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Analyse
the following passage and provide an appropriate answer for the questions 1
and 2
Since
power is itself a value, forms of influence which include power in their scope
are usually themselves forms of power.
The king’s mistress, though she has only influence, not power, over the king, may have power over his subjects in
the degree of that influence. Forms of influence based on power are themselves forms of power
only if the scope of the
influence is included within that of the power in question. The
king may exercise influence over standards of morality, say, by virtue of his power position, but he
does not necessarily exercise power over morality.
1. Which combination of following
statements best summarises the idea
expressed in the paragraph?
1. Strength of an influence determines its
power.
2. Influence always contributes power to
the welder of influence beyond the scope of influence. 3. Proximity to authority is itself a source
of power.
4. Forms of influence are power only if
they can influence behaviour.
A.
1, 2 B.
1, 3 C.
1, 4 D.
1, 3, 4 E.
1, 2, 4
2.
Which of the following is similar to ideas expressed in the paragraph?
A. A king can influence what dramas are
enacted by artists.
B. A king can influence who acts in dramas
in his kingdom.
C. A king can indicate the appropriateness
of dramas enacted.
D. A king can influence the prices charged
from drama groups by actors.
E. A king can influence on what drama
audience spend their money.
Questions
3-15: Go through the questions below and answer them.
3.
As man casts off worn-out garments and puts on others which are new, similarly
the embodied soul, casting off worn-out
bodies, enters into others which are new. Of the following, which one best typifies the argument?
A. Inductive generalization
B. Predictive argument
C. Argument from authority
D. Causal argument
E. Argument from analogy
4.
All the parliamentarians whom the reporter interviewed told that they had voted
as per their conscience. Therefore,
probably all the
parliamentarians voted as per their conscience. This
argument is an example of:
A. Inductive generalization
B. Predictive argument
C. Generalization based on authority
D. Deduction generalizationz
E. Argument from analogy
5.
Nature lovers are attracted to forests and nature
parks. Just look at the
number of people
visiting the Corbett national park. Which of the following exhibits a
pattern of reasoning least dissimilar to
the one exhibited in the argument above?
A. Defence
personnel who are trained in extremely rigorous procedures often end up
as dysfunctional members of the
society. Hence if an officer is not trained rigorously, such an officer is more
likely to be useful to the society.
B. This machinery has increased the work
efficiency of the workers. As a result, some of these workers are surplus to the company.
C. Fleas must thrive in a warm environment.
During warm weather my dog suffers from fleas
more so than during cooler weather.
D. Cigarette smoking is known to cause lung
cancer in some people. However, most victims of
lung cancer live in regions where smoking is uncommon.
E. Alcoholics and teetotalers usually
appear at the same restaurant at the same time of the day. Therefore, alcoholics are teetotalers must be
hungry at the same time.
6.
In this era of global capital flows, so much money is now flowing throughout
the world that no single country can
fight the problem of inflation effectively by tightening its monetary policy.
If
above is true, which of the following could be most logically concluded?
A. Changes in cash reserve ratio by Reserve
Bank of India will control the rate inflation in India. B. Countries finance ministers have
sufficient control over their respective economies.
C. Countries finance ministers have
insufficient control over their respective economies.
D. Inflation does not matter as long as
incomes increase.
E. Citizens should limit their consumption
which will reduce the demand
of products, thus reducing inflation.
7.
Many entrepreneurs try to control the composition of their boards of directors, but more experienced entrepreneurs tend to share control, inviting participation from institutional investors and outside directors.
Which
option best summarizes the idea that
might be guiding experienced entrepreneurs
behaviour?
A. The
experienced entrepreneurs expect experienced directors to monitor
the performance of the
enterprise and be a sounding board.
B. The
experienced entrepreneurs expect the institutional investors to support
the opinion of entrepreneurs on all
major decisions.
C. The experienced entrepreneurs expect the
institutional investors and outside directors to agree to higher remuneration for the board
members.
D. Experienced entrepreneurs expect the
experienced directors to engage in
day-to-day management of the
company.
E. More the number of influential people on
board, the easier it is to raise finances.
8.
“There is nothing so stupid as an educated man, if you can get
him off the thing he was
educated in.”
Which
of the following, if true, most seriously undermines the author’s
contention?
A. True education implies a well-rounded
exposure to major subjects.
B. An educated man will not discuss things
which he does not understand.
C. The cost of a general education has led to the unfortunate fact that a person’s education is
confined to one field.
D. Stupidity, like intelligence, is relative and therefore depends on the intelligence
of the persons peers.
E. Education is one of the main causes of
people recognizing their capabilities and developing them further.
9.
Ram, an economist, and Ramesh, an astrologer, had a debate. Ram said “Astrology
does not work. It just cannot predict.”
“It can predict better than your subject” rebutted Ramesh.
The
evidence that best resolves the above debate will be:
A. Conduct a survey among scientists asking which one of the two should be
considered as a science.
B. Compare past performance of astrologers
and economists in terms of number of predictions which have come true.
C. Conduct a survey among economists asking
their opinion regarding the ability of economic
theory to predict economic phenomena.
D. Conduct an experiment where both
astrologers and economists would be asked to predict the future. Compare the
number of predictions that come true.
E. Conduct an experiment where both
astrologers and economists would be asked to predict the future. Compare the percentage of predictions
that come true.
10.
Which of the following sentences draws a metaphor?
A. Karl Marx argued that the interests of two classes – the
proletariat and the bourgeois –
are always in conflict and
irreconcilable.
B. Karl Marx labelled the capitalist a
parasite on the back of labour because the whole value or produce created by the labouring man was
expropriated by the capitalist.
C. Weber held that the protestant
ethic was responsible for the rise
of capitalism in medieval Europe.
D. Galbraith argued for a better balance
between private affluence and public poverty, including measures to protect the
environment against the excesses of private companies.
E. Schumpeter argued that changes in
economy are brought about by creative destruction.
11.
Which sentence includes an example of personification?
A. Banjaras
of Rajasthan are the human equivalent of an endangered species and have no
defence against the encroachment of farmers onto their ancestral
lands.
B. Take airline pilots for example; they do
not need to be graduates to qualify for this job and most pilots are on a salary of Rs. 300,000
per month or more.
C. Recent research provided stark evidence
that in education money still plays an important role; it was found that children from poor
households could not perform as well as children from rich households.
D. Girls in the family should have a share
in the ancestral property as a matter of right whether the will includes it explicitly or not.
E. Democracy does not help the common
citizen and it ultimately degenerates into an oligarchy.
12.
Which sentence suffers most from hyperbole?
A. Most
collectors of coins would give
the Earth to own one of the
copper coins issued by Mohammad Bin Tughlaq.
B. It is thought that eating raw tomatoes would greatly reduce
the risk of cancer, but tomato sauce can have a greater effect since it is
made from many raw tomatoes.
C. Cricket has a great following in India,
but the twenty-twenty format took the game to nook and corner of the
world.
D. We face an imminent drinking water
crisis in India as the population growth is accompanied by a general decrease in rainfall.
E. Nuclear fusion has potential to solve
the energy crisis of not only our country, but that of the entire world.
13.
Which sentence includes a euphemism?
A. Cell phone network signals are weak in
the hilly regions.
B. Bottled water is reputed to be safe for
drinking under all circumstances.
C. A cemetery is a place where people are
buried when they pass away.
D. It is stupid to cry over split
milk.
E. Criminal court arbitrates between the
parties to the case.
14.
Which of the following contains a non-sequitur?
A. If
statisticians are made judges, they
will accept or reject arguments based on probability analyses.
B. Public trust in politicians is at an all
time low and we can’t insist that the politicians go back
to school.
C. Before preparing the annual budget, the
CEO of XYZ Steel Limited takes opinion of all the stakeholders.
D. In cricket, the batting average does not
always reflect a batsman’s ability because it does not
reflect how many wins he was instrumental
for.
E. Ordinary
citizens do not have sufficient grasp of economic indicators to validate
published inflation data.
15.
Recommence is to suspend as: nonchalant is to:
A. carefree
B. beleaguered
C. tirade
D. agreement
E. disagreement
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Answers
1(c) 2(c)
3(e) 4(a) 5(c)
6(c) 7(a) 8(a)
9(e) 10(b) 11(c)
12(a) 13(c) 14(b)
15(b)