Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) Examination Held on January 17, 2016
Part I Quantitative Aptitude
1. Due to 20% hike in bus fare, a 10% fall in the passenger traffic was recorded. Yet the daily collection of a bus depot increased by Rs 150. What was the daily collection of the bus depot after the fare hike?
(a) Rs 2100
(b) Rs 2250
(c) Rs 2025
(d) Rs 1875
2. The pie-chart ‘A’ indicates the demographic distribution of people of various of age groups in a society. The pie-chart ‘B’ indicates the liking of people of age group >> 35 – < 45 years in various sports. If total number of people in society is 158730, then how many (approx.) like cricket in age group > > 35 – < 45 ?
.
(a) 20000
(b) 20640
(c) 19970
(d) 21226
3. The length of a minor axis of the ellipse 16x2 + 25y2 = 800 is
(a) 8√2
(b) 16√2
(c) 8
(d) 4√2
4. Which one of the following is not a prime number?
(a) 943
(b) 941
(c) 953
(d) 937
5. A team of 7 students with an average weight of 66 kg is combined with another team of 5 students with an average weight of 64 kg. If 3 students with an average weight 62 kg leave the combined group, then approximately by how much will the average of the combined team change to?
(a) Increases by 1 kg
(b) Decreases by 1 kg
(c) Increases by 2 kg
(d) No change
6. One of the roots of the equation x2 + kx – 4 = 0. Equation x2 + kx + k2 has equal roots. Find the equation whose roots are k and k2.
(a) 4x2 – x + 27 = 0
(b) 4x2 – 21x + 27 = 0
(c) x2 – 21x + 7 = 0
(d) 4x2 – 21x + 7 = 0
7. Teacher wrote N natural numbers, starting with 1 to N on the black board. Ashish finds the sum of squares of all those numbers written on the board and Aayushi calculated the square of the sum of all the numbers written on the board. The ratio of the answers obtained by Ashish and Aayushi is 17 : 325. Find N.
(a) 25
(b) 17
(c) 26
(d) 51
8. Suzane offered a discount of 37.50% on MRP, and still makes a profit of 25%. Had she offered a discount of 41.67%, what would have been her profit or loss percentage?
(a) 13.33%
(b) 16.66%
(c) 37.50%
(d) −14.28%
9. If α and β are the roots of the equation x2 – 16x + 1 = 0, then the value of the following expression is 
(a) 194
(b) 254
(c) 226
(d) 264
10. If a boat travels upstream from A to B and then downstream from B to A covering 100 km in 9 hours. If the speed of t he boat in still water is 10 km/h more than the speed of the stream, then what would have been the speed of the stream?
(a) 1.50 km/h
(b) 1.25 km/h
(c) 2.50 km/h
(d) 3.75 km/h
11. What is the approximate value of the circumference and the area of the circle whose diameter is 18 m?
(a) 55 m, 253 m2
(b) 56 m, 251 m2
(c) 56 m, 254 m2
(d) 55 m, 252 m2
Directions (Q. Nos. 12-13) The graph below gives number of bikes produced by the two competitor companies A and B over the past years (Numbers in thousands)
12. What is the difference between the total number bikes produced by the two companies in the given years ?
(a) 50000
(b) 80000
(c) 70000
(d) 60000
13. The production cost of a product A is as follows : Material-10%, Labour-20% and Overheads-15%. Other costs (including storage, distribution, and advertisement costs) add up to Rs 330 per unit. If t he manufacturer want to earn 20% profit, then what should be the selling price per unit of product A?
(a) Rs 720
(b) Rs 700
(c) Rs 840
(d) Rs 600
14. In a 100 miles race, Sam can give a start of 5 miles to Bunny, and still they can finish the race in a dead heat Sam’s time over the course in 95 seconds. What would be the time taken by the Bunny to finish the race, if Sam would not have given him a start of 5 miles?
(a) 1 min30 sec
(b) 1 min 35 sec
(c) 1 min 45 sec
(d) 1 min 40 sec
15. If the number of even factors of the number 4312 is A and number of odd factors of the same number is B. Then, find the value of A/B.
(a) 2
(b) 0.25
(c) 3
(d) 0.50
16. If log2(9 – 2x) = 10log(3 – x), what can be the value of ‘x’?
(a) 3, 2
(b) 3, 1
(c) 1, 8
(d) 3, 0
17. Bag 1 contains 3 red and 2 blue balls, Bag 2 contains 1 red and 4 blue balls. A ball is selected from one of the two bags and found to be blue. Find the probability that it was drawn from Bag 2.
(a) 2/5
(b) 1/3
(c) 2/3
(d) 1/4
18. A car was sold at a loss of 18%. There would have been a profit of 15%, if the car would have been sold for Rs 99000 more. At what price the car should be sold to make a profit of 10%?
(a) Rs 250000
(b) Rs 330000
(c) Rs 450000
(d) Rs 300000
19. Given A, B and C are in harmonic progression, then the straight line 
always passes through a fixed point. Which of the following is the fixed point?
(a) (1, −2)
(b) (0, 2)
(c) (−1, 2)
(d) (1, −3)
20. In a group, 50 people speak L1, 20 speak L2 and 10 speak both L1 and L2. How many persons speak only one of the two languages? (In the group, a person speaks at least one of the two languages)
(a) 70
(b) 40
(c) 60
(d) 50
21. The pie-chart shows below the number of students who came to school by different means of transport :
The approximate percentage of students who come to school walking is
(a) 27%
(b) 26%
(c) 25%
(d) 24%
22. If 3x = 8y and 5y = 9z, then x/z = ?
(a) 72/15
(b) 83/15
(c) 9/8
(d) 11/83
23. If six times the number of permutations of n thins 4 together is equal to one-seventh of the number of permutations of n things 6 together then n is equal to
(a) 1
(b) 10
(c) 11
(d) 5
24. If p is 81% of q, but percentage of p is q?
(a) 81%
(b) 101.9%
(c) 112.3%
(d) 123.45%
25. Which one of the following is correct?
(a) log(m + n) = log m + log n
(b) log(m – n) = log m – log n
(c) log(m × n) = log m + log n
(d) log mn = (log m)n
Part II General Knowledge
26. Akira Yoshizawa is widely regarded to have popularized which art form across the world?
(a) Chado
(b) Bonzai
(c) Origami
(d) Biebana
27. The Pukas Award is awarded in football for the best
(a) Goal of the Year
(b) Save of the Year
(c) Team of the Year
(d) Player of the Year
28. Given below is the image of a famous personality. Identify the field to which he is associated with.
(a) Green Revolution
(b) White Revolution
(c) Industrial Revolution
(d) Blue Revolution
29. The commodity for which India spends the largest amount to import is
(a) fertilizers
(b) iron and steel
(c) crude petroleum
(d) foodgrains
30. A folk painting style, named ‘Madhubani’, originated in which State of India?
(a) Bihar
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Uttar Pradesh
31. Radioactive element present in the human body is
(a) potassium-40
(b) thorium
(c) uranium
(d) radium
32. Which is the highest mountain in Europe after Elbrus’ peak?
(a) Mount Vinson
(b) Alps
(c) Mount Blanc
(d) Andes
33. Baku is the capital of
(a) Azerbaijan
(b) Maldives
(c) Singapore
(d) Afghanistan
34. Andromeda is the name of which of the following?
(a) Planet
(b) Asteroid
(c) Constellation
(d) Meteorite
35. Which of the following organizations has the given logo?
(a) UN
(b) WHO
(c) SAARC
(d) Nuclear Energy
36. Which company has launched 4G service for its employees under Jio brand name?
(a) Vodafone
(b) Airtel
(c) Reliance
(d) Idea
37. The Theory of Economic Drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) RC Dutt
(d) MK Gandhi
38. Captain Haddock has ………. symbol on his sweater.
(a) Hammock
(b) Spade
(c) Crowbar
(d) Anchor
39. The agency that estimates national income in India is
(a) RBI
(b) Planning Commission
(c) Central Statistical Organization
(d) None of the above
40. Logic of induction is very close to
(a) the logic observation
(b) the logic of sampling
(c) the logic of the controlled variables
(d) the logic of statistics
41. Saffron is obtained from which part of plants?
(a) Leaf
(b) Stem
(c) Anther and whole flower
(d) Stigma and style
42. In the context of alternative sources of energy, ethanol as a viable bio-fuel can be obtained from
(a) potato
(b) rice
(c) sugarcane
(d) wheat
43. ‘Cortes Generales’ is the Parliament of
(a) France
(b) Spain
(c) Sweden
(d) Poland
44. Given below is an image of a famous dancer.
Name the dancer.
(a) Mrinalini Sarabhai
(b) Yamini Krishanmurthy
(c) Malika Sarabhai
(d) Sonal Maan Singh
45. Who was the first Indian elected to the British House of Commons?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Mahadev Govind
(c) Madan Mohan Malviya
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
46. Which company owns ‘Sugar Free’, the leading brand of artificial sweetener in India?
(a) Cipla
(b) Cadila
(c) Glaxo
(d) Monsanto
47. “In God we trust, the rest have to bring data on the table”, This statement was made by the famous industrialist
(a) JRD Tata
(b) Aditya Birla
(c) Dhirubhai Ambani
(d) Narayan Murthy
48. Identify the following personality :
(a) Eminem
(b) Nelson Mandela
(c) Akon
(d) Will Smith
49. Which of the following is not a natural fibre?
(a) Silk
(b) Jute
(c) Coir
(d) Rayon
50. Given below is an image of a famous personality. Name the field he is associated with
(a) Bharatanatyam
(b) Sattriya
(c) Kathak
(d) Kuchipudi
Part III Logical Reasoning
Directions (Q. Nos. 51-52) Each of the following questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer
(a) if statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question
(b) if statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question
(c) if both statements together are needed to answer the question
(d) if both statements together are not sufficient to answer the question
51. How many people are there in the group?
(I) There are more than 30, but less than 50 people in the group. Sub-groups of three people per sub-group can be formed within the group.
(II) There are more than 25 but less than 45 people in the group. The group may be sub-grouped in pairs, each pair comprising of two people.
52. Who amongst three friends A, B and C plays Tennis (Each one of them plays only one of the three games Chess, Tennis and Cricket not necessarily in the same order)?
(I) A plays either Tennis or Cricket, B plays either Chess or Tennis. C plays either Chess or Cricket.
(II) A does not play Chess. Neither B nor A plays Cricket.
53. Read the following information carefully and answer the question which follows.
Followings the example of City X where use of CNG for public transport vehicles reduced carbon emissions significantly, City Y too envisaged it as the future for a clean and green environment. However, after just three years, it is being realized that CNG has failed to deliver any promising results in City Y and it is as polluted as it was three years ago.
Which of the following statements most appropriately explains the reason for this failure of CNG introduction in public transport of City Y?
(a) CNG in City Y is far more subsidized as compared to City X. The number of CNG filling stations is, however, almost the same in both the cities.
(b) Due to poor engine technology in all public transport vehicles, CNG is imperfectly burnt leading to higher levels of emissions. The need of the hour thus is to change the technology rather than the fuel.
(c) Public Transport in City Y is significantly poor as compared to City X. The residents of City Y are thus forced to use private vehicles al of which run either on petrol. or diesel.
(d) The fact that CNG is a much cleaner fuel as compared to petrol/diesel is a misconception. This has also been adequately proven by the example of City Y.
54. Given below are four pictures of a cube
Which number is on the face opposite to 3?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
Directions (Q. Nos. 55-56) Consider the following figure and answer the questions.
Rectangle indicates faculty members, Square indicates Research Scholars, Circle indicates Indians and Triangle indicates Americans.
55. In the given figure show the area which indicates faculty members who are research scholars but are neither Indians nor Americans.
(a) L
(b) N
(c) K
(d) G
56. In the given figure show the area which indicates Indian Americans who are faculty members but not Research Scholars.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) F
57. Read the following statement and answer the question which follows :
Fighting the disease ‘reincer’ is never easy for anyone. However, finding an insurance to be financially prepared for it, definitely is. For the disease requiring a minimum of Rs 60 lakh worth medical expenditure, our insurance scheme offers Rs 5 lakh every year for first five years followed by Rs 10 lakh every subsequent year-An advertisement by an insurance company.
Which of the following statements prove that t he insurance policy is flawed in its approach?
(A) The disease although serious and cash intensive, is total only in 23% of the cases.
(B) 75% of the entire amount for treatment is required in the first two years of contracting the disease fluctuate much.
(C) Expenses of treatment of disease do not fluctuate much based on the intensity of disease and the type of hospitals.
(D) If treated within 4 years of contracting the disease, the patient can be completely cured of the disease for life.
(a) Only C
(b) B and D
(c) All of these
(d) Only A
Directions (Q. Nos. 58-62) A word an number arrangement machine when given an in[put line of word and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement steps.
Input Quality needs 18 hard work but 22 is required 14 to be 31 top
Step I Required 14 quality needs 18 hard work but 22 is to be 31 top
Step II Required 14 needs 18 quality hard work but 22 is to be 31 too
Step III Required 14 needs 18 but 22 quality hard work is to be 31 top
Step IV Required needs 18 but 22 be 31 quality hard work is to top
Step V Required 14 needs 18 but 22 be 31 work quality hard is to top
Step VI Required 14 needs 18 but 22 be 31 work top quality hard is to
Step VII Required 14 needs 18 but 22 be 31 work top to quality hard is
Step VIII Required 14 needs 18 but 22 be 31 work top to quality is hard
Step VIII is the last step of the above arrangement and intended arrangement is obtained.
As per rule followed in the above steps, indicate the answer in each of the following questions with respect to the appropriate step for the given input.
Input there are 18% of 50 people who learns 25 lessons by 12 tutors
(All the numbers are two-digit numbers.)
58. How many steps are required to get final output?
(a) 9
(b) 5
(c) 7
(d) 8
59. How many terms are there between ‘50’ and ‘lessons’ in step V?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6
60. Which step number would be the following output?
by 12 are 18 learns 25 of 50 who there people percent lessons tutors
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) There is no such step.
61. Which word/number would at the 10th position from the left end in step VI?
(a) tutors
(b) there
(c) 50
(d) who
62. How many maximum terms are between ‘of’ and ‘percent’ in any of the steps?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
63. Read the following information carefully and answer the question which follows :
The government of State Y is promoting organic farming this year onwards. Thus, the raw material needed for it is made available at a subsidized rate. Free regular classes are also arranged to train the farmers in organic farming methods and to solve their problems.
The farmers of village B however are still continuing with the industrial farming methods despite several requests from the government.
Which of the following statements, if considered true, may support the action of farmers of village B?
(a) Industrial farming leads to more productivity in the short-term, however, in the long-term, it diminishes the soil life and production becomes heavily dependent on chemicals.
(b) Organic farming requires considerably more skill as compare to industrial farming.
(c) Although, a few farmers across State Y have tried their h and at organic farming earlier, none of the farmers of village B have participated in it before.
(d) Organic farming, methods are very labour intensive as regular extensive observation is required whereas finding labour at affordable costs is a challenge for farmers of village B.
64. Read the following information and answer the given questions.
Despite strong opposition from the social activists of college X, Pollution Control Board renewed the license of a coal depot to operate coal handling barely one kilometer away from the village.
Which of the following statements supports the decision of Pollution Control Board to some extent?
(a) Several crops were destroyed due to disposal of waste from the coal depot in the previous year.
(b) Maintenance cost of roads in Village X has increased due to transportation of coal.
(c) The depot provides employment for nearly 70% of people in the neighbouring area.
(d) Several complaints have been filed against the depot in the past for violating safety standards.
Directions (Q. Nos. 65-68) Study the following information and answer the questions.
Eight friends M , N, O, P, Q, R, S and T live on eight different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor of the building is numbered 1, the one above that is numbered 2 and till the topmost floor is numbered 8.
Q lives on an odd numbered floor but, no on the floor numbered 7. T lives immediately below Q. Only three people live between T and M. C lives on an even numbered floor immediately above S. Only two people live between N and R. N lives on one of the floors above R. P does not live on floor numbered five.
65. Who amongst the following lives on the floor numbered 5?
(a) Q
(b) N
(c) R
(d) M
66. Which of the following is true about N as per the given arrangement?
(a) S lives on one of the floors above N.
(b) Only two people live between N and Q.
(c) N lives on the topmost floor.
(d) N lives immediately below P.
67. If M and S interchange their positions and so do P and T, who amongst the following will live between T and Q as per the new arrangement?
(a) No one
(b) S and P
(c) Only N
(d) R and M
68. Four of the following five are alike as per the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which of the following does not belong to that group?
(a) NR
(b) QO
(c) TP
(d) TR
Directions (Q. Nos. 69-70) Read the following information and answer the questions.
A chef is trying to recipe for a tasty ice cream using four ingredients. He can choose from three liquids for taste which are labelled A, B and C which are stable in nature and the choice for flavor can be from four liquids which are labelled W, X, Y and Z for the new ice cream recipe to be tasty there must be two liquids from the taste giving liquids. Also certain liquids cannot be mixed because of their reactions which make it unhealthy for human consumption as the same is given below
B cannot be mixed with W.
C cannot be mixed with Y.
Y cannot be mixed with Z.
69. If the chef calculated that Y is the most important flavor and must be used in the recipe, which other ingredients must be part of the recipe?
(a) A, B and W
(b) A, B and X
(c) A, B and C
(d) B, C and X
70. Which of the following combination of liquids is impossible?
(1) Using Y and W together
(2) Using B and C together
(3) Using W, X and Z together
(a) Only1
(b) Only 2
(c) 3 and 1
(d) 2 and 1
71. Which letter from the options given will replace the ‘?’ in the table given below?
(a) MAN
(b) GIFT
(c) PAN
(d) SOFT
72. A producer of drama theatre is creating his weekend schedule. The producer has six p layers to choose from : ‘Made in India, ‘Laugh for a while’. ‘The Life is your choice’, ‘MBA-Maha Budhiman Aadmi, ‘Placements – my goal’, MBA Go Getters’,
The producer sets a schedule based upon the following criterion
(I) ‘Made In India’ must be shown before ‘The Life is your choice’ and ‘Laugh for a while.
(II) ‘Laugh for a while’ must be shown before ‘MBA-Maha Budhiman Aadmi’.
(III) ‘Placements-my goal’ must be shown after ‘The Life is your choice’ and ‘MBA Go Getters’.
Which of the following weekend schedules are consistent with producer’s criterion?
(a) Made in India, Laugh for a while, Life is your choice, MBA-Maha Budhiman Aadmi, Placements-my goal and MBA Go Getters.
(b) MBA go Getters, Made in India, Laugh for a while, The Life is your choice, Placements-my goal and MBA-Maha Budhiman Aadmi.
(c) Made in India, MBA Go Getters, Placements-my goal, Laugh for a while, MBA-Maha Budhiman Aadmi and the Life is your choice.
(d) Made in India, MBA Go Getters, MBA-Maha Budhiman Aadmi. The Life is your choice, Placements-my goal and Laugh for a while.
73. Assertion (A) The steam engine was invented by James Watt.
Reasoning (R) There was a problem of taking out water from flooded mines.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
74. Assertion (A) Inside the Earth, metals are present in molten State.
Reason (R) Earth absorbs the Sun’s rays.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
75. Fill up the blanks in the given series out of the given choices.
c_bba_cab_ac_ab_ac
(a) bcbac
(b) cabcb
(c) accbc
(d) acbcb
Part IV English Comprehension
Directions (Q. Nos. 76-80) Read the given passage and answer the questions.
The Public Distribution System (PDS) was set-up in India originally as a rationing system to cope with the food shortages during the Second World War Period. From 1965, it expanded into a universal system for delivering cheap foodgrain such as wheat and rice and certain other essential commodities such as sugar, edible oil and kerosene.
While the major objectives of the PDS has been to act as a welfare measure to provide these goods at prices that are relatively lower than the market, it has also acted as a countervailing force to prevent speculation in prices by profit-oriented private traders
Since the PDS constitutes a major outlet for the sale of grain procured by the procurement agencies, it is an important link in the support system provided to farmers by the government. Over the years, the buffer stocks maintained by the PDS have served to ensure price stability and self-sufficiency of food even in years of sever draught, and thereby helped to maintain the economic sovereignty of the country.
76. What is the PDS and what was its origin?
(a) Pubic Distribution System was set-up in Second World War period to supply food.
(b) Public Distribution System was a system supplying food in fixed quantity during Second World War.
(c) Public Distribution System was a food giving system to all during Second World War.
(d) Public Distribution System was a system distributing all essentials in Second World War.
77. What was the further development in this system?
(a) It started providing all foodgrains at cheaper price.
(b) It started providing some goods at cheaper price.
(c) It started providing essential foods and things at a lower price.
(d) It stopped providing essential commodities at cheaper rates.
78. What was the major objective for promoting this system?
(a) To provide goods at lower prices.
(b) To act as s helpful measure to provide goods at a lower price than the market.
(c) To help the people to buy goods at cheaper price and save them from being exploited by sellers.
(d) To help the people from buying lower quality good for higher prices.
79. Choose the word or group of words which are synonym of ‘Countervailing’.
(a) A force to act
(b) An effective act
(c) A false act
(d) A deciding act
80. What is the outcome of this system?
(a) It has helped to bring stability to food commodities.
(b) It has helped to keep the costs of goods stable and also helped in difficult dry situations.
(c) It has helped in all situations.
(d) It has helped to maintain the governments.
81. To fully understand (A) …………. work such as George Orwell’s Animals Farm, one must be able to differentiate (B) …………. events of the plot from the abundant extended metaphors.
(a) II, IV
(b) I, IV
(c) III, IV
(d) I, V
Directions (Q. Nos. 82-84) Each of these questions has a text portion followed by four alternative summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the text.
82. He who wishes to decide whether man is the modified descendant of some pre-existing form, would probably first enquire whether man varies, however, slightly, in bodily structure and in mental faculties, and if so, whether the variations are transmitted to his offspring in accordance with the laws which prevail with the lower animals.
(a) It should be studied if man varies in bodily structure and in mental faculties and whether the variations are transmitted to his offspring in accordance with the laws that prevail with the lower animals.
(b) It should not be studies if man varies in mental structure, and whether the variations are transmitted to his offspring in accordance with the laws that prevail with the higher animals.
(c) It should be studies if man varies and whether the variations are transmitted to his offspring.
(d) It should be studies if animals vary in bodily structure, and whether the variations are transmitted to their offspring.
83. Of all the classes that stand face-to-face with the bourgeoisie today, the proletariat alone is a really revolutionary class. The other classes decay and finally disappear in the face of Modern Industry; the proletariat is its special and essential product. .The lower middle class and other are reactionary, for they try to roll back the wheel of history.
(a) Proletariat is a reactionary class unlike all others as it cannot be absorbed by the bourgeoisie into its fold.
(b) Proletariat is not a reactionary class unlike all others as it cannot be absorbed by the bourgeoisie into its fold.
(c) Proletariat is a reactionary class like all others as it cannot be absorbed by the bourgeoisie into its fold.
(d) Proletariat is not a reactionary class unlike all others as it can be absorbed by the bourgeoisie into its fold.
84. The world was once an easier, more familiar place. Through the Cold War years, India rarely, if ever strayed from its basic foreign policy template : non-alignment. It had few interests (beyond its timeless favourites Kashmir and Pakistan) and fewer choices. After two decades of economic growth, India finds itself in the vortex of dizzying change. The game has become a lot more complex with very high stakes.
(a) Economic growth has put India t the forefront of the global political map.
(b) Before financial reforms India was just a developing country with little say in global politics.
(c) The policy of non-alignment does not always work in the present day scenario.
(d) As an emerging economic power, India an no longer ignore new strategic challenges.
Directions (Q. Nos. 85-88) Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Although the Cold War was the dominant feature of the post-1945 world, another momentous change in the international system took place concurrently; the end of Europe’s five century-long domination of the non-European world. Approximately one hundred new sovereign states emerged from the wreckage of European colonialism, and Cold War competition was promptly extended to many of these new states.
The Vietnam War was the legacy of France’s failure to suppress nationalist forces in Indo-China as it struggled to restore its colonial dominion after World War II. Led by Ho Chi Minh, Communist dominated revolutionary movement- the Viet Minh waged a political and military struggle for Vietnamese Independence that frustrated the efforts of the French and resulted ultimately in their ouster from the region. Vietnam had gained its independence from France in 1954.
The country was divided into South and North. The North had a Communist government led by Ngo Dinh Diem. The Communist victory in the Chinese civil war in 1949 and Chinese intervention against the United Nations in Korea made Us-China policy a captive of Cold War politics. Those events also helped to transform American anti-colonialism into support for the French protectorates in Indo-China, and later for their non-Communist successors.
American political and military leaders viewed the Vietnam War as the Chinese doctrine of revolutionary warfare in action (using Chinese and soviet arms, to boot). The overarching geopolitical aim behind the United States’ involvement in Vietnam was to contain the spread of communism in South-East Asia.
To accomplish this aim, the United States supported an anti-communist regime known as the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) in its fight against a Communist take-over. South Vietnam faced a serious, dual tracked threat; a communist-led revolutionary insurgency within its own borders and the military power of its Communist neighbour and rival, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). Preventing South Vietnam from falling to the communists ultimately led to the United States to fight a major regional war in South-East Asia.
85. What was the aim of United States when it entered the Vietnam war?
(a) To prove its dominance
(b) To stop communism from spreading
(c) To stop the war and bring peace all over the world
(d) None of the above
86. What led to the ouster of the French from the Vietnamese territory?
(a) France did not have a good army to fight a war.
(b) Their loss in the Second World War had demoralized the French.
(c) The revolution led by Ho Chi Minh that aimed at freedom from French control.
(d) All of the above
87. As per the passage, what is the momentous change that occurred in the post-1945 world, comparable to Cold War?
(a) Formation of North and South Vietnam
(b) Vietnam war waged by USA
(c) End of communism in Indo-China
(d) End of Europe’s colonialisation caused formation of 100 odd new sovereign States.
88. Which of the following statements is not correct?
(a) The USA did not want Chinese communism to expand.
(b) The USA did not support the taking over of South Vietnam by North Vietnam.
(c) The USA did not support French protectorates in Indo-China.
(d) China supported the intervention of UN in Korea.
89. In the following question, five sentences A, B, C, D and E are given. You have to arrange them in a logical order to make a coherent paragraph.
(A) During the first four decades of our independence, our exports or manufactured goods grew at an annual rate of 0.1% until 1985; as a result, India’s share of world trade fell by four-fifths, annual or 80%, from 1947 to 1987.
(B) So our ideas of self-reliance combined a Nehruvian concern for distributive social justice with a profound mistrust of the international economic forces that had enslaved the country for profound 200 years.
(C) For years, India seemed perversely proud of its declining foreign trade.
(D) This was perhaps understandable in the post-colonial context, because India closed and statistic economic policies were principally a political and cultural reaction to British imperialism.
(E) After All, the East India Company had come to trade and stayed on to rule.
(a) ADEBC
(b) CADEB
(c) CDEAB
(d) ADECB
90. The question below has an underlined part. Choose the option that most appropriately replaces the underlined part.
The Russian music of the nineteenth century is richer and more varied than France.
(a) is rich and more varied than France.
(b) is richer and more varied than the music of France.
(c) is more rich and varied than France.
(d) is more rich and more varied than is the music of France.
91. Read the following argument/passage carefully and answer the question that follows.
A psychological scientist wanted to measure a subjective emotion-happiness. He wanted a rating scale with ratings from 1 to 6 to measure happiness by asking people question about their well-being. But this was difficult as somebody’s five might be six for the other. He thought of a solution to this problem. He started thinking of his training days when some cheap thermometers that were not well calibrated were used to measure temperature.
A few people with normal temperatures got readings other than 98.6, and occasionally two people with the same temperature used to get different readings. These inaccuracies caused people to seek medical treatment they didn’t need or to miss getting treatment they needed. So buggy thermometers were sometimes a problem-but not always. Some thermometers would underestimate, some would overestimate, but as long as enough people were measured, the inaccuracies would cancel themselves out.
Even with poorly calibrated instruments, large groups of people could be compared. He thought rating scale is like a buggy thermometer. Its inaccuracies make it inappropriate for some exact measurements (for example, saying exactly how happy John was at 10 : 42 AM on July 3, 2010), but it’s appropriate for most of the measurements needed to measure happiness in a large group of people.
What is the method of reasoning used by the psychological scientist?
(a) Group study
(b) Thought and observation
(c) Analogy
(d) Inductive logic
92. The idiom given below is followed by four alternatives. Choose the option which best expresses its meaning.
Get down to brass tacks
(a) To begin to talk in plain, straightforward terms
(b) To begin to discuss secret matters
(c) To start unraveling the mystery
(d) To get into the thick of a problem
93. An incomplete argument is followed by four statements lablled (a), (b), (c) and (d). Select the one which strengthens or completes the argument without importing any fallacy.
It is a shame to say it, but apparently manking thrives on conflict.
(a) A nation is never as alert and alive as when it is a nation at war.
(b) Actually, life originated in conflict.
(c) Peace is an interval between two wars.
(d) Wars in many subtle ways have contributed to the betterment of human life.
94. Read the following argument and answer the question that follows.
Intravenous drug users who likely contracted the virus that causes AIDS from contaminated needles have accounted for more than 40% of the State’s more than 73000 cases of people living with HIV or AIDS. The New Jersey State Assembly made a sensible, life-saving decision this month when it approved a bill that allows pharmacies to sell a limited number of syringes to individuals without prescriptions.
The bill will allows pharmacies to sell to adults as many as 10 syringes at a time without a prescription. The pharmacies would also be required to provide these customers with instructions for safe needle disposal and information on treatment programmes.
Which of the following is a valid assumption?
(a) HIV infected addicts will benefit from the decision.
(b) A lot of addicts want to buy clean needles in bulk.
(c) Infected needles were the reason for some of the drug-addicts acquiring HIV infection.
(d) Giving addicts access to clean needles can reduce the spread of infection.
95. Read the following argument carefully and answer the question that follows.
Postmodernists do not simply support aesthetic ‘isms’, or avant-garde movements, such as minimalism or conceptualism. They have a district way of seeing the world as a whole, and use a set of philosophical ideas that not only support an aesthetic but also analyze a ‘late capitalist’ cultural condition of ‘postmodernity’.
This condition is supposed to affect us all, not just through avant-grade art, but also at a more fundamental level, through the influence of that huge growth in media communication by electronic means which Marshall McLuhan in the 1960s called the ‘electronic village’.
And yet in our new ‘information society’. paradoxically enough, most information is apparently to be distrusted, as being more of a contribution to the manipulative image making of those in power than to the advancement of knowledge.
The author is most likely to agree with which of the following?
(1) The effect of postmodernity is not limited
(2) Postmodernists do not have a parochial view of the world.
(3) Postmodernism is based on strong philosophical ideas.
(a) 1 & 2
(b) 1, 2 & 3
(c) 2 & 3
(d) Only 1
Directions (Q. Nos. 96-99) Complete the following sentences by choosing appropriate options.
96. Hitler cast a …….. and ……. shadow upon world history.
(a) colossal; frightful
(b) herculean; gloomy
(c) gigantic; horrifying
(d) huge; vast
97. If t he system ……….. to yield the desired result, try to ………….. the whole procedure in the given sequence.
(a) entities; dump
(b) ignores; reproduce
(c) fails; reoperate
(d) imitates; generate
98. ……….. to listen to the sounds of nature, we find that we can afterwards carry on with whatever we were doing in a more ………….. and loving way.
(a) Feeling; helpful
(b) waiting; rough
(c) Dreaming; dramatic
(d) Pausing; attentive
99. Although the leader’s life was both ……………. and painful, it was not without …………… for he had accomplished many of his goals.
(a) magnificent, success
(b) happy, frustration
(c) thrilling, ambition
(d) arduous, satisfaction
100. In the following question, group of words are given, out of which one is wrongly spelt. Find the wrongly spelt word.
(a) Amelirate
(b) Zealot
(c) Penetrate
(d) Stain
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