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Question No (1-2): Hindi ought to be the
official language of India. There is no reason for the government to spend
money printing documents in different languages, just to cater to people who
cannot read/write Hindi. The government has better ways to spend tax payers‟
money. People across India should read/write Hindi or learn it at the earliest.1: Which of the following, if true, would
weaken the speaker‟s argument the most?
(A) The government currently translates
official documents into more than eighteen languages. (B) Hindi is the most
difficult language in the world to speak.
(C) Most people who travel across India
learn Hindi within five years.
(D) Making Hindi the official language is a
politically unpopular idea.
(E) People who are multilingual usually pay
maximum taxes.
2: United Nations members contribute funds,
proportionate to their population, for facilitating smooth functioning of the
UN. By 2010, India, being the most populous nation on the planet, would
contribute the maximum amount to the UN. Therefore, official language of United
Nations should be changed to Hindi.
Which of the following is true?
(A) The point above contradicts the
speaker‟s argument.
(B) The point above extends the speaker‟s
argument.
(C) The point above is similar to speaker‟s
argument.
(D) The point above concludes speaker‟s
argument.
(E) The point above strengthens the
speaker‟s argument.
Question No (3-4): The Bistupur-Sakchi
corner needs a speed-breaker. Loyola school children cross this intersection,
on their way to the school, and many a times do not check out for traffic. I
get to read regular reports of cars and other vehicles hitting children. I know
that speed-breakers are irritating for drivers, and I know that children cannot
be protected from every danger, but this is one of the worst intersections in
town. There needs to be a speed-breaker so that vehicles have to slow down and
the children be made safer.
3: Which of the following arguments is used
in the above passage?
(A) Analogy – comparing the intersection to
something dangerous.
(B) Emotive – referring to the safety of
children to get people interested.
(C) Statistical analysis – noting the
number of children hit by vehicles.
(D) Personalization – telling the story of
one child‟s near accident at the intersection.
(E) Attack – pointing out people who are
against speed-breakers as being uncaring about children.
4: According to a recent research conducted
by the district road planning department, ten percent students come with
parents in cars, twenty percent students use auto-rickshaws, twenty percent
students use taxis, forty percent students use the school buses and ten percent
students live in the hostel inside the school.
Which of the following is true about the
above paragraph?
(A) It extends speaker‟s argument using
analogy.
(B) It extends the speaker‟s argument using
statistical data.
(C) It is similar to speaker‟s argument.
(D) It concludes speaker‟s argument by
using personalization.
(E) It contradicts the speaker‟s argument
using statistical data.
Question No (5-6): History, if viewed as a
repository not merely of anecdotes or chronology, could produce a decisive
transformation in the image of science by which we are now possessed. That
image has previously been drawn, even by scientists themselves, mainly from the
study of finished scientific achievements as these are recorded in the classics
and, more recently, in the textbooks from which each new scientific generation
learns to practice its trade.
5: Which of the following best summarizes
the above paragraph?
(A) Scientific achievements are recorded in
classics and text books.
(B) History of science can be inferred from
finished scientific achievement
(C) Different ways of looking at history
can produce altogether different knowledge.
(D) Text books may be biased.
(E) All of above.
6:
Which of the following statements is the author most likely to agree with?
(A) History of science presents a
scientific way of looking at scientific developments and thus contributes to
progress in science.
(B) History of science should contain only
the chronology of the scientific achievements.
(C) More number of scientific theories
results in more number of publications, which benefits publishers.
(D) History of science should purposely
present different images of science to people.
(E) History of science can present multiple
interpretations to people regarding the process of scientific developments.
Directions
(7-8): Go through the caselets below and answer the questions that follow.
7:
Goodricke Group Ltd is planning to give top priority to core competence of
production and marketing of tea in 2007. The company intends to increase the
production of orthodox varieties of tea. Goodricke is planning to invest Rs. 10
crore to modernise the factories. The company has announced a net profit of Rs.
5.49 crore for 2006 as against Rs. 3.76 crore in 2005.
Which
of the following can be deduced from the caselet?
(A) Production and marketing is core
competence of Goodricke Group.
(B) Increase in production of existing
products enhances core competence.
(C) Core competence can be used for
furthering company‟s interests.
(D) Core competence leads to modernization.
(E) Goodricke has given top priority to
production because it has earned net profits of Rs. 5.49 crore.
8:
The author reflects on the concept of Blue Ocean Strategy. He explains that
this concept delivers an instinctive framework for developing uncontested
market space and making the competition irrelevant. The author remarks that
Blue Ocean Strategy is about having the best mix of attributes that result in
creation of uncontested market space and high growth, and not about being the
best.
The
above paragraph appears to be an attempt at
(A) defining Blue Ocean strategy.
(B) developing the framework for Blue Ocean
strategy.
(C) reviewing an article or a book on Blue
Ocean strategy.
(D) highlighting how Blue Ocean strategy
leads to better returns.
(E) None of above.
Analyse
the following passage and provide an
appropriate answer for
the question nos. 9 through 10
that follow.
In Hume’s
eyes productive labour was the
greatest asset of a country, and foreign trade was
valuable because it enabled a nation to use more and more varied labour
than would otherwise be possible. But
commerce was of mutual advantage to the nations involved, not a benefit to one
and injury to other. “The increase of riches and commerce in any one nation,”
added Hume, “instead of hurting,
commonly, promotes the riches and commerce of all its neighbours.” “The emulation in rival nations serves … to keep industry
alive in all of them.”
9.
The importance of foreign trade, in eyes of Hume, was due to that:
A. it allowed the employment of surplus
labour in a nation.
B. it allowed the diversion of labour to
export oriented industries.
C. it allowed the deeper specialisation of
the same labour force.
D. it allowed varied application of labour
force in a nation.
E. it allowed application of varied labour
force in a nation.
10.
As per Hume, free trade between nations was made advantageous by the outcome
of:
A. mutual increases in riches and
commerce.
B. emulation of industrial activity by
different nations.
C. affable promotion of industrial activity
among nations.
D. productive employment of labour in
different nations.
E. higher wages received by labour in
exporting nations.
Questions
(11-13): Identify the correct sentences from the options given below.
11.
A. When kite flying you can always tell
when you lose a kite because the string feels loose.
B. When kite flying you can always tell
when you loose a kite because the string feels lose.
C. When kite flying you can always tell
when you loose a kite because the string feels loose.
D. When flying a kite, you can, always tell
when you lose a kite because the string feels lose.
E. While flying a kite, you can always tell
if you lost a kite when the string felt lose.
12.
A. If
XAT aspirants had not taken so
long checking each
question before attempting the next
question they might not have run out of time.
B. If XAT aspirants had taken so long
checking each question before attempting the next question they might not have
run out of time.
C. Had XAT aspirants not took so long
checking every question before attempting the next question they might not have
run out of time.
D. If XAT aspirants had took so long checking each and every question before attempting
the next question they might not have run out of time.
E. Had XAT aspirants not taken so long
checking all questions before attempting
the next question they might not
have run out of time.
13.
A. The news channel agreed to report that
next Sunday the couple had been married for 10 years.
B. The news channel agreed to report that
next Sunday the couple will have been married for 10 years.
C. The news channel agreed to report that
next Sunday the couple will be married for 10 years. D. The news channel agreed to report that
next Sunday the couple could have been married for 10 years.
E. The
news channel agreed to report that next Sunday the
couple has been married since 10
years.
For
questions 14 & 15 go through the following passage.
The
Yoga system is divided into two principal parts — Hatha and Raja Yoga. Hatha
Yoga deals principally with the
physiological part of man with a view to establish his health and train his
will. The processes prescribed to
arrive at this end are so difficult
that only a few resolute
souls go through all the stages
of its practice. Many have failed and some have died in the attempt. It is therefore strongly
denounced by all the philosophers. The most
illustrious Shankaracharya has
remarked in his treatise called Aparokshanubhuti that “the system of Hatha Yoga
was intended for those whose worldly
desires are not pacified or uprooted.”
14.
Which one of the following, if true, most substantially
strengthens the idea given in the
passage?
A. The percentage of people in a given
ashram practicing Raja Yoga is more than the percentage of people practicing Hatha Yoga.
B. The
number of people in a
given ashram practicing Raja Yoga is more
that the number of people
practicing Hatha Yoga.
C. The number of Yoga schools teaching Raja
Yoga is more than the number of Yoga schools
teaching Hatha Yoga.
D. The
number of teachers
teaching Raja Yoga is more
than the number of teachers
teaching Hatha Yoga.
E. The
percentage of students who have successfully
learnt Raja Yoga is more than the
percentage of students who have successfully learnt Hatha Yoga.
15.
Which of the following option best reflects Shankaracharya’s comments on Hatha
Yoga?
A. Hatha Yoga is for those whose worldly
desires are not placated.
B. Hatha Yoga has disastrous consequences
for Yoga practitioners.
C. Practiced under the guidance of experts,
Hatha Yoga is better than Raja Yoga for some people.
D. Raja Yoga gives better results and in a
shorter time period for most people, and therefore it should be encouraged.
E. Hatha Yoga is ill-suited for people with
strong worldly desires.
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Answers
1(e) 2(b)
3(b) 4(e) 5(c)
6(e) 7(c) 8(c)
9(e) 10(b) 11(a)
12(a) 13(b) 14(e)
15(a)