TIME. Ref: AIMCAT1409 INSTRUCTIONS 41. Read the instructions given al the beginning/end of each section or at the beginning of a group of questions very carefully. 2. This test has two sections with 60 questions ~ 30 questions in each section. The TOTAL TIME available for the paper is 140 minutes. The time available for each section is 70 minutes and you cannot return to the first section once you have started the second section, 3. You are expected to show your competence in both the sections. 4. All questions carry three marks each. Each wrong answer will attract a penalty of one mark. SECTION ~ Number of Questions 30 DIRECTIONS for questions 1 fo 7: Answer the questions independently of each other. 1 A 8 . In the triangle ABC given above, BD = 9 cm, DC = 18cm and AB = BG. If Fis a point on AD, such that AF = 3FD and BF, when extended, meets AC at E, such that (2AE =BC , find “ACB. (A) 30" (B) 45° (CG) BO" (0) 22" 2. How many natural numbers less than one lakh can be formed using the digits 0, 6 and 9? (A) 242 (B) 243 (C) 729. (D) 728 3. Given the graph of flx, y) = 0, the graph of fly, x) can be obtained by reflecting the graph of fix, y) in the line y = x. In other words, for each point (a, b) in the graph of fix, y) = 0, there exists a corresponding point (6, a) in the graph of fly, x) = 0. For how many of the graphs given below is, fx, y) = fy, ¥), for -2. ) 00 7. A circular race track has a circumference of 800 m, ‘Some runners simultaneously start running in the same direction from a point on the track. All runners maintain a constant speed throughout the race. If the fastest of the runners runs at twice the speed of the slowest and the two of them meet for the first time after five minutes, find the time taken by the fastest runner to run 2 3200 m race. (A) 5 minutes (8) 10 minutes (C) 15 minutes (0) 20 minutes DIRECTIONS for questions @ fo 10: Answer the ‘questions on the basis of the information given below. The following table gives the odds of six cricket teams winning against each other in the Pakistan Premier League. The teams are coded as Karachi Kings (KK), Lahore Lions (LL), Peshawar Warriors (PW), Multan Pakistanis (MP), Rawalpindi Royals (RR) and Islamabad ‘Super Kings (ISK) Kk [| ut [pw wp | RR | isk KK | - [zit | se | 135 | 11716 | 148 uw [aw | - [5a [ans [sae | 7a pw as | 36 | - | a7 | 101 | 80 mp | sis | 133 [17e| - [1113 | a0 Re | sett | 121 | wo | rant | — | 97 wk | ana | 47 [oe | o4 | 79 | - In the above table, the probability of LL winning against kk is 11 and that of KK winning against LL is slip Ti Sea 8 ddd fo ego three teams each. In each group every team plays one match against every other team. The teams with the maximum number of wins from each group will reach the final. In case more than one team hes © maximum number of wins in a group, then the entrant to the final from that group is decided by a draw of lots. None of the matches in the tournament ends in a tie or a draw. Further, if person places a bet of &11 on LL winning a match against KK, then the person will win &7 (ie. a net ‘gain of 7), if LL wins the match. If LL loses the match, then the person loses the entire amount that he bet. 8. IF KK, LL and PW are in a group and PW won its match against LL, then what is the probability that PW reaches the final? 6 379 Oa ©) Soa 256 © te (0) None of these 9. A person places his bets on MP in its matches against RR and ISK, What is the person's expected gairvloss in the two matches put together, if he places a bet of £3432 in each match? (A) Profit of 7862 (8) Loss of 274 (C) Profit of 2628 (0) No gain-no loss 10. IF LL, PW and RR are in the same group, then which of these team has the highest odds of reaching the final (a) LL (6) PW (© MP (D) Cannot be determined DIRECTIONS for questions 11 to 14: Answer the ‘questions independently of each other. 411. The two rots ofthe quadratic equation ax? + bx + ¢= 0 are both two-cigi integers with the same units cigit, bbut A/a? (where A is the discriminant given as b* — 4ac) is nota mutiple of 100. Which ofthe following is a possible value ofthe units cgi of 6/267 “4 65 OS M7 12. ABCDEF is a regular hexagon drawn on the ground. Gaurav stands at A and he starts jumping from vertex to vertex, beginning from A. From any vertex of the hexagon he may jump to any of the adjacent vertices, When he reaches D, he stops. If J represents the number of distinc paths of exacly n jumps ending at D, what is the value of Jz, where p isan inloger? (ao (4 (C) 2p (0) Depends on the value of p 13. Alok went to 2 casino to play a card game. He played a tolal of four games. If in each game he lost half the ‘amount he risked for that game and for the next game he risked an amount which was twice the amount he lost more than what he risked in the previous game, then the amount he lost in the fourth game is (A) less than the amount he risked in the first game. (8) less than the sum of the amounts he lost in the second and third games. (©) less than the sum of the amounts he risked in the first and third games. (0) less than the sum of the amounts he lost in the first and third games. Triumphant institute of Management Education Pvt Ltd. 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Mark D if the question cannot be answered even when both the statements are used together. 415. Gayatri spent less than 2180 to buy three kg of each Of rice, wheat and jowar. Which of the three cereals. she bought was the cheapest? 1. 4kg rice and 2 kg wheat cost less than 2 kg rice and 4 kg wheat, Il. 2 kg wheat and 4 kg jowar cost the same as 4 kg rice and 2 kg jowar. DIRECTIONS for questions 16 fo 18 Answer the questions independently of each other. 16. A, B and C are three points on a circle with centre (0, such that OAC = ZABC. If AB = 242 and AC = 24, ind the length of BC (A) 122 em (©) 2v2 cm (8) 123 om (D) 240m 47. A king wants to give some gold coins to a group of people such that the first person gets 1 coin, the second geis 3 coins, the third gets 6 coins, the fourth gets 10 coins and so on. If the king gave cut a total of 3276 gold coins in this manner, then find the ‘number of people that he gave the gold coins to. (A 24 (8) 26 (C) 2H. () 48. In the figure below, a circle is inscribed in a square and the rectangle at the comer measures 16 om x 8 em Ve IF O is the centre of the circle and P is the point of Contact of the circle and the rectangle, find OP. (A) 320m (8) 40cm (©) 45cm (0) 50cm DIRECTIONS for questions 19 fo 21: Answer the questions on the basis ofthe information given below. Foreign Direct Investment Flows Outflows (Area of origin) Inflows (Destination) Year 1985 1995 | 2005 [1985 | 1995 | 2005 High Income Countries (FDI as a percentage of total) USA, 44 195 [203 [109 [216 | 185 Europe 40.6 495 [426 [42 [382 | 374 Japan 64 136 | 61 06 0s 0s Oceania 1 24 1 6 45 23 Total 90.7 ear [ooo [er [ers | sa7 Developing and Transition Countries (FDI as a percentage of total) Latin America | 1.2 24 27 9 4 126 Africa 1.6 os [oa 27 20 18 Asia 39 e2 [11 [125s [142 | 105 Eastern Europe | 0 4 05 05 28 34 Total 67 122 [167 [247 [300 | 360 ‘World (in billion dollars) FDI 148.5, 126 | 8642 [1182 [5262 [9112 Triumphant institute of Management Education Pvt. Lid. (TAME) HO: 95B, 2 ity Complex, Secunderabad — 500 08.‘Tel: 040-27898195 Fax : 04027847534 email: ion com website : www imetedcation.com AIMCATIIO9/3 19. Among all the high income countries, the region/country that has the maximum share in FDI outflows in al the three years put together is, (A) USA (8) Europe. (C) Japan. (0) Oceania 20. Based on the table, which ofthe following statements is FALSE? (A) FDI inflows into the U.S.A. have risen by almost 4.5 times in two decades. (B) Though outfiows have risen for high income countries, inflows have risen even faster for them, (C) Both outflows and inflows have risen for Asia. (P) Japan has consistently been a net FDI provider to the wortd 21. Based on the above table, which of the following statements is TRUE? (A) While inflows have increased for the developing and transition countries, outflows have decreased for them, (B) Eastem Europe has not seen much growth of FDI inflows relative to other developing and transition countries. (C) Though inflows have increased for the developing and transition countries, outflows have increased at a faster rate. (D) None of the above DIRECTIONS for questions 22 to 27: Answer the questions independently of each other. 22. A factory produces some units of a product over the seven days of a week, as per the following schedule: Day 1 | Day 2 [Day 3] Day 4 [Day §| Day 6 | Day 7, 120 | 180 | 170] 240 | 160 | 150 | 130 ‘The finished goods are to be transported to the ‘market by a truck which can carry upto 1500 units of the product at a time. Any of the finished goods (ready at the end of the day) retained overnight at the factory will incur a storage cost of 25 per unit for each night of storage. The hiring cost for the truck is 71000 per day. Which of the following schedules of days on which the truck is operated wil result in the minimum value for the total cost of storage and transportation? (A) 2°, 48, and 7" days, (8) 2,4 6 and 7" days. (©) 2,88 and 7" days. (D) 3°, 5" and 7" days. 23, Ifthe line joining the points A(3, 1) and B(4, 2) is rotated about the point A in an anticlockwise direction through an angle of 15°, find the equation of the line in its new position (0) V8x-y-3v3 -1-0 (8) ¥Bx-3y-(¥3-1=0 (©) V8x-y-3y3+ (D) None of these 24, There is a sequence of numbers whose 1 term st, tis given that & = (l—1 — 17° + 1, where nis a positive integer greater than 1. If f = 3, what is the product ofthe frst 10 terms of the sequence? (a) 2-1 (B) 2-4 (© 27-4 (0) 2-4 25. There are eight boxes of chocolates, each box containing a distinct number of chocolates from 1 to 8. In how many ways can four of these boxes be given to four persons (one box to each person) such that the first person gets more chocolates than each of other three, the second person gets more chocolates than the third as well as the fourth persons and the third person gets more chocolates than the fourth person? (70 (8) 105 (Cp 210 (D) 38 26. Four cows are tethered at the four comers of square field of grass, of side 21 metres, with ropes of equal length such that the cows tethered at any two adjacent corners can just reach one another. If, there is @ small circular cemented platform of area 10 sq.m at the centre, find the grassy area inside the field left ungrazed by the cows. (A) 94.5 sq.m (8) 835sq.m (C) 84.5 sq.m (O) None of the above 27. On a circular track of length 18136 metres, two motorcyclists A and 8 start simultaneously from a point O in opposite directions. Every time they meet, A\increases his speed by 1 m/s and B decreases his speed by 1 mis. They slop when B's speed goes below 2 mis. If they meet for the tenth time at 3:36 pam, and for the 31% time at §:00 p.m., at what time will they meet for the 23° time? (A) 4:28 p.m. (8) 4:24 p.m, (©) 4:36 pm (0) Cannot be determined DIRECTIONS for questions 26 to 30: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. The following pie diagrams give the proportion of various elements in a medical (pharmaceutical) formulation prepared and marketed by two pharmaceutical companies, P and Q respectively.umprnn iste Or wr agetTeT EOULAUON PVE LU. (Hakme) HU: 99H, 2 HOOF, stueumseHry Complex, eCUNAETUOA~ 30 UN ‘Tel: 040-27808195 Fax : 040-27847334 ema: info(@timededucation.com website : www.timeteducationcom __AIMCATI409/4 Company P (Proportion by weight) Company Q (Proportion by value) "20% 15% 25% 35% 15% ‘The price per mg of each of these elements is as follows Element A 8 c D Price permg@) | 8 15 10 8 12 28. What isthe ratio of the weight of element 8 to that of 30. If both the companies. sell_ their respective element E in the formulation prepared by company Q? formulations at a profit of 10%, find the ratio of the (7:4 8) 9:4 selling prices of the formulations prepared by (7:5 (0) Cannot be determined company P and company Q? (a) 41:40 (8) 13:12 28. Which element accounts for the maximum cost in (©) 12:13 (0) Cannot be determined the formulation prepared by company P? BMA @B CC ME SECTION -I1 30 Number of Question: DIRECTIONS for questions 7 fo 3: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow it. The best way to enjoy Baz Luhrmann's big and noisy version of “The Great Gatsby" is to put aside whatever literary agenda you are tempied to bring wilh you. I grant tha this is not so easily done. F. Scott Fitzgerald's slender, charming novel has accumulated a heavier burden of cultural significance than it can easily bear. Shor and accessible enough to be consumed in a siting, the book has become, in the 88 years since its publication, a schoolroom staple and a pop- cultura totem. It shapes our increasingly fuzzy image of the jazz age and fuels endless term papers on the American ‘dream and related topics. This is the first time Mr. Luhrmann has taken up an American source in an American setting and his vision of 1920s Manhattan is not very much. Tom Buchanan is sill a bully and a bigot, spouting the popular racist pseudoscience of his, day. The gangster Meyer Wolfsheim is a bit less of a cringe-worthy anti-Semitic caricature than he was in 1925. The poverty of George and Myrtle Wilson remains a grim contrast to the endless ease of Gatsby and the Buchanans. But all of these people occupy a cartoon America that no living person has ever visited ‘Some of the finely shaded social distinctions that preoccupied Fitzgerald ~ between Eastemers and Westerners, new money and old ~ are noted, but they don’t have a whole lot of resonance. We are in a world of artifice and illusion, ‘confected from old-fashioned production-design virtuosity and newfangled digital hocus-pocus. In the 3-D version, the viewer swoops and swerves through one of Gatsby's parties in a movement that combines Vincente Minnell-style suavity with the controlled vertigo of a theme park ride. AS it happens, Nick Carraway compares the sybaritic scene at Gatsby's mansion to “an amusement park." And Mr. Luhrmann's peculiar genius ~ also the thing thal drives cultural purists of various stripes crazy — lies in his eager, calculating mix of refinement and vulgarity Neither Fitzgerald nor Nick, his diffident mouthpiece, was immune to the seductions of hedonism and luxury, and the book does not entirely succeed as a critique of American materialism at what seamed to be its high-water mark. Mr. Luhrmann, for his part, does not resist at all. He fuses the iconography of dressed-up 20s decadence with the swagger of hip-hop high-end consumerism. Jay Gatsby has got money. He’s got cars. He'll spend a hundred grand over by the bar.‘Triumphant Institute of Management Education Pvt. Ld. (ELM) HO: 95B, 2” Flor, Siddamsety Complex, Secunderabad — 500 003 ‘Tel : 040-27898195 Fax : 040-27847334 email info@rimededucation.com website: www:timeteducationcom __AIMCATI409/8 But Jay Gatsby is a rich man whose modest background and criminal past are something to be hidden sources of mystery, shame and potential ruin. To Tom Buchanan, Gatsby is “Mr. Nobody from Nowhere,” while to Nick he is a shimmering enigma, first glimpsed through the window of his colossal home. 1. Which of the following best describes the purpose of the first paragraph (‘The best way.......related topics")? (A) To assure the viewer that Luhrmann does not stick close to the details of Fitzgerald's novel in his film adaptation, (8) To wam the viewer to cast aside Fitzgerald's novel before entering the cinema hall (C) To highlight Fitzgerald's novel as a hallmark in the annals of American cultural materialism. (0) To caution the viewer not to cary cultural baggage bestowed by Fitzgerald's novel into the cinema hall 2. The passage suggests which of the following through the sentence given in bold-face in the passage? (A) Fitzgerald and Nick saw through the allure of high end consumerism. (8) Luhrmann is quite impressed with the high life. (C) Luhrmann parodies the opulent lifestyle that \was prevalent in the America of the 1920s, (0) Between Fitzgerald and Luhrmann, the latter was no less dopictive of the charms of the material world than the former. 3. The passage provides information in support of which of the following assertions about the “The Great Gatsby (@)_ Buchanan is bluntly racist. (b) Jay Gatsby has suspicious financial resources. (c) Fitzgerald's Wolfsheim was typecast as an unpleasant Jew. (d) The Wilsons struggle to make ends meet. (e) The Great Gatsby is a great embodiment of the ‘American dream. (9 Lunemann’s is @ narrative that depicts the sett indulgence of the wealthy. (A) a,b,c, df (8) acdf (C) bet (0) ab.cef DIRECTIONS for question 4: The sentences given in the following question, when properly sequenced, form a ‘coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. From among the four choices given below the ‘question, choose the most logical order of sentences that constructs a coherent paragraph 4. (2) “inside-out” means to start first with self; even more fundamentally, to start with the most inside part of self — with your paradigms, your character and your motives, (b) This new level of thinking is a principle. centered, character-based, inside-out approach {0 personal and interpersonal effectiveness. (c) We need a new level, a deeper level of thinking = paradigm based on the principles that accurately describe the territory of an effective human being and his interactions — to solve the deep concems, (@) As we look around and within ourselves and recognize the problems created 2s we live and interact within the personality ethic, we begin to realize that there are deep, fundamental problems that cannot be solved on the ‘superficial level on which they were created {e) Albert Einstein observed, “The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” (A) acbde (B) edcba {C) debae (0) edeba DIRECTIONS for question 5: The sentences given in the following question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labeled with a umber. From among the four choices given below the ‘question, choose the most logical order of sentences that constructs a coherent paragraph 5. (1) Coded in seven languages, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (which in Latin means ‘Poliphilo's Struggle for Love in a Dream’), an intricate mathematical mystery and a tale of love and arcane brutality, has baffied scholars since 1499. (2) Tom's friend Paul who was Phi Beta Kappa in History at Princoton University is obsessed with this story about the man and his dream and when a long-lost diary surfaces they finaly seem to ‘make a breakthrough but only hours later, @ fellow researcher is murdered and the two friends suddenly find themselves in great danger. (3) Tom Sullivan, about to graduate from Princeton, is haunted by the violent death of his father, an academic who devoted his life to one of the rarest, most complex books in the word. (4) The ‘Hypnerotomachia is an encyclopedia masquerading as a blazingly good novel, a dissertation on everything from architecture to zoology, written in a style that even a tortoise would find slow. (5) Working desperately to expose the book's dark secret in its coded hear, they slowly uncover a multitextured Renaissance tale of passion and blood, a hidden crypt and a secret worth dying to protect, (6) It was @ dinosaur in its own time, the world’s Jongest book about a man having @ dream and makes Marcel Proust, wiho wrote the world's longest book about a man eating a piece of cake, look like Ernest Hemingway. (a) 156432 (8) 146325 {C) 316425 (0) 314625 DIRECTIONS for questions 6 to 8: Answer the questions ‘on the basis of the information given below. Fifteen candidates, A through O, were allotted seats in an examination hall. Some of the candidates. are from the engineering stream and the others from the medicine stream, There are 15 chairs in the examination hall arranged uniformly in three columns and five rows. The seats were allotted in such a way that no two sludents from the same stream ere adjacent to each ‘other either in a row or in @ column.‘Triumphant Insttote of Management Education Put, Lid. (FM:E) HO: 058, 2” Floor, Siddansetiy Complex, Scsunderabad ~ 500 003, ‘Tel : 040-27898195 Fax : 04027847334 ema fo@timeteducation.com website : www.timededucation.com ___AIMCAT1409(6Further itis known that (i) four students, L, M, Nand O, not all of who were from the same stream, did not attend the exam and the seats allotted to them wore left vacant (i) in each row, at least one student from each stream altended the exam. (ii) while the number of students who were allotted seats was more for one steam, the number of students who allended was mote for the olher stream, (iv) A and B, who betong to the same stream, are sitting in the same column, and A is sitting in the second row of the second column. (¥)_ none of C, D and E are sitting in the comer chair of their respective rows and F, H and J are adjacent to C, D and E, not necessarily in that order. (vi) K’and G are adjacent to A, and lis to the left of B 6. Who among the following belongs to a different stream than that of the others? ak 6G ©! (J 7. Which pair of candidates among the following pairs cannot sit in the same row? (A) F and D (8) AandG (C) Jandt (0) Band! 8. If in each column there is at least one student from each of the steams, then what is the maximum possible number of students who altended in the Fight most column? 2 @) 3 4 (0) 5 DIRECTIONS for questions 9 and 10: In the following questions, the word in capitals is used in four different ‘ways. Choose the option in which the usage of the word is INCORRECT or INAPPROPRIATE. 9. HEAD (A) The city headed off the attempt to build another airpor. (®) He complained directly to the managing director, over the head of his department head, (C) The village headman decided to talk to the disputing parties before the malter came uplo head. (0) His horse won by a head 10. GOOD {(A) This voucher is good for two free pairs of jeans. {8) After the sale, we were several thousand rupees to the good. (C) In proposing that they start a new venture, he was supportad by good number of people (©) The boss was confident that his team members would meke good on their promises to achieve their sales targets. DIRECTIONS for questions 11 and 12: There are two blanks in each of the following sentences. From the pairs, ‘of words given below them, choose the pair that fils the blanks most appropriately, 11. When autonomy is compromised in universities, when academic freedom is replaced with corporate | then we lose our primary Source for independent and trustworthy research and our most important source of experts willing and able to pursue pure research __ soa ty a corporate mission. (A) coercion . .. unfettered (8) scruples. -- unrestrained (©) exacerbation. .. unimpeded (0) restraint... warranted 12, As the _____ of the Arab Spring revolution, Egypt should ensure thal alts stakeholders work to build a modem, democratic republic or risk - into chaos and anarchy, @ champion .. advancing (@) herald... retrogressing (C) harbinger .. . culminating (©) cradle receding DIRECTIONS for questions 13 and 14: In each question, there are five Sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage (Including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option. 413, (2) An accurate shor-erm forecast of earthquakes would save lives and enable businesses recover sooner. (0) Earthquakes occur mostly where the earth's tectonic plates colide. (©) Both light end radio waves appear being electromagnetic disturbances that happen when crystalline rocks are deformed or broken, (2) Besides detecting magnet field disturbances, changes in the conductivity of the air over the quake zone cause by (@) current welling up from the ground can be recorded by ground based sensors. (A) band d (8) Only b (©) Onlye (0) aande 14, (a) Most of Ecuador's neighbours have had a litle to say about the curbs of the press. Adam Namm, the United States ambassador, (b) won a’ public tongue-lashing from the foreign minister when he gently reminded Ecuador of the right to freedom of speech, (c) Regional bodies such as the South American Union has not dared to make even tepid criticism, (@) Ecuadorean journalists unsure about how the new law will affect the neutrality of their reporting can. (e) leam more at a planned “responsible journalism summit” to be held this week later — chaired by Mr. Correa, (A) bandd (8) Only b (©) Onlye (0) aande DIRECTIONS for questions 15 to 17: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. Eight players — A through H — played four badminton matches, each at a different venue. Each match was played by exactly two players and each player played exactly one match. Further, itis known that () Aplayed the match at Chennai and neither G nor F played the match at Delhi ‘Triumphant Institute of Management Education Pvt. Ltd. (TM.8.) HO: 95B, 2" Flo, fodatime deducation.com website: www timededucation com Tel : 040-27808195 Fax : 040-27847334 email : iamaeily Complex, Seaunlerabad 500 003 AIMCATIAO9/7(i) H, who played the match at Mumbai, did not play against E. (ii), B neither played the match at Kolkata nor played the match against E, while C played against D. (iv) F and G did not play the match at the same venue and neither of them played the match against A. 15. Who among the following definitely played the match at Kolkata? @Mc ®E OG OF 16. Which of the following pairs of players played at the same venue? (A) Band (8) AandE (©) AandB (0) None of these: 417. Which of the folowing is defintely false? (A) F played the match at Kolkata. (B) G played the match at Mumbai. (C) G played the match at Delhi. (0) E played the match at Kola DIRECTIONS for question 18 and 19: The following ‘questions have a paragraph from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options, ‘choose the sentence that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way. 18. Globalization is a source of debate almost everywhere. ttis the name of a new industrial revolution (driven by Powerful new information and communication technologies) which has barely begun. Because of its newness. it taxes our linguist end poltical resources for understanding and managing it. n the United States and in the ten or so most wealthy counties of the ‘world, globalization is certainly a positive buzzword for corporate elites and. their poliical lies. But for migrants, people of colour and other marginals (the so- called “South” in the ‘North), it is @ source of worry about inclusion, jobs and deeper marginalization. And the worry of the marginals, as always in human history, disturts the elites. “ (A) Whether we are in the North or the South, globalization also challenges our strongest tool for making newness manageable, and that is the recourse to history. 19, (8) And there is some force to this hunt for the analogy that will let us tame the beast of globalization in the prison-house (or 200) of language. (©) In the remaining countries of the world, the under-developed and the truly destitute ones, there is @ double anxiety: fear of inclusion on draconian terms, and fear of exclusion, for that ‘seems like exclusion from History itso. (0) This hazy intuition is at the heart of the Uncertain coalitions and uneasy dialogues that ‘surround globalization, even in the streets of Seattle, Prague, Washington D.C. and many ‘ther less dramatized locations, Equal respect to all streams of knowledge in society is a pre-condition for realizing the ideal of equality in the Knowledge Age. As the Church once stood against the idea of equality, the University now stands against the idea of equal respect to all streams of Knowledge. The walls of the University must come down if @ collaborative, self-corecting, non-hierarchical world of Knowledge is to emerge in society, This requires a people's knowledge movement. The University is the most prized product of the Capitalist era and it will not be radically changed without a politics of people's knowledge. Struggles are raging today all over Europe over the future of the University and of Knowledge Production, ‘Those opposing privatisation of schools, colleges and universities, those advocating free and open source software, those fighting against patents and patent laws must forge links with “struggles of the knowledgeable people across the world, the peasants, artisans, and indigenous peoples everywhere, — (A) Knowledge Satyagraha is a way to forge these links. (8) The links so forged would give rise to new forms of knowledge that would lead to the victory of truth in society. (C) The scope and metrics for the knowledge movement are becoming increasingly sophisticated, (0) A’ Satyagrahi obeys the laws of society intelligently and of his own free will, because he ‘considers it his sacred duty to do so. DIRECTIONS for questions 20 and 21: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow i Goteman Sachs is a notoriously secretive company, even by Wall Street standards. So when Greg Smith, the head of the company's U.S. equily derivatives business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa publidly resigned in early 2012 with a New York Times op-ed (abbreviated from ‘opposite the editorial page) criticizing the firm's corporate culture, he ‘ew instant attention. "If you were an alien from Mars and sat in on a derivatives sales meeting, you would believe that a clont’s success or progress was not part of the thought process at all,” he wrote. Greg Smith, a Stanford alumnus, {gave an Ethics of Wealth lak al the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He spoke about the “behavioral and cullural shift that has ited the Wall Street playing field over the past decade. I don't think Goldman Sachs is the problem,’ he said. think this is a systemic problem.” Smith went to work for Goldman Sachs straight out of college, and he maintains a love of finance. He characterizes himself as ‘very much a capitalist.” But, Smith said, the culture of Wall Street changed in the mid-2000s. Trading began to account for a larger and larger share of Wall Street's profits, and benkers were encouraged to view the client as “an information provider that can make you rich, rather than as a partner.” Smith views this as a switch from Goldman Sachs's traditional “long-term greedy’ approach — in which profit is maximized, but over a long time scale, with a focus on maintaining relationships with clients — to “short term greedy.” Analysts were expected to encourage unsuspecting clients to buy products the company knew were risky. ‘Triumphant Insttute of Management Education Pvt. Lid. (TLM.E.) HO: 9518, 2" Floor, Siddamsetiy Complex, Sesunderabad ‘Tel : 040-27898195 Fax : 04027847334 email: info@timededucation.com website : www.timeteducation.com 0005, AIMCATIAO9/8Aamitting that Wall Street has always been a gamble, Smith pointed out that the average casino offers much fairer ‘odds, The average dealer isn't actively misleading a blackjack player about the value of the cards he’s holding, he pointed out. Nor is he secretly looking at the other player's hands and then going out and placing his own bets. "You would expect someone not to lose very often when you can see everyone's cards,” Smith said. And it's not uncommon for Wall Street traders to post huge profits ~ a phenomenon made possible by the fact that Wall Street firms know more about their products than their clients do, he said. Little has changed since the global economic meltdown, Smith said. There have been zero criminal prosecutions of Wall Street executives, and implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act has been slow and ineffective. He pointed out that America’s largest banks are bigger now than they were before the financial crisis. ‘Three basic steps are needed — in order to rein in the financial sector, Smith said: regulate derivatives markets, outlaw proprietary trading and split banks into smaller units. His recommendations aren't radical — in large part, they derive from the Glass-Steagall Act, the Depression-era regulatory legislation repealed in 1999. And Smith repeatedly assured the audience that he wan't a fan of regulation. “think people should be able to get rich,” he said. "just think they need to do it in a way that's transparent.” 20. Smith’s observations provide support for which of the following statements regarding Wall Street? (@) The ethical issues that haunt Wall Street are reflected in Goldman Sachs. (0) The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act can improve accountabilty in Wall Steet and protect consumers from abusive financial services practices, (© The Glass-Steagall Act limited commercial bank securities activites. (@) Wall Street's unscrupulous “Short term greed(y)” brought the world economy to crisis point (€) Goldman Sachs liases with its institutional partners with stringent confidentiality (A) ab.candd (8) a,banda (C) bidande (O) None of these 21. The primary purpose of comparing Wall Street to a casino is to (A) disclose how Goldman persuades clients to invest in stocks that stand no chance of making any profit (6) show the conflicts of interest between the dealer and investors. (©) reveal how Goldman Sachs plays a perfectly rigged game at the expense of society and show that Wall Street sophistry is too alluring for a naive client to see through. (0) expose how Wall Street traders shorichange clients by manipulating crucial information to their own ends. DIRECTIONS for questions 22 to 24: Answer the ‘questions on the basis of the information given below. A train travelling from station A to station Z stops at all the six stations ~ M through R ~ in between. The train slops at exactly three stations between P and Q and at ‘exaclly two stations between Q and R. There are exactly {two stops between M and O, while N is the third stop. 22. How many stops are there between N and P? A) 0 @) 1 (2 (D) None of these 23. What is the first station at which the train stops after starting from A? (a) M (8) N (co {0} Cannot be determined 24, Which of the following pairs of stations are definitely ‘not adjacent to each other? (A) Mand Q. (8) Oanda (©) PandR (©) Nand R DIRECTIONS for questions 25 to 27: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow it The first article is an excerpt from The Weekly Standard and was contributed by Joseph Epstein, the editor of the Phi Beta Kappa Society's The American Scholar magazine. Whether students today, despite special tutoring, are better than those of earlier generations is not clear. They may do well on the SAT or other exams but it is doubtful if thei learning or intellectual understanding is any better. Propelled by the desires of their parents, they form a meritocracy that comprises a dystopia of sorts, peopled by young men and women driven by high, but empty, ambition. ‘Are these really the people we want running the world?”, ask Richard Arum and Josipa Roska, in their book Academically Adrift. They write: Parents — although disgruntled about increasing costs — want colleges to provide a safe environment where their children can mature, gain independence, and attain a credential that will help them be successful as adults. Students seek to enjoy the benefits of a full collegiate experience that is focused on academic pursuits, while earning high marks in their courses with litle investment of effort. Attending an elite coliege continues to yield wide opportunities for graduates but with standards lowered, hours of study shortened, college graduates can no “Tramphant Insitute of Management Education Pvt. Lid. (HLMLE.) HO: 958, 2" Floor, Skddamsenyy Complex, Secunderabad — 500 008. ‘Tel : 040-27898195 Fax : 040-27847334 email: infoW@timeteducation com website : www-timededucation.com __AIMCAT409/9longer be depended upon to know how to grasp rudimentary intellectual concepts. The gain in cttical thinking and ‘complex reasoning among many students in college years is low. Studies claim an increase among college students in cheating, drinking, and depression. Professors find time to concentrate on their scholarship and professional interests for financial gains and seek promotions to get a better pay. Administrators focus largely on external institutional rankings and financial bottom lines. Government funding agencies are interested in the development of new scientific knowledge. No one in the system is primarily interested in undergraduates’ academic growth, although many are interested in student retention and persistence, ‘What savvy employers are likely to conclude is that those who graduate from college are probably more conformist, and therefore likely to be more dependable, than those who do not. What finishing college really meant is that one was willing to do anything to succeed in a capitalist society Given below are few research findings [numbered | through Vi] of PhD students at the Center for Advanced ‘Study of the Education System in Developing Countries, University of Pennsylvania. Each student studied the college environment in 50 colleges in separate countries. |) Despite a lower average score on standardized tests Ike GMAT than either Indian or Chinese students, many Japanese students become top-notch entrepreneurs and researchers. Fierce focus on a narrow area of academic performance ignores other important skills like creativity, cognitive skills, the ability to understand social dynamics and work well with one's peers. 1) Close monitoring by incentivising good behaviour enforces accountability in educational institutions which are unriddled by corruption and absenteeism. Top level research and a genuine interest in exponentially increasing the sludent's intellectual prowess are high on the agenda of well renowned faculty who are motivated not by money or institutional rankings but by a drive to attain professional accolades from students. Ill) Many professors in colleges complement their teaching loads with extensive student mentoring (to help them in thinking efticaly). Senior faculty mentor junior faculty and transfer knowledge or useful methodologies and share academic best practices. Faculty possess a strong sense of lateral accountability - obligation to their local departments and to their broader scholarly communities which extend across different universities. Motivations like being 2 referee for an academic journal carry no financial benefit, yet professors take on this responsibility to display their commitment to scholarly service. Promotion (based on merit) from assistant to associate professor may come with no salary increase, but its prized nonetheless. Faculty do not shirk their teaching duties. IV) Professors are interested more in providing consultancy to companies who offer competitive salaries and in designing a meritocratic entrance exam. They travel to the best foreign institutions but they do not necessarily share the knowledge gained with students. Having the best students on the campus is their only prerogative and college curriculum and enforcement of discipline take second place. Awarding of grades in exams is not based on ‘merit but done in a manner to win students’ hearts V) Protections make it very difficult to fire delinquent faculty. Faculty pay automatically increases over time. Bolstering the image, brand value and brand equity of an elite institution through aggressive marketing is more important than faculty contribution and student feedback. Vi) Those who graduate from college behave in less stereotyped ways to frequently changing situations in the workplace than those who do not. College graduates are less instinctive; more rational, differentiated and unique and their actions and responses are not along predictable lines. 25. Classify the six research findings numbered | {D) Academic growth of undergraduates is a through VI above as "View" [those which resonate with the view expressed in the first article] and “Counterview’ [those which state @ contrary view to that expressed in the first article] and then choose ‘the most appropriate option. (A) View =I, Il, IV. Counterview ~ Ill, V, Vi (8) Counterview — I, Ill, VI. View ~1, WV, V- (C) View -Il, IV, VI. Counterview ~ 1, Il, V. (0) Counterview — Il, V. View =| I, IV, Vi 26. Which of the following options weakens the conclusion of “savvy employers” as expressed in the first article? (A) In getting a college degree, one is, in effect, saying, "I want in on the game, deal me a hand, | want desperately to play.” Education, meanwhile, doesn't have a lot to do with it (8) Research Finding VI given in the passage. (C) Students are “not mavericks, they are conditioned to obey and fallin line. secondary concern, if at all, for most concerned erties who have exlraneous interests that compromise the sanctity of education in the Yong run, 27. According to the first article, all of the following aro true EXCEPT (a) College administrators are anxious about their rankings by external rating agencies. {b) Students work hard to get sound academic records, (©) Colleges do litle to cultivate a critical spirit in undergraduates today. (d) Graduates may be understood by corporates to ‘be wiling to do anything to work for them. {e) The ‘dystopia of sorts’ refers specifically to ambitious parents and rich educationists (f) The word ‘disgruntied’ in the context of the passage means ‘angry and dissatisfied (A) band f (®) bandc {C) dande (0) bande ‘Trumphant Insttote of Management Education Pvt. Lid. (FLM:E) HO: 05B, 2” Floor, Siddansetiy Complex, Sesunderabad ~ S00 003 ‘Tel : 040-27898195 Fax : 04027847334 email : info(@timeteducaton.com website: www timededucation.com AIMCATI4O900DIRECTIONS for questions 28 to 30: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. Ina video parlour, seven movie CDs, labeled 1 to 7, are arranged in a shelf, in no particular order, one above the other. Among the CDs, three are english movies, two are hindi movies and the remaining two, tamil movies, Further itis known that (no two CDs of movies of the same language are adjacent to each other, and no three consecutive CDs have labels that are consecutive numbers, not necessarily in the same order. none of the tamil movie CDs is adjacent to any hind! mavie CD, and none of the English movie CDs is labeled 5. (ii) there are exactly four CDs between the CDs labeled 4 and 5, and the CD labeled 3 is the botiom. most CD. (iv) one of the tamil movie CDs is labeled 1, and itis two places below the CD labeled 7 28. 29. 30. Ione of the hindi movie CDs is labeled 5, then what is the maximum possible number of CDs between the two hindi movie CDs? 2 (®) 3 (4 Os Which of the folowing CDs are adjacent to each other? (A) The CDs labeled 3 and 6 (8) The CDs labeled 2 and 6 (C) The CDs labeled 7 and 6 (0) The CDs labeled 6 and 5 Which of the following is definitely a correct combination of language of the movie and the label on a CD? (A) Temil—7 (8) Hindi~3 (©) Hindi 5 (©) English ~6 “Tumphont irsttuto of Managemont Eveation Pvt Lid. (EME) HO: 980, 2" Foor, Siddamanty Complex, Secunderabad S00 003 el : 040-27898195 Fax : D40-27847334 em info@timededucation.com website: www-timeteducationcom — AIMCATHO9/11