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Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning

1.
Students from four sections of a class accompanied

by respective class teachers planned to go for a
field trip. There were nineteen people in all.
However, on the scheduled day one of the four
teachers and a few students could not join the rest.
Given, below are some statements about the group
of people who ultimately left for the trip.
One day, his subordinate Bhonsle requested that Kale, a

project manager, be transferred to the Chennai office from
the Mumbai office. In Chennai, Kale would work alone as a
researcher. Bhonsle gave the following reasons for his
request Kale is known to frequently fight with his
colleagues. Kale is conscientious and dedicated only when
working alone.
He is friendly with seniors but refuses to work with
colleagues, in a team. He cannot accept criticism and feels
hostile and rejected. He is over bearing and is generally a
bad influence on the team. Marathe called upon Gore,
another project manager and sought further information on
Kale. Gore recalled that a former colleague, Lakhote (who
was also Kales former boss) had made a few remarks on his
appraisal report about Kale. In his opinion, Kale was not fit
for further promotion as he was emotionally unstable to
work in groups though he had seven years of work
experience. Lakhote had described Kale as too authoritative
to work under anyone. Lakhote had further told Gore that
Kale had an ailing wife and an old mother, who does not
want to stay with his wife.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
Section A had the largest contingent.

Section B had fewer students than section A.
Section Cs contingent was smaller than section B.
Section D had the smallest contingent.
The product of the number of student from each
section is a multiple of 10.
VI. The number of students from section C is more
than 2.
VII. The product of the number of students from each
section is a multiple of 24.
VIII. The largest contingent has more than 4 students.
IX. Each section contributed different number of
students.
3.
The statements that taken together can give us the

exact number of students from each section
(a) I, II, III, IV, VI
(c) I, II, III, IV, V, VI
(e) I, IV, VI, VII, IX
2.
(b) I, VI, VIII, IX

(d) I, II, III, IV, VI, VII
I. Marathe should transfer Kale to Chennai office.

II. Marathe should try and verify the facts from other
sources as well.
III. Kale should be sacked.
IV. Kale should be demoted.
V. Marathe should suggest Kale to visit a family
counselor.
There is a lot of interest in the first five ranks for

Class XI students. One student guessed the rank
order as Ankita, Bhagyashree, Chanchal,
Devroopa and Esha. Later upon announcement of
the results, it was found that not only did he get
each student out off her true position, none of the
students in his ranking correctly followed her
immediate predecessor.
Another student guessed Devroopa, Ankita,
Esha, Chanchal and Bhagyashree. Even his guess
was wrong. It was found that he had got two
positions correct and two students in his ranking
correctly followed their immediate predecessors.
Which of the following is true about the correct
rank order?
Which of the following would be the most

appropriate sequence of decisions in terms of
immediacy starting from immediate to a longer
term solution?
(a) II, I and V
(b) I, IV and II
(c) II, III and IV
(d) II, V and I
(e) II, V and IV
4.
(a) Ankita got the third position

(b) Bhagyashree got the fourth position
(c) Chanchal got the second position
(d) Devroopa stood first
(e) Esha got the fourth position
Directions (Q. Nos. 3-5) Read the following caselet and
Marathe sought an appointment with Lakhote to

find out ways to help Kale. Lakhote is of the
opinion that the companys responsibility is
restricted to the workplace and it should not try to
address the personal problems of employees. If
Marathe has to agree to Lakhotes opinion, which
of the solutions presented in the previous question
would be weakened
(a) Only I
(c) Only III
(e) Only V
choose the best alternative.

Marathe is a Vice President in a construction equipment
company in the city of Mumbai.
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Consider the following solutions to the problem

mentioned above
(b) Only II
(d) Only IV

5.
Which of the following statements, if true would

weaken the decision to sack Kale the most?
III. Ask him to take a vacation for two months

IV. Send him for further training on decision making
under stress.
(a) A Government of India study established that

employees with 5-10 yr of work experience tend to
have conflicting responsibilities at home and office.
However, these conflicts wither away after 10 yr of
experience
(b) Another article published in the magazine, Xaviers
Quarterly, highlighted that employees problems at
home affect their performance at work
(c) In the latest issue of a reputed journal, Xaviers
Business Review, it was published that most top
managers, find it difficult to work in a group
(d) It was published in Xaviers Management Review
(another reputed journal) that individuals who
cannot work in terms find it difficult to adjust to a
new location
(e) Bhonsle was of the opinion that emotionally
unstable persons, find it difficult to get back to
normal working life
Which of the following combinations would be the

most appropriate?
(a) I, II and III
(c) I and IV
(e) I, II, III and IV
8.
Directions (Q. Nos. 6-8) Read the following caselet and
and choose the best alternative.

Professor Vijya, the chairperson of the Faculty Academic
Committee (FAC), was trying to understand the
implications of decisions taken by the Student Placement
Committee (SPC) on placement issues.
It was alleged that Biswajit, a final year student, inflated his
grades in his bio data that was sent to the recruiters. The
President of SPC requested the FAC to debar Biswajit from
the campus recruitment process. When the matter was
brought up for discussion in FAC, one of the professors
remarked that Biswajit too should be allowed to defend
himself. When Biswajit arrived for the meeting the situation
became even more challenging.
Biswajit raised the issue that many other students who had
misrepresented grades to get coveted jobs had gone
scot-free. He alleged that these students were close to the
President of SPC and therefore no action was taken against
them. He stated that somebody has deliberately
manipulated his grades in the bio data. This allegation
confused the members and it was decided to adjourn the
meeting. Vijya was to decide on the next course of action.
Which of the following could be the most unlikely

reason for Vardarajans declining involvement in
the workplace?
(a) Vardarajan does not find the work challenging
enough as he has already achieved the best
performance award
(b) Others in the organisation have been trying to pull
him down, since he was declared best performer
(c) Vardarajan was not promoted after his superlative
performance, while another colleague, Sundararajan,
was promoted although he was not as good a
performer as Vardarajan
(d) After putting in lots of effort for the superlative
performance, Vardarajan felt burnt out
(e) Vardarajan was appreciated by his bosses for his
achievement last year
9.
If you were Vijya, what in your opinion would be

the most appropriate action?
(a) Debar Biswajit and the President of SPC from the
placement process as they have failed to uphold the
rules of the SPC
(b) Suspend Biswajit and the President of SPC
(c) Constitute a fact finding committee to investigate
the matter and ask them to submit a report to you
within a weeks time
(d) Apprise the corporate recruiters of the situation and
assure them that corrective actions will be taken
(e) Both c and d
Vardarajan did not find his work challenging

enough, given below are some steps that could be
taken to motivate him.
I. Give Vardarajan a more challenging assignment.
II. Transfer Vardarajan from projects department to
training department.
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Directions (Q. Nos. 9-12) Read the following caselet
It was the end of performance review cycle for the year

2012, when you asked your subordinates about any
problems they were facing. Natrajan told you that an
important member of his team, Vardarajan, who had also
won the best performance award for the year 2011, was not
taking interest in work. Despite Natrajans counseling, no
change was noticed in Vardarajan, rather his attitude
deteriorated. You had also received such information from
other employees. You had not interfered hoping that
Natrajan, an experienced hand, would be able to solve the
problem. But, now that Natrajan himself brought this to your
notice, you decided to call Vardarajan and counsel him.
7.
You overheard a conversation between Vardarajan

and his colleague over an official dinner. He
expressed his unhappiness about the fact that
good performers were not given their due credit
while poor performers were promoted faster. If
Vardarajan is right, which of the following steps
would help in creating a better organisation?
(a) Promote Vardarajan with immediate effect
(b) Ensure that performance is objectively
transparently assessed
(c) Give another assignment to Vardarajan
(d) Give higher salary to Vardarajan
(e) Fire Vardarajan
choose the best alternative.
6.
(b) I, III and IV

(d) II, III and IV

10.
It was found that a large section of the students

have been indulging in such practices.
Unfortunately, the HR Manager of a much
coveted campus recruiter, who is an alumnus of
the college came to know about this.
Considering yourself in the position of that HR
Manager. What would be your reaction?
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(a) Express your displeasure and stop any further

recruitment from the college
(b) Talk to your contact in the college and try to
find out the truth
(c) Do not change anything and continue the
process as, if nothing has happened
(d) Ask the college to send a fresh set of bio data as
you wanted verified grades of the students
(e) Ask the SPC to resend the details of the short
listed students including their verified grades
11.
12.
As a potential entrant you are having an

informal facebook chat with one of the college
seniors. You wanted to know about the pay
packages of the graduating students. The senior
replied that one will be able to understand this
only after joining the college. He did not reveal
any information but suggested that it is not very
difficult to get a high salary job as you have
already started networking. He also cautioned
that you should not believe any rumors and you
should directly contact the student body for any
further information. What will be your most
appropriate choice for seeking further
information about placements?
college for increasing your chances of getting a high

salary job
You will contact the college authorities to get more
insights about the placement process
You will start networking with the HR Managers to
understand their requirements
You will try to contact the President of SPC.
You will contact your other facebook friends to find
out about the placement activities at the college
Vijya found that there were many such cases of grade

inflation. She was giving final touches to the report
when her attention was diverted by a phone call on
her personal cell phone. It was from an unlisted
number. The caller conveyed to her that it will be in
her interest as well as in the interest of the college, if
the report is not presented to the director. The caller
also told her these findings will change nothing only
result in bad publicity for the college. The caller
identified himself as a well-wisher of the college
before hanging up. Consider yourself in Vijyas
position and choose an appropriate decision from the
following choices.
(a) Disregard the phone call and do not share its details
with others
(b) Understand the implications of the phone call and
apply for a leave
(c) Call up the director, tell him about the phone call and
excuse yourself from the responsibility
(d) Talk to the director and seek his opinion
(e) Constitute a different committee to investigate the
phone call and carry on with normal activities
(a) This conversation will increase your interest and

you will network more with the students of the
Directions (Q. Nos. 13-24) Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Passage 1
There are important differences in the situation models constructed for narrative and expository texts. A
situation model for a narrative text is likely to refer to the characters in it and their emotional states, the
setting, the action and sequence of events. A situation model for a scientific text, on the other hand, is likely to
concentrate on the components of a system and their relationships, the events and processes that occur during
the working of the system and the uses of the system. Moreover, scientific discourse is rooted in an
understanding of cause and effect that differs from our everyday understanding.
Our everyday understanding which is reflected in narrative text, sees cause and effect in terms of goal
structures. This is indeed the root of our superstitious behaviour - we (not necessarily consciously) attribute
purposefulness to almost everything! But this approach is something we have to learn not to apply to scientific
problems (and it requires a lot of learning). This is worth emphasising: science texts assume a different way of
explaining events from the way we are accustomed to use - a way that must be learned.
In general, narrative text (and ordinary thinking) is associated with goal structures and scientific text with
logical structures. However, its not quite as clear-cut a distinction as all that. While the physical sciences
certainly focus on logical structure, both the biological sciences and technology often use goal structures to
frame their discussions. Nevertheless, as a generalisation, we may say that logical thinking informs experts in
these areas, while goal structures are what novices focus on.
This is consistent with another intriguing finding.

In a comparison of two types of texts - one discussing human technology and other discussing forces of nature,
it was found that technological texts were more easily processed and remembered. Indications were that
different situation models were constructed -a goal-oriented representation for the technological text and a
causal chain representation for the force of nature text. The evidence also suggested that people found it much
easier to make inferences (whether about agents or objects) when human agents were involved. Having objects
as the grammatical subject was clearly more difficult to process.
There are several reasons why goal-oriented, human-focused discourse might be more easily processed
(understood, remembered) than texts describing inanimate objects linked in a cause-effect chain and they come
down to the degree of similarity to narrative. As a rule of thumb, we may say that to the degree that scientific
text resembles a story, the more easily it will be processed. Inference making is crucial to comprehension and
the construction of a situation, because a text never explains every single word and detail, every logical or
causal connection.
In the same way that narrative and expository texts have different situation models, they also involve a
different pattern of inference making. e.g. Narratives involve a lot of predictive inferences, expository texts
typically involve a lot of backward inferences. The number of inferences required may also vary.
A study found that readers made nine times as many inferences in stories as they did in expository texts. This
may be because there are more inferences required in narratives. Narratives involve the richly complex world
of human beings, as opposed to some rigidly specified aspect of it, described according to a strict protocol. But
it may also reflect the fact that readers dont make all (or indeed, anywhere near) the inferences needed in
expository text. And indeed, the evidence indicates that students are poor at noticing coherence gaps (which
require inferences).
13.
15.
Which of these statements is not associated with the

situation models?
(a) Situation model refers to characters and their
emotional states
(b) Situation model refers to the setting, the action and
the sequence of events
(c) Situation model concentrates on the components of a
system and their relationships
(d) It does not show the events and processes that occur
during the working of a system
14.
Which is the most optimal reason for easy

processing of the scientific text?
(a) Scientific text deals with the phenomenon that are
general to the normal course of life
(b) Scientific text when resembles with that of a story
then it procures lot more sense to the processing
(c) Scientific texts involve a different pattern of
inference making which is possessed by the
experts only
(d) Predictive and backward inferences make the
scientific text more processed
In the comparison of two types of texts - one

discussing human technology and the other
discussing forces of nature, which is the best
statement to support the view?
16.
How does inferences affect the processing of a

scientific text?
(a) Inference gives the readers an idea of the rich and
complex human world
(b) It lets the readers away from the definite protocol
of an expository text
(c) Inference arms you with the understanding of
coherency
(d) All of the above
(a) Logical thinking informs experts

(b) Goal-structured thinking may be done by the novices
even
(c) Technological texts are processed easily and
remembered
(d) Force of nature needs a causal chain
Passage 2
Endowed with significant natural resources, including ample fertile land, regular rainfall and mineral deposits,
it is thought that Uganda could feed all of Africa if it was commercially farmed. The economy of Uganda has
great potential and it appeared Uganda subsequently began implementing economic policies designed to
restore price stability and sustainable balance of payments, improve capacity utilisation, rehabilitate
infrastructure, restore producer incentives through proper price policies and improve resource mobilisation and
allocation in the public sector. These policies produced positive results. Inflation, which ran at 240% in 1987
and 42% in June 1992, was 5.4% for fiscal year 1995-96 and 7.3% in 2003 poised for rapid economic growth and
development.
The industrial sector is being rehabilitated to resume production of building and construction materials, such
as cement, reinforcing rods, corrugated roofing sheets and paint.
Domestically produced consumer goods include plastics, soap, cork and soft drinks. Major cement
manufacturers like Tororo Cement Limited caters to the need of building and construction material
consumers across East Africa.

Uganda will host its first biggest international Mining Conference in the first week of October as the country
tries to revive the industry to its full potential. The Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum (UCMP), the
body that links investors to government departments will hold the Mineral Wealth Conference from 1st to 2nd
October, drawing participants from East Africa and beyond.
In late 2012, the Government of Uganda was taken to court over Value Added Tax (VAT) that it placed on
goods and services purchased by a foreign oil company operating in the country, Tullow Oil. The court case will
be heard at an international court based in the United States and could have serious ramifications for Uganda
if lost; Ugandas membership at the World Bank depends on its maintenance of multi-lateral investments
treaties and associated guarantees.
There is also a possibility that the country could not be sanctioned any financial help by the World Bank if
found in breach of trade and the Uganda Government insists that Tullow cannot claim taxes on supplies as
recoverable costs before oil production starts.
Sources from within the government reveal that the main concern at present is the manner in which millions
of dollars have been lost in the past decade, money that could allegedly have stayed in Uganda for investment
in the public sector; a Global Financial Integrity Report recently revealed that illicit money flows from Uganda
between 2001 and 2012 totaled $ 680 million.
The investment agreements signed Tullow Oil is being represented in the court case by Kampala Associated
Advocates, whose founder is Elly Karuhanga, the President of Tullow Ugandas. A partner at Kampala
Associated Advocates, Peter Kabatsi, was also Ugandas Solicitor General between 1990 and 2002 and he has
denied claims that he negotiated contracts with foreign oil firms during his time in this role. The Uganda
Government has yet to see any result from another tax dispute involving the Canadian oil firm Tullow Oil and
British company Heritage Oil, this dispute dates back to Heritage Oils sale of rights to two oil blocks in
Ugandas Lake Albert region to Tullow Oil in July 2010. Uganda claims that Heritage Oil owes USD $ 435
million in capital gains tax arising from this sale, a claim that Heritage is currently disputing in a
London-based court.
17.
19.
According to the author, how could Uganda feed

the whole Africa?
(a) It has much natural resources, ample fertile
land, proper rainfall and deposits of minerals
(b) It needs to change the economic policy with
stability in price, personnel utilisation
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of the above
18.
Downfall in the rate of inflation could be controlled

by
(a) economic policy to restore price stability, sustainable
balance of payments, proper utilisation of capacity
(b) infrastructure development, giving producer a proper
incentive by a reasonable pricing strategy
(c) mobility and allocation of the resources in public
sector efficiently
What consequence do you foresee, if Uganda lost

the case against the Tullow Oil regarding the
VAT?
20.
With what viewpoint, UCMP will hold meeting in the

first days of October?
(a) Country needs to display the success of their industry
at large
(b) Country tries to procure some funds for its industry
through investment
(c) Country has a political and industrial vow with their
investors
(a) Tullow Oil will occupy the two oil blocks

immediately after the positive verdict of the
court
(b) Uganda may lose its membership from the World
Bank and then may face very severe financial
crisis
(c) Uganda will sign a new investment treaty
alongwith the associated guarantee
(d) Tullow Oil will recover all the previous taxes it
has paid to the government
Passage 3
Business is changing and with it elite business, education is also changing. As a recent article in the New York
Times suggests, MBA students in the data age are seeking something more than traditional corporate
strategy and finance. Increasingly, the business school brand seems to have fallen under the sway of Silicon
Valley. With MBA applicants reportedly shrinking by 1% in 2013 and applicants to graduate programmes in
computer science and mathematics growing by 11%, the article makes the case that business educators will
need to seek out inventive ways of keeping a pace with technology.

More and more applicants to business school now possess undergraduate training in science, technology,
engineering or mathematics. David B Yoffie, a professor at Harvard Business School (HBS) has observed an
extraordinary change in the talent pool, estimating that one-third of HBSs incoming class of 900 MBA
students have programming experience. Cornell Tech in New York City is one example of a top-ranked school
attempting to hybridise business with computer science. Business schools (B-schools) are a legacy industry
that is trying to adapt to a digital world, explained as associate Dean at the school. At the core of Cornell
Techs innovative curriculum is a recognition that data-driven skills now hold relevance across industries.
A similar outlook has been adopted at other top-ranked programmes in the United States with the introduction
of dual-degree programmes, entrepreneurship centres, start-up competitions and digitally focused courses. Of
the 150 elective courses offered at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (SGSB) this year, for instance,
28% are new. We are responding to the best practices we see in the outside world like A/B testing and working
with massive data sets, commented Stanford GSB Dean, Garth Saloner. We are adapting.
Maintaining a competitive edge in the digital economy may demand a pivot toward hard technical skills, but
as Greg Pass, Chief Entrepreneurial Officer at Cornell Tech and former chief technology officer at Twitter,
observes, demand also exists for a more integrated, broader view of things. Pass added that interdisciplinary
MBA programmes such as the one Cornell Tech offers are well positioned to nurture people with those wider
horizons, technical know-how and quick business reflexes, according to the Times article.
With MBA admissions offices releasing second-round interview invitations in a few weeks, we thought we
should explore an issue that brings endless paranoia to business school candidates scheduling interviews.
Many programmes will give applicants a significant window in which they schedule their interview.
So, does scheduling an interview early convey that you are being too aggressive and do not have any other
irons in the fire or instead that you are eager to act and impress the admission committee? Does scheduling an
interview later imply that you are less interested in the programmes or rather that you are highly sought after
and are interviewing at multiple schools?
The reality is that scheduling your interview to occur during the early days of the schools set time frame is
really not different from scheduling it near the end. Neither option confers any advantage or disadvantage (nor
does any day in between). The MBA admission committees recognise that you like all candidates, are busy and
that your schedule is in flux as a result of work, community and personal commitments. The committees focus
on the interviews themselves, not on when they are scheduled. So pick a date that works for you a day and/or
time when you know you can be comfortable and relaxed, not distracted and start preparing.
21.
How it is relevant or irrelevant in being choosy

with the timings of an interview?
(c) To upgrade the professional skills that the educators

are having with them
(a) Picking a date earlier means you are too eager and a
date posterior means you are sought after
(b) Picking an earlier or posterior date does not have
to do anything with attitude of candidate
(c) Committee wants that candidates choose a date
that may have an implication mentally
(d) Committee wants to know the interest in taking
admission to the course for which they are to be
interviewed
22.
24.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
25.
Digital age and digital economy are best explained

by which of the following?
Choose the most appropriate option after reading

the following statements.
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(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Why do the B-schools need to adapt a new policy in

their teaching manual?
(a) To check the situation of lower admission rates that
are going for different streams
(b) To maintain the smooth flow of revenue for their
usual operations
mobile data
corporate database
data associated with B-schools
modern age where facts are manipulated for
deriving conclusions
I. Whether due to haste or design, the new laws are

marked by vagueness, leaving officials all down
the organisations bureaucratic chain great
latitude in enforcing them.
II. The opacity of the language leaves the law open to
manipulation on political grounds.
(a) Both of them speaks of the use of e-commerce and

their popularity which generate optimal revenue
(b) Both are the integral part of the modern day
B-schools and need to be given another thought
(c) Both shows a boom in the choice of the people that
have its roots in the expanding use of computers
23.
Data age refers to
Statement II can be induced from Statement I

Statement I can be induced from Statement II
Statement II can be deduced from Statement I
Statement I can be deduced from Statement II
Statements I and II are independent

26.
29.

I. If there is any endeavour whose fruits should be
freely available, that endeavour is surely publicly
financed science.
II. There is a widespread feeling that the journal
publishers who have mediated the scientific
exchange for the past century or more are
becoming an impediment to free distribution of
knowledge.
III. Internet revolution is happening, making
knowledge transfer cheaper. Technology permits
it, researchers and politicians want it, more public
money can be spent on it.
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(a) Statement II definitely illustrates Statement I
(b) Statement III is a facilitating condition for
Statement I
(c) Statement III states a condition under which
Statement I would be invalid
(d) Statement II can be deduced from Statement III,
but independent of Statement I
(e) Statement I, II and III are necessarily independent
27.
(a) a, the, a, the, the, the, the, a

(b) a, the, a, the, a, the, a, a
(c) the, a, a, the, the, a, the, the
(d) a, the, a, the, the, the, a, a
(e) the, a, a, a, the, the, a, a
30.
31.

down , like, a little, out of, out, to

down, as, little, of, out, to
downstairs, as, little, out of, out of, through
downstairs, like, a little, out, of, to
down, like, a little,of, of, through
Read the following sentences and choose the option

that best arranges them in a logical order.
I. I was scarcely in position ere my enemies began to
arrive, seven or eight of them, running hard, their
feet beating out of time along the road and the
man with the lantern some paces in front.
II. My curiosity, in a sense, was stronger than my
fear, for I could not remain where I was but crept
back to the bank again, whence, sheltering my
held behind a bush of broom, I might command the
road before our door.
III. Three men ran together, hand in hand, and I made
out, even through the mist, that the middle man of
this trio was the blind beggar.
IV. The next moment his voice showed me that I was
right.
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(a) I, II, III and IV
(b) II, I, III and IV
(c) I, II, IV and III
(d) I, III, IV and II
(e) I, IV, II and III
32.

I. Finally, he took a wrong turn and ran a few steps
past me, towards the hamlet, crying, Johnny,
Black Dog, Dirk and other names, you wont
leave old Pew, matesnot old Pew!
II. This quarrel was the saving of us, for while it was
still raging, another sound came from the top of
the hill on the side of the hamletthe tramp of
horses galloping.
III. And that was plainly the last signal of danger for
the buccaneers turned at once and ran, separating
in every direction, one seaward along the cove, one
slant across the hill, and so on, so that in half a
minute not a sign of them remained but Pew.
Directions (Q. Nos. 28-30) Fill in the blanks with the

most appropriate that follows.
wolf, meeting with ... lamb astray fromfold,
resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find
some plea to justify to ... lamb wolfs right to eat
him.
(a) a, a, the, the, the
(b) the, a, the, a, the
(c) a, a, a, the, the
(d) the, the, the, the, the
(e) the, a, the, a, a
He got ....... next morning, to be sure and had his

meals ...... usual, though he ate ........ and had
more, I am afraid, than his usual supply of rum, for
he helped himself ....... the bar, scowling and
blowing ........... his nose and no one dared ........
cross him.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
I. Business schools are ideally positioned to point

out when an action that provides a benefit for an
individual comes at a cost to society, but in reality
they rarely bother.
II. It is part of the malaise that has befallen the
political debate on capitalism, which has been
taken over by special interests and people who
have no faith in a real market-based system.
III. When governments favours the private sector, it is
all too often by being pro-business rather than
pro-market, meaning that favourable conditions
are provided to particular institutions rather than
to institutions broadly.
Codes
(a) Statements I and II are necessarily dependent
(b) Statements II and III are necessarily dependent
(c) Statements II and III may be dependent
(d) Statements I, II and III cannot be independent
(e) All the three statements are necessarily independent
28.
... bat who fell upon ... ground and was caught by ...
weasel pleaded to be spared his life ... weasel
refused, saying that he was by nature ... enemy of
all birds. ... bat assured him that he was not ...
bird, but ... mouse and thus was set free.

The tremendous insight of Einstein was that the

passage of time does not appear to be the same
while standing still as it does to a person travelling
at a speed which is a significant fraction of the
speed of light.
IV. They had deserted, whether in sheer panic or out of

revenge for his ill words and blows I known not; but
there he remained behind, tapping up and down
the road in a frenzy, and groping and calling for his
comrades.
V. Almost at the same time a pistol-shot, flash and
report, came from the hedge side.
Codes
(a) V, I, III, IV and II
(b) I, II, III, V and IV
(c) II, V, III, IV and I
(d) IV, III, II, V and I
(e) II, V, IV, III and I
33.
(a) while standing still as it does to a person travelling

(b) to a person standing still as to a person travelling
(c) to a person who is standing still as a person who is
travelling
(d) while standing still as to travelling
(e) to a person standing still as to a person who travels

36.
I. As chroniclers of an incremental process, they

discover that additional research makes it harder,
not easier, to answer questions like: When was
oxygen discovered? Who first conceived of energy
conservation?
II. Simultaneously, these same historians confront
growing difficulties in distinguishing in the
scientific component of past observation and
belief from what their predecessors had readily
labelled error and superstition.
III. Increasingly, a few of them suspect that these are
simply the wrong sorts of questions to ask.
Perhaps science does not develop by the
accumulation of individual discoveries and
inventions.
IV. In recent years, however a few historians of
science have been finding it more and more
difficult to fulfill the functions that the concept
of development by accumulation assigns to
them.
Codes
(a) II, I, III and IV
(b) IV, III, I and II
(c) IV, II, III and I
(d) IV, III, II and I
Read the following sentences and choose the best

alternative which should replace the italicised part
of the sentence.
Economic theory fails to explain the extent to
which savings from personal income has shifted to
short-term bonds, money-market funds and other
near term investments by the instability in the
futures market.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
37.
to which savings from personal income has shifted

of savings from personal income that has been shifted
of savings from personal income shifting
to which savings from personal income have shifted
to which savings from personal income have been
shifted
A set of symbols is given indicating the terms for

which they will be used in the questions following
them. = equal to, = not equal to, = greater
than, x = less than, + = not greater than, $ = not
less than A B C does not imply which of the
following options?
(a) A $ B C (b) C + B x A (c) A x B C (d) C + B A
38.
Given below are 4 pictures of a cube
(e) IV, I, III and II
34.

alternative which should replace the italicised
part of the sentence.
To be a great manager requires, strong
inter-personal skills, the ability to think fast and
demands a can do attitude.
4 6
6 5
1 4
1 5
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(a) 1
(a) 2
(c) 4
(d) 5
Directions (Q. Nos. 3940)

H
G
E F
B
D
A
L
N
P
Rectangle indicates Faculty members, Square indicates

Research scholars, Circle indicates Indians and Triangle
indicates Americans.

alternative which should replace the italicised
part of the sentence.
Which number is on the face opposite to 3?
(a) requires strong inter-personal skills, the ability to

think fast and demands
(b) requires strong inter-personal skills, the ability to
think fast
(c) requires strong inter-personal skills, demands the
ability to think fast
(d) requiring strong inter-personal skills, an ability to
think fast and demands
(e) demands strong inter-personal skills, an ability to
think fast
35.

39.
(a) L
40.
42.
(b) N
(c) K
on the basis of the following data

Kunal, Rahul, Mohit and Charan are constables on duty in
Delhi, and they are trying to recollect who amongst them
has been working the most number of days without leave.
Here, are the facts : Kunal has put in more days of
consecutive duty than has Rahul, who has got in five days of
consecutive duty. Mohit has gone fifteen days straight
without leave, more than Kunal and Rahul combined)
Charan has put in eight consecutive days of duty, which is
less than what Kunal has done.
(d) G
In the given figure show the area which indicates

Indian Americans who are faculty members but
not research scholars.
(a) A
41.
Direction (Q. No. 45) Answer the following question
In the given figure show the area which indicates

faculty members who are research scholars but are
neither Americans nor Indians.
(b) B
(c) C
(d) F
While facing East you turn to your left and walk 10

yards. Then, turn to your left and walk 10 yards
and now turn 45 to your right and go straight to
cover 50 yards. Now, in what direction are you
with respect to the starting point?
(a) North-East
(b) North
(c) South-East
(d) North-West
45.
(a) 6
(c) 12
If P Q means Q is son of P, P Q means P is

brother of Q, P Q means Q is sister of P and P + Q
means P is mother of Q, which of the following is
definitely true about N K M L?
90 said they liked Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

10 said they liked all them 40 said they liked
Sachin and Sourav, 50 liked Sachin and Dhoni, while 30
said they liked Sourav and Dhoni.
46.
Tara, Uma and Veena share an apartment and have

distributed the task as one girl making breakfast per day,
Monday through Friday, one of the five dishes upama,
dosa, idli, uttapa and paratha.
47.
48.
50.
(b) Paratha
(d) Dosa
(a) Monday
(c) Thursday
(b) Tuesday
(d) Friday
(b) SQRT81
(d) CBRT6561
If HELLO is coded as 15|12|12|5|8, then

WHERE is coaded as
(a) 16|13|I3|6|9
(b) 5|18|5|8|23
(c) 5|5|18|23|8
(d) 5|5|18|8|23
What day does Uma prepare her dish?
(b) 400
(d) 395
If 7 is coded as CBRT343, then 9 is

(a) CBRT27
(c) CBRT729
What does Tara cook on Wednesday?
(b) 22
(d) None of these
How many like fewer than two cricketers?

(a) 410
(c) 390
49.
(b) 380
(d) 480
How many like Sourav but not Tendulkar?

(a) 21
(c) 23
Veena does not make uttapa and does not cook on

Tuesday.
Sudha makes parathas but not on Monday or Friday.
Upama is made on Thursday.
Tara makes her dish which is not uttapa on Wednesday.
Idli is made on Friday but not by Uma.
Rama cooks on Monday
44.
How many, out of 500, didnt choose Sachin,

Sourav or Dhoni?
(a) 280
(c) 180
Directions (Q. Nos. 43-44) Five girls Rama, Sudha,
(a) Upama
(c) Idli
(b) 9
(d) 4
Directions (Q. Nos. 46-48) Five hundred school

children were asked about cricketers they liked. 80 said
they like Sachin Tendulkar, 60 said they liked Sourav
Ganguly,
(a) K is father of L and M

(b) L is daughter of K and niece of uncle N
(c) K is father of L and M-his son and daughter
respectively
(d) M is uncle of Ks brother N
43.
How many days has Kunal gone without leave?

Answers with Explanations

1. (c) Statements numbered from I to VI are only necessary
14. (c) Technological texts are processed easily and remembered
statements if taken together can give us the exact number of

students from each sections.
easily too because these contain visual as well as verbal

means of description.
2. (d) If considering the condition or ranking given by second
15. (b) After reading the passage, it is well understood that
student, then he has got two ranks to be correct and two

student correctly followed by their predecessor.
Two position are fixed among the five also they can not follow
the ranking given by first student.
Then ranking can be Devroopa, Ankita, Bhagyashree, Chanchal
and Esha.
Devroopa stood first in all.
scientific text when resembles with story, then it has lot more
sense to the processing.
16. (d) All of the above given options contribute to the processing
of a scientific text.
17. (c) With the plenty of resources and efficient economic policy,
Uganda can feed whole Africa.
18. (b) If Uganda loses the case against the Tullow Oil, then it
3. (d) Marathe should try to verify the facts from other sources as
would result into the loss of its membership from the World
Bank and would soon find in the web of financial crisis.
well because their might be some jealousy feeling between

Kale and his colleague due to which he is having such bad
raputation in his office. Marathe should not easily believe on
Gore he should verify it more from other sources.
After collecting the informations about Kale, he should be
suggested to visit the family counselor which might help him in
improving his personality if still, he was not been able to adjust
with his colleagues he should take transfer to the Chennai office.
19. (d) All of the above given options contribute to downfall of the
inflation.
20. (b) Uganda intends to get some funds for its industry, so it is
going to hold a meeting in the first days of October.
21. (b) There is nothing lies in the fact that one is choosing earlier
or posterior dates for an interview as it has nothing to do
anything with attitude of the candidate.
4. (e) Concerning it as a personal problem of employees,

Marathe left no right to interfere in it.
22. (a) Digital age and digital economy both speaks of
5. (e) Bhosle was of the opinion that emotionally unstable person
e-commerce and their much popularity which generates

optimal revenue.
find it difficult to get back to normal working life.
23. (d) B-schools need all of the above mentioned reasons in
6. (a) Vardarajan was not find the work challenging enough as he
order to adapt a new policy.
has already achieved the best performance award. He had left

nothing do it more which makes his job bousing.
24. (d) Here, data age refers to the modern age where facts are
7. (c) By giving Vardarajan a more challenging assignment he
manipulated for deriving conclusions.
can be rejunavated and start taking more interest in his work.

Or by sending him for further training on decision making
under-stress.
25. (a) As due to haste and vagueness in marking laws, these

laws can be manipulated on political grounds, so statement II
can be induced from statement I.
8. (b) If we considered that Vardarajan is right then the officers of
26. (b) In the above statements, statement III is a facilitating
the organisation should ensure that every member of the

organisation is promoted objectively and with full
transperancy.
condition for statement I.
27. (c) Statements II and III may be dependent on each other.
9. (e) Both, c and d option are correct committee should be
28. (a)
29. (d)
30. (b)
constituted for the investigation and appropriate action should

be taken either the culprit belongs to the high authorities.
31. (b)
32. (c)
33. (e)
34. (b)
35. (b)
36. (e)
10. (e) Ask the SPC to resend the details of the short-listed
37. (d) After interchanging the symbols of the given information,
students including their verified grades.
the options are as follows
11. (b) To contact the college authorities to get the more

information is the best choice because the accurate and
detailed information can be only obtained from college only
neither from any facebook friend or president of SPC.
(b) C + B A C < B < A

(d) C + B Q C C < B A
A D B D C A > B > C, already given in the question.

According to this statement, only option (d) does not imply the
following options.
12. (d) It I was in position of Vijaya, I will talk to the director and
seek his opinion as its the director who has given the
responsibility to Vijaya for preparing report therefore, she can
not alone thnk the decession.
38. (c) From figures (i), (ii) and (iii), we conclude that 5, 6, 1 and 2
lie adjacent to 4.
Hence, 3 must lie opposite 4 and vice-versa.
13. (d) As it is known that situation models show the events and
processes that occur during the working of a system, but the
last option has been opposing the idea. Hence, this is not
associated with the model.
(a) A $ B D C A > B > C

(c) A B H C A < B = C
From figures (i) and (iv), we find that 1 is opposite to 6, 2 is

opposite to 5 and 4 is opposite to 3.
10

According to the given information, Kunal has put more than

Rahul and Charan has put less days duty than Kunal.
39. (c) The area which indicates faculty members who are research
scholars but are neither Americans nor Indians is K.
It is clear from the option (b) i.e. Kunals number of days = 9

and Rahuls number of days = 5
40. (c) The area C indicates Indians - Americans who are faculty
members but not research scholars.
(Rahul + Kunal)s number of days = 5 + 9 = 14
41. (d) Let A be the initial point of a man. He faces East and
turned his left in the direction of North and walked 10 yards.
Kunals number of days is more than Rahul and less than

Charans number of days and total of Rahul and Kunal is less
than Mohits number of days.
50
ya
rd 45
s
Solutions (Q. Nos. 46-48)
10 yards
Sachin = b + g + d = 30 + 10 + 40 = 80
Sourav = b + g + f = 30 + 10 + 20 = 60
Dhoni = d + g + f + e = 40 + 10 + 20 + + 20 = 90
10 yards
All cricketers = 10 Sachin + Sourav

= b + g = 40 (30 + 10)
Sachin + Dhoni = g + d = 10 + 40 = 50
Then, turned his left in the direction of West and walked

10 yards. Now, he turned 45 to his right and walked 50 yards
straight in the same direction. Now, the direction of a man with
respect to his starting point is North-West.
Sourav + Dhoni = g + e = 10 + 20 = 30
46. (b) Total = 500

Who didnt choose Sachin, Sourav or Dhoni
42. (a) N K M L, according to the given information,

M
(Brother)
Son
N
(Brother)
= 10 + 40 + 20 + 30 + 20 + 0 + 0 = 120
L
Sister (Daughter)
Out of 500 = 500 120 = 380
47. (d) None of the options is true according to the question.

48. (b) 400 like fewer than two cricketers, which is clearly shown
K (Father)
by 380 + 20 = 400.
49. (c) Q 7 is coded as CBRT343.
From the above figure it is clear that K is the father of L and

M.
343 is the cube of 7 i.e. 7 3 = 343.

Similarly,9 is coded as CBRT729.
Solutions (Q. Nos. 43-44) On the basis of given
729 is the cube of 9 i.e. 93 = 729.
information, the table as below

Girl
Upma
Dosa
Idli
Uttapa
Paratha
Day
Rama
Monday
Sudha
Tuesday
Tara
Wednesday
Uma
Thursday
Veena
Friday
50. (b) Basic word

H
15
12
12
Coded word
43. (d) Tara cooks dosa on Wednesday.
H has 8th position in the alphabetical order and O has 15th

position as in the alphabetical order. Both the positions of
numeric form are interchanged as shown in the above figure.
Similarly. L has 12th position which is interchanged with Es
position i.e. 5 and so on.
44. (c) Uma prepares dish on Thursday.
In the same way,
45. (b) On the basis of given information,
18
23
Rahuls consecutive duty 5 days

Mohits gone straight without leave 15 days
Charans consecutive duty 8 days
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One day, his subordinate Bhonsle requested that Kale, a

Section A had the largest contingent.

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(b) I, VI, VIII, IX

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