National Institute of Fashions & Technology (NIFT) Post Graduate Question Paper-2012
Directions(Q. Nos. 1-10): These questions consists of a passage followed by five statements based on the preceding passage. Evaluate each statement and mark answer as:
(A) if the statement is a Major Objective in making the decision: one of the goals sought by the decision maker.
(B) if the statement is a Major Factor in making the decision: an aspect of the problem, specifically mentioned in the passage, which fundamentally affects and/or determines the decision.
(C) if the statement is a Minor Factor in making the decision: a less important element bearing on or affecting a Major Factor, rather than a Major Objective directly.
(D) if the statement is a Major Assumption in making the decision: a projection or supposition arrived at by the decision maker before considering the factor and alternative.
PASSAGE-I
The Union Commerce and Industry Minister on Friday unveiled a new corporate logo for the National Textile Corporation (NTC), reflecting the new face of the state-owned enterprise as part of the plans to make it a world-class textile company. “The government is committed to making NTC a world-class eco-friendly integrated textile company and flag bearer of the sector. The ongoing revivalcum-modernization program and new corporate and brand identity launch by NTC is aimed at achieving this goal,” he said at a function organized for the purpose. He said NTC was a key player in the textile sector and its recent moves would definitely transform it into an integrated company capable of addressing the needs of the nation. NTC had made a turn-around within a short span to emerge as a debt-free company with a highly competitive revival strategy, he added. he also launched two new look retail stores of NTC-one in Delhi and another in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, via satellite link up. This is part of revamping of NTC’s 93 stores to reflect the company’s new face across the country. Speaking on the occasion, the Textile Secretary said the revamp and modernization steps taken by NTC in the recent past in view of the changing times and consumer aspirations of modern India would help in instilling confidence in the minds of all stakeholders. The NTC Chairman and Managing Director said the new corporate logo reflected the new face of NTC to the world. It had been designed as free flowing fabric, indicating the new aspirations and changing aspirations of India. Apart from re-branding, NTC had developed a new marketing and corporate strategy that included revamping of all NTC stores and setting up of new stores, he said. the internal marketing programme to employees and key customers includes undertaking a complete programme to bring the new vision and culture to its employees. Respective mill managers would be conducting a smaller unveiling ceremony of the new logo along with the NTC anthem at all the mills. Besides, all the employees would be given a small commemorative badge of the new Logo.
1. Making NTC a world-class integrated textile company and the leader of the Indian textile industry.
2. The new corporate logo of NTC reflects its new face to the world.
3. The highly competitive revival strategy that helped make NTC debt-free.
4. The recent modernization steps taken by NTC would instill confidence in the minds of all stakeholders.
5. Implementing a program to bring the new vision and culture to the employees of NTC.
PASSAGE-II
Mcleod Russel India Ltd (MRIL) is keen to make further acquisitions in Rwanda where it already has a presence. “Rwanda is on our scanner now,” sources said. MRIL, which had bought into a government-owned tea outfit in the African country in 2010, has so far had a good experience, according to sources, Following a privatization drive in Rwanda, the government had divested 60 per cent of its stake in this estate while retaining 30 per cent. The remaining 10 per cent has been given to a workers’ cooperative. “This is as per the divestment policy of the government.” At present, two more tea estates–Mulundi and Saggasa-have been put on the block for which bids have been invited by the government. MRIL may bid for these two estates after getting a nod from its board. The Gisovu tea estate in Rwanda, which was bought earlier this year, contributed 2 million kg out of the 23 million kg tea crop that McLeod Russel reaped out of its overseas estates in Vietnam, Rwanda and Uganda. “Production increases were recorded from our tea estates in all these three countries” say sources. The company’s overseas foray started with acquisition of the Phu Ben Tea company in Vietnam in 2008-09. From a production level of 4.5 million kg, Phu Ben now produces around 5 million kg. The B.M. Khaitan group company believes that the only way to grow is through acquisition and since zo05 it has made quite a few acquisitions within the country. In 2010, it completed its acquisition of the Ugandan tea company, Rwenzi Tea Investments Ltd, from James Finlay International Holdings Ltd of the U.K. through its wholly-owned subsidiary Borelli Tea Holdings (U.K.), the outfit through which Mcleod Russel makes its overseas acquisitions. MRIL, which makes its acquisitions through a mix of debt and internal accruals, currently has reserves of around Rs 900 crore. “Our debts are set to decline to Rs 260 crore by March 31, 2002, from Rs 313 crore at end-March-2011 and we have enough liquidity to fund any future acquisition,” sources said.
6. The privatization drive by the government of Rwanda.
7. The company’s belief that the only was to grow is though acquisitions.
8. The debts of MRIL are set to decline in the coming months.
9. The board of MRIL will give is permission to bid for two more tea estates in Rwanda.
10. Making further acquisition in Rwanda.
Directions (Q. Nos. 11-25): Read the following business situations and answer the questions that follow.
SITUATION-1
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority has given its go ahead to the Videocon Group’s general insurance joint venture with the US-based Liberty Mutual Group, said a senior IRDA official. Videocon Industries and Liberty Mutual had announced their- intention to form a general insurance joint venture in November 2010. Liberty Mutual will hold a 26 per cent stake in the joint venture, with Videocon holding the remaining stake. The foreign insurer will have the option to increase its stake in the joint venture if regulations permit. The two companies had said earlier that they will start the insurance joint venture with an initial capital of around $67 million. Liberty operates in 17 countries worldwide with a mix of offerings in the insurance space ranging from auto, home and life, as well as personal liability insurance. This is Liberty’s second foray into the Indian non-life segment. It had earlier tied-up with FMCG major Dabur to form a general insurance venture in 2008. They parted ways later on due to the economic slowdown. Videocon is one of the largest players in the consumer electronics and home appliance space and operates in seven key sectors such as consumer electronics, home appliances, direct-to-home TV services, mobile handsets, GSM services, oil and gas services, LCD panel manufacturing and colour picture tube glass.
11. What is the reason for Liberty Mutual Group restricting its stake in the joint venture to 26%?
(A) It would like to test the waters first, before investing more money in this market
(B) IRDA regulations presently do not permit a higher stake for a foreign investor
(C) Its earlier joint-venture foray into India did not succeed
(D) Its global investments may have left it with limited funds for further investments
12. What kind of insurance products would the Videocon Group’s joint-venture with Liberty Mutual Group be offering to Indian consumers?
(A) General insurance only
(B) Life insurance only
(C) Both general and life insurance
(D) Can’t say
13. What is/are the primary benefit(S) that Videocon would be looking for from its foreign partner?
(A) Their partnership leading to Videocon becoming an Indian MNC in the global insurance sector
(B) Foreign direct investment
(C) The prestige value associated with foreign partners
(D) Their experience and expertise in the insurance business
SITUATION-2
The real estate company DLF Ltd has acquired the remaining 26 per cent stake in its joint venture company ‘DLF Hotels & Hospitality” from the affiliates of Hilton International Co. This takes its total holding in DLF Hotels & Hospitality to 100 per cent now. DLF did not spell out the size of the deal but a source said that the company paid Rs 120 crore for the transaction. In a notice to the Bombay Stock Exchange, DLF said that “DLF Hotel Holdings Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the company, currently holding 7 4 per cent equity shares in the joint venture company-DLF Hotels & Hospitality Ltd-has acquired additional 26 per cent equity shares from Aro participation Ltd and splendid Property company, affiliates of Hilton International Co.” consequently, DLF Hotels & Hospitality has now become a wholly owned
subsidiary, it added. The source further said that DLF Hotels &, Hospitality owns plots of land for hotel projects bur not finished properties. A DLF spokesperson said, “This is part of DLF’s ongoing non-core divestment strategy. This transaction has been done to take complete ownership of the
company and its underlying assets including unbuilt hotel sites with a view to monetize them.” In line with its stated objective to sell non-strategic assets and reduce debt, DLF last week had also announced that the company along with its joint venture partner in Galaxy Mercantile Ltd (the owner of IT Park in Noida) have received Rs 200 crore towards the first tranche of infusion of capital from IDFC. IDFC plans to acquire 100 per cent stake in Galaxy Mercantile Ltd, DLF had said, adding that balance infusion to be received from IDFC was linked to leasing milestones. Prior to the infusion, DLF Home Developers Ltd had 7l per cent stock in Galaxy Mercantile Ltd. However, DLF had not specified the amount of stake that got diluted in lieu of the first tranche of infusion by IDFC.
14. What is the main objective of DLF in buying out the Hilton affiliates’ stake in their joint venture?
(A) DLF had the necessary Rs 120 crore needed for the ‘buy-out’ deal
(B) DLF had committed to the BSE that they would acquire the remaining 26% equity shares at the best price possible
(C) DLF wanted to take full ownership and then sell of the un-built hotel sites
(D) None of these
15. How does DLF intend to reduce its debts?
(1) By selling off unfinished property sites
(2) By existing from Galaxy Mercantile Ltd.
(3) By launching a joint-venture company with IDFC.
(A) 1 & 2
(B) 2 only
(C) 1, 2 & 3
(D) 1 only
16. What is the strategic role being played out presently by DLF Ltd’s subsidiary company DLF Hotels & Hospitality?
(A) Acquiring more and more land for DLF Group
(B) Developing DLF Group’s hotel chains
(C) Buying out all of DLF Group’s foreign partners
(D) Helping execute DLF Group’s divestment plans
SITUATION-3
The pace of roll-out of cellular towers has declined significantly to just 8,000 a year compared with 14,000 in the previous financial year. According to data available with the Department of Telecom, over 40,000 new towers were added in 2009- 10. while there were 3.47 lakh towers on March 2011, this is expected to move up to 3.55 lakh by the end of the current year, a growth of only 2.3 per cent. In comparison the year-on-year growth rate in 200g was over 60 per cent. The slowdown is happening across all the tower companies. Bharti Infratel, for instance, has added only 1,225 new towers between September 20La and September 2011. Indus Towers, which is the joint venture between Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular, rolled out 2,560 towers during the same period. The decline in roll-out has been due to multiple reasons but largely due to failure of the new 2G operators to expand infrastructure and slow uptake of 3G services. Faced with declining profits, the mobile operators have also cut down investments by 50 per cent which, in turn, has hit tower expansion plans. “We were expecting to together add about 50,000 new towers this year but the entire industry has been caught in a crisis which has hit all the tower companies,” said a Mumbai-based tower firm. According to a report from PwC, tenancy ratio of towers are also low although there are 13 to. 14 licensed players in each circle. only Viom Networks currently has a tenancy ratio (number of operators per tower on average) of more than two. Indus Towers, American Towers, Bharti Infratel, Reliance Infratel and GTL have tenancy ratios of 1.89, 1.8, 1.79, 1.7 4 and 1.4 respectively. “Considering the massive need for towers for rural and 3G expansion, this represents an almost halting of the network roll out. Telecom infrastructure company revenues have declined significantly in the past year, indicating dampening of demand for network rollouts from operators,” the PwC report said. The tower companies’ woes are compounded by a proposed move by the Government to bring them under a licensing regime.
17. Which of the following factors has adversely affected the tower expansion plans of various companies?
(A) Consumer demand for mobile connections is declining
(B) Mobile operators are facing a funds crunch
(C) The work force of tower companies has halted work
(D) 2G and 3G services have not taken off as expected
18. In the given situation, which of the following statements could be construed as true.
(A) There is no demand whatsoever for expansion of mobile phone networks in rural India
(B) Lower profit margins of mobile operators have resulted in cut-backs in investment budgets for telecom infrastructure
(C) There is a market correction going on after the un-sustainable spurt in demand in the recent past
(D) None of these
19. What is likely to add to the troubles already being faced by the cellular tower companies?
(A) The proposed licensing legislation by the government
(B) The internecine turf wars between the different cellular service providers
(C) Increased competition in the domestic market with several new players jumping into the fray
(D) The prevailing uncertainty on tower tenancy ratios
SITUATION-4
In a global first, coca-cola India is creating an independent business channel to innovate, sell and distribute its juices, energy drinks, powder drinks and niche products like mixer’s to increase its stake in the soaring market for non-fizzy drinks. “This will help fortify our existing business and execute the distribution and sales of new products for Coca-Cola India through a viable alternate sales and distribution system,” said the CEO of Hindustan coca-cola Beverages, which will run the new vertical, Minute Maid & Alternative Beverages Division. Minute Maid juices, Burn energy drink, Schweppes mixers like tonics and soda, Nestea ice tea and powder drink Fanta Fun Taste will be brought under the new division. It will also manage all non -fizzy beverages that Coca-Cola will launch in the future. “This is first of its kind investment in sales and distribution for the Coca-Cola system worldwide, where an entire alternate system is being set up within a country for a selective set of beverage offerings,” a coca-cola spokesman said. The vertical will build new and nascent channels such as office complexes, gyms and spas, food courts, shopping mall s and petrol station s for different products under its fold, besides using Coca-Cola’s existing network and accelerating its presence in grocery and convenience stores. “Specialised distributors will be appointed for specific channels,” the spokesperson said. Fizzy drinks coca-cola, Thums up, Fanta, Limca and Sprite will continue to be distributed through the firm’s existing sales and distribution network that covers more than 1.5 million retail outlets, out of an estimated 8 million potential outlets it can reach in the country. Analysts say the move is aimed at getting a first-mover advantage in fortified drinks, which though small, are growing in high double digits. The senior VP who was earlier the VP operations for the central region, will head the new vertical that will have 200 employees to start with. It will leverage the firm’s existing supply chain infrastructure, manufacturing plants, depots and other back-end infrastructure to source its supplies and service the markets. The division will be set up in phases across different markets in the country over the next three years. The move comes a month after coca-cola India announced that its Atlanta-based parent and bottling partners will invest $2 billion (Rs 10,000 crore) in the country over the next five years beginning 2012-.the single largest investment in one phase for the firm since it re-entered the country 1B years ago. Announcing the investment, Coca-Cola’s president, Eurasia and Africa group, had said that India could become one of the top five markets for the company globally by the end of this decade. India now ranks among Coca-Cola’s top 10 markets in volume globally, and is the largest market in the Eurasia and Africa Group.
20. which of the following globally unique strategic initiatives is being launched by Coca-Cola India?
(1) Diversification into marketing of mixergrinders.
(2) Venturing into construction of malls, gyms and office complexes, amongst others.
(3) Establishing an alternative distribution channel for its non-fizzy drinks.
(A) 1 & 2
(B) 1 & 3
(C) 3 only
(D) 1, 2 & 3
21. Which of the following is not true?
(A) No competitor can duplicate the new and unique initiative of Coca-Cola India
(B) Future launches of juices by Coca-Cola would also be handled by the alternative distribution channel
(C) Non-fizzy drinks is a small but growing product segment
(D) Launch of an al ternate distribution channel would strengthen Coca-Cola India’s existing businesses also
22. Launch of the new strategic initiative by Coca-Cola in India clearly shows
(A) its pro-activeness and optimism about growth prospects in India
(B) a fear about competition
(C) total lack of foresight on the part of its top management
(D) that the present distribution network has got saturated and only alternative distribution set-ups can help push up sales
SITUATION-5
The fragrance of Pakistani and Indian flowers could soon breeze through homes and offices on either side of the border while Bollywood heros could soon serenade their Pakistani heroines. With the governments of India and Pakistan easing visa restrictions and encouraging business to business contacts, exports of flowers and joint production of movies are some of the new ventures being considered by the Pakistani business community. “I am thinking of making a flower exchange where Indian and Pakistani flowers can be auctioned, It will be on the lines of what you have in Bangalore. Setting up an exchange will make it more viable for the farmers. In Pakistan, we have a variety of roses, gladiolas,” tube roses-all of which can be exported to India directly through the exchange, thereby saving costs. This could be an alternate market to the West where there are so many quarantine issues,” said the Vice-President of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry, whose primary line of business is footwear. She hopes to convert her hobby into something which will help the farmers and brighten up homes and offices in both India and Pakistan. Similarly, a film producer having been in the film production business in Pakistan since 1958, is now keen to have a collaboration with the Indian film industry. “We would want a co-production between India and Pakistan film industry and want to promote India-Pakistan friendship through the medium of movies. We would like it if the hero is from here and the heroine from there. The young generation wants originality, not enemy culture,” he said. Apart from flowers and movies, the Pakistani business delegation said at a function organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry that it was looking at business opportunities in conventional areas of textiles, chemicals, plastic packing and chemicals, among others.
23. It is clearly implied in the passage that
(A) Pakistani people want to regularly exchange flowers with the Indian people
(B) Pakistani people have as much love of the cinema as do the Indian people
(C) the Pakistani citizens, in general, want to make friends’ with the Indian citizens
(D) the industrialists and entrepreneurs from across the border would be keen to develop and establish business contacts in different sectors with their Indian counterparts
24. What are the benefits for the Pakistani business community, of establishing close business links with India?
(A) Their flower gardens would bloom
(B) Their films would become more popular with Indian heroines wooing the young generation there
(C) The flower growers in Pakistan could very well export their produce to India rather more easily than to the western countries
(D) All of these
25. What are the factors in favour of fostering business growth between India and Pakistan?
(1) The younger generation in both the countries would rather make friends with people from across the border, than enemies.
(2) The governments on both sides are encouraging friendly ties between the
neighbouring peoples.
(3) Many varieties of flowers are grown in Pakistan which are not available in India.
(A) A & B
(B) A, B & C
(C) B & C
(D) C only
Directions (Q. Nos. 26-30): Study the following information to answer these questions.
An insurance company has invested 110 crore and 454 crore in State Government and Central Government securities and 227 crore in Securities guaranteed by Government. It has invested 183 crore in Private sector. It has also invested 565 crore in Socially oriented sectors out of which 107 crore was invested in Planned sectors and the rest in Non-Planned sectors.
26. The percentage of gross investments in State Government Securities in nearly
(A) 7.1%
(B) 7.8%
(C) 8.6%
(D) 9.2%
27. The investment in Socially oriented sector (plan and non-plan) is………… than the investment in Government Securities (central and State) by ……………
(A) more, 4 crore
(B) more, 1 crore
(C) more, 111 crore
(D) more, 106 crore
28. The investment in private sectors is nearly ………. per cent higher than the investment in State Government Securities.
(A) 66
(B) 54
(C) 46
(D) 40
29. What is the ratio of difference between investment in State & Central Government securities and the difference between investments in Planned BL Non-planned Socially oriented sectors?
(A) 2 : 1
(B) 1 : 2
(C) 2 : 3
(D) 1 : 1
30. How much percentage less investment is made in securities guaranteed by Government compared to Private sectors and socially oriented non-planned sectors together?
(A) 65
(B) 75
(C) 85
(D) 95
Directions (Q. Nos. 31-35) : Study the following graphs to answer these questions.
The pie chart shows distribution of workforce in city ‘X’. The distribution of workforce in city X was found to be same in different sections during the period under consideration. The bar chart gives total workforce in different years in lakhs.
31. What is the average of number of workers in professional category during the period Year I to Year VI?
(A) 16.88 lakh
(B) 26.88 lakh
(C) 36.88 lakh
(D) 46.88 lakh
32. What is the median of number of workers in clerical category over the period of six years?
(A) 15.975
(B) 16.275
(C) 15.750
(D) 16.975
33. If the workforce in Year CII decreases by 20% in comparison to Year VI then what is the decrease in number of workers in services & blue collar category?
(A) 10.08 lakh
(B) 10.02 lakh
(C) 20.01 lakh
(D) 10.20 lakh
34. If 20% of the workers in professional category are below 30 years then what is the increase in percentage from Year II to year III for professional below 30 years?
(A) 6%
(B) 8%
(C) 9%
(D) 19%
35. What is the inverse ratio of number of workers in services category in year III to that of number of workers in farm category in year V & year VI together?
(A) 9 : 8
(B) 7 : 8
(C) 24 : 21
(D) 8 : 9
Directions (36-40): Study the following graph to answer these questions.
Ownership of vehicles at the Household Level for various sections of the society is given in the graph. (All figures are in percentage Ownership).
36. Which of the sections is likely to have the highest multiple ownership of vehicles as per the given data?
(A) Sec-A
(B) Sec-C
(C) Sec-D
(D) Sec-E
37. What is the percentage of the number of cars owned by all the sections combined, out of the total number of vehicles owned?
(A) 63.22%
(B) 5.63%
(C) 6.23%
(D) 7.55%
38. Within which section, the highest percentage of households owns a two-wheeler?
(A) Sec-A
(B) Sec-B
(C) Sec-D
(D) Sec-E
39. Assuming that an equal number of households have been surveyed from each section for collecting this data, which particular vehicle is the most popular among all sections?
(A) Bicycle
(B) Two-wheeler
(C) Car
(D) None of these
40. Within which section, the lowest percentage of households owns a bicycle?
(A) Sec-A
(B) Sec-B
(C) Sec-D
(D) Sec-E
Directions (Q. Nos. 41-45): Each of these questions has a statement followed by two conclusions marked as I and II. Consider the statement and the following conclusions. Decide which of the conclusions follows from the statement. Mark answer as:
(A) if conclusion I follows.
(B) if conclusion II follows.
(C) if neither conclusion I nor II follows.
(D) if both conclusions I and II follow.
41. Statement: Workers feel highly motivated when they get a sense of involvement by participating in the management of companies.
Conclusions:
(I) Workers should be motivated to produce more.
(II) Workers should be allowed to participate in the management of companies.
42. Statement: Power consumption in every family has been doubled during the last five years.
Conclusions:
(I) There is a lot of development in the society.
(II) Power rates have become cheaper.
43. Statements: This world is neither good nor evil; each man manufactures a world for himself.
Conclusions:
(I) Some people find t his world quite good.
(II) Some people find this world quite bad.
44. Statements: Good voice is a natural gift but one has to keep practising to improve and excel well in the field of music.
Conclusions:
(I) Natural gifts need nurturing and care.
(II) Even though your voice is not good, one can keep practising.
45. Statement: Domestic demand has been increasing faster than the production of indigenous crude oil.
Conclusions:
(I) Crude oil must be imported.
(II) Domestic demand should be reduced.
Directions (Q. Nos. 46-50): Each of these questions has a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. Consider the statement and the following assumptions. Mark answer as:
(A) if assumption I is implicit.
(B) if assumption II is implicit.
(C) either assumption I or II is implicit.
(D) Neither assumption I nor II is implicit.
46. Statement: The KLM company has decided to go for tax-free and taxable bonds to raise its resources.
Assumptions:
(I) The KLM company has already explored other sources to raise money.
(II) The products of KLM company have little competition in the market.
47. Statement: It is felt that when the airline is facing stiff competition coupled with a precarious financial position, the top level posts should be kept open for outside professionals rather than internal candidates.
Assumptions:
(I) Internal candidates aspire only for getting promotions, without much contribution.
(II) Experienced professionals are more likely to handle the problems of the airline.
48. Statement: Lack of stimulation in the first four five years of life can have adverse consequences.
Assumptions:
(I) A great part of the development of observed intelligence occurs in the earliest years of life.
(II) 50 per cent of the measurable intelligence at the age of 17 is already predictable by the age of four.
49. Statement: Take this ‘oven’ home and you can prepare very tasty dishes which you were unable to prepare earlier-An advertisement of X brand oven.
Assumptions:
(I) The user knows the recipes of tasty dishes but does not have the proper oven to cook.
(II) Only ‘X’ brand oven can cook very tasty dishes.
50. Statement: who rises from the prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.
Assumptions:
(I) Prayer makes a man more human.
(II) Prayer atones all of our misdeeds.
Directions (Q. Nos. 51-55) : Each of these questions is followed by two statements numbered I and II. Decide whether the data given in the statements
are sufficient to answer the question. Mark answer as:
(A) if statement I alone is sufficient but statement II alone is not sufficient to answer the question.
(B) if statement II alone is sufficient but statement I alone is not sufficient to answer the question.
(C) if both statement I and II together are sufficient to answer the question but neither statement alone is sufficient.
(D) if statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.
51. If we assume a constant reading rate, can Joel finish the book in 6 hours?
(I) Joel read s54 pages an hour.
(II) In 2 hours, he reads half the book.
52. How many hits must a batter get to raise his batting average to 300?
(I) He has batted 56 times.
(II) He has 14 hits now.
53. Is the average age of the men less than 32?
(I) One-third of the men are younger than 25.
(II) One-half of the men are between 25 and 30.
54. How many minutes does the clock lose a day?
(I) The clock reads 6.00 when it is really 5:48.
(II) The clock is 40 seconds fast each hour.
55. How much time will a computer need to solve 150 problems?
(I) The computer needs 50 seconds to solve the first problem.
(II) A man needs 6 hours to solve the 150 problems.
Directions (Q. Nos. 56-6 5): Each of these questions contains a small paragraph followed by four statements. Read the paragraph critically and select the statement that best captures the essence of the paragraph.
56. The house Swarmed with inmates., Tokens of past grandeur were miserably decayed and dirty. Some attempts had been made, I noticed, to infuse new blood into this dwindling frame, by repairing the costly old wood-work here and there with common deal; but it was like the marriage of a reduced old noble to a plebian pauper.
(A) The mansion that the writer walks in swarms with inmates and displays signs of grandeur and subsequent successful attempts to restore it to its glory
(B) The mansion that the writer walks in swarms with inmates and displays signs of past grandeur and subsequent unsuccessful attempts to restore it to its past glory
(C) The mansion that the writer walks in is empty and displays signs of past grandeur
(D) The mansion that the writer walks in swarms with inmates and displays signs of past grandeur and subsequent successful attempts to restore it to glory
57. A spectre is haunting Europe-the spectre of Communism. All the Powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope and Czar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German police-spies.
(A) Every entrenched traditional power in Europe has united to fight communism as evident from the alliances of Pope and Czar, et al
(B) Communism is hated by everyone Europe and traditional powers seek propagate Communism
(C) Communism is loved y everyone in Europe but hated by the revolutionaries
(D) A spectre is haunting Communism
58. The modern bourgeois society that has sprouted from the ruins of feudal society has not done away with class antagonisms. It has but established new classes, new conditions of oppression, new forms of struggle in place of the old ones. It has simplified the class antagonisms. Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps: Bourgeois and Proletariat.
(A) The modern bourgeois society has risen on the remains of the tribal world order but has not done away with class antagonisms
(B) The modern bourgeois society has risen on the remains of the feudal world order and has done away with class antagonisms
(C) The modern bourgeois society has risen on the remains of the feudal world order but has not done away with class antagonisms
(D) The modern bourgeois society has risen on the remains of the feudal world order
59. Modern industry has established the worldmarket, for which the discovery of America paved the way. This market has given an immense development to commerce, to navigation, to communication by land. This development has, in time, developed the bourgeois, increased its capital, and pushed into the background every old class.
(A) Market forces led to, the establishment of a new world marked and strengthened the bourgeois
(B) Market forces led to the establishment of a new world market for which discovery of America paved the way
(C) Market forces led to the establishment of a new world market for which discovery of industry paved the way
(D) Discovery of America led to rise in proletariat
60. Owing to the extensive use of machinery and to division of labour, the work of the proletarians has lost all individual character, and consequently, all charm for the workman. He becomes an appendage of the machine, and it is only the most simple, most monotonous, and most easily acquired knack, that is required of him, and in the same proportion the burden of toil also increases.
(A) All charm of the workman has not been lost with mechanization as it gives them choice to work as per their needs
(B) Division of work ensures that the work loses all its personal characteristics, apart from exploiting the worker both financially and psychologically
(C) The use of machinery has decreased productivity as evident from the role of the worker
(D) Division of work ensures that the work gains all its personal characteristics
61. The proletariat goes through various stages of development. With its birth begins its struggle with the bourgeois. At first the contest is carried on by individual labourers, then by the workpeople of a factory, against the individual bourgeois who directly exploits them. They direct their attacks not against the bourgeois conditions of production, but against the instruments of production.
(A) The proletariat seeks to destroy the bourgeois conditions of production by killing the capitalists
(B) The proletariat in various stages of development seeks to first destroy the bourgeois instruments of production as they represent their exploitation
(C) The proletariat seeks to appropriate bourgeois conditions of production so that it can rule over the masses by becoming a new bourgeois
(D) The proletariat seeks to destroy the bourgeois instruments of production
62. The average price of ‘wage-labour is the minimum wage, i.e., that quantum of the means of subsistence, which is absolutely requisite in bare existence as a labourer. What, therefore, the wage-labourer appropriates by means of his labour, merely suffices to prolong and reproduce a bare existence.
(A) Caught under wage-labour, the proletariat is expected to merely survive in a hand to mouth existence for the betterment of the bourgeois
(B) Labourers have no effect on capital and thus can be done away with
(C) Labourers appropriate the produce of the bourgeois and are paid less for it.
(D) Under wage-labour, the proletariat prospers
63. When class distinctions have disappeared, the public power will lose its political character. If the proletariat, by means of a revolution, makes itself the ruling class, then it will have swept away the conditions for the existence of class antagonisms and of classes generally, and will thereby have abolished its own supremacy as a class.
(A) The proletariat as a class will always exist even when class distinctions have disappeared
(B) The proletariat as a class will no longer exist when class distinctions have disappeared
(C) The proletariat as a class will no longer be required to exist when class distinctions have disappeared as the oppressive political power will be gone
(D) The proletariat as a class will always be required to counter the reactionaries
64. Owing to their historical position, it became the vocation of the aristocracies of France and England to write pamphlets against modern bourgeois society. In the French revolution of July 1830, and in the English reform agitation, these aristocracies again succumbed to the hateful upstart. Thenceforth, a serious political contest was altogether out of the question. A literary battle alone remained possible.
(A) The aristocracies of France and England share a cozy relationship with the bourgeois
(B) The aristocracies of France and England fought a political battle with the bourgeois
(C) The aristocracies of France and England did not engage in a literary battle with the bourgeois
(D) The aristocracies of France and England often speak against the bourgeois as it has supplanted them from the seat of power
65. Phileas Fogg was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club, though he seemed always to avoid attracting attention; an enigmatical personage, about whom little was known, except that he was a polished man of the world. People said that he resembled Byron”
(A) Mr. Fogg was an open book for the people to read and people liked him for it
(B) Mr. Fogg was an enigma to many people because of his .personage
(C) Mr. Fogg was a misanthrope and was hated by people for his stranger mannerisms
(D) Mr. Fogg had a personality that was rarely noticed by people
Directions (Q. Nos. 66-7 0): Study the following information to answer these questions.
Mr John wants to buy a particular make of car. He searches and settles down to five models of this make to choose from. These five cars have the following characteristics:
(i) Model A has posh interior with radial tyres, has high cost and is not diesel version. Also, its colour does not match his choice.
(ii) Model B has decent interiors with low cost but without radial tyres. It is either of his choice of colour or is of diesel version.
(iii) Model C has diesel engine with colour of his choice and without radial tyres and can possibly be of posh interiors or yet be reasonably priced
(iv) Model D has shabby interiors with diesel engine and comes with radial tyres and either is of his colour choice or has affordable price.
(v) Model E has colour of his choice, low cost, does not have radial tyres and is either with good interiors or with diesel engine.
66. If John finds a model with radial tyres and diesel engine but one that is not very expensive, which of these five models he could have chosen.
(A) Model A
(B) Model D
(C) Model C
(D) Model B
67. John decides to have a model which is without radial tyres and ends up with a not very expensive one. He chooses ……. car.
(A) Model A
(B) Model E
(C) Model C
(D) Model B
68. If John’s only consideration is good interiors and colour choice, which models would he have to choose from.
(A) Models B, C & E
(B) Models E & C
(C) Models B & C
(D) None of these
69. If John has high consideration for cost and low consideration for good interiors; and definitely wants the colour of his choice, ‘ which model can be choose?
(A) Model C
(B) Model D or E
(C) Model E
(D) None of these
70. If the model is not of diesel engine but is of his colour choice, which one of the following can it be?
(A) Model D
(B) Model B
(C) Model A & B
(D) None of these
Directions (Q. Nos. 71-75): In the passage given below you have been provided with 5 questions, following the passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the l:est answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE-1
When my wife, daughter and I were travelling in a rented car, through Nottingham, England, on our way to a cousin’s home in the northern suburbs, I became thoroughly confused by the maze of circular and one way streets. Finally we spotted a policeman and pulled up to ask directions. We were surprised when he removed his tall helmet, opened the back door and slid in beside our daughter, “It’ll be much easier to show you”, he explained.
Off he went through a series of left and right turns, traffic lights and even a short jaunt up one way lane the wrong way. Twenty minutes later we arrived at a main intersection. “Now you’ll be all right” announced, our guide. “Just turn here, stay on the road for eight or nine kilometres, and you’re there”. With that, he opened the door, got replaced his helmet and strode briskly off.
71. The ‘tone’ of narration in the paragraph is
(A) sombre
(B) ironic
(C) comic
(D) satiric
72. The writer was confused by
(A) a network of circular roads
(B) wrong direction by traffic cops
(C) confusing road signals
(D) road map that he had with him
73. The word ‘suburb’ means
(A) a remote village
(B) the city centre
(C) residential area outside the town
(D) an industrial town
74. The expression ‘our guide’ in the paragraph means
(A) policeman
(B) cousin
(C) passerby
(D) professional guide
75. The response of the policeman can be said to be
(A) rude
(B) greedy
(C) imposing
(D) helpful
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