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It doesn't take a highly esteemed medical expert to conclude that women handle pain better than men.



(a) First the men would give birth, and then take six months to recover.

(b) As for labour pains, the human species would become extinct if men had to give birth.

(c) They do, however, make life hell for everyone else with their non-stop complaining about how bad they feel.

(d) The men in my life, including my husband and my father, would not take a Tylenol for pain even if their lives depends on it.

And by the time they finish sharing their excruciating experience with their buddies, all reproduction would come to a halt.

• (a) ABDC
• (b) DCBA
• (c) CDBA
• (d) BACD

A few years ago, hostility towards Japanese-Americans was so strong that I thought they were going to reopen the detention camps here in Kolkata.



(a) Today Asians are a success story.

(b) I cannot help making a comparison to the anti-Jewish sentiment in Nazi Germany when Jewish people were successful in business.

(c) But do people applaud President Clinton for improving foreign trade with Asia?

(d) Now, talk about the 'Arkansas-Asia Connection' is broadening that hatred to include all Asian-Americans.

No, blinded by jealousy, they complain that it is the Asian-Americans who are reaping the wealth.

• (a) DBAC
• (b) ABDC
• (c) DABC
• (d) ACBD

Michael Jackson, clearly no admirer of long engagements, got married abruptly for the second time in three years.



(a) The latest wedding took place in a secret midnight ceremony in Sydney, Australia.

(b) It is also the second marriage for the new missus, about whom little is known.

(c) The wedding was attended by the groom's entourage and staff, according to Jackson's publicist.

(d) The bride, 37-year-old Debbie Rowe, who is carrying Jackson's baby, wore white.

All that is known is that she is a nurse for Jackson's dermatologist.

• (a) ACDB
• (b) BDCA
• (c) DABC
• (d) CDBA

Liz Taylor isn’t just unlucky in love.



(a) She, and husband Larry Fortensky, will have to pay the tab —
(4,32,600 in court costs.

(b) The duo claimed that a 1993 story about a property dispute damaged their reputations.

(c) Taylor has just filed a defamation suit against the \textit{National Enquirer.

(d) She is unlucky in law too.

Alas, all levels of the California court system disagreed.

• (a) CDAB
• (b) DCAB
• (c) DABC
• (d) CDBA

Hiss was serving as Head of the Endowment on August 3, 1948, when Whittaker Chambers reluctantly appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee.



(a) Chambers, a portly rumpled man with a melodramatic style, had been a Communist courier but had broken with the party in 1938.

(b) When Nixon arranged a meeting of the two men in New York, Chambers repeated his charges and Hiss his denials.

(c) Summoned as a witness, Hiss denied that he had ever been a Communist or had known Chambers.

(d) He told the Committee that among the members of a secret Communist cell in Washington during the 1930s was Hiss.

Then, bizarrely, Hiss asked Chambers to open his mouth.

• (a) CBAD
• (b) ADBC
• (c) ADCB
• (d) ACDB

Since its birth, rock has produced a long string of guitar heroes.



(a) It is a list that would begin with Chuck Berry and continue with Hendrix, Page and Clapton.

(b) These are musicians celebrated for their sheer instrumental talent, and their flair for expansive, showy and sometimes self-indulgent solos.

(c) It would also include players of more recent vintage, like Van-Halen and Living Colour’s Vernon Reid.

(d) But with the advent of alternative rock and grunge, guitar heroism became uncool.

Guitarists like Peter Buck and Kurt Cobain shy away from exhibitionism.

• (a) ACBD
• (b) ABCD
• (c) BCAD
• (d) BADC

For many scientists, oceans are the cradle of life.



(a) But all over the world, chemical products and nuclear waste continue to be dumped into them.

(b) Coral reefs, which are known to be the most beautiful places of the submarine world, are fast disappearing.

(c) The result is that many species of fish die because of this pollution.

(d) Of course man is the root cause behind these problems.

Man has long since ruined the places he visits — continents and oceans alike.

• (a) ACBD
• (b) BACD
• (c) ABDC
• (d) BCAD

Am I one of the people who are worried that Bill Clinton’s second term might be destroyed by the constitutional crisis?



(a) On the other hand, ordinary citizens have put the campaign behind them.

(b) In other words, what worries me is that Bill Clinton could exhibit a version of what George Bush used to refer to as Big Mo.

(c) That is, he might have so much campaign momentum that he may not be able to stop campaigning.

(d) Well, it’s true that I’ve been wondering whether a President could be impeached for refusing to stop talking about the bridge we need to build to the 21st century.

They now prefer to watch their favourite soaps and ads on TV rather than senators.

• (a) DBCA
• (b) ABDC
• (c) BACD
• (d) CBDA

So how big is the potential market?



(a) But they end up spending thousands more each year on hardware overhaul and software upgradation.

(b) Analysts say the new machines will appeal primarily to corporate users.

(c) An individual buyer can pick up a desktop computer for less than
(2,000 in America.

(d) For them, the NC’s best-drawing card is its promise of much lower maintenance costs.

NCs, which automatically load the latest version of whatever software they need, could put an end to all that.

• (a) BCAD
• (b) DABC
• (c) BDCA
• (d) DCAB

Historically, stained glass was almost entirely reserved for ecclesiastical spaces.



(a) By all counts, he has accomplished that mission with unmistakable style.

(b) “It is my mission to bring it kicking and screaming out of that milieu,” says Clarke.

(c) The first was the jewel-like windows he designed for a Cistercian Church in Switzerland.

(d) Two recent projects show his genius in the separate worlds of the sacred and the mundane.

The second was a spectacular, huge skylight in a shopping complex in Brazil.

• (a) CBAD
• (b) BADC
• (c) ABCD
• (d) DBAC

Find the odd word out from the given set:

• (a) Impetuosity
• (b) Equanimity
• (c) Zealousness
• (d) Effervescence

Find the odd word out from the given set:

• (a) Drip
• (b) Intrusion
• (c) Percolation
• (d) Effluence

Find the odd word out from the given set:

• (a) Duplicity
• (b) Guiltlessness
• (c) Artfulness
• (d) Shrewdness

Find the odd word out from the given set:

• (a) Taxi
• (b) Cruiser
• (c) Amble
• (d) Cab

Find the odd word out from the given set:

• (a) Hiatus
• (b) Break
• (c) Pause
• (d) End

Liquid : Gaseousness — Find the pair most similar in relationship to the capitalised pair.

• (a) Serum : Fume
• (b) Humid : Arid
• (c) Thaw : Distil
• (d) Smoke : Cloud

Fission : Fusion — Find the pair most similar in relationship to the capitalised pair.

• (a) Implosion : Explosion
• (b) Separation : Combination
• (c) Intrusion : Extrusion
• (d) Enemy : Friend

Doubt : Faith — Find the pair most similar in relationship to the capitalised pair.

• (a) Atheist : Religion
• (b) Sceptic : Pious
• (c) Iconoclast : Idol
• (d) Apostate : State

Brick : Building — Find the pair most similar in relationship to the capitalised pair.

• (a) Word : Dictionary
• (b) Alphabet : Letter
• (c) Platoon : Soldier
• (d) Idiom : Language

Dulcet : Raucous — Find the pair most similar in relationship to the capitalised pair.

• (a) Sweet : Song
• (b) Crazy : Insane
• (c) Palliative : Exacerbating
• (d) Theory : Practical

Action : Reaction — Find the pair most similar in relationship to the capitalised pair.

• (a) Introvert : Extrovert
• (b) Assail : Defend
• (c) Diseased : Treatment
• (d) Death : Rebirth

Malapropism : Words — Find the pair most similar in relationship to the capitalised pair.

• (a) Anachronism : Time
• (b) Ellipsis : Sentence
• (c) Jinanthropism : Apes
• (d) Catechism : Religion

Anterior : Posterior — Find the pair most similar in relationship to the capitalised pair.

• (a) In : Out
• (b) Top : Bottom
• (c) Head : Tail
• (d) Front : Rear

When we call others dogmatic, what we really object to is ___.

• (a) their giving the dog a bad name
• (b) their holding dogmas that are different from our own
• (c) the extremism that goes along with it
• (d) the subversion of whatever they actually believe in concomitantly

I am an entertainer ___, I have to keep smiling because in my heart laughter and sorrow have an affinity.

• (a) Even if I have tears in my eyes
• (b) Even though I am depressed inside
• (c) While entertaining people
• (d) In the entertainment business

The stock markets ___. The state they are in right now speaks volumes about this fact.

• (a) is the barometer of public confidence
• (b) are the best indicators of public sentiment
• (c) are used to trade in expensive shares
• (d) are not used to taking stock of all markets

Political power is just as permanent as today’s newspaper. Ten years down the line, ___ the most powerful man in any state today.

• (a) who cares
• (b) nobody will remember what was written in today’s newspaper or
• (c) few will know, or care about
• (d) when a lot of water will have passed under the bridge, who will care

___, the more they remain the same.

• (a) People all over the world change
• (b) The more people change
• (c) The more they are different
• (d) The less people change

Although, it has been more than 50 years since Satyajit Ray made \textit{Pather Panchali, ___ refuse to go away from the mind.

• (a) the haunting images
• (b) its haunting images
• (c) haunting images
• (d) the images of images

The Romanians may be restive under Soviet direction — \underline{but they are tied to Moscow by ideological and military links.

• (a) they are tied to Moscow by ideological and military links
• (b) they are preparing for a great revolution
• (c) secretly they rather enjoy the prestige of being protected by the mighty Soviets
• (d) there is nothing they can do about it

In a penetrating study, CBS-TV focuses on these people without hope, \underline{whose bodies are cared for by welfare aid, but whose spirit is often neglected by a disinterested society.

• (a) whose bodies are cared for by welfare aid
• (b) who do not have enough to eat
• (c) whose hopelessness may be alleviated
• (d) who may be physically satiated

\underline{Contemplating whether to exist with an insatiable romantic temperament, he was the author and largely the subject of a number of memorable novels.

• (a) Contemplating whether to exist
• (b) Combining realistic details
• (c) Miscegenating a brilliant mind
• (d) Aware that he had been born

How many times have I asked myself: when is the world going to start to make sense? \underline{There is a monster out there, and it is rushing towards me over the uneven ground of consciousness.

• (a) There is a monster out there
• (b) It is as if the world is on my shoulders
• (c) The answer is out there somewhere
• (d) There is a sea of sensibility in me

In Martin Amis’ new novel, the narrator is trapped — and hurtling towards a terrible secret, its resolution and the dreadful revelations it brings, \underline{ally to give an excruciating vision of guilt.

• (a) ally to give an excruciating vision of guilt
• (b) to us give a vivid picture of guilt
• (c) is a painful picture of a guilt ridden world
• (d) does not really solve all the questions in the narrator’s mind

Victory is everything in the Indian universe and Tendulkar will be expected to translate his genius to that effect. \underline{To contemplate any other option is to contemplate the risk of failure.

• (a) To contemplate any other option is to contemplate the risk of failure
• (b) Failure is not an action that can be contemplated
• (c) Any action other than that is failure
• (d) Failure is not an option to contemplate

1. Some pins are made of tin

2. All tin is made of copper

3. All copper is used for pins

4. Some tin is copper

5. Some pins are used for tin

6. Some copper is used for tin

• (a) 123
• (b) 356
• (c) 341
• (d) 125

1. An ostrich lays eggs

2. All birds lay eggs

3. Some birds can fly

4. An ostrich cannot fly

5. An ostrich is a bird

6. An ostrich cannot swim

• (a) 251
• (b) 125
• (c) 453
• (d) 532

1. Some paper is wood

2. All wood is good

3. All that is good is wood

4. All wood is paper

5. All paper is good

6. Some paper is good

• (a) 254
• (b) 246
• (c) 612
• (d) 621

1. All bricks are tricks

2. Some tricks are shrieks

3. Some that are shrieks are bricks

4. Some tricks are not bricks

5. All tricks are shrieks

6. No tricks are shrieks

• (a) 513
• (b) 234
• (c) 123
• (d) 543

1. Some sand is band

2. All sandal is band

3. All band is sandal

4. No sand is sandal

5. No band is sand

6. Some band is sandal

• (a) 231
• (b) 165
• (c) 453
• (d) 354

1. No wife is a life

2. All life is strife

3. Some wife is strife

4. All that is wife is life

5. All wife is strife

6. No wife is strife

• (a) 256
• (b) 632
• (c) 126
• (d) 245

1. Some crows are flies

2. Some flies are mosquitoes

3. All mosquitoes are flies

4. Some owls are flies

5. All owls are mosquitoes

6. Some mosquitoes are not owls

• (a) 123
• (b) 356
• (c) 145
• (d) 542

1. Six is five

2. Five is not four

3. Some five is ten

4. Some six is twelve

5. Some twelve is five

6. Some ten is four

• (a) 145
• (b) 123
• (c) 156
• (d) 543

1. Poor girls want to marry rich boys

2. Rich girls want to marry rich boys

3. Poor girls want to marry rich girls

4. Rich boys want to marry rich girls

5. Poor girls want to marry rich girls

6. Rich boys want to marry poor girls

• (a) 123
• (b) 456
• (c) 134
• (d) 456

A.Still, Sophie might need an open heart surgery later in life and now be more prone to respiratory
infections.

(b) But with the news that his infant daughter Sophie has a hole in her heart, he appears quite vulnerable.

(c) While the condition sounds bad, it is not life threatening, and frequently corrects itself.

(d) Sylvester Stallone has made millions and built a thriving career out of looking invincible.

• (a) DCAB
• (b) DBAC
• (c) DBCA
• (d) DCBA

A.However, the severed head could not grow back if fire could be applied instantly to the amputated part.

(b) To get rid of this monstrosity was truly a Herculean task, for as soon as one head was cut off, two new
ones replaced it.

(c) Hercules accomplished this labour with the aid of an assistant who cauterized the necks as fast as
Hercules cut off the heads!

(d) One of the twelve labours of Hercules was the killing of hydra, a water monster with nine heads.

• (a) DCBA
• (b) ABCD
• (c) DBAC
• (d) BDCA

A.That Hollywood is a man's world is certainly true, but it is not the whole truth.

(b) Even Renaissance film actress, Jodie Foster, who hosts this compendium of movie history, confesses
surprise at this.

(c) She says that she had no idea that women were so active in the industry even in those days.

(d) During the silent era, for example, female scriptwriters outnumbered males 10 to 1.

• (a) ADBC
• (b) ABDC
• (c) DCAB
• (d) ABCD

A.Its business decisions are made on the timely and accurate flow of information.

(b) It has 1,700 employees in 13 branch and representative offices across the Asia-Pacific region.

(c) For employees to maintain a competitive edge in a fast-moving field, they must have quick access to
JP Morgan's proprietary trade related data.

(d) JP Morgan's is one of the largest banking institutions in the US and a premier international trading
firm.

• (a) DBAC
• (b) DCBA
• (c) CDAB
• (d) DCAB

A.The Saheli Programme, run by the US Cross-Cultural Solutions, is offering a three week tour of India
that involves a lot more than frenzied sightseeing.

(b) Participants interested in women's issues will learn about arranged marriages, dowry and infanticide.

(c) Holiday packages include all sorts of topics, but female infanticide must be the first for tourism.

(d) Interspersed with these talks and meetings are visits to cities like New Delhi and Agra, home to the
Taj Mahal.

• (a) ACBD
• (b) CDBA
• (c) ADBC
• (d) ACDB

A. Something magical is happening to our planet.

(b) Some are calling it a paradigm shift.

(c) Its getting smaller.

(d) Others call it business transformation.

• (a) ABDC
• (b) ACDB
• (c) ABCD
• (d) ACBD

A suitable title to the passage would be

• (a) You Can’t Hear a Pin-drop Nowadays.
• (b) Capitalism and Labour Disintegration: Pinning the Blame.
• (c) The Saga of the Non Safety Pins.
• (d) Reaching the Pinnacle of Capitalistic Success.

Why do you think that the author gives the example of Adam Smith?

• (a) Because he thinks that Adam Smith was a boaster without any facts to back his utterance.
• (b) Because he wants to give us an example of something undesirable that Adam Smith was proud of.
• (c) Because he is proud to be a believer in a tenet of production that even a great man like Adam Smith boasted about.
• (d) Because he feels that Adam Smith was right when he said that it took 18 men to make a pin.

Which of the following is true as far as pins are concerned?

• (a) The cost of pins is more nowadays to produce.
• (b) Earlier, workmen made pins with a lot of love and care.
• (c) Pinball machines are the standard pin producing gadgets nowadays.
• (d) It took much longer to make a pin earlier.

The reason that children have to be taught that stealing a pin is wrong is that

• (a) they have an amazing proclivity to steal them right from childhood.
• (b) pins are so common and cheap that taking one would not even be considered stealing by them.
• (c) stealing a pin would lead to stealing bigger and bigger things in the future.
• (d) stealing an insignificant thing like a pin smacks of kleptomania.

It may be inferred from the passage that the author

• (a) is a supporter of the craftsmanship over bulk mechanised production.
• (b) is a supporter of assembly line production over socialistic systems of the same.
• (c) is a defender of the faith in capitalistic production.
• (d) None of the above

Which of the following is not against the modern capitalistic system of mass production?

• (a) John Ruskin
• (b) Goldsmith
• (c) Adam Smith
• (d) William Morris

Goldsmith’s dictum, “wealth accumulates, and men decay,” in the context of the passage, probably means

• (a) the more wealthy people get, they become more and more corrupt.
• (b) the more rich people get, they forget the nuances of individual ability.
• (c) people may have a lot of money, but they have to die and decay someday.
• (d) the more a company gets wealthy the less they take care of people.

When the author says that a woman now is likely to know about any connection between sheep and clothes, he is probably being

• (a) vindictive
• (b) chauvinistic
• (c) satirical
• (d) demeaning

Which of the following can be a suitable first line to introduce the hypothetical next paragraph at the end of the passage?

• (a) The distribution of leisure is not a term that can be explained in a few words.
• (b) If people wear clothes they hardly seem to think about the method of production.
• (c) Machines are the gods of our age and there seems to be no atheists.
• (d) None of the above

It may be inferred that the passage was written

• (a) when Britain was still a colonial power.
• (b) when the author was in a bad mood.
• (c) when the author was working in the foreign service of Britain.
• (d) when the author’s country was overrun by the British.

According to the author, the habit of plundering the strangers

• (a) is usually not found in simple tribes but civilized people.
• (b) is usually found in the barbaric tribes of the uncivilized nations.
• (c) is a habit limited only to English ladies of high position.
• (d) is a usual habit with all white-skinned people.

Which of the following does not come under the aegis of capital already invested?

• (a) Construction of factories
• (b) Development of a mine
• (c) Trade of finished products
• (d) All of the above

Which of the following may be called the main complaint of the author?

• (a) The race of people he belongs to are looters and plunderers.
• (b) The capitalists are taking over the entire world.
• (c) It is a way of life for English ladies to loot and plunder.
• (d) The English taxpayer has to pay for the upkeep of territories he did not want.

Why do the capitalistic traders prefer the uncivilized countries to the civilized ones?

• (a) Because they find it easier to rule them.
• (b) Because civilized countries would make them pay protection duties.
• (c) Because civilized countries would make their own goods.
• (d) Because uncivilized countries like the cheap and gaudy goods of bad quality all capitalists produce.

The word ‘officious’, in the context of the passage, means

• (a) self-important
• (b) official
• (c) rude
• (d) oafish

According to the author, the main reason why capitalists go abroad to sell their goods is

• (a) that they want to civilize the under developed countries of the world by giving them their goods.
• (b) that they have no place to sell their surplus goods some where in new markets.
• (c) that they want to rule new lands and selling goods is an excuse.
• (d) None of the above

What is most probably the author's opinion of the existing moral principles of the people?

• (a) He thinks they have to be revamped in the light of Darwinism.
• (b) He thinks that they are okay as they are and do not need any major change.
• (c) He thinks that it may be a good idea to have a modicum of the immortal Darwinism in us.
• (d) Cannot be determined from the passage.

According to the author, the doctrines of Mr Darwin

• (a) have changed our physical and moral principles.
• (b) have to be re-evaluated to correct the faults endemic in them.
• (c) do not have to change our moral ideas.
• (d) are actually new versions of old moral rules.

What, according to the passage, is the Chief Good?

• (a) Being good and kind to all fellow human beings.
• (b) The greatest good of the greatest number.
• (c) The welfare of the community realised in its members.
• (d) Cannot be determined from the passage.

It is implied in the passage that

• (a) a Hellenic ideal is not a proper substitute of the Christian ideal.
• (b) what mankind needs is a Hellenic ideal rather than a Christian one.
• (c) Darwinism is more Christian than Hellenic.
• (d) fanatics do not understand what Darwinism really is.

According to the author, the moral code of Christianity

• (a) is not followed by most people.
• (b) is in danger due to opposition of Darwinism.
• (c) is followed by a vast majority of people.
• (d) is totally ignored due to opposition of Darwinism.

Which of the following should not be subsidised now, according to the passage?

• (a) University education
• (b) Postal services
• (c) Steel
• (d) All of the above

The statement that subsidies are paid for by the rich and go to the poor is

• (a) fiction.
• (b) fact.
• (c) fact, according to the author.
• (d) fiction, according to the author.

Why do you think that the author calls the Western social security system Utopian?

• (a) The countries’ belief in the efficacy of the system was bound to turn out to be false.
• (b) The system followed by these countries is the best available in the present context.
• (c) Everything under this system was supposed to be free but people were charging money for them.
• (d) The theory of system followed by these countries was devised by Dr Utopia.

It can be inferred from the passage that the author

• (a) believes that people can help themselves and do not need the government.
• (b) believes that the theory of helping with subsidy is destructive.
• (c) believes in democracy and free speech.
• (d) is not a successful politician.

Which of the following is not a victim of extreme subsidies?

• (a) The poor
• (b) The Delhi Transport Corporation
• (c) The Andhra Pradesh Government
• (d) None of these

What, according to the author, is a saving grace of the Deve Gowda government?

• (a) It has realised that it has to raise the price of petroleum products.
• (b) It has avoided been bitten by a bigger subsidy bug.
• (c) Both (a) and (b).
• (d) Neither (a) and (b).

A suitable title to the passage would be

• (a) There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch.
• (b) The Economic Overview.
• (c) Deve Gowda’s Government and its Follies.
• (d) It Takes Two to Tango.

Which of the following is not true, in the context of the passage?

• (a) Where subsidies are concerned, the poor ultimately pay the tab.
• (b) Inflation is caused by too much subsidies.
• (c) Experts call subsidies the most regressive form of taxation.
• (d) Fiscal deficits are caused due to heavy subsidy bills.

Which of the following kinds of cells never have a nuclei?

• (a) Sieve Tubes
• (b) Red blood cells of mammals
• (c) Prokaryotic cells
• (d) None of these

According to the first paragraph, the contention of Schleiden and Schwann that the nucleus is the most important part of the cell has

• (a) been proved to be true.
• (b) has been true so far but false in the case of the prokaryotic cell.
• (c) is only partially true.
• (d) has been proved to be completely false.

It may be inferred from the passage that the vast majority of cells are

• (a) multinucleate.
• (b) binucleate.
• (c) uninucleate.
• (d) anunucleate.

What is definitely a function of the nuclei of the normally binucleate cell?

• (a) To arrange for the growth and nourishment of the cell.
• (b) To hold hereditary information for the next generation.
• (c) To make up the basic physical structure of the organism.
• (d) To fight the various foreign diseases attacking the body.

The function of the crystalline layer of the inner membrane of the nucleus is

• (a) generation of nourishment of the cell.
• (b) holding together the disparate structures of the endoplasmic reticulum.
• (c) helping in transversal of the nuclear envelope.
• (d) Cannot be determined from the passage.

Why, according to the passage, is the polymorphonucleated leukocyte probably lobed?

• (a) Because it is quite convoluted in its functions.
• (b) Because it is the red blood cell which is the most important cell in the body.
• (c) Because it provides a greater area for metabolism reactions.
• (d) Because it provides greater strength to the spider web due to greater area.

Why, according to the passage, are fungi multinucleate?

• (a) Because they need more food to survive.
• (b) Because they frequently lack walls dividing the mycelium.
• (c) Because the mycelium is area wise much bigger than other cells.
• (d) Cannot be determined from the passage.

Which of the following is not a vice attributed to the poor by the rich?

• (a) Idleness
• (b) Drug addiction
• (c) Gambling
• (d) Alcoholism

What, according to the author, do the generous and public spirited people need to become rich?

• (a) A criminal mind
• (b) To be born with silver spoons
• (c) Extraordinary talents
• (d) Strength of character

In the passage, which kind of people are not mentioned as likely to get rich quickly?

• (a) Selfish people
• (b) Grasping people
• (c) Hard people
• (d) Ambitious people

What, according to the author, is the main problem in distributing wealth according to the goodness or badness of human beings?

• (a) Because the bad people will always cheat the good people of their fair share of the money.
• (b) Because there are too many people in the world and it will take a long time to categorise them into good or bad.
• (c) Because there are no standards by which to judge good or bad in relation to money.
• (d) None of the above

Which of the following about the author’s thinking may be inferred from the passage?

• (a) The poor should work hard to become rich.
• (b) The present system of distribution of wealth is biased in favour of the rich.
• (c) The honest men should resort to trickery if they want to become rich.
• (d) The present system of government should give way to a more progressive one.

This passage most probably is a part of

• (a) a newspaper article.
• (b) an anthropological document.
• (c) a letter to someone.
• (d) an ecclesiastical liturgy.

The word ‘improvidence’ in the context of the passage, means

• (a) extravagance.
• (b) lasciviousness.
• (c) corruption.
• (d) indelicacy.

The author gives the example of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the prize-fighter to

• (a) prove that there cannot be any division of wealth based on moral standards.
• (b) prove that in this day and age might always scores over religion and love.
• (c) prove the existence of a non-discriminating god.
• (d) prove that a pound of butter is worth more than any amount of candles any day.

Why does the author probably say that the sole personality who stands out in the elections is T.N. Seshan?

• (a) Because all the other candidates are very boring.
• (b) Because all the other candidates do not have his charisma.
• (c) Because the shadow of his strictures are looming large over the elections.
• (d) None of the above

A suitable title to the passage would be

• (a) Elections: A Overview.
• (b) The Country's Issue-less Elections.
• (c) T.N. Seshan — the Real Hero.
• (d) Love or Hate Them, But Vote For Them.

Which of the following are not under scrutiny for alleged corruption, according to the passage?

• (a) The opposition prime ministerial candidate
• (b) P.V. Narasimha Rao
• (c) The leader of the ‘third force’
• (d) Ramakrishna Hegde

Why does the author say that almost all parties have broken the law?

• (a) Because they all indulge in corrupt electoral process.
• (b) Because they all have more income than recorded sources.
• (c) Because they are all indicted on various charges.
• (d) Because they have failed to submit audited accounts to tax authorities.

According to the passage, which of the following has not been responsible for the winds of change blowing throughout the country?

• (a) Greater awareness on the part of the general public.
• (b) Enforcement of a model code of conduct by the Election Commission.
• (c) Greater independence to the Central Bureau of Investigation.
• (d) Fresh zeal on the part of tax collectors.

According to the passage, which of the following is not mentioned as even having the potential to be an issue in the current elections?

• (a) The mandir-masjid issue
• (b) The empowerment of women
• (c) Economic nationalism
• (d) Hindutva

What is the percentage increase in investment of B, C, D and E from year 1 to year 3?

• (a) 121%
• (b) 321%
• (c) 221%
• (d) 300%

What is the ratio of investments of E to F for the years 1 to 3?

• (a) 31 : 19
• (b) 19 : 31
• (c) 20 : 29
• (d) 41 : 53

What is D’s contribution as a percentage of total investments in year 2?

• (a) 8.2%
• (b) 4.5%
• (c) 7.4%
• (d) 9.2%

For which company is investment not increased from year 1 to year 3?

• (a) C
• (b) D
• (c) F
• (d) None of these

What is the percentage difference in investments of companies A, B, C and companies D, E, F in year 2?

• (a) 75%
• (b) 81%
• (c) 67.5%
• (d) 42.3%

If a number 774958A96B is to be divisible by 8 and 9, the respective values of A and B will be

• (a) 7 and 8
• (b) 8 and 0
• (c) 5 and 8
• (d) None of these

Which of the following values of x do not satisfy the inequality \((x^2 - 3x + 2 > 0)\) at all?

• (a) \(1 \le x \le 2\)
• (b) \(-1 \ge x \ge -2\)
• (c) \(0 \le x \le 2\)
• (d) \(0 \ge x \ge -2\)

If a ration shop is to be set up within 2 km of each city, how many ration shops will be required?

• (a) 2
• (b) 3
• (c) 4
• (d) 5

If a ration shop is to be set up within 3 km of each city, how many ration shops will be required?

• (a) 1
• (b) 2
• (c) 3
• (d) 4

A cube of side 12 cm is painted red on all faces and then cut into smaller cubes, each of side 3 cm. What is the total number of smaller cubes having none of their faces painted?

• (a) 16
• (b) 8
• (c) 12
• (d) 24

If ABCD is a square and BCE is an equilateral triangle, what is the measure of \(\angle DEC\)?

• (a) \(15^\circ\)
• (b) \(30^\circ\)
• (c) \(20^\circ\)
• (d) \(45^\circ\)

Instead of a metre scale, a cloth merchant uses a 120 cm scale while buying, but uses an 80 cm scale while selling the same cloth. If he offers a discount of 20% on cash payment, what is his overall profit percentage?

• (a) 20%
• (b) 25%
• (c) 40%
• (d) 15%

From a circular sheet of paper with a radius 20 cm, four circles of radius 5 cm each are cut out. What is the ratio of the uncut to the cut portion?

• (a) 1 : 3
• (b) 4 : 1
• (c) 3 : 1
• (d) 4 : 3

A wooden box (open at the top) of thickness 0.5 cm, length 21 cm, width 11 cm and height 6 cm is painted on the inside. The expenses of painting are Rs. 70. What is the rate of painting per square cm?

• (a) Rs 0.7
• (b) Rs 0.5
• (c) Re 0.1
• (d) Rs 3

What is the value of M(M(A(M(x, y), S(y, x)), x), A(y, x)) for \(x = 2, y = 3\)?

• (a) 60
• (b) 140
• (c) 25
• (d) 70

What is the value of \(S[M(D(A(a, b), 2), D(A(a, b), 2)), M(D(S(a, b), 2), D(S(a, b), 2))]\)?

• (a) \(a^2 + b^2\)
• (b) \(ab\)
• (c) \(a^2 - b^2\)
• (d) \(\frac{a}{b}\)

The cost of diamond varies directly as the square of its weight. Once, this diamond broke into four pieces with weights in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3 : 4. When the pieces were sold, the merchant got Rs. 70,000 less. Find the original price of the diamond.

• (a) Rs. 1.4 lakh
• (b) Rs. 2 lakh
• (c) Rs. 1 lakh
• (d) Rs. 2.1 lakh

If n is any odd number greater than 1, then \(n(n^2 - 1)\) is

• (a) divisible by 96 always
• (b) divisible by 48 always
• (c) divisible by 24 always
• (d) None of these

The figure shows a circle of diameter AB and radius 6.5 cm. If chord CA is 5 cm long, find the area of \(\triangle ABC\).

• (a) 60 sq. cm
• (b) 40 sq. cm
• (c) 30 sq. cm
• (d) 52 sq. cm

If he is able to sell only 1,200 out of 1,500 watches he has made in the season, then he has made a profit of

• (a) Rs. 90,000
• (b) Rs. 75,000
• (c) Rs. 45,000
• (d) Rs. 60,000

If he produces 1,500 watches, what is the number of watches that he must sell during the season in order to break-even, given that he is able to sell all the watches produced?

• (a) 500
• (b) 700
• (c) 800
• (d) 1,000

Once I had been to the post office to buy five-rupee, two-rupee and one-rupee stamps. I paid the clerk Rs. 20, and since he had no change, he gave me three more one-rupee stamps. If the number of stamps of each type that I had ordered initially was more than one, what was the total number of stamps that I bought?

• (a) 10
• (b) 9
• (c) 12
• (d) 8

In \(\triangle ABC\), \(\angle B\) is a right angle, \(AC = 6\) cm, and \(D\) is the mid-point of \(AC\). The length of \(BD\) is

• (a) 4 cm
• (b) \(\sqrt{6}\) cm
• (c) 3 cm
• (d) 3.5 cm

What is the actual price per piece?

• (a) Rs. 82
• (b) Rs. 41
• (c) Rs. 6
• (d) Rs. 28

What is the actual quantity sold?

• (a) 28
• (b) 14
• (c) 82
• (d) 41

In a locality, two-thirds of the people have cable TV, one-fifth have VCR, and one-tenth have both. What is the fraction of people having either cable-TV or VCR?

• (a) \(\frac{19}{30}\)
• (b) \(\frac{2}{3}\)
• (c) \(\frac{17}{30}\)
• (d) \(\frac{23}{30}\)

Find the value of \(\frac{1}{1 + \frac{1}{3 - \frac{4}{3 - \frac{1}{2 + \frac{1}{3 - \frac{1}{2}}}}}} + \frac{3}{3 - \frac{4}{3 + \frac{1}{2 - \frac{1}{2}}}}\)

• (a) \(\frac{13}{7}\)
• (b) \(\frac{15}{7}\)
• (c) \(\frac{11}{21}\)
• (d) \(\frac{17}{28}\)

Given the quadratic equation \(x^2 - (A - 3)x - (A - 2)\), for what value of A will the sum of the squares of the roots be zero?

• (a) -2
• (b) 3
• (c) 6
• (d) None of these

The figure shows the rectangle ABCD with a semicircle and a circle inscribed inside it. What is the ratio of the area of the circle to that of the semicircle?

• (a) \((\sqrt{2} - 1)^2 : 1\)
• (b) \(2(\sqrt{2} - 1)^2 : 1\)
• (c) \((\sqrt{2} - 1)^2 : 2\)
• (d) None of these

I bought 5 pens, 7 pencils and 4 erasers. Rajan bought 6 pens, 8 erasers and 14 pencils for an amount which was half more what I had paid. What per cent of the total amount paid by me was paid for the pens?

• (a) 37.5%
• (b) 62.5%
• (c) 50%
• (d) None of these

In a mile race, Akshay can be given a start of 128 m by Bhairav. If Bhairav can give Chinmay a start of 4 m in a 100 m dash, then who out of Akshay and Chinmay will win a race of one and half miles, and what will be the final lead given by the winner to the loser? (One mile is 1,600 m.)

• (a) Akshay, \(\frac{1}{12}\) mile
• (b) Chinmay, \(\frac{1}{32}\) mile
• (c) Akshay, \(\frac{1}{24}\) mile
• (d) Chinmay, \(\frac{1}{16}\) mile

Two liquids A and B are in the ratio 5 : 1 in container 1 and 1 : 3 in container 2. In what ratio should the contents of the two containers be mixed so as to obtain a mixture of A and B in the ratio 1 : 1?

• (a) 2 : 3
• (b) 4 : 3
• (c) 3 : 2
• (d) 3 : 4

A man travels three-fifths of a distance AB at a speed 3a, and the remaining at a speed 2b. If he goes from B to A and returns at a speed 5c in the same time, then

• (a) \(\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b} = \frac{1}{c}\)
• (b) \(a + b = c\)
• (c) \(\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b} = \frac{2}{c}\)
• (d) None of these

A man travels from A to B at a speed x km/hr. He then rests at B for x hours. He then travels from B to C at a speed 2x km/hr and rests for 2x hours. He moves further to D at a speed twice as that between B and(c) He thus reaches D in 16 hr. If distances A-B, B-C and C-D are all equal to 12 km, the time for which he rested at B could be

• (a) 3 hr
• (b) 6 hr
• (c) 2 hr
• (d) 4 hr

Out of two-thirds of the total number of basketball matches, a team has won 17 matches and lost 3 of them. What is the maximum number of matches that the team can lose and still win more than three-fourths of the total number of matches, if it is true that no match can end in a tie?

• (a) 4
• (b) 6
• (c) 5
• (d) 3

The price of a Maruti car rises by 30% while the sales of the car come down by 20%. What is the percentage change in the total revenue?

• (a) -4%
• (b) -2%
• (c) +4%
• (d) +2%

The points of intersection of three lines \(2X + 3Y - 5 = 0\), \(5X - 7Y + 2 = 0\) and \(9X - 5Y - 4 = 0\)

• (a) form a triangle
• (b) are on lines perpendicular to each other
• (c) are on lines parallel to each other
• (d) are coincident

A man has 9 friends: 4 boys and 5 girls. In how many ways can he invite them, if there have to be exactly 3 girls in the invitees?

• (a) 320
• (b) 160
• (c) 80
• (d) 200

In a watch, the minute hand crosses the hour hand for the third time exactly after every 3 hr 18 min and 15 s of watch time. What is the time gained or lost by this watch in one day?

• (a) 14 min 10 s lost
• (b) 13 min 50 s lost
• (c) 13 min 20 s gained
• (d) 14 min 40 s gained

I sold two watches for Rs. 300 each, one at the loss of 10% and the other at the profit of 10%. What is the percentage of loss(–) or profit(+) that resulted from the transaction?

• (a) (+)10
• (b) (–)1
• (c) (+)1
• (d) (–)10

First term of \(S_1\) is

• (a) 80
• (b) 90
• (c) 100
• (d) 120

Second term of \(S_2\) is

• (a) 50
• (b) 60
• (c) 70
• (d) None of these

What is the difference between second and fourth terms of \(S_1\)?

• (a) 10
• (b) 20
• (c) 30
• (d) 60

What is the average value of the terms of series \(S_2\)?

• (a) 60
• (b) 70
• (c) 80
• (d) Average is not an integer

What is the sum of series \(S_2\)?

• (a) 10
• (b) 20
• (c) 30
• (d) 40

The average revenue collected in the given 7 years is approximately

• (a) Rs. 164 lakh
• (b) Rs. 168 lakh
• (c) Rs. 171 lakh
• (d) Rs. 175 lakh

The expenditure for the 7 years together form what per cent of the revenues during the same period?

• (a) 75%
• (b) 67%
• (c) 62%
• (d) 83%

Which year showed the greatest percentage increase in profit as compared to the previous year?

• (a) 1993
• (b) 1994
• (c) 1990
• (d) 1992

In which year was the growth in expenditure maximum as compared to the previous year?

• (a) 1993
• (b) 1995
• (c) 1991
• (d) 1992

If the profit in 1996 shows the annual rate of growth as it had shown in 1995 over the previous year, then what approximately will be the profit in 1996?

• (a) Rs. 72 lakh
• (b) Rs. 82 lakh
• (c) Rs. 93 lakh
• (d) Rs. 78 lakh

What is the maximum production capacity (in '000 tonnes) of Lipton for coffee?

• (a) 2.53
• (b) 2.85
• (c) 2.24
• (d) 2.07

Which company out of the four companies mentioned above has the maximum unutilised capacity (in '000 tonnes)?

• (a) Lipton
• (b) Nestle
• (c) Brooke Bond
• (d) MAC

What is the approximate total production capacity (in '000 tonnes) for coffee in India?

• (a) 18
• (b) 20
• (c) 18.7
• (d) Data insufficient

The highest price for coffee per kilogram is for

• (a) Nestle
• (b) MAC
• (c) Lipton
• (d) Data insufficient

What percentage of the total market share (by sales value) is controlled by 'others'?

• (a) 60%
• (b) 32%
• (c) 67%
• (d) insufficient data

Due to overrun in 'design', the design stage took 3 months, i.e. months 3, 4 and 5. The number of people working on design in the fifth month was 5. Calculate the percentage change in the cost incurred in the fifth month. (Due to improvement in 'coding' technique, this stage was completed in months 6-8 only.)

• (a) 225%
• (b) 150%
• (c) 275%
• (d) 240%

With reference to the above question, what is the cost incurred in the new 'coding' stage? (Under the new technique, 4 people work in the sixth month and 5 in the eighth.)

• (a) Rs. 1,40,000
• (b) Rs. 1,50,000
• (c) Rs. 1,60,000
• (d) Rs. 1,70,000

What is the difference in cost between the old and the new techniques?

• (a) Rs. 30,000
• (b) Rs. 60,000
• (c) Rs. 70,000
• (d) Rs. 40,000

Under the new technique, which stage of software development is most expensive for Mulayam Software Co.?

• (a) Testing
• (b) Specification
• (c) Coding
• (d) Design

Which five consecutive months have the lowest average cost per man-month under the new technique?

• (a) 1-5
• (b) 9-13
• (c) 11-15
• (d) None of these

By what per cent was the total investment in the two districts more in 1996 as compared to 1995?

• (a) 14%
• (b) 21%
• (c) 24%
• (d) 18%

The investment in electricity and thermal energy in 1995 in these two districts formed what per cent of the total investment made in that year?

• (a) 41%
• (b) 47%
• (c) 52%
• (d) 55%

In Khammam district, the investment in which area in 1996 showed the highest percentage increase over the investment in that area in 1995?

• (a) Electricity
• (b) Chemical
• (c) Solar
• (d) Nuclear

Approximately how many times was the total investment in Chittoor to the total investment in Khammam?

• (a) 2.8
• (b) 2
• (c) 2.4
• (d) 1.7

If the total investment in Khammam shows the same rate of increase in 1997, as it had shown from 1995 to 1996, what approximately would be the total investment in Khammam in 1997?

• (a) Rs. 9,850 crore
• (b) Rs. 10,020 crore
• (c) Rs. 9,170 crore
• (d) Rs. 8,540 crore

Which month records the highest profit?

• (a) September
• (b) July
• (c) March
• (d) May

In which month is the total increase in the cost highest as compared to two months ago?

• (a) March
• (b) September
• (c) July
• (d) May

In which month is the percentage increase in sales two months before, the highest?

• (a) March
• (b) September
• (c) July
• (d) May

Which month has the highest profit per employee?

• (a) September
• (b) July
• (c) January
• (d) March

Assuming that no employees left the job, how many more people did the company take on in the given period?

• (a) 4,600
• (b) 5,000
• (c) 5,800
• (d) 6,400

The number of students who get jobs in finance is less than the students getting marketing jobs, in the 5 years, by

• (a) 826
• (b) 650
• (c) 750
• (d) 548

What is the percentage increase in the average salary of finance from 1992 to 1996?

• (a) 60%
• (b) 32%
• (c) 96%
• (d) 80%

The average annual rate at which the initial salary offered in software increases is

• (a) 21%
• (b) 33%
• (c) 15.9%
• (d) 65%

What is the average monthly salary offered to a management graduate in 1993?

• (a) Rs. 6,403
• (b) Rs. 6,330
• (c) Rs. 6,333
• (d) Cannot be determined

In 1994, students seeking jobs in finance earned ___ more than those opting for software (per annum).

• (a) Rs. 43 lakh
• (b) Rs. 33.8 lakh
• (c) Rs. 28.4 lakh
• (d) Rs. 38.8 lakh

A tractor travelled a distance 5 m. What is the radius of the rear wheel?


I. The front wheel rotates `N` times more than the rear wheel over this distance.

II. The circumference of the rear wheel is `r` times that of the front wheel.

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What is the ratio of the two liquids A and B in the mixture finally, if these two liquids kept in three vessels are mixed together? (The containers are of equal volume.)


I. The ratio of liquid A to liquid B in the first and second vessel is 3:5 and 2:3 respectively.

II. The ratio of liquid A to liquid B in vessel 3 is 4:3.

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• (d) if both statements I and II together are needed to answer the question.

If \(a, b, c\) are integers, is \((a-b+c) > (a+b-c)\)?


I. \(b\) is negative.

II. \(c\) is positive.

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If \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\) are the roots of the equation \(ax^2 + bx + c = 0\), then what is the value of \((\alpha^2 + \beta^2)\)?


I. \(\alpha + \beta = -\left(\frac{b}{a}\right)\).

II. \(2\alpha\beta = \left(\frac{c}{a}\right)\).

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What is the selling price of the article?


I. The profit on sales is 20%.

II. The profit on each unit is 25% and the cost price is Rs.\ 250.

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How many different triangles can be formed?


I. There are 16 coplanar, straight lines.

II. No two lines are parallel.

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What is the total worth of Lakhiram's assets?


I. A compound interest at 10% on his assets, followed by a tax of 4% on the interest, fetches him Rs.\ 1,500 this year.

II. The interest is compounded once every four months.

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How old is Sachin in 1997?


I. Sachin is 11 years younger than Anil whose age will be a prime number in 1998.

II. Anil's age was a prime number in 1996.

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What is the number of type-2 widgets produced, if the total number of widgets produced is 20,000?


I. If the production of type-1 widgets increases by 10% and that of type-2 decreases by 6%, the total production remains the same.

II. The ratio in which type-1 and type-2 widgets are produced is 2 : 1.

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