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Directions
(Qs. 1 to 6): Every question below comprises constituent sentences of a
paragraph broken arbitrarily and indicated with a unique alphabet (A, B, C, or
D). Select the correct combination to organise these sentences into a
meaningful and complete paragraph.
1.
(A) It is attractive to the one who is
attracted by it, as food is tasty to the one who finds it tasty.
(B) There is no such thing as
attractiveness.
(C) So what is real beauty?
(D) This brings us to the consideration of
the fact that nothing in these terms of value exists in an object, except what
we put into them.
(a)
abcd (b) cbad (c) cabd (d) bcda
2.
(A) The credit and honour that go with a
high grade become the end and not the means.
(B) Perhaps, many high achievers seek the
grade rather than knowledge.
(C) This trait which makes for a good
student does not necessarily make a good manager.
(D) A good manager is a credit giver, not a
credit taker.
(a)
abdc (b) bacd (c) cabd (d) adbc
3.
(A) Since their satisfaction comes from the
exercise of authority, they are not likely to share much of it with lower-level
managers who eventually will replace them even though most high-level
executives try diligently to avoid the appearance of being authoritarian.
(B) But to expect otherwise is not
realistic.
(C) Few men who strive hard to gain and
hold positions of power can be expected to be permissive, particularly if their
authority is challenged.
(D) The power drive that carries men to the
top also accounts for their tendency to use authoritative rather than
consultative or participative methods of management.
(a)
abcd (b) cadb (c) dbca (d) cdab
4.
(A) The modern industrial organisation has
given birth to a few giant business corporations which tend to reduce the state
to a subservient position and bind it to what Professor Galbraith calls a
technostructure consisting of specialists, planners and technicians.
(B) In order to avoid the perils of such an
industrial system the American economist recommends the strong assertion of
‘other goals’ so that the new industrial state would become responsive to the
larger purposes of society.
(C) We have to realise without equivocation
that the pursuit of material prosperity alone, would lead us into a blind
valley.
(D) These ‘goals’ could doubtless be
essentially human and spiritual in accordance with Gandhiji’s ideal and
programmes.
(a)
acbd (b) cbad (c) cabd (d) cdab
5.
(A) Many relationship problems between boss
and subordinate occur because the boss fails to make clear how he plans to use
his authority.
(B) Problems may also occur when the boss
uses a ‘democratic’ facade to conceal the fact that he has already made a decision
which he hopes the group will accept as its own.
(C) If, for example, he actually intends to
make a certain decision himself, but the subordinate groups get the impression
that he has delegated this authority, considerable confusion and resentment are
likely to follow.
(D) We believe that it is highly important
for the manager to be honest and clear in describing what authority he is
keeping and what role he is asking his subordinates to assume in showing a
particular problem.
(a)
abcd (b) acbd (c) dabc (d) dbca
6.
(A) One proposal, therefore, is to
introduce plea bargaining.
(B) Reformers hope that this will reduce
the prison population by about 35 per cent and prevent jails becoming
universities of crime for the merely wayward.
(C) At the moment, the weakest and poorest
always go to prison for the pettiest of crimes, sent there by judges wedded to
inflexible interpretation of a convoluted penal code and procedure-bound judicial
administration.
(D) Judges will be given alternatives to
prisons such as community service, as a punishment for the minor infractions.
(a)
abcd (b) cabd (c) cadb (d) cdab
Directions
(Qs. 7 to 10): Every question below comprises phrases/group of words of a
paragraph that have been broken arbitrarily and indicated with a unique
alphabet (A, B, C, or D). Select the correct combination to organise these
sentences into a meaningful and complete paragraph.
7.
(A) surprising many in the audience by its
shortness and leaving many others quite unimpressed
(B) he spoke in his high, penetrating voice
(C) and in a little over two minutes
(D) delivered this speech
(a)
ABCD (b) BACD (c) BCDA (d) ABDC
8.
(A) the world will little note,
(B) what we say here,
(C) nor long remember
(D) but it can never forget what they did
here
(a)
ACBD (b) BACD (c) ABCD (d) ADCB
9.
(A) primarily this is because
(B) the rulers of the exchange of mankind’s
goods have failed,
(C) through their own stubbornness and
their own incompetence,
(D) have admitted their failure, and
abdicated
(a)
BACD (b) ABCD (c) DCAB (d) ACDB
10.
(A) a corporation must identify its best
and worst performers
(B) then nurture the former and
rehabilitate and/or discard the latter
(C) that in order to develop and thrive
(D) it is a workforce-management tool based
on the premise
(a)
DBCA (b) DCAB (c) DABC (d) ABCD
Directions
(Qs. 11 to 15): In the following passage some words have been left out, which
have been numbered. Below the passage are four options for each blank. Choose
the correct word to fill the blank. First, read the passage over and understand
what it is about. Then, fill in the blanks with the alternatives chosen.
This finding is very exciting…(11)…it means
there is a certain potential for developing an… (12)…vaccine. The amounts of
virus that are usually transmitted with semen and blood are quite small, much
smaller than in…(13)… case of the hepatitis B virus,…(14)…example. If a vaccine
can make the body produce…(15)…small amounts of antibodies, you will not get
infected with the real virus when you meet it.
11.
(a) although (b)
ordinarily (c) though (d) because
12.
(a) effective (b)
intensive (c) enduring (d) acceptable
13.
(a) the (b)
some (c) any (d) that
14.
(a) an (b)
for (c) as (d) small
15.
(a) even (b)
some (c) little (d) enough
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Answers
1(b) 2(b)
3(d) 4(c) 5(b)
6(a) 7(c) 8(a)
9(b) 10(b) 11(d)
12(a) 13(a) 14(b)
15(a)