air.
(a) B#A% (b) #A%B (c) #B%A (d) A#%B
A
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**. 1. All human bein$s are a"are of the e!istence of a po"er $reater than that of
the mortals H the name $iven to such a po"er by individuals is an outcome of birth)
education and choice.
(A) Co$ically) therefore such a po"er should be remembered in $ood times also.
(B) heir other philanthropic contributions include the construction and maintenance
of reli$ious places such as temples or $urud"aras.
(#) &ndustrial or$ani1ations also contribute to the veneration of this po"er by
participatin$ in activities such as reli$ious ceremonies and festivities or$ani1ed by
the employees.
(%) his po"er provides an anchor in times of adversity) difficulty and trouble.
6. he top mana$ementImana$ers should participate in all such events) irrespective
of their personal choice.
(a) #A%B (b) B#A% (c) %A#B (d) %B#A
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*0. 1. A thorou$h 'no"led$e of the path or course to be follo"ed is essential for
achievin$ success.
(A) /eniors must sho" the path clearly by layin$ do"n the precise e!pectations of
the mana$ement in terms of job description) 'ey result areas and personal tar$ets.
(B) hey should also Jli$ht the path? by personal e!ample.
(#) Advice tendered or help offered must be objectively evaluated for its
effectiveness in achievin$ the desired $oal.
(%) A display of arro$ance and a false sense of Jself "orth?) in order to belittle those
"ho come to help) prove dysfunctional.
6. he individuality of each employee must be respected.
(a) #%AB (b) #A%B (c) BA%# (d) AB#%
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Directions (Qs. -,-)-): Arrange sentences A, &, # an" D between sentences
1 an" 6 so as to form a logical se!uence of si. sentences.
*3. 1. #urrency movements can have a dramatic impact on e+uity returns for forei$n
investors.
(A) his is not surprisin$ as many developin$ economies try to pe$ their e!chan$e
rates to the ../. dollar or to a bas'et of currencies.
(B) Dany developin$ economies mana$e to 'eep e!chan$e rate volatility lo"er than
that in the industrial economies.
(#) &ndia has also $one in for the full float on the current account and abolished the
mana$ed e!chan$e rate.
(%) %ramatic e!ceptions are Ar$entina) Bra1il and 5i$eria.
6. Another emer$in$ mar'et specific ris' is li+uidity ris'.
(a) A%B# (b) #%AB (c) B%A# (d) #AB%
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*6. 1. otal for$iveness for a mista'e $enerates a sense of complacency to"ards
tar$et achievement) amon$ the employees.
(A) &n such a situation) the "or' ethos $ets distorted and individuals $et a feelin$
that they can $et a"ay "ith any lapse.
(B) he feelin$ that they develop is "hether & produce results or not) the
mana$ement "ill not punish me or does not have the $uts to punish me.
(#) Also) e!cess la!ity dama$es mana$ement credibility because for a lon$ time the
mana$ement has maintained that dysfunctional behaviour "ill result in punishment
and "hen somethin$ $oes "ron$) it fails to ta'e specific punitive action.
(%) he severity of the punishment may be reduced by modifyin$ it but some action
must be ta'en a$ainst the $uilty so as to serve as a remainder for all others in the
or$ani1ation.
6. Doreover it helps to establish the mana$ement?s ima$es of bein$ firm) fair and yet
human.
(a) %#BA (b) BA#% (c) %B#A (d) #AB%
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*8. 1. But the vessel 'ept $oin$ a"ay.
(A) 7e loo'ed an!iously around.
(B) here "as nothin$ to see but the "ater and empty s'y.
(#) 7e could no" barely see her funnel and masts "hen heaved up on a hi$h "ave.
(%) 7e did not 'no" for "hat.
6. A brea'in$ "ave slapped in the face and cho'in$ him.
(a) %B#A (b) A#%B (c) #A%B (d) AB#%
B
*<. 1. Dana$ers must lead by e!ample they should not be averse to $ivin$ a hand in
manual "or'@ if re+uired.
(A) hey should also update their competence to $uide their subordinates@ this "ould
be possible only if they 'eep in re$ular touch "ith ne" processes) machines)
instruments) $au$es) system and $ad$ets.
(B) 9or' must be allocated to different $roups and team members in clear) specific
terms.
(#) oo much of "all-buildin$ is detrimental to the e!ercise of the Jpersonal
charisma? of the leader "hose presence should not be felt only throu$h notices)
circulars or memos) but by bein$ seen physically.
(%) /imple) clean livin$ amon$ one?s people should be insisted upon.
6. his "ould mean the maintainin$ of an updated or$ani1ation char@ layin$ do"n
job descriptions@ identifyin$ 'ey result areas@ settin$ personal tar$ets@ and above all
monitorin$ of performance to meet or$ani1ational $oals.
(a) B%A# (b) B#%A (c) A%#B (d) A#%B
#
*>. 1. he top mana$ement should perceive the true "orth of people and only then
ma'e friends.
(A) /uch Jtrue friends? are very fe" and very rare.
(B) Eactors such as affluence) riches) out"ard sophistication and conceptual abilities
are not prere+uisites for $enuine friendship.
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(#) /uch people must be respected and 'ept close to the heart.
(%) Business realities call for developin$ a lar$e circle of ac+uaintances and contacts@
ho"ever@ all of them "ill be motivated by their o"n self-interest and it "ould be
"ron$ to treat them as $enuine friends.
6. here is al"ays a need for real friends to "hom one can turn for balanced)
unselfish advice) more so "hen one is cau$ht in a dilemma.
(a) AB#% (b) A%B# (c) A#%B (d) A#B%
%
0A. 1. Dana$ers) especially the successful ones) should $uard a$ainst ascribin$ to
themselves +ualities and attributes "hich they may not have) or may have in a
measure much less than "hat they thin' they haveG
(A) ,!ternal appearances can be deceptive.
(B) o initiate action "ithout bein$ in possession of full facts can lead to disastrous
results.
(#) Also one should develop confidents "ho can be used as soundin$ boards in order
to chec' one?s o"n thin'in$ a$ainst that of the others.
(%) &t is also useful to be receptive to feedbac' about oneself so that a real
understandin$ of the Jself? e!ists.
6. A false perception can be li'e "earin$ coloured $lasses H all facts $et tainted by
the colour of the $lass and the mind interprets them "ron$ly to fit into the
perception.
(a) %#AB (b) BA%# (c) %AB# (d) B#A%
%
01. 1. #onflictin$ demands for resources are al"ays voiced by different
functionsIdepartments in an or$ani1ation.
(A) ,very mana$er e!amines the tas' entrusted to him and evaluates the sources
re+uired.
(B) Availability of resources in full measure ma'es tas' achievement easy because it
reduces the effort needed to some-"hat ma'e do.
(#) A safety cushion is built into demand for resources to offset the adverse impact
of any cut imposed by the seniors.
(%) his aspect needs to be understood as a reality.
6. dynamic) ener$etic) $ro"th oriented and "ise mana$ement is al"ays are
confronted "ith the inade+uacy of resources "ith respect to one of the four Ds (men)
machines) money and materials) and the t"o s (time and technolo$y).
(a) %AB# (b) A#B% (c) AB#% (d) B#%A
A
0(. 1. %espite the passa$e of time) a lar$e number of conflicts continue to remain
alive) because the "ron$ed parties) in reality or in ima$ination) "ish to ta'e reven$e
upon each other) thus creatin$ a vicious circle.
(A) At times) mana$ers are called upon to ta'e ruthless decisions in the lon$-term
interests of the or$ani1ation.
(B) People hurt others) at times 'no"in$ly) to teach them a lesson and at other times
because they lac' correct understandin$ of the other person?s stand.
(#) he dele$ation of any po"er to any person is never absolute.
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(%) ,very ruthless decision "ill be accepted easily if the situation at the moment of
committin$ the act is objectively analy1ed) shared openly and discussed rationally.
6. Po"er is misused@ its effects can last only for a "hile) since employees are bound
to confront it some day.
(a) B#A% (b) A%B# (c) %AB# (d) BA%#
B
0*. 1. Dana$ers need to differentiate amon$ those "ho commit an error once) those
"ho are repetitively errant but can be corrected) and those "ho are basically "ic'ed.
(A) he persons in this cate$ory "ill resort to s"eet-tal' and ma'e all sorts of
promises on bein$ cau$ht) but) at the first opportunity "ill revert to their bad "ays.
(B) Dana$ers must ta'e ruthless action a$ainst the basically "ic'ed and ensure their
separation from the or$ani1ation at the earliest.
(#) he first cate$ory needs to be corrected softly and duly counseled@ the second
cate$ory should be dealt "ith firmly and duly counseled till they reali1e the dan$er of
persistin$ "ith their errant behaviour.
(%) &t is the last cate$ory of "hom the mana$ers must be most "ary.
6. he punishment must be fair and based on the philosophy of $ivin$ all the
possible opportunities and help prior to ta'in$ ruthless action.
(a) A%#B (b) #%AB (c) #A%B (d) B%A#
%
Directions (Qs.),-)%): answer the !uestions base" on the following
information. /ach of the !uestions consists of four sentence" mar0e" A, &, #
an" D. ou are re!uire" to arrange the sentences in a proper se!uence so as
to ma0e a coherent paragraph.
03. (A) 9here there is division) there must be conflict not only division bet"een man
and "oman but also division on the basis of race) reli$ion and lan$ua$e.
(B) 9e said the present condition of racial divisions) lin$uistic divisions has brou$ht
out so many "ars.
(#) Also "e "ent into the +uestion as to "hy does this conflict bet"een man and
man e!ist.
(%) Day "e continue "ith "hat "e "ere discussin$ last evenin$:
(a) AB#% (b) %B#A (c) B#A% (d) B%A#
B
06. (A) 5o other document $ives us so intimate a sense of the tone and temper of
the first $eneration poets.
(B) Part of the interest of the journal is course historical.
(#) and the clues to 9ords"orth?s creative processes "hich the journal are of
decisive si$nificance.
(%) 5o even in their o"n letters do 9ords"orth and #olerid$e stand so present
before us than they do throu$h the references in the journal.
(a) BA#% (b) B%A# (c) #BA% (d) %AB#
A
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08. (A) hese hi$h plans died) slo"ly but definitely) and "ere replaced by the dream
of a hu$e "or' on philosophy.
(B) &n doin$ "hatever little he could of the ne" plan) the poet mana$ed to "rite
speculations on theolo$y) and political theory.
(#) he poet?s hu$e ambitions included "ritin$ a philosophic epic on the ori$in of
evil.
(%) 7o"ever) not much "as done in this re$ard either "ith only fra$ments bein$
"ritten.
(a) AB#% (b) #BA% (c) #%AB (d) #A%B
%
0<. (A) 9e can never leave off "onderin$ ho" that "hich has ever been should
cease to be.
(B) As "e advance in life) "e ac+uire a 'eener sense of the value of time.
(#) 5othin$ else) indeed) seems to be of any conse+uence@ and "e become misers in
this sense.
(%) 9e try arrest its fe" last totterin$ steps) and to ma'e it lin$er on the brin' of the
$rave.
(a) A#%B (b) B#%A (c) B%#A (d) AB#%
B
0>. (A) here is no complete 'no"led$e about anythin$.
(B) ;ur thin'in$ is the outcome of 'no"led$e) and 'no"led$e is al"ays limited.
(#) Kno"led$e al"ays $oes hand in hand "ith i$norance.
(%) herefore) our thin'in$ "hich is born out of 'no"led$e) is al"ays limited under
all circumstances.
(a) B#A% (b) B#%A (c) %AB# (d) #B%A
%
Directions (Qs. ,(-,,): Arrange the four sentences in their proper or"er so
that the ma0e a logicall coherent paragraph.
3A. (A) /till) /ophie mi$ht need an open heart sur$ery later in life and no" be more
prone to respiratory infections.
(B) But "ith the ne"s that infant dau$hter /ophie has a hole in her heart) he
appears +uite vulnerable.
(#) 9hile the condition sounds bad it is not life threatenin$ and fre+uently corrects
itself.
(%) /ylvester /tallone has made millions and built a thrivin$ career out of loo'in$
invincible.
(a) %#AB (b) %BA# (c) %B#A (d) %#BA
#
31. (A) 7o"ever) the severed head could not $ro" bac' if fire could be applied
instantly to the amputated part.
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(B) o $et rid of this monstrosity "as a truly a 7erculean tas' for as soon as one
head "as cut off t"o ne" ones replaced it.
(#) 7ercules accomplished this labour "ith the aid of an assistant "ho cauteri1ed the
nec's as fast as 7ercules cut off the headsG
(%) ;ne of the t"elve laborers of 7ercules "as the 'illin$ of hydra) a "ater monster
"ith nine heads.
(a) %#BA (b) AB#% (#) %BA# (d) B%#A
#
3(. (A) hat 7olly"ood is a man?s "orld is certainly true but it is not the "hole truth.
(B) ,ven Renaissance film actress Bodie Eoster "ho hosts this compendium of movie
history) confesses surprise at this.
(#) /he says that she had no idea that "omen "ere so active in the industry even in
those days.
(%) %urin$ the silent era) for e!ample) female script "riters outnumbered males 1A
to 1.
(a) A%B# (b) AB%# (c) %#AB (d) AB#%
A
3*. (A) &ts business decisions are made on the timely and accurate flo" of
information.
(B) &t has 1)8AA employees in 1* branches and representative offices across the
Asia-Pacific re$ion.
(#) Eor employees to maintain a competitive ed$e in a fast-movin$ field) they must
have +uic' access to BP Dor$an?s proprietary trade related data.
(%) BP Dor$an?s is one of the lar$est ban'in$ institutions in the ./ and a premier
international tradin$ firm.
(a) %BA# (b) %#BA (c) #%AB (d) %#AB
A
30. (A) he /aheli Pro$ramme run by the ./ #ross-#ultural /olutions is offerin$ a
three "ee' tour of &ndia that involves a lot more than fren1ied si$ht seein$.
(B) Participants interested in "omen?s issues "ill learn about arran$ed marria$es)
do"ry and infanticide.
(#) 7oliday pac'a$es include all sorts of topics but female infanticide must be first
for tourism.
(%) &nterspersed "ith these tal's and meetin$s are visits to cities li'e 5e" %elhi and
A$ra) home to the aj Dahal.
(a) A#B% (b) #%BA (c) A%B# (d) #AB%
A
33. (A) /omethin$ ma$ical is happenin$ to our planet.
(B) /ome are callin$ it paradi$m shift.
(#) it?s $ettin$ smaller.
(%) ;thers call it business transformation.
(a) AB%# (b) A#%B (c) AB#% (d) A#B%
%
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Directions (Qs.,6-6,): *n each of the following !uestions four sentences are
given between the sentences numbere" 1 an" 6. 1ou are re!uire" to
arrange the four sentences so that all si. together ma0e a logical
paragraph.
36. 1. &t doesn?t ta'e a hi$hly esteemed medical e!pert to conclude that "omen
handle pain better than men.
(A) Eirst the men "ould $ive birth and then ta'e si! months to recover.
(B) As for labour pains the human species "ould become e!tinct if men had to $ive
birth.
(#) hey do) ho"ever) ma'e life hell for everyone else "ith their non-stop
complainin$ about ho" bad they feel.
(%) he men in my life includin$ my husband and my father "ould not ta'e a ylenol
for pain even if their lives depend on it.
6. And by the time they finish sharin$ their e!cruciatin$ e!perience "ith their
buddies all reproduction "ould come to a halt.
(a) AB%# (b) %#BA (c) #%BA (d) BA#%
A
38. 1. A fe" years a$o hostility to"ards Bapanese-Americans "as so stron$ that &
thou$ht they "ere $oin$ to reopen the detention camps here in Kol'ata.
(A) oday Asians are a success story.
(B) & cannot help ma'in$ a comparison to the anti-Be"ish sentiment in 5a1i 4ermany
"hen Be"ish people "ere successful in business.
(#) But do people applaud President #linton for improvin$ forei$n trade "ith Asia:
(%) 5o") tal' about the JAr'nsas-Asia #onnection? is broadenin$ that hatred to
include all Asian-Americans.
6. 5o) blinded by jealous) they complain that it is the Asian-American "ho are
reapin$ the "ealth.
(a) %BA# (b) AB%# (c) %AB# (d) A#B%
B
3<. 1. Dichael Bac'son) clearly no admirer of lon$ en$a$ements) $ot married
abruptly for the second time in three years.
(A) he latest "eddin$ too' place in a secret midni$ht ceremony in /ydney)
Australia.
(B) &t is also the second marria$e for the ne" missus about "hom little is 'no"n.
(#) he "eddin$ "as attended by $room?s entoura$e and staff) accordin$ to
Bac'son?s publicist.
(%) he bride) *8-years old %ebbie Ro"e) "ho is carryin$ Bac'son?s baby) "ore
"hite.
6. All that is 'no"n is that she is a nurse for Bac'son?s dermatolo$ist.
(a) A#%B (b) B%#A (c) %AB# (d) #%BA
A
3>. 1. Ci1 aylor isn?t just unluc'y in love.
(A) /he) and husband Carry Eortens'y) "ill have to pay the tab-L0)*()6AA in court
costs.
(B) he duo claimed that a 1>>* story about a property dispute dama$ed their
reputation.
(#) aylor has just filed a defamation suit a$ainst the 5ational ,n+uirer.
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(%) /he is unluc'y in la" too.
6. Alas) all levels of the #alifornia court system disa$reed.
(a) #%AB (b) %#AB (c) %AB# (d) #%BA
B
6A. 1. 7iss "as servin$ as 7ead of the ,ndo"ment on Au$ust *) 1>0<) "hen
9hitta'er #hambers reluctantly appeared before the 7ouse .n-American Activities
#ommittee.
(A) #hambers) a portly rumpled man "ith a melodramatic style) had been
#ommunist courier but had bro'en "ith the party in 1>*<.
(B) "hen 5i!on arran$ed a meetin$ of the t"o men in 5e" =or') #hambers repeated
his char$es and 7iss his denials.
(#) summoned as a "itness) 7iss denied that he had ever been a #ommunist or had
'no"n #hambers.
(%) he told the #ommittee that amon$ the members of a secret #ommunist cell in
9ashin$ton durin$ 1>*As "as 7iss.
6. hen) bi1arrely) 7iss as'ed #hambers to open his mouth.
(a) #BA% (b) A%B# (c) A%#B (d) A#%B
#
61. 1. since its birth) roc' has produced a lon$ stin$ of $uitar heroes.
(A) it is a list that "ould be$in "ith #huc' Berry and continue "ith 7endri!) Pa$e and
#lapton.
(B) these are musicians celebrated for their sheer instrumental talent) and their flair
for e!pansive) sho"y and sometimes self indul$ent solos.
(#) it "ould also include players of more recent vinta$e) li'e 2an-7alen and Civin$
#olour?s 2emon Ried.
(%) but "ith the advent of alternative roc' and $run$e) $uitar heroism became
uncool.
6. $uitarists li'e Peter Buc' and Kurt #obain shy a"ay from e!hibitionism.
(a) A#B% (b) AB#% (c) B#A% (d) BA%#
A
6(. 1. for many scientists oceans are the cradle of life.
(A) but all over the "orld chemical products and nuclear "aste continue to be
damped into them.
(B) coral reefs) "hich are 'no"n to be the most beautiful places of the submarine
"orld are fast disappearin$.
(#) he result is that many species of fish die because of this pollution.
(%) ;f course man is the root cause behind these problems.
6. man has lon$ since ruined the places he visits H continents and oceans ali'e.
(a) A#B% (b) BA#% (c) AB%# (d) B#A%
A
6*. 1. am & one of the people "ho are "orried that Bill #linton?s second term mi$ht
be destroyed by the constitutional crisis:
(A) ;n the other hand) ordinary citi1ens have put the campai$n behind them.
(B) in other "ords) "hat "orries me is that Bill #linton could e!hibit a version of
"hat 4eor$e Bush used to refer to crisis.
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(#) that is he mi$ht have so much campai$n momentum that he may not able to
stop campai$nin$.
(%) "ell) it is true that &?ve been "onderin$ "hether a President could be impeached
for refusin$ to stop tal'in$ about the brid$e "e need to build to the (1
st
century.
6. they no" prefer to "atch their favorite soaps and ads on 2 rather than senators.
(a) %B#A (B) AB%# (c) BA#% (d) #B%A
A
60. 1. /o ho" bi$ is the potential mar'et:
(A) But they end up spendin$ thousands more each year on hard"are overhaul and
soft"are up $radation.
(B) analysts say the ne" machines "ill appeal primarily to corporate sectors.
(#) An individual buyer can pic' a des'top computer for less than L()AAA in America.
(%) for them) the 5#s best dra"in$ card is its promise of much lo"er maintenance
costs.
6. 5#s "hich automatically load the latest version of "hatever soft"are they need
could put an end to all that.
(a) B#A% (b) %AB# (c) B%#A (d) %#AB
#
63. 1. 7istorically) stained $lass "as almost entirely reserved for ecclesiastical
spaces.
(A) By all counts) he has accomplished that mission "ith unmista'able style.
(B) &t is my mission to brin$ it 'ic'in$ and screamin$ out of that milieu) says
#lar'e.
(#) the first "as the je"el-li'e "indo"s he desi$ned for a #istercian #hurch in
/"it1erland.
(%) t"o recent projects sho" his $enius in the separate "orlds of the sacred and the
mundane.
6. the second "as a spectacular) hu$e s'yli$ht in a shoppin$ comple! in Bra1il.
(a) #BA% (b) BA%# (c) AB%# (d) %BA#
B
Directions (Qs. 66-$,): arrange sentences A, &, # an" D in a proper
se!uence so as to ma0e a coherent paragraph.
66. (A) it be$ins "ith an ordinary fever and a moderate cou$h.
(B) &ndia could be under attac' from a class of $erms that cause "hat are called
typical pneumonias.
(#) slo"ly a sore throat pro$resses to bronchitis and then pneumonia and respiratory
complications.
(%) ita appears li'e the ordinary flu but baffled doctors fimd that the usual dru$s
don?t "or'.
(a) AB#% (b) B%A# (c) A%#B (d) B#%A
B
68. (A) chemists mostly don?t stoc' itF only a fe" $overnment hospitals do but in
limited +uantities.
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(B) %elhi?s buildin$ boom is creatin$ a bi1arreF sna'es are increasin$ly bitin$ people
as they emer$e from their disturbed under$round homes.
(#) there isn?t enou$h anti-sna'e serum lar$ely because there is no centrali1ed
a$ency that distributes the product.
(%) if thin$s don?t improve more people could face parsalysis and even death.
(a) B#A% (b) %B#A (c) AB#% (d) #AB%
A
6<. (A) but the last decade has "itnessed $reater votin$ and political participation by
various privile$ed sections.
(B) if one $oes by the earlier record of mid term elections) it is li'ely that the
turnout in 1>>< "ill drop by anythin$ bet"een four and si! percenta$e points over
the already lo" pollin$ of 3< percent in 1>>6.
(#) if this trend offsets the mid-term poll fati$ue) the fall may not be so steep.
(%) not"ithstandin$ a $ood deal of speculation on this issue it is still not clear as to
"ho benefits from a lo"er turnout.
(a) BA#% (b) AB#% (c) %BA# (d) #B%A
A
6>. (A) after several routine elections) there comes a Jcritical? election "hich
redefines the basic pattern of political loyalties) redra"s political $eo$raphy and
opens up political space.
(B) in psepholo$ical jar$on) they call it reali$nment.
(#) rather since 1><> there have been a series of semi-critical elections.
(%) on a strict definition none of the recent &ndian elections +ualifies as a critical
election.
(a) AB#% (b) AB%# (c) %BA# (d) %#BA
B
8A. (A) trivial pursuits mar'eted by the #on$ress is a $ame imported from &taly.
(B) the idea is to create an ima$inary saviour in times of crisis so that the party
doesn?t fall flat on its collective face.
(#) closest contenders are Dani /han'ar Aiyar "ho still hears his Daster?s 2oice and
2. 4eor$e "ho is frustrated by the fact that his political future remains /onia and yet
so far.
(%) the current champion is Arjun for "hom all roads lead to Rome or in this case 1A
Banpath.
(a) AB%# (b) AB#% (c) %#BA (d) #%BA
A
81. (A) $ood advertisin$ can ma'e people buy your products even if it suc's.
(B) A dollar spent on brain"ashin$ is more cost-effective than a dollar spent on
product improvement.
(#) that?s important because it ta'es pressure off you to ma'e $ood politics.
(%) obviously) there?s a minimum +uality that every product has to achieve) it should
be able to "ithstand the shippin$ process "ithout becomin$ unreco$ni1able.
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(a) BA#% (b) A#B% (c) A%#B (d) B#%A
B
8(. (A) almost a century a$o) "hen the father of the modern automobile industry)
7enry Eord) sold the first model car) he decided that only the best "ould do for his
customers.
(B) oday) it is committed to deliverin$ the finest +uality "ith over si! million vehicles
a year in over (AA countries across the "orld.
(#) and for over ninety years this philosophy has endured in the Eord Dotor
#ompany.
(%) thus) a vehicle is ready for the customer only if it passes the Eord JMero %efect
Pro$ramme?.
(a) AB#% (b) A#%B (c) A#B% (d) #%AB
8*. (A) But) clearly) the $overnment still has the final say.
(B) &n the past fe" years) the Reserve Ban' of &ndia mi$ht have "rested
considerable po"ers from the $overnment "hen it comes to monetary policy.
(#) the RB&?s announcements on certain issues become effective only after the
$overnment notifies them.
(%) isn?t it time the $overnment vested the RB& "ith po"ers to sanction such
chan$es) leavin$ their ratification for later:
(a) A#%B (b) A#B% (c) BA#% (d) %A#B
80. (A) & sat there fro"nin$ at the chec'ered table-cloth) che"in$ the bitter cud of
insi$ht.
(B) hat "intry afternoon in Danhattan) "aitin$ in the little Erench restaurant) & "as
feelin$ frustrated and depressed.
(#) even the prospect of seein$ a dear friend failed to cheer me as it usually did.
(%) because of certain miscalculations on my part) a project of considerable
importance in my life had fallen throu$h.
(a) A%B# (b) B#%A (c) B%#A (d) AB#%
83. (A) perhaps the best 'no"n is the Bay Area 9ritin$ Project founded by Bames
4ray in 1>80.
(B) the decline in "ritin$ s'ills can be stopped.
(#) today?s bac'-to-basics movement has already forced some schools to place
rene"ed emphasis on the three Rs.
(%) althou$h the inability of some teachers to teach "ritin$ successfully remains a
bi$ stumblin$ bloc') a number of pro$rammes have been developed to attac' this
problem.
(a) B#%A (b) A%#B (c) A#B% (d) #AB%
Directions (Qs. $6-2(): arrange sentences A, &, # an" D between sentences
1 an" 6, so as to form a logical se!uence of si. sentences.
86. 1. "henever technolo$y has flo"ered) it has put man?s lan$ua$e H developin$
s'ills into overdrive.
(A) technical terms are spillin$ into the main stream almost as fast as jun'-mail is
slapped into e-mail bo!es.
(B) the era of computers is no less.
(#) from the "heel "ith its a!le to the spinnin$ "heel "ith its bobbins to the
compact disc and its je"el bo!es inventions have trailed ne" "ords in their "a'e.
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(%) #yberslan$ is hu$e but it?s parochial) and "e don?t 'no" "hat "ill filter into the
lar$e culture) said om %al1ell) "ho "rote slan$ dictionary JElappers ( Rappers?.
6. some slan$s already have a pedi$ree.
(a) B#A% (b) #BA% (c) AB#% (d) %B#A
88. 1. until the DBA arrived on the scene the && $raduate "as 'in$.
(A) a de$ree from one of the five &&s "as a passport to a "ell-playin$ job) $reat
prospects abroad and for some a decent do"ry to boot.
(B) from the day he or she crac'ed the Boint ,ntrance ,!amination) the && student
commanded the a"e of nei$hbours and close relatives.
(#) && students had) mean"hile) also developed their o"n special culture) complete
"ith lin$o and attitude) "hich they passed do"n.
(%) true) the success stories of && $raduates are le$ion and they no" constitute the
cream of the &ndian diaspora.
6. but not many alumni "ould a$ree that the && under$raduate mindset merits a
serious psycholo$ical study) lat alone an interactive one.
(a) BA#% (b) AB#% (c) BA%# (d) AB%#
8<. 1. some of the maharajas) li'e the one at Kapurthala) had e!+uisite taste.
(A) in 1>A() the Daharaja of Kapurthala $ave his civil en$ineer photo$raphs of the
2ersailles Place and as'ed him to replicate it ri$ht do"n to the $ar$oyles.
(B) =esh"antrao 7oll'ar of &ndore brou$ht in Bauhaus aesthetics and even "or's of
modern artists li'e Brancusi and %uchamp.
(#) Kitsch is the most polite "ay to describe them.
(%) but many of them as the available li$ht photo$raphs sho" had e!ecrable taste.
6. li'e Ali Baba?s caves some of the palaces "ere li'e "arehouses "ith the do"nri$ht
u$ly ne!t to the sublimely aesthetic.
(a) BA#% (b) B%#A (c) AB#% (d) AB%#
8>. 1. there) in ,urope) his true $ifts unveiled.
(A) playin$ "ith %on #herie) blendin$ &ndian music and ja11 for the first time) he
be$an settin$ the pace in the late 8As for much of present-day fusion is.
(B) Bohn DcCau$hlin) the le$endary $uitarist "hose soul has al"ays had an &ndian
stamp on it) "as seduced immediately.
(#) fusion by 4urtu had be$un.
(%) he partnered 4urtu for four years) and Jnatured? him as a composer.
6. but for every e!perimental musician Jthere? a critic nestlin$ nearby.
(a) AB#% (b) B#A% (c) A%B# (d) AB%#
<A. 1. &ndia) "hich has t"o out of every five B patients in the "orld is on the brin'
of a major public health disaster.
(A) if untreated) a B patient can die "ithin five years.
(B) unli'e A&%/ the $reat curse of modern se!uality the B $erm is airborne "hich
means there are no barriers to its spread.
(#) the dreaded infection ran's fourth amon$ major 'illers "orld"ide.
(%) every minute a patient falls prey to the infection in &ndia "hich means that over
five la'h people die of the disease annually.
6. anyone) any"here can be affected by this disease.
(a) #A%B (b) BA#% (c) AB#% (d) %BA#
Directions (Qs. 21-%1): in each of the following !uestions, a paragraph has
been split into four parts. 1ou have to rearrange these parts to form a
coherent paragraph.
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<1. (A) he "as carryin$ his jac'et and "al'ed "ith his head thro"n bac'.
(B) as Anette neared the lamp she sa" a fi$ure "al'in$ slo"ly.
(#) for a "hile Dichael "al'ed on and she follo"ed (A paces behind.
(%) "ith a mi!ture of terror and triumph of reco$nition she slac'ened her pace.
(a) AB#% (b) BA%# (c) B#%A (d) A#B%
<(. (A) ho"ever) the real challen$e today is in learnin$ "hich is much harder.
(B) but the ne" "orld of business behaves differently from the "orld in "hich "e
$re" up.
(#) learnin$ is important for both people and or$ani1ations.
(%) each of us has Jmental model? that "e?ve used over the years to ma'e sense.
(a) #A%B (b) B%A# (c) #%AB (d) A#B%
<*. (A) there "as nothin$ +uite li'e a heavy do"npour of rain to ma'e life
"orth"hile.
(B) "e reached the field) soa'ed to the s'in) and surrounded it.
(#) the "et as far as he "as concerned "as ideal.
(%) there) sure enou$h) stood #laudius) loo'in$ li'e a debauched Roman emperor
under a sho"er.
(a) %#BA (b) B%A# (c) BA%# (d) BA#%
<0. (A) ale! had never been happy "ith his &ndian ori$ins.
(B) he set about rectifyin$ this $rave injustice by ma'in$ his house in his o"n ima$e
of a country manor.
(#) fate had been unfair to him@ if he had his "ish) he "ould have been a court or an
,arl on some ,n$lish estate) or a medieval monarch in a chateau in Erance.
(%) this illusion of misplaced $randeur) his "ife felt) "ould be Ale!? undoin$.
(a) A#%B (b) AB%# (c) A#B% (d) #AB%
<3. (A) the influence is reflected the most in beaded evenin$ "ear.
(B) increasin$ly the influence of &ndia?s colour and cuts can be seen on "estern
styles.
(#) and even as 5ehru jac'ets and Bodhpurs remain staples of the fashion "orld)
desi$ners such as Armani and Dc Eadden have turned to the slee' silhouette of the
churidar this year.
(%) &ndian hot pin') papri'a and saffron continue to be popular colours) year in and
year out.
(a) BA%# (b) AB#% (c) B#A% (d) %AB#
<6. (A) such a national policy "ill surely divide and never unite the people.
(B) in fact) it suits the purpose of the politicians@ they can dra$ the people into
submission by appealin$ to them in the name of reli$ion.
(#) in order to inculcate the un+uestionin$ belief they condemn the other states)
"hich do not follo" their reli$ion.
(%) the emer$ence of the theocratic states "here all types of crimes are committed
in the name of reli$ion) has revived the reli$ion of the Diddle A$es
(a) AB#% (b) %B#A (c) %BA# (d) #%AB
<8. (A) his left-hand concealed a blac'jac') his ri$ht-hand $roped for the torch in his
poc'et.
(B) the meetin$ "as scheduled for A ;?cloc') and his "atch sho"ed the time to be a
+uarter to nine.
(#) the man lur'ed in the corner) a"ay from the $lare of li$ht.
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(%) his heart thumped in his chest) s"eat beads formed themselves on his forehead
his mouth "as dry.
(a) #AB% (b) B%A# (c) BA%# (d) AB#%
<<. (A) the director "al'ed into the room and too' a loo' around the class.
(B) Ditch "anted to scream H the illo$icality of the entire scene struc' him dumb.
(#) the mana$ers started at him "ith the loo' of fear that no democratic country
should tolerate in his people.
(%) he "al'ed out of the room H it "as his irrevocable protest a$ainst an insensible
and insensitive situation.
(a) A#B% (b) B%A# (c) B#A% (d) AB#%
<>. (A) the establishment of the hird Reich influenced events in American history by
startin$ a chain of events "hich culminated in "ar bet"een 4ermany and .nited
/tates.
(B) the 5eutrality Acts of 1>*3 and 1>*6 prohibited trade "ith a belli$erence or loans
to them.
(#) "hile spea'in$ out a$ainst 7itler?s atrocities) the American people $enerally
favoured isolationist policies and neutrality.
(%) the complete destruction of democracy) the persecution of je"s) the "ar on
reli$ion) the cruelty and barbarism of the allies) caused $reat indi$nation in this
country and brou$ht on fear of another "orld "ar.
(a) AB#% (b) #B%A (c) #%BA (d) A%#B
>A. (A) an essay "hich appeals chiefly to the intellect is Erancis Bacon?s ;f /olitude.
(B) his careful tripartite division of studies e!pressed succinctly in aphoristic prose
demands the complete attention of the mind of the reader.
(#) he considers studies as they should be@ for pleasure) for self-improvement) for
business.
(%) he considers the evils of e!cess studyF la1iness) affectation and preciosity.
(a) %#BA (b) AB#% (c) #%BA (d) A#B%
>1. (A) by reasonin$ "e mean the mental process of dra"in$ an inference from t"o
or more statements or $oin$ from the inference to the statements) "hich yield that
inference.
(B) so lo$ical reasonin$ covers those types of +uestions) "hich imply dra"in$ as
inference from the problems.
(#) lo$ic means) if "e ta'e its ori$inal meanin$) the science of valid reasonin$.
(%) #learly) for understandin$ ar$uments and for dra"in$ the inference correctly) it is
necessary that "e should understand the statements first.
(a) A#B% (b) #AB% (c) AB#% (d) %B#A
Directions (Qs. %'-%6): Arrange sentences A,&, # an" D between sentences
numbere" 1 an" 6 to form a logical se!uence of si. sentences.
>(. 1. Buddhism is a "ay to salvation.
(A) but Buddhism is more severely analytical.
(B) in the #hristian tradition) there is also a concern for the fate of human society
conceived as a "hole) rather than merely as a sum or net"or' of individuals.
(#) salvation is a property) or achievement of individuals.
(%) not only does it dissolve society into individuals) the individual in turn is
dissolved into component parts and instants a stream of events.
6. in modern terminolo$y) Buddhist doctrine is reductionist.
(a) AB%# (b) #BA% (c) B%A# (d) AB#%
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>*. 1. he problem of improvin$ &ndian a$riculture is both a sociolo$ical and an
administrative one.
(A) &t also appears that there is a direct relationship bet"een the si1e of a state and
development.
(B) he issues of &ndian development and the problem of &ndia?s a$ricultural sector)
"ill remain "ith us lon$ into the ne!t century.
(#) 9ithout improvin$ &ndian a$riculture) no liberali1ation and licensin$ "ill be able
to help &ndia.
(%) At the end of the day) there has to be a ferment and movement of life and action
in the vast se$ment of rural &ndia.
6. 9hen it starts marchin$) &ndia "ill fly.
(a) %AB# (b) #%BA (c) A#%B (d) AB#%
>0. 1. 4ood literary ma$a1ines have al"ays been $ood because of their editors.
(A) Eurthermore to edit by committee) as it "ere) "ould prevent any ma$a1ine from
findin$ its o"n identity.
(B) he more +uir'y and idiosyncratic they have been) the better the ma$a1ine is) at
least as a $eneral rule.
(#) But the number of editors one can have for a ma$a1ine should also be
determined by the number of contributions to it.
(%) o have four editors for an issue that contains only seven contributions it is a bit
silly to start "ith.
6. 7o"ever) in spite of this anomaly) the ma$a1ine does ac+uire merit in its attempt
to $ive a comprehensive vie" of the &ndian literary scene as it is today.
(a) AB#% (b) B#%A (c) AB%# (d) #BA%
>3. 1. &t is successful story of the &ndian e!partriate in the ./ "hich today ho$s
much of the media covera$e in &ndia.
(A) ,ast and "est) the t"ain has met +uite comfortably in their person) than' you.
(B) ,specially in it?s more recent romancin$-the-5R& phase.
(#) /eldom does the price of $ettin$ there H more li'e not $ettin$ there H or "hat?s
$oin$ on behind those sunny smiles $et so much media hype.
(%) 9ell-$roomed "ith their perfect #ol$ate smiles) and hair in place) they appear
the picture of confidence "hich comes from havin$ arrived.
6. he festival of features films and documentaries made by Americans of &ndia
descent bein$ screened this fortni$ht) $oes a lon$ "ay in fillin$ those $aps.
(a) A#B% (b) %AB# (c) B%A# (d) AB#%
>6. 1. A mar'et for &ndian art has e!isted ever since the international art scene
spran$ to life.
(A) But interest in architectural conceits is unanticipated fallout of the festivals of
&ndia of the <As) "hich "ere desi$ned to increase e!ports of &ndian crafts.
(B) /imultaneously) the &ndian elite discarded their synthetic sarees and 'itsch
plastic furniture and a mar'et came into bein$.
(#) 9estern dealers) unhappy in a mar'et afflicted by violent price fluctuations and
unpredictable profit mar$ins) be$an to loo' east) and found cheap anti+ues "ith
irresistible appeal.
(%) he fortunes of the %elhi supremos) the Be" o"n dealers in #ochin and myriad
others around the country "ere made.
6. A chain of command "as established) from the local contacts to the provincial
dealers and up to the bi$ boys) "ho entertain the &talians and the Erench) cuttin$
deals "orth la'hs in "arehouses "orth crores.
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(a) AB#% (b) %#AB (c) #BA% (d) #AB%
Directions (Qs. %$-1(1): Arrange the sentences A, &, # an" D to form a
logical se!uence between sentences 1 to 6.
>8. 1. Da'in$ people lau$h is tric'y.
(A) At times) the intended humour may simply not come off.
(B) Da'in$ people lau$h "hile tryin$ to sell them somethin$ is a tou$her challen$e)
since the commercial can fall flat on t"o $rounds.
(#) here are many advertisements "hich do not even be$in to set the cash till
rin$in$.
(%) A$ain) it is rarely sufficient for an advertiser simply to amuse the tar$et audience
in order to reap the sales benefit.
6. here are indications that in substitutin$ the hard sell for a more entertainin$
approach@ some a$encies have rather thro"n out the baby "ith the bath "ater.
(a) #%BA (b) AB#% (c) BA%# (d) %#BA
><. 1. Picture a termite colony) occupyin$ a tall mud hump on an African plain.
(A) 7un$ry predators often invade the colony and unsettle the balance.
(B) he colony flourishes only if the proportion of soldiers to "or'ers remains
rou$hly the same) so that the +ueen and "or'ers can be protected by the soldiers)
and the +ueen and soldiers can be serviced by the "or'ers.
(#) But its fortunes are presently restored) because the immobile +ueen) "alled in
"ell belo" the $round level) lays e$$s not only in lar$e enou$h numbers) but also in
varyin$ proportions re+uired.
(%) he hump is alive "ith "or'er termites and soldier termites $oin$ about their
distinct 'inds of business.
6. 7o" can "e account for mysterious ability to respond li'e this to events on distant
surface:
(a) BA%# (b) %BA# (c) A%#B (d) B%#A
>>. 1. Accordin$ to recent research) the critical period for developin$ lan$ua$e s'ills
is bet"een the a$e of three and five years.
(A) he read-to child already has a lar$e vocabulary and a sense of $rammar and
sentences structure.
(B) #hildren "ho are read-to in these years have a far better chance of readin$ "ell
in school) indeed) of doin$ "ell in all their subjects.
(#) And the reason is actually +uite simple.
(%) his correlation is far and a"ay the hi$hest yet found bet"een home influences
and school success.
6. heir comprehension of lan$ua$e is therefore very hi$h.
(a) %A#B (b) A%#B (c) AB#% (d) B%#A
1AA. 1. 7i$h-po"ered outboard motors are considered to be one of the major threats
to the survival of the Belu$a "hales.
(A) 9ith these) hunters could approach Belu$as "ithin huntin$ ran$e and profit from
its inner s'in and blubber.
(B) o escape an approachin$ motor) Belu$as have learned to dive the ocean bottom
and stay there for up to (A min.) by "hich time the confused predator has left.
(#) oday) ho"ever) even "ith much more po"erful en$ines) it is difficult to come
close) because the "hales seem to disappear suddenly just "hen you thou$ht you
had them in your si$hts.
(%) 9hen the first outboard en$ines arrived in early 1>*As) one came across 0 and 3
7P motors.
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6. Belu$as seem to have used their "ell-'no"n sensitivity to noise to evolve an
Javoidance? strate$y to outsmart hunters and their po"erful technolo$ies.
(a) %A#B (b) A#%B (c) A%#B (d) %BA#
1A1. 1. he reconstruction of history by post-revolutionary science te!t involves
more than a multiplication of historical misconstruction.
(A) Because they aim +uic'ly to ac+uaint the student "ith "hat the contemporary
scientific community thin's it 'no"s) te!t boo's treat the various e!periment)
concepts) la"s and theories of the current normal science as separately and as
nearly seriatim as possible.
(B) hose misconstructions render revolution invisible@ the arran$ement of the still
visible material in science te!ts implies a process that) if it e!isted) "ould deny
revolutions a function.
(#) But "hen combined "ith the $enerally unhistorical air of science "ritin$ and "ith
the occasional systematic misconstruction) one impression is li'ely to follo".
(%) As peda$o$y) this techni+ue of presentation is une!ceptional.
6. /cience has reached its present state by a series of individual discoveries and
inventions that) "hen $athered to$ether) constitute the modern body of technical
'no"led$e.
(a) BA%# (b) A%#B (c) %A#B (d) #B%A
Directions (Qs. 1('-1(6): 3entence given in each !uestion when properl
se!uence", form a coherent paragraph. /ach sentence is labele" with a
letter. #hoose the most logical or"er of sentences from among the four
given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
1A(. (A) "e lived in a succession of small to"ns in the south) never remainin$ at the
same address for more than t"o years.
(B) &n my case) & thin' it "as a combination of family circumstances and physical
peculiarities.
(#) & have often been as'ed "hat attracts someone to myrmecolo$y) the study of ant
biolo$y.
(%) Dy father) a federal accountant) "as e!ceptionally peripatetic.
(a) #B%A (b) #A%B (c) #BA% (d) %AB#
1A*. (A) 4roup decision ma'in$) ho"ever) does not necessarily fully $uard a$ainst
arbitrariness and anarchy) for individual capriciousness can $et substituted by
collision of $roup members.
(B) 5ature itself is an intricate system of chec's and balances) meant to preserve the
delicate balance bet"een various environmental factors that affect our ecolo$y.
(#) &n institutions also) there is a need to have in place a system of chec's and
balances "hich inhibits the concentration of po"er in the hands of only some
individuals.
(%) 9hen human interventions alter this delicate balance) the outcomes have been
seen to be disastrous.
(a) #%AB (b) B#A% (c) #AB% (d) B%#A
1A0. (A) 7e "as bone-"eary and soul-"eary) and found himself mutterin$) ,ither &
can?t mana$e this place) or it?s unmana$eable.
(B) o his horror) he reali1ed that he had become the victim of an amorphous)
un"ittin$) unconscious conspiracy to immerse him in routine "or' that had no
si$nificance.
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(#) &t "as one of those ni$hts in the office "hen the office cloc' "as movin$ to"ards
four in the mornin$ and Bennis "as still not throu$h "ith the incredible mass of
paper stac'ed before him.
(%) 7e reached for his calendar and ran his eyes do"n each hour) half hour) and
+uarter hour) to see "here his time had $one that day) the day before) the month
before.
(a) AB#% (b) #A%B (c) B%#A (d) %#BA
1A3. (A) 9ith that) & s"allo"ed the shampoo) and obtained the most realistic results
almost on the spot.
(B) he man shuffled a"ay into the bac' re$ions to ma'e up prescription) and after a
moment & $ot throu$h on the shopHtelephone to the consulate) intimatin$ my
location.
(#) hen) "hile the pharmacist "as "rappin$ up a si!-ounce bottle of a mi!ture) &
$roaned and in+uired "hether he could $ive somethin$ for acute $astric cramp.
(%) & intended to sta$e a sharp $astric attac') and enterin$ an old-fashioned
pharmacy) & as'ed for a popular shampoo mi!ture) consistin$ of olive oil and fla'ed
soap.
(a) %#BA (b) %A#B (c) B%A# (d) B#%A
1A6. (A) /ince then) intelli$ence tests have been mostly used to separate dull
children in school from avera$e or bri$ht children) so that the special education can
be provided to the dull.
(B) &n other "ords) intelli$ence tests $ive us a norm for each a$e.
(#) &ntelli$ence is e!pressed as intelli$ence +uotient and tests and developed to
indicate "hat an avera$e child of a certain a$e can doN. 9hat a five-year-old can
ans"er) but a four-year-old cannot) for instance.
(%) Binet developed the first set of such tests in the early 1>>As to find out "hich
children in school needed special attention.
(,) &ntelli$ence can be measured by tests.
(a) #%AB, (b) %,#AB (c) ,%A#B (d) #BA%,
Directions (Qs.1($-111): 4he sentences given in each !uestion, when
properl se!uence", form a coherent paragraph. /ach sentence is labele"
with a letter. #hoose the most logical or"er of sentences from among the
four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
1A8. (A) &f cau$ht in the act) they "ere punished) not for the crime) but for allo"in$
themselves to be cau$ht another lash of the "hip.
(B) he bellicose /partans sacrificed all the finer thin$s in life for military e!pertise.
(#) hose fortunate enou$h to survive babyhood "ere ta'en a"ay from their
mothers at the a$e of seven to under$o ri$orous military trainin$.
(%) his consisted mainly of beatin$s and deprivations of all 'inds li'e $oin$ around
barefoot in "inter) and "orse) starvation so that they "ould be forced to steal food to
survive.
(,) Dale children "ere e!amined at birth by the city council and those deemed too
"ea' to become soldiers "ere left to die of e!posure.
(a) B,#%A (b) ,#A%B (c) B#%A, (d) ,#%AB
1A<. (A) his very instability of the photo$raphin$ eye chan$es the terms of
confinement in the cave) our "orld.
(B) 7uman'ind lin$ers unre$enerately in Plato?s cave) still revellin$) its a$e old habit)
in mere ima$es of truth.
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(#) But bein$ educated by photo$raphs is not li'e bein$ educated by older ima$es
dra"n by hand@ for one thin$) there are a $reat many more ima$es around) claimin$
your attention.
(%) he inventory started in 1<*> and since then just about everythin$ has been
photo$raphed) or so it seems.
(,) &n teachin$ us a ne" visual code) photo$raphs alter and enlar$e our notions of
"hat is "orth loo'in$ and "hat "e have a ri$ht to observe.
(a) ,AB#% (b) B%,A# (c) B#%A, (d) ,#%AB
1A>. (A) o be culturally literate is to possess the basic information needed to thrive
in the modern "orld.
(B) 5or is it confined to one social class@ +uite the contrary.
(#) &t is by no means confined to Jculture? narro"ly understood as an ac+uaintance
"ith the arts.
(%) #ultural literacy constitutes the only sure avenue of opportunity for
disadvanta$ed children) the only reliable "ay of combatin$ the social determinism
that no" condemns them.
(,) he breadth of that information is $reat) e!tendin$ over the major domains of
human activity from sports to science.
(a) A,#B% (b) %,#BA (c) A#B,% (d) %B#A,
11A. (A) Both parties use capital and labour in the stru$$le to secure property ri$hts.
(B) he thief spends time and money in his attempt to steal (he buys "ire cutters)
and the le$itimate property o"ner e!pends resources to prevent the theft.(he buys
loc's)
(#) A social cost of theft is that both the thief and potential victim use resources to
$ain or maintain control over property.
(%) hese costs may escalate as a type of technolo$ical arms race unfolds.
(,) A ban' may purchase more and more complicated and sophisticated safes)
forcin$ safecrac'ers to invest further in safecrac'in$ e+uipment.
(a) AB#%, (b) #AB%, (c) A#B,% (d) #B,%A
111. (A) he li'elihood of an accident is determined by ho" carefully the motorist
drives and ho" carefully the pedestrian crosses the street.
(B) An accident involvin$ a motorist and a pedestrian is such a case.
(#) ,ach must decide ho" much care to e!ercise "ithout 'no"in$ ho" careful the
other is.
(%) he simplest strate$ic problem arises "hen t"o individuals interact "ith each
other) and each must decide "hat to do "ithout 'no"in$ "hat the other is doin$.
(a) AB#% (b) A%#B (c) %B#A (d) %BA#
Directions (Qs. 11'-116): 3entences given in each !uestion, when properl
se!uence", form a coherent paragraph. 4he first an" last sentences are 1
an" 6, an" the four in between are labele" A, &, # an" D. #hoose the most
logical or"er of these four sentences from among the four given choices to
construct a coherent paragraph from sentences 1 to 6.
11(. 1. /ecurity in's e!ploit the same principle that causes the vivid and constantly
chan$in$ colours of a film of oil on "ater.
(A) 9hen t"o rays of li$ht meet each other after bein$ reflected from these different
surfaces) they have each traveled sli$htly different distances.
(B) he 'ey is that the li$ht is bouncin$ of t"o surfaces) that of the oil and that of
the "ater layer belo" it.
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(#) he distance the t"o rays travel determines "hich "avelen$ths) and hence
colours) interfere constructively and loo' bri$ht.
(%) Because li$hts) an electroma$netic "ave) the pea's and trou$hs of each ray then
interfere constructively) to appear bri$ht) or destructively) to appear dim.
6. /ince the distance the rays travel chan$es "ith the an$le as you loo' at the
surface) different colours loo' bri$ht from different vie"in$ an$les.
(a) AB#% (b) BA%# (c) B%A# (d) %#AB
11*. 1. #ommercially reared chic'en can be unusually a$$ressive) and are often 'ept
in dar'ened sheds to prevent the pec'in$ at each other.
(A) he birds spent far more of their time H up to a third H pec'in$ at the inanimate
objects in the pens) in contrast to birds in other pens "hich spent a lot of time
attac'in$ others.
(B) &n lo" li$ht conditions) they behave less belli$erently) but are more prone to
ophthalmic disorders and respiratory problems.
(#) &n an e!periment) a$$ressive head-pec'in$ "as all but eliminated amon$ birds in
the enriched environment.
(%) Alterin$ the birds? environment) by addin$ bales of "ood-shavin$s to their pens)
can "or' "onders.
6. Bales could diminish a$$ressiveness and reduce injuries@ they mi$ht even improve
productivity) since a happy chic'en is a productive chic'en.
(a) %#AB (b) #%BA (c) %BA# (d) B%#A
110. 1. he concept of a Jnation-state? assumes a complete correspondence bet"een
the boundaries of the nation and the boundaries of those "ho live in a specific state.
(A) hen) there are members of national collectivities "ho live in other countries)
ma'in$ a moc'ery of the concept.
(B) here are al"ays people livin$ in particular states "ho are not considered to be
(and often do not consider themselves to be) members of he$emonic nation.
(#) ,ven "orse) there are nations "hich never had a state or "hich are divided
across several states.
(%) hus) of course) has been subject to severe criticism and is virtually every"here
a fiction.
6. 7o"ever) the fiction has been) and continues to be) at the basis of nationalist
ideolo$ies.
(a) %BA# (b) AB#% (c) BA#% (d) %A#B
113. 1. &n the sciences) even +uestionable e!amples of research fraud are harshly
punished.
(A) But no such mechanism e!ists in the humanities H much of "hat humanities
researchers call research does not lead to results that are replicable by other
scholars.
(B) 4iven the importance of interpretation in historical and literary scholarship)
humanities researchers are in a position "here they can e!plain a"ay deliberate and
even systematic distortion.
(#) Dere suspicion is enou$h for fundin$ to be cut off@ publicity $uarantees that
careers can be effectively ended.
(%) Eor$eries "hich ta'e the form of pastiches in "hich the for$er intersperses fa'e
and real parts can be defended as mere mista'es or aberrant misreadin$.
6. /cientists fud$in$ data have no such defences.
(a) B%#A (b) AB%# (c) #AB% (d) #%BA
116. 1. 7orses and communism "as) on the "hole) a poor match.
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(A) Eine horses bespo'e the nobility the party "as supposed to despise.
(B) #ommunist leaders) "hen they visited villa$es) preferred to see co"s and pi$s.
(#) Althou$h a "or'in$ horse "as just about tolerable) the communists "ere ri$ht to
be "ary.
(%) Peasants from Poland to the 7un$arian Pust1a preferred their horses to party
do$ma.
6. A farmer?s pride is his horse@ his co" may be thin but his horse must be fat)
"ent a /lova' sayin$.
(a) A#%B (b) %B#A (c) AB#% (d) %#BA
Directions (Qs. 11$-1'6): 4he sentences given in each !uestion, when
properl se!uence", form a coherent paragraph. /ach sentence is labele"
with a letter. #hoose the most logical or"er of sentences from among the
given choices to construct a paragraph.
118. (A) Branded disposable disappears are available at many supermar'ets and
dru$ stores.
(B) &f one supermar'et sets a hi$her price for a diper) customers may buy that brand
else"here.
(#) By contrast) the demand for private-label products may be less price sensitive
since it is available only at our correspondin$ supermar'et chain.
(%) /o) the demand for branded diapers at any particular store may be +uite price
sensitive.
(,) Eor instance) only /ave ;n %ru$s store sell /ave ;n %ru$s diapers.
(E) hen) stores should set a hi$her incremental mar$in percenta$e for private label
diapers.
(a) AB#%,E (b) AB#,%E (c) A%B#,E (d) A,%B#E
11<. (A) 7avin$ a strate$y is a matter of discipline.
(B) &t involves the confi$uration of a tailored value chain that enables a company to
offer uni+ue value.
(#) &t re+uires a stron$ focus on profitability and a "illin$ness to ma'e tou$h
tradeoffs in choosin$ "hat not to do.
(%) /trate$y $oes far beyond the pursuit of best practices.
(,) A company must stay the course even durin$ time of upheaval) "hile constantly
improvin$ and e!tendin$ its distinctive positionin$.
(E) 9hen a company?s activities fit to$ether as a self-reinforcin$ system) any
competitor "ishin$ to imitate a strate$y must replicate the "hole system.
(a) A#,%BE (b) A#B%,E (c) %#B,EA (d) AB#,%E
11>. (A) As officials) their vision of a country shouldn?t run too far beyond that of the
local people "ith "hom they have to deal.
(B) Ambassadors have to choose their "ords.
(#) o say "hat they feel they have to say) they appear to be denyin$ or i$norin$
part of "hat they 'no")
(%) /o) "ith ambassadors as "ith other e!patriates in blac' Africa) there appears at
a first meetin$ a 'ind of ambivalence.
(,) hey do a speciali1ed job and it is necessary for them to live ceremonial lives.
(a) B#,%A (b) B,%A# (c) B,A%# (d) B#%,A
1(A. (A) his face off "ill continue for several months $iven the stron$ convictions
on either side) says a senior functionary of the hi$h-po"dered tas' force on
drou$ht.
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(B) %urin$ the past "ee'-and-half) the #entral 4overnment has sou$ht to deny some
of the earlier apprehensions over the impact of drou$ht.
(#) he recent revival of the rains has led to the emer$ence of a line of divide
bet"een the t"o.
(%) he state $overnments) on the other hand alle$e that the #entre is do"nplayin$
the crisis only to evade its full responsibility of financial assistance that is re+uired to
alleviate the dama$e.
(,) /hrill alarm about the economic impact on an inade+uate monsoon had been
sounded by the #entre as "ell as most of the states) in late Buly and early Au$ust.
(a) ,B#%A (b) %BA#, (c) B%#A, (d) ,#B%A
1(1. (A) his fact "as established in the 18*As by Erench survey e!peditions to
e+uator near the e+uator and Capland in the Artic) "hich found that around the
middle of the earth the arc "as about a 'ilometer shorter.
(B) ;ne of the unsettled scientific +uestions in the late 1<
th
century "as the e!act
nature of the shape of the earth.
(#) he len$th of one-de$ree arc "ould be less near the e+uatorial altitudes that at
the poles.
(%) one "ay of doin$ "hat is to determine the len$th of the arc alon$ a chosen
lon$itude or meridian at one de$ree latitude separation.
(,) 9hile it "as $enerally 'no"n that the earth "as not a sphere but an Joblate
spheroid? more curved at the e+uator and flatter at the poles) the +uestion of Jho"
much more? "as yet to be established.
(a) B,#A% (b) B,%#A (c) B%A#, (d) ,B%#A
1((. (A) Althou$h there are lar$e re$ional variations) it is not infre+uent to find a
lar$e number of people sittin$ here and there and doin$ nothin$.
(B) ;nce in office) they receive friends and relatives "ho feel free to call any time
"ithout prior appointment.
(#) 9hile "or'in$) one is struc' by the slo" and clumsy actions and reactions)
indifferent attitudes) procedure rather than outcome orientation) and the lac' of
consideration for others.
(%) ,ven those "ho are employed often come late to the office and leave early
unless they are forced to be punctual.
(,) 9or' is not intrinsically valued in &ndia.
(E) Ouite often people visit ailin$ friends and relatives or $o out of their "ay to help
them in their personal matters even durin$ office hours.
(a) ,#A%BE (b) ,A%#EB (c) ,A%BE# (d) ABE#B,
1(*. (A) But in the industrial era destroyin$ the enemy?s productive capacity means
bombin$ the factories "hich are located in the cities.
(B) /o in the a$rarian era) if you need to destroy the enemy?s productive capacity)
"hat you "ant to do is burn his fields) or if you?re really vicious) salt them.
(#) 5o" in the information era) destroyin$ the enemy?s productive capacity means
destroyin$ the information infrastructure.
(%) 7o" do you do battle "ith your enemy:
(,) he idea is to destroy the enemy?s productive capacity) and dependin$ upon the
economic foundation) that productive capacity is different in each case.
(E) 9ith re$ard to defence) the purpose of the military is to defend the nation and be
prepared to do battle "ith its enemy.
(a) E%,BA# (b) E#AB,% (c) %,BA#E (d) %E,BA#
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1(0. (A) Dichael 7ofman) a poet and translator) accepts this sorry fact "ithout
approval or complaint.
(B) But than'lessness and impossibility do not daunt him.
(#) 7e ac'no"led$es too H in fact he returns to the point often H translators of
poetry al"ays fail at some level.
(%) 7ofman feels passionately about his "or') and this is clear from his "ritin$s.
(,) &n terms of the $ap bet"een "orth and re"ards) translators come some"here
near nurses and street-cleaners.
(a) ,A#%B (b) A%,B# (c) ,A#B% (d) %#,AB
1(3. (A) Passivity is not) of course) universal.
(B) &n areas "here there are no lords or la"s) or in frontier 1ones "here all men $o
armed) the attitude of the peasantry may "ell be different.
(#) /o indeed it may be on the frin$e of the unsubmissive.
(%) 7o"ever) for most of the soil-bound peasants) the problem is not "hether to be
normally passive or active) but "hen to pass from one state to another.
(,) his depends on an assessment of the political situation.
(a) B,%A# (b) #%AB, (c) ,%BA# (d) AB#%,
1(6. (A) he situation in "hich violence occurs and the nature of that violence tends
to be clearly defined at least in theory) as in the proverbial &rishman?s +uestionF J&s
this a private fi$ht or can anyone join it:?
(B) /o the actual ris' to outsiders) thou$h no doubt hi$her than our societies) is
calculable.
(#) Probably the only uncontrolled applications of force are those of social superiors
to social inferiors and even here there are probably some rules.
(%) 7o"ever bindin$ the obli$ation to 'ill) members of feudin$ families en$a$ed in
mutual massacre "ill be $enuinely appalled if by some mischance a bystander or
outsider is 'illed.
(a) %AB# (b) A#%B (c) #BA% (d) %BA#
Directions (Qs.1'$-1-)): 4he sentences given in each !uestion, when
properl se!uence", form a coherent paragraph. /ach sentence is labele"
with a letter. #hoose the most logical or"er of sentences from among the
given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
1(8. (A) o much of the Cabour movement) it symboli1es the brutality of the upper
classes.
(B) And to everybody "atchin$) the current mess over fo!huntin$ symboli1es the
$overnment?s "ea'ness.
(#) o fo!huntin$?s supporters) Cabour?s 1>>1 manifesto commitment to ban it
symboli1es the party?s metropolitan roots and hostility to the countryside.
(%) /mall issues sometimes have lar$e symbolic po"er.
(,) o those "ho enjoy thunderin$ across the countryside in red coats after fo!es)
fo!huntin$ symboli1es the ancient roots of rural lives.
(a) %,A#B (b) ,#%BA (c) #,A%B (d) %BA,#
1(<. (A) &n the case of Kin$ Derolcha11ar?s courtship of the Princess of the ;uter
&sles) there occurs a re$rettable hitch.
(B) /he ac'no"led$es the $ifts) but no "ord of a meetin$ date follo"s.
(#) he monarch) hearin$ $ood reports of a nei$hbourin$ princess) dispatches
messen$er "ith $ifts to her court) beseechin$ an intervie".
(%) he princess names a date) and a formal meetin$ ta'es place@ after that
everythin$ bu11es alon$ pretty smoothly.
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(,) Royal love affairs in olden days "ere conducted on the correspondence method.
(a) A#B%, (b) AB#%, (c) ,#%AB (d) ,#BA%
1(>. (A) 9ho can trace to its first be$innin$s the love of %amon for Pythias) of %avid
for Bonathon) of /"an for ,d$ar:
(B) /imilarly "ith men.
(#) here is about $reat friendships bet"een man and man a certain inevitability that
can only be compared "ith the a$e old association of ham and e$$.
(%) ;ne simply feels that it is one of the thin$s that must be so.
(,) 5o one can say "hat "as the mutual ma$netism that brou$ht the deathless
partnership of these "holesome and palatable foodstuffs about.
(a) A#B,% (b) #,%BA (c) A#,B% (d) #,AB%
1*A. (A) ,vents intervened) an in the late 1>*As and 1>0As) 4ermany suffered from
over-brandin$.
(B) he British used to be fascinated by the home of Romanticism.
(#) But reunification and the federal $overnment?s move to Berlin have prompted
4ermany to thin' a$ain about its ima$e.
(%) he first forei$n pac'a$e holiday "as a tour of 4ermany or$ani1ed by homas
#oo' in 1<33.
(,) /ince then) 4ermany has been understandably nervous about promotin$ itself
abroad.
(a) A#,B% (b) %,#AB (c) B%A,# (d) %BA,#
1*1. (A) he "all does not simply divide &srael from a putative Palestinian state on
the basis of the 1>68 borders.
(B) A chillin$ omission from the road map is the $i$antic Jseparation "all? no" bein$
built in the 9est Ban' by &srael.
(#) &t is surrounded by trenches) electric "ire and moats@ there are "atchto"ers at
re$ular intervals.
(%) &t actually ta'es in ne" tracts of Palestinian land) sometimes five or si!
'ilometers at a stretch.
(,) Almost a decade after the end of /outh African apartheid) this $hastly racist "all
is $oin$ up "ith scarcely a peep from &srael?s American allies "ho are $oin$ to pay
for most of it.
(a) B#A%, (b) BA%#, (c) A,%#B (d) ,#A%B
1*(. (A) Cuc'ily the tide of battle moved else"here after the American victory at
Did"ay and an Australian victory over Bapan at Dilne Bay.
(B) &t could have been no more than a delayin$ tactic.
(#) he Australian military) 'no"in$ the position "as hopeless) planned to fall bac'
to the south-east in the hope of defendin$ the main cities.
(%) hey had captured most of the /olomon &slands and much of 5e" 4uinea and
seemed poised for an invasion.
(,) 5ot many people outside Australia reali1e ho" close the Bapanese $ot.
(a) ,%#BA (b) ,#%AB (c) A%#B, (d) #%BA,
1**. (A) #all it the third "ave s"eepin$ the &ndian media.
(B) 5o") they are starrin$ in a ne" role) as suave dealma'ers "ho are in a hurry to
stri'e alliances and a$reements.
(#) Coo' around and you "ill find a host of deals that have been in'ed or are ready
to be finali1ed.
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(%) hen the media barons "rested bac' control from their editors and turned
mar'etin$ "arriors "ith the brand as their missile.
(,) he first came "ith those ma$nificent men in their maho$any chambers "ho too'
on the "orld "ith their mi$hty fountain pens.
(a)A#B,% (b) #,B%A (c) #A,B% (d) A,%B#
1*0. (A) the celebrations of economic recovery in 9ashin$ton may be as premature
as that Dission Accomplished banner hun$ on the ./ Abraham Cincoln to hail the
end of the &ra+ "ar.
(B) Dean"hile) in the real "orld) the stru$$les of families and communities continue
unabated.
(#) 9ashin$ton responded to the favorable turn in economic ne"s "ith enthusiasm.
(%) he celebrations and hi$h-fives up and do"n Pennsylvania Avenue are not to be
found beyond the Belt"ay.
(,) 9hen the third +uarter 4%P sho"ed $ro"th of 8.(P and the monthly
unemployment rate dipped to 6P) euphoria $ripped the ./ capital.
(a) A#,%B (b) #,%AB (c) ,#AB% (d) ,#B%A
Directions (Qs. 1-,-1-$): 4he sentences given in each !uestion, when
properl se!uence", form a coherent paragraph. /ach sentence is labele"
with a letter. #hoose the most logical or"er of sentences from among the
given choices to construct a paragraph.
1*3. (A) 7e felt justified in bypassin$ #on$ress alto$ether on a variety of moves.
(B) At time he "as fi$htin$ the entire #on$ress.
(#) Bush felt he had a mission to restore po"er to the presidency.
(%) Bush "as not fi$htin$ just the democrats.
(,) Representative democracy is a messy business) and a #,; of the 9hite 7ouse
does not li'e a le$islature of second $uessers and time "asters.
(a) #A,%B (b) %BA,# (c) #,A%B (d) ,#%BA
1*6. (A) he t"o nei$hbours never fou$ht "ith each other.
(B) Ei$hts involvin$ three male fiddler crabs have been recorded) but the status of
the participants "as un'no"n.
(#) hey pushed or $rappled only "ith the intruder.
(%) 9e recorded 18 cases in "hich a resident that "as fi$htin$ an intruder "as
joined by an immediate nei$hbour) an ally.
(,) 9e therefore trac'ed (6< intruder males until "e sa" them fi$htin$ a resident
male.
(a) B,%A# (b) %,BA# (c) B%#A, (d) B#,%A
1*8. (A) &n the "est) Allied Eorces had fou$ht their "ay throu$h southern &taly as far
as Rome.
(B) &n Bune 1>00 4ermany?s military position in 9orld 9ar "o appeared hopeless.
(#) &n Britain) the tas' of amassin$ the men and materials for the liberation of
northern ,urope had been completed.
(%) he Red Army "as poised to drive the 5a1is bac' throu$h Poland.
(,) he situation on the eastern front "as catastrophic.
(a) ,%A#B (b) B,%A# (c) B%,#A (d) #,%AB
Directions (Qs. 1-2-1-%): 4he sentences given in each !uestion, when
properl se!uence", form a coherent paragraph. /ach sentence is labele"
with a letter. #hoose the most logical or"er of sentences from among the
given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
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1*<. (A) But this does not mean that death "as the ,$yptians? only preoccupation.
(B) ,ven papyri come mainly from pyramid temples.
(#) Dost of our traditional sources of information about the ;ld Kin$dom are
monuments of the rich li'e pyramid.
(%) 7ouses in "hich ordinary ,$yptians lived have not been preserved) and "hen
most people died they "ere buried in simple $raves.
(,) 9e 'no" infinitely more about the "ealthy people of ,$ypt than "e do about the
ordinary people) as most monuments "ere made for the rich.
(a) #%B,A (b) ,#%AB (c) ,%#BA (d) %,#AB
1*>. (A) ,!perts such as Carry Burns) head of research at 4D) rec'on that only such
a full hearted leap "ill allo" the "orld to cope "ith the mass motori1ation that "ill
one day come to #hina or &ndia.
(B) But once hydro$en is bein$ produced form biomass or e!tracted form an
under$round coal or made from "ater) usin$ nuclear or rene"able electricity) the "ay
"ill be open for a hu$e reduction in carbon emissions from the "hole system.
(#) &n theory) once all the bu$s have been sorted out) fuel cells should deliver better
total fuel economy than any e!istin$ en$ines.
(%) hat is t"ice as $ood as the internal combustion en$ine) but only five percenta$e
points better than a diesel hybrid.
(,) Allo"in$ for the resources needed to e!tract hydro$en from hydrocarbon) oil) coal
or $as) the fuel cell has an efficiency of *AP.
(a) #,%BA (b) #,B%A (c) A,%B# (d) A#,B%
1 a 2 c 3 c 4 b 5 d 6 a 7 a 8 a 9 d 10 b
11 a 12 b 13 a 14 c 15 c 16 c 17 a 18 d 19 a 20 d
21 a 22 b 23 c 24 b 25 b 26 c 27 c 28 a 29 d 30 c
31 a 32 a 33 c 34 d 35 d 36 d 37 b 38 c 39 d 40 d
41 a 42 b 43 d 44 b 45 b 46 a 47 d 48 b 49 d 50 c
51 c 52 a 53 a 54 a 55 d 56 a 57 b 58 a 59 b 60 c
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61 a 62 a 63 a 64 c 65 b 66 b 67 a 68 a 69 b 70 a
71 b 72 c 73 c 74 c 75 a 76 b 77 c 78 d 79 d 80 a
81 b 82 a 83 b 84 c 85 a 86 b 87 a 88 a 89 d 90 b
91 b 92 b 93 d 94 b 95 c 96 c 97 c 98 b 99 d 100 a
101 a 102 b 103 a 104 b 105 a 106 c 107 a 108 c 109 a 110 b
111 d 112 b 113 d 114 a 115 c 116 c 117 b 118 c 119 d 120 d
121 b 122 c 123 d 124 c 125 d 126 a 127 a 128 c 129 b 130 d
131 b 132 a 133 d 134 d 135 c 136 a 137 b 138 c 139 a 140
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