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www.examrace.com SECTION-I Directions Question 1 to 10: Pick the odd ffi3ll out P!ck the odd man out ' "" 0 embers c coke " will P!ck the odd man out ' custodian 0 conSignee c consul " COnulUSS3JY P!ck the odd man out ' expound 0 mterpret c eluadate " mfer P!ck the odd man out ' cease 0 launch c iruhate " commence P!ck the odd man out ' adr01t 0 adept c dextrous " '""""'" P!ck the odd man out ' oolli< 0 000 c verge " oom P!ck the odd man out ' detest 0 abhor c ardour " loathe P!ck the odd man out ' fum"' 0 zealot c " rahonal P!ck the odd man out ' sporadic 0 frequent c mtermttent " scarce w P!ck the odd man out ' taatum b reserved c clamorous d s!lent Directions Q. 11 to 15: Each sentence below 1S followed by four others Select from the four the one whtch most complements the idea contamed m the gtven statement 11 One the one hand. capilahsm reqU!fes the engme of self-mterest · of greed. if you Wlll· whtle on the other hand. society requtres attenl!on to the general mterest-the a enhancement of greed b tarrungofgreed c destrucl!onofgreed d transfonnal1on of greed and arnmoS!ty 12 BaSically. we hke the free rrarket only as long as the trend 1S up a We refuse to see the long-term benefits of the downward trend b What we need to culhvate 1S an athtude of equarum1ty c We forget for the moment that the thmgs Wlllpickup d As soon as the mev:ttable downturn occurs. we complam bitterly and expect the government top fix the thmgs 13 Smce they first became part of hvmg room furruture. telev:tS!on remote controls have become the advert!ser"s scourge Some analysts reckon that -;;;c;;:;;;cruc a the mstruments Wlll tmke TV advert!smg completely meffecl!ve b as ffi3llY as a th!rd of all ads are zapped by m-e c the mstrument greally interferes Wlth the watchmg of wholesome TV progtOlllllles d soon the advertiSing mdusl!y Wlll have no ophon but to approach the government to ban the mstrument 14 The illuSion that 11mes that were are better thm those that are -;;c:c;;;:;. a shatters our belief m future b has pro!:ably pervaded all ages c makes ourhves mserable d often g!Ves us hope and peace 15 Smce cluldren are less converuent to =pulate than gumea pigs.<CC'CCCCC a educahonal research 1S often short of hard

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    Directions Question 1 to 10: Pick the odd ffi3ll out

    P!ck the odd man out

    ' "" 0 embers c coke

    " will

    P!ck the odd man out

    ' custodian

    0 conSignee c consul

    " COnulUSS3JY

    P!ck the odd man out

    ' expound

    0 mterpret c eluadate

    " mfer

    P!ck the odd man out

    ' cease

    0 launch c iruhate

    " commence

    P!ck the odd man out

    ' adr01t

    0 adept c dextrous

    " '""""'" P!ck the odd man out

    ' oolli<

    0 000 c verge

    " oom

    P!ck the odd man out

    ' detest

    0 abhor c ardour

    " loathe

    P!ck the odd man out

    ' fum"'

    0 zealot c ~" "

    rahonal P!ck the odd man out

    ' sporadic

    0 frequent c mtermttent

    " scarce

    w P!ck the odd man out

    ' taatum

    b reserved c clamorous d s!lent

    Directions Q. 11 to 15: Each sentence below 1S followed by four others Select from the four the one whtch most complements the idea contamed m the gtven statement

    11 One the one hand. capilahsm reqU!fes the engme of self-mterest of greed. if you Wlll whtle on the other hand. society requtres attenl!on to the general mterest-the

    a enhancement of greed b tarrungofgreed c destrucl!onofgreed d transfonnal1on of greed and arnmoS!ty

    12 BaSically. we hke the free rrarket only as long as the trend 1S up a We refuse to see the long-term benefits of

    the downward trend b What we need to culhvate 1S an athtude of

    equarum1ty c We forget for the moment that the thmgs

    Wlllpickup d As soon as the mev:ttable downturn occurs.

    we complam bitterly and expect the government top fix the thmgs

    13 Smce they first became part of hvmg room furruture. telev:tS!on remote controls have become the advert!ser"s scourge Some analysts reckon that -;;;c;;:;;;cruc a the mstruments Wlll tmke TV advert!smg

    completely meffecl!ve b as ffi3llY as a th!rd of all ads are zapped by

    m-e c the mstrument greally interferes Wlth the

    watchmg of wholesome TV progtOlllllles d soon the advertiSing mdusl!y Wlll have no

    ophon but to approach the government to ban the mstrument

    14 The illuSion that 11mes that were are better thm those that are -;;c:c;;;:;. a shatters our belief m future b has pro !:ably pervaded all ages c makes ourhves mserable d often g!Ves us hope and peace

    15 Smce cluldren are less converuent to =pulate than gumea pigs.

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    b doctors have to depend more on the latter than the former

    c ch!ld psycholog~sts are often compelled to use more data obtamed from the latter sources

    d the research findmgs from the latter source are generally conSidered to be more rehable than that obtamed from the former

    Drrecl!ons Q 16 to 20 Select the lettered pa~rthat best expresses a relahonsh!p S!mlar to the one expressed ht he ong~nal parr

    MAXIM APHORISM a max:tmum opllmum b prophecy doom c theorem proof d precept ax:tom EASE ALLEVIATE a hlnt allocate b revolt repud!ate c collapse nse d question interrogl.te SECRET CLANDESTINE a overt furtive b covert stealthy c open dosed d news rumour LIMPID MURKY a dazed clouded b obscure vague c bnght gloomy d nebulous d!m DRAMA AUDIENCE a brawl vagl.bonds b game spectators c art cnhcs d mome actors

    Directions Q. 21 to 25 Select the lettered pa1r that best expresses a relahonsh!p that 1S least SJnular 1 0 the one expressed m the ongmal pa1r

    21 ABDICATE POWER

    ' remstate power

    0 forgo pnmleges c renounce world

    " sacnfice nghts

    n SAIL SHIP

    ' propeller aeroplane

    0 radar "'telhte c hydrogen balloon

    " accelerator car

    n CANINE DOG

    ' felme cat

    b aqU1hne parrot c Se!Jlenhne cobra d vdlpme fox COSMIC UNIVERSE a terrestnal earth b lunar moon c connubial youth d annular nng GERNIANE PERTINENT a apt appropnate b qU1ck urgent c dull slugg~sh d exated serene

    Directions: Arrange the sentences m a proper sequence so as to make a coherent paragraph

    26 Arrange the sentences m a proper sequence so as to make a coherent paragraph

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    A Reahsts beheve that there 1S an obJective reahty "out there"" mdependent of ourselves

    B Thts reahty extsts solely by vutue of how the world 1S and 1S d!scoverable by apphcahon of the methods of saence

    C They believe m the posSJbihty of detenrurung whether or not a theoty 1S mdeed really true or false

    D I th!nk it 1S fa!r to "'Y that thts 1S the poS!hon to whtch most workmg saenhsts subs en be

    a ACBD b CDBA c DCBA d BCAD Arrange the sentences m a proper sequence so as to make a coherent paragraph A There 1S a strong mumfactunng base for a

    vanety of products B India ffis come a long way on the

    technology front C But the technology adopted ffis been

    largely of foretgn ongm D There are. however. areas such as atomc

    energy. space. agnculture and defense where SJgruficant stndes have been made m evolmng relevant technolog~es Wltlun the country

    a ADCB b DBAC c BACD d CBAD

    28 Arrange the sentences m a proper sequence so as to make a coherent paragraph A In errusSJon trailing. the government fixes

    the total amount of pollut!on that 1S

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    acceptable to mamtam a deSired level of arr quahty

    B Economsts argue that th!s approach makes arr polluhon control more cost-effecl!ve than the current practice of fixmg a1r-pollul1on standards and ezpectlng all comparues to pollute below these stamhrds

    C The USA uses enusSJons tradmg to control arrpolluhon

    D It then d!stnbutes enusSJon pemuts to all comparues m the regton, w!uch add up to the overall acceptable level of enusS!on

    a BADC b ACDB c CBAD d DBAC Arrange the sentences m a proper sequence so as to make a coherent paraeraph A The md!mdual comparues vaty m SIZe,

    from the comer grocety to the mdustnal ,~,

    B Pohaes and rranagement methods Wlthm firms range from fotmal, well-planned orgaru,.hons and controls to shpshod day-to-day operahons

    C Vanous mdustnes offer a Wlde array of products or se!VIces through mlhons of finns largely mdependent of each other

    D Vanety m the form of ownership contnbutes to d!verSJty m cap1tal mvestment, volume of buSiness, and finanaal structure

    a DBCA b CADB c BADC d ADCB Arrange the sentences m a proper sequence so as to make a coherent paraeraph A All levels of demand, whether mdtmdual,

    aggregate, local, rahonal, or mternahonal are subJ eel to cffinge

    B At the =e hme, sc1ence and technology add new d!menSJons to products, the1r uses, and the methods used to market ili=

    C Aggregate demand fluctuates Wlth changes m the level of buSiness acl!mty, GNP, and nahonal mcome

    D The demands of md!mduals tend to vaty Wlth chang1ng needs and nSJng mcome

    a CBDA b DCAB c BCAD d ADCB

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    Directions fur Q. 31 In 40: Arrange sentences A B, C, and D between sentences 1 and 6, so as to form a logtcal sequence of S!X sentences

    31 Arrange sentences A B, C, and D between sentences 1 and 6, so as to form a logtcal sequence of SIX sentences 1 Chlchen Itza, last outpost of the Mayan

    amhzahon, was but!! m the heat of the and Yucatan perunsula, unl1ke most of the earher Mayan atles, w!uch were bU1lt m ram forests

    A If she SllfVIVed m the da!k water unhl tll!d-day, pnests hauled her out to ask what the godshadholdher

    B In times of cnSJs, a ma1den was hurled at dawn mto the 60-ft deep hole m the hmestone rock

    C The aty folks drank from one well and used the other as a well of "'cnfice

    D It got 1ts water from two wells known as cenotes, fed by underwater streams

    6 The Mayans also threw chenshed possesSions mto the hole-carved Jade, gold, nodules of reSin uses as mcense, copper d!scs and human skeletons have all been dredged out of1t

    a DCBA b BCAD c CADB d ABCD Arrange sentences A B, C, and D between sentences 1 and 6, so as to form a logtcal sequence of SIX sentences 1 All human be1ngs are aware of the

    ex:tslence of a power greater than that of the mortals - the name gtven to such a power by md!mdrnls 1S an outcome of b1rth, educahon and ch01ce

    A This powerpromdes an anchor m Innes of adverSity, d!fficulty and trouble

    B Industnal orgaru,.hons also contnbute to the venerahon of th!s power by part1ap3.t1ng m acl!mhes such as rehgtous ceremorues and fesl1ml1es orgaruzed by the employees

    C Therr other phtlanthrop1c contnbul!ons mdude the construcl!on and tll31ntenance of rehgtous places such as temples or gurudwaras

    D Logtcally, therefore, such a power should be remembered m good hmes also

    6 The top =gement/managers should part1ap3.te mall such events, mespecl!ve ofthe1rpersonal ch01ce

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    c CADB d DACB Arrange sentences A B, C, and D between sentences 1 and 6, so as to form a log~cal sequence of SIX sentences

    Total forg~veness for a nustake conurutted generates a sense of complacency towards target acluevement among the employees

    A In such a SJtuahon, the work ethos gets distorted and mdiVIduals get a feelmg tJ-at they can get away Wlth any lapse

    B The feelmg tJ-at they develop 1S 'whether I produce results or not, the management Wlll not purush me or does not !Eve the guts to purush me '

    C Also, excess lax:tty damages rranagement credlb1hty, because for a long hme, the management has mamtamed that dysfuncl!oral behaVIour Wlll result m puruslunent, and when somellung goes wrong, 1t falls to take speafic purut1ve act1on

    D The seventy of the purushment may be reduced by modlfinng 1t, but some acl!on must be taken agamst the gLl!lty so as to seJVe as a remnder for all others m the orgaru,.hon

    6 Moreover, 1t helps estabhsh the management's 1mage of bemg finned, fa!r and yet human

    a DCBA b BADC c DBCA d CABD Arrange sentences A B, C, and D between sentences 1 and 6, so as to form a log~cal sequence of SIX sentences 1 Currency movements can !Eve a dramat1c

    1mpact on eqU11y returns for fomgn mvestors

    A Tills 1S not surpnS!ng as ffi3llY developmg econonues try to peg the1r exchange rates to the US dollar or to a basket of currenaes

    B Many developmg economes rrarage to keep exchange rate volahhty lower than that m the mdustnal economcs

    C India has also gone m for the full float on the current account and abohshed the managed exchange rate

    D Dramahc excephons are Argenhna, Braz1l, and N!gena

    6 Another emerg~ng-malket-speafic nsk 1S hqU1dlty nsk

    a ADBC b CDAB c BDAC

    d CABD Arrange sentences A B, C, and D between sentences 1 and 6, so as to form a log~cal sequence of SIX sentences

    Managers rrrust lead by example, they should not be averse to giVIng a hand m manual work, 1f reqU1red

    A They should also update the1r competence to gLl!de !herr subordmates, th!s would be posSible only 1f they keep m regular touch Wlth new processes, rrachmes, mstruments, gl.uges, systems and gl.dgets

    B Work must be allocated to different groups and team members m dear, speafic tenns

    C Too rrruch of wall-bU1ldmg 1S detnmental to the exerase of the 'personal chansrra' of the leader whose presence should not be felt only through nohces, arculars or memos, but by be1ng seen phySically

    D S1mple, dean hmng among one's people should be mSJsted upon

    6 Tills would mean the mamtammg of an updated orgaru,.hon chart, laJ!ng down JOb descnphons, 1denl!fymg key result areas, sett1ng personal targets, and above all, morntonng of petformance, to meet orgaru,.honal goals

    a BDAC b BCDA c ADCB d ACDB Arrange sentences A B, C, and D between sentences 1 and 6, so as to form a log~cal sequence of SIX sentences 1 The top tll3ffigement should perce1ve the

    true worth of people and only then make fnends

    A Such 'true lhends' are very few and very =

    B Factors such as affluence, nches, outward soph!sl!cahon and conceptual ab!hhes are not prerequtS!tes for genutne fnendsh!p

    C Such people must be respected and kept dosetotheheart

    D BuSiness reahhes call for developmg a large arde of acquamtances and contracts, however, all of them Will be mot1vated by the1r O'Ml self-mterest and 1t would be wrong to treat them as genU1ne fnends

    6 There 1S always a need for real fnends to whom one can tum for balanced, unselfish adVIce, more so when one 1S caught m a

    "-a ABCD b ADBC c ABDC d ACBD

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    Arrange sentences A B, C, and D between sentences 1 and 6, so as to form a log~cal sequence of SIX sentences 1 Confhctmg deffi3llds for resources are

    always vo1ced by d!fferent funcl!ons/dep3.rtments m an orgarnsahon

    A Every manager exanunes the task entrusted to lum and evaluates the resources requtred

    B AV31lab!hly of resources m full measure makes task ach!evement easy, because 11 reduces the effort needed to somehow make-do

    C A "'fety cusluon 1S bU1lt 1nto demand for resources, to offset the adverse m1pact of any cut1mposed by the seruors

    D Tlus aspect needs to be understood as the reahty

    6 Dynanuc, energel!c, growth-onented and W!se managements are always confronted Wlth the madequacy of resources Wlth respect to one of the four M's (men, maclunes, money and matenals) and the two T' s (11me and technology)

    a DABC b ACBD c ABCD d BCDA Arrange sentences A B, C, and D between sentences 1 and 6, so as to form a log~cal sequence of SIX sentences

    The Etluop1ans, who bel1eve that they are God's chosen people have a speaallegend to JUSI1fy the1r confidence

    A Accord!ng to the legend, God molded the first man from clay

    B He took the second burnt and black, so he threw them away to the South of A fuca

    C He took the second batch out too soon and they were p3.sty and wlute, so he threw them away to the North, where they became Arabs and Europeans

    D He put the first batch m the oven to bake but left them too long

    6 The tlurd batch came out JUs! nght and he put them m Etluop1a

    a ADBC b DCBA c BACD d CBDA Arrange sentences A B, C, and D between sentences 1 and 6, so as to form a log~cal sequence of SIX sentences 1 Accord!ng to Greek myth, Pandora was

    the first woman A Only hope was left B She was sent to the rebell1ous Zeus as a

    puruslunent for rranhnd

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    C She was g~vena box to take Wlth her, Wlth mstrucl!ons not to open 11

    D Because she was cunous, she d!sobeyed, opened the box and all the ev:1ls of the world flew out

    6 Pandora's box has SJnce become a symbol for any act1on whose consequences are dangerous! y unpre dt ctabl e

    a DCBA b ABCD c BCDA d CADB

    40 Arrange sentences A B, C, and D between sentences 1 and 6, so as to form a log~cal sequence of SIX sentences 1 Desp1te the pas,.ge of t1me, a large

    number of confhcts contmue to rerram al1ve, because the wronged part!es, m reahty or m unag~nahon, W!sh to take revenge upon each other, tlms creat1ng a V!C!OUS crrde

    A At 11mes, managers are called upon to take ruthless deaSJons m the long-term mterests of the orgarnsat1on

    B People hurt others, at 11mes knoWingly, to teach them a lesson and, at other 11mes, because they lack correct understand!ng of the other person !Eve stand

    C The delegl.t1on of any power, to any person, 1S never absolute

    D Evety ruthless deaSJon Wlll be eaSJer to accept 1f the SJ!rnhon at the moment of conuruthng the act 1S obJect1vely analyzed, sffired openly and d!scussed rahorally

    6 1f power 1S nusused, 1ts effects can last only for a mule, smce employees are bound to confront!! someday, more so, the talented ones

    a BCAD b ADBC c DABC d BADC

    Directions fur Q. 41 to 45: Each of the follomng queshons conla!ns SIX statements followed by four sets of comb1nal1ons of three You have to choose that set m whtch the statements are log~cally related

    A Allmenaregood B Some men are not good C A fewmendonotbel1evemGod D No good ffi3ll bel1eves m God E No man who does not bel1eve m God 1S

    good F SomemendonotbehevemGod a ABD

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    b ACB c ECB " ew

    A RaJ endens an mdustnaltst B Ramkumans RaJ ender' s brother C Some men are cruel D No mdustnaltst 1S honest E RaJendens not honest F RaJendens not cruel a ACF b ABE c DCE d ADE

    A All dogs are honest B Dogs are charact=ed by honesty C Xerox!Sadog D Arush'spet!Sadog E All honest arumals are dogs F Xerox 1S honest a BDF b ACF c ADE o CIT

    A SomeAS!ans are Ind!ans B Some AS!ans are hardwotkmg C All Ind!ans are AS!ans D Some Indtans are AS!ans E Some Indtans are ffirdworktng F No Ind!an!Shardworkmg a BDE e ern c CDF d BDF

    A Somebooksarefunny B Somebooksarenotfunny C All funny books are best-sellers D Somebestsellersarenotfunny E Some books are not best-sellers F Some books are best-sellers a BDE b CDF c ACF d BDF

    Directions Q 46-50: The questions are based on a short statement preced!ng them

    But because the tdea of pnvate property has been pemutted to ovemde Wlth tis selfishness the conunon good of hU1ll3!l1ty, 11 does not follow that there are no hmts Wlthm wluch

    tJ-at tdea can funcl!on for the general convernence and advantage Wh!ch of the followmg 1S most hkely to weaken the argument? a All the people of the soaety should

    progress at an eqU1table rate and there should be no d!sp3.nl1es and pnvate property does bnng about a tremendous d!spanty

    b One should not stnve for the conunon good of humaruty at all, mstead one should be concerned Wlth maxmuzmg one's own wealth

    c One should learn from the expenences of former commurusts nahons and should not repeat the1r nustakes at all

    d Even prosperous capttahst countnes hke the USA have the1r sffire of soaal problems

    The wnter can only be fert!le tf he renews hunself and he can only renew lumself tf !us soul 1S constanlly ennched by fresh expenence Wh!ch of the folloWing 1S most hkely to support the above thought? a Only out of fresh expenence can thewnter

    get germs for new wnhng b Thewntercanmeetnewpeople c The wnter rrrust see new places d None ofthese Unless you devote your whole hfe to 1!, you Will never learn to speak the language of another country to perfecl!on, you Will never know tis people and tis hterature Wlth complete mhmacy Wh!ch of the folloWing 1S hkely to undermne the above argumen!l a I can speak ten fomgn languages already b I do not travel to fomgn countnes c I am happy Wlth the languages I know and

    do not need to learn any other language d I should spend 11me to understand my own

    people and hterature first, only then can I appreaate other languages and cultures

    have been studymg 11, consaously and subconsaously, for forty years and I still find men unaccountable, people I know mhrrately can SU!Jlnse me by some act1on of wluch I never thought them capable of, or by the d!scoveJY of some Irati exlubtt a S!de of themselves that I never even suspected The tdea m tlus sentence can be best =nzed as a Men are mconS!stent and therefore one

    should not be confident even about one's doses! fnends

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    b Men are unpred!ctable, one can never tell what do next hence one should be very carefulm one's dealmgs

    c No rratter how closely you know somebody there sWl ex:tsts an unknown facet ofhts personahty

    d None ofthese Now the aud!ence 1S a very cunous aruma! It 1S shrewd rather than mtelhgent Its mental capaaty 1S less than that of 1\s most mtellectual members If these were graded from A to Z, decreasmg Wlth succeed!ng letters to the zero of the hystencal shop grrl, I should "'Y 1ts mental capac1ty would come around about the letter 0 Accordmg to the above statements, a Some members m the aud!ence are more

    mtelhgent thm any of 1ts other members b The net mtell1gence of the aud!ence 1S a

    httle less than average c a only d aandbboth

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    A person who ffis a certam amount Wlth h!m goes to the rrarket He can buy 50 oranges or 40 mangoes He retams 1 0% of the amount for lax! fure and buys 20 mangoes, and of the balance he purchases oranges The number of oranges he can purchase 1S

    ' " 0 " c "

    " " 52 Two- fifths of the voters promse to vote for P and the rest prOlll!se to vote for Q Of these, on the last day, 15% of the voters went back on !herr prom1se to vote for P and 25% of voters went back ofthe1rproffi!seto vote for Q, and P lost by 2 votes Then the total number of voters 1S a 1 00 b 11 0

    c "

    " " One hter of water 1S poured 1nto each of two contamers of equal he1ght The first conla!ner A has a arcular cross secl!on of rad!us 2 em and the otherB has a square cross sect1on Wlth S!de of4 em In wh!ch contamerW!ll the water nse to a greater he1ght? a C onla!ner A b C onla!ner B

    c Equalm both d Depends on the rate at wh!ch Wlter 1S

    poured ABCD 1S a sqrnre of area 4, whtch 1S d!mded 1nto four non-overlapping tnang)es as shown m the figure The sum of the penmeters of the tnangles 1S

    a 8(1+._12) b 8(2+._12) c 4(2+._12) d 4(1+._12)

    What 1S the value of m whtch f211sfies 3m2 -2lm+30 2 c 2

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    d None ofthese Wh!ch one of the followmg cannot be the raho of angles m a nght-angled tnangle? a 1 2 3 b 1 1 2 c 1 36 d None ofthese Three bells ch!me at an mterval of 18, 24 and 32 mnutes respecl!vely At a certamhme they begm to chune together What length of hme Wlll elapse before they chune together agl.m? a 2 hours 24 nu!llites b 4 hours 48 nu!llites c 1 hour 36 mnutes d 5 hours A, B, C and Dare four towns, any three of w!uch are non-collmear The !lliffiber of ways to construct three roads each J ol!Ung a p3.1r of to'Mls so that the roads do not form a tnangle

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    ' ' 0 c c c d more than 9 Fortheproductn(n+ 1)(2n+ l),n iN, w!uch one of the folloW!llg " neces=ly false? a lt!Salwayseven b DnnSJbleby3 c Always d!mS!ble by the sum of the square

    of first n natural numbers d Never d!mSJble by 237

    Directions Q. 64 to 67. refer to the folloWing data

    le(x, y) ~I least of\x, y) mo(x) ~ lxl me(x) (x, y)~ rraxtmum of\x, y)

    Fmd the value ofme(a + mc(le(a, b)), me( a+ me(mo(a), mo(b)), at a~ -2 and b ~- 3

    ' ' 0 c c 0

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    The rate ofmflatlon was 1000% What Wlll be the cost of an art!de, which costs 6 uruts of currency now, two years from noW? a 666 b 660 c 720 d 726 72 hens cost Rs 96 7 What does each hen cost, where numbers at"_" are not VIS!ble or are wntten m1lleg~ble hand? a Rs323 b Rs511 c Rs 5 51 d Rs7 22

    78 Boxes numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are kept m a row, and they are to be filled Wlth e1ther a red ora blue ball, such that no two adJacent boxes can be filled Wlth blue balls How ffi3llY d!fferent arrangements are posSible, g~ven that all balls of a g~ven colour are exactly 1dent1cal mall respects?

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    Directions Q. 79 to 80 are based on the folloWing mfotmahon

    There are three different cable channels namely Ahead, Luck and Bang In a SU!Vey 11 was found that 85% of mewers respond to Bang, 20% to Luck, and 30% to Ahead 20% of mewers respond to emctly two channels and 5% to none

    What percentage of the mewers responded to all three?

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    c " d None ofthese Assunung 20% respond to Ahead and Bang, and 16% respond to Bang and Luck, w!Et 1S the percentage of mewers who watch only

    '""" ' " 0 w c " d None ofthese

    Directions Q. 81 to 87, choose the correct option

    81 AB 1S pe!Jlend!cular to BC and BD 1S pe!Jlend!cular to AC CE biSects the angle C, LA- 30 Then, what" LCED?

    ' o~c a 30 b 60 c 45 d 65 One root of x' + kx- 8 ~ 0 1S sqrnre of the other Then, the value ofk!S

    ' ' 0 c c c

    " ' AB 1S d!ameter of the arcle and the pomts C and D are on the arcumference such that LCAD ~ 300 What!S the measure of LACD?

    The length of a ladder 1S exactly eqrnl to the he! gill of the wall1t 1S resting agamst If lower end of the ladder 1S kept on a stool ofhe!@ll 3 m and the stool 1S kept 9 m away from the wall, the upper end of the ladder comades Wlth the top of the wall Then, the he1g)lt of the walliS a 12m b 15m c 18m d 11m The largest value of mm (2 + x', 6 - 3x) when x>O!S

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    A ffi3ll mvests Rs 3000 at a rate of 5% per annum How much more should he mvest at a rate of 8%, so tJ-at he can earn a total of 6% per annum? a Rs 1200 b Rs 1300 c Rs 1500 d Rs 2000 Three consecuhve poS!hve even numbers are such that tlmce the first number exceeds double the tlurd by 2, then the tlurdnumber!S ' w 0 " c "

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    Directions Q. 88 to 91, use the followmg data A and B are tutUUng along a arcular course ofradms 7 km m oppoSite d!recl!ons such that ,.;,en they meet they reverse thetr d!recl!ons and when they meet, A Will run at the speed ofB and mce-ver,., Imhally, the speed of A 1S llmce the speed of B Assume that they start from M0 and they first meet at M1. then at M2, next at M3, and firally atM.,

    What 1S the shortest d!stance between M1 and MP a 11 km b 7..f2km c nm d 14 km

    89 What 1S the shortest d!stance between M1 and M3 along the course? a 22 km b 14..f2km c 22..f2 km d 14 km

    90 Wh!ch 1S the ponll tJ-at coma des mth MO? ' Me o Me c Me o M,

    91 What 1S the d!stance travelled by A ,.;,en they meetatM3? a 77km b 66km c 99km d 88km

    Directions Q. 92 to 100: Each of these 1tems has question followed by two statements As the answer, =>

    a 1fthe queshons can be answered Wlth the help of both the statements but not Wlth the help of etther statement 1tself

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    What!S the number x1f I TheLCMofxandl81S36 II TheHCFofxandl81S2 a 1f the queshons can be answered Wlth the

    help of both the statements but not Wlth the help of etther statement 1tself

    b 1f the quest1on can not be answered even Wlth the help of both the statements

    c 1f the question can be answered Wlth the help 0 statement II alone

    d 1f the question can be answered Wlth the help of statement I alone

    If x, y and z are real numbers, 1S z - x even or cMc I xyz 1S odd II xy + yz+ ZX!S even

    ' What 1S value ofx, 1fx andy are consecutive poS!hve even mtegers? a 1f the queshons can be answered Wlth the

    help of both the statements but not Wlth the help of etther statement 1tself

    b 1f the quest1on can not be answered even Wlth the help of both the statements

    c 1f the question can be answered Wlth the help 0 statement II alone

    d 1f the question can be answered Wlth the help of statement I alone

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    c 1f the question can be answered Wlth the help 0 statement II alone

    d 1f the question can be answered Wlth the help of statement I alone

    What 1S the pnce of bananas? I W1th Rs 84, I can buy 14 tararas and 35

    oranges II Ifpnce of bananas 1freduced by 50% then

    we can buy 48 bananas mRs 12 a 1f the queshons can be answered Wlth the

    help of both the statements but not Wlth the help of either statement 1tself

    b 1f the queshon can not be answered even Wlth the help of both the statements

    c 1f the question can be answered Wlth the help 0 statement II alone

    d 1f the question can be answered Wlth the help of statement I alone

    What 1S the first term of an antlunet1c progress10n of poS1t1ve 1ntegers? I Sum of the squares of the first and second

    term!S 116 II Thefifthterm1Sd!mS1bleby7 a 1f the queshons can be answered Wlth the

    help of both the statements but not Wlth the help of either statement 1tself

    b 1f the queshon can not be answered even Wlth the help of both the statements

    c 1f the question can be answered Wlth the help 0 statement II alone

    d 1f the question can be answered Wlth the help of statement I alone

    Isx+y-z+teven? I x+y+l!seven II tz 1S odd a 1f the queshons can be answered Wlth the

    help of both the statements but not Wlth the help of either statement 1tself

    b 1f the queshon can not be answered even Wlth the help of both the statements

    c 1f the question can be answered Wlth the help 0 statement II alone

    d 1f the question can be answered Wlth the help of statement I alone

    What 1S the area of the tnangle? I TwoS1desare41 em each II Theall1tudetothetlurdS1de1S9 em long a 1f the queshons can be answered Wlth the

    help of both the statements but not Wlth the help of either statement 1tself

    b 1f the queshon can not be answered even Wlth the help of both the statements

    c 1f the question can be answered Wlth the help 0 statement II alone

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    SECTION-III

    Directions fur Q. 101 In 150: Read the pas,.ges and answer the quest1ons that follow

    PASSAGE I Darwuuan enthus1asts are too qU1ck to read lustoncal purposes 1nto every b10logical Ira!! In Stephen Jay Gould's telhng phrase, they are overly fond of 'Just-so stones", wluch d!ffer from K1phng's fables only m their lack of good Jokes Mr Gould's 1mmed!ate target here 1S "selfish-gene" theonsts hke fuchard Dawk:ms, and 11 1S a moot pomt whether he actually luts that rrark But, w!Etever you thtnk of Mr Dawktns, evoluhonaJY psychology 1S mdeed open to the JUst-so charge In pnnaple 11 may seem a good 1dea for psychology and evolut1onary theoty to pool their mtellectual resources But giVen the pauaty of hard ev:tdence on each S!de, the merger often seems to aclueve httle more thm an matement to fabulahon

    The trouble 1S not JUs! that humm brams leave no fosSils, though tlus 1S certamly one problem Just as 1-.azardous 1S the lack of defirute knowledge about current mental mecharusms Thts makes 11 all too temphng to put evoluhonaJY speculahon m the place of hard psychological ev:tdence, and so conJure mental modules out of lustoncal myth Take Ms CoSlll!des's theoty about the evoluhon of a cheater-detecl!on module Tlus 1S now Wldely accepted But thereis no mdependent ev:tdence, apart from Ms CoSlll!des's psychological expenments, for tlus lustoncal slaty Moreover, other psychologists now da1m to have petformed new expenments wluch show that a cheal!ng factor 1S not the cruaal vanable m the Wason selecl!on task after all Less mdulgent cnhcs Wlll "'Y that the fhrtal1on Wlth evolu11on has Simply led Ms CoSlll!des up a theorel!cal bhnd alley

    A S!mlar charge can be leveled at other pnze exhtb1ts m the gallery of evoluhonaJY psychology The theones of human allru!sm de sen bed m Mr R1dley's "The Ongins of V1rtue" mvolve any number of plauSible 1deas about the soaal pracl!ces of our hom1rud forefathers But there 1S no real lustoncal l:aS!s for these parables, and preaous httle d!rect ev:tdence that toclay' s humans d!splay any correspond!ng dtspoS1t1ons The 1deas m Mr fudley's book exhtb1t game-theorel!cal soplusticahon and rrruch mgenU1ty, and are worth read!ng for that reason alone, but they scarcely qrnhfy as rel1able saence

    Then there 1S sex Reproducl!on 1S central to evoluhon, but there 1S room to wonder whether that explains the attenhon 11 gets from the more pop-onented evolut!onaJY psychologists The lead!ng hght m tlus area 1S Damd Buss, or "The Doctor of Love", as he 1S fondly tenned on "The Evolut1orust" web page H!S book, "The Evolu11on ofDeS!re" reports the results of a quesl1o!lllil1re giVen to 10,000 people m 37 countnes In every country, women hke nch men, and

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    men hke young attracl!ve women Mr Buss also explams that potenllal p1ck-ups start lookmg better as dosmg-11me nears and worse agam after sex Well, rraybe that 1S all so, and perffips 11 has sometlung to do Wlth the evoluhonaJY roles of the sexes But Mr Buss tells you httle about the preciSe mecharusm belund the behamour Defenders of evoluhonaJY psychology rray reasonably reply that there are better pracl!honers than Mr Buss and more 1mpresS1ve examples ofDarwuuan accounts of human mental phenomena than Singles-bar behamour Yet even the best "'mples of the evoluhonaJY approach ra1se the quest1on of 1ts explaratory goal Do the d!fferent examples, plucked here and there from the vast field of human mental hfe and behamour, show pronuse of ever addmg up to a coherent theory of the mnd?

    That quest! on bnngs m the second mam wony about evoluhonaJY psychology by emphaS!zmg the modules 11 leaves out the 1mportant part of the mnd Evolut1onaJY psychologists often hken the mnd to a Sw!ss Army krufe It contams a large number of purpose-bUll! tools, each deSigned for a qU!te speafic purpose But th!s p1cture prompts an obmous quest! on Who, or what, 1S dead!ng when to open w!uch blades? Don't you need some central mtelhgence to orchesllate the overall operahon? Some evoluhonaJY psychologists say no But, w!ule that rray be true of other anunals, 11 tmkes httle sense for hurrans For one th!ng, you seem to need a central mtelhgence to understand 1ruman moral reasorung Even 1f your modules mdme you towards sexual and rac!al dtscnffi1nal1on, for example, 11 does not follow that such d!scnmnahon 1S e1ther memtable or JUsl!fied If !mffi3lls are JUS! a col! eel! on of modular reflexes, how 1S 11 that they can correct the1r md1nal1ons? Humans seem to need some mental faculty that can stand back from modular prompt1ngs and tell them how to do better

    There are less elevated examples of people morutonng the outputs ofthe1r pU!Jlose-speafic mental modules You are often qU!te aware that your msual system 1S foohng you for example, when you look at tnck draWings, or mdeed when you watch telemswn If 11 1S posSible to quesl!on modular md1rat1ons m th!s way, there must be some place m the m1nd w!uch transcends the modules

    To 1ns1st that there 1S more to the mnd than modules 1S not to deny lrumans' aruma! hentage no doubt a person's cenllal mtelhgence 1S 1tself an evolu11onary product of the past But 11 does mean that evoluhonaJY psychology, hke 1\s predecessors, 1S m ctmger of 1gnonng the very th!ng that makes humans different from other arumals Perffips evoluhonary psychologists mll soon shift the1r focus away from penpheral modules, and start contnlm11ng to an understand!ng of the really hard bwlog1cal problem of the structure and funct1on of the central mtellectual ab!l1l1es Un111 then, they are unhkely to shed more

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    than a S1del1ght on the human m1nd or to show people rrruch about why they hve the way they do

    10 1 What 1S Stephen Jay Gould's nrun obJ eel! on to Darw1ruan theonsts? a thattheylackgoodJokes b that they are full of"Just-so" stones c that they read meanmg mto every

    b10l0g!C3llra!t d that they do not see the pracl!cal aspects

    102 It can be mferred from the first paragraph that the author of the passage a agreesW!thMr Gould b d!"'greesW!thMr Gould c 1S neutral about Mr Gould's argument d conSiders the obJ ecl!ons obJ ecl!vely

    103 What 1S the author lry!ng to convey through the phrase, "matement to fabulahon"? a mahng theonsts to make fabulous clamJS b resulhng m stones and fables c resulhng m wrong claims d none ofthese

    104 Mr C oSlll!des' theory about evolul!on a 1S nowW!dely accepte b !SJUstah!stoncalmyth c lacks psychological emdence d 1S a theorel!cal bhndalley

    105 Damd Buss' contnbuhon to the evolu11orary approach a 1S an 1mportant contnbuhon to understand

    evolu11on b does not explain much about evolu11on c 1S an emmple of pop-onented evoluhonaJY

    psychology d has added 1mportant stal1sl1cal research

    conS1st1ng of 10,000 people m 37 countnes

    106 The problem Wlth treat1ng the m1nd as a module!Sthat a 11 1gnores how the m1nd actually funct!ons b 11 1gnores the fact that a mental faculty

    controls modular prompt1ng c 11 treats everythmg m compartments d 11 does not explain msual tncks such as

    lelev:!S!On 107 The concluSion of the art!cle 1S that

    a EvoluhonaJY psychology 1gnores the very th!ng that makes humans d!fferent from

    =""'' b EvoluhonaJY psychology 1S unlikely to shed more than a S1del1ght on the human MOO

    c EvoluhonaJY psychology can explain an 1mportant aspect 1f 11 ezplains the structure and funct1on of the central mtellectual ab1hl1es

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    d Evolu11o!l3!Y psychology has a !muted future, as of date

    108 The art! de" an attempt to a explam evolul1o!l3!Y psychology b discuss the contnbuhon of evolul1o!l3!Y

    psycholog~sts c downgrade the contnbutlon of

    psycholog~sts d none ofthese

    PASSAGE 2 It sounds pretty obmous hfe 1S all a Ef!me Charles Lamb (1775-1834) put 11 rather elegantly "Man 1S a gl.mng arurral He rrrust always be hymg to get the better m sometlung or other" What Jolm HarsanJ! and other econonusts did was to apply rratherrahcal Log~c to tlus 1ruman urge and make game theory, as 11 1S called, part of the 1r tool kit At 1\s humblest level, game theory 1S usefulm samng the players from gomg rrad In dev:1smg a strategy you know that your nval rray know what you are pl=ng, and he knows tJ-at you know he knows, and soon even sk!lled chess-players can feel mentally wounded

    In chess and comparable real-hfe Ef!mes, each S!de has baS!c mfonmt1on about the other The problem of Clmles Lamb's gamng arumals 1S that they usually have 1mperfect knowledge about the1r opponents They guess a!, orrel!erl on "ulluth ori' or, as Napoleon S31d of !us favonte generals, they were lucky Unhl qU1te recent 1tems, tlus was the way countnes and great comparues dealt Wlth the1r nvals

    Mr HarsanYl's contnbut1on to game theory was to show that such games need not be played m a fog, or at least not rrruch It was posSible to analyze such games and promde gudance about the protable moves and the1r outcomes Tlus advanced game theory was employed, at least by the Amencans, m the1r negol!ahons Wlth the Some! Uruon on anns control K=edy and Khrushchev used game theory m the1r tussle over CutannusS!les m !962

    Game theory 1S Wldely used m commerce, as tappened tlus year when, Wlth great success, the Bnhsh govenunent sold hcenses for mob1le phone serv:1ces m an aucl!on deS!gnerl by an Oxford economst Paul Kemmerer Some economsts are watclung Wlth fascmahon the contest between the European Central Bank and the currency rrarket over the future of the Europe, wluch has at least the look of an exemse m game theory A Dutch team of economsts apphed the theory to mtemat1onal football and concluded that a bad team plaJ!ng at home 1S more hkely to score than a good one plaJ!ng away One effect of game theory 1S to rrake economsts seem qutte human

    As often happens when an 1dea becomes fasluonable, there has been some argument about who first thought to Ef!me theory Mr HarS31lJ!, who shared a Nobel Pnze m 1994 Wlth two other economsts m the

    Ud~-" =e field, Jolm Nash and Re1nhardt Sellen, was tappy to acknowledge that game theory had been around m some form for a longtime Players of poker, and of course chess, had been US!ng game theory Wlthout calhng 11 that Philosophy has a cla!ffi 11 seeks to rat1onal1ze the behamour of people Wlth confhctmg mterests As a young man m Budapest, Mr Har"'tlJ'1 tad studied plulosophy and rratherrahcs and, to please h!s parents who ran a phamacy, he added chemstry What tnggered !us mterest m game theory appears to tave been the wotk of Jolm von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern, who m 1944 pubhshed a book enhtled "The Theory of Games and Econonuc Behamour" Von NeU1ll3!Ul was an Amencan rrathemahaan who, by comadence, had also been born m Hungary and tad attended the same school as Mr HarsanJ! He and Morgenstern rray have been the first to show how the plulosoplucal 1dea of rahonal behamour could be appl1ed to econonucs They dtd not develop the 1dea In !us short hfe, von NeU1ll3!Ul espeaally tad rrruch other mterest, mdudmg work on qrnntum theoty and the deSign of the first electroruc computers In paper after paper, Mr Har"'tlJ'1 and !us colleagues took the theory further It 1S sl!ll be1ng pohshed

    The plulosopher m Jolm Hanany1 "'w m game theory means of !mproV!llg the hU1ll3ll condlt1on He promoted the 1dea tJ-at the nghtness or wrongness of an acl!on depended on 1ts consequences An etlucal theory known as uhhtanarusm The connecl!on between Ef!me theory and etlucs 1S a complex one H!S book on tlus theme, Essays on Etlucs Soaal B ehamour and Saenhfic Explanahon", 1S a hard read, JUSt as game theoty 11 self derrands lots of tncky rrathemahcs No one would blame you for shckmg to Charles Lamb

    109 What 1S the author mearung to convey when he "'YS, "even skilled chess-players can feel mentally wounded"? a 11 saves the players from gomg rrad b the mathemahcallog~c of the game theoty

    leaves even skilled players wounded c that the theory 1S very comphcated d chess players find the theoty hard to

    comprehend 110 The author feels that pnor to game theory,

    comparues and countnes a rel1ed on guess work when dealmg Wlth

    each other b rel1ed on luck rather than saenhfic

    analySiS c made 11llperfect deaS!ons d had no 1deahowto deal Wlth each other

    111 The rram contnbuhon of Mr HarS31lJ! to game theoty 1S a 11 rrade economsts seem qU1tehuman b games need not be played m fog now

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    c 11 promded gtlldance about the probable moves of opponents

    " 11 was employed by Amencans m dealmg Wlth the Some! Uruon

    m Why does the author "'Y that one effect of the game theory 1S to rrake economsts seem qU1te ,_,

    ' because comphcated theoty could now be apphed to real hfe SJ!uahons

    0 because game theory was used m dtverse fields hke football and pohhcs

    c because 11 brought economcs closer to the masses

    " because 11 was a way of addmg humm element to comphcated theones

    m How d!d game theory ongmate?

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    0 from John Nash and Rem hard Sellen c from John Von Neumann and

    ''"' Morgemoten

    " from Ef!mes hke chess and poter

    '" The pas,.ge 1S alan

    ' rev:tew of a book wntten by Mr HarsanYJ

    0 assessment of the work ofMr HarS3llYJ c summahon of the game theory

    " explanahon of the game theory

    PASSAGE 3 Even as 1ts nvals have been battered by the cychcal downturn m petrochemcals and by Asia's firanc1al troubles, Rehance has gone from strength to strength Its latest results show a robust 18% nse m net profits and a 37% nse m S3les over the =e penod a year

    ea~her Average annual growth m the firm's S3les smce 11 went pubhc has been over 25%

    The way m w!uch Rehance has aclueved such results !S, however, rather less 1mpresS1ve Its success ffis ansen largely from 1ts 1ron gnp on 1ts home rrarket, source of 05% of 1\s revenues----B gnp tJ-at 11 retams m part throug)l dose hnks Wlth Imhan pohl!aans

    From 1\s very beguuung, Dlurubha1 Ambaru the firm's founder, wooed pohl!aans to secure the hcences he needed to expand !us buSiness from a small texl!le concern 1nto a b1g petrochenucal one Many analysts suggest that the Ambarn fanuly (Dlurubha!'s Sons Mukesh and Arul, who attended Amencan busmess schools, run most !lungs today) has advanced largely thanks to such contacts "The first call the ffi3lldanns m Dellu make after every cabmet meetmg 1S to Reliance" da1ms one

    The firm has benefited from a cunously favorable regulatoty regime For emmple, 11 pays very httle mcome tax (1997 was the first year m much 11 P'"d any) The firm has also long benefited from the Ind!an structure of 1mport dul!es

    Hd~,, If Rel1ance owed 1ts success only to such factors, 11 would be JUs! another ohgopohst uS!ng mfluence to compensate for meffiaency These are, sadly, all too common m lnd!a ShumeetBamJ' ofB ooz, Allen and Hamlton, aconsultancy, calls Ind!a 'the GalaJEgos of cap1tahsrri', populated by strangely mutated firms tJ-at !Eve adapted to the w!ums of the "L1cense Ra" and could never SUIV!ve man open economy But Rel;ance 1S more than tJ-at The Ambarus have m fact bu!lt a thoroughly modem, effiaent buSiness

    A V!S!\ to Haz1ra, a parched comer of north-western Ind!a, tells the tale more eloquently than any eanungs report The first thmg you nol!ce walking round the Rel1ance S!le there" how spmtless 11" no rubb1sh or legions of people hanging about You nught be m SW!tzerland or Delaware, not pethaps SU!JlnS!ng, Since the eqU1pment" all the latest stuff

    In another part of the complex you see fine polyester yam for weavmg mto fabncs hke sarees But do not touch the yam" so dehcate that 11" packaged by robots that w!ustle "Z1p-Dee-Dah" as they zoom around domgthe wotk of700 men Even more stnkmg are the atl!tudes at Hazua Rel1ance dared to bU1ld m tlus dusty town \

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    forged ills emprre H!S sons still work 12-14 hours a day, mcludmg weekends Unhke many fumly finns, they have an expenenced and long-sermng team of professiOnal mangers over lOOID have worked overseas, and half have worked outSide the firm Rehance pays well and, umsually for Jnd!a, poaches fromnval finns

    In other words, Rehance has what 11 taken to be a world- class player Yet ask the Ambarus about the!r amb!t10ns and they do not once stray from the1r home turf, Mukesh Amtarn talks grandly of ills "endgame" of tunung Rehance mto an "Indian energy rraJor'' He has new ventures m teleconunurscahons and power generahon, and hopes to expand mto roads, ports and other mfrastructure, The only conunon thread, argues ManOJ Badale ofMorutor, an Amercan consultant who knows the firm well, 1S a focus on cap!tal-mtenS!ve mdustnes m w!uch success turns on the ab1hty to get round regulators----Blld that, 11 seems, 1S what the Ambarus reckon 1S Rel1ance's core competence

    That 1S a p1ty, and 11 may tum out to be tad news for Rel1ance As Ind!a's petrochemcals sector hberahzes---hlgh tanffs and other trade tamers have been fulhng slowly, prodded by cotlllll1tments to the WTO-the day Wlll come when Rel1ance must face fomgn nvals on somellung resembhng a level playmg- field Reffi31rung ensconced m Jnd!a rray prom de' a few more years of fat profits such as those atu1ounced recenlly But 11 rray not help to prep3.re Rel1ance for a more senous endgame unfettered global compel!hon

    m

    Why does the author say that Rel1ance's acluevement 1S less 1mpresS1ve? a 11 has an 1ron gnp on 1ts home rratket and

    has operated m monopoly cond!hons b 11 tas 95% of 1ts reve!llie from the home

    ~'" c the firm has benefited from the Imhan

    structure of 1mport dulles d 11 has used poht1cal mfluence for 1ts

    success

    Wluch of the folloWing statements are d!reclly rrade by the author? a the Ambaru fanuly has advanced largely

    due to pohl1cal contacts b bureaucrats m Deihl call Rel1ance after

    every meel!ng c Rehance has benefited from a regulatoty

    regime

    " all of the above

    The latest results ofRel1ance show that

    ' 11 performed better than most years

    0 11 performed worse than most years c 1ts perfoffil3llce has been more or less

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    1:' d ~-" What does the author mean by "cunously fuvourabl e regulatory regime" ? a the system of controlm Ind!a b the regulatoty regime 1S strange c the control favours some and not others d none of the above By gomg further upstream, Rel1ance a went agamst the general tlunkmg b set up uruts w!uch promded rawmatenals c bU1lt plants m nver towns hke Hazua d none of the above Why does the author say that Rel1ance need not be well-run? a 11 1S not hke other estabhshed dynasties b 11 could SU1V1Ve Wlthout be1ng effic1ent c 11 1S m the core sector and would make

    profits anyway d 11 could tave followed trad!honal methods The long-term future prospects of Reliance, accordmg to the author, are a reasonably bnght b 11 can make fat profits for a few more

    ,=, c 11 faces great challenges ahead d 1tmay not do so well after a few years The d!fference between Reliance and other fanuly buSiness 1S that 1 they tave a team of professwnal ffi3llgers 2 they still wotk 12-14 hours a day 3 1thas created world class operahons a land2 b land3 c 2and3 d 1,2and3 Wluch of the folloWing statements are true about Rel1ance? a !I1S20yearsold b !I1Sworth$3btlhontoday c 11 1S the hero of nulhons of shareholders d none of the above What does the author feel about Ind!an bureaucrats? a they are sold out b they are d!shonest people c they use the regulatory regime to help

    certampeople d none of the above On the V!S!I to Hazua, the author was most 1mpressed Wlth a the cleanlmess at the plant b the latest teclmology c the yam 1S packaged by robots d the highly mohvated wotk- force

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    Whatever phllosophy rray be, 11 1S m the world and rrrust relate to 11 It breaks through the shell of the world m order to move 1nto the mfuute But 11 turns tack m order to find m the firute 1ts always uruque h!stoncal foundahon It pushes mto the furthest honzons beyond bemg-m-the-world m order to expenence the present m the eterml But even the profoundest med!tahon acqU1res 1ts mearung by relahng back to man's ex:1stence here and now Plulosophy g)1mpses the h!ghest cntena, the stany heaven of the posSible, and seeks m the hght of the seenung)y 1mposS1ble the way oman's d!gruty m the phenomenon of h!s empmcal ex:1stence Ph!losophy addresses 1tself to md!mduals It creates a free commuruty of those who rely on each other m the1r Will for truth Into tlus commuruty the ph!losoph!c rran would hke to enter It 1S there m the world at anytime, but C3!Ulot become a wordily msl1tul1on Wlthout losmg the freedom of 1ts truth He cannot know whether he belongs to 11 No authonty decHles on h!s acceptance He wants to hve m h!s tlunhng m such a way as to tmke h!s acceptance posSible But how does the world relate to phllosophy? There are cham of phllosopby at the uruverS1t1es Nowadays they are an embarrassment Plulosophy 1S pohtely respected because of trad!hon, but despiSed m secret The general op1ruon 1S 11 has notlung of 1mportance to "'Y Ne1ther has 11 any pracl!cal value It 1S named m pubhc but does 11 really ex:1st? Its enstence 1S proved at least by the defense measures 11 provokes We can see tlus from comments hke "Ph!losophy 1S too comphcated I don't understand 11 It's beyond me It's sometlung for profesSionals I have no gtft for 11 Therefore 11 doesn't concern me" But that 1S hke fXiymg I don't need to bother about the fundamental queshons of hfe I can dthgently bury myself m some speaal field of wotk or scholarshlp Wlthout tlunhng or quesl!orung 1ts mea!l!llg, and, for the rest, have "opmons" and be content mth that The defense becomes fanal1cal A berughted mtal mst1nct hates ph!losophy It 1S ctmgerous If I understood 11 !-should have to change my hfe I would find myselfm another frame ofmnd, see everytlung m a d!fferent hght, and have to Judge anew Better not thmk phllosophlcally I Then come the accusers, who want to replace the obsolete phllosopby by sometlung new and totally d!fferent It 1S m1strusted as the utterly mendaaous end product of a bankrupt theology The mearunglessness of plulosophlcal propoS111ons 1S made fun of Plulosophy 1S denounced as the Wlllmg handmaiden of poht1cal and other powers For many pohl1aans, the1r wretched trade would be eaSier 1f phllosophy d!d not ex:1st at all Masses and funcl!onanes are eaSier to marupulate when they do not tlunk but only have a regtmented 1ntelhgence People must be prevented from becom1ng senous Therefore 11 1S better for phllosophy to be bonng Let the chairs of phllosophy rot The more plffte 1S taught, the sooner people Wlll be bhnkered against the hg!lt of plulosophy Thus phllosophy 1S

    \I< d ~-" surrounded by enemes, most of whom are not consaous of be1ng such BourgeoiS complacency, convenl1onal1ty, the f211sfacl!ons of economc prospenty, the appreaahon of saence only for 1ts techn!cal ach!evements, the absolute Wlll to power, the bonhom1e of pohl1aans, the fanal1asm of 1deologtes, the hterary self -assert!veness of talented wnters - mall these !lungs people parade the1r ani!- phllosophy They do not nohce 11 because they do not reahze what they are domg They are unaware that the1r anl1- phllosophy 1S 1tself a phllosopby, but a perverted one, and that tlus ant1-plulosophy, 1f eluadated, would =llllate 1tself

    126 A SU!Iable 11tle for the pasfX!.ge would be a ManandPh!losophy b Ph!losophlcal angst c A Defence ofPlulosophy d The Enemes ofPh!losophy

    127 Wh!ch of the followmg 1S not menl!oned as a funcl!on of phllosopby m the pasfX!.ge? a It shows the way to man's dtgruty m the

    face ofh!s empmcal ex:1stence b 11 breaks through the shell of the world m

    order to move mto the mfuute c It pushes mto the furthest honzons beyond

    be1ng m the world d It makes the world a better place to hve m

    128 Wh!ch of the folloWing 1S true, keepmg the pasfX!.ge m m1mll a Ph!losophy 1S emdently respected b Ph!losopby 1S secretly despiSed c Both(a)and(b) d Ne1ther(a)nor(b)

    129 The word 'cham', m the context of the pasfX!.ge, means a wooden faced people b departments c separate chairs for plulosophers d reserved seats for students of phllosopby

    130 Wh!ch of the folloWing 1S not a charge against ph!losophy? a that1t 1S obsolete 2 that1t 1S mendaaous 3 thai!! 1S the tandma!den of pohl1cal power 4 thai!! 1S 1mmoral

    131 According to the author, the ex:1stence of ph!losophy 1S proved by a the fact that there re st111' chairs of

    phllosophy m uruvers111es b the defense measures 11 provokes c the pohte respect Jl gets d the fact that 11 answers the fumhmental

    quesl!ons ofhfe 132 Why, according to the passage, would

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    a Masses would be eaSJer to marupulate as they would not thtnk for themselves

    b They would not have to tmke false alleg~ances to 1deolog~es

    c They would not have to face allegahons of 1gnonng plnlosophy

    d They would not !Eve to be ph!losoplncal about losmg an elecl!on

    PASSAGE 5 Among those who call themselves Soaal1sts, two kinds of persons may be d!stmgLl!shed There are, m the first place, those whose plans for a new order of soaety, m w!uch pnvate property and md!mdrnl compel!hon are to be superseded and other mohves to acl!on subst1tuted, are on the scale of a milage commuruty or townslup, and would be appl1ed to an enUre counl!y by the nrull1pl1cal1on of such self-acl!ng uruts, of thts character are the systems of Owen, of Founer, and the more thoughtful and plulosoph!c Soaal1sts generally The other classes, who are more a product of the Conhnent than of Great Bntam and rray be called the revolut!onary Soaal1sts, propose to themselves a rrruch bolder stroke The1r scheme 1S the =gement of the whole producl!ve resources of the country by one central authonty, the general govenunent And Wlth thts mew some ofthemavowas the1r purpose that the working classes, or somebody on the!r behalf, should take possesSion of all the property of the counl!y, and admuuster 11 for the general benefit

    Whatever be the d!fficult1es of the first of these two fonns of Soaal!Sm, the second rrrust emdently mvolve the same d!fficulhes and many more The former, too, has the great advantage that 11 can be brought mto operat1on progresSively, and can prove 1ts capab1hl1es by tnal It can be !ned first on a select populahon and extended to others as the1r educahon and cult1val1on perm! It need not, and m the natural order of thtngs would not, become an eng~ne of subvers10n unl1l1t had shown 1tself capable of be1ng also a means of reconstrucl!on It 1S not so Wlth the other the a1m of that 1S to subst!tute the new rule for the old at a Single stroke, and to exchange the amount of goods realiZed under the present system, and 1ts large posSJb!hl1es of improvement, for a plunge Wlthout any preparahon mto the most extreme form of the problem of canymg on the whole round of the operahons of soaal hfe Wlthout the mohve power w!uch has always h!therto wotked the soe1al rrachmery 'It must be acknowledged that those who would play thts Ef!me on the strength of the1r own pnvate opuuon, unconfinned as yet b' any expenmental venficat1on- who would forably depnve all who have now a comfortable phySical ex:1stence of the!r only present means of presenr:mg 11, and would brave the fnghtful bloodshed and nusery that would ensue 1fthe attempt was reSisted- rrrust have a serene confidence m !herr own W!sdom on the one hand and a

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    ' "' "-' recklessness of other people's suffenngs on the other, mnch Robesp1erre and St Just, h!therto the typ1cal mstances of those uruted attnbutes, scarcely came up to Nevertheless, thts scheme has great elements of populanty w!uch the more caut!ous and reasonable form of Soaal!Sm has not because \

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    c the SJde of the second type ofsoaahsm d the first type of soaahsm

    139 The word 'avow' m the context of the JES"'ge ~~' a prodaJm b vow c affirm d deny

    140 Wh!ch of the folloWing, accordmg to the author, rray not be the result of not venfymg the desuab1hty of soaahsm ezpenmentally first? a bloodshed b depnvahon of current comfortable

    ex:1stence c corruphonmlughplaces d nusery caused by reS!sl!ng change

    PASSAGE 6 Experts m h= behamour argue that etlucs and values are learned as a natural part of h= development, denved from school, rel1g10n and other mfluences Some authon11es "'Y that etlucs 1S the mnate not1on ofnght and wrong and C3!Ulot be taught to an adult Tlus means that an md!mdual has to have been shaped as honest and upstand!ng (or dev:1ous and venal) long before he or she sets foot m the corporate sector Perhaps as a result of tlus bel1ef, the corporate that form an 1ntegral part of a counl!y' s economy l1y to av01d deahng Wlth the value based iSsues that they are confronted Wlth on a chy to chy baS!S, unless forced to do so Over 11me these pracl!ces become precedents and the fundamental value of dealmg Wlth etlucs up front loses 1ts 1mportance Afler all, we have done 11 before and 11 has wotked, so why not noW?' 1S the general athtude To the md!mdrnl manager, value tased confhcts tend to be largely personal, seldom corporate m nature or mtenSJty It turns corporate only when the espoused value 1S real and tappenmg m the company In perfomung these value based ro1es, =gers are often teamed to see 1ts apphcat1on on a commeraal baSis Problems anse when the deaSJon-tmker 1S unable to cope Wlth conuneraal confhcts as dtfferenl1ated from personal confi1cts

    Part of bemg a good manager 1S bemg aware of the notmal d!menSJons of one's role m the netwotk and m the orgaru,.t1on Managers can unW!thngly engage m a Wlde range of role- related acts that are etlucally quesl!orable A larger quesl!on before us 1S whether managers see tlus dtssonance between what 1S perce1ved as unetlucal, and what 1S bemg pracl!ced For msla!lCe, a survey of HBR subscnbers m 1981 revealed that the b1ggest !Ssue 1S not defirung sexual tarassment but recogruzmg 11 when 11 occurs S!nularly, 11 was not unl11 1990 that the US govenunent enacted the Amencans Wlth D1Sab1hl1es Act that restncts employers from uSJng med!cal tests to reveal a phySical or mental!mpaJrment, except under

    hd~-" speaal arcumstances Peter Drucker argues that busmess profesSionals are no d!fferent from other profesSionals, and should ab1de by the pnnaple of norunale- licence Tlus mvo1ves studymg the 1mp3.ct of acts on the good of the md!mdual, the finn, the busmess commuruty, and soaety as a whole CrosSing honzons of defiruhveness 1S real many purSU!t of a mearungful debate on etlucs In fact 11 1S essenl!al for reachmg a sense of concluSion, 1f posSible Wlule 11 does not concentrate on the obhgal1ons of a person as a pnvate mdtmdual and a ahzen, these creep mto the soao-econonuc system wluch governs busmess

    Laura Nash deals mth twelve iSsues of etlucs, addresSing the baS!c quest1on "Is my buSiness deaswn also an etlucal deaSJon?" Nash promdes a framewotk that demonstrates the 1mportance of cnhcal tlunhng m busmess etlucs where the gcal!S a corporate pracl!ce that does not foster U!UlecesS3JY soaal hann She emphasiZes that her progranune works m a concrete sethng; that 11 1S not utop1an, plulosoph!cal abstracl!on A person accepts certam speaal obhgal1ons when he/she becomes a part of the world of conunerce These obhgat1ons necesS!tate a reaprocal behamoral p3.ttem m sync Wlth md!mdual values and behefs mewed concurrently Wlth those of the firm Etlucal congruence 1S the al1grunent of an orgaruzahon' s stated values, the deaSJons of 1ts leaders, the behamors that are encouraged by 1ts systems and the values of 1ts employees The leader's respons!b!l1ty 1S to g!Ve employees gtl!dance as to """! values employees are expected to demonstrate, m what pnonty and how absolute those pnonhes are Before a buSiness can reach etlucal congruence 11 must be dear on what 11 truly values There must be a clear defiruhon and art!culahon of values, bel1efs, core plulosoplues, nonns and 1deals that the orgarusahon chooses to follow, to pracl!ce m good 11mes and bad, and to stand by under any arcumstance Once stated, agreed upon and arl!culated, tlus core operahoral and excephonal plulosophy has to be tested for compal1b1hty and acceptab1hty Wlth buSiness V!SJon, msS!on, core strategy and tacl!cs, short and long term goals and obJecl!ves and expected behamoral outcomes

    It would be appropnate to conunent here on the necesSity for rraragenal courage Donald F VanEynde defines 11 as "the Wlllmgness to do w!Et 1S nght m the face of nsk" fusk here means a real or perce1ved danger to oneself, one's reputahon or one's career, and mdudes such acl!ons as confrontmg the status quo, embraang change m the face of reS! stance and oppoSing a popular but unhealthy 1dea It means domg what 1S nght, and what needs to be done The deternutung factors are the values and the power and poS1t1on that the mcumbent has, to do w!Et he bel1eves m Etlucs calls upon our courage to act upon what we beheve m, and our Wllhngness to "'cnfice for the cause

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    Managenal responS!hthhes and roles m the commeraal field outlme a broad range of aci!VItles, gcals and standards created to sustam the perfonnance of a busmess orgarusahon In perfommg roles not con@Uenl Wlth the trad!tlonal orgaru,.honal pracl!ces, tll3llilgers could engender ethtcal d!ssonance There are pnmanly five role acts, (w!uch may overlap), mvolved m etlucal deas10n rrakmg m a conunemal enVlforunent

    Self-enhmced etlucal d!lernrr.a ro1e acts are any acts that mvolve d!rect garus for the actor at the expense of the finn, they are managenal only m the sense that they take place m orguusahons and frequently mvolve those who happen, by 11tle, to be called managers Etlucally questlomble acts of tlus type, such as expense account cheating, mSJder trailing, nexus Wlth brokers and nuddlemen, embezzlement, recetVIng kickbacks from vendors, short changmg petty cash accounts, transfemng company mformahon for a pnce, usmg/selhng patents, fomrulahons, new product development mformahon and steahng supphes, are conurutted aga~nst the firm and m the self-mterest of the mdtVIdual They are essenl!ally unetlucal pracl!ces not m consonance Wlth the pU!Jlose of the firm

    The Ind!an finanaal serv:tces mdustry scam of the early I 990s, that unearthed the acl!ve mvolvement of md!VIdrnls nusuSJng thetr authonty llllUts and co!UllVIng Wlth brokers, 1S an example F1nanaers have a fiduaary responSJb!hly to be honest and to protect thetr d1ents' assets At the corporate level there are several examples of mter corporate esp10nage Just when Palm electroruc orgaruzer of 3Com, a runaway h!t, was !YJ3kmg huge headway, Ivhcrosofi deaded to call handheld dev:1ces based on 1ts Windows CE operahng system Palm PCs 3Com sued, da1nung 11 owned the Palm name

    Myop1c mama occurs m large and small ro1e Situations and 1S conunon among pracl!ang managers The behaVIour 1S seldom random, 1S typ1cally repel!hve, has strong overtones of donunance and tmkes use of contro1 and power Role fulure acts are directly related to managenal roles, and can be acts of comnusswn or onusS!on, such as superfiaal petformance appra!S3ls, not prOV!d!ng a fur and honorable feedback to employees on !herr petformance and uSJng leaderslup roles to enhmce power tlrrough cnhcal control over people

    Managers Wlth myop1c !YJ3!l1a may lure and fire employees to show contempt towards process and system, they may not confront expense account cheahng; may appease blackma!hng employees to Wln persoml favours aga~nst the company's mterest, and !Yl3Y palm off a poor performer on to another department At a hetghtened level of corruphon they !Yl3Y systemahcally cheat the orgmsahon intellectually

    Typically, such a manager would, at regular 1ntervals, convey h!s deSire to leave the current

    i\id~-" asSJgrunent for a better career opportunrty, and seek a monetary/career favour m return for !us loyalty He would demonstrate h!s unhappmess at the current state of orgmsahonal performance and would show deep angLl!sh over managenal 1nacl!on on unreso1ved problems These managers have unreahstlc self-percephons and are ofien scluzoplrreruc Gull1ble top =gement 1S ofien taken m by thetr seenungly logtcal, rahonal apprcach Decephon 1S key to thetr unetlucal practice These acts mvolve d!rect personal advantage (not necessanly finanaal ga~n) at the expense of the firm A culture that fosters !ugh petformance dnven JOb msecunty could make employees more suscephble to th!s etlucal encounter

    The case of a large Indtan buSiness house that lEd to fombly rel!re some of1ts top management and thetr consequent outburst to the medta on the company could well mean tlus type of an etlucal act

    Power 1S the potenl!al to mfiuence others for good or ev:1l, to be a blesSing or a scourge Power petvades every aspect of hfe Pnnc1ple centered power, based on honour extended htlaterally, leads to mfluence that lasts over extended penods of hme and can even outl1ve the person from whom 11 omanates

    In contrast, d!stort!on, w!ule appeanng slra!ght m 1ts acl!ons and mohves, mvolves the use of power and authonty, through goals It also 1nvolves conduct that creates d!rect advantages for the firm m the short run w!ule md!rectly proVIdmg gl!ns to the md!VIdual actors Th!s m tum d!splaces d!rect costs onto selected stakeholders outSide and mSJde the orgaru,.hon m the longrun

    Power u"'ge 1S ev:1dent m actions mvolVIng ethtcs In some mstances the stated poS!hornng of the corporation makes 11 easy for el1mnal1on or avo1dance of dtstort!on In other cases, the acl!ons of a sup en or or a person Wlth authonty mvanably appear nght to the younger managers, who may actually bel1eve that the deaSJon was nght and benefiaal to the company Accordmg to Jay Roluhch, a psycluatnst, "Susceptible people Will be seduced by that k:tnd of magtcal power Money 1S a magtcal conunod!ty, m the sense that 11 does transform reahty" Rolrrhch also talks about a personal1ty style that combmes nsk tak:tng Wlth a erand!ose sense of personal power Such behaVIour eventually leads to an orgmsatlonal freeze status, gtven low VIS1b1hty between what 1S nght and wh:tt 1S me

    Bnbery, pnce fixmg and marupulahon of supphes are some examples of managenal role dtstort!on that benefit orgaru,.tlons m the short run Cross holdtng patterns of shareholdmg are another example of tlus etlucal!Ssue Wlule cap1tal1S oblamed for a stated pU!Jlose and cash flow generated, the surplus 1S often used up to lend to a Sisler company, often a loSJng propoS!hon In all such cases, 11 1S neces"'ty to attnbute etlucal ownerslup d!rectly to the deCISIOn-maker

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    '" The author 1S of the opnuon that a eth!cs and values are learned as a natural

    part of human development, denved from school, rehg10n and other mfiuences

    b eth!cs 1S the mnate nol!on of nght and wrong and cannot be taught to an adult

    c value tased confhcts tend to be largely personal, seldom corporate m rature or mtenSJty

    d none of the above Wh!ch of the followmg would be closest m mearung to the hne m the passage, "the htggest !Ssue 1S not defirung sexual harassment but reco@llztng 11 when 11 occurs" a managers do not recogruze semal

    harassment when 11 occurs b though sexual harassment 1S well defined,

    comparues do not how how do deal Wlth 11 c there 1S a difference between what 1S

    percetved as uneth!cal m the corporate world, as opposed to what 1S pracl!ced

    d none ofthese What, accordmg to the author, 1S "ethtcal congruence"? a Reaprocal behamoral pattern m sync Wlth

    md!mdual values and bel1efs mewed concurrently mth those of the firm

    b congruence of leader's responSJb!hly to giVe employees gtlldance as to what values employees are ezpected to demonstrate, m what pnonty and how absolute those pnonhes are

    c congruence of stated values, deas10ns of 1ts leaders, the behamours that are encouraged by 1ts systems and the values of1ts employees

    d all of the above The emmple of Ivhcrosoft ramng 1ts hand-held dev:1ces as Palm PCs 1S g!Ven m the passage to lughhght a myop1cmarua b managenal courage c a poult d an uneth!cal pract1ce Younger managers may not be m a poS!hon to act eth!cally because a they are unable to deal Wlth power

    d!stort!on b they lack the JUdgment to d!stmgll1sh

    between eth!cal and uneth!cal pracl!ces c eth!cal tlunkmg comes only Wlth age and

    expenence d none ofthese The passage 1S most hkely taken from a a newspaper b a management J oumal c a book

    d an Internet S!le 147 What 1S "managenal d!stort!on" accord!ng to

    the authot'l a use of power and authonty to create

    advantage for the firm as well as md!mduals m the short run while d!SgLl!S!ng costs

    b d!stortmg the mearung of certam unetlucal pracl!ces so that they appear eth!cal

    c relymg on d!storted models of behamour to deal Wlth uneth!cal behamour

    d conveymg wrong mstrucl!ons to subord!nates as the seruor managers nususe the1r power and authonty

    148 Wluch of the folloWing statements 1S true m the context of the pas,.ge? a buSiness and rranagers should largely act

    eth!cally b acl!ng uneth!cally 1S hannfu1 to the

    buSiness m the long run c be1ng eth!cal 1S largely a rratter of the

    md!mdual, not of the corporate d none ofthese

    149 Wluch of the folloWing 1S not necesSitated when an md!mdual becomes part of the conuneraal world? a synchroruzahon between mdtmdual values

    and behefs Wlth those of the firm b an obhgahon to act eth!cally, no matter

    ''"" c art!culahon of the corporahon's core values and bel1efs and the understandmg of the md!mdual of these

    d none ofthese 150 Wluch of the folloWing 1S a result of myop1c

    rrama? a short S!ghtedness of the =ger b 1nab1hty to deal mth long term strategy c contempt towards the process and systems d a logical, rahonal approach which does not

    gel Wlth the company

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    The rratket shares of mcuch products d!d not decrease between 1993-94 m any aty? e HD 0 co c RN d None ofthese The number of products w!uch doubled thetr rratket shares m one or more aheS!s

    ' c 0 ' c '

    " ' The largest percentage drop m market shares 1S

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    ' 60%

    0 50% c 53 3%

    " 20%

    '" The number of products w!uch had 100% rrarket share m four metropohtan a ties 1S

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    " ' 160 The aty m w!uch the mrumum number of products mcreased thetr matket shares m 1993-94was a Bombay b Delhl c Calcutta d Madras

    Directions: For Q. 161 to 165 refer to thefolloW!llg p1e-chart

    1990-91 Opera Profitl30lakh

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    1991-92 Operating Profit 160 lakh

    The operating profit m 1991-92 mcreased over n-at 1n 1990-91 by a 23% b 22% c 25% d 24% The Interest burden m 1991-92 was h!gher 11Enthatml990-91 by a 50% b 25lakh c 90% d 4llakh If, on an average, 20% rate of mterest was charged on borrowed funds, then the total borrowed funds used by thts company m the giVen two years amounted to

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    a 22llakh b 195lakh c 368lakh d 515lakh

    164 The retamed profit m 1991 92, as compared to thatm 1990-91 was a h!gherby25% b h!gherbyl 5% c lower by 2 5% d lower by 1 5%

    165 The eqU1ty base of these comparues reffi31ned unchanged Then the total d!mdend earrung (m lakh rupees) by the slme holders m 1991-92 " a 104lakh b 9 lakh c 128lakh d 156lakh

    Directions: Q. 166 to 170 are tased on the foh01ng

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    In wh!ch year was the trade delia! greatest? a 87-88 b 88-89 c 89-90 d 90-91 Export earrung m 90-91 1S how many percent ofmvortsm 91-92? ' co o co

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    " " In how many years was the trade delicti less than the trade delia! m the succeed!ng yeat'l

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    " ' In the last three years the total export earrmgs have accounted for how many percent of the value of the tmports? ' cc o c; c "

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    170 Wh!ch of the follomng statements can be mferred from the graph? 1 In all the years shown m graph, the trade

    delia! mless than the export eammg 2 Export earrungs mcreased m evety year

    between 89-90 and 91-92 3 In all the years shown m the graph, the

    eammg by exports 1S less thm the expend!ture on tmports m the precedmg ;=

    a 1 only b 2 only c 3 only d land3only

    Directions: Q. 171 to 175 are based on the graph gtven below Revenue obtamed by a pubhsh!ng house by sellmg books, magaztnes, and J oumals

    ;mo 1 Dbooksj

    ao - -60 -- -a-73--20 . ..

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    o '-cc~~:::~~ 1989 '"00 '""' {ion.pmla>h) '""'

    Wh!ch year shows the least change m revenue obtamed from Journals?

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    a '89 b '90 c , 91 d '92 The erowthm total revenue from '89 to '92 ts a 21% b 28% c 15% d 11% In '92, what percent of the total revenue came from books? a 45% b 55% c 35% d 25% If '93 were to show the =e growth as '92 over '91, the revenue m '93 must be a 194 5 b 186 6 c 172 4 d 176 7

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    175 The number of years m which there was an mcrease m reve!llie from at least two categones 1S

    ' ' ' ' c '

    " ' Directions: Q 176 to 180 are tased on the table giVen "-Machme Ml as well as Machme M2 can mdependently produce etther Product P or Product Q The hmes taken by maclunes Ml and M2 (m nunutes) to produce one urut of product P and Q are giVen m the table below (Each rraclune wotks 8 hours per day)

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    Product M' M' I~ w '

    ' ' What 1S the max:tmum number of uruts that can be manufactured m one day? a 140 b 160 c 120 d 180 If the number ofuruts ofP 1S to be 3 hmes that of Q, w!Et 1S the nurnmum 1dle hme for rraxunum total uruts ffi3llufuctured? a 0 mnutes b 24 mnutes c 1 hour d 2 hours If eqrnl quanl1t1es of both are to be produced, then out of the four chrnces giVen below, the least effiaent way would be a 48 of each Wlth 3 mnutes 1dle b 64ofeachW!thl2mnutes!dle c 53ofeachW!thl0mnutes!dle d 71 ofeachW!th9mnutes!dle If Ml works at talf 1ts nonml effiaency, what 1S the rranmum number ofuruts produced, 1f at least one urut of each must be produced?

    ' % o M c 1 00 d 119 What 1S the least number of maclune hours reqU1red to produce 30 p1eces of P and 25 p1eces ofQ? a 6 hours 30 nu!llites b 7 hours 24 nu!llites c 5 hours 48 nu!llites d 4 hours 6 nunutes

    ~~ ', d " , Directions: Q. 181 to 185 are based on the mfotmahon giVen below A company produces five types of sh!rts - A, B, C, D, E - usmg cloth of three qt!3hl1es - H1gh, Med!um and Low- usmg dyes of three quahhes - H1gh, Med!um, and Low The folloWing tables giVe, respect1vely 1 The number of shuts (of each category)

    produced, m thousands 2 The percentage dtstnbut1on of cloth qrnhty m

    each type of shut, and 3 The percentage d!stnbuhon of dye quahty m

    eachtypeofshut

    B3040JJBJJ5030 c c

    70 JJ c 60 40 D

    What 1S the total requtrement of cloth? a 150,000 m b 200,000 m c 225,000 m d 250,000 m

    60 40 40 60

    How many metres of h!gh quahty cloth 1S consumed by A -sh!rts? a 8,000 m b 112,000m c 24,000 m d 30,000m What 1S the raho of low-quahty dye used for C-sh!rts to that used for D-sh!rts?

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    ' " '" " n How ffi3llY metres of low-qu3hty cloth 1S consumed? a 22,500 b 46,500 c 60,000 d 40,000 What 1S the rat1o of the three quaht1es of dyes mh!gh-quahty cloth? a 2 3 5 b 1 2 5 c 7 9 1 0 d None of the above