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ADMISSION TEST ill

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SECTION-I
N umh er of Question = 55
Directions for questions 1 to 5: Sentences given
in each question, when properly sequenced, form
a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled
with a letter. Choose the most logical order of
sentences from among the four given choices to
construct a coherent paragraph.
l.
2.
A In rejecting the functionalism in
positivist organization theory, either
wholly or pati<l!y, there is often a
move towards a political model of
organization theory.
B. Thus the analysis would shift to the
power resources possessed by different
groups in the organization and the way
they use these resources in actual
power plays to shape the organi sational
structure.
C. At the exb'eme, in one set of writin
the growth of administrators in th
organization is held to be
unrelated to the work to be dAne t
be Calsed totally
pursuit of self- inter0.
D. The political m e ho s thlt
individual interests e ursued in
thi' the exercise

a ADBC
b.

making, however, does
t necessarily fully guard against
3.
4.
C.
D.
a
b.
c. CABO
d. BOCA
bo and soul -weary,
tmself muttering, "Either I
this place, or it's
.. anageabl e."
his horror, he realized that he had
come the victim of an amorphous,
unwitting, unconscious conspiracy to
immerse him in routine work that had
no significance.
C. It was one of those nights in the office
when the office clock was moving
towards four in the morning and
Bennis was still not through with the
incredible mass of paper stacked
before him.
D. He reached for his calend..- and ran his
eyes down each hour, hal -hour, and
quarter-hour, to see where his time had
gone that day, the day before, the
month before.
a ABCD
b. CADB
c. BOCA
d. DCBA
bitrariness and anarchy, for A. With that, I swallowed the shampoo,
individual capriciousness can get and obtained most realistic results
substituted by collusion of group almost on the spot.
members. B. The mm shuflled away into the back
B. Nature itself is an intricate system of regions to make up a prescription, and
checks and balmces, meant to preserve after a moment I got through on the
the delicate balance between various shop-telephone to the Consulate,
I c .. :
5.
mixture, groaned and inquired
whether he could give me something
for acute gastric cramp.
D. I intended to stage a sharp gastric
attack, and entering an old-fashioned
pharmacy, I asked for a popular
sharnpo o mixture, consisting of olive
oil and flaked soap.
a DCBA
b. DACB
c. BDAC
d. BCDA
A. Since then, intelligence tests have been
mostly used to separate dull children in
school from average or bright children,
so that special education can be
provided to the dull.
B. In other words, intelligence tests give
us a norm for each age.
C. Intelligence ts expressed as
intelligence quotient, and tests are
developed to indicate what an average
child of a certain age can do - what a
5-year-old can answer, but a 4-year-old
cannot, for instance.
D. Binet developed the first set of sue
tests in the early I 9 00 s to find
whtch chtldren m school q;
sp ectal attentl on
E lntelhgence can be t s
a CDABE
b DECAB
c EDACB
d CBADE '(.)
Directions for of the short
passages gtven bel w wer the question that
follows tt ..... \....,..
6. lA, JA and SA- operate on
route. To increase the
er of seats sold, SA reduced its fares
his was emulated by lA and JA
ediately. The general belief was that
tlie volume of air travel between Delhi and
Mumb ai would increase as a result.
Which of the following, if true, would add
credence to the general belief?
a Increase in profi tab iii ty of the three
airlines.
b. Extension of the eli scount scheme to
other routes.
c. A study that shows that air travellers in
In eli a are price-conscious.
d. A study that shows that as much as
8 0% of air travels in India is company-
sponsored.
7. According to MeN eill, a Brahmin priest
was expected to be able to recite at least
one of the Vedas. The practice was
essenti a! for several centuries when the
Vedas had not yet been written o\ . It
must have had a selective st4e
priests would have been ite om
those able or ries long
passages. It must h e he e in the
dissemination oy since a
memorized pass e c e duplicated
many times.
Which fol owing can be inferred
from the o assage?
a . Vedas was a Brahmin's
hligati
h e . eli c priest was like a recorded
cassette
Neill studied the behaviour of
ahmin priests
d. Vedic hymns had not been scripted
Developed countries have made adequate
provisions for so cia! security for senior
citizens. State insurers (as well as private
ones) offer medicare and pension benefits
to people who can no longer earn. In India,
with the collapse of the joint family
system, the traditional shelter of the
elderly has eli sappeared. And a State faced
with a financial crunch is not in a position
to provide so cia! security. So, it is
ad vi sable that the working population give
serious thought to building a financi a! base
for itself.
Which one of the following, if it were to
happen, weakens the conclusion drawn in
the above passage the most?
a The investible income of the working
p opul ali on, as a proportion of its total
income, will grow in the future.
b. The msurance sector ts
underdeveloped and trends indicate
that it will be extensively privatized in
the future.
c. India is on a path of development that
will take it to a developed country
status, with all its positive and negative
implications.
d. If the working population builds a
stronger financi a! base, there will be a
revival of the joint family system.
9. Various studies have shown that our
forested and hilly regions, and, in general,
areas where biodiversity - as reflected in
the variety of flora - is high, are the
places where poverty appears to be high.
And these same areas are also the ones
where educational performance seems to
be poor. Therefore, it may be surmised
that, even disregarding poverty status,
richness in biodiversity goes hand in hand
with educational backwardness.
10.
Which one of the following statements, if
true, can be said to best provide supporting
evidence for the surmise mentioned in the
passage?
a In regions where there is little variety
in flora, educational performance is
seen to be as good as in regions with
high variety in flora, when poverty
I evels are high.
b. Regions which show high biodiversity
also exhibit poor educational
performance, at low levels of poverty.
c. Regions which show high bio diversit:z
reveal high I eve! s of poverty and po
educattonal performance (lt
d In regt ons where there 1 1-'
bto diverst ty, at all levels oj'
educattonal te-- e
good
Ctgarettes constitute 0% of
tobacco consumption i di and fewer
than 15% nullron obacco users
consume ci et . these 15%
contribute ne of the tax revenues
to the the tobacco sector.
The PVn tl ctgarette taxation regtme has
ke t t1'i " base narrow, and reducing
one of the following best bolsters
expand this base.
........._ nclusion that reducing duties will
the tax base?
a The cigarette manufacturers'
association has decided to indulge i:
aggressive promotion.
b. There is a likelihood that tobacco
consumers will shift to cigarette
smoking if cigarette prices were to
reduce.
c. The cigarette manufacturers are
I ob hying for a reduction on duties.
d. An increase in duties on non- cigarette
tobacco may lead to a shift in favour of
cigarette smoking.
II. Thomas M a! thus, the British clergyman
turned economist, predicted that the planet
would not be able to support the human
population for long. His explanation was
that human population grows at a
geometric rate, while the fu od sup pi y
grows only at an arithmetic rate.
Which one of the following, i
not undermine the thesi by
Malthus?
a Population growth be ed down
by the volunte es 0 tndtvtduals
and not JUSt b natur sasters
b The cap aa ty planet to feed a
population can be
enh ce rt.igh biotechnological
msP
c. sterns and natural systems
ke fo d supply, follow natural! <NVS of
which have remained constant,
d will remained unchanged.
uman beings can colonies other
planetary systems on a regular and on-
going basis to accommodate a growing
population.
The company's coffee crop for 1998-99
total! ed 8 079 tonnes, an all time record.
The increase over the previous year's
production of 5 83 0 tonnes was 3 8. 58%.
The previous highest crop was 6 08 9
tonnes in 1970-71. The company had fixed
a target of 80 00 tonnes to be realized by
the year 2 0 00-0 I, and this has been
achieved two years earlier, thanks to the
emphasis laid on the key areas of
irrigation, rep! acement of unproductive
coffee bushes, intensive refilling and
improved agricultural practices. It is now
our endeavour to reach the target of 10 00 0
tonnes in the year 2 00 i 02.
Which one of the following would
contribute most to making the target of
10 00 0 tonnes in 20 01-02 unrealistic?
a The potential of the productivity
enhancing measures implemented up
to now has been exhausted.
b. The total company land under coffee
has remained constant since i96 9 when
an estate in the Nilgiri Hills was
acquired.
13.
c. The sensitivity of the crop to climatic
factors makes predictions about
production uncertain.
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really anxious to agree. Such is the unseasonable
man.
d. The target-setting procedures in the 14. He tends to
company have been proved to the a entertain women.
sound by the achievement of the 8 00 0 b. be a successful arbitrator when
tonnes target. dissenting parties are anxious to agree.
Animals in general are shrewd in c. be he! pful when solicited.
proportion as they cultivate society. d. tell a long story to people who have
Elephants and beavers show the greatest heard it many times before.
signs of this sagacity when they are 15. The unseasonable man tends t
together in large numbers, but when man a bring a higher bidder a s
invades their communities they I ose all who has just
their spirit of industry. Among insects, the b. disclose confidenti in ion to
labours of the bee and the ant have others. {?
attracted the attention and admiration of c. sing the prai s f of 1\ e ri de when he
naturalists, but all their sagacity seems to goes to a wed
be lost upon separation and a single bee or d sleep late..and rise early
ant seems destitute of every degree of +
imaginable, and it languishes and soon followmg ente )\t l , part of the sentence ts
industry. It becomes the most stupid insect to 23: In each of the
dies. underlmed . en each sentence, four different
Which of the following can be mferred the underhned part are tndtcated
from the above passage? he st a! ternatlve from among the four
a Humankind is resp on sib! e for the
animals and insects.
b. Animals in general, are unable
function effectively outstde gfi
normal so eta! en111ronment
c. Naturaltsts have great o
bees and ants, desptte Ia of
mdustry up on separation
d. Elephants and er than
bees and ants m the se e of human
bemgs
17.
a we who had left before time he had
amved
b us who had went before he amved
c us who had went before had amved
d. we who had left before he arrived.
The MP rose up say that in her opinion.
she thought the Women's Reservation Bill
should be passed on unanimously.
Directions for 15: For each of
the two ques which of the
statements g ' 'th that particular question is
a rose to say that she thought the
Women's Reservation Bill should be
passed
b. rose up to say that, the Women's
Reservation Bill should be pas sed on
c. rose to say that, in her opinion, she
thought that the Women's Reservation
Bill should be passed
e description of the
in the pas sage below.
Ui!! e a eness is a tendency to do socially
p s o things at the wrong time. The
unsea able man is the sort of person who comes
to confi de in you when you are busy. He
serenades his beloved when she is ill. He asks a
man who has just lost money by paying a bill for a
friend to pay a bill for him. He invites a friend to
go for a ride just after the friend has finished a
long car trip. He is eager to offer services which
are not wanted but which cannot be politely
refused. If he is present at arbitration, he stirs up
dissension between the two parties, who were
18.
d. rose to say that, in her opinion, the
Women's Reservation Bill should be
passed on
Mr. Pillai, the president of the union and
who is also a member of the community
Eml!ll. will be m charge of the
negotiations.
a since he is a member of the community
group
b. also being a member of the community
group
c. a member of the community group
19.
20.
21.
d. in addition, who is a member of the
community group
Since the advent of cable television, at the
beginning of this decade the entertainment
industry took a giant stride forward in our
country.
a this decade s<NV the entertainment
industry taking
b. this decade, the entertainment industry
has taken
c. this decade, the entertainment industry
had taken
d. this decade, the entertainment industry
took
His mother made great sacrifices to
educate him, moving house on three
occasions, and severing the thread on her
loom's shuttle whenever Mencius
neglected his lessons to make him
understand the need to persevere.
a severing the thread on her loom's
shuttle whenever Mencius neglected
his lessons to make him understand the
need to persevere.
b. severed the thread on her loom's
shuttle whenever Mencius neglected
his lessons to make him understand th
d.
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22. Many of these environmentalists pro claim
to save nothing I ess than the planet itself
a to save nothing lesser than
b. that they are saving nothing lesser than
c. to save nothing less than
d. that they save nothing I ess than
23. Bacon believes that the medical profession
should be permitted to ease and quicken
death where the end would otherwise only
delay for a few days and th of
great pam.
a be delayed for a few day
b. be delayed for a
c. be otherwise only el ay 1?r a few
daysand G
d. otherwise on! dela or a few days
and
Directions for to 50: Each of the
five below is followed by
questions. or ea question, choose the best
answer
PASSAGE-I
"'IJ:' Trade Organisation (WTO) was
ed in the early 19 90s as a component of the
guay Round negotiation. However, it could
have been negotiated as part of the Tokyo Round
of the 1970 s, since that negotiation was an attempt
at a 'constitutional reform' of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Or it
could have been put off to the future, as the US
government wanted. What factors led to the
creation of the WTO in the early 19 90s?
One factor was the pattern of multilateral
bargaining that developed late in the Uruguay
Round. Like all complex international agreements,
the WTO was a pro duct of a series of trade-offs
between principal actors and groups. For the
United States, which did not want a new
organisation, the dispute settlement part of the
WTO package achieved its longstanding goal of a
more effective and more legal dispute settlement
system. For the Europeans, who by the 1990s had
come to view GATT dispute settlement I ess in
political terms and more as a regime of legal
obligations, the WTO package was acceptable as a
means to eli scipline the resort to unilateral
measures by the United States. Countries like
Canada and other middle and smaller trading
partners were attracted by the expansion of a
rules-based system and by the symbolic value of a
trade organisation, both of which inherent! y
support the weak against the strong. The
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developing countries were attracted due to the European integration, even though arguably such
provisions banning unilateral measures. Finally, a strong role was not origin ally envisaged in the
and perhaps most important, many countries at the Treaty of Rome, which initiated the current
Uruguay Round came to put a higher priority on European Union. One means the Court used to
the export gains than on the import I osses that the expand integration was the 'teleological method
negotiation would produce, and they came to of interpretation', whereby the actions of member
associate the WTO and rules- based system with states were evaluated against 'the accomplishment
those gains. This reasoning - replicated in many of the most elementary community goals set forth
countries- was contained in U.S. Ambassador in the Preamble to the [Rome] treaty'. The
Kantor's defence of the WTO, and it amounted to theological method represents an
recognition that international trade and its benefits current policies consistent with stated h,
cannot be enjoyed unless trading nations accept is analogous to the effort in Gu eep
the discipline of a negotiated rules-based contracting party trade practicu ent with
environment. stated rules. In both cases I gal c s and
A second factor in the creation of the procedures are an indep forcr for further
WTO was pressure from I awyers and the legal co-op eratl on.
pro cess. The dispute settlement system of the In large part the 0 as an exercise in
WTO was seen as a victory of I egalists over
pragmatists but the matter went deeper than that. that created a ear r vdt.tionary expansion of
The GATT and the WTO are contract ru s, the formation of the
organisations based on rules, and it is inevitable WTO was a aeijl conservative act needed to
that an organisation created to further rules will in of the new rules would not
turn be inti uenced by the legal process. Robert be st. e 0 was all about institutional
Hudec has written of the 'momentum of legal !i 1 dispute settlement: these are the
development', but what is this precisely? Legal ncenb'f conservatives and not revolutionaries,
development can be defined as promotion why lawyers and legalists took the lead
technical legal values of consistency, clarity (or these issues. The WTO codified the GATT
certainty) and effectiveness; these are values institutional practice that had developed by
those responsible for administering anrti "' custom over three decades, and it incorporated a
system will seek to maximize. As it playe ou new dispute settlement system that was necessary
the WTO, consistency meant integra\tn: d to keep both old and new rules from becoming a
one roof the whole lot of sep s sham. Both the international structure and the
signed under GATT auspices dispute settlement system were necessary to
removing ambiguities ab 6pers of preserve and enhance the integrity of the
contracting parties to make ce d isions or to multi! ateral trade regime that had been built
undertake waivers; and. effec meant incrementally from the 194 Os to the 19 90s.
eliminating on Gtt of grandfather-
rights and resolvi < ) n dispute settlement 24. What could be the closest reason why the
procedures s n provisions. Concern WTQ was not formed in the 1970 s?
for these v i erent in any rules-based a The US government did not like it
system since without these values b. Important players did not find it m
rules in the first place. their best interest to do so.
create their own incentive for c. Lawyers did not work for the dispute
settlement system.
e momentum of legal development has d. The Tokyo Round negotiation was an
occurred in other institutions besides the GATT, attempt at constitutional reform.
most notably in the European Union (E U). Over 25. The most likely reason for the acceptance
the past two decades the European Court of of the WTO package by nations was that
Justice (ECJ) has consistently rendered decisions a it had the means to prevent the US
that have expanded incrementally the E U' s from taking unilateral measures
internal market, in which the doctrine of 'mutual b. they recognized the need for a rule-
recognition' handed down in the case Cassis de based environment to protect the
Don in 1979 was a key turning point. The Court is benefits of increased trade.
now widely recognized as a major player in
26.
27.
28.
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c. it settles disputes more legally and
more effectively.
d. led to a doctrine that was a key turning
point in European integration.
d. its rule-based system leads to export
gams. PASSAGE - II
According to the pas sage, WTO promoted Have you ever come aero ss a painting, by Picasso,
the teclmicallegal values partly through Mondrian, Miro, or any other modem abstract
a integrating under one roof the painter of this century, and found yourself
agreements signed under GATT. engulfed in a brightly coloured canvas which your
b. rules that create their own incentive for senses cannot interpret? Many people would tend
fulfillment. to denounce abstractionism as
c. grandfather-rights exceptions and These people are disoriented by M.
defects m dispute settl ernent fanciful creatures and two-dimensi
procedures. They click their tongues and s t1i
d. ambiguities about the powers of Mondrian's grid works, dec! mg
contracting parties to make certain played too many scrab bl ey silently
decisions. shake their heads in sym athy W cas so, whose
In the method of interpretation of the gruesome, distorted a reflection of
European Court of Justice, his mental stan Cli ng in front of a
a current policies needed to be consistent work by Charr the famous Western
with stated go a! s. artist, (fiJI work of God. People feel
b. contracting party trade practices more com{;!' they can rei ate
rules. tho t. s 1 the case with the work of Charlie
needed to be consistent with stated to without too much
c. enunciation of the most elementary B g able to recognize the elements in
community goals needed to be s p ai gs -trees, horses and cowboys--gives
emphas1sed le a safety line to their world of "reality";
d actions of mernb er states needed to b ere are some who would disagree when I say
evaluated agamst the stated commuru abstract art reqwres more creat1111ty and artist
goals fi talent to produce a good p1ece than does
In the statement " 1t amoun d represent all on a! art, but there are many
reco gn1t1on that mternatlonal trf e 1 weaknesses m thetr arguments
benefits cannot be enJoyed tra g People who look down on abstract art have
nations accept the dtscl linr-=at a several maJor arguments to support the1r b ehefs.
negotiated rule-based n 'it' They feel that artists tum abstract because they are
refers to: not capable of the teclmical drafting skills that
a Ambassador appear in a Russell; therefore, such artists create
WTO. + an art form that anyone is capable of and that is
b. ty on export gains less time consuming, and then parade it as artistic
countries at the progress. Secondly, they feel that the purpose of
d. art is to create something of beauty in an orderly,
a gave a new impetus to the momentum
of legal development at the European
Court of Justice.
b. resulted in a
incremental! y
market.
decision that expanded
the E U' s internal
c. strengthened the role of the Court more
than envisaged in the Treaty of Rome.
logical composition. Russell's compositions are
balanced and rational: everything sits calmly on
the canvas, leaving the viewer satisfied that he has
seen all there is to see. The modem ab stractioni sts,
on the other hand, seem to compose their pieces
irrationally. For example, upon seeing Picasso's
Guernica, a friend of mine asked me, "What's the
point?" Finally, many p eo pie feel that art should
portray the ideal and real. The exactness of detail
in Charlie Russell's work is an example of this.
He has been called a great historian because his
pieces depict the life sty! e, dress, and events of the
times. His subject matter is derived from his own
experiences on the trail, and reproduced to the
smallest detail.
I agree in part with many of these
arguments, and at one time even endorsed them.
But now, I believe differently. Firstly I object to
the argument that abstract artists are not capable
of drafting. Many abstract artists, such as Picasso,
are excellent draftsmen. As his work matured,
Picasso became more abstract in order to increase
the expressive quality of his work. Guemica was
cease to exist. With ab stracti onism as the victor of
the first battle, may be a different kind of eye! e
will be touched off. Possibly, some time in the
distant future, thousands of years from now, art
itself will be physically nonexistent. Some artists
today believe that once they have planned and
constructed a piece in their mind, there is no sense
in finishing it with their hands; it has already been
done and can never be duplicated.
meant as a protest against the bombing of that city 30. The author argues that many
by the Germans. To express the terror and down upon abstract art bee e th
suffering of the victims more vividly, he distorted that
the figures and presented them in a black and a Modem abstract does o portray
white journalistic manner. If he had used what IS 1deal ap
representational images and colour, much of the b Abstract art! uw 1 ed m matters
emotional content would have been lost and the of techrucal
piece would not have caused the demand for c Abstracl!orusts compose 1rrat1onally
justice that it did. Secondly, I do not think that a d All
piece must be logical and aesthetically pleasing to 31. that people feel
be art. The message it conveys to its viewers is co represental!onal art
more important. It should reflect the ideals and hec se
issues of its time and be true to itsel( not just a 'tle are not engulfed tn bnghtly
flowery, glossy surface. For example, through his loured canvases
work, Mondrian was trying to present a system of they do not have to chck thetr tongues
simplicity, logic, and rational order. As a and shake thetr heads m sympathy
his pieces did end up looking like a scrab bl c they understand the art wtthout putl!ng
board. too much strain on their minds.
Miro created powerful, surrealistic i . es d. paintings like Guerni ca do not have a
from his dreams and sub conscious. Thes point.
were trying to evoke a response fr et 32. In the author's opinion, Picasso's Guemica
through an expressionistic m Fin created a strong demand for justice since
abstract artists and representation sts a it was a protest against the German
maintain different ideas To the bombing ofGuemica.
representational artist, reality i at e sees with b. Picasso managed to express the
his eyes. This is the ty 1i feproduces on emotional content well with his
canvas. To the abstrf.s st, ality is what he abstract depiction.
feels about what his e This is the reality he c. it depicts the terror and suffering of the
interprets on c s an be illustrated by victims in a distorted manner.
Mondrian' s ees ries. ;you can actually see the d. it was a mature work of Picasso's,
pro gressio fi 1 early recognizable, though painted when the artist's drafting skills
ab to his final solution, the grid were excellent.
syste. 33. The author acknowledges that Mondrian' s
......... :'t.: le of abstract and representational art pieces may have ended up looking like a
the first scratching of prehistoric man. scrabble board because
From tlie abstractions of ancient Egypt to a many people declared the poor guy
representational, classical Rome, returning to- played too many scrabble games.
ab stracti onism in early Christian art and so on up b. M ondrian believed in the 'grid-works'
to the present day, the cycle has been going on. approach to ab stracti onist painting.
But this day and age may witness its death c. M ondrian was trying to convey the
through the camera. With film, there is no need to message of simplicity and rational
produce finely detailed. historical records order.
manually; the camera does this for us more d. M ondrian learned from his Trees series
efficiently. Maybe, representational art would to evolve a grid system.
34. The main difference between the abstract
artist and the representational artist in
matters of the 'ideal' and the 'real',
according to the author, is:
a How each chooses to deal with
'reality' on his or her canvas.
b. The superiority of interpretation of
reality over reproduction of reality.
c. The different values attached by each
to being a historian.
d. The varying I eve! s of drafting skills
and logical thinking abilities.
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canvas or in 'Writing a certain aspect of the fields
or the sea or a look on someone' s face which I
have disclosed, I am conscious of having
produced them by condensing relationships, by
intro clueing order where there was none, by
imposing the unity of mind on the diversity of
things. That is, I think myself essential in relation
to my creation. But this time it is the created
object which escapes me; I can not reveal and
produce at the same time. The creation o
inessential in relation to the creative ty.
of all, even if it appears to others as the
PASSAGE III suspension; we can always c ge that
created object always of
Each one has his reasons: for one art is a flight; shade, that word. Thus, r. fo es itself A
for another, a means of conquering. But one can novice painter asked his en should I
flee into a hermitage, into madness, into death. consider my painting fimii,he_V And the teacher
One can conquer by arms. Why does it have to be answers, 'When lo1k at it in amazement
writing, why does one have to manage his escapes and say to your -if f " th't one who did that!"
and conquests by writing? Because, behind the t o saying 'never'? For it is
various aims of authors, there is a deeper and virtually i 'nsidet'l t one's work with someone
more immediate choice which is common to all of else's e" A!Id r, vealing what has been created.
us. We shall try to elucidate this choice, and we But 1 elf-evtdent that we are proportionally
shall see whether it is not in the name of this very i sc of the thing produced and more
choice of writing that the engagement of writers nsci of our productive activity. When it is a
must be required. r of poetry or carpentry, we work according
Each of our perceptions is accompanied b:z traditional norms, with tools whose usage is
the consciousness that human reality is coilified; it is Heidegger's famous 'they' who are
'revealer', that is, it is through human reali -t working with our hands. In this case, the result
is the means by which things are mani, st'e'a t objectivity in our eyes. But if we ourselves
our presence in the world tip tes produce the rules of production, the measures, the
relations. It is we who set u a criteria, and if our creative drive comes from the
between this tree and that bit o s to us, very depths of our heart, then we never find
that star which has been dead ennia, that anything but ourselves in our work. It is we how
the unity of a I th peed of our auto our history, our love, our gaiety that we recognize
and our airplane w zes the great masses in it. Even if we should regard it without touching
of the earth. w (t\ o our acts, the world it any further, we never receive from it that gaiety
reveals to us t,ne'\1 face. But, if we know that we or love. We put them into it. The results which we
are direct!IU....d\ 01 . , we also know that we are have obtained on canvas or paper never seem to us
not its f we tum away from this objective. We are too familiar with the . processes
e, it wtll sink back into its dark of which they are the effects. These processes
p en !\.t least, it will sink back; there is no remain a subjective discovery; they are ourselves,
one enough to think that it is going to be our inspiration, our ruse, and when we seek to
annihilated. It is we who shall be annihilated, and perceive our work, we create it again, we rep eat
the earth will remain in its lethargy until another mentally the operations which produced it; each of
consciousness comes along to awaken it. Thus, to its aspects appears as a result. Thus, in the
our inner certainty of being 'revealers' is added perception, the object is given as the essential
that of being inessential in rei ati on to the thing thing and the subject as the inessential. The latter
revealed. seeks essentiality in the creation and obtains it, but
One of the chief motives of artistic then it is the object which becomes the inessential.
creation is certainly the need of feeling that we are The dialectic is nowhere more apparent
essential in relationship to the world. If I fix on than in the art of writing, for the literary object is
a peculiar top which exists only in movement. To
make it come into view a concrete act called
reading is necessary, and it lasts only as long as
this act can last. Beyond that, there are only black
marks on paper. Now, the writer can not read what
he writes, whereas the shoemaker can put on the
shoes he has just made if they are to his size, and
the architect can live in the house he has built. In
reading, one foresees; one waits. He foresees the
end of the sentence, the following sentence, the
next page. He waits for them to confirm or
disappoint his foresights. The reading is composed
of a host of hypotheses, followed by awakenings,
of hopes and deceptions. Readers are always
ahead of the sentence they are reading in a merely
probable future which partly collapses and part! y
comes together in proportion as they progress,
which withdraws from one page to the next and
forms the moving horizon of the literary object.
Without waiting, without a future, without
ignorance, there is no objectivity.
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b. writing to be meaningful needs the
concrete act of reading.
c. this art is anticipated and progresses on
a series of hypotheses.
d. this literary object has a movmg
horizon brought about by the very act
of creation.
A writer, as an artist
a reveals the essentiality of revelation
b. makes us feel essential a-
c. creates realt ty
d. reveals nature in its perm ce
PASSAGE-IQ
35.
Since World War II, e has been
regarded with approval evet]i p o itical system
and every ideology. In th am.)'o f modernization
in the West, of in :lie Eastern bloc, and
of World, it was
expected toA"""' happiness of individuals
as atlzen as soctetles. However,
the a pears to have broken down in
The author holds that: o e world. It has failed to guarantee
a There is an objective reality and a i ec or social justice, and has been
subjective reality e revent either international wars or civil
b. Nature is the sum total of disparate Disturbed by the claims of communities
elements .:thin it, the nation-state tries to repress their
c. It is human action that reveals demands and to proclaim itself as the only
various facets of nature guarantor of security of all. In the name of
d.
nature are unified in a d nt its citizens and non-partisan secularism, the state
sense ..- can use its powerful resources to reject the
It is the author's contentio.n.that: - demands of the communities; it may even go so
a Artistic creations ar, ('i?Ji!Jf f human far as genocide to ensure that order prevails.
consciousness Y.J As one observes the awakening of
b. The very act i;l.f artistre-creation I eads communities in different part of the world, one
to the o!J e o ated object. cannot ignore the context in which identity issues'
c. Man can and reveal at the arise. It is no longer a context of sealed frontiers
same and isolated regions but is one of integrated global
d. creation forces itself on our systems. In a reaction to this trend towards
con ess leaving us full of globalization, individuals and communities
36.
everywhere are voicing their desire to exist, to use
37 ass age makes a distinction between their power of creation and to play an active part
38.
tion and creation in terms of: in national and international life.
bjectivity and subjectivity. There are two ways in which the ourrent
b. Revelation and action. upsurge in demands for the recognition of
c. Objective reality and perceived reality. identities can be looked at. On the positive side,
d. Essentiality and non-essentiality of the efforts by certain population groups to assert
objects and subjects. their identity can be regarded as "liberation
The art of writing manifests the dialectic movements", challenging oppresst on and
of perception and creation because injustice. What these groups are doing -
a reading reveals the writing till the act pro claiming that they are different, rediscovering
of reading lasts. the roots of their culture or strengthening group
solidarity - may accordingly be seen as legitimate
attempts to escape from their state of subjugation
and enjoy a certain measure of dignity. On the
downside, however, militant action for recognition
tends to make such groups more deeply
entrenched in their attitude and to make their
cultural compartments even more watertight. The
assertion of identity then starts turning into self-
absorption and isolation, and is liable to slide into
intolerance of others and towards ideas of" ethnic
cleansing", xenophobia and violence.
Whereas continuous variations among
people prevent drawing of clear dividing lines
between the groups, those militating for
recognition of their group's identity arbitrarily
choose a limited number of criteria such as
religion, language, skin colour, and place of origin
so that their members recognise themselves
primarily in terms of the labels attached to the
group whose existence is being asserted. 1bi s
distinction between the group in question and
other groups is established by simp IiI' ing the
feature selected. Simplification also works by
transforming groups into essences, abstractions
endowed with 'the capacity to remain unchanged
through time. In some cases, people actually act as
though the group has remained unchanged and
talk, for example, about the history of nations an
communi ties as if these entities survived
centuries without changing, with the o
acting and thinking, the same desires, ' ie
and aspirations.
Paradoxically, precisely be us i den rty
represents a simpli I' ing unt orm
groups out of disparate pe e a identity
performs a cognitive function. n s us to put
names to ourselves and fo some idea of
who we are and who are,-$and ascertain the
place we the, others in the
world and upsurge to assert
the identity o be partly explained
by the performed by identity.
p eo,ple would not go along as
m large numbers, with the
to them, in spite of the sacrifices
there was not a very strong feeling
identity, a need to take stock of things
and know "who we are". "where we come from".
and "where we are going."
Identity is thus a necessity in a constant! y
changing world, but it can also be a potent source
of violence and disruption. How can these two
contradictory aspects of identity be reconciled?
First, we must bear the arbitrary nature of identity
categories in mind, not with a view to eliminating
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all forms of identification - which would be
unrealistic since identity is a cognitive necessity -
but simply to remind ourselves that each of us has
several identities at the same time. Second, since
tears of nostalgia are being shed over the past, we
recognise that culture is constantly being recreated
by cobbling together fresh and ori gina! elements
and counter- cultures. There is in our own country
as I arge number of syncretism cults wherein
modem elements are blended with tv 1 nal
values or people of different uru
venerate saints or divinities of p I
Such cults and movements 'zed by a
continual inflow and outflow f m b ers which
prevent them from <elf- erp etuating
existence of their own holrj\out hope for the
future, indeed, perhaps only possible
future. Finally, -state must respond to
the identity urg s o ii communities
and to their t:1 ate uest for security and so cia!
justice. It st do s,.. y inventing what the French
and sociologist, Raymond Aron,
e rough law". That would guarantee
j o o the state as i whole and its parts,
d r t the claims of both reason and
ons. The problem is one of reconciling
demands with the exerase of
democracy.
40. According to the author, happiness of
individuals was expected to be guaranteed
in the name of:
a Development in the lbird World
b. Socialism in the Third World.
c. Development in the West.
d. Modernization in the Eastern Bloc.
41. Demands for recognition of identities can
be viewed:
a Positively and negatively
b. As liberation movements and militant
action.
c. As effort to rediscover cultural roots
which can slide towards intolerance of
others.
d. All of the above.
42. Going by the author's exposition of the
nature of identity, which of the following
statements is untrue?
a Identity represents creating uniform
groups of disparate people
b. Identity is a necessity in the changing
world.
c. Identity is a cognitive necessity,
d. None of the above.
4 3. According to the author, the nation-state
a has fulfilled its potential
b. is willing to do anything to preserve
order.
c. generates security for all its citizens,
d. has been a major force in Preventing
civil and intemati onal wars.
44. Which of the following views of the
nation-state cannot be attributed to the
author?
a It has not guaranteed peace and
security.
b. It may go as far as genocide for self-
preservation.
c. It represents the demands of
communities within it.
d. It is unable to prevent international
wars.
PASSAGE-V
The persistent patterns in the way nations fight
reflect their cultural and historical traditions and
deeply rooted attitudes that collectively make up
their strategic culture. These p attems provide
insights that go beyond what can be learnt just by
comparing armaments and divisions. In the
Vietnam War, the strategic tradition of the Unite
States called for forcing the enemy to figh
massed battle in an open area, where
American weapons would prevail. The n
States was ttying to re-fight World
jungles of Southeast Asia, against ;;e1 emy ,
no intention of doing so.
Some British rnilitaty escribes
the Asian way o fwar as one n ect attacks,
avoiding frontal attacks eant o-overp ower an
opponent. These trac b history and
geography: the gr at es and harsh terrain
have 0 ften made t wt 0 execute the sort of
open field cl s es lowed by the f1 at terrain and
relatively size of Europe. A very
different tradition arose in Asia
d arrow were metaphors for an
E f war. By its nature, the arrow is an
indtr weapon. Fired from a distance of
hundreds of yards, it does not necessitate
immediate physical contact with the enemy. Thus,
it can be fired from hidden positions. When fired
from behind a ridge, the barrage seems to come
out of nowhere, taking the enemy by surprise. The
tradition of this kind of fighting is captured in the
classical strategic writings of the East. The 2,000
years' worth of Chinese writings on war
constitutes the most subtle writings on . the subject
in any language. Not until Clausewitz, did the
West produce a strategic theorist to match the
sophistication of Sun-tzu, whose Art of War was
written 2, 3 00 years earlier.
In Sun-tzu and other Chinese writings, the
highest achievement of arms is to defeat an
adversaty without fighting. He wrote: "To win
one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not
the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without
fighting is the supreme excellence." tual
combat is just one among many me
the goal of subduing an adversaty.
too many surprises to be a first. __ ...,.
to ruinous losses, as has been s en tin d again.
It can have the unwanted ring heroic
efforts .in an enemy, as tJf,.e UniU States learned
in Vietnam, and as the found out after
Pearl Harbour.
Aware o./D-JJ!lCertainties of a militaty
campaign, war only after the
most thor gh P{ep-arations. Even then it should
be q d cl . Ideally, the army is just an
ms me to eal the final blow to an enemy
we ened by isolation, poor morale, and
suni ver since Sun -tzu, the Chinese have
e seen as masters of subtlety who take
asured actions to manipulate an adversaty
wi l:hout his knowledge. The dividing line between
war and peace can be obscure. Low level violence
often is the backdrop to a larger strategic
campaign. The unwitting victim, focused on the
day- to -day events, never realizes what's
happening to him until it's too late. History holds
many examples. The Viet Cong lured French and
U.S. infantry deep into the jungle, weakening their
morale over several years. The mobile army of the
United States was designed to fight on the plains
of Europe, where it could quickly move
unhindered from one spot to the next. The jungle
did more than make quick movement impossible;
broken down into smaller units and scattered in
isolated bases, forces were deprived of the feeling
of support and protection that ordinarii y comes
from being part of a big army.
The isolation of U.S. troops in Vietnam
was not just a logistical detail, something that
could be overcome by, for instance, bringing in
reinforcements by helicopter. In a big army
reinforcements are readily available. It was
Nap ole on who realized the extraordinaty effects
on morale that come from being part of a larger
formation. Just the knowledge of it lowers the
soldier's fear and increases his aggressiveness. In
the jungle and on isolated bases, this feeling was
removed. The thick vegetation slowed down the
reinforcements and made it difficult to find
stranded units. Soldiers felt they were on their
own.
stunned by Iraq's attack on Kuwait even though it
had satellite pictures of Iraqi troops massing at the
border. The exception that proves the point that
cultural differences obscure the West's
More important, by altering the way the understanding of Asian behaviour was the Soviet
war was fought, the Viet Cong stripped the United Union's 1979 invasion of Afghanistan. This was
States of its belief in the inevitability of victory, as fully anticipated and understood in advance. There
it had done to the French before them: Morale was was no surprise because the United States
high when these armies first went to Vietnam. understood Moscow's world view and thinking. It
Only after many years' of debilitating and could anticipate Soviet action almost as I as
demoralizing fighting did Hanoi launch its the Soviets themselves, because the
decisive attacks, at Dienbienphu in 1954 and was really a Western country.
against Saigon in 1975. ft should be recalled that The difference b
in the final push to victory the North Vietnamese the Western way of war is s
abandoned their jungle guerrilla tactics great strategic writer, Cl" ed war to
completely, committing their entire army of politics, as did Sun -tzu. opponents of
twenty divisions to pushing the South Vietnamese militarism, of turning w the generals.
into coli apse. This final battle, with the enemy's But there all sirnil ity en s. Clausewitz wrote
army all in one place, was the one that the United that the way to a political purpose
States had desperately wanted to fight in 1965. is through d the enemy's army. After
When it did come out into the open in 1975, observing apoleon-conquer Europe by smashing
Washington had already withdrawn its forces and en to \ts, Cl ausewitz made his famous
there was no possibility ofre-intervention. rem 0 ar (1932) that combat is the
The Japanese early in World War II used a c t1 :.tio of politics by violent means. Morale
modern form of the indirect attack, one that relied d are important, but they should be
on stealth and surprise for its effect. At Pearl ssed for the ultimate battle. If the Eastern
stealth and surprise were attained by sailing un metaphorical Western counterpart is the
radio silence so that the navy's movement rl swordsman charging forward, seeking a decisive
not be tracked. Moving troops aboard shi s showdown, eager to administer the blow that will
Southeast Asia made it appear that th' J es obliterate the enemy once and for all. In this view;
army was also "invisible." .Attacks Haw i war proceeds along a fixed course and occupies a
and Sin gap ore seemed, to the et Q and finite extent of time, like a play in three acts with
British defenders, to come o ere. In a beginning, rniddl e, and an end. The end, the
Indonesia and the Philippines Jap ese attack final scene, decides the issue for goo d.
was even faster than . Germ- litz against When things don't work out quite this
France in the West. + way, the Western military mind feels tremendous
The greatest ary surprises tn frustration. Sun -tzu' s great disciples, Mao Zedong
American histot:) I een in Asia. Surely and Ho Chi Minh, are respected in Asia for their
purely te i cui ties of detecting enemy an advantage over stronger adversaries. But in the
' arl Harbour, the Chinese West their approach is seen as underhand and
interv. tio in orea, and the T et offensive in devious. To the American strategic mind, the Viet
e out of a tradition of surprise and Cong guerrilla did not fight fair! y. He should have
. technical intelligence - the I ocation of come out into the open and fought like a man,
enemy units and their movements - was greatly instead of hiding in the jungle and sneaking
improved after each surprise, but with no around like a cat in the night.
noticeable improvement in the American ability to
foresee or prep are what would happen next. There
is a cultural divide here, not just a technical one.
Even when it was possible to track an army with
intelligence satellites, as when Iraq invaded
Kuwait or when Syria and Egypt attacked Israel,
surprise was achieved. The United States was
45. According to the author, the main reason
for the U.S. losing the Vietnam War was
a the Vietnamese understood the local
terrain better.
b. the lack of support for the war from the
American people.
46.
47.
48.
49.
c. the failure of the U.S. to mobilize its
military strength.
d. their inability to fight a war on terms
other than those they understood well.
Which of the following statements does
Directions for Q. 51 to 55: Arrange the sentences
A, B, C, and D to form a logical sequence
between sentences I and 6.
not describe the 'Asian' way of war? 51. Arrange the sentences A, B, C, and D to
a Indirect attacks without frontal attacks. form a logical sequence between sentences
b. The swordsman charging forward to I and 6.
obliterate the enemy once and for all. I. Making people laugh is tricky.
c. Manipulation of an adversary without A. At times, the
his knowledge. simply not come off. '- '
d. Subduing an enemy without fighting. B. Making people laugh wl e tl) g to
Which of the following is not one of Sun- sell them somete n<' tougher
tzu' s ideas? challenge, since co ercial can
a Actual combat i the princip a! means of fall flat on
subduing an adversary. C. There are m which
b. War should be undertaken only after do amuse but begin to set
thorough preparation. the cas tills
c. War is linked to politics. D. Agai i 1 rarely sufficient for an
d. War should not be left to the generals E er ply to amuse the target
alone. enct order to reap the sales
The difference in the concepts of war of fi
Clausewitz and Sun-tzu 1 s best are indications that in
characterized by bstituting the hard sell for a more
a Cl ausewitz' s support for militarism as tertaining approach; some agencies
against Suntzu's opposition to it. have rather thrown out the baby with
b. their relative degrees of sophistication. the bath water.
c. their attitude to guerrilla warfare. a CD BA
d. their differing conceptions l! t e b. ABCD
structure, time and sequence of w . c. BADC
To the Americans, the o d. DCBA
VietCong seemed devious 52. Arrange the sentences A, B, C, and D to
a the Viet Cong did no.t.Jj ght4fk?' men form a logical sequence between sentences
outintheopen. land6.
b. the Viet Cong alii wi America's I. Picture a termite colony, occupying a
enermes tall mud hump on an African plain.
c. the on advice A. Hungry predators often invade the
from colony and unsettle the b a! ance.
d. the , ,. u ed bows and arrows B. The colony flourishes only if the
convention a! weapons. proportion of soldiers to workers
50. A'lord the author, the greatest remains roughly the same, so that the
mlJ1t'1 , urprises in American history queen and workers can be protected by
la_1\ een in Asia because: the soldiers, and the queen and soldiers
e Americans failed to implement can be serviced by the workers.
eir military strategies many miles C. But its fortunes are presently restored,
away from their own country. because the immobile queen, walled in
b. The Americans were unable to use well below ground level. lays eggs not
their technologies like intelligence only in I arge enough numbers, but also
satellites effectively to detect enemy in the varying proportions required.
movements. D. The hump is alive with worker termites
c. The Americans failed to understand the and soldier termites going about their
Asian culture of war that was based on distinct kinds of business.
stealth and surprise.
d. Cl ausewitz is inferior to Sun -tzu.
53.
54.
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6. How can we account for her 6. Belugas seem to have used their well-
mysterious ability to respond like this known sensitivity to noise to evolve an
to events on the distant surface? 'avoidance' strategy to outsmart
a BADC hunters and their powerful
b. D BAC techno! ogies.
c. ADCB a DACB
d. BDCA b. CDAB
Arrange the sentences A, B, C, and D to c. AD BC
form a logical sequence between sentences d. BDAC
I and 6. 55. Arrange the sentences A,
I. According to recent research, the form a lo gtcal sequence b etwe
critical period for developing language I and 6
fi ve and a half years. revolutionary scte e te s mvolves
skills is between the ages of three and I The post-
A The read-to child already has a large more than a m tj t:lo f htstoncal
vocabulary and a sense of grammar mtsconstruct:l s 1\
and sentence structure. A Because they U-l ckly to acquatnt
B. Children who are read to in these years the wtth what the
have a far better chance of reading well cont np :vi scientific community
in school. indeed, of doing well in all Mf textbooks treat the
their subjects. o;t concepts, laws
C. And the reason is actually quite simple. t eories of the current normal
D. This correlation is far and away the as separately and as nearly
highest yet found between home atim as possible.
influences and school success. o se misconstructions render
6
therefore very htgh of the still visible material in science
a DACB text implies a process that, if it existecl.
b ADCB 'Ji would deny revolutions a function.
c ABCD C. But when combined with the generally
d BDCA unhistorical air of science writing and
Arrange the sentences A, B and o with the occasional systematic
form a lo gtcal een misconstruction, one tmpresst on ts

I Htgh-powered outll il otors were D. As pedagogy this technique of
t be one-of the maJor presentation is unexceptionable.
threats to he rvi$1 of the Beluga 6. Science has reached its present state by
whales. a series of in eli vidual discoveries and
A un ers could approach inventions that, when gathered
B u a witbln hunting range and together, constitute the modern body of
ro its inner skin and blubber. technical knowledge.
B cape an approaching motor, a BADC
b. ADCB
ean bottom and stay there for up to c. DACB
20 minutes, by which time the d. CBDA
confused predator has left.
C. Today, however, even with much more
powerful engines, it is eli fficult to come
close, because the whales seem to
disappear suddenly just when you
thought you had them in your sights.
D. When the first outboard engines
arrived in the early 193 Os, one came
across 4 and 8 HP motors.
SECTION-II
Numbw of Question =55
Directions for Q. 56 to 74: Answer each of the
questions independently.
56. The number of positive integer valued
pairs (x; y ), satisfying 4 x - 17y = I and x
1000 is:
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a 59 with the number of b carders. The average
b. 57 expense per boarder is Rs. 70 0 when there
c. 55 are 25 boarders and Rs. 6 00 when there are
d. 58 50 b carders. What is the average expense
57. Let a, b, c be distinct digits. Consider a per boarder when there are 100 boarders?
two digit number 'ab' and a three digit a 550
number 'ccb ', both defined under the usual b. 5 60
decimal number system. If ( ab i = ccb and c. 540
ccb > 30 0 then the value of b is: d. 5 60
b. 0 company are men, and 75 p
c. 5 men earn more than Rs. 25,0 If
a I 63. Forty percent of the
58. The remainder when 7
84
is divided by 342 earn more than Rs, 25, 00 p what
d. 6 45 percent of the coma 's mployees
1s: fraction of the w6 mp yed by the
a 0 company earn Rs . 5,00 per year orless?
b. I a 2/11
d. 341 c 113
c. 49 b y.
59. Ten points are marked on a straight line d %
and eleven points are marked on another 64 -and 12 q - 121 = 8, what IS the
60.
straight line. How many triangles can be

oss1bl e value of ojr?
constructed with vertices from among the
above points?
a 495
b 550 d None of these
c I 04 5 If n = I + x, where x IS the product of four
d 2475 consecutive positive integers, then which
of 2n + I can be selected If the A. n is odd
different ways of selection leas o B. n 1s pnme
candidate 1s 63, the max1m moep.of C. n is a perfect square
candidates that can ror the a A and Conly
scholarship is: b. A and B only
a 3 c. A only
b. 4 d. None of these
c. 2 + 66. In a survey of political preference, 78% of
d. 5 those asked were in favour of at least one
61 of the proposals: I, II and III. 50% of those
hour en o c mp artment 1s attached, asked favoured proposal I, 30% favoured
ctton m speed 1s d1rectly proposal II, and 2 0% favoured proposal
al to the square root of the III. If 5% of those asked favoured all three
er of compartments attached If the of the proposals, what percentage of those
........._ ' 4of the tratn earned by this engme 1s asked favoured more than one of the 3
km per hour when 9 compartments are proposals?
62.
attached, the maxtmum number of a I 0
compartments that can be carried by the b. 12
engtne 1s:
a 49
b. 48
c. 46
d. 47
Total expenses of a boarding house are
partly fixed and part! y varying linearly
67.
c. 17
d. 22
For two positive integers a and b define
the function h( a, b) as the greatest
common factor (go f) of a, b. Let A be a set
of n positive integers. G(A), the gof of the
el ernents of set A is computed by
68.
69.
repeatedly using the function h. The
minimum number of times his required to
be used to compute G is:
a Y.n
b. (n - I)
c. n
d. None of these
The figure below shows two concentric
circles with centre O.PQRS is a square,
inscribed in the outer circle. It also
circumscribes the inner circle, touching it
at points B, C, D and A What is the ratio
of the perimeter of the outer circle to that
of ol on ABCD?
Q
c
72.
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husband. Mrs. Charlie sat to the left of Mr.
Abraham. Mrs. Elmer sat two places to the
right of Mrs. Border. Who sat to the right
of Mr. Abraham?
a Mrs. Dennis
b. Mrs. Elmer
c. Mrs. Border
d. Mrs. Border or Mrs. Dennis
N avjivan Express from Ahmedabad to
Chennai leaves Ahmedabad at .
and travels at 50 km per h
Baroda situated I 0 0 kms aw t ' am
Howrah - ' leaves
Baroda towards Ahme ibad d avels at
40 km per hour. . . Shah, the
traffic controller BaW a realizes that
both the trains on the same
track. How uch tlme does he have to
olhsion between the two
trains2
a

a 1t/4 "' a circle of radius I em. Each
b 31tl2 member of a sequence of regular polygons
c 1t/2 S i(n), n 4, 5, 6, ... , where n is the number
d 1t of sides of the polygon, is circumscribing
Three I ab elled boxes contammg the circle; and each mernb er of _the
white cncket bails are allnuslab e1
1
sequence of regular polygons S2 (n), n - 4,
known that one of the boxes cot am 'onl 5,6, ... , where n is the number of sides of
white balls and one only ols e the polygon, is inscribed in the .eire! e. Let
third contains a mixtur e white Ll(n) and L2(n) denote the penmeters of
balls. You are require t e y label the corresponding polygons of Sl(n) and
the boxes with the lab re white and S2(n). Then (Ll(i3) + 21t}/L2( 17) 1s
red and white eking a sample of one a greater than 1t/4 and less than I
ball from is the label b. greater than I and less than 2
on the box ou . c. greater than 2
a Whit d. less than 1t/4
b. R 74. There is a square field with each side 50 0
c. ite metres long. It has a compound wall a! ong
o ssible determine from a sample its perimeter. At one of its comers, a
one hail triangular area of the field is to be
78 123456787654321, whatisn? cordoned off by erecting a straight-line
344 3 21 fence. The compound wall and the fence
b. 123 578 9 will form its borders. If the length of the
c. 11111111 fence is I 0 0 metres, what is the maximum
d. 1111111 area in square metres that can be cordoned
71. Abraham, Border, Charlie, Dennis and off?
Elmer and their respective wives recently a 2,500
dined together and were seated at a b. I 0, 0 00
circular table. The seats were so arranged c. 5,000
that men and women alternated and each d. 2 0, 0 00
woman was three pi aces distant from her
Directions for Q. 75 to 77: These questions based
on the situation given below: 79.
d. 33
The minimum number of flowers that
could be offered to each deity is: Ten coins are distributed among four people P, Q,
R, S such that one of them gets one coin, another
gets two coins, the third gets three coins and the
fourth gets four coins. It is known that Q gets
more coins than P, and S gets fewer coins than R.
a 0
b. 15
c. 16
d. Cannot be determined
80. The minimum number of flowers with
If the number of coins distributed to Q is which Ro op a leaves home is
i ..
a R gets an even number of coins d. Cannot be
b. R gets an odd number of coins
c. s gets an even number of coins Directions for Q. 81 toe wing table
d. S gets an odd number of coins presents the sweetness o cliff'Jl nt Items relative
If R gets at least two more coins than S, to sucrose, whose sweetne l S cen to be I. 00.
then which one of the following is Lactose 0. 0.16
necessarily true? Maltose #
a Q gets at least two more coins than S Glu S) s 4
b. Q gets more coins than P. Su o se .0 0
c. P gets more coins than S (jru se 1.70
d. P and Q together get at least five coins rl n 675.00
If Q gets fewer coins than R, then which
one of the following is not necessarily is the minimum amount of sucrose
75.
76.
77.
true? (to the nearest gram) that must be added to
a P and Q together. get at least four coin one-gram of saccharin to make a mixture
b. Q and S together get at least four coi that will be at least I 0 0 times as sweet as
c. Rand S together get at least five s glucose?
d. P and R together get at least fiv coi a 7
........ '" Q. " .,, :
based on the situation given below d. I 00
A young girl Roopa leaves x flowers, 82. Approximately how many times sweeter
goes to the bank of a nearby ri . 0 bank of than sucrose is a mixture consisting of
the river, there r placecs of worship, glucose, sucrose and fructose in the ratio
standing in a row. S eli x flowers into of I : 2 : 3?
the river. The numb wers doubles. Then a I. 3.
'" T f ...... ' b. I flowers to " ty :"'She dips the remaining c. 0. 6
flowers , and again the number of d. 2. 3
u She goes to the third place of
wors o ers y flowers to the deity. She dips the Directions for questions 83 and 84: These
wers into the river, and again the questions are based on the situation given below:
flowers doubles. She goes to the fourth A, B, C, D E and F are a group of friends from a
place of worship, offers y flowers to the deity. club. There are two housewives, one lecturer, one
Now she is left with no flowers in hand. archi teet, one accountant and one lawyer in the
78. If Ro op a leaves home with 3 0 flowers, the
number of flowers she offers to each deity
IS:
a 30
b. 31
c. 32
group. There are two married couples in the
group. The lawyer is married to D who is a
housewife. No lady in the group is either an
archi teet or an accountant. C, the accountant, is
married to F who is a lecturer. A is married to D
and is not a housewife.
83. What is E?
a Lawyer
b. Architect
c. Lecturer
d. Accountant
84. Flow many members of the group are
male?
a 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. None of these
Directions for Q. 85 to 86: These questions are
based on the situation given below:
Seven university cricket players are to be honored
at a special luncheon. The players will be seated
on the dais along one side of a single rectangular
table.
A and G have to leave the luncheon early and
must be seated at the extreme right end of the
table, which is closest to the exit.
B will receive the Man of the Match award and
must be in the centre chair.
C and D, who are bitter rivals for the position of
wicket keeper, dislike one another and should be
seated as far apart as possible.
E and F are best friends and want to sit together.
85.
86.
Which of the following may not
at either end of the table?
a C ;f
b. D
e.G
d. F
Which of the followin a1rs ay not be
seated
a E&A +
b. B&D
d. G

87 and 88: These questions are
base t situation given below:
e PRS U, is divided into two smaller
PQTU, and QRST by the line TQ. PQ
= !Ocm, QR = 5cm and RS = !Ocm. Points A, B,
F are within rectangle PQTU, and points C, D, E
are within the rectangle QRST The closest pair of
points among the pairs (A, C), (A, D), (A, E), (F,
C), (F, D), (F, E), (B, C), (B, D), (B, E) are em
apart.
87. Which of the following statements is
necessarily true?
t9 t:<f .?> l
a The closest pair of points among the
six given points cannot be (F, C).
b. Distance between A and B is greater
than that between F and C
c. The closest pair of points among the
six. given points is (C, D), (D, F), or
(C, F)
d. None of these
88. B>AF>BF; CD>DE>CE; and
6,15 em. Whichis the closest p
among all the six given poin
b. C, D
a B,F 0
ofthese(J .
Tho buod
on the situation v
In each tion 89 to 92 a pair of graphs
F(x) and I'J(x) en. These are composed of
shown as solid lines, in the

JP' i (1 - - x) choose the answer as a;
,.[ !( F(- x) choose the answer as b;
= -F(- x) choose the answer as c;
if none of the above is true, choose the
answer as d.
89.
90.
'-
,
"


. l
!
'
-1
-
_,
a a
b. b
c. c
d. d
91.
-%
a a
b. b
c. c
d. d
_,
71
I
fl(l
2 X
Fl{ll)
.................. :j .. .. J
a a
b b
c c
d d
based on the sttuatlon gtven be w
There are m blue volumes v1,
v
2
, ..... v,. arranged m as dmg,order of volume,
where v
1
> 0, 5 litre, and v <- Each of these
is full of water water from each of
these is empti J irumum number of empty
white vesG , volume I lure. The
water fro a bl e vessel is not emptied into a
e ' ss the white vessel has enough
emp t e to hold all the water of the blue
:<I sse!. number of white vessels required to
ue as n.
x 3. Among the four values given below, which
' 'l} is the least upper bound on e, where e is
the total empty volume in the n white
vessels at the end of the above pro cess?
n.x) a mvm
-- ---- ;------ 0 b. m(l - v,.)
c. mv
1
d. m(l - Vt)

-l

-1
94 . Let the number of white vessels needed be
n
1
for the emptying process described
above, if the volume of each white vessel
is 2 li tres. Among the following values,
which is the least upper bound on
a m/4
b. smallest integer greater than or equal
to (n/2)
c. n
d. greatest integer I ess than or equal to
(n/2)
Directions for Q. 95 to 97: These questions are
based on the situation given below:
There are fifty integers a
1
, a
2
, ........ a
50
, not all of
them necessarily different. Let the greatest integer
of these fifty integers be referred to as G, and the
smallest integer be referred to as L. The integers
a
1
through a
2
, form sequence S I, and the rest form
sequence S2. Each member of S I is less than or
equal to each member of S 2.
95. All values in S I are changed in sign, while
those in S2 remain unchanged. Which of
the following statement is true?
a Every member of Sl is greater than or
equal to every member of S2.
b. G is in SL
c. If all numbers originally in S I and S2
had the same sign, then after the
change of sign, the I argest number of
S I and S2 is in S I
d. None of these
96. Elements of S I are in ascending order, and
those of S 2 are in descending order,
and a
25
are interchanged. Then, which of
the following statements is true?
a S I continues to be in ascending order
b. S 2 continues to be in descending order
c. S I continues to be in ascending order
and S2 in descending order
d. None of these
97. Every element of S I is made greater than
or equal to every element of S2 by adding
to each element of S I an integer x. Then x
cannot be less than:
a 210
b. The smallest value of S 2
c. The I argest value of S2
d. (G-L)
Directions for Q. 98 to 100: These quearons are
based on the situation given '
Let x andy be real numbers an f
(x, y) = lx + Yl. '
F(f(x, y)) =- f(x, y) = -F(f(x, y))
98. Which wt g statement is true?
a y)) = -F(f(x, y)).
,.,qc -. ,
) . G(f(x, y)) > -F(f(x, y)).
y))
y)) . G(f(x, y)) ,. G(f(x, y)).
(f(x, y))
d. F(f(x, y)) + G(f(x, y)) + f(x, y) = f(-x, -
y)
99. What is the value of f(G(f(l, 0)), f(F(f(l,
2)), G( I, 2))))?
a 3
b. 2
c. I
d. 0
t:<f .?>1
I 0 0. Which of the following expressions yields
-2- as its result?
a F(f(x, -x) . G(f(x, - x)
b. F(t(x, x)). G(f(x, x)). 4
c. -F(f(x, x). G(f(x, x) + log2!6
d. f(x, x).f(x, x)
Directions for questions 101 and 102: These
questions are based on the situation given below:
A robot moves on a graph sheet with x es.
The robot is moved by feeding it equer
of instructions .. The different can
be used m movm rt and therr s are:
Instruction
GOTO(x,y)
WALKX(p)
ove parallel to then y -axis
through a distance of p, in the
positive direction if p is positive,
and in the negative direction if p
is ne ative.
The robot reaches point ( 6, 6) when a
sequence of three instructions is executed,
the first of which is a GOTO(x, y)
instruction, the second is WALKX(2) and
the third is WALKY ( 4 ). What are the
values of x andy?
a 2, 4
b. 0, 0
c. 4, 2
d. 2, 2
I 0 2. The robot is initially at (x, y ), x > 0 and y
< 0. The minimum number of instructions
needed to be executed to bring it to the
origin (0, 0) if you are prohibited form
using the GOTO instruction is:
a 2
b. I
c. X+Y
d. 0
Directions for Q. 103 to 105: These questions are
based on the situation given below:
A road network (shown in the figure below)
connects cities A, B, C and D. All road segments
are straight lines.
Dis the midpoint on the road connecting A and C.
Roads AB and BC are at right angles to each other
with BC shorter than AB. The segment AB is 10
km long. Ms. X and Mr. Y leave A at 8:00 am,
take different routes to city C and reach at the
same time. X takes the highway from A to B to C
and travels at an average speed of 61.875 km per
hour. Y takes the direct route AC and travels at 4 5
km per hour on segment AD. Y's speed on
segment DC is 55km per hour.
a . c
xf .H
106. The amount of petrol consumed by Aditi
for the journey is
a 8.3litres
b. 8. 6 litres
c. 8. 9 litres
d. 9. 2 litres
107. Zoheb would like to drive Aditi's car over
the same route from A to B and minimise
the petrol consumption for the tri . The
anount of petrol required by him
a 6.67 Iitres
b. 7litres
c. 6.33litres
d. 6.0 litres
103.
Directions for Q. 108 to 10: T.ctese questions a-e
based on the situation give
What is the average speed of Yin km per Recently, abu spent'1iis winter vacation
hour? on Kyakya lsi . vacation, he visited
a 47.5 the local ere e came across a new card
b. 49.5 game. a normal deck of 52
c. 50 s pl this game. One player is called
d. 52 e other is called the Player.
The total distance travelled by Y during er
1
cks a card at random from the deck.
the journey is approximately s ed the base card. The amount in rupees
a 1 05km to the face value of the base card is called
b. 150km 6ase amount. The face values of Ace, King.
c. 130km Qtieen and Jack are ten. For other cards, the face
d. Cannot be determined value is the number on the card. Once, the Player
104.
105.
BD? ;f! the base amount. Then the dealer picks a card
a 5 Okm from the deck and this card is called the top card.
b. 52. 5km If the top card is of the same suit as the base card,
c. 55km the Player pays twice the base amount to the
d. Cannot be determin <I Dealer. If the top card is of the same colour as the
Directions for Q. 106 at 107;. These questions
base card (but not the same suit) then the Player
pays the base amount to the Dealer. If the top card
happens to be of a different colour thm the base
card, the Dealer pays the base anount to the
Player.
t.,!'1en below.
Raj iv reaches i:ofir city A in 4 hours,
driving a 0 per hour for the first
2 hours md per hour for the next two
hours. ws the same route, but dnves at
s ds: 30, 4 0 and 50 km per hour,
co en distance in each speed segment.
The a-s are similar with petrol conswnption
characteJ stics (Ian per litre) shown in the figure
below.
"llltltll

"
..
,.
I
' \
..
Ghosh Babu played the game 4 times. First
time he picked eight of clubs and the Dealer
picked queen of dubs. Second time, he picked ten
of hea-ts and the dealer picked two of sp..:les.
Next time. Ghosh Babu picked six of diamonds
and the dealer picked ace of hearts. Lastly, he
picked eight of spades and the, dealer picked jack
of spades. Answer the following questions based
on these four games.
108. If Ghosh Babu stopped playing the game
when his gain would be maximized, the
gain in Rs. would have been
a 12
""""""'"""""""""""'J
109.
110.
b. 20
c. 16
d. 4
The initi a! money Ghosh Babu had (before
the beginning of the game sessions) was
Rs. X. At no point did he have to borrow
any money. What is the minimum possible
value ofX?
a 16
b. 8
c. I 00
d. 24
If the final amount of money that Ghosh
Babu had with him was Rs. I 0 0, what was
the initial amount he had with him?
a 120
b. 8
c. 4
d. 96
113.
B. Increase in carbon
hazardous to health.
monoxide 1s
C. Traffic congestion is hazardous to
health.
D. Some traffic congestion does not cause
increase carbon monoxide.
E. Some traffic congestion 1s not
hazardous to health.
a CBA
b. BDE
c. CDE
d. BAC
A
B. Some apples e
C. All sweets are asty.
D. Some apples n.o ty.
;
b.

Nwnber of Question= 55
Directions for Q. 111 to 120: Each question of me towns m India are polluted
five statements followed by options consisting of :All polluted towns should be
SECTION-III
three statements put together m a spec1fic destroyed
Choose the option which md1cates a val1d C Town Meghana should be destroyed.
argument, that 1s, where the third statement 1s D Town Meghana1s polluted
conclusion drawn from the E Some towns m Ind1a should be
statements. destroyed
Example: a BDE
A All cigarettes are hazardous b. BAE
C. Brand X is hazardous t e d. CDB
B. Brand X is a c. ADE
ABC is a valid option, where em t C can be 115.
concluded from A an+ . A No patriot is a criminal.
B. Bundledas is not a criminal.
Ill C. Bundledas is a patriot.
A All comparues employ D. Bogusdas is not a patriot.
w rkers ; Bogusdas is a criminal.

workers 116.
E. Tara Tech employs only knowledge A Ant eaters like ants.
112.
workers B. Boys are ant eaters.
a ABC C. Balaram is an ant eater.
b. ACB D. Balaram likes ants.
c. COB E. Balaram may eat ants.
d. ACE a DCA
A Traffic congestion increases carbon
monoxide in the environment.
b. ADC
c. ABE
d. ACD
117.
118.
119.
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B. The orang-utan is not angry.
A All actors are handsome. C. The orang-utan does not frown upon
B. Some actors are popular.
C. Ram.ishandsome.
D. Ram is a popular actor.
E. Some popular people are handsome.
a ACD
b. ABE
c. DCA
d. EDC
A Modern industry is technology driven.
B. BTl is a modem industry.
C. BTl is technology driven.
D. BTl may be technology driven.
E. Techno! ogy driven industry is modem
a ABC
b. ABD
c. BCA
d. EBC
the world,
D. The orangutan is angry.
a CB only
b. DAonly
c. AB only
d. CB and DA
12 2. Either Ravana is a demon, or he is a hero.
A Ravanais a hero.
B. Ravanais a demon.
C. Ravanais not a demon.
D Ravanais not aheroo
a CD only
b BAonly CJ
c CD andBA
d DB andCA
12 3. Whenever eev uses the Internet, he
dreams ders.
A t dream about spiders.
B. aJee\\use the Internet.
A All Golmal islanders are blue coloured tj about spiders.
people. eev did not use the internet.
B. Some smart people are not blue C
coloured people.
C. Some babies are blue coloured. c CB
D. Some babies are smart. d. DA
E. Some smart people are not Go 124. If I talk to my professors, then I do not
1 s1 anders 'l} need to take a pill for headache.
a BCD A I talked to my professors.
c. CBD headache.
b. ABE ;f B. I did not need to take a pill for
d. None of these C. I needed to take a pill for headache.
120. D. I did not talk to my professors.
A M BAs are m great and a AB only
B. Ram and grea emand b. DC only
C. Ram is in c. CD only
d. ABandCD
a Directions for Q. 125 to 134: Each question has a
b. C set of four statements. Each statement has three
segments. Choose the alternative where the third
BA segment in the statement can be logically deduced
using both the preceding two, but not just from
D or Q. 121 to 124: Each question has a one of them.
main statement followed by four statements
labelled A, B, C and D. Choose the ordered pair of
statements where the first statement implies the
second and the two statements are logically
consistent with main statement.
121 Either the orang-utan is not angry, or he
frowns upon the world.
A The orang-utan frowns upon the world,
125.
A No cowboys laugh. Some who laugh
are sphinxes. Some sphinxes are not
cowboys.
B. All ghosts are fluorescent. Some
ghosts do not sing. Some singers are
not fluorescent.
126.
127.
C. Cricketers indulge in swearing. Those
who swear are hanged. Some who are
hanged are not cricketers.
D. Some crazy people are pianists. All
crazy people are whistlers. Some
whistlers are pianists.
a A and B
b. Conly
c. A and D
d. D only
A. All good people are knights. All
warriors are good people. All knights
are warners.
B. No footballers are ministers. All
fo otballers are tough. Some ministers
are players.
129.
a D only
b. B only
c. C and B
d. A only
A. MD is an actor. Some actors are pretty.
MD is pretty
B. Some men are cops. All cops are
brave. Some brave people are cops.
C. All cops are brave. "-.are
cops. Some men are brave. . '
D. All actors are pretty; l'v is t an
actor; MD is not pro
a D only
c. A only
d. Band C
C. All pizzas are snacks. Some meals are
pizzas. Some meals are snacks.
D. Some barkers are musk-deer. All
barkers are sloth bears. Some sloth
b. Conly CJ
130.
A. All I s No B!Ms are in
In . ' o I Is areBIMs.
B. lli!Vt' are in India. No B!Ms are in
bears are musk -deer.
a C and D
b. Band C
c. A only
d. Conly
l dia:ltio B!Ms are IIMs.
;;(' IIMs are not in India Some
M s are not tn Indta Some liM s are
Ms
D Some IIMs are not tn Indta Some
B!Ms are not tn Indta Some B!Ms are
A. Dinosaurs are pre-historic creatur liM s
Water-buffaloes are not a A and B
Water-buffaloes are not st b C and D
creatures. c. A only
B. All politicians are fr o d. B only
people are crocodiles No o c iles 131.
are politicians. A. Citizens of Yes Islands speak only the
C. No diamond is q . o opal is truth. Citizens of Yes Islands are
quartz. DiamowJs are p . young people. Young people speak
D All TI e b anas Some GI only the truth.
Joes It e 1l Some GI Joes are B. Citizens of Yes Islands speak only the
mi truth. Some Yes Islands are in the
b
ac a C
0
nl D Atlantic. Some citizens of Yes lsi ands
are in the Atlantic.
C. Citizens of Yes Islands speak only the
an C truth. Some young p eo pie are citizens
I of Yes Islands. Some young people
I earthquakes cause havoc Some speak on! y the truth.
landsltdes cause havoc. Some D. Some people speak only the truth.
earthquakes cause landslides. Some citizens of Yes Islands speak
B. All glass things are transparent. Some only the truth. Some people who speak
curios are glass things. Some curios are on! y the truth are citizens of Yes
transparent. Islands.
C. All clay objects are brittle. All XY are a A only
clay objects. Some XY are brittle. b. B only
D. No criminal is a patriot. Ram is not a c. Conly
patriot. Rami s a criminal. d. D only
132.
133.
A All mammals are VIVIparous. Some
fish are viviparous. Some fish are
mammals.
B. All birds are oviparous. Some fish are
not oviparous. Some fi sh are birds.
C. No mammal is oviparous. Some
creaures are oviparous and some are
not. Some are not mammals.
Some creatures are viviparous. Some
mammals are viviparous.
D. Some creaures are mammals. Some
creaures are VIVIparous. Some
mammals are viviparous.
a A only
b. B only
c. Conly
d. D only
A Many singers are not writers. All poets
are singers. Some poets are not writers.
B. Giants climb beanstalks. Some chicken
do not climb beanstalks. Some chicken
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;oj
40D
300
zoo
100
a
135 The of growth in sales,
relative year, occurred in
a 199 5
b s 6-2
c
9
are not giants. 1ghest percentage growth in net
C. All explorers live in snowdrifts. Some relative to the prev10us year, was
penguins live in snowdri fts. ach1eved 11
penguins are explorers. a 1998-99
D. Amaris taller than Akbar. Anthony b. 1997-98
shorter than Amar. Akbar is 'B c. 1996-97
than Anthony. d. 1995-96
b. B only profit to sales, IVP Ltd. recorded the
c. Conly highest profitability in
a A only ;f! 137. Defining profitability as the ratio of net
d. D only fa a 1998-99
134. b. 1997-98
A A fow ci"' < I 99Hl
Some r ocke s tist; each snakes. A d. 1996-97
few famer snakes. 138. With profitability as defined in question
B. Poomll!r a kangaroo. Some 137, it can be concluded that
k ar!os are made of teak. Poonam is a Profit<bility is non-decreasing during
.J118 the five years from 1994-95 to 1998-
lis eat grass. All maadors ea 99.
ss. No maadors are bulls. b. Profit<bility is non-increasing during
e skunks drive Cadillacs. All the five years from 1994-95 to 1998-
unks are polar bears. Some pol ar 99.
bears drive Cadillacs. c. Profitability remained constant during
a B only the fi ve years from 1994-95 to 1998-
b. Aand C 99.
c. Conly d. None of the above.
d. C and D
Directions for Q. 135 to 138: These questions are
Directions for Q. 139 to 144:
Consider the information provided in the figure
below relating to India's foreign trade 1997-98
based on the situation given below:
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and imports from that region. Trade deficit is
defined as the excess of imports over exports.
Trade deficit maybe negative.
A. U.S.A B. Germany
C. OtherE.U. D. U.K
E. Japan F. Russia
G. Other East Europe H. OPEC
I. Asia J. Other L.D.Cs
K. Others
Source of Imports
1991-98 Imports Into India: $40779 million
J K A
4% % 9% 8
G
19%
c
12%
0
6%
' F
2%
1998-99 Imports into India (April-Nov.): $28126
million
16%
J "
5% 1 ~
F E
3%6%
xports from India (Apr.-Nov): $21436
10%
J K
S% 1%
F E D
~ " " 2%s% s%
Additional directions for questions 143 and
144: These questions are based on the situation
given below:
Assume that the average monthly exports from
India and imports to India during the remaining
four months of 1998-99 would be the same as that
for the first eight months of the year.
14 3. What is the region to which Indian exports
registered the highest percentage growth
between 1997-98 and 1995-99?
a Other East Europe
b. USA
c. Asia
d. Exports have declined, no growth
144. What is the percentage growth rate in
India's total trade deficit between 1997-98
and 1998-99?
a 43
b. 47
c. 50
d. 40
Directions for Q. 145 to 148: These questions are
based on the price fluctuations of four
commodities - arhar, pepper, sugar and gold
during February - July 199 9 as described in the
figures bel ow:
2500 r
Athar (f(iday tJuobtions)
I
2300
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. 2100
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' 19500

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10000
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I 18!>00
JL V\ I
a.. f8000
145. Price change of a commodity is defined as
the absolute difference in ending and
beginning prices expressed as percentage
of the beginning. What is the commodity
with the highest price change?
a Arhar
b. Pepper
c. Sugar
d. Gold
14 6. Price volatility (PV) of a
defined as follows: PV = t p
during the period - lowest p du the
perio d)/average price due . tli erio a.
What is the commo di wit tl'l lowest
price volatility? CJ
a Arhar
b. Pepper
c. Sugar
d.
147. Mr(S ds manager with an
inv invested 2 5% of his
in ch of the four commodities at
gtnning of the period. He sold the
.( .- o di ties at the end of the period. His
in: ments in the commodities resulted

a 17"/o pro fit
b. 5.5% loss
17500
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c. no profit, no loss
d. 4.3%profit
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14 8. The price volatility of the commodity with
the highest PV during the February - July
period is approximately equal to:
a 3%
b. 40%
c. 20%
d. 12%
Directions for Q. 149 to 153: These questions are
based on the table below presenting data on
percentage population covered by drinking water
and sanitation facilities in selected Asian
countries.
Population Covered by Drinking War and
Sanitation Facilities.
India
Banglades
China 97 56 67 74 7 24
Pakistan 82 69 74 77 22 47
Philippines 92 80 86 88 66 77
Indonesia 79 54 62 73 40 51
t:<f .?> 1
C. it is lower than Pakistan in terms of
coverage of sanitation facilities.
Source: World Resources 1998-99, p.251, UNDP, D. it is dominated by Indonesia.
a AandB UNEP and World Bank
Country A is said to dominate B or A > B if A has
higher percentage in total coverage for both
drinking water and sanitation facilities, ancl. B is
said to be dominated by A, or B <A.
b. AandC
c. D
d. None of these
A country is said to be on the coverage frontier if
no other country dominates it. Similar! y, a country
is not on the coverage frontier if it is dominated
by at least one other country.
Directions for Q. 154 to 155: These relate to the
above table with the additional proviso the
gap between the population coverage mitati:
facilities and drinking water faciliti a r
of eli sp arity in coverage. 0
149. What are the countries on the coverage
frontier? !54. The COUntry wie Q.S isparity In
a In eli a and China coverage of rural
b. Sri Lanka and Indonesia a India
c. Philippines and Bangladesh b. Bangladesh
d. Nepal and Pakistan c. +
15 0. Which of the following statements are d ih
true? 155. Th cou th the least disparity in
A. In eli a> Pakistan and India> Indonesia f urban sector is
B. India> China and India> Nepal r;/
C. Sri Lanka> China tstan
D. China> Nepal lippines
a A and C d. None of these
b. Band D
c. A, B and C Directions Q 156-165: Each question is followed
d. B, C and D by two statements, A and B. Answer each
!51
Sanitation facilities columns, fi c b
concluded that rural as 15 6. The average weight of students in a class
a percentage of its is is 50 kg. What is the number of students in
approximately. ' the class?
a 76 A. The heaviest and the lightest members
b. 70 of the class weigh 60 kg and 40 kg
c. 73 + respectively.
d. Cannot be ned B. Exclusion of the heaviest and the
152. Again, data presented under lightest members from the class does
t en acihttes columns, sequence not change the average weight of the
Chi nil, n esi a and Philippines in students.
order of rural population as a a if the answer can be answered by using
entage of their respective total one of the statements a! one, but cannot
ations. The correct order: is: be answered using the other statement
hilippines, Indonesia, China alone.
b. Indonesia, China, Philippines b. if the question can be answered by
c. Indonesia, Philippines, China either statement a! one.
d. China, Indonesia, Philippines c. if the question can be answered by
153. India is not on the coverage frontier using both statements together, but
because cannot be answered using either
A. it is lower than Bangladesh in terms of statement a! one.
coverage of drinking water facilities. d. if the question cannot be answered
B. it is lower than Sri Lanka in terms of even by usmg both statements
coverage of sanitation facilities. together.
157. A small storage tank is spherical in shape.
What is the storage vol wne of the tank?
A. The wall thickness of the tank is I em.
B. When the empty spherical tank is
immersed in a large tank filled with
water, 20 litres of water overflow from
the large tank.
a if the answer can be answered by using
one of the statements alone, but cannot
be answered using the other statement
alone.
b. if the question can be answered by
either statement alone.
c. if the question can be answered by
using both statements together, but
cannot be answered using either
statement alone.
d. if the question cannot be answered
even by usmg both statements
together.
15 8. Mr. X starts walking northwards along the
boundary of a field, from point A on the
boundary, and after walking for 15 0
metres reaches B, and then walks
westwards, again along the boundary, for
another I 0 0 metres when he reaches C.
b.
c.
159.
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A. The angle between AB and X -axis
when measured with a protractor is 4 0
degrees, and the angle between CB and
X -axis is 80 degrees.
B. The scale ofY-axisis I em= 1000 Rs.
a if the answer can be answered by using
one of the statements a! one, but cannot
be answered using the other statement
alone.
b. if the question can be by
either statement a! one. II.. '
c. if the question can be swer by
using both statemu to but
cannot be answ ed ng either
statement alonG
d. if the questi c ot be answered
even by us oth statements

16 0 There ts centre C at the ongm
Two tangents are drawn
frod!"aii eJ?temaJ pomt D at a dtstance d em
1:\.. theJJcentre What are the angles
tangent and the X-axts?
e co -ordmates of D are gtven
eX -axt s btsects one of the tangents
a tf the answer can be answered by usmg
one of the statements a! one, but cannot
be answered using the other statement
alone.
b. if the question can be answered by
either statement a! one.
c. if the question can be answered by
using both statements together, but
cannot be answered using either
statement a! one.
d. if the question cannot be answered
even by usmg both statements
together.
161. Find a pair of real numbers x and y that
satisfy, the following two equations
simultaneously. It is known that the values
of a, b, c, d, e and fare non-zero.
ax+by=c, dx+ ey= f
A. a=kd and b =ke, c =k( k,. 0
B. a=b=, d= e=2, f,.2c
a if the answer can be answered by using
one of the statements a! one, but cannot
be answered using the other statement
alone.
b. if the question can be answered by
either statement a! one.
c. if the question can be answered by
using both statements together, but

162.
163.
li
cannot be answered using either
statement alone.
d. if the question c<nnot be <nswered
even by using both statements
together.
Three professors A. B and C are separately
given three sets of numbers to add. They
were expected to find the answers to 1 + 1,
1 + 1 + 2, and 1 + 1 respectively. Their
respective answers were 3, 3, and 2. How
many of the professors are
mathematicians?
A. A mathematician can never add two
numbers correctly but can always add
three numbers correctly.
B. When a mathematician makes a
mistake in a sum, the error is+ 1 or - I
a if the answer can be <nswered by using
one of the statements alone, but cannot
be answered using the other staement
alone.
b. if the question can be answered by
either statement alone.
c. if the question can be answered by
using both statements together, but
cannot be answered using either
statement alone.
d. if the question cannot be answer
even by usmg both
together.
How many among the four studtnfs
C md 0 have passed the
A The following is af6;; ! fll:llt A
and B passed the ex
B. The following is a e ent At
least one am' g C has passed
+
a if the e answered by using
one o alone, but cannot
b redifsing the other statement
aJo .
1 question can be answered by
ther statement alone.
the question can be answered by
using both statements together, but
cannot be answered using either
statement alone.
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d.
164.
b.
c.
d.
staernents
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16 5. M grew one hundred flowering
fro black seeds and white seeds,
'i\;ee giving rise to one plant. A plant
of only one colour. From a
ck seed comes a plant giving red or
blue flowers. From a white seed comes a
plant giving red or white flowers. How
many black seeds were used by Mr.
Mendel?
A. The number of plants with white
fl owers was 10.
B. The number of plants with red flowers
was70.
a if the <nswer can be ooswered by using
one of the statements alone, but cannot
be answered using the other statement
alone.
b. if the question can be answered by
either statement aJ one.
c. if the question can be answered by
using both statements together, but
cannot be answered using either
statement alone.
d. if the question cannot be answered
even by usmg both statements
together.