QUESTIONS 81-90

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81) Complete the series:

3  4  5  12   20  30  48 100  180  192   500  1080  ___  

a) 2500  b) 768  c) 784   d) 1232  e) None


82) Find the odd one out:

27  25  23  21  19  17  15  13  11  9  8  7  5 3  2  1

a) 27 23
b) 2 1
c) 8 17
d) 19 11
e) 8 2


83) If  Sam is twice kelly's age and kelly is two thirds of taylor's age. The by what percentage is sam younger or older than taylor?

a) sam is 25 precent younger
b) sam is 25 percent older
c) sam is 133 percent younger
d) Sam is 133 percent older
e) None


84) Find the remainder when (27 x 27 x 27........473 times) is divided by 7.

a) 1   b)  -1   c) 0   d) 2   e) none


85) Nathan walks 2 meters towards north , 3 meters towards east ,  4 meters towards south. How far is he from the original position in (centimeters)?

a) squareroot(13) 
b) 13 squared
c) 5
d) 25
e) None


86) David buys a car at a price and sells it to Julie at a loss of 47 percent. Julie sells the car to Katy at profit of 17 percent at what percentage of David's cost price should Katy sell the car to make a profit of 4 percent?

a) 66   b) 64.49    c)  34   d) 62  e) None


87) What is the range of F(x) = modulus[(X-4)- modulus(X-1)].

a) Set of Positive integers  b) Set of non negative integers  c) between 4 and 1  d) Insufficient Data.


88) Rachel covers two thirds of a distance on foot, one tenth of the distance in a bus and the one tenth of the distance on bicycyle. The speed of the bicycle is ona and a half times Rachel's speed and the speed of the bus is twice the speed of the bicycle. At what speed should Rachel drive her car for the rest of the distance so that the overall average speed of rachel's journey is same as that of the speed of Rachel..

a) 57 percent of Rachel's walking speed
b) 77 percent of her walking speed
c) 57 percent of the speed of the bicycle
d) 77 percent of the speed of the bus
e) None of the above


89) What is the Unit digit if the product {(27 x 47 x 34 x 46 x 59).......20987 times}
a) 4   b)  6   c)   7   d)  9    e) None

90) If a<=b<=c<=d<=e<=120 and the average of the five numbers is 500. What can be the minimum value of a? No Options given

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QUESTIONS 71-80

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Passage 1 (Questions 71-73)

**If misfortunes never come singly, who should know it better than a party and government whose fate through the past four years has been to lurch from scam to scam, crisis to crisis?

Not only have the scandals around the Congress and Team Manmohan acquired a Terminator-like ability to morph and resurface, each new day seems to bring fresh allegations — against one or another minister with the Prime Minister barely escaping the heat.

 All of last week, Law Minister Ashwani Kumar was in the dock for interfering in the CBI’s status report on coal block allocations. The government was still fending off the Opposition and Supreme Court onslaught on that accusation, when corruption charges hit, of all people, the soft-spoken Pawan Kumar Bansal. Although there is no direct evidence connecting the Railway Minister to a bribe allegedly received by his nephew to facilitate a key Railway Board appointment, the relationship is close enough to raise questions. More so because the nephew, Vijay Singla, who has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation, oversaw the minister’s constituency interests in Chandigarh.

The ruling establishment has brushed off the Bansal bribery charge with typical nonchalance. But the denials have become too routine and too practised for anyone to buy them. Indeed, it is not so much this case as the fact that it has been raining scams in the Congress-government backyard that has allowed any and every new accusation to stand in the face of refutations. The reconvened Budget session of Parliament had started riotously enough with explosive new angles emerging in the handling of 2G and coal block allotments. The Bansal case has added further to the image of a government corrupt beyond redemption and arrogant to boot. To be sure, the government has been able to weather the storms partly because the Opposition offensive has not resulted in the ruling numbers being tested on the floor of the Lok Sabha. So much so, Parliament has been reduced to a charade with the Bharatiya Janata Party incessantly demanding the Prime Minister’s resignation, and the latter treating the warnings and threats as if they were of no consequence. Sushma Swaraj recently went on record to say that the government had no business to stay even one more day in power. That very day the BJP walked out of the two Houses, allowing the passage of the Finance Bill. Regardless of how events turn out for Ashwani Kumar and Pawan Bansal, one thing seems certain: The BJP has too much on its own plate — for which read Narendra Modi and alliance troubles — to bother with dispatching a government it claims is on its way out.

71) What is the purpose of the author to write the above piece?

a)      to bother with dispatching a government it claims is on its way out.

b)      To warn the opposition of its problems

c)      To remind the opposition that one should not throw stones at the hose of others if one’s own house is made of glass.

d)      To tell the reader that the opposition can only win after resolving its own troubles

e)      None of the above

72) What is the Author’s warning to the Opposition party? 

a)      To not bother with dispatching a government it claims is on its way out.

b)      To warn the opposition of its problems

c)      To remind the opposition that one should not throw stones at the hose of others if one’s own house is made of glass.

d)      To tell the reader that the opposition can only win after resolving its own troubles.

e)      None of the above

 

73) What do the words nonchalant, refutations and incessantly mean?

a)      Negligent, confutation, in perpetuum

b)      confutation, in perpetuum,Negligently

c)      consistently, non-plussed, ramble

d)      sincere, wilful, petulant

 

Passage 2 (Questions 74-77)

This is a title under the Issues in History series which ‘begins with the premise that history is both about writing the past and about the re-examination of the sources as stated by series editors. The book contains articles by different authors grouped together under four distinct parts which are, I the Marine worlds, II Maritime worlds, III Maritime world as space, Europe and Indian Ocean and IV Formal and informal networks in Maritime Worlds : the Indian Ocean.

The collection is a departure from the normal selection of papers on a particular subject, in the sense that the articles embrace subjects that are even distantly connected to make an integrated study of the subject of Ocean and its ability to connect civilisations and people across the oceans. In the introduction the subtle difference between marine worlds and maritime worlds is explained by the editor along with the arrangements of papers under different groups. In fact the entire treatment is fresh in approach.

In an elaborate introduction the editor explains the purpose and intent of the book. Among the various subjects the chapter dealing with maritime world as space, the article by Picazo Muntaner is a departure from the usual treatment of the subject. The late middle ages that saw the mappae mundi and discoveries develop, showed “an emerging desire … the need to gain access to those centres and networks, reducing costs and increasing profits derived from the trade” says the editor. In a paper “Jumping Frontiers, Crossing Barriers”, Amelia Polonia talks about the First Global Age. “The Portuguese ‘revolution’ in nautical science was in actual fact an evolution and showed a very successful process of an ongoing empirical adaptation to new needs and technical demands” says the author. At that time Portuguese vessels were far superior to any other nation’s and very large in size as well. So the maritime economics came into vogue during this time, replacing mere adventure.

The author continues, “The positioning of the central rudder on the sternpost of the keel in the caravel was already known in the Baltic sea for many centuries … The potolan chart with compass or wind roses was used by Italian seamen by the early 1300s.” However there is no mention of the Tamil sailors who had known about wind roses and currents as early as Chola period, though rudder was not used (except central drop board) since their sailing was always parallel. In the portion explaining the cross-cultural flows some very valid points are made out. “The well known fact that the Europeans tried to replicate, as much as possible, their way of life in the new territories, suggests an intense projection of European influence in the territories where they settled, by consent or by force” says the author, and makes an important point, “However in Asia, Africa and the Americas the survival of settlers depended upon the efficacy of their adaptation to new environment and cultures.” This paper assumes importance in its analysis of cultural transfers and religious conversions, from a fresh point of view.

74) What is the tone of the passage?

a)      narrative

b)      analytical

c)      descriptive

d)      poignant

e)      admirable

f)       none of the above

 

75) Why does the author consider the book fresh in its approach? 

a)      the articles embrace subjects that are even distantly connected to make an integrated study of the subject of Ocean and its ability to connect civilisations and people across the oceans.

b)      In the portion explaining the cross-cultural flows some very valid points are made out.

c)      the subtle difference between marine worlds and maritime worlds is explained by the editor

d)      None of the above

 

76) What according to the author the book misses to acknowledge?

a)      Tamil sailors

b)      The Portuguese ‘revolution’

c)      This paper assumes importance in its analysis of cultural transfers and religious conversions, from a fresh point of view.

d)      the cross-cultural flows

e)      None Of the above

 

77) What is the meaning of the word efficacy?

a)      Efficiency

b)      Tendency

c)      Probability

d)      Effectiveness

e)      None Of the above

78) Liberty and security are the two most fundamental ingredients of human life. While democracies irrespective of their credentials claim that that is indeed the case, Conor Gearty’s latest book Liberty and Security (Polity Press, UK) reveals the inconvenient truth that liberty and security in practical terms are enjoyed by only the advantaged few.

Instead of becoming a cheerleader of democracy, the author cuts through its veneer of unqualified success, and separates the real from the manifest. In doing so, he produces a profoundly moral work that is rooted in sound________ analyses rather than driven by _______________ beliefs.

a)      Empirical, ideological

b)      Experimental, dogmatic

c)      Theoretical, bombastic

d)      Divagate, devious

e)      None Of The above

 

79) Management is not anything new to this land, which has a long history of culture, tradition, and ethos. Ancient India led in overseas trade and commerce. Considering that it has now become imperative in the current scenario to identify __________and creative tools and techniques to beat the competition, it is worthwhile to _______deep into the Indian mythology fishing for a fresh framework in management. It is in this context, that the book under notice is breaking new ground.

a)      Innovative, delve

b)      Ingenious, dwell

c)      Novel, Look

d)      Charismatic, dig

e)      None of the above

 

 

80) Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan’s Cold Feet started off with a bachelorette party with a bunch of reluctant guests who had nothing better to do than get drunk and stumble home. The book _______ along as the characters — all girls — drink their way and sleep around in the hope of finding happiness. Meenakshi is no Helen Fielding so the book reads more like a series of blog posts. And it has sex. Not the descriptive erotic kind, but the ______sort where people get drunk and sleep together, with some random sex thrown in.

a)      Amble , Casual

b)      Ramble, nonchalant

c)      Moves, boring

d)      None of the above

 

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QUESTIONS 61-70

Read the following passage and answer the questions 61-65.

**Much has been said and written about what foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail can do. Depending on which side of the ideological divide is speaking, the assertions are either that it is a magic wand to fix many big problems or that it is a destroyer of honest livelihoods, with little benefits of its own. What is common to both sides is that they are mostly low on fact, high on opinion and generate enormous amounts of confusion. Which is why, we think it is necessary to sift through all of the noise and look truth in the eye. The facts, as we see it, tell us that it has become a symbolic issue, far beyond what reality demands it ought to be; and that there is no need for either great celebration or for deep despair over the idea that FDI in retail is

now a reality. Our analysis tells a fairly straightforward story.

The government has hugely exaggerated the quantum and immediacy of benefits it put on the table to sell the policy—that consumers will benefit enormously, employment generation will be huge, the country’s supply chain will be transformed and large numbers of small producers and farmers will gain. As things stand, even if modern retail were to take off on all cylinders, these arguments would still not hold water for the next 10 years.

For one, there is the fact that aside from very old markets like America and Europe, in most newly developed markets, modern trade accounts for only 20-25 percent of all retail. India is already at 8 percent—which is significant—but the impact hasn’t been as dramatic as one would have assumed.

Then there is the fact that the economics of the Indian market is such that it makes little sense for global retailers to focus on all consumers. We’re convinced they will focus their energies on the top 33 percent of urban Indian households (a mere 10 percent of all Indian households); investing in the others isn’t quite what they know how to do profitably yet.

As for small manufacturers, we don’t see that huge numbers of them will benefit. Retailers across the world like to work with a small group of select vendors because it makes for better profitability. So yes, a small number will benefit significantly. And yes, employment will be generated. But it won’t be anywhere close to the numbers now being touted.

Then there is the argument that encouraging modern retail to invest will provide the much-needed booster shot for the country’s dismal supply chain infrastructure. Here again, let’s face it. Retailers aren’t in the business of building national infrastructure. About the only infrastructure they’d be interested in is their last mile.

The only argument that holds true is that kiranas or the small, traditional shopkeepers who are now an Indian staple will not die. But that is a tribute to the small shopkeeper rather than prescience on the part of the government.

A more honest case for FDI in modern retail would be that it will lay the foundations for a new industry, ‘guaranteed to grow’ for at least the next five decades. Do we need it? The question is rhetorical. Did we need cheaper air travel, more television entertainment, cell phones, air-conditioned cars?
Now that we’ve stated our assessment upfront, we’d like to explain how and why we came to these conclusions.


61) What is the ideological divide as per the passage?

a)      it is a magic wand to fix many big problems

b)      is necessary to sift through all of the noise and look truth in the eye

c)      It is good for the economy but can have negative effects as well

d)      Some think that it can fix the economy and others consider it a bane

62) What is the main flaw according to the author in the arguments put forth by the sides of ideological divide?

a)      They are based on false data

b)      They are just opinions

c)      They are not based on data and facts and are opinionated

d)      They generate enormous amount of confusion.

63) On what basis the author says that the Government has exaggerated the Pro’s of FDI in Retail?

a)      Percentage of modern trade in India is close to saturation

b)      Percentage of modern trade in India is 8 percent whereas that in Developed nations is 20-25 percent

c)      The impact of modern trade in India is overestimated.

d)      Retailers would focus on urban population only. Thus the impact would be less

e)      C and D both

 

64) What according to the author can be case for introducing FDI?

a)      Much more choices for consumers

b)      Much more and cheaper choices for consumers

c)      Large scale job creation

d)      None of the above

 

65) Choose the word which is similar to the word Staple used in the above Paragraph.

a)      Cardinal

b)      unimportant 

c)      torpid  

d)      emollient  

e)      serendipity  

 

66) Choose the option that represents a logical arrangement of the sentences to form a meaningful paragraph

A) Each sale leads to a fat commission ranging from 6 percent to as high as 20 percent of its overall value.

B) Why are so many E-commerce companies hitching themselves to the marketplace model so rapidly?

C) A lot of this can go straight to the bottom line because significantly less of their cash needs to be used up in marketing, fulfilment (the need to stock inventory to better fulfil orders) and customer service

D) To understand that, imagine them crossing a long, dark tunnel at the end of which lie untold riches.

E) They see a light at the end of the tunnel, the marketplace model, which allows them to scale sales dramatically by becoming the platform where millions of buyers and sellers meet and transact.

a) BDEAC   b) BDAEC   c) DBCEA   d) ABDEC   e) CABDE

 

67) Choose the option that most suitably fills the blank

There is a lower density of retailers in third- or fourth-tier cities, so people in these markets are really under-served and there is high pent-up demand for various products and services. The Internet can aggregate demand in all these cities, which means you can offer all customers, in one realm, a lot of variety. Based on my research, the more remote the area, the higher the ___________ to consume from the Internet

a)      Plagiarism 

b)      agility 

c)       need 

d)       propensity 

e)       Ruthlessness

 

68) There is a lower density of retailers in third- or fourth-tier cities, so people in these markets are really under-served and there is high pent-up demand for various products and services. The Internet can aggregate demand in all these cities, which means you can offer all customers, in one realm, a lot of variety. Based on my research, the more remote the area, the higher the ___________ to consume from the Internet

Which of the following sentences could succeed the above paragraph?

a) In a sense, it would be better to target smaller cities.
b) If someone wants to serve these locations, they could potentially do very well.
c) People in these cities are developing earning potential and disposable income, they’re aware of new brands and want to consume as much as their friends in the first-tier cities
d) They have things they want, but can’t get, because not enough other people share their preferences. Isolated people are very good for e-commerce businesses.

There is a lower density of retailers in third- or fourth-tier cities, so people in these markets are really under-served and there is high pent-up demand for various products and services. The Internet can aggregate demand in all these cities, which means you can offer all customers, in one realm, a lot of variety. Based on my research, the more remote the area, the higher the ___________ to consume from the Internet

69) What is the opposite in meaning with word aggregate mentioned in the above paragraph?

a)      disperse

b)      compound

c)      heaped

d)      cumulate

e)      vindicate

 

70) Find the odd one out

a)      belligerent

b)      bellicose

c)      finicky

d)      aggressive

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QUESTIONS 51 - 60

(Q 51-57- Reading Comprehension)

**THESE have been heady days for Chen Sisi, star of a song-and-dance group run by China’s nuclear-missile corps. For weeks her ballad “Chinese dream” has been topping the folk-song charts. She has performed it on state television against video backdrops of bullet trains; a jet taking off from China’s newly launched aircraft-carrier and bucolic scenery. More than 1.1m fans follow her micro blog, where she tweets about the Chinese dream.

Ms. Chen is playing her part in a barrage of dream-themed propaganda unleashed by the Communist Party. Schools have been organizing Chinese-dream speaking competitions. Some have put up “dream walls” on which students can stick notes describing their visions of the future. Party officials have selected model dreamers to tour workplaces and inspire others with their achievements. Academics are being encouraged to offer “Chinese dream” research proposals. Newspapers refer to it more and more. In December state media and government researchers, purportedly on the basis of studies of its usage, declared “dream” the Chinese character of the year for 2012.

It was, however, one very specific usage just before that December publication which set the country dreaming. On November 29th, two weeks after his appointment as the party’s general secretary and military commander-in-chief, Xi Jinping visited the grandiose National Museum next to Tiananmen Square. Flanked by six dour-looking, dark-clad colleagues from the Politburo’s standing committee, Mr. Xi told a gaggle of press and museum workers that the “greatest Chinese dream” was the “great revival of the Chinese nation”.

 

51) Which of the following words (that is mentioned in the above passage) means: SERENADE?

       a) Ditty   b) barrage   c) ballad    d) song    e) gaggle

 

52) Which of the following words (that is mentioned in the above passage) means: ARCADIAN?

     a) Rustic   b) Bucolic   c) barrage   d) ballad   e) voluptuous

 

53) Pick Out a word from the passage which means the same as the word (is closest in the meaning): COVEY.

    a) Gaggle   b) dreamers   c) revival   d) propaganda e) scenery

 

54) Pick Out a word from the passage which is opposite in meaning to the word: MODERATE.

   a) Topping b) grandiose c) Communist d) greatest e) a,d.  

 

55) According to the passage why have the days for Chen Sisi been heady?

     a) More than 1.1m fans follow her micro blog.

     b) Her ballad “Chinese dream” has been topping the folk-song charts.

     c) She has been busy patronizing the Chinese Dream.

     d) She has performed on state television against video backdrops.

     e) The Chinese Government is helping her gain popularity.

 

 56) What is the tone of this passage?

      a) Factual   b) Farcical   c) sarcastic   d) descriptive e) Analytical

 

57)  What according to the passage set the country dreaming?

     a) Specific Usage of the word Chinese dream by Chinese Premiere.

     b) Appointment of a new Chinese premiere.

     c) Referring Chinese dream to great revival of the Chinese nation.

     d) Xi Jinping visited the grandiose National Museum.

     e) a and c

 

58) Choose the Correct sequence that forms a logically coherent Paragraph.

A) Contact with prisoners begins while they are still inside.

B) The Peterborough project is undeniably impressive.

C) Volunteers provide an additional level of support to help them with practicalities such as job training.

D) It is run by an umbrella group called the One Service, which brings together a number of different charitable organizations with different areas of expertise, from mental health to support services for the families of prisoners.

E) Ex-prisoners are assigned case workers, some of them ex-offenders themselves, to look after them

F) Those who opt in (the vast majority do) are met at the gates upon release so that basic issues such as the provision of housing are properly addressed: otherwise, some prisoners reoffend immediately in order to ensure they have accommodation of some sort.

a)BDAFEC  b) BDFEAC  c) BDACFE   d) BDFACE   d) DBCAFE  e) DCFBAE

 

59) Find the Odd One Out:

   a) Ducat b) Carte Blanche   c) subpoena d) shingle e) severance

60) Find the Odd One Out:

   a) Rodule  b) birch   c) scepter d) ingot e) bigot

 

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