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DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 1-30) Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions that follows.
PASSAGE-I
But perfect organization, faultless team-work, indomitable courage, super human endurance, even the latest equipment all these are unavailable unless the weather is kind. In the mountains it is the weather that rules everything. It may be fair it the early morning when the climb begins, but unexpectedly blizzards may halt the climbers with inadequate protection on an exposed slope. The villains of the piece are cold, wind and snow and in the Himalayas, these conspire together for the whole year, expect for two short periods. In early May and in October, there may be short intervals between the tremendous gales of winter and the treacherous shows of the monsoon. Only in these intervals is there any chance of finding the right weather conditions for an assault upon a peak. Cold can at least be kept at bay by warm clothing and weather there is no defence.
1. The two greatest enemies of the Himalayan Climber are
(a) attitude and scarcity of oxygen
(b) wind and snow
(c) ice fields and rocks
(d) slopes and valley
2. It is bet to attempt scaling a peak
(a) in the summer months
(b) between storms and gales
(c) early in May or in October
(d) when the monsoon are over
3. The perils of intense cold may be counteracted by
(a) a special kind of food and clothing
(b) the use of alcohol
(c) climbing only during the morning hours
(d) the use of drugs and medicines
4. When climbing in the Hirnalayas one must always remember that the weather is
(a) severe
(b) conquerable
(c) the supreme arbiter
(d) fickle
5. According to the author, what the mountaineer today needs most is
(a) regular exercise
(b) adequate medical aid
(c) financial support
(d) modern equipment
PASSAGE-II
The Rajputs occupy an honoured place in the history of India. They were a war-like people, proud and patriotic. They vere jealous of their honour and would lay down their lives to uphold it. They loved their homes and fought bravely to defend the honour of their women-folk. Nothing would tame their spirits. Perils only called forth their courage and poverty only increased their power of resistance. None could fight like them. Their motto was ‘Better death than dishonour’.
6. Which of the following is opposite in meaning to the word ‘proud’ in the passage?
(a) The pride of the Rajputs
(b) Rajputs and their sacrifices
(c) The rise and fall of the Rajputs
(d) Rajputs – the spirited heroes of Indian history
7. Which of the following is opposite in meaning to the word ‘proud’ in the passage?
(a) Humble
(b) Kind
(c) Courteous
(d) Cowardly
8. The expression ‘tame their spirits’ in the passage means
(a) suppress their ambitions
(b) arouse their enthusiasm
(c) develop their courage
(d) curb their enthusiasm
9. Which of the following statements is not true in the context of the passage?
(a) The Rajputs achieved eminence in history due to their great bravery
(b) They were homely people and would fight for upholding women’s honour
(c) In moments of danger they would exhibit great courage
(d) They could not, however, face the challenge of poverty
10. According to the writer, the Rajputs occupy an honoured place in history, because
(a) they were found of wars
(b) they were proud of their wares
(c) they were jealous of people’s honour
(d) they lived and died upholding their self-respect
PASSAGE-III
Religions is the greatest instruments for so raising us. it is amazing that a person not intellectually bright, perhaps not even educated is capable of grasping and living by something so advanced as the principles of Christianity. Yet, there is a common phenomenon. It is not, however, in my province to talk about religion. But rather to stress the power which great literature and the great personalities whom we meet in it and in history have, to open and enlarge our minds and to show us what is first rate in human personality and human character by showing us goodness and greatness.
11. In the passage, the author’s ultimate intentions is to talk about
(a) religion
(b) history
(c) education
(d) character
12. The phrase ‘so raising us’ means
(a) giving us a sense of spiritual superiority
(b) making us feel that we are more important than we really are
(c) improving our mental abilities
(d) making us realize that we all are children of God
13. What surprises the author is that
(a) even uneducated people are attracted towards Christianity
(b) Christianity is practiced by a large number of people
(c) despite being difficult and complex, the principles of Christianity are practiced by so many people
(d) even very intelligent people cannot understand the principles of Christianity
14. The author hesitates to talk about religion because
(a) he does not feel himself competent to talk about it
(b) nobody around him likes to talk about it
(c) he does not believe in any religion
(d) he does not fully understand its importance
15. According to the author, we come across examples of greatness and nobility in
(a) great works of literature
(b) literary and historical works
(c) historical records
(d) books on Christianity
PASSAGE-IV
It is generally acknowledged that children learn a lot from their parents. It is not so commonly admitted that parents learn a great deal from their children. As adults, it is easy to assume that we are always right, but the laugh was on me one beautiful day.
My daughter Kashmira knew how much I loved flowers. One day when she was of 9 years, she picked some branches from our neighbour’s blossoming fruit tree. Realising she intended to please3 me, I didn’t scold her, but chose a different approach.
“These are lovely, dear, but do you realize that if you had left them on the tree, each of these blossoms would have become a cherry?”
“No, they wouldn’t have,” she said firmly.
“Oh, yes, they would have, Each of these blossoms would have grown into a cherry.”
“Well okay, mother, if you insist,” she finally conceded, “but they were plums last year.”
16. What is not commonly acknowledged is that
(a) children learn a lot from their parents
(b) parents teach their children a great deal
(c) parents learn a great deal from their children
(d) children learn a great deal inspite of their parents
17. “The laugh was on me” means that
(a) the m other was caught in the wrong
(b) the daughter was wrong
(c) people laughed at the mother
(d) the mother laughed at herself
18. What the daughter picked from the neighbour’s garden were
(a) some branches
(b) some flowers
(c) some branches with blossoms
(d) some branches with fruit
19. The mother did not scold the daughter because
(a) she loved flowers
(b) she liked cherry blossoms
(c) she did not understand why her daughter had done so
(d) she decided to indirectly make her daughter realize her mistake
20. The-mother was caught in the wrong because the daughter
(a) proved that she had not picked the branch with the blossom
(b) reminded her that she loved flowers
(c) reminded her that the branch with blossoms was from a plum tree
(d) proved that those blossoms would not yield any fruit
PASSAGE-V
Recent advances in Science and Technology have made it possible for geneticist to find out abnormalities in the unborn foetus and take remedial action to rectify some defects which would otherwise prove to the fatal to the child. Though genetic engineering is still at its infancy, scientists can now predict a genetic disorder with greater accuracy. It is not yet an exact science since they are not in a position to predict when exactly a genetic disorder with set in. While they have not, yet, been able to change the genetic order of the gene in germs, they are optimistic and are holding out that in the near future they might be successful in achieving this feat. They have, however acquired the ability in manipulating tissue cells. However, genetic mis-information can sometimes be damaging for it may adversely affect people psychologically. Genetic information may lead to a tendency to brand some people s inferior. Genetic information can therefore be abuse and its application in deciding the sex of the foetus and its subsequent abortion is now hotly debated on ethical lines.
But on this issue geneticists cannot be squarely blamed though this charge has often been leveled at them. It is mainly a societal problem. At present genetic engineering is a costly process of detecting disorders but scientists hope to reduce the cost when technology becomes more advanced. This is why much progress in this area has been possible in scientifically advanced and rich countries like the USA, UK and Japan. It remains to be seen if in the future this Science will lead to the development of a race of supermen or will be able to obliterate disease from this world.
21. Which of the following is the same in meaning as the phrase’ holding out’ as used in the passage?
(a) catching
(b) expounding
(c) sustaining
(d) restraining
22. According to the passage, the question of abortion is
(a) ignored
(b) hotly debated
(c) unanswered
(d) left to the scientists to decide
23. Which of the following is true regarding the reasons for progress in genetic engineering?
(a) It has become popular to abort female foetuses
(b) Human beings are extremely interested in heredity
(c) Economically sound and scientifically advanced countries can provide the infrastructure for such research
(d) Poor countries desperately need genetic information
24. Which of the following is the same in meaning as the world ‘obliterate’ as used in the passage?
(a) Wipe off
(b) Eradicate
(c) Give birth to
(d) Wipe out
25. Which of the following is the opposite in meaning to the word ‘charged’ as used in the passage?
(a) Calm
(b) Disturbed
(c) Discharged
(d) Settled
26. Which of the following is not true of true genetic engineering movement?
(a) Possibility of abuse
(b) It is confronted by ethical problems
(c) Increased tendency to manipulate gene cells
(d) Acquired ability to detect genetic disorders in unborn babies
27. Which of t he following is the same in meaning as the word ‘feat’ as used in the passage?
(a) process
(b) focus
(c) possibility
(d) goal
28. Why, according to the author is genetic misinformation severely damaging?
1. The cost involved is very high.
2. Some people are unjustly branded as inferior.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
29. In the passage, ‘abused’ means
(a) insulted
(b) talked about
(c) killed
(d) misused
30. At present genetic engineering ca rectify all genetic disorders. Is that so?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) It can do so only in some cases
(d) None of the above
DIRECIONS (Q. Nos. 31-33) In each of the following questions, a number/letter series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative that will continue the same pattern and replace the question mark in the given series.
31. 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 25, ?
(a) 26
(b) 27
(c) 29
(d) 37
32. 22, 24, 28, ?, 52, 84
(a) 36
(b) 38
(c) 42
(d) 46
33. AB, DEF, HIJK, ?, STUVWX
(a) LMNO
(b) LMNOP
(c) MNOPQ
(d) QRSTU
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 34 -37) Choose the word which is least like the other words in the group.
34.
(a) Zebra
(b) Lion
(c) Tiger
(d) Horse
35.
(a) Apple
(b) Marigold
(c) Rose
(d) Lily
36.
(a) Football
(b) Volleyball
(c) Cricket
(d) Chess
37.
(a) House
(b) Cottage
(c) School
(d) Palace
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 38-39) Three of the following four are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is one that does not belong to that group?
38.
(a) Nose
(b) Eyes
(c) Tongue
(d) Teeth
39.
(a) 13
(b) 29
(c) 37
(d) 69
40. If FISH is written as EHRG in a certain code, then how would JUNGLE be written in that code?
(a) ITMFKD
(b) ITNFKD
(c) KVOHMF
(d) TIMFKD
41. In a code language, A is written as B, B is written as C, C is written as D and so on. Then, how will SMART be written in that code language?
(a) TLBSU
(b) SHBSU
(c) PNBSU
(d) SNBRU
42. Deepak starts walking straight towards East. After walking 75 m, he turns to the left and walks 25 m straight. Again he turns to the left, walks a distance of 40 m straight, again he turns to the left and walks a distance of 25 m. How far is he form the starting point?
(a) 25 m
(b) 50 m
(c) 140 m
(d) None of these
43. Amit walked 30 m towards East, took a right turn and walked 40 m. Then, he took a left turn and walked 30 m. In which direction is he now from the starting point?
(a) North-East
(b) East
(c) South-East
(d) South
44. Rohan walks a distance of 3 km towards North, then turns to his left and walks for 2 km. He again turns left and walks for 3 km. At this point, the turns to his left and walks for 3 km. How many kilometers is he from the starting point ?
(a) 1 km
(b) 2 km
(c) 3 km
(d) 5 km
45. Manick walked 40 m towards North, took a left turn and walked 20 m. He again took a left turn and walked 40 m. How far and in which direction is he form the starting point?
(a) 20 m East
(b) 20 m North
(c) 100p m South
(d) None of the above
46. Raj is walking towards West. He takes three turns while walking, all at an angle of 45° towards right, right and left. What direction is he facing now?
(a) North-East
(b) South-East
(c) East
(d) West
47. If the letters in the world U NDERTAKING are rearranged in the alphabetical order, which one will be in the middle in order after the rearrangement?
(a) G
(b) I
(c) K
(d) None of these
48. Which letter in the word CY BERNETICS occupies the same position as it does in the English alphabet?
(a) C
(b) E
(c) I
(d) T
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 49-50) In each of the following questions, find out which of the letter series follows the given rule.
49. Number of letters skipped in between adjacent letters in the series is two.
(a) MPSVYBE
(b) QSVYZCF
(c) SVZCGJN
(d) ZCGKMPR
50. The group of letters should not contain more than tow vowels.
(a) BDEJOLY
(b) JKAPIXU
(c) PRAQEOS
(d) ZILERAM
51. If the letters of the word ADISHANKARACHARAYA were written in the reverse order, which will be the third letter to the right of the seventh letter from the left?
(a) R
(b) A
(c) K
(d) N
52. The positions of how many digits in the number 321465987 will remain same when the digits are arranged in ascending order?
(a) None
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) Three
53. If the day before yesterday was Saturday, then what day will all on the day after tomorrow?
(a) Friday
(b) Thursday
(c) Wednesday
(d) Tuesday
54. If 30th January 2003 was Thursday, then what was the day on 2nd March, 2003?
(a) Tuesday
(b) Thursday
(c) Saturday
(d) Sunday
55. A number is greater than 3 but less than 8. Also, it is greater than 6 but less than 10. The number is
(a) 5
(b) 6
(c) 7
(d) 8
56. How many days will there be from 26th January, 2004 to 15th May, 2004 (both days included)?
(a) 110
(b) 111
(c) 112
(d) None of these
57. Which two months in a year have the same calendar?
(a) June, October
(b) April, November
(c) October, December
(d) None of these
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 58-59) In each question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions to decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
Give answer
(a) if only Assumption I is implicit
(b) if only Assumption II is implicit
(c) if either Assumption I or II is implicit
(d) if neither Assumption I nor II is implicit
58. Statement “Please note that the company will provide accommodation to only outside candidates if selected”- a condition in an advertisement.
Assumptions
I. The local candidates would be having some or the other arrangement for their stay.
II. The company plans to select only local candidates.
59. Statement You can win over new people by your warm smile.
Assumptions
I. It is necessary to win new people.
II. It is possible for us to smile warmly at unknown people.
60. A is the son of B. C, B’s sister, has a son D and a daughter E. F, is the maternal uncle of D. How is E related to F?
(a) Sister
(b) Daughter
(c) Niece
(d) Wife
61. Water has maximum density at
(a) −1℃
(b) 0℃
(c) 4℃
(d) 100℃
62. Bamboo is a
(a) Grass
(b) Herb
(c) Shrub
(d) Tree
63. The best method for improving the nutrient composition of a diet is by
(a) combining various foods
(b) use of sprouted cereals and pulses
(c) use of boiled foods
(d) use of processed foods
64. ‘Green house effect’ means
(a) pollution in houses in tropical region
(b) trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric carbon dioxide
(c) prevention from ultraviolet radiations by the ozone layer
(d) None of the above
65. Which of the following have not undergone much of a change during the process of evolution over millions of years?
1. Crocodile 2. Cockroach 3. Horse
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) All of these
66. When a object is placed between two mirrors placed parallel to each other, how many images will be formed?
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 6
(d) Infinite
67. If a boy sitting in a train, moving at constant velocity, throws a ball straight up into the air,
(a) the ball will fall in front of him
(b) the ball will fall behind him
(c) the ball will fall into his hand
(d) the ball will not return downwards
68. Clothes keep us warm in winter because they
(a) supply heat
(b) do not radiate heat
(c) prevent air from entering
(d) prevent the heat of the body from escaping
69. When a person enters a dark rook from bright light, he cannot see anything clearly for some time. Slowly, he starts seeing things. This is because the
(a) length of lens increases
(b) iris expands
(c) iris contracts
(d) distance between the lens and retina increases
70. McMahon Line demarcates the boundary between
(a) India and Pakistan
(b) India and China
(c) India and Nepal
(d) India and Bangladesh
71. Zozila Pass connects
(a) Kashmir and Tibet
(b) Nepal and Tibet
(c) Leh and Kargil
(d) Leh and Srinagar
72. First railway line in India was laid in
(a) 1835
(b) 1853
(c) 1917
(d) 1923
73. Arjuna Award is given for
(a) bravery on battlefield
(b) outstanding performance in sports
(c) exceptional service in emergency
(d) exceptional service to slum dwellers
74. Who wrote the line, ‘A thing of beauty is a joy for ever’?
(a) PB Shelley
(b) William Wordsworth
(c) John Keats
(d) Robert Browning
75. Khyber Pass is in
(a) India
(b) Nepal
(c) Pakistan
(d) Bangladesh
76. The Indian National Calendar is based on
(a) Christian era
(b) Saka era
(c) Vikram era
(d) Hijri era
77. Which of the following countries has only a two party government?
(a) Australia
(b) France
(c) USA
(d) Great Britain
78. Who is the Union Minister for Textiles, Government of India?
(a) Sharad Pawar
(b) S. Vaghela
(c) Arjun Singh
(d) None of these
79. The President of Sri Lanka is
(a) Sirimavo Bandaranaike
(b) Arjuna Ranatunga
(c) Mahinda Rajapakse
(d) None of these
80. Who is the first Indian sportsperson to win an individual Gold Medal in the Olympic Games?
(a) Leander Paes
(b) Vijender Kumar
(c) Abhinav Bindra
(d) Vikram Rathore
81. Which of the following countries is the largest producer of Jute in the world?
(a) Bangladesh
(b) India
(c) Myanmar
(d) Sri Lanka
82. Which country has the largest rail network in the world?
(a) India
(b) UK
(c) China
(d) USA
83. Which is India’s national airline?
(a) Indian Airlines
(b) Indigo
(c) Air India
(d) None of these
84. The headquarters of UNO is located in
(a) Washington DC
(b) Hague
(c) New Delhi
(d) Geneva
85. Saina Nehwal is India’s No. 1 player in which sport?
(a) Badminton
(b) Squash
(c) Golf
(d) Swimmking
86. The ‘PAN’ in PAN Card issued by the Income Tax department stands for
(a) Permanent Account Number
(b) Permanent Audit Number
(c) Permitted Account Number
(d) None of the above
87. Who is the founder of Microsoft Corporation?
(a) Ross Perot
(b) Narayana Moorthy
(c) Bill Gates
(d) Azim Premji
88. The classical dance from Kathakali originated in which Indian State?
(a) Orissa
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) West Bengal
(d) Kerala
89. What is the legally marriageable age for women in India?
(a) 18 years
(b) 19 years
(c) 20 years
(d) 21 years
90. The birthday of late Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the former President of India, is celebrated as
(a) Lawyers’ Day
(b) Teacher’s Day
(c) Children’s Day
(d) None of these
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 91-97) In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
91. EAGER
(a) Clever
(b) Enthusiastic
(c) Curious
(d) Devoted
92. COMMEMORATE
(a) Boast
(b) Remember
(c) Manipulate
(d) Harmonise
93. SECURE
(a) Secret
(b) Comfortable
(c) Safe
(d) Independent
94. WHIM
(a) Fancy
(b) Clumsy
(c) Desire
(d) Strange behaviour
95. CANDID
(a) Rude
(b) Impertinent
(c) Blunt
(d) Frank
96. TENTATIVE
(a) Unreliable
(b) Current
(c) Provisional
(d) Final
97. ENDORSEMENT
(a) Reprimand
(b) Censure
(c) Commendation
(d) Reproach
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 98-107) In each of the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
98. AUTONOMY
(a) Submissiveness
(b) Dependence
(c) Subordination
(d) Slavery
99. TRAGEDY
(a) Humorous
(b) Comedy
(c) Romance
(d) Calamity
100. ACCORD
(a) Solution
(b) Act
(c) Dissent
(d) Concord
101. UNIVERSAL
(a) Narrow
(b) Regional
(c) Miniature
(d) Subsidiary
102. OBSTINATE
(a) Inflexible
(b) Prominent
(c) Pliable
(d) Fashionable
103. SUBJUGATE
(a) Liberate
(b) Enslave
(c) Enrich
(d) Identify
104. SUPERFICIAL
(a) Artificial
(b) Deep
(c) Shallow
(d) Real
105. FICKLE
(a) Diseased
(b) Fast
(c) Constant
(d) Quick
106. RELIGIOUS
(a) Atheistic
(b) Immoral
(c) Secular
(d) Sinful
107. PANIC
(a) Alarm
(b) Indifference
(c) Serenity
(d) Cautiousness
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 108-111) In each of the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
108. A person who does not believe in any religion
(a) Philatelist
(b) Rationalist
(c) Atheist
(d) Pagan
109. A person who believes that pleasure is the chief good
(a) Stoic
(b) Hedonist
(c) Epicure
(d) Sensual
110. One who loves mankind
(a) Anthropologist
(b) Philanthropist
(c) Seismologist
(d) Optometrist
111. To break off proceedings of a meeting for a time
(a) Convene
(b) Terminate
(c) Adjourn
(d) Procrastinate
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 112-116) In each of the following questions, an idiomatic expression/a proverb has been given, followed by some alternatives. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/proverb.
112. To turn over a new leaf
(a) To change completely one’s course of action
(b) To shift attention to new problems after having studied the old ones throughly
(c) To cover up one’s faults by wearing new marks
(d) To change the old habits and adopt new ones
113. Hobson’s choice
(a) Feeling of insecurity
(b) Accept for leave the offer
(c) Feeling of strength
(d) Excellent choice
114. To get into hot waters
(a) To be impatient
(b) to suffer a huge financial loss
(c) To get into trouble
(d) To be in a confused state of mind
115. Dog in the manager
(a) An undersised bull almost the shape of a dog
(b) A dog that has no kennel of its own
(c) A person who puts himself in difficulties on account of other people
(d) A person who prevents others from enjoying something useless to himself.
116. A square peg in a round hole
(a) An impossible task
(b) A scheme that never works
(c) A person unsuited to the position he fills
(d) None of the above
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 117-120) In each of the following questions, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.
117.
(a) Comemorate
(b) Commemmorate
(c) Comemmorate
(d) Commemorate
118.
(a) Mountaineous
(b) Mountaneous
(c) Mountainous
(d) Mountanous
119.
(a) Hindrence
(b) Hindrance
(c) Hinderence
(d) Hinderance
120.
(a) Servent
(b) Servant
(c) Sarvant
(d) Sarvent
121. If the outer radius of a metal pipe is 2.84 inches and the inner radius is 1.94 inches, then the thickness of t he metal pipe (in inches) is
(a) 0.75
(b) 0.80
(c) 0.90
(d) 0.95
122. A shopkeeper marks the price of his goods 20% higher than the original price. After that he allows a discount of 10%. What profit or loss did he get?
(a) Profit 10%
(b) Profit 8%
(c) Loss 5%
(d) Loss 7%
123. The prices of a scooter and a moped are in the ratio of 9 : 5. If a scooter costs Rs 4200 more than a moped, then find the price of the moped.
(a) Rs 5250
(b) Rs 3350
(c) Rs 6500
(d) Rs 5700
124. Rs 120 is divided among A, B and C such that A’s share is Rs 20 more than B’s and Rs 20 less than C’s What is B’s share?
(a) Rs 10
(b) Rs 15
(c) Rs 20
(d) Rs 25
125. 
(a) 35/9
(b) 63/5
(c) 18/7
(d) None of these
126. 12 ÷09 of 0.3 × 2 = ?
(a) 0.80
(b) 8.0
(c) 80
(d) None of these
127. 32 × 4.12 = ?
(a) 33.1564
(b) 30.1584
(c) 30.3334
(d) 39.1584
128. 17223− – ? = 63.83 + 22
(a) 130.4
(b) 86.40
(c) 108.18
(d) 85.83
129. 
(a) 120
(b) 1.20
(c) 12
(d) 0.12
130. 40 ÷ 20 – (−4.2) = ?
(a) 497.8
(b) 5.786
(c) 947.0
(d) 8.22
131. 542 – 369 + 171 – 289 = ?
(a) 135
(b) 55
(c) 255
(d) 245
132. 5329 + 4328 – 369 – 7320 = ?
(a) 1698
(b) 1998
(c) 1958
(d) 1968
133. A man travelled 2/11 of his journey by coach, 17/22 by rail and waked the remaining 1 km. How far did he go?
(a) 22 km
(b) 20 km
(c) 33 km
(d) 27 km
134. Find the value of x in the following propaortion. 75 : 3 = x : 9
(a) 125
(b) 120
(c) 225
(d) 220
135. Two numbers are in the ratio of 4 : 5. If the larger number is 15 more than the smaller number, then find the product of the numbers.
(a) 3500
(b) 3000
(c) 4500
(d) 4550
136. 16% of 650 + ?% of 850 = 172
(a) 20
(b) 8
(c) 18
(d) 9
137. 135 ÷ 9 = × 25
(a) 1.5
(b) .025
(c) 2
(d) 2.5
138. 8279 – 25.87 = 72.79 – ?
(a) 15.17
(b) 16.02
(c) 15.87
(d) 15.98
139. 430 + 90 × 12 = ?
(a) 538
(b) 1510
(c) 5380
(d) 6240
140. 576 + 2116.8 + 69.44 = ?
(a) 2431.816
(b) 2430.624
(c) 2431.028
(d) 2421.096
141. 12 ÷ 4.26 = ?
(a) 22
(b) 1.2
(c) 2.2
(d) 12
142. (152 – 122) 4 = ?2
(a) 9
(b) 6
(c) 81
(d) 18
143. ?% of 450 = 54
(a) 12
(b) 24.3
(c) 18
(d) 6
144. 6 × 3.5 + 4.3 = ?
(a) 71.79
(b) 80.06
(c) 80.87
(d) 137.28
145. 45762 – 39826 = 7976 – ?
(a) 2030
(b) 2000
(c) 2400
(d) 2210
146. (87324 – 79576) ×5 = ?
(a) 1162.2
(b) 11622
(c) 1372.2
(d) 1163.7
147. (31 + 19) × (15 – 11) × (37 + 13) = ?
(a) 4.6
(b) 2.5
(c) 4.5
(d) 3.5
148. 91628 – 72.4 = 728.2 + ?
(a) 115.86
(b) 125.68
(c) 215.68
(d) 261.04
149. Anil invested an amount for 3 yr at a simple interest of 9% per annum. He got an amount of Rs 19050 at the end of 3 yr. What principal amount did he invest?
(a) Rs 14500
(b) Rs 11050
(c) Rs 15000
(d) Rs 10950
150. Amar started a business investing Rs 45000, six months later Prakash joined him with Rs 30000. In what ratio should the profit they earn be distributed the end of the year?
(a) 3 : 1
(b) 3 : 4
(c) 3 : 2
(d) Data inadequate
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National Institute of Fashion & Technology (NIFT) UNDER GRADUATE 2015 Question Paper With Answer Key
NIFT (UNDER GRADUATE) National Institute of Fashion & Technology
Solved Paper-2015
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 1-5) Fill in the blank.
1. Freedom and equality are the …………. rights of every human.
(a) inalienable
(b) inscrutable
(c) incalculable
(d) institutional
2. Pradeep’s face spoke …………… of the happiness he was feeling.
(a) elegantly
(b) tons
(c) volumes
(d) much
3. His speech was disappointing : it ………. all the major issues.
(a) projected
(b) revealed
(c) skirted
(d) analyzed
4. The defending champions ………. to victory in just 30 minute.
(a) led
(b) rucked
(c) reached
(d) cruised
5. Despite of our best efforts, we failed to ………. any new facts from.
(a) elicit
(b) evoke
(c) eject
(d) enlist
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 6-10) Choose the option that is the plural form of the given word
6. Wish
(a) Wishes
(b) Wish
(c) Wishies
(d) Wishs
7. Medium
(a) Media
(b) Medium
(c) Mediums
(d) Medeums
8. Sheep
(a) Sheep
(b) Sheeps
(c) Sheepes
(d) Sheepies
9. Advice
(a) Advices
(b) Advice
(c) Advicies
(d) Advic’s
10. Syllabus
(a) Syllabus
(b) Syllabai
(c) Syllabi
(d) Syllabuses
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 11-15) In each of these questions, a word has been spelt in four different ways, one of which is correct. Choose the correctly spelt word.
11.
(a) Dolorous
(b) Dolurous
(c) Doloreus
(d) Delorious
12.
(a) Nectar
(b) Nector
(c) Nactor
(d) Nactar
13.
(a) Canine
(b) Canninne
(c) Cannine
(d) Caninee
14.
(a) Immence
(b) Imence
(c) Immense
(d) Immenze
15.
(a) Occurence
(b) Occurance
(c) Occurrence
(d) Occurrance
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 16-17) Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence.
16. He listened to my request with indifference.
(a) caution
(b) displeasure
(c) concern
(d) disinterest
17. During his stay in Canada, he had quite a few frustrating experiences.
(a) disappointing
(b) disenchanting
(c) humiliating
(d) repulsive
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 18-20) Choose the word which is closest to the opposite in meaning of the underlined word in the sentence.
18. Hydra is biologically believed to e immortal.
(a) undying
(b) perishable
(c) ancient
(d) eternal
19. The Gupta rulers patronized all cultural activities and thus Gupta period was called the golden era in Indian History.
(a) criticized
(b) rejected
(c) opposed
(d) spurned
20. This is a barbarous act.
(a) bad
(b) good
(c) civilized
(d) exemplary
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 21-25) Choose the option which best expresses the meaning of the underlined idiom/phrase in the sentence.
21. His innings is a feather in his cap.
(a) fantastic
(b) beautiful
(c) superior
(d) glorious
22. He has some rare coins in this collection.
(a) special
(b) useful
(c) uncommon
(d) inexpensive
23. Einstein asked President Roosevelt to look into the matter.
(a) to investigate
(b) to peep
(c) to search
(d) to observe
24. News of Sachin’s century spread like wildfire.
(a) slowly
(b) fast
(c) here and there
(d) yesterday
25. Amit produced is arguments in black and white
(a) oral
(b) coloured
(c) written
(d) readable
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 26-45) Study the passages below and answer the questions that follow each passage.
PASSAGE-I
We possess an insidious subsidy culture. If an election is coming, a quick word will raise the LPG cylinder cap or lower CNG prices, ignoring gaping fiscal deficits. In the idealised public sector era, subsidies were a symbol of our commitment to bring about egalitarian growth, protecting or infant industries. Now, in the last decade, our central government has spent almost Rs 11 trillion on subsides-mostly captured by the upper class on fuel and large farmers on fertilizers. Similar to Italy, our unmanageable spending problems are compounded by welfare expansion and a social expectation for subsides. Everyday, choices from education to transport, are tailored by subsidies that the government gives. Populism runs amok, with warped socialist economics focusing on vote lined needs but not appropriate holistic solutions. A bitter fiscal reckoning awaits.
26. According to the paragraph, our government frequently provides subsidies to
(a) improve economic conditions of the country
(b) gain more popularity
(c) provide increased facilities to people
(d) improve our exports and reduce imports
27. As per the paragraph, subsidies should be given to
(a) provide equal rights
(b) discourage black market
(c) encourage industrialization
(d) None of the above
28. With a view to improving economic situation of our country, we
(a) should continue to provide subsidies
(b) must take some strict measures
(c) should give more subsidies to the needy and poor
(d) must not pay any attention to subsidies
29. Which of the following statements is not true?
(a) Government provides subsidies as a part of vote-ban politics
(b) In Italy, government spends much more money than it should
(c) During the last few years, government has not spent much on subsidies
(d) All of the above
PASSAGE-II
The writer has rightly blamed the two national parties for attempting to manipulate voters. People are sick and tired of politicians spewing out false promises. They look forward to a drastic change in attitude so that there will be greater focus on individual emancipation and overall welfare. But it will take some more time before we evolve into a strong conscious electorate which can see through these games, which have also now been joined by regional groups and newbie parties. It is the duty of national parties to roll out a visionary and implementable agenda. But his can happen only under strong and capable leadership which can electrify the masses and shake of pessimism. Elections should be about ideas and ideology which and empower people.
30. As per the paragraph, people who vote
(a) have become now mature to decide
(b) are still not capable of deciding in a mature manner
(c) are displaying their capability to take appropriate decisions
(d) None of the above
31. Polls in India need to
(a) give more powers to people
(b) now become more popular
(c) include people form different regions
(d) encourage honest politicians
32. Politicians in India often
(a) guide people on the correct path
(b) provide the right kind of leadership we need
(c) mislead people on various issues
(d) focus on welfare of people
33. Which of the following statements is ‘not true’?
(a) We need major changes in the attitudes of our politicians
(b) Our leaders come out with really great ideas during elections
(c) People have started disliking our political leaders now
(d) All of the above
PASSAGE-III
It is true that debate and discourse can either be elevated to reflect the concerns of an aspiring young nations or cater to our baser instincts. Countries like America, which have matured as democracies, practice a rambunctious style of politics. However, in our case it is only vulgarity that is currently on full display. To be absolutist about the freedom to offend is totalitarianism, not democracy. Though India’s democracy is increasingly becoming more inclusive, its social system is growing increasingly exclusive. Hence people feel that chances of their views being heard are greater only, if their arguments create an upheaval. So it is time to debate where to draw the line between free speech and offensive that may ignite confrontation.
34. As per the paragraph, Indian democracy, over a period of time,
(a) includes less number of people
(b) has become less popular
(c) now includes more number of people
(d) does not impact the lives of people
35. Currently in India, to draw attention of people on some issues, one needs to
(a) remain peaceful
(b) create some chaos
(c) respect others’ point of view
(d) ignore that issue altogether and move ahead
36. Presently, freedom of speech in India often leads to
(a) understanding a situation better
(b) avoidable hostility among people
(c) resolving quite a few major issues
(d) None of the above
37. According to the paragraph, which of the following statements is not true?
(a) Indian society has now become more divided
(b) Indian democracy is now more dignified
(c) Debate indicates people’s concern on a subject
(d) All of the above
PASSAGE-IV
We have come a long way since the acronym ‘BRIC’ was coined in 2001. Emerging markets are now an integral part of the world map and this elite group of nations has firmly positioned itself as an important catalyst driving global growth. However, these economies too are vulnerable to global hitches, as was evident in 2011 when most emerging markets, including India, China, and Brazil witnessed a drop of over 18% even as developed economies like the US registered a growth of 5% against all odds. The first three weeks of the New Year have caught everyone off guard with emerging markets racing ahead of their developed counterparts.
From being one of the worst performers in 2011. India has rallied by more than 9.5% followed by Brazil (7%) and China (6.9%). While such a momentum may not be sustainable over a longer horizon. no one can ignore the fact that the combined population of China, India, Brazil and Indonesia amounting to 3 billion or 43% of the global population will drive consumption demand in these markets for decades to come. Secondly, these countries do not have to face certain critical issues that the developed world has to address. One of the critical challenges for developed economies relate to entitlement issues, as they struggle to take care of their citizens’ needs pertaining to health care and unemployment.
While analyzing growth trends in these economies, it is important to understand the different in terms of the nature of the growth. Emerging markets are moving along a natural growth trajectory, driven by several fators as mentioned above, whereas developed markets are being forced to induce growth through various stimulus measures amid a scenario of peaking unemployment and near-nadir consumer confidence levels. This induced growth in a way also helps the cause of emerging markets since most of these economies derive a substantial portion of their GDP from exports.
38. It can be inferred from the passage that ‘BRIC’ is a/an
(a) grouping of the world’s topmost economies
(b) grouping of the world’s emerging economies
(c) economic term that was tossed out of use in the year 2001
(d) None of the above
39. According to the author of the passage, emerging economies of the world.
1. are going to increase their impact on the global economy in times to come
2. are having roller-coaster rides as far as their economies are concerned
3. are not committed to providing healthcare and employment opportunities to their citizens to the extent that the leading economies of the world are
(a) Only 1
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
40. Which of the following factors equally affect both the developed and developing economies, as specifically implied in the passage?
1. Recession 2. Unemployment
3. Natural growth tendency of the economy
(a) 1 and 2
(b) Only 1
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
41. Which of the following statements is/are true s per the passage?
(a) Induced economic growth in the developed countries indirectly helps economic growth in the developing countries
(b) When developed economies are experiencing growth, the developing economies experience decline and vice versa
(c) Both (a) and (b
(d) Neither (a) nor (b)
PASSAGE-V
The revolutionary changes in the role of women that we have experienced in India during the past few decades aren’t the saplig of any seed sown by any political party. Rather it is the result of the courage that women themselves have mustered in facing up to make chauvinists. The women who once dared not pronounce their husbands name may now refuse to change their surname after marriage. The transition has not been just of attire but of attitude. The Indian woman has realized that the only way to live and survive is to ‘start living’. They respect themselves. Laws to protect women have always been there. But it is the strength of women that has renewed and giving the more traction. It’s a pity that almost half of our society, constituted by the fairer sex, is still almost completely ignored by the political parties. Politicians was continue to ignore women should brace themselves to face the bung of NOTA in future elections.
42. As per the paragraph, amount of attention paid by political parties to women is
(a) quite adequate
(b) fairly substantial
(c) not at all sufficient
(d) just about adequate
43. Women of today have become
(a) much less confident of themselves
(b) timed and pesimistic
(c) quit confident and bold
(d) more confused and withdrawn
44. We notices remarkable changes in the role of women in the present times due to
(a) tremendous support given by politicians
(b) encouragement given by male members of our society.
(c) resolve by own members themselves to be on their own
(d) None of the above
45. Which of the following statements is true as pr the paragraph?
(a) Women must continue to support politicians
(b) In the present period, women have become less confident to themselves
(c) We don’t have adequate laws to protect women
(d) Women are now more courageous
46. A boat goes from pint I to point II and come bck. The speed of water in river is 5 km/h and it takes total time 72 min. If ratio time from I to II and III to 1 : 3
(a) 25 km/h
(b) 20 km/h
(c) 30 km/h
(d) 15 km/h
47. A ferry is moving downstream from city A to city B with speed 45 km/h. a passenger jumped into river in middle of cities and starts swimming towards city A. Ferry reached city B an comes to city A with speed 30 m/h and both reached at same time. What is speed of passenger in river?
(a) 21.75 km/h
(b) 7.5 km/h
(c) 11.25 km/h
(d) 18.75 km/h
48. A can do a work in 20 days, and B can do in 10 days. A starts the work and works alone for 5 days. Then, B joins A and they finish the work. In how many days the work gets finished?
(a) 10
(b) 12
(c) 9
(d) 8
49. A car starts with a speed of 20 m/h and increases its speed by 10 km/h after every hour. Another car has a constant speed of 50 m/h. In how much time, both the cars over equal distance?
(a) 4 h
(b) 5 h
(c) 6 h
(d) 7 h
50. Pipe A can fill a tank in 8 h, B can fill in 6 h, C can empty in 12 h. A and B are opened alternatively with C. In how much time the tank is filled, if A is opened first?
(a) 16
(b) 15
(c) 12
(d) 18
51. The speed of a car is 6/5 speed of train. These cover the distance of 100 km in same time while car stops for 10 min on the way for refueling. What is speed of train?
(a) 80 km/h
(b) 90 km/h
(c) 100 km/h
(d) 110 km/h
52. Reema took a loan of Rs 12000 on simple interest for as many years s the rate of interest. If she paid Rs 58800 as interest at the end of the loan period, then the rate of interest is
(a) 6%
(b) 7%
(c) 8%
(d) 9%
53. If a mobile has 5 digits password, then how many different passwords can be set so that it must be divisible by 4
(a) 25000
(b) 105 – 102
(c) 5! – 4!
(d) 24000
54. A box contains 7 green, 6 black and 4 yellow balls. How many selections are possible so that we have one ball of each colour
(a) 138
(b) 168
(c) 148
(d) 17
55. Iff the radii of the circular ends of the a bucket 25 cm high is 4 cm and 2 cm. Then, the capacity of the bucket is
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
56. A copper sphere of radius 6i cm is melted to form spheres of radius 2 cm. How many such spheres are formed?
(a) 27
(b) 31
(c) 36
(d) 14
57. A couple plans to have two children. What is the probability that the couple gets one girl and one boy?
(a) 1/2
(b) 1/4
(c) 3/4
(d) 1/6
58. On an average 8 articles out of 280 produced by a certain machine are defective. What is the probability that an article chosen at random is not defective?
(a) 31/34
(b) 21/23
(c) 1/35
(d) 34/35
59. If x = 51/3 + 5−1/3, then 5x3 – 15x =
(a) 25
(b) 26
(c) 10
(d) 15
60. A, B and C receive Rs 10000, Rs 12000 and Rs 16000 as profit on total investment of Rs 200000. What is the difference in investment by C and A and B together?
(a) 37951
(b) 35000
(c) 39751
(d) 31579
61. Rakesh gives Rs 140000 to Ramesh for a business. Ramesh spends 1/8 of his profit on rent of shop. If they are left with equal amount, what is investment of Ramesh?
(a) Rs 160000
(b) Rs 150000
(c) Rs 170000
(d) Rs 180000
62. x + 1 is a factor of the polynomial
(a) x3 + x2 – x + 1
(b) x4 + x3 + x2 + 1
(c) x3 + x2 + x + 1
(d) x4 + 3x3 + 3x2 + x + 1
63. If one side of a square is represented by 18x – 20 and the adjacent side is represented by 42 – 13x, the length of the side of the square is
(a) 20
(b) 16
(c) 14
(d) 13
64. The area of an isosceles triangle with base 2 cm and one of the equal sides 4 cm is
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
65. The angle between the two altitudes of a parallelogram through the same vertex of an obtuse angle of the parallelogram is 30°. The measure of the obtuse angle is
(a) 105°
(b) 95°
(c) 100°
(d) 150°
66. If twice the age of daughter is added to three times the age of mother, the sum is 120 and if twice the mother’s age is added to three times the duaghter’s age, then the sum is 90. The age of mother is
(a) 30 yr
(b) 36 yr
(c) 41 yr
(d) 42 yr
67. Mukesh told his grand-daughter Sailee that five years earlier, he was seven times as old as she was. After 15 yr, he will be thrice as old as she will be. Find the sum of their present ages.
(a) 70
(b) 75
(c) 90
(d) 100
68. What is the value of A : B ; C, If A : B = 2 : 3 and B : C = 4 : 5?
(a) 8 : 12 : 15
(b) 2 : 3 : 4
(c) 2 : 3 : 5
(d) 4 : 6 : 11
69. A certain sum of money is divided among A, B and C so that for each rupee A has, B has 65 paise and C has 35 paise. If B’s share is Rs 1300, then total sum of money is
(a) Rs 7000
(b) Rs 6000
(c) Rs 5000
(d) Rs 4000
70. If cost price of 24 articles is equal to the selling price of 16 articles, then the profit/loss percentage is
(a) 40% loss
(b) 50% profit
(c) 45% loss
(d) 33.33% profit
71. Amit owns a scooty worth Rs 25000, which he sells to Anil at a profit of 10%. If after sometime, Anil sells it to Sahil at a loss of 10%, then the cost price of scooty for Sahil is
(a) Rs 25750
(b) Rs 25250
(c) Rs 25000
(d) Rs 24750
72. x% of y + y% of x is equal to
(a) 2% of xy
(b) 20% of xy
(c) 2% of 100xy
(d) 2.5% of xy
73. There are only two candidates contesting the election, a person who got 47% of votes lost by 540 votes. Assuming that there were no invalid votes, the total number of votes casted are
(a) 7000
(b) 8000
(c) 9000
(d) 10000
74. Sugar at Rs 30 per g is mixed with sugar at Rs 40 per g in the ratio 2 : 3. The price of new mixture per kg is
(a) Rs 35
(b) Rs 36
(c) Rs 37
(d) Rs 38
75. The average weight of ten members in a group was increased by 1 kg when one of the members, who weighed 65 kg replaced by a new man. The weight of the new man is
(a) 55 kg
(b) 65 kg
(c) 75 kg
(d) 85 kg
76. Sudeep said to Rajeev, “The man watching TV is one of the two brothers of the daughter of my father’s wife”. How the man watching TV is related to Sudeep?
(a) Brother
(b) Brother-in-law
(c) Cousin
(d) Uncle
77. In a row of forty children P, is thirteenth from the left end and Q is ninth from the right end. How many children are there between P and R, if R is fourth to the left of Q?
(a) 12
(b) 13
(c) 14
(d) 15
78. A watch reads 4 : 30. If the minute hand points East, in what direction will the hour hand point?
(a) North
(b) North-West
(c) South-East
(d) North-East
79. In a certain code language, BEAT is written as YVZG, then what will be the code of MILD?
(a) NROW
(b) ONRW
(c) NOWR
(d) ONWR
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 80-81) Each of the following questions consist of the sets of figures. Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 constitute the problem figure while figures (a), (b) (c) and (d) constitute the answer figure. There is a definite relationship between figures A and B. Establish a similar relationship between figures C and D by selecting a suitable figure from the answer figure that would replace the question mark? in Fig. (d).
80. 
81. 
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 82-85) As per the below diagram. Which diagram represents are relationship given in the following statements.
82. Soccer players, Chess payers, Athletes
83. Squares, Rectangles, Geometric figures
84. Edible things, Plants, Coriander-leaf
85. Animals, Cats, Dogs
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 86-90) Study the information below to answer these questions.
Seven students Pradeep, Qadir, Rohit, Sushant, Tushar, Uday and Vikas write a test series.
I Either Rohit or Sushant scores highest in each test.
II Pradeep always scores less than Pradeep.
III Qadir always scores less than Pradeep.
IV Each time either Rohit scores the highest and Tushar gets the least.
V Each time Sushant scores the highest, either Uday or Qadir scores the least.
VI Each student scores marks different from each other.
86. In a particular test, if Sushant is ranked second, which of the following can be true?
(a) Uday gets more than Vikas
(b) Vikas gets more than Qadir
(c) Tushar gets more than Qadir
(d) Pradeep is ranked 3rd
87. In a particular test, if Sushant is ranked sixth and Qadir is ranked fifth, which of the following can be true?
(a) Vikas is ranked first or fourth
(b) Rohit is ranked second or third
(c) Pradeep is ranked second or fifth
(d) Uday is ranked third or fourth
88. In a particular test, if Rohit gets the highest. Vikas should be ranked not lower than
(a) second
(b) third
(c) fourth
(d) fifth
89. In a particular test, if Rohit is ranked second and Qadir is ranked fifth, which of the following cannot be true?
(a) Tushar is ranked third
(b) Tushar is ranked sixth
(c) Pradeep is ranked sixth
(d) Vikas is ranked 2nd
90. In a particular test, if Rohit is ranked second and Qadir is ranked fifth, which of the following must be true about Tushar’s rank?
(a) Fourth
(b) Third
(c) Seventh
(d) Sixth
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 91-94) In each of these questions, there is some relationship between the two terms to the left of :: and the same relationship exhibits between the two terms of its right. A term is missing on the right side, choose the missing term (‘?’) among the four alternatives given.
91. Rustle : Leaves : : Sing : ?
(a) Whistle
(b) Bullets
(c) Kettles
(d) Birds
92. Firm : Stentorian : : Piquant : ‘?’
(a) Please
(b) Sharp
(c) Bitter
(d) Bland
93. Cartographer : Map :: Bard : ?
(a) Book
(b) Sarctuary
(c) Mould
(d) Peotry
94. Antibiotic : Bacteria : : Pesticides ‘?’
(a) Insects
(b) Wounds
(c) Crops
(d) Vegetables
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 95-97) Each of these questions has statements followed by two conclusions I and II. Decide which of the conclusions follows the statements
Mark the answer as
(a) if Conclusion I follows
(b) if Conclusion II follows
(c) if neither Conclusion I nor II follows
(d) if both Conclusion I and II follow
95. Statement Space has no gravitational pull. It has no atmosphere
Conclusion
I. Gravity is due to atmospheric pressure
II. It is not difficult to breathe in space
97. Statement Evaparations cause cooling. Coke is very cold.
Conclusions
I. Some of the coke must have evaporated
II. Coke offered in this restaurant is very cold.
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 98-100) In the following questions, two statements have been given, which bear a cause and effect relationship. Mark the answer as
(a) if Statement I is the ‘Cause’ and the Statement II is its Effect.
(b) if Statement II is the ‘Cause’ and the Statement I is its ‘Effect’.
(c) if both Statements I and II are ‘Effects’ of a common ‘Cause’.
(d) if both Statements I and II are Effects’ of independent Causes.
98. Statement I The Times of India has reported today that water of Ganga at Varansi contains level of pollutant much higher than the permissible limit
Statement II The people living in the area are to be shifted to another area to avoid a catastrophic situation.
99. Statement I The Government has planned to make arrangement for supply of safe drinking water from Tehri Dam.
Statement II The Ganga water at Kanpur is not even fit for bathing as it contains very high level of pollutants.
100. Statement I The iterant users of the country have been advised to stay alert while using internet till the hackers are caught
Statement II The Government machinery will make an all out effort to catch those who are responsible for hacking and put in place a sound internet security system for all its websites.
101. ‘Rikee Chatterjee’ is the famous Indian fashion
(a) designer
(b) photographer
(c) ramp model
(d) choreographer
102. The raised zari metallic thread embroidery created by sewing flat stitches on cotton padding is commonly known in India as
(a) Kantha
(b) Karchobi
(c) Kasuti
(d) Kathi
103. A unit of measure for the linear mass density of fibers, yarns, and thread and its defined as the mass in grams per 1000 meters is known as
(a) Denier
(b) Tex
(c) Mommes
(d) None of these
104. On which date of the year 2014 India celebrated National Mathematics Day to commemorate birth anniversary of Mathematician autodidact Srinivasa Ramaunjan?
(a) 15 November
(b) 22 December
(c) 17 October
(d) 12 September
105. ‘Pravasi Bhartiya Divas’ was organized from 7-9 January 2015 at
(a) Vadodara
(b) Gandhinagar
(c) Ahmedabad
(d) Rajkot
106. Who among the following tops the philanthropy list of India in 2014 according to the annual Hurun India Philanthropy list 2014?
(a) Shiv Nadar
(b) Ratan Tata
(c) Azim Premji
(d) Mukesh Ambani
107. Fieldfresh Foods is a joint venture between processed food manufacturer Del Monte Pacific and
(a) Bharti Ent
(b) PespiCo
(c) Parle Agro
(d) Dabur
108. Who won the men’s FIFA Ballon d’Or award for the year 2014?
(a) Christiano Ronaldo
(b) Lionel Messi
(c) James Rodrignez
(d) Manuel Neuer
109. Which one of the following hotels from India voted as the best hotel in the world in 2014 in a global poll conducted by financial magazine Institutional Investor, USA?
(a) The Leela Palace Udaipur
(b) The Oberoi, Mumbai
(c) The ITC Grand Chola, Chennai
(d) The Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi
110. ‘Khushii’ (Kinship for Humanitarian, Social an Holistic Intervention in India), an NGO is headed by which one of the former Indian cricketers?
(a) Anil Kumble
(b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) Kapil Dev
(d) Rahul Dravid
111. Who become the first male dancer to get a doctorate in Mohiniyattam (usually performed by women) from Kerala Kalamandalam, a deemed university?
(a) KM Abu
(b) Avijit Das
(c) Uday Shankar
(d) None of these
112. During the Indus Valley civilization, which of the following animals was rarely represented in figures or seals?
(a) Leopard
(b) Tiger
(c) Elephant
(d) Bull
113. Which painting of the Kishangarh School has been used as a postal stamp issued by the Government of India?
(a) Mumtaz
(b) Rani of Kishangarh
(c) Bani-Thani
(d) None of these
114. ‘Graha Tyag’ of Chaitanya was painted by which artist of the Bengal school?
(a) Yamini Roy
(b) Kshitindra Nath Majumdar
(c) Abanindranath Tagore
(d) Sharda Charan Ukil
115. What is the main aspect of the construction of the Taj Mahal?
(a) Decoration
(b) Painting
(c) Symmetry
(d) None of these
116. ‘Morellato’, the popular international female luxury wrist watch is endorsed by
(a) Aishwarya Rai
(b) Prity Zinta
(c) Anushka Sharma
(d) Kareena Kappor
117. ‘EVARA’ is a popular ………… jewellery brand.
(a) silver
(b) diamond
(c) platinum
(d) gold
118. ‘Zara’, the international fashion brand belong to
(a) Germany
(b) Australia
(c) Spain
(d) India
119. ‘Cherokee’, the global fashion lifestyle brand tied up with which one of the following Indian companies?
(a) Aditya Birla Group
(b) Arvind Mills
(c) Reliance Retail
(d) ITC Group
120. ………. covers the entire gamut of women’s prêt-a porter from western to fusion to Indian silhouettes. Churidar-kurtas, tunics and saris form the matrix of the Indian designs.
(a) Jamdani
(b) Taika
(c) Dastar
(d) Mufti
121. ‘home centre’, the high-gloss living popular brand is from the house of
(a) Bombay Dyeing
(b) Raymond
(c) Lifestyle
(d) None of these
122. ‘Xcent’, the Hyundai Car is endorsed in India by
(a) Ranbir Kapoor
(b) Akshay Kumar
(c) Ranbir Singh
(d) Shah Rukh Khan.
123. ‘CASA MODA’, the popular home furnishing Indian brand is from the house of
(a) Century Textiles
(b) Siyaram Silk Ltd
(c) Bombay Dyeing
(d) Grasim Industries
124. ‘Mayr Suitings’, the famous Indian suiting brand is from the house of
(a) Bhilwara Group
(b) Dinesh Mills Ltd
(c) Arvind Limited
(d) Mafatlal Ind Ltd
125. Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Summer-Spring 2015 took place in 2014 at
(a) New Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Bangalore
(d) Panjim, Goa
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 126-140) Read the following cases and answer the questions given at the end of each case on the basis information provided.
CASE-I
Eureka Forbes leader in the Rs 3800 crore water purification systems market, is betting big on ‘customized solution’ to expand its footprint. Eureka Forbes has mapped the water quality in over 85% of India’s pin codes over the last 15 years. “This holds us in good stead in offering solutions for over 17 different types of water conditions in the country so far”, said Senior Vice-President (Marketing), Eureka Forbes Ltd. It recently moved up the value chain from just ‘pure’ to position its products on the ‘health’ platform, with its new tagline ‘More than just pure, Healthy water’. Based on its internal feed-back system, the company undertakes various research programmes across the country to understand the needs of different sets of consumers.
Over the last 30 years, Aquaguard has invested heavily in research and technology to understand customer needs and customize solutions and products to suit every water type in India. For instance, it has launched mobile water purifier Aquaguard-on-the-Go, he said. Eureka Forbes is expanding its retail network to cover tier-II and tier-III markets. Initially, a pure-play direct sales company, it now has a significant presence in retail, fracnchised, rural, institutional community, and e-tail platforms. VP says the rural market holds high growth potential, particularly for off-line water purifiers, and “we have come out with a new range of affordable purification units for rural markets”.
It has set up water kiosks in several tier II and tier III towns that sell water at 15 paise a litre. So far, it has established over to 200 such kiosks in the country. It also proposes to set up such kiosks in major cities including Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai and Kolkata. But it may not sell a litre at 15 paise, as cost of running those kiosks i major cities will be much higher. “We are planning to do some pilots before we launch them,” he said. He market for water purifiers in the country is growing at 15% year on year. Many homegrown and global brands have jumped into the fray. “We welcomes all competition. It fuels innovation and eventually that will benefit the consumer,” says VP
126. Eureka Forbes is focusing on rural market due to the fact that
(a) it holds tremendous growth potential
(b) Eureka Forbes plans to provide pure water at a reasonable price to rural areas
(c) it has already made units for rural markets
(d) All of the above
127. Eureka Forbes has made efforts to study quality of water in various locations and
(a) has covered only some areas
(b) these efforts have not been much successful
(c) has already covered a large area of the country
(d) None of the above
128. Consequent to research to observe needs of various category of people, Eureka Forbes now plans to offer
(a) generic solutions
(b) customized solutions
(c) one-time solutions only
(d) one solutions for all
129. As per the case, which of the following statements is not true?
(a) Eureka Forbes is quite averse to competition
(b) Eureka Forbes pays adequate attention to research
(c) Eureka Forbes has set up some outlets to supply pure water at a reasonable cost in small towns
(d) None of the above
CASE-II
The fragmented home appliance category is poised for consolidation, with companies looking for acquisitions to strengthen their manufacturing capabilities and expand operations into newer areas. Early this year, the Netherlands based Royal Philips Electronics had acquired Tamil Nadu based Preethi, makers of mixers and grinders In May, France’s Groups SEB bought out the 45% stake of Maharaja Whiteline in order to take full control of the company. Market leader Bajaj Electricals is now scouting for acquisitions to make a mark in the non-electrical kitchen appliance space, while new entrant Borsil is seeking a foothold in manufacturing with the help of smaller companies. “We want to strengthen our position in the non-electrical kitchen appliances space like pressure cookers, gas stoves and non-stick cookware, for which we are open to acquiring smaller companies in these categories,” says Executive Director, Bajaj Electricals.
Earlier, some of these items were reserved for the small scale sector. Bajaj Electricals said it is looking for players who make an brand these products to add them to its roster of kitchen and small appliances. The company continues to sell the largest number of mixer grinders (2.5 million a year) and irons (at 3.5 million) in the country. Bajaj Electricals has a research and development centre in Mumbai, but most of its home appliances are out-sourced to third party players. With a sales turnover of Rs 1500 crore from the home appliance division, Bajaj Electricals has already tapped into the premium end of the category with its imported Morphy Richards brand. The mass-end comprises its own brand of Bajaj, with appliances ranging from sandwich makers to water heaters.
Borosil, which has recently entered the home appliance category, is also eager to acquire smaller players with manufacturing capabilities. Glassware maker Borosil’s foray into home appliances is expected to get a let-up with potential acquisitions. “We have set aside a budget of Rs 150 crore for acquisitions. Since we do not have our own manufacturing facilities, we will look at small companies with manufacturing facilities in categories like tableware and crockery. An acquisition will ensure a position of strength and know-how in the kitchen appliance category,” says Managing Director, Borosil Glass Works. Considering that the company already has 14000 outlets for its glass works, it would use the same for some of its kitchen appliances such as mixer grinders. “Once you start your own manufacturing, it helps in building the kitchen appliance business further,” MD, Borosil Glass Works adds.
130. Borosil, which is basically a glassware maker, presently
(a) has hugh manufacturing facilities of their own
(b) has just a few manufacturing units of their own
(c) does not have manufacturing units belonging to it
(d) None of the above
131. To market its kitchen appliances, Borosil plans to
(a) open a large number of outlets in all parts of India
(b) open only a few outlets in selected towns
(c) open big outlets only in Metro cities
(d) utilize its existing outlets
132. Bajaj Electricals is currently planning to
(a) expand its existing business of selling electrical appliances
(b) come out of its business of dealing with electrical appliances
(c) enter into selling non-electrical kitchen appliances
(d) close down its business altogether
133. As per the given case, which of the following statements is not true?
(a) Some home appliance companies are acquiring properties to enhance their manufacturing capacities
(b) Bajaj Electricals does not outsource its electrical appliances
(c) Bajaj Electricals is a leader in selling Mixer grinders
(d) None of the above
CASE-III
Swiss watch brand Tag Heuer plans to tweak its collections and improve instore services as it bets on enhancing customer experience to power the next phase of growth in India, a top executive said. “The brand is doing will here and has a great platform to go forward. As the hext step, we want to do some qualitative work The focus will be on customer experience,” said General Manager at Tag Heuer India. The brand owned by French luxury conglomerate LVMH, is currently one of the top three in the Swiss watches category in terms of revenue and recall value in the country, GM said. He said Tag Heuer will focus on having the right collections and being at the right retail shops rather than chasing numbers mindlessly. “We want to get into the finer details of selling luxury watch to get into the finer details of selling a luxury watch to the Indian consumer. The numbers (sales) are being met, what is missing is the brand experience,” said GM.
134. Tag Heuer is currently focusing on
(a) quantity sales
(b) customer service
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
135. As per the case. Tag Heuer has
(a) low brand value
(b) high brand name in the market
(c) to improve availability of its products
(d) tremendous pressure to improve sales
136. Which of the following statements is not true?
(a) Tag Heuer plans to give better experiences to its customers
(b) Before further expansion in India, Tag Heuer wants to improve its services in its existing stores
(c) Tag Hauer feels that current sales are just not adequate
(d) None of the above
CASE-IV
Maruti Suzuki planning to introduce a new compact multi-utility vehicle that would help it log volumes in the fiercely competitive compact car space, once been its forte, but now being threatened by bigger rivals like Hyundai, Honda and Toyota. This all-new compact, MUV, code-named YJC, is being conceived especially for India, and will be placed under the flagship Ertiga. Maruti is trying to create a new niche segment that will bridge the gap between hatchbacks and crossover vehicles in terms of size and seating capacity. A company spokesperson, however, refused to confirm the developments. “As a company policy, we do not comment on future products.” Currently, under development stage, YJC would be sold in India and may be shipped to South East Asia, Just like the Ertiga. The company has floated proposals to its vendors and suppliers for designing and sourcing components of the car. Maruti Suzuki, which is likely to introduce the car in the festive season of 2016, is targeting around 80,000 units in the first year, said a person close to the development.
“Maruti plans to develop a new product, which is niche area until now as there are no premium wagons in the country. It is expected to be a premium product that’s likely to be placed over its popular Wago R and is expected to deliver higher volumes for the company trying to regain its turf in the compact car segment. It has also floated request for quotations from its suppliers,” the same person added. According to sources in the industry, Maruti is trying to create a new niche segment to drive volumes like it has accomplished with its automated vehicles at an affordable price. The AMT, introduced in the Celerio hatchback, has been a hit with a large chunk of Indian customers who prefer it over regular manual cars with just a 10% premium. Trying to emulate its success, Maruti Suzuki’s R and D teams are working with their Japanese counterparts to develop a new segment that would be spacious, but will have the ease of a regular compact car.
137. In the recent past, Maruti had launched a vehicle with automated manual transmission which has been
(a) a failure
(b) quite popular with customers
(c) only partially successful
(d) subsequently withdrawn by the company
138. Maruti is planning to launch a new vehicle in 2016, which will be a
(a) premium hatchback
(b) compact MUV
(c) premium Wagon
(d) All of these
139. As per the policy of Maruti, the company
(a) does not launch a new product before 5 yr of the earlier launch
(b) does not believe in passing comments on its future vehicles
(c) reveals its assessment on its future products.
(d) None of the above
140. According to the case, which of the following statements is not true?
(a) The new vehicle to be launched will not be placed under the Ertiga brand
(b) The new car would have more space and can be easily operated like a compact vehicle
(c) Currently, Maruti is being seriously challenged in the market by number of auto majors
(d) None of the above
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 141-150) Each of these questions has a statement 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.
CASELET-I
The Centre has decided to recast the boards governing trade of commodities such as tea, coffee and spices to make them more performance oriented and accountable at a time when global competition is fast intensifying. The move, which will involve amendment of archaic Acts to make the boards more responsive to contemporary challenges comes after commerce and industry minister felt that these boards need to improve their working and achieve specific results in promoting exports. There have been reports of closure of several tea plantations in West Bengal and Assam, home to Darjeeling tea and Assam tea. The department of commerce is working on amendment of the Tea and Coffee Acts, which date back to 1942 and 1953, respectively. “We are planning to update Acts for tea and coffee to streamline framework of operations. They are very old. We want greater decentralization of powers and simplifications of systems.” said the official, who did not wish to be identified. The commodity boards for tea, coffee, rubber, spices, tobacco, etc., working under the commerce department are responsible for not only carrying out export promotion but also developing the domestic industry. They have offices in India as well as abroad. Tea Board is concentrated in Kolkata, prompting the government to decentralize its operations and give powers to other centres such as Guwahati and Coonoor. This will help bring in more players into the market, making it easier to obtain licenses. While boards do not directly export, they regulate the sector, register exporters and given licenses. The government is also trying to scale up incentives for marketing and export promotion. The manufacturers will need to comply with the Plant Protection Code from next year and procure a certificate of complying with the standard. The government is also working on an insurance based sceme for stabilization of prices of four plantation based crops-tea, coffee, rubber and spices. Another official involved in the exercise cited the example of Coffee Board, saying the body has not been able to boost exports even as it has supported domestic trade primarily because it lacks the vision required to succeed in international markets.
141. The Centre has decided to recast the boards governing trade of commodities such as tea, coffee and spices to make them more performance oriented
142. The move involves amendment of archaic acts to make the bards more responsive to contemporary challenges
143. We are planning to update Acts for tea and coffee to streamline framework of operations
144. This will help bring in more players into the market
145. Board lacks the vision required to succeed in international markets
CASELET-II
Ultra Tech cement has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to buy tow cement plants of Jaiprakash Associates in Madhya Pradesh, a deal that will help consolidate its position as India’s biggest cement-maker. For Delhi-based Jaypee Group, the deal is part of ongoing exercise to reduce debt, which stood at Rs 65000 crore as on March 31, 2014, and would shrink to close to Rs 44000 crore, if this deal is consummated. The Aditya Birla Group from will sign a definitive agreement after completing a due diligence process that will start shortly. A late evening press release from the company put the total enterprise valuation of the transaction, including debt, at Rs 5400 crore. The company’s board approved the acquisition recently. “The deal will help us scale up our presence in eastern and central UP and Eastern and central MP.
We have a marginal presence in these markets which is roughly growing at 8.9%,” said MD, Ultra Tech Cement. The acquisition will help the company ramp up capacity 5 million tonnes to 68 million tonnes. Further, surplus clinker capacity (clinker is a key input for cement) at the two units will enable Ultra-Tech to boost capacity by 2 million tonnes, said the press release. The plants are located at Satna in Madhya Pradesh. In the near term, it will have a financial impact as Ultra Tech have to pay higher interest on the debt accrued through the deal, said analyst at Brokerage Elara Capital. “But if you take a view of FY18 or later, the deal will be highly accretive as the region is expected to see minimal capacity addition.” “Utilization levels of cement plants in FY18 are expected to profits,” said Elara Capital’s.
The acquisition, if concluded would mean that the company’s plans to boost capacity to 71 million tonnes by 2016 will be achieved ahead of schedule. Ultra Tech had acquired the Gujarat units of schedule. Ultra Tech had acquired the Gujarat units of Jaiprakash Associates, with a earmarked Rs 7000 crore to expand capacities over the next three years.
146. The deal is part of an ongoing exercise to reduce debt.
147. The acquisition will help the company ramp up capacity by 5 million tonnes.
148. Surplus clinker capacity at the two units will enable Ultra Tech to boost capacity 2 million tonnes.
149. In the near term, it will have a financial impact as Ultra-Tech will have to pay higher interest
150. The company’s plans to boost capacity to 71 million tonnnes by 2016 will be achieved ahead of schedule
National Institute of Fashion & Technology (NIFT) POST GRADUATE 2016 Question Paper With Answer Key
NIFT (POST GRADUATE) National Institute of Fashion & Technology
Solved Paper-2016
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 1-5) In each of these questions, a word its underlined in the given sentence. For the underlined word, four words are listed below. Choose the word nearest in meaning to the underlined word.
1. They are carrying out a charade of negotiations with the government.
(a) Series
(b) Charter
(c) Absurd pretence
(d) Spate
2. The individual’s freedom is circumscribed by his responsibility to others.
(a) Limited
(b) Entangled
(c) Destroyed
(d) Eroded
3. Indians are likely to be
(a) Generous
(b) Narrow-minded
(c) Brave
(d) Short-sighted
4. I was discomfited to find the boss in the disco.
(a) Irritated
(b) Uncomfortable
(c) Embarrassed
(d) Displeased
5. He spent most of his years debunking
(a) Exposing
(b) Cheating
(c) Threatening
(d) Pacifying
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 6-10) A word is followed by four words. Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the word given in capital letters.
6. PROSAIC
(a) Pensive
(b) Imaginative
(c) Rhetorical
(d) Pacified
7. LEVITY
(a) Praise
(b) Blame
(c) Solemnity
(d) Frivolity
8. OBLOQUY
(a) Praise
(b) Cruel
(c) Slander
(d) Dialogue
9. PREDILECTION
(a) Antipathy
(b) Ignorance
(c) Dissonance
(d) Disharmony
10. DOCILE
(a) Unmanageable
(b) Dutiful
(c) Submissive
(d) Painful
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 11-15) Fill in the blank.
11. Kicking the bucket is a humorous …….. for dying.
(a) dictum
(b) incantation
(c) euphemism
(d) addendum
12. Seeing the pictures of our old home made me feel ……….. and nostalgic.
(a) fastidious
(b) conciliatory
(c) indignant
(d) wistful
13. The scholar was so ………. in his field that many of our professors became nervous in his presence.
(a) eminent
(b) pathological
(c) petulant
(d) amiable
14. The fans were ……………. when their team lost its seventh game in a row
(a) irascible
(b) despondent
(c) lucid
(d) didactic
15. Singh ……… his son for breaking the window-pane.
(a) coerced
(b) relegated
(c) expropriated
(d) chastised
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 16-20) In each of these questions, same sentences are given, denoted by A, B, C and D and so on. By using all these sentences, you have to frame a meaningful paragraph. Choose the correct order of the sentence from the four alternatives.
16. A. An empiricist is one who observes how things work and is prepared to try things out.
B. As scientist he would prefer to work from observation rather than from preconceived theory.
C. The empiricist looks first and thinks later.
D. An empiricist is normally contrasted with a rationalist who believes that the mind can work out.
E. The rationalist thinks first and looks later.
(a) ABDCE
(b) ABCDE
(c) DCABE
(d) ABEDC
17 A. Such a national policy will surely divide and never unite people.
B. In fact, it suits purpose of the politicians; they can drag the people into submission by appealing to t hem in the name of religion.
C. In order to inculcate unquestioning belief, they codemn other states which do not follow their religion.
D. The emergence of theocratic states, where all types of crimes are committed in the name of religion, has revived the religion of the Middle Ages.
(a) ABCD
(b) DBCA
(c) DBAC
(d) CDAB
18. A. The remnants of such a supernova remain discernible for thousands of years after explosion.
B. Only such supernova can make the heaviest elements like gold and uranium.
C. For a few weeks, an exploding star glows more brightly than a million suns and its interior collapses to make another star.
D. Massive stars not only burn up extremely fast but perish more spectacularly inn supernova explosions.
(a) ABCD
(b) ADCB
(c) DCBA
(d) BDCA
19. A. There are also two scorers.
B. After each over they swap positions.
C. In the early 1990s, a third umpire was introduced for test matches.
D. The essential officials in the field are two umpires who control the field.
E. One stands at the bowler’s end, the other is square on to the batting wickets, so that the batsman has his back to him.
F. The umpire’s main duties are to judge whether a batsman is out in answer to an appeal of ‘how’s that?’ from the fielding side; to ensure that the batting, bowling and fielding are within the laws; to signal boundaries, leg-byes, byes, wides, no balls and short runs to the scorers; to decide if conditions are fit or unfit for play.
(a) DCBFAE
(b) FDCBAE
(c) DEBFAC
(d) FEBACD
20. A. In the West, Allied Forces had fought their way through Southern Italy as far as Rome.
B n June 1944, Germany’s military position in World War II appeared hon
C. In Britain, the task of amassing the men and materials for the liberation of Northern Europe had been completed.
D. The Red Army was poised to drive the Nazis back through Poland.
E. The situation on the Eastern front was catastrophic.
(a) EDACB
(b) BEDAC
(c) BDECA
(d) CEDAB
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 21-25) In each of these questions, is word has been spelt in four different ways, one of which is correct. Choose the correctly spelt word.
21.
(a) Necessary
(b) Necesarry
(c) Necesary
(d) Neccessary
22.
(a) Supreintendent
(b) Superintendent
(c) Suprintendent
(d) Supereintendent
23.
(a) Ommission
(b) Omision
(c) Omission
(d) Ommision
24.
(a) Forein
(b) Fariegn
(c) Foriegn
(d) Foreign
25.
(a) Coleagu
(b) Colleagu
(c) Coleague
(d) Colleague
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 26-30) Choose the plural form of the given word.
26. Foot
(a) Feet
(b) Foots
(c) Feat
(d) Feets
27. Switch
(a) Switchs
(b) Switch
(c) Switches
(d) Switchhes
28. Cat
(a) Catty
(b) Cat
(c) Cats
(d) Kitten
29. Salt
(a) Salts
(b) Salty
(c) Salt
(d) Saults
30. Volcano
(a) Volcanos
(b) Volcanoes
(c) Volcanose
(d) Volcanae
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 31-50) Study the passages below and answer the questions that follow each passage.
PASSAGE-I
While the word ‘hyperlocal grocery’ seems to have excited the investors thus, making them pump in millions of dollars in this space, the real challenge has just begun. Global venture capital Tiger Global-led Grofers has announced that will temporarily shut operations in nine cities. According to reports, the Gurgaon-based company will no longer deliver in the following cities: Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Coimbatore, Kochi, Ludhiana, Mysuru, Nashik, Rajkot and Vishakhapatnam. The decision comes a few weeks after the company had issues delivering products in the Delhi-NCR region. While market experts are questioning the viability and sustainability of these hyperlocal businesses, the company stated that it has just shut operations in the smaller cities as the market is not yet matured enough to order daily essentials and groceries on an app. The consumers in these cities still have a habit of buying grocery products from trusted loal stros and big brands. Gurgaon-based Grofers, started in 2013 by Albinder Dhindsa and Saurabh Kumar, is an on-demand delivery start-up that delivers items from nearby stores of the cities to the customer. It has a mixed model and is partly inventory-led. The company has raised over $35 million, highest in the segment, from DST Global, SoftBank and Tiger Global, and is valued at $115 million. The founder of a Pune-based grocery start-up, requesting anonymity, said that the company’s major issue was scaling up too fast in a short span of time.
Another investor, who also requested anonymity, said that the ‘hyperlocal’ business model just runs like a courier service, thus, needs a lot of investment on the distribution part. Industry experts are of the view, that there are too many start-ups competing with one another in this segment, and hence, a consolidation is quite inevitable sooner or later. According to industry reports, there are over 20 such start-ups that came up in Bengaluru last year. Many of them such as Town rush and Town essentials have already downed their shutters. Meanwhile, a few like PepperTap, ZopNow and Zopper have got funding and have acquired a few smaller ones e.g. PepperTap acquired Jiffstore recently.
Even Paytm tried to run a grocery app, but shut within a month of launch. Ola, which has a grocery app called Olastore, is also struggline withthis business model. Major problem with online grocery start-ups is maintaining inventory and distribution of perishable goods. Another major issue is the rising competition from biggies such as Flipkart, Amazon, Tata Group’s My 24 × 7 market, who are also trying to grab a pie of the hyperlocal grocery business. Industry research agencies such as Technopak and IGD expect the online grocery business to grow at 25-30 per cent year-on-year in major Indian cities. India’s online grocery market, which is estimated to be less than $ 100 million at present, is expected to cross $25 billion by 2020.
31. Which among the following is the primary reason due to which Grofers had to close its activities in a number of cities?
(a) Poor financial backup
(b) Inefficient manpower
(c) Adverse mind-set of customers to buy grocery online
(d) Not adequate infrastructure
32. During the next 4-5 years, online grocery business is likely to
(a) go down gradually
(b) remain as it is now
(c) grow substantially
(d) remain unattractive
33. Currently, hyperlocal groceries are facing tough competitions from
(a) big brands
(b) local stores
(c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
(d) None of these
34. Which of the following statements is not true?
(a) Hyperlocal groceries entered the market with considerable hope
(b) Distribution of perishable goods has never been a problem with online groceries
(c) Attempts made by the Ola and Paytm to run online groceries have not been much successful
(d) All of the above are not true
PASSAGE-II
The Union Government’s decision to accelerate its vehicular emission norms process is as ambitious as its is audacious. Making the shift from Bharat Stage IV to VI by 2020, skipping BS-V altogether, will be a huge challenge; and it almost borders on the impossible. But before listing the man difficulties that lie ahead, it is important to properly contextualize the situation: India has no choice but to make the shift, and quickly so, towards clean energy (and green vehicles). The national capital is already the world’s most polluted city, and a dozen other Indian cities feature in the World Health Organizations list of 20 most polluted urban centres of the world. The situation will progressively worsen as the country develops further-adding more cars to our roads, skyscrapers to our cities, and factories to our national landscape. here is aso the looming threat from climate change which puts India’s poorest and most vulnerable communities on the frontline of the environmental war. In short, these are desperate times, and desperate times call for desperate measures.
Unless there is a gargantuan effort to innovate and incorporate clean technologies, adopt and adapt to clean fuel, schemes, such as the current odd-even road rationing policy being tried out in Delhi, will become the norm across the country. The new policy will face two main problems: First, oil producing and marketing companies, may not be able to fast-track their technologies quickly enough to meet BS-VI standards and, second, automobile producers may also not be able to do the same in the reduced timeframe. e.g. even four years after the introduction of BS-IV norms, the BS-IV motor spirit (petrol) and BS-IV high speed diesel are available only in 24 per cent and 16 per cent of the domestic market respectively. Similarly, auto-makers are already arguing that the new timeline is not feasible as the green technologies and designs currently in use in the US, Europe and Japan, where the equivalent of BS-VI norms are in effect, cannot be copy-pasted into the Indian system because of different local requirements.
e.g. Indian cars ravel at much lesser speeds than their Western counterparts, making it difficult to achieve the 600 degree Celsius temperature necessary to burn the soot in the Diesel Particulate Filters (DPF), which will be mandatory under BS-VI. Also, the DPFs will have to be re-designed to fit into the small bonnet space of most Indian cars; as a bigger car will attract greater will attract greater excise duty. Then there are safety concerns about fast-tracking new technologies without properly testing them or synchronizing them with existing systems. Finally, all technological upgrades will require huge sums of money, and the public will have to bear some of the cost at least in the forseeable future. These are serious challenges, and let there be no doubt that implementing the accelerated programme will be an uphill task. However, India needs to make this work. If it succeeds, it will be well worth the effort.
35. As India continues to develop in the next few years, the menace of pollution
(a) would drastically reduce
(b) may not affect us formidably
(c) would become much worse
(d) may not bother us
36. Which of the following may pose problems in enforcing BS-VI norms by 2020?
(a) Small size of Indian cars
(b) Lower speeds of cars that move in India
(c) Adopting new technologies to Indian conditions
(d) All of the above
37. To overcome the present grim situation of extreme pollution, we need to
(a) switch over to clean fuel at the earliest
(b) innovate and use latest technologies
(c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
(d) continue using BS-IV norms
38. Which of the following statements is not true?
(a) Both automobile companies and oil producing and marketing corporate would find it difficult to switch over to BS-VI norms in a short time
(b) Short-term measures to control pollution are much needed
(c) Presently, India may be figuring in the most polluted countries in the world
(d) All of the above
PASSAGE-III
Toshiba Corp will exit the television and home appliance business in India and prune losses after failing to cut much teeth in the country as the Japanese company struggles globally to recover from a multi-billion dollar accounting scandal. Toshiba has informed key trade partners and dealers in India about its decision and has stopped importing goods for over a month now four senior industry and trade executive said, asking not to be identified. The company is trying to clear inventory, they said. The parent company is exploring options to license the brand or tie up with an Indian company to sell consumer electronics products. It has held exploratory talks with Videocon, although no deal has been finalized. When contacted, Videocon Chairman Venugopal Dhoot denied that the group is in talks with Toshiba for any brand licensing deal or business relationship.
For laptops, Toshiba will focus on business-to-business sales. “The Toshiba group is undertaking a fundamental restructuring of its visual products business and personal computer business globally,” a Toshiba India spokesperson said in an e-mailed response to queries. “Toshiba already stopped their operation of television sales last year in India and is currently considering a brand licensing structure regarding its overseas television business, including India. Regarding the PC business, Toshiba will end the B2C business in markets other than Japan and US.” The company will focus on the profitable and sustainable B2B as a core activity and will expand its customer base. “Toshiba has recognized India not only as a growing market but also as a strategic export and development base,” the spokesperson said. Toshiba faces one of the biggest accounting scandals in Japan after overstating profit for seven years It is expected to make a $4.5 billion loss in the current financial year, cut several thousand jobs and undertake a global restructuring that includes exiting several businesses. A senior industry official said several employees in Toshiba’ Indian consumer business have already quit the company, while business head Sanjay Warke has been given another responsibility. Toshiba’s exit comes after Sharp Corp last month announced its decision to sell its Indian operations after failing to make significant progress in the country’s consumers electronics market and due to recurrent losses of the parent.
39. During the past several years, Toshiba has been incurring heavy losses due to
(a) inappropriate marketing strategies
(b) its inability to provide quality products
(c) its involvement in a huge accounting scandal
(d) its inability to provide after-sales services
40. Presently, Toshiba has
(a) stepped up importing goods in India
(b) reduced importing goods in India
(c) has totally stopped bringing goods in India for over a month
(d) None of the above
41. Currently, Toshiba is involved in which of the following activities in India?
(a) Disposing of its goods in India
(b) Reducing manpower
(c) Restructuring globally
(d) All of these
42. Which of the following statements is not true?
(a) Sharp Corp has already decided to sell its Indian business
(b) Toshiba is considering a brand licensing structure for some products
(c) Toshiba does not consider India as a growing market
(d) All are not true
PASSAGE-IV
The entry into India of the Big Bo of streaming media is good augury, smaller rivals believe, as Netflix, will smooth the path for them and help popularize online video consumption. CEO off the US-based Netflix, announced his company’s international expansion into dozens of countries, but India is expected to be the key prize because of its size and the relative maturity of its media market. It’s a good thing Netflix has entered the market. What Netflix’s arrival does is it educates the market and lot of people will now buy devices to stream content.
With over 400 million users, India has the third-largest number of internet users after China and the US, making it an attractive target for media streaming companies which are still trying to understand the complexities of the market. India is a big market, in terms of size, if not value, so it is natural that Netflix wanted to come to India. Founded in 1997, Netflix is listed on the Nasdaq and has market value of nearly $ 50 billion (Rs 3.3 lakh crore). At the end of October 2015, it had nearly 70 million subscribers. But Netflix has several hurdles it must4 cross before it can make an impact on the Indian market. Its services start from Rs 500 per month, a steep price point for the average Indian. Besides it has to contend with problems arising from rampant piracy and cramped bandwidth.
43. Media streaming companies find Indian market
(a) big and easy to do business
(b) not big but fairly smooth for business
(c) quite large but complicated
(d) not worth operating
44. Which of the following is considered the second largest internet user country?
(a) India
(b) China
(c) US
(d) Brazil
45. Rivals of Netflix feel its entry in India
(a) very discouraging
(b) extremely bad for their business
(c) will popularize online consumption
(d) None of them
46. Which of the following statements is not true?
(a) Netflix will have to face the menace of piracy in India
(b) Netflix will be offering very cheap services in India
(c) Netflix has a very large number of subscribers presently
(d) All are not true
PASSAGE-V
Swedish commercial vehicles major Volvo on Monday announced consolidation of its bus business in India into a group company, Volvo India Pvt. Ltd, which is also responsible for manufacturing of Volvo trucks, among others. “With effect from 31st December, 2015, Volvo Buses India has merged into the joint company of Volvo Group in India, namely Volvo India Private Limited (VIPL). Volvo India Pvt. Ltd (VIPL) Managing Director said it’s quite natural’ for all businesses and brands of the group to be part of a unified legal organization in order to harness synergies, competencies, create greater efficiencies are responsiveness at the back-end, leading to better customer experience.
Volvo Buses will, however, continue to be responsible for its brand, market and business operations while leveraging the tremendous synergies and strength of the joint company. Volvo Group in India includes multiple business areas and brands such as Volvo Buses, Volvo Penta Engines, Volvo Construction Equipment, UD Buses, Volvo Trucks and Eicher Trucks and Buses, among others. Eicher and Volvo trucks are sold via a joint venture company – VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd.
With the consolidation, VIPL is now responsible for almost all manufacturing and business areas that make up the group globally. It also hosts various global support and engineering services engineering design and development, IT support and services, accounting and logistics services, catering to both domestic and global operations of the group.
VIPL is headquartered in Bengaluru and has three manufacturing facilities near the city, namely the Volvo Trucks facility in Hosakoe, Volvo and UD Bus factory in Hosakote too and Volvo and SDLG Construction Equipment factory in Peenya Industrial Area. With the merger, the group has over 3,500 employees and approximately 300 sales and supports points across the country, excluding operations of VECV, it said.
47. VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd. is currently involved in which of the following activities?
(a) Business of Volvo Construction equipment
(b) Marketing of Volvo trucks
(c) Marketing of Eicher trucks
(d) Both ‘b’ and ‘c’
48. VIPL has been formed mainly to
(a) consolidate resources and competencies
(b) improve efficiencies
(c) deliver better customer satisfaction
(d) All of the above
49. Sales and support network Volvo is ………….. as per the passage.
(a) highly inadequate
(b) just about ssatisfactory
(c) quite sufficient
(d) unsatisfactory
50. Which of the following statements is not true?
(a) There is not change in the leadership of Volvo Bus Business in India
(b) Manufacturing units of Volvo are located near Chennai
(c) VIPL will be in a position to extend global support to Volvo business in various activities
(d) All are not true
51. Which of the following fractions is less than 7/8 and greater than 1/3?
(a) 1/4
(b) 23/24
(c) 11/12
(d) 17/24
52. Forty five men can complete a work in 16 days. Six days after they started working, 30 more men joined them. How many days will they now take to complete the remaining work?
(a) 16
(b) 12
(c) 6
(d) 10
53. A man takes 3 h 45 min to row a boat 15 km downstream of a river and 2 h 30 min to cover a distance of 5 km upstream. Find the speed of the river current.
(a) 1 km/h
(b) 1.5 km/h
(c) 1.2 km/h
(d) 1.3 km/h
54. The sum of successive odd numbers from 1 to 15 is ……. .
(a) 81
(b) 64
(c) 49
(d) 36
55. A shirt with marked price Rs 800 was sold at Rs 680. The rate of discount allowed on the shirt is ……. .
(a) 10%
(b) 15%
(c) 20%
(d) 25%
56. Find the compound interest on Rs 48000 for one year at 8% per annum when compounded half yearly.
(a) Rs 3916.20
(b) Rs 3812.10
(c) Rs 3916.80
(d) Rs 3716.80
57. To gain 25% after allowing a discount of 10% the shopkeeper must mark the price of the article which costs him Rs 360 is ………. .
(a) Rs 500
(b) Rs 450
(c) Rs 460
(d) Rs 486
58. A pond was dug by four men – Ram, Rahim, Rahul and Rohan. They were paid a total of Rs 1500 and the money is to be shared in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 2 : 1, respectively. What is the share of Ram and Rohan together?
(a) Rs 1000
(b) Rs 250
(c) Rs 500
(d) None of these
59. In a mixture of 120 L milk and water, the amount of water is 40 L and the remaining milk. What is the ratio of milk to water?
(a) 1 : 2
(b) 1 : 4
(c) 4 : 1
(d) 2 : 1
60. The cost of five chairs and three tables is Rs 3110. Cost of one chair is Rs 210 less than cost of one table. What is the cost of two tables and two chairs?
(a) Rs 1660
(b) Rs 1860
(c) Rs 2600
(d) Cannot be determined
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 61-64) Read the following information carefully to answer these questions.
There is a group of five persons – A, B, C, D and E. One of them is a horticulturist, one is a physicist, one is a journalist, one is an industrialist and one is an advocate.
• Three of them i.e. A, C and the advocate prefer tea to coffee and two of them i.e. B and the journalist prefer coffee to tea.
• The industrialist, D and A are friends to one another but two of them prefer coffee to tea.
• The horticulturist is C’s brother.
61. Who is a horticulturist?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
62. Who is an industrialist?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) D
(d) E
63. Which one of the following groups includes a person who likes tea but is not an advocate
(a) ACE
(b) DE
(c) BCE
(d) None of these
64. Who is a physicist?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 65-67) Each of these questions has a statement followed by two conclusions I and II. Consider the statement and the following conclusions. Decide which of the conclusions follows from the statement.
Give answer
(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
65. Statement
The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.
Conclusions
I. Your life will be dull, if you don’t face a problem
II. To escape from problems, you should always have some solutions with you.
66. Statement
India’s economy is dependent mainly on forests.
Conclusions
I. Trees should be preserved to improve the Indian economy.
II. India wants only maintenance of forests to improve economic conditions.
67. Statement
This world is neither good nor evil; each man creates a world for himself.
Conclusions
I. Some people find this world quite good.
II. Some people find this world quite bad.
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 68-70) In each of these questions, two statements I and II are given. These may have a cause and effect relationship or may have independent causes or be the effects of independent causes.
Give answer
(a) if statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect
(b) if statement II is the cause and statement I is the effect
(c) if both the statement I and II are effects of independent causes
(d) if both the statement I and II are effects of some common cause
68. Statement
I. The prices of petroleum products dropped marginally last week.
II. The State Government reduced the tax o petroleum products last week.
69. Statement
I. Many people visited the religious place during the weekend.
II. Few people visited the religious place during the week days.
70. Statement
I. A large number of people living it he low-lying areas have been evacuated during the last few days to safer places.
II. The Government has rushed in relief supplies to the people living in the affected areas.
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 71-73) For the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) given in each of the questions below, choose the correct alternative from the following.
(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
71. Assertion (A) Leakages in household gas cylinders can be detected.
Reason (R) LPG has a strong smell.
72. Assertion (A) Baking soda creates acidity in the stomach.
Reason (R) Baking soda is alkaline.
73. Assertion (A) Cut fruits and vegetables should not be kept in the open for long.
Reason (R) Their vitamin content is ruined.
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 74-77) Find the odd one out.
74. 8, 13, 21, 32, 47, 63, 83
(a) 13
(b) 21
(c) 32
(d) 47
75. 8, 14, 26, 48, 98, 194, 386
(a) 14
(b) 48
(c) 98
(d) 194
76. GLQ, OTY, AFL, DIN, CHM, EJO
(a) OTY
(b) AFL
(c) DIN
(d) EJO
77. BFD, MQO, RVT, EJG, PTR, CGE
(a) RVT
(b) PTR
(c) EJG
(d) CGE
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 78-81) Complete the series by replacing the missing term’?’.
78. ABD, DGK, HMS, MTB, SBL, ?
(a) ZKU
(b) ZAB
(c) XKW
(d) ZKW
79. 13, 35, 57, 79, 911, ?
(a) 1110
(b) 1112
(c) 1113
(d) 1315
80. 13, 32, 24, 43, 35, ?, 46, 65, 57, 76
(a) 45
(b) 52
(c) 54
(d) 55
81. 2, 1, 2, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 10, 11, ?
(a) 9
(b) 10
(c) 11
(d) 12
82. Six children B, D, C, M, J and K are split into two groups of three each and are made to stand in two rows in such a way that a child in one row is exactly facing a child in the other row. M is not at the ends of any row and is to the right of J, who is facing C. K is to the left of D, who is facing M. Which of the following groups of children is the same row?
(a) BDC
(b) BMD
(c) MJK
(d) None of the above
83. Kamal starts from his house towards the West. After walking a distance of 30 m, he turned towards right and walked 20 m. He then turned left and after moving a distance of 10 m, turned to his left again and walked 40 m. He now turns to the left and walks 5 m. Finally, he turns to his left. In which direction is he walking now?
(a) North
(b) South
(c) East
(d) South-West
84. In a certain code language, ‘TUTORIAL’ is written as “DODNGLCF’ and ‘DANCE’ is written as ‘YCJMZ’, how can ‘EDUCATION’ be written in that code?
(a) ZYMODCLNJ
(b) ZYOMCDLNJ
(c) ZYOMDCLNJ
(d) None of the above
85. Pointing to a man on the stage, Rita said, “He is the brother of the daughter of the wife of my husband.” How is the man on the stage related to Rita?
(a) Son
(b) Husband
(c) Cousin
(d) Nephew
86. Halter top is well known female dress which has
(a) full sleeves
(b) half sleeves
(c) no sleeves
(d) None of these
87. Which of the following is a type of a bag?
(a) Tote
(b) Duffel
(c) Sling
(d) All of these
88. Baggit is a known brand which offers
(a) bags
(b) belts
(c) caps
(d) All of these
89. Emerald is a shade of which colour?
(a) Blue
(b) Green
(c) Red
(d) Yellow
90. Batik printing involves use of
(a) wax
(b) beads
(c) mirrors
(d) shells
91. Which of the following stones are used to make Navratna jewellery?
(a) Opal
(b) Cat’s eye
(c) Turquoise
(d) All of these
92. Ad line ‘Be You’ is linked with which of the following online stores?
(a) Jabong
(b) Yepme
(c) Myntra
(d) Snapdeal
93. A close-fitting necklace is called a
(a) chain
(b) choker
(c) mangal sutra
(d) None of these
94. Which of the following is a basic variety of cultured pearls?
(a) Freshwater
(b) Salt water
(c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
(d) None of these
95. In which year did India win the three titles of Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss Asia Pacific?
(a) 1999
(b) 2000
(c) 2001
(d) 2002
96. Which of the following stores are known for exclusive sale of shawls, soles and scarves?
(a) Biba
(b) Ahujasons
(c) Binhals
(d) Jainsons
97. Which among the following is the India’s biggest company in terms of annual revenue of Rs 4,51,911 crores as per an annual list of 2015 Fortune 500 companies in India?
(a) Indian Oil Corp
(b) Reliance Industries
(c) Tata Motors
(d) State Bank of India
98. Government of India revised the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) to add ……… more drugs in December 2015 for bringing down price of medicines of critical diseases.
(a) 70
(b) 45
(c) 106
(d) 92
99. Who among the following cancer expert of India origin is included in the list of New Year Honours 2016 ‘KNIGHTHOOD’ by the British Empire?
(a) Harpal Singh Kumar
(b) Rajesh Mistry
(c) Pritesh Lohar
(d) None of these
100. ‘Be you’ is the trademark of which one of the following e-commerce companies in India?
(a) Myntra
(b) Jabong
(c) Flipkart
(d) Snapdeal
101. Which among the following countries has said it has successfully tested a miniaturized hydrogen bomb with a 6 kilotonne yield in January 2016?
(a) Iran
(b) Russia
(c) Israel
(d) North Korea
102. Which one of the following technology giants has launched Surface Pro-4 tablets in India in January 2016?
(a) HTC
(b) Apple
(c) Sony
(d) Microsoft
103. As per the WHO’s recent report based on data collected by the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programe (NVBDCP), India along with Ethopia, Pakistan and Indonesia account for 80% of all ….. cases worldwide.
(a) dengue
(b) malaria
(c) chikungunya
(d) kala azar
104. Which one of the following e-business companies has acquired Delhi based consumer behavior predictable platform ‘Shifu’ in an $8 million in January 2016?
(a) Paytm
(b) ebay
(c) Snapdeal
(d) Quikr
105. Which is the India’s first transgender music band recently launched by noted playback singer Sonu Nigam?
(a) Indian Ocean
(b) Kailasa
(c) 6-pack
(d) None of these
106. Retail venture ‘Shoppers Stop’ and ‘Hyper City’ is owned by
(a) Bharti Group
(b) Future Group
(c) Raheja Group
(d) Sriram Group
107. ‘SPACES Home and Beyond’, the popular range of Bed, Bath and Rugs from the house of HomeStop is promoted in India by
(a) Parineeti Chopra
(b) Esha Gupta
(c) Priyanka Chopra
(d) Yami Gautam
108. Who was the brand ambassador of the recently concluded Premier Badminton League (PBL) in January 2016 in India?
(a) Ritesh Deshmukh
(b) Abhishek Bachchan
(c) Akshya Kumar
(d) Ranbir Kapoor
109. ‘Vouge Eyewear’ in India is promoted by
(a) Alia Bhatt
(b) Sonam Kapoor
(c) Zarine Khan
(d) Deepika Padukone
110. Tata Group company ‘Titan’ and global luxury firm ‘Maison Montblanc’ formed a joint venture to open latter’s retail outlets with an investment of ………… in the next 5 yyears.
(a) Rs 100 crore
(b) Rs 150 crore
(c) Rs 200 crore
(d) Rs 250 crore
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 111-130) Read the following cases and answer ht questions given at the end of each case on the basis of information provided.
CASE-I
Stayzilla.com, an onine aggregators hotel roos and home-stay, is baking big on the ‘alternative stays’ segment for growth. Alternative stays primarily include a home-stay. The company envisages home-stay to account for nearly half of its earnings in FY-17; up from the existing one-third. Ticket size for home-stay bookings vary around Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,500. The Chennai-based company currently offers 40,000 rooms under the alternative stay segment across 10,000 to 12,000 properties in the country. According to Co-founder and COO, Stayzilla, it is targeting to close FY-16 at a gross booking value of Rs 300 crore and more than double it to Rs 750 crore a year later (in FY-17). They see a huge growth opportunity in the home stay segment, especially with the hotel booking market saturating.
The company, currently, sees bookings of around 10,000 room nights per day. The inventory is spread across budget and branded hotels, guest houses, lodges and home-stay. In the hotel booking segment, it competes with the likes of OYO, MakeMyTrip, Goibibo, Expedia and so on. Stayzilla will soon introduce an insurance scheme for homeowners (in home-stay category). The premium so charged varies upward of Rs 1,000 and will cover expenses related to damage of property, by the guest, if any. They have already entered into a tie-up with an insurance company and will now take it to the homeowners. The company is also looking to start a insurance scheme for guests put up at these home-stays. Coming free of charge, the insurance will cover minor medical costs that the guest may encounter during his home-stay.
111. Currently, hotel booking market has
(a) presented big opportunities
(b) shown some promise
(c) no scope at all
(d) been grossly neglected
112. Stayzilla plans to grow in a big way mainly banking on which segment?
(a) Hotels
(b) Guests houses
(c) Home-stay
(d) Lodges
113. In the immediate future, Stayzilla will be offering insurance for
(a) homeowners
(b) guests
(c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
(d) None of the above
114. Which of the following statements is not true?
(a) Stayzilla’s income from home-stay is planned to increase.
(b) As per the insurance scheme offered by Stayzilla, homeowners could get their houses secured from thefts and other disasters
(c) Presently, Stayzilla competes with leading online aggregators of hotel rooms and home-stays
(d) All are not true
CASE-II
Ujjval and Neha Saraf, co-owners of Brandzstorm, are entering a new phase in their business. Brandzstorm, which handles luxury watch brands such as Gio Collection, Giordano,, Giani Bernard, Cross and Swiss Eagle in India, has signed on a five-year-deal with super accessories. For the Sarafs, this deal marks a crucial move away from being a family-owned company to one run by professionals. Neha says, “I handle the online part of the business and Ujjval, my husband, s responsible for the offline part.” Started in 2010, Brandzstorm ovwns and holds master licenses for many brands such as Giordano timewear, Giodano travelger, Cross Time pieces, Swiss Eagle lifestyle, Monte Michelin, Klaus Kobec, Fjord, NU band and Giani Bernard.
Having created a niche for itself in the watch category. Brandzstorm is now looking to launch eyewear and handbags with its brands in the country. The company, which has a staff of nearly 200 employees, has a turnover of Rs 75 crore and is growing at the rate of 35-40 per cent annually. “While 70 per cent of our sales come from offline, the share of online sales has been steadily increasing,” says Neha. Brandzstorm’s initial deal covers Superdry’s watch collection and could extend to eyewear later. Both Ujjval and Neha belong to business families.
Their fathers and forefathers were textile traders. An entrepreneur couple for the last 14 years, Ujjval started his own firm Compact International-which marketed electronic items-to earn extra cash in addition to the pocket money he received. Neha is an MBA graduate. Both were certain about two things: that they wanted to spend their lives together and that they “were least interested in their traditional family business”, according to Ujjval. He says, “I bring in my experience and Neha brings in her management and branding expertise tht we put to practical use. “Brandzstorm is actively acquiring brands. Some of its recently acquired brands include Fjord and Klaus Kobec.
It has also acquired the fitness brand NU band and the Sarafs believe that this will help the company foray into the smart wearable business. While Ujjval is responsible for the company’s sourcing and overall sales, Neha takes the lead when it comes to marketing, advertising and design. “I have been designing since my childhood. I used to design my own clothes when I was five,” she says. “Earlier this year, at the India Beach Fashion Week, I launched myself as a designer with Gio Collection’s new line of watches called ‘Lust at firt sight.’ However, the couple hasn’t entirely rejected the old ways. They do take guidance from their families about the business. “Certain values remain the same – transparency, fairness and honesty. But the way that business is done is different now,” says Neha. Does the couple manage to keep the professional and personal separate? “ We have our moments, but we are ambitious. We are two different people at work,” says Ujjval.
115. Brandzstorm’s business is currently mostly offline, and online business
(a) has not shown much progress
(b) did show a marked decline
(c) has increased slowly
(d) has shown dramatic progress
116. Owners of Brandzstorm plan to run their business
(a) by strictly following fairly business model
(b) in a more professional manner
(c) by totally rejecting the old ways
(d) None of the above
117. Currently, Sarfas wish to
(a) acquire more watch brands only
(b) not expand and consolidate on their present business
(c) diversify into other accessories etc
(d) expand their offline business only
118. Which of the following statements is not true?
(a) Brandzstorm is showing a steady growth in business
(b) Owners of Brandzstorm do not come from business families
(c) Brandzstorm is also acquiring fitness brands
(d) All are not true
CASE-III
The world Bank expects India’s growth to pick up to 7.8% in the next financial year, projecting it to be the fastest growing economy in the world for the next three years by a distance, riding on stronger domestic policy reforms. India is expected to notch near 8% growth in the subsequent years as the world economy also picks up pace to 2.9% growth in 2016 compared with modest 2.4% in the just concluded year. “South Asia will be a bright spot, reflecting improved conditions in India,” the World Bank said in its flagship report ‘Global Economic Prospects’.
The report pegs growth in the current year at 7.3%, same as last year while raising concerns over legislative reforms. “In India, progress in reforms is not assured as the Upper House of Parliament, which the ruling party does not control, has The power to block the government’s legislative agenda,” the report said, adding that the government has made progress in key areas such as energy and in November announced major reforms to liberalize Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in several sectors. According to the report, weak growth in 2016, but economic activity should still pick up modestly to a 2.9% pace, from 2.4% in 2015, as advanced economies gain speed. Recognizing that the that the simultaneous weakness in most major emerging markets is a concern for achieving the goals of poverty reduction and shared prosperity, the report warned that the spillovers from major emerging markets will constrain growth in developing countries and pose a threat to hard-won gains in raising people out of poverty. “More than 40% of the world’s poor live in the developing countries where growth slowed in 2015,” said World Banks Group President Jim Yong Kim. “Developing countries should focus on building resilience to a weaker economic environment and shielding the most vulnerable.
The benefits from reforms to governance and business conditions are potentially large and could help offset the effects of slow growth in larger economies.” According to the report, developing economies are forecast to expand by 4.8% in 2016, less than expected earlier but up form a post-crisis low of 4.3% in the year just ended. “Growth is projected to slow further in China, while Russia and Brazil are expected to remain in recession in 2016. The recently negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership could provide a welcome boost to trade” it said. “There is greater divergence in performance among emerging economies. Compared to 6 months ago, risks have increased, particularly those associated with the possibility of a disorderly those associated with the possibility of a disorderly slowdown in a major emerging economy,” said World Banks Group Vice-President and Chief economist Kaushik Basu. “A combination of fiscal and Central Ban policies can be helpful in mitigating these risks and supporting growth.”
119. According to World Bank report, which of the following countries is likely to go into recession in 2016?
(a) Russia
(b) China
(c) India
(d) None of the above
120. India may not be able to bring in reforms due to the fact
(a) government is not very keen to do so
(b) government needs more time to prepare reform agenda
(c) government does not have full control over legislative process
(d) there is no need to bring in so many reforms
121. Which of the following is true in respect of developing countries?
(a) Economic growth slowed in 2015
(b) A large number of poor live in these nations
(c) Economic growth will improve in 2016, compared to 2015
(d) All are true
122. Which of the following statements is not true?
(a) India will be able to ear the change in the global financial market in the near future and do well
(b) World economy will go down in 2016, compared with 2015
(c) India brought in reforms in FDI recently
(d) All are not true
CASE-IV
Modern retailers are creating exclusive ‘Patanjali destinations’ at their outlets as Yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s products fly off the shelves. Big Bazaar, Reliance Retail, Spencer’s Retail and SRS report Patanjali products such as ghee, honey, chyawanprash, juices, instant noodles and shampoo among the top-selling brands in their respective categories. Retailers are putting up standalone racks, counters or bays depending on the size of the stores to stock Patanjali’s grocery products. While rivals are closely tracking Patanjali products, analysts have taken note of the growing popularity of the brand. Patanjali is ‘injurious to listed FMCG health’, IIFL Institutional Equities wrote in a report. The brokerage estimates the brand’s sales to reach Rs 20,000 crore by fiscal 2020. It didn’t give current numbers. “The reason for Patanjali’s success is its unique business model of a single brand, a wide spread of categories, exclusive store network and a close association of a personality.
The growing appeal of Ayurvedic products and low price help,” the brokerage firm wrote. “We estimate the highest impact on Colgate as Patanjai is gaining substantial traction in oral care, followed by Dabur due to multiple category overlap.” Reliance Retail pioneered the concept of selling Baba Ramdev’s products through Patanjali destinations over a year back. The Future Group, which runs the Big Bazaar chain of supermarkets, has a tie up with Patanjali. This is the first time in grocery retail that standalone spaces are being given to one entire umbrella brand clubbed together. Patanjali is causing disruption across all categories. Patanjali has created a large dedicated customer base through a combination of focus on organic and Ayurvedic ingredients and attractive pricing Hence, they are showing outstanding growth in a mature and slow market.
Hyper city has dedicated special shelves, counters and point of sale for Patanjali products. At Reliance Retail stores, Patanjali products like chyawanprash and ghee have high double-digit share of sales in those categories while in toothpaste and soaps, the sales are in single digit, trade executives said. Reliance Retail was the first modern retail chain to sell Patanjali products, when it created dedicated spaces almost a year back for the brand. The supermarket customer is more evolved and has an inclination for healthy and natural products which has triggered the demand for Patanjali products. We identified Patanjali’s potential over a year back and today Reliance Fresh is the highest selling modern trade partner for Patanjali. In dormant categories like honey, e.g. there’s share of voice from all players.
This is exactly why competition is good for consumers. Now, one player positions on prie, one on functional benefits and the third on purity. It’s the category that’s getting focus and like the cola wars or detergent wars, honey wars will ensure new recruitment and growth in existing consumption. In 6 weeks, the products have already taken high double-digit share in Spencer’s National Capital Region stores. Chains such as SRS retail, with a concentrated footprint, too, are reporting similar trends. Managing Director at SRS e-Retail, said in categories such as biscuits, soap and ghee, it is seeing 30% month on month step up of Patanjai products, across it 32 offline outlets as well as online. They sold close to 5,000 packs of Patanjali biscuits in the first month it was launched. For a brand to have this kind of consumer traction inn such a short span is remarkable.
123. Which of the following is considered the main reason for Patanjali’s success?
(a) Linkage with a known person
(b) Availability of items of various categories
(c) Business model of a single brand
(d) All of the above
124. According to present estimates in the next 4-5 years, sales of Patanjali are likely to
(a) decline drastically
(b) increase marginally
(c) maintain the present level
(d) increase substantially
125. The first modern retail chain to market products of Patanjali is
(a) Big Bazaar
(b) Reliance Retail
(c) Spencer’s Retail
(d) SRS Retail
126. In the oral-care segment, due to arrival of Patanjali products, sales of which of the following would be most adversely effected?
(a) Colgate
(b) Dabur
(c) Closeup
(d) None of the above
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127. Which of the following statements is not true?
(a) Emergence of Patanjali has led to intense competition in even products such as honey
(b) Reliance fresh is selling Patanjali products in a big way
(c) SRS Retail does not sell products online
(d) All are not true
CASE-V
SpiceJet, which has activated plans to place orders for new planes to expand its fleet strength, is considering Embraer jets for its fleet among others. The Brazilian aircraft maker had late last year given a presentation on its aircraft to the SpiceJet management, which is exploring all options before taking a final call on the purchase order, top airline sources said here, adding at present, “all options are on the table”. If the budget carrier opts for Embraers along with other types of aircraft, it will become the second domestic carrier to have such planes, after regional airline Air Costa.
The now-defunct Paramount Airways also had an all-Embraer fleet when it was operational. SpiceJet currently has a total of 41 aircraft in its fleet comprising 25 Boeing 737s, 14 Bombardier Q400s and tow leased A320 family Airbus planes. SpiceJet is evaluating all options before placing order for new aircraft. As par of this exercise, an Embraer team has also given its presentation. The Gurgaon-based airline has not yet decided about the type or type of new aircraft it will buy nor the number of planes, the sources said. When contacted, a SpiceJet spokesperson said that the airline is talking to multiple aircraft makers, but refused to share details.
128. In the recent past,SpiceJet has
(a) not revealed any plans to purchase new aircraft
(b) not intentions to expand its fleet
(c) not made any decision to purchase aircraft from any aircraft maker
(d) made the announcement to buy Embraer planes now
129. In the past, which of the following airlines had only Embraer aircraft in its inventory?
(a) Paramount Airways
(b) Air Costa
(c) SpiceJet
(d) None of them
130. As per the paragraph, which of the following statements is not true?
(a) At present SpiceJet has more than 40 aircraft
(b) SpiceJet plans to buy 20 more aircraft
(c) SpiceJet has more Boeing 737s than Bombardier aircraft on its fleet
(d) A team of Embraer has been interacting with SpiceJet authorities
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 131-150) Each of these questions has a statement based on the preceding caslet, 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 caselet, 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 Major Assumption in making the decision: a projection or supposition arrived at by the decision maker before considering the factor and alternative
CASELET-I
Exclusively.com launched designer Anju Modi’s collection inspired by Deepika Padukone-starrer Bajirao Mastani. The steeply priced collection (from Rs 80,000 – 3 lakh), inspired by the Persian culture, is an exclusive collaboration between the designer and the portal Exclusively.com is expecting a 10-fold increase in its designer wear sales as Padukone’s ensembles have become a rage after the blockbuster opening of the movie. Chief Executive said thanks to festivities and New Year celebrations, sales of designer wear went up three times in the past quarter compared with the previous one. Sales of products costing more than Rs 1 lakh went up eight times. “It makes great business sense as designers are able to showcase to a much larger audience, there’s greater accessibility and marketing osts are minimal,” said Chief Executive.
Luxury consumers are slowly and steadily testing the online waters and purchases range from booking private jets and yachts to ordering a Tarun Tahiliani to gifting bespoke Loccitane spa expericens for their loved ones. Spurred by the boom in e-commerce, companies like Sokudo, Jetsetgo and Labelcentric are also eyeing online buyers by selling luxury products and experiences. Kanika Tekriwal’s JetSetGo, an online marketplace for private jets that received seed funding from You We Can Ventures of cricketer Yuvraj Singh, is processing 10 charter queries and one charter flight a day. “We are targeting to launch several customer-centric products base on the opportunity we see. This includes exploring the possibility of an intercity private jet shuttle, products around weddings, special experiences and helicopter travel experiences. “Chitra Goenka launched portal Label Centric 4 months ago, which sells pre-owned luxury goods by brands like Louis Vuitton, Dior, Gucci and Chanel at almost 80% of. “Online helps you sale up and reach a much larger audience. At times, people want to sell their products which are two seasons old rare gifted or those that they have rarely used. We arrange for free pickups, authenticate, revalue the products after dry-cleaning, etc and give a final payout price to sellers and buyers,” said Goenka. Unlike label centric and other fashion portals, Zokudo ws set-u with an aim to e-gift luxury products and experiences.
Customers can shop for luxury vouchers for products and experiences which can be sent to recipients via SMSes or e-mails. There are options of swapping brands if the recipient so desires, and group gifting. “Through our internal research we discovered that close to 70% of the HNIs are extremely open to the online medium and that 68% of online buying is for gifting purposes”, said founder Yash Mehta. “With more brands jumping and testing the space, with the niche online players gradually expanding operations and understanding how to forge true-value adding partnerships with such brands, the space will get more rewarding for all. For sure, the online space can’t be ignored by anyone, even the high-end brands,” said managing director at Swarovski India.
131. com is expecting a 10-fold increase in its designer wear sales.
- Designers are able to showcase to a much larger audience.
133. There is a boom in e-commerce.
134. You We can Ventures are targeting to launch several customer-centric products.
135. The online space will get more rewarding for all.
CASELET-II
India’s growth strategy for energy has shifted from being led by the private sector-led approach. The public sector companies which were considered laggards till a few years ago-as the private sector implemented aggressive targets with vigour-are now in the driving seat.
State-run oil marketing companies are slated to set-up the country’s largest refiner and they continue to dominate the fuel retail business despite the sector opening up. Even in the power sector, chronically sick electricity boards are on the revival path and NTPC continues to expand even as privately owned generation companies are limping. “This is a heavily capital intensive space and no many companies have the financial strength to expand. Only public sector enterprises with deep pockets have the wherewithal to invest on expansion,” said senior Vice-President and Co-head, corporate ratings, ICRA. “The private sector may take another three-four years to repair their balance sheets to be back in the reckoning.” While PSUs’ performance picking up is a big positive, critics feel that for long-term growth, steps need to be taken to get the private sector back in the ring. “We still have a strong case for private sector participation, but for that to happen, the problems on the ground need to be resolved. It would be an unfortunate mistake to break the momentum of the private sector. There are ongoing arbitration cases worth thousands and so many other issues.
The government needs to solve these issues and facilitate investment by private firms instead of only focusing on public sector investment,” said CEO of the Mohali Campus and Deputy Dean of the Indian School of Business. Oil and Gas Minister has been talking about how the fall in crude prices presents an opportunity for domestic energy companies as service providers are cutting costs. Indian state-run oil companies have bucked the trend by going ahead with their expansion plan at a time when most energy companies have cut capex, Essar Energy is holding back capex plans and is also believed to be exploring cost-saving measures. Reliance Industries continues with its capex plans, but the company’s key focus is on expanding its broadband network. RIL and Cairn are also entangled in battle with the government, a situation that doen’t augur well for their expansion plans. “The fall in crude prices has created more fiscal headroom for investment and investment by the public sector will help kickstart the slowed down economy. The Indian economy on the whole is operating at 65% utilization, and unless this rises to 80%, the private sector is unlikely to restart investment,” said senior director-consulting at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India.
136. Energy sector is a heavily capital intensive space.
137. There should be a long-term growth.
138. There are ongoing arbitration cases worth thousands of private sector.
139. There has been fall in crude prices.
140. There will be a kickstart in the slowed down economy.
CASELET-III
The step fall in oil prices have helped reduce the cost of developing and maintaining oilfields by at least 40% but Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) is unable to gain from this. Reason : Lack of discretion. Oil majors have deferred investments and cut costs, but ONGC, being a state form, can’t fire people or renegotiate contracts easily. Most of its contracts are written with an intent of not allowing discretionary powers to executives to change the terms midway. This means terms are fixed for the duration of the contract and can be negotiated only at renewal. This is what is happening. The rates for rigs or other equipment and services needed for exploration and production in the oilfields have crashed across the globe as the oil glut forces companies to shelve projects and cut capital expenditure. This is already benefitting many oil providers, terminating or deploying them at far lower rates. But for ONGC, the gain have been slim this fiscal year as it can’t rework contracts underway and must wait for the renewal.
In 2016-17, the company hopes to save about 20-25% of its costs as more contracts are now due for renewal, a senior company executive said. By contrast, Cairn India, a private firm controlling a quarter of the country’s crude oil production , started a massive cost reduction exercise at the beginning of the last year, about 6 months after the crude oil prices had started tumbling from a peak of $115. It fired more than 300 people, terminated several rigs and renegotiated lower rotes for many services. he absence of this flexibility to a state firm is surely a disadvantage when rates keep falling. “But we also escape its flipside when the prices are rising,” said another senior company executive. When the commodity cycle is on an upswing, ONGC can keep its rates stable for the entire term of the contract, usually 3 years.
141. There is a steep fall on oil prices.
142. Most of the contracts of ONGC are written with an intent of not allowing discretionary powers to executives to change the terms midway.
143. The rates for rigs or other equipment and services needed for exploration and production in the oil fields have crashed across the globe.
144. ONGC hopes to save about 20-25% of its cost.
145. Cairn India started a massive cost reduction exercise at the beginning of the last year.
CASELET-IV
Huawei, China’s biggest telecom devices company, has set its eye, its eyes on India. The company, which sold a little over 100 million devices last year globally and lagged only Samsung and Apple, said India is one of the key markers where it wants to grow and the expansion plan will include possibility of having a manufacturing presence in the country. Huawei joins a growing list of major Chinese makers who are ageing the fast-growing Indian mobile handset market companies such as Xiomi, Oppo and Vivo are likely banking on the Indian market for the next phase of growth, as the country looks set to overtake the US and emerge as the second biggest smartphone market (behind only China).
“India is a strategic, and a critical market for us,” George Zhao, President of Huawei’s ‘Honor’ smartphone range said “we are confident on the potential of the Indian smartphone market and will be increasing our investments and product range going forward.” The company is likely to decide on a local manufacturing base as a first sep. The Union Budget last year had given as excise benefit of nearly 12% to those making locally and this has prompted companies to make in India, in line with the power pitch to boost local manufacturing “We are evaluating aspects related to local manufacturing.
We may either it them a contract” arrangement or through an independent set up. This is still being finalized, Zhaq said. The focus of Huawei will also be to boost sales of ‘Honor’ band, which may originally started as an ‘online only division’, but is gradually being pushed through the offline channels as well. The company is taking to mobile operators. Such as Reliance Jio and Airtel ‘Honor’ is one of the fastest growing business for us and closed. Last year with $ 6 billion in sales against just $ 100 million in 2013. We will provide localized devices which are in synch with conditions in the Indian market, “an official said Huawei sold around a million devices in India last year and hopes for an exponential growth in the coming years. “We have an R & D set-up in India which understands what the Indian consumers want.”
146. Huawei wants to have a manufacturing presence in India.
147. India is set to emerge as the second biggest smartphone market (behind only China).
148. Huawei is confident on the potential off the Indian sales market.
149. The union budget last year had given an excuse benefit of nearly 12% to those making locally.
150. Huawei hopes for an exponential growth in the coming years.
National Institute of Fashion & Technology (NIFT) UNDER GRADUATE 2016 Question Paper With Answer Key
NIFT (UNDER GRADUATE) National Institute of Fashion & Technology
Solved Paper-2016
DIRECTIONS (Q, Nos. 1-5) Fill in the blanks with the suitable word given in the options.
1. Life is to death as pleasure is to ……….. .
(a) poverty
(b) suffering
(c) anguish
(d) pain
2. ‘Please’ and ‘thank you’ are the little courtesies by which we keep the …………. of life oiled and running smoothly.
(a) path
(b) machine
(c) garden
(d) river
3. Many of the advances of the civilization have been conceived by young people just on the ………….. of adulthood.
(a) boundary
(b) threshold
(c) peak
(d) horizon
4. The more your action and thought are allied and ………… the happier you grow.
(a) divergent
(b) unravelled
(c) integrated
(d) invincible
5. He ………… in wearing the old-fashioned coat in spite of his wife’s disapproval.
(a) insists
(b) persists
(c) desists
(d) resists
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 6-10) Choose the option that is the plural form of the given word.
6. Face
(a) Faces
(b) Facess
(c) Facies
(d) Facees
7. Issue
(a) Isssuies
(b) Issuess
(c) Issues
(d) Issuees
8. Ox
(a) oxes
(b) Oxess
(c) Oxess
(d) Oxen
9. Child
(a) Childs
(b) Childes
(c) Childess
(d) Children
10. Tooth
(a) Teeth
(b) Tooths
(c) Toothes
(d) Teeths
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 11-15) In each of the following, a word has been spelt in four different ways, one of which is correct. Choose the correctly spelt word.
11.
(a) Freedom
(b) Freidom
(c) Friedom
(d) Freedome
12.
(a) Incaleculable
(b) Incalculable
(c) Incalculeable
(d) Incalcullable
13.
(a) Happyness
(b) Happinesse
(c) Happiness
(d) Happynesse
14.
(a) Revieled
(b) Reveeled
(c) Revealeed
(d) Revealed
15.
(a) Appropriate
(b) Appropriatee
(c) Appropriatte
(d) Apropriate
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 16-17) Choose the word which best expresses the meaning bonda the underlined word in the sentences.
16. We should always try to maintain and promote communal amity.
(a) bondage
(b) contention
(c) friendship
(d) understanding
17. Manny species of animals have becomes extinct during the last hundred years.
(a) aggressive
(b) non-existent
(c) scattered
(d) feeble
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 18-20) Choose the word which is closest the opposite in meaning of the underlined word in the sentence.
18. His short but pointed speech was applauded by all sections of the audience.
(a) disapproved
(b) misunderstood
(c) praised
(d) welcomed
19. In ancient India, scholars has no interest in political power or material
(a) internal
(b) spiritual
(c) psychic
(d) celestial
20. A friendly dog met us at the farm gate.
(a) helpful
(b) understanding
(c) quiet
(d) hostile
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 21-25) Choose the option which best expresses the meaning of the underlined idioms/ph cardrases in the sentence.
21. Raj couldn’t pay the bill, so he asked the owner to put it on the cuff.
(a) on credit
(b) against his credit
(c) in his bank account
(d) in his friend’s account
22. His statement is out and out a lie.
(a) totally
(b) simply
(c) merely
(d) slightly
23. If you are fair and square in your work you will definitely prosper.
(a) active
(b) honest
(c) business like
(d) authoritative
24. The heavy downpour played havoc in the coastal area.
(a) caused destruction
(b) caused diseases
(c) caused floods
(d) caused hardship
25. To have a green thumb means
(a) one’s nails are painted green
(b) one is artistic
(c) to have a natural interest in gardening
(d) one has a green tattoo on the thumb
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 26-45) Read each of the passages given below and answer the questions that follow by choosing the most suitable options from the given ones.
PASSAGE-I
Modern economy theory does not differentiate between renewable and non-renewable materials, as its approach is to measure everything by means of a money price. Thus, taking various alternative fuels like coal, oil, wood and water-power; the only difference between them recognized by modern economics is relative cost per equivalent unit. The cheapest is automatically the one to be preferred, as to do otherwise would be irrational and uneconomic. From a Buddhist point of view, of course, this will not do since the essential difference between non-renewable fuels like coal and oil on the one hand and renewable sources like wind-power and water-power on the other cannot be simply overlooked. Non-renewable goods must be used only if their use is indispensable and then only with the greatest care and highest concern for conservation. To use them carelessly or extravagantly, is an act of violence and while complete non-violence may not be possible on this Earth, it is nonetheless a duty of man to aim at the ideal of non-violence in all he does.
26. Which of the following statements is/are correct on the basis of information in the above passage?
1. Buddhist economists totally prohibit the use of non-renewable sources.
2. The attitude of modern economists towards natural resources is uneconomic.
3. Complete non-violence is not possible.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Only 3
(d) 1 and 3
27. The Buddhist viewpoint implies
(a) conservation should be given the highest consideration
(b) hydel projects are highly capital intensive
(c) oil is to be preferred since it does not produce ash
(d) money economics should govern the choice of energy sources
28. Buddhist economists are not in favour of
(a) economic development
(b) world economy being governed by oil prices
(c) using non-renewable sources indiscriminately
(d) harnessing wind energy
29. In this passage, the author has tried to
(a) show that the modern economist is concerned only with costs
(b) underline the need for conserving natural resources
(c) differentiate between the two economic philosophies
(d) explain the impact of oil on the world economy
PASSAGE-II
As society becomes more and more affluent, people would prefer to work shorter hours at their regular employment so that they may enjoy longer hours off leisure during which they may enjoy longer hours of leisure during which they can indulge in more congenial activities. They will not like to waste their leisure time performing routine domestic chores, which would be capable of performing many of these monotonous chores is one that will appeal to many. Already robots are used in mines and factories to perform tasks which are too risky for human beings.
It takes a lot of research by dedicated scientists and sufficient financial backing for a model to be developed to perform a new task. This in turn depends on the number of people who feel the need for a robot to perform these specific tasks. The problem of designing a robot capable of performing various routine tasks around the house is not insurmountable. A domestic robot slave with its own computer and response mechanism and source of power, which can be programmed to perform certain specific tasks, is not an impossibility.
30. In an affluent society, people prefer to work shorter hours because
(a) they are lazy
(b) they do not have the strength to work
(c) they want time to carry out other activities
(d) they abhor their work
31. Domestic chores
(a) are welcome by housewives
(b) are too demanding
(c) lead to family discord
(d) are too time consuming
32. Robots are already used in mines and factories to perform
(a) hazardous tasks
(b) tasks with greater efficiency than human beings
(c) tasks which lead to economy in the operations
(d) tasks which are forbidden by the labour laws
33. Developing a robot capable of performing a new task
(a) is difficult for the scientists
(b) is impossible for the scientists
(c) requires huge capital
(d) depends on the number of people who require it.
PASSAGE-III
The energy crisis has been with us for a long time and will be with us even longer. Whether Arab oil flows freely or not, it is clear that the world industry cannot be allowed to depend on so fragile a base. The supply of oil can be shut off at whim any time. In any case, the oil wells will run dry in about 30 years. New sources of energy must be found and this will take time. But it is not likely to restore the sense of copious energy availability we had in the past.
34. In the writer’s opinion, the energy crisis
(a) is an outcome of unregulated supply of oil to industries
(b) will subside as soon as the Arab oil begins to flow again
(c) is very likely to lead to the World War
(d) will remain with us for an almost indefinite period of time
35. The phrase ‘so fragile a base’ refers to the
(a) current energy crisis in the world
(b) uncertainty about the flow of Arab oil
(c) delay in finding the new energy sources
(d) drying up of the oil well in future
36. The type of writing in the given passage could be called
(a) official
(b) scientific
(c) popular
(d) political
PASSAGE–IV
All who have gone before you have submitted to the stroke the death. All who come after you shall undergo the same fate. The great and the good, the prince and the peasant, the renowned and the obscure travel alike the road which leads to the grave. At the moment when you expire, thousands throughout the world shall with you, be yielding up their breath. Can that be held to be a great calamity which is common to you with everything that lives on the Earth, which is an event as much according to the course of the nature, as it is that leaves shall fall autumn or that fruit should drop from the tree when it is fully ripe.
37. Death is a natural phenomenon because
(a) the moment you die, thousands of people all over the world die with you
(b) it is as natural as the fall of leaves or fruits from the trees
(c) many people have died in the past
(d) the great and the good, the prince and the peasant, the renowned and the obscure, all die
38. The author compares death with the fall of the ripe fruit from a tree to show that death
(a) occurs in nature also
(b) is a kind of all from a great height
(c) give freedom from the ordeals of life
(d) occurs with the achievement
39. Which one of the following sentences shows that death is a great leveller?
(a) All who come after you shall undergo the same fate
(b) The great and the good, the prince and the peasant, the renowned and the obscure travel alike the road which leads to the grave
(c) At the moment when you expire, thousands throughout the world shall with you, be yielding up their breath
(d) All who have gone before you have submitted to the stroke of death
PASSAGE-V
I was late bloomer and always envied those people who stood out in high school because I didn’t. I learned early on thought that it’s essential to set yourself apart from the group. Life is one struggle after another to succeed, particularly when you’re starting out. If your biodata is sitting at the bottom of a pile of junk mall, sometimes a distinctive approach will get you noticed, especially if the competition is fierce.
Once my partner Jerry and I asked the other freelance writers of a TV serial what characters they hated to write for the most. Everybody said the same thing-they disliked writing for the minor characters because they thought that writing for them wouldn’t help them get other jobs. Jerry and I decided that we would write scripts for the minor character because that’s what was needed and we needed to set ourselves apart. In the first script, Jerry and I wrote a school-girl falls in love with a boy in her class. The producers loved the story. And with that one script, Jerry and I were not longer just another comedy-writing team.
40. The author is of the opinion that
(a) one should be part of the group
(b) one should be different for others
(c) it is important to do well in high school
(d) one should heed to the advice of the seniors
41. The author had been
(a) into advertising business
(b) a comedy writer
(c) a music director
(d) a news reader
42. According to the author,
(a) one should be very meticulous in preparing his biodata
(b) competition in the job-market is very fierce
(c) one should follow a conservative approach in preparing his biodata
(d) one should try to get noticed by being innovative
43. Jerry and the author wrote scripts for the minor characters
(a) to realize their creative potential
(b) to earn more money
(c) to establish a different image
(d) because they did not have enough work
PASSAGE-VI
Wind-power has obvious advantage as it is non-polluting, causes no ecological imbalance, requires no throughout fuel and has extremely ow gestation period. After almost a decade of sporadic growth wind energy finally seems to be stepping out from shadows of alternative technology into the commercial mainstream, worldwide, Even though, India now has an installed base of just over 1600 MW, this is nothing compared to countries such as Germany which meets around 20% of its energy requirements from wind energy. Wind-power offers long-term price stability too. Not only are generation costs of such projects low, the capital expenditure is comparable to fossil fuel based stations. Wind-power plants have low operating and maintenance costs. Long-term economics work out to be quite favourable for the wind energy. Infact, it is being seen as a solution to sustainable development. By the end of 2001 the installed wind-power was almost 25000 MW.
44. Which one of the following statements is correct?
(a) Wind-power plants take a long time to get commissioned
(b) Maintenance cost of wind-power plants is high
(c) Wind-power plants lead to violent vibrations
(d) Wind-power plants require no fuel
45. Which one of the following statements is correct?
(a) Installation of wind-power is resisted by environmentalists
(b) Generation cost of wind-power plants is high
(c) Installation cost of wind-power plants is much higher than that of fossil fuel based plants
(d) Wind-power is now being commercially harnessed
46. When 5% is lost in grinding wheat, a country has to import 20 million bags to make up for the loss. But when only 2% is lost, it has to import 15 million bags. What is the quantity of wheat which grows in the country in million bags?
(a) 
(b) 150
(c) 
(d) 
47. In a consumer preferences survey, 20% respondents opted for product A, whereas 60% opted for product B. The remaining individuals were undecided. If the difference between those who opted for product B and those who were undecided is 720, how many individuals had been interviewed for the survey?
(a) 1440
(b) 1800
(c) 3600
(d) Data inadequate
48. A, B and C invested capitals in the ratio 7 : 3 : 2. At the end of the business term, they received the profits in the ratio 2 : 3 : 7. Find the ratio of time for which they contributed their capitals.
(a) 4 : 14 : 49
(b) 49 : 14 : 41
(c) 14 : 41 : 49
(d) 49 : 41 : 4
49. A, B and C have 40, x and y balls, respectively. If B gives 20 balls to A, he is left with half as many balls as C. If together they had 60 more balls, each of them would have had 100 balls on an average, what is the ratio of x to y?
(a) 3 : 2
(b) 2 : 3
(c) 2 : 1
(d) 3 : 4
50. If 9 engines consume 24 metric tonne of coal, when each is working 8 h, a day, how much coal will be require for 8 engines, each running 13 h a day, it being given that 3 engines of former type consume as much as 4 engines of latter type?
(a) 23 metric tonne
(b) 24 metric tonne
(c) 25 metric tonne
(d) 26 metric tonne
51. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 12 min and 15 min respectively, while a third pipe C can empty it in 6 min. Both A and B pipes are opened together for 5 min in the beginning and then the third pipe C is also opened. In what time will the cistern be emptied?
(a) 30 min
(b) 33 min
(c) 37.5 min
(d) 45 min
52. If 20 lines are drawn in a plane such that no two of them are parallel and no three are concurrent, the number of points in which they intersect each other, is
(a) 220
(b) 190
(c) 250
(d) 120
53. A boy has 3 library tickets and 8 books of his interest are there in the library. Out of these 8, he does not want to borrow Chemistry Part II, unless Chemistry Part I is also borrowed. The number of ways in which he can choose the three books to be borrowed, is
(a) 61
(b) 32
(c) 51
(d) None of these
54. Two partners invested Rs 1250 and Rs 850 respectively in a business. Both the partners shared 60% of the profit and distributed the rest 40% as the interest on their capitals. If one partner received Rs 30 more than the other, the total profit is
(a) Rs 262.50
(b) Rs 622.50
(c) Rs 220.50
(d) Rs 226.50
55. A person has chemical of Rs 25 per litre. In what ratio should water be mied in that chemical, so that after selling the mixture at Rs 20 per litre he may get a profit of 25%?
(a) 12 : 15
(b) 16 : 9
(c) 13 : 16
(d) 19 : 22
56. A wire of length 60 m is used to enclose a field which is in the shape of a right angled triangle. The area of the field is 150 m2. Then, the largest side of the field has a length of
(a) 30 m
(b) 20 m
(c) 25 m
(d) 15 m
57. A, B and C enter into a partnership. A contributes Rs 320 for 4 months, B constitutes Rs 510 for 3 months and C contributes Rs 270 for 5 months. If the total profit is Rs 208, then find the profit share of A, B and C.
(a) Rs 64, Rs 76.5, Rs 67.5
(b) Rs 46, Rs 76.5, Rs 67
(c) Rs 40, Rs 50, Rs 65
(d) Rs 62, Rs 72, Rs 82
58. A man bought two packets of toffees, the same number in each. The first, he bought at 5 paise each, but the second at 3 for 13 paise. He then mixed them all together and sold them at 70 paise a dozen. His gain is
(a) 25%
(b) 12%
(c) 24%
(d) 16%
59. The average weight of 8 persons of a family is increased by 1 kg when one of the members whose weight is 60 kg is replaced by a new person. The weight of the new person (in kg) is
(a) 61
(b) 68
(c) 62
(d) None of these
60. A manufacturer sells a pair of glasses to a wholesale dealer at a profit o 18%. The wholesaler sells the same to a retailer at a profit of 20%. The retailer in turn sells them to a customer for Rs 30.09, thereby earning a profit of 25%. The cost price for the manufacturer is
(a) Rs 15
(b) Rs 16
(c) Rs 17
(d) Rs 18
61. The average marks of a student in 8 subjects is 87. Of these the highest marks are 2 more than the one next in value. If these two subjects are eliminated, the average marks of the remaining subjects is 85. What is the highest score?
(a) 91
(b) 94
(c) 89
(d) 96
62. Rahim and his uncle differ in their ages by 30 yr. After 7 yr, if the sum of their ages is 66, what will be the age of the uncle?
(a) 51
(b) 49
(c) 39
(d) 41
63. What is 
equal to?
(a) 5
(b) 5√2
(c) 5√5
(d) √5
64. A circus tent is cylindrical to a height of 3 m and conical above it. If the diameter of the base is 140 m and the slant height of the conical portion is 80 m, the length of canvas 2 m wide required to make the tent is
(a) 8960 m
(b) 9660 m
(c) 9460 m
(d) 9860 m
65. The ratio between the length and breadth of a rectangular park is 3 : 2. If a man cycling along the boundary of the park at the speed of 12 km/h completes one round in 8 min, then the area of the park (in sq m) is
(a) 15360
(b) 153600
(c) 30720
(d) 307200
66. For what value of k, (x – 5) is a factor of x3 – 3x2 + kx – 10?
(a) −8
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) 1
67. A car covers a distance of 715 km at a constant speed. If the speed of the car had been 10 km/h more, then it would have taken 2 h less to cover the same distance. What is the original speed of the car?
(a) 55 km/h
(b) 50 km/h
(c) 45 km/h
(d) 65 km/h
68. A man can row 40 km upstream and 55 km downstream in 13 h. Also, he can row 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 h. Fined the speed of the man in still water.
(a) 5 km/h
(b) 2 km/h
(c) 4 km/h
(d) None of these
69. Mahesh is 60 yr old. Ram is 5 yr junior to Mahesh and 4 yr senior to Raju. The youngest brother of Raju is Babu and he is 6 yr junior to hm. What is the age difference between Mahesh and Babu?
(a) 18
(b) 15
(c) 13
(d) 06
70. If the angle between the radii of a circle is 130°, then the angle between the tangents at the ends of the radii is
(a) 90°
(b) 70°
(c) 50°
(d) 40°
71. There are two bags, one of which contains 3 black and 4 white balls, while the other contains 4 black and 3 white balls. A dice is cast, if the face 1 or 3 turns up, a ball is taken from th first bag an if any other face turns up, a ball is chosen from the second bag. The probability of choosing a black ball is
(a) 10/21
(b) 11/21
(c) 12/21
(d) 9/21
72. A can hit a target 4 times in 5 shots, B can hit 3 times in 4 shots and C can hit twice in 3 shots. When they fire together, what is the probability that atleast two shots hit the target?
(a) 13/30
(b) 1/3
(c) 5/6
(d) None of these
73. An automobile financier claims to be lending money at simple interest but he include the interest every six months for calculating the principal. If he is charging an interest of 10%, the effective rate of interest becomes
(a) 10%
(b) 10.25%
(c) 10.5%
(d) None of these
74. A boat takes 19 h for travelling downstream from point A to point B and coming back to a point C midway between A and B. If the velocity of the stream is 4 km/h and the speed of the boat in still water is 14 km/h, what is the distance between A and B?
(a) 200 km
(b) 180 km
(c) 160 km
(d) 220 km
75. A train after travelling 150 km meets with an accident and then proceeds with 3/5 of its former speed and arrives at its destination 8 h late. Had the accident occurred 360 km further, it would have reached the destination 4 h late. What is the total distance travelled by the train?
(a) 840 km
(b) 960 km
(c) 870 km
(d) 1100 km
76. Ram starts from his house on cycle and goes 10 km towards North-East. He turns to the left and cycles 8 km, then he turns towards South-East and cycles for another 10 km. Finally, he turns towards his house. In which direction is he going now?
(a) South
(b) South-East
(c) West
(d) North-West
77. Krishna is the mother-in-law of Binndu who is the sister-in-law of Ahsaan. Dhamendra is the father of Sandeep, the only brother of Ahsaan. How is Krishna related to Ahsaan?
(a) Wife
(b) Aunt
(c) Mother-in-law
(d) Mother
78. In a row of girls, Veena is 12th from the start and 19th from the end. In another row of girls, Sunita is 14th from the start and 20th from the end. How many girls are there in both the rows together?
(a) 72
(b) 65
(c) 63
(d) 61
79. If CARING is coded as EDVGKC and SHARES is coded as UKEPBO, how will CASKET be coded as in the same code?
(a) EDXIBP
(b) EDWIAP
(c) EDWPAI
(d) EDWIBP
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 80-81) Each of the following questions consist of the sets of figures. Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 constitute the problem figures, (a), (b) (c) and (d) constitute the answer figures. There is a definite relationship between figures 1 and 2. Establish a similar relationship between figures 3 and 4 by selecting a suitable figure from the answer figure that would replace the question mark (?) in figure 4?
80.
81. 
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 82-85) As per the below diagram, which diagram represents the relationship given in the following statements.
82. Food, Curd, Spoons
83. Teachers, Educated, Employed
84. Criminals, Pickpocketers and Arsonists
85. Travellers, Train, Bus
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 86-90) Read the following information carefully and then answer the questions based on that.
From amongst five doctors, A, B, C, D and E, four engineers G, H, K and L and six teachers M, N, Q, P, Q and R, some teams are to be selected. Of these A, B, G, H, O, P and Q are females and the rest males. The formation of terms is subject to the following conditions
I. Whenever there is a male doctor, there will be no female teacher.
II. Whenever there is a male engineer, there will be no female doctor.
III. There shall not be more than two male teachers in any team.
86. It the team consist of two doctors, two female teachers and two engineers, all the following teams are possible except.
(a) OPGHAB
(b) ABGHPQ
(c) ABGHOQ
(d) ABKLPQ
87. If the team consists of two doctors, three female teachers and two engineers, the members of the team are
(a) CDOPQGH
(b) ABOPQGH
(c) CDKLOPQ
(d) DEGHOPQ
88. If the team consists of three doctors, two male engineers and two teachers, the members of the team would be
(a) CDEKLMN
(b) ABCKLMR
(c) CDEKLPR
(d) BCDKLNR
89. If the team consists of two doctors, one engineer and four teachers, all the following teams are possible except
(a) ABGMNOP
(b) ABKNRPQ
(c) ABHMOPQ
(d) ABHMRPQ
90. If the team consists of two doctors, two engineers and two teachers, all the following teams are possible except
(a) CEKLMN
(b) ABGHMN
(c) CDKLOP
(d) ABGHOP
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 91-94) In each of these questions, there is some relationship between the two terms to the left of ‘: :’ and the same relationship exhibits between the two terms of its right. A term is missing on the right side, choose the missing term (?) among the four alternatives given.
91. Flexible : Rigid : : Confidence : ?
(a) Diffidence
(b) Indifference
(c) Cowardice
(d) Scare
92. Soldier : Regiment : : Horse : ?
(a) Navy
(b) Fleet
(c) Cavalry
(d) Herd
93. Ornithologist : Birds : Archaeologist : ?
(a) Artifacts
(b) Archipelago
(c) Arbiter
(d) Aquatic
94. Philatelist : Stamps : : Numismatist : ?
(a) Coins
(b) Maps
(c) Jewels
(d) Samples
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 95-97) Each of these questions has a statement followed by two conclusions numbered as I and II. Consider the statement and the following conclusions. Decide which of the conclusions follows from the statement.
Mark answer
(a) if neither conclusion I nor II follows
(b) if conclusion II follows
(c) if conclusion I follows
(d) if both conclusions follow
95. Statement There is mounting concern that water will be a flash point for political, social and economic turmoil.
Conclusions
I. Water faces an endemic global shortage.
II. The scarcity of water will have serious repercussions on our lives.
96. Statement Cardiac myopathy is marked by an increase in the size of heart and decrease in the efficiency of pumping.
Conclusions
I. The bigger the size of heart the better it works.
II. The efficiency of the heart is inversely proportional to the size of the heart.
97. Statement Every natural remedy is not necessary harmless and should be used with caution.
Conclusions
I. The natural remedies are not scientifically prover.
II. Everything natural has no side effect.
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 98-100) In each question, two statement I and II are provide. These may have a cause and effect relationship or may have independent causes or be the effects of independent causes. Read the statements carefully.
Mark answer
(a) if the statement I is the cause and statement II is the effect
(b) if the statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect
(c) if both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes
(d) if both the statements are effects of some common cause
98. Statement I The prices of ‘Silver’ have gone up from Rs 27000 per kg to over Rs 50000 per kg in almost a year’s time.
Statement II Indian jewelers are receiving a lot of demand for the silver ornaments from American and European clients.
99. Statement I There is an alarming increase in the number of young unemployed MBA’s this year in comparison to the last year’s figures.
Statement II Nearly one lakh applications were received against a recruitment call given by a private bank for only ten vacant posts.
100. Statement I Many people visit the religious places on week days and weekends to pray to Mother Durga in Navratras.
Statement II Many religious people go on fasting during Navratras to seek the blessings of Mother Durga.
101. Which Tennis Star won the third sports person of the year in 16th Lourees World Sport Awards?
(a) Novak Djokovic
(b) Roger Federen
(c) Yannick Noah
(d) Manuel Ovautes
102. Which actress is included in the list of the 100 most influential people in the World 2016?
(a) Aishwarya Rai
(b) Priyanka Chopra
(c) Anushka Sharma
(d) Kareena Kapoor
103. Who begged 2016 Padma Shri Award by President of India?
(a) Priyanka Chopra
(b) Katrina Kaif
(c) Preity Zinta
(d) Aishwarya Rai
104. Which shoe maker began his carrier as a jeans buyer?
(a) Luis Flapo
(b) Manolo Blahnik
(c) Peter Morre
(d) James Park
105. Fashion designer Sophie Albou, called her label ‘Paul & Joe’ after?
(a) Her two sons
(b) Her pet cat
(c) Her son and daughter
(d) Her brother
106. Which group purchased YSL (Saint Laurent)?
(a) Burberry group
(b) Madame group
(c) Gucci group
(d) Tag Hever group
107. Who created blue jeans?
(a) Wvangler Bord
(b) Levi Strauss
(c) Coco Chanel
(d) Dion Lee
108. Which top model coined the term super model?
(a) Janice Dickinson
(b) Gisele Bundchen
(c) Lily Cole
(d) Devan Aoki
109. Twitter unveiled its click to buy button recently, which fashion company has the first to integrate Twitter’s newest functionality?
(a) Edie Parker
(b) Burberry
(c) Ginger & Smart
(d) PAROSH
110. Which actress at 63rd National Film Awards won best actress award?
(a) Kareena Kapoor
(b) Vidhya Balan
(c) Kangna Ranaut
(d) Parineeti Chopra
111. Which Indian based fashion label gained worldwide attention after casting transgender model in their latest sari collection campaign.
(a) Raymond
(b) Akhati
(c) Red Lotus
(d) Feb India
112. ‘Sonata’, ‘Ajanta’ and ‘Maxima’ are the well known Indian brands of
(a) jewellery
(b) watches
(c) cosmetics
(d) home furnishing
113. World’s largest roller coaster named ‘Ferrari World’ is located in
(a) Tokyo
(b) Abu Dhabi
(c) Mumbai
(d) Beijing
114. Which state has the traditional dress of men known as ‘Sola or Fotua’ and ‘Eri-chaddar’?
(a) Assam
(b) Manipur
(c) Nagaland
(d) Meghalaya
115. ‘Van Heusen’ is a leading international brand of
(a) formal wear
(b) fashion accessories
(c) jewellery
(d) None of these
116. The international awards by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, California (USA) for excellence in the field of cinema are popularly known as
(a) IIFA Awards
(b) Oscar Awards
(c) BAFTA Awards
(d) Grammy Awards
117. Who among the following is not a fashion designer?
(a) Ritu Kumar
(b) Shiv Kumar Sharma
(c) Tarun Tahilini
(d) Rahul Khanna
118. National Gallery of Modern Art is located at
(a) Mumbai
(b) Kolkata
(c) New Delhi
(d) Lucknow
119. Which of the following is not a system of colour notation?
(a) Ostwald
(b) Rocky
(c) Munsell
(d) Prang
120. What is common about famous personalities Manish Malhotra, JJ Valya and Rohit Bal?
(a) Male Modelling
(b) Film Direction
(c) Noval Writing
(d) Fashion Designing
121. Which Indian state is the leading cotton producer?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) West Bengal
122. Watches sold as a jewellery is related to
(a) Titan Raga
(b) Tanishq
(c) Swatch
(d) Gold plus
123. Linen is the other name given to
(a) cotton
(b) frau
(c) ramie
(d) kapoll
124. Which is popularly known as golden fibre?
(a) Jute
(b) Cotton
(c) Lenin
(d) Wool
125. Buddha Purnima is traditionally known as
(a) Vesaki
(b) Vesakha
(c) Vaishakhi
(d) Purnima
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 126-141) Read the following cases and answer the questions given at the end of each case on the basis of information provided.
CASE-I
Starbucks Corp is expanding its partnership with Tata Group beyond India by launching the latter’s single origin coffee in the US and Himalayan mineral water in Singapore. The world’s largest coffee retailer will also launch specialty tea brand Teavana in India by year end, a top official said. “The vision and partnership signed five years ago was not just for the business and joint venture in India. As two global iconic company with strong capabilities around the world, its about how we could continue to look at ways to partner together beyond India,” said John Culver, group President at Starbucks Coffee China and Asia Pacific.
“Both can leverage expertise around sourcing, blending are bringing coffee and tea products outside India. The brand-Starbucks Reserve Tata Nullore Estates will be the first coffee from India t be roasted and launched in Seattle later this year. In addition, Starbucks’ coffee will also be exclusively made available on all flights by Vistara, a JV between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines. The local unit-Tata Starbucks-opened their first Indian store in October 2012, and now has 84 outlets making its pace of expansion a record in Starbucks’ 45 year history. The Indian JV generated revenue of Rs 171 crore in the year ended March 2015 and 80% jump even as losses narrowed to Rs 47 crore from Rs 51.87 crore a year ago. The Seattle based coffee chain posted per-store sales that were more than two-and-a-half times higher than its largest rival, thanks to premium pricing and locations that attract more customers. Starbucks also expected its Indian business to eventually rank among its top five markets.
126. Which is world largest coffee retailer in world?
(a) Coffee Café Day
(b) Costa Coffee
(c) Starbucks
(d) MC Cafe
127. With which group Starbucks Corp is expanding its retail chain in world?
(a) Tata Group
(b) Reliance Group
(c) Birla Group
(d) United Beverages Group
128. What is the vision of partnership between Starbucks Corp and Tata Group?
(a) To do business only in India
(b) To expand their capabilities around the world
(c) Business in India and USA
(d) To expand business in China and Asia Pacific
129. What lead to sales two and half times higher than its largest rival?
(a) Premium pricing
(b) Location
(c) Premium pricing and location
(d) Quality
CASE-II
Beverages major Coca-Cola India Pvt Ltd is hoping that he Unnati farms contribute majorly to make its mango fruit drink Maaza a one billion dollar brand and also help in localization or oranges for its Minute Maid orange juice brand said a top company official.
“The two lakh tone mango pulp need when Maaza becomes a one billion dollar brand is majorly expected from the mangoes grown in Unnati farms. The entire two lakh tone of mango pulp will be for the domestic market,” Venkatesh Kini, President, Coca-Cola India and South-West Asia told reporters here. Project Unnati is aimed at a large scale adoption of Ultra High Density Plantation (UHDP) technique, at least in the areas where Jain Irrigation Systems and Coca-Cola have influence. India accounts for 50 per cent of the world’s mango production but the per acre yield as very low as compared to other countries.
130. For which drink Coca-cola opened Unnati Farms?
(a) Minute Maid and Maaza
(b) Limea
(c) Spril
(d) Real Fruit Juice
131. What will be the contribution of Unnati Farma in development of Mazza brand?
(a) It will become top brand
(b) It will become 1 billion dollar brand
(c) It will become 2 billion dollar brand
(d) None of the above
132. How much mango pulp will be available from Unnati farms of Coca-Cola India Pvt Ltd?
(a) 1 lakh tonne
(b) 2 lakh tonne
(c) 50 thousand tonne
(d) 8 lakh tonne
133. What is India’s share in mango production in world?
(a) 50%
(b) 30%
(c) 40%
(d) 60%
CASE-III
Japan’s Seiko Watch Corporation has appointed Niladari Mazumdar as President and Chief Operating officers of its India subsidiary. Mazumdar has spent nearly a decade with the company and has heading Seiko India’s sales and marketing division until the announcement of his elevation. He takes over from Atsushi Kaneko, who will not be the Chairman of Seiko’s European operations. “For the first time, since our entry into India in 2007, a non-Japanese has been appointed to head the subsidiary,” said Mazumdar.
“The opportunity we-have in India is huge and for Seiko, India is among the top three priority markets, which also include Japan and US. “Mazumdar started his career with Titan Industries, where he spent 12 years taking on various responsibilities in the sales, marketing, retailing and international business spheres of Titan’s watch and jewellery division. Seiko recently launched its grand collection for men, which ranges from Rs 4 lakh to Rs 3 crore, Seiko, which completes with Rado and Tissot, has six boutiques and 285 stores in India. The company had started selling online exclusively on Amazon about seven months back.”
134. Niladari Mazumdar has been appointed as President and Chief Operating officer of which watch corporation?
(a) Tissot watch
(b) Titan watch
(c) Seiko watch
(d) Casio watch
135. When did Seiko enter into Indian market?
(a) 2008
(b) 2010
(c) 2011
(d) 2007
136. Seiko sell exclusively on which online retail site?
(a) Flipkart
(b) Amazon
(c) Snapdeal
(d) e-bay
137. Seiko recently launched its grand collection for men, which ranges from
(a) 2 lakh to 5 lakh
(b) 4 lakh to 3 crore
(c) 5 lakh to 60 lakh
(d) 10 lakh to 1 crore
CASE-IV
Ride hailing app Ola ran up losses of Rs 796 crore for the fiscal year ended 2015 according to regulatory fillings made by Bengaluru-based company as its spent nearly double what it earned in a bid to maintain its lead over rivals like Uber in the fast growing taxi app business.
In the same period the company earned total revenue of Rs 421 crore, an eight-fold increase over the previous year, according to the most recent disclosures filled with the ministry of corporate affairs earlier this month. ANI Technologies, which owns Ola, has classified the bulk of the revenue of Rs 380 crore as coming from the car rental service while the company earned Rs 2.26 crore through commission on taxi services. Ola did not reply to ET’s email seeking Ola which is fiscal 2015 was competing with two major rivals-Uber as well as TaxiFourSure-spent an estimated Rs 920 crore on fleet operation costs. Advertisement and sales promotion was the next largest expenses at Rs 100 crore. TaxiForSure, which was owned by Serendipity Infolabs was acquired by Ola in February of 2015 is a primarily stock deal worth an estimated $ 200 million.
138. Which app run cab service face losses in 2015?
(a) Ola cab
(b) Meru cab
(c) Uber cab
(d) None of these
139. Who own ola an app run cab service?
(a) TSQ solution
(b) ANI Technologies
(c) Tata Technologies
(d) GMR Group
140. What is largest expanses for Uber and TaxiForSure?
(a) Sales promotion
(b) Advertisement
(c) Fleet operation cost
(d) All of these
141. Which group was acquired by ola in February 2015?
(a) TaxiForSure
(b) Apna Cab
(c) Cab plus
(d) None of these
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 142-150) Each of these question has a statement 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.
CASELET-I
Food safety regulator FSSAI has approved standards for alcoholic drinks like whisky and beer and finalized a list of additives to be used for making these products. This is a first for all major alcoholic drinks in the country for which standards and the additives list have been finalized. “The Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has finalized a list of food additives and standards with respect to alcoholic beverages, these standards are in alignment with International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV) standards.
The life been moved to the Union Health Ministry, and the standards will be operationalized soon after a notification “With this, FSSAI has crossed a major landmark in setting of standards for almost all food categories available in the country, “he said. Earlier this month, the regulator has operationalized the list of 11000 food additives provisions that can be used by food businesses in various categories.
This assumes importance because food products which have been manufactured by using these approved additives may not require product approval. FSSAI was established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, which consolidates various acts and orders that have hitherto dealt with food related issues under various ministries and departments. The regulator was in the spotlight after it banned Maggie noodles in June last year, which was later lifted by the Bombay High court.
142. Food safety regulator FSSAI has approved standards for alcoholic drinks like whisky and beer.
143. This is a first for all major alcoholic drink in the country for which standards and the additives list have been finalized.
144. These standards are in alignment with International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV)
145. FSSAI has crossed a major landmark in setting of standards for almost all food categories available in the country.
146. This assumes importance because food products which have been manufactured by using this approved additives may not require product approval.
CASELET-II
Just a few years ago, seeing an Indian youth with a Nokia or an office-goer with a Blackberry device on the road was common sight. In 2009, about 70% of smartphones sold globally had operating systems offered by Blackberry and Nokia and the two stalwarts were going strong. But even tech leaders can, at times, fail to gauge when a particular phenomenon can go extinct. The mobile operating systems offered by Google, Apple and Microsoft, which account for nearly 99% of sales today, were in less than 25% of mobile devices sold at that time, says a recent blog post y Whatsapp which has decided to end its support to Blackberry phones and those powered by Nokia’s Symbian OS by the end of this year.
After acquiring Nokia for $ 7.2 billion in 2013, Microsoft soon realized it made a big mistake and is now selling off Nokia’s phone-making business to Apple’supplyy-chain partner Foxconn. With the Nokia acquisition, Microsoft actually placed a bet on hardware which has never been its strength. On the other hand Canadian mobile company Blackberry reported a $ 670 million loss in the first fiscal quarter this year-its biggest loss in over two years. “Blackberry can’t catch up on the plethora of offerings IOS and Android-players are providing with their vast ecosystem. The surges in vendors offering android devices at competitive prices dominate the smartphone market globally. Similarly, Windows based smartphones are likely to decline sharply given the fact that Nokia is no longer a part of Microsoft”.
147. The mobile operating system offered by Google, Apple and Microsoft, which account for nearly 99% of sale today.
148. Whatsapp hs decided to end its support to Blackberry phones and those powered by Nokia’s Symbian OS by the end of this year.
149. Microsoft is now selling off Nokia phone making business to Apple’s supply chain partner Foxconn.
150. With the Nokia acquisition, Microsoft actually placed a bet on hardware which has never been its strength.
National Institute of Fashion & Technology (NIFT) POST GRADUATE 2017 Question Paper With Answer Key
NIFT (POST GRADUATE) National Institute of Fashion & Technology
Solved Paper-2017
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 1-5) In each sentence given below a word or phrase is underlined. From the given options choose the word/phrase closest in meaning to the underlined part.
1. Grouping stars by their constellations is a handy way of mapping the sky.
(a) funny
(b) nice
(c) convenient
(d) simple
2. Centuries ago, a nomadic tribe besieged the temple to loot its treasure.
(a) wild
(b) barbarous
(c) brave
(d) roving
3. It was a momentous moment in the history of the nation.
(a) insignificant
(b) important
(c) sudden
(d) transient
4. This is not an exhaustive list of collocations.
(a) complete
(b) tiring
(c) useful
(d) adequate
5. The committee decided to expel the new member.
(a) detain
(b) remove
(c) preserve
(d) reserve
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 6-10) In the given questions, a word is given with four alternatives. Choose the word that is opposite in the meaning to the given word.
6. Unimpeachable
(a) fruitful
(b) rampaging
(c) faulty
(d) pensive
7. Vacillations
(a) remorse
(b) relief
(c) respect
(d) steadfastness
8. Untenable
(a) supportable
(b) tender
(c) sheepish
(d) tremulous
9. Unseemly
(a) effortless
(b) proper
(c) conducive
(d) pointed
10. Unkempt
(a) bombed
(b) washed
(c) neat
(d) tawdry
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 11-15) In each of the following sentences there are blank spaces. Below each sentences there are four words denoted by the numbers a, b, c and d. Find out which word can be filled up in the blank in the sentence to make it grammatically correct.
11. While the technology and state of knowledge in medicine allows the gadgets to ________ data and give recommendation, it will be a while before we are ready to trust doctors for serious illnesses.
(a) estimate
(b) evaluate
(c) analyze
(d) describe
12. Just because momentum is ______ away from coal in china but it does not mean that the country is no longer part of the global coal boom.
(a) alterting
(b) changing
(c) stagnating
(d) shifting
13. There’s plenty of ______ that transferring kids to the adult criminal justice system for trial and conviction has failed to prevent repeat offences.
(a) evidence
(b) data
(c) information
(d) disproof
14. However, ‘Digital India’ will not happen even if the ______ is in place unless equal attention is paid to what is made available at the end of the pipeline.
(a) framework
(b) Infrastructure
(c) groundwork
(d) backbone
15. The national disaster management authority should come up with national guidelines for the ______ of such deaths for immediate implementation by the states.
(a) prevention
(b) aid
(c) deterrence
(d) avoidance
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 16-20) Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
16. A. The two neighbors never fought each other.
B. Fights involving three ale fiddler crabs have been recorded, but the status of the participants was unknown.
C. They pushed or grappled only with the intruder.
D. We recorded 17 cases in which a resident that was fighting an intruder was joined by an immediate neighbor, an ally.
E. We therefore traced 268 intruder males until we saw them fighting a resident male.
(a) BEDAC
(b) DEBAC
(c) BDCAE
(d) BCEDA
17. A. Such a man goes on working hard and even if he fails he is never downcast.
B. It is therefore, the man who labours hard with a strong resolution and an unshaken will, who achieves success and makes his fortune.
C. In turn failures make him all the more determined and resolute and he persist in his task till he attains the desired success.
D. A man who possesses a strong will and firm determination finds all difficulties solved.
E. To him, there are a thousand ways opens to steer clear of all dangers and difficulties.
(a) BEDAC
(b) DEACB
(c) BDCAE
(d) BCEDA
18. A. With the passage of time, vices becomes more apparent and virtues become objects of jealousy and envy, thereby causing contempt and hatred in the hearts of each other.
B. They become familiar with not only strengths but also weaknesses of each other’s characters.
C. Generally people think that familiarity should breed love, mutual understanding and tolerance
D. They expect that coming together of two persons should bring them closer and forge the bond of kinship between them.
E. But when two persons come closer, they come to know not only strengths but also weaknesses of each other’s character.
(a) BEDAC
(b) DEACB
(c) BDCAE
(d) CDEBA
19. A. He used to go to his school and enjoyed studying and mid day meals there.
B. Besides, they needed his help in odd jobs in the house as well as their fields.
C. Karma lived with his parents in a thatched small house in a silent corner of the village.
D. This all stopped as his parents could not afford to send him to school to impart further education to him.
(a) BCDA
(b) DBAC
(c) CADB
(d) CDBA
20. A. But sometimes, the persons of opposite nature also come closer fall in each other’s company by accident, chance or out of ignorance vitiating the above statement to some extent.
B. If a man moves in the company of good, gentle and noble people, he is usually adjudged to be a gentleman.
C. It is usual for a man to see company of those who possesses, tendencies and temperaments like his own.
D. On the other side, if he keeps company with evil persons and had characters, he is considered to be a man of bad character.
E. Generally, the character and conduct of a person is gauged by the kinds of people he mixes and moves with.
(a) BEDAC
(b) DEACB
(c) BDCAE
(d) EBDCA
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 21-25) Find the correctly spelt words.
21.
(a) Acurrate
(b) Accurate
(c) Acurate
(d) Accuratte
22.
(a) Commettee
(b) Committe
(c) Comittee
(d) Committee
23.
(a) Questionnare
(b) Questionnaire
(c) Questionnair
(d) Questionaire
24.
(a) Receprocate
(b) Recieve
(c) Recetation
(d) Receipt
25.
(a) Commission
(b) Commisson
(c) Commision
(d) Comission
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 26-30) Choose the correct plural form of the given words.
26. What is the plural form of volcano?
(a) Volcanoies
(b) Volcanoes
(c) Volcanos
(d) Volcano
27. What is the plural form of moose?
(a) Fishs
(b) Fishes
(c) Fish
(d) Fishies
28. What is the plural form of moose?
(a) Moosess
(b) Mooses
(c) Moose
(d) Moosies
29. What is the plural form of sister-in-law?
(a) Sisters-in-law
(b) Sister-in-lawes
(c) Sisteres-in-law
(d) Sister-in-laws
30. What is the plural form of military?
(a) Militaries
(b) Military
(c) Militares
(d) Militarys
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 31-50) Read the following passages and choose the correct options from the given ones.
PASSAGE-I
The Indian middle class consist of so many strata that it defies categorization under a single term class, which would imply a considerable degree of homogeneity. Yet two paradoxical features characterize its conduct fairly uniformly; extensive practice and intensive abhorrence of corruption.
In the several recent surveys of popular perceptions of corruptions, politicians of course invariably and understandably top the list, closely followed by bureaucrats, policemen, lawyers, businessmen and others: the quintessential middle class. If teachers do not figure high on this priority list, it is not for lack of trying but for lack of opportunities.
Over the years, the sense of shock over acts of corruption in the middle class as witnessed a steady decline, as its ambitions for a better material life have soared but the resources for meeting such ambitions have not kept pace.
What is fascinating, however, is the intense yearning of this less for a clean corruption less politics and society, a yearning that has again and again surfaces with any figure public or obscure, focus on his mission of eradicating corruption. Even the repeated failure of this promise on virtually every man’s part has not subjected it o the law of diminishing returns.
31. The intense Middle Class intensely yearns for
(a) better material resources
(b) extensive practice of corruption
(c) clean honest society
(d) law of increasing returns
32. Teachers are not high on the list corruption because they do not have
(a) courage
(b) opportunities
(c) support
(d) ambition
33. The Indian Middle class is
(a) defiant
(b) mysterious
(c) homogeneous
(d) stratified
34. Who figure on top of the list of corruption?
(a) businessmen
(b) lawyers
(c) politicians
(d) poicemen
PASSAGE-II
The assault on the purity of the environment is the price that we pay for many of the benefits of modern technology. For the advantage of automotive transportation we pay a price in smog-induced diseases; for the powerful effects of new insecticides, we pay a price in dwindling wildlife and disturbances in the relation of living things and their surrounding; for nuclear power, we risk the biological hazards of radiation. By increasing agricultural production with fertilizers, we worsen water pollution.
The highly developed nations of the word are not only the immediate beneficiaries of the good that technology can do, that are also the first victims of environmental diseases that technology breeds. In the past, the environmental effects which accompanied technological progress were restricted to a small and relatively short time. The new hazards are neither local nor brief.
Modern air pollution covers vast areas of continents : Radioactive fallout from the nuclear explosion is worldwide. Radioactive pollutants now on the earth surface will be found there for generations, and in case of Carbon-14, for thousands of years.
35. The widespread use of insecticides has
(a) reduced the number of wild animals
(b) caused imbalance in the relationship between living beings and their environment
(c) eliminated diseases by killing mosquitoes and flies
(d) caused biological hazards
36. The passage emphasises that modern technology
(a) is an unmixed blessing
(b) has caused serious hazards to life
(c) has produced powerful chemicals
(d) has benefitted highly developed nations
37. According to the passage the increasing use of fertilizers is responsible for
(a) abundance of food
(b) disturbance in the ecological system
(c) water pollution
(d) increase in diseases
38. The harmful effects of modern technology are
(a) widespread but short-lived
(b) widespread and long-lasting
(c) limited and long-lasting
(d) severe but short-lived
PASSAGE-III
Nationalism, of course, is a curious phenomenon which at a certain stage in a country’s history gives life, growth and unity but, at the same time, it has a tendency to limit one, because one thinks of one’s country as something different from the rest of world. One’s perceptive changes and one is continuously thinking of one’s own struggles and virtues and failing to the exclusion of other thoughts. The result is that the same nationalism which is the symbol of growth for a people becomes a symbol of the cessation of that growth in Mind. Nationalism, when it becomes successful sometimes goes on spreading in an aggressive way and becomes a danger internationally. Whatever line of thought you follow, you arrive at the conclusion that some kind of balance must be found. Otherwise something that was good can turn into evil. Culture, which is essentially good, becomes not only static but also aggressive and something that breeds conflict and hatred when looked at from a wrong point of view. How are you to find a balance, I don’t know. A part from the political and economic problems of the age, perhaps, that is the greatest problem today because behind it there is tremendous search for something which it cannot found.
We turn to economic theories because they have an undoubted importance. It is folly to talk of culture or even of God when human beings starve and ide. Before one can talk about anything else one must provide the normal essentials of life to human beings. That is where economies come in. Human beings today are not in mood to tolerate this suffering ad starvation and inequality when they see that the burden is not equally shared. Others profit while they only bear the burden.
39. The greatest problem in the middle of the passage refers to the question
(a) how to mitigate hardship to human beings
(b) how to contain the dangers of aggressive nationalism
(c) how to share the economic burden equally
(d) how to curb international hatred
40. Negative national feeling can make a nation
(a) selfish
(b) self-centered
(c) indifferent
(d) dangerous
41. Suitable title for this passage can be
(a) Nationalism breeds unity
(b) Nationalism – a road to world unity
(c) Nationalism is not enough
(d) Nationalism and national problems
42. ‘Others’ in the last sentence refers to
(a) other people
(b) other nations
(c) other communities
(d) other neigbours
PASSAGE-IV
The world dismisses curiosity by calling it idle or mere idle curiosity even though curious persons are seldom idle. Parents do their best to extinguish curiosity in their children because it makes life difficult to be faced everyday with a string of unanswerable questions about what makes fire hot or why grass grows. Children whose curiosity survives parental discipline are invited to join our university. With the university, they go on asking their questions and trying to find the answers. In the eyes of a scholar, that is what as university for. Some of the questions which the scholars ask seem to the world to be scarcely worth asking, let alone answering. They asked questions too minute and specialized for you and me to understand without years of explanation. If the world inquires of one of them why he wants to know the answer to a particular question he may say especially if he is a scientist, that the answer will in some obscure way make possible a new machine or weapon or gadget. He talks that way because he knows that the world understands and respects utility.
But to you, who are now part of the university, he will say that he wants to know the answer simply because he does not know it, the way the mountain climber wants to climb a mountain, simply because it is there. Similarly a historian asked by an outsider why he studies history may come out with the argument that he has learnt to respect to report on such occasions, something about knowledge of the past making it possible to understand the present and mould the future. But if you really want to know why a historian studies the past, the answer is much simpler, something happened and he would like to know what.
All this does not mean that the answers which scholars to find to their enormous consequences but these seldom from the reason for asking the question or pursuing the answers. It is true that scholars can be put to work answering questions for the sake of the consequences as thousands are working now, for example, in search of a cure for cancer. But this is not the primary scholars. For the consequences are usually subordinate to the satisfaction of curiosity.
43. Children whose curiosity survives parental discipline means
(a) children retaining their curiosity in spite of being discouraged by their parents
(b) children pursuing their mental curiosity
(c) children’s curiosity subdued due to parents intervention
(d) children being disciplined by their parents
44. According to the passage, the children make life difficult for their parents
(a) by their ceaseless curiosity
(b) by unceasing bombardment of questions
(c) by asking irrelevant questions
(d) by posing profound questions
45. The common people consider some of the questions that the scholars ask unimportant.
(a) as they are too lazy and idle
(b) as they are too modest
(c) as it’s beyond their comprehension
(d) as it is considered a waste of time
46. A historian really studies the past
(a) to comprehend the present and to reconstruct the future
(b) to explain the present and plan the future
(c) to understand the present and make fortune
(d) to understand the present and mould the future
PASSAGE-V
The object underlying the rules of natural justice “is to prevent miscarriage of justice” and secure “fair play in action” As pointed out earlier the requirement about recording of reasons for its decision by an administrative authority exercising quasi-judicial functions achieves his object by excluding changes of arbitrariness and ensuring a degree of fairness in the process of decision making. Keeping in view the expanding horizon of the principle of natural justice which govern exercise of power by administrative authorities. The rules of natural justice are not embodied rules.
The extent of their application depends upon the particularly statutory framework where under jurisdiction has been conferred on the administrative authority. With regard to the exercise of particular power by an administrative authority including exercise of judicial or quasi-judicial functions the legislature, while conferring the said power, may feel that it would not be in the larger public interest that the reasons for the order passed by the administrative authority be recorded in the order and be communicated to the aggrieved party and it may dispense with such a requirement.
47. “The rules of the natural justice are not embodied rules” means that these rules
(a) is left deliberately vague
(b) cannot be satisfactorily interpreted
(c) are flexible
(d) cannot be visualized
48. From the passage it is clear that it is the legislature that
(a) invests the administrative authority with enormous powers
(b) embodies rules
(c) has the larger interests of public welfare
(d) leaves administrative authority enough discretion to interpret rules
49. According to the passage, there is always a gap between
(a) rules of natural justice and their application
(b) conception of a rule and its concretisation
(c) demand for natural justice and its realization
(d) intention and execution
50. “To dispense with a requirement” means
(a) to do without the demand
(b) to drop the charge
(c) to cancel all formal procedure
(d) to alter the provisions of the case
51. A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the same work in half the time taken by A. Then, working together, what part of the same work they can finish in a day?
(a) 1/6
(b) 1/9
(c) 2/5
(d) 2/7
52. Three types of rice whose rates are Rs 38, Rs 43 and Rs 49 per kg are blended together to make a 8 kgs, 4 kgs, 3 kgs of the respective types of rice. The average price of the new blend of rice is:
(a) Rs 41.53
(b) Rs 43
(c) Rs 40
(d) Rs 43.3
53. In the 75 L of mixtures of milk and water, the ratio of milk and water is 4 : 1. The quantity of water required to make the ratio of milk and water 3 : 1 is:
(a) 1 L
(b) 3 L
(c) 4 L
(d) 5 L
54. In an examination 70% of the candidates passed in History and 50% in Geography and 20% students failed in both the subjects. If 500 students passed in both the subjects, then how many candidates appeared for the exam?
(a) 1000
(b) 1500
(c) 2500
(d) None of these
55. A naughty student breaks the pencil in such a way that the ratio of two broken parts is same as that of the original length of the pencil to one of the larger part of the pencil. The ratio of the other part to the original length of pencil is
(a) 1 : 2√5
(b) 2 : (3 + √5)
(c) 2 : √5
(d) Can’t be determined
56. The taxi charges in a city contain fixed charges and additional charge per kilometer. The fixed charge is for a distance of upto 5 km and additional charge per kilometer thereafter. The charge for a distance of 10 km is Rs 350 and for 25 km is Rs 800. The charge for a distance of 30 km is
(a) Rs 800
(b) Rs 750
(c) Rs 900
(d) Rs 950
57. Three pieces of timber 84 m, 98 m and 126 m long have to be divided into planks of the same length. What is the greatest possible length of each plank?
(a) 14 m
(b) 28 m
(c) 7 m
(d) 21 m
58. A man borrows Rs 6000 at 5% interest, on reducing balance, at the start of the year. If he repays Rs 1200 at the end of each year, find the amount of loan outstanding, (in Rs), at the beginning of the third year.
(a) 3162.75
(b) 4156.00
(c) 4155.00
(d) 5100.00
59. Rajni purchased a mobile phone and a refrigerator for Rs 12000 and Rs 10000 respectively. She sold the first at a loss of 12% and the second at a profit of 8%. What is her overall loss/profit?
(a) loss of Rs 280
(b) profit of Rs 2160
(c) loss of Rs 240
(d) None of these
60. Two trains whose respective lengths are 200 m ad 250 m cross each other in 18 s, when they are travelling in opposite direction and in 1 min, when they are travelling in the same direction. What is the speed of the faster train (in km/h)?
(a) 38.5
(b) 48.5
(c) 54
(d) 58.5
61. In a certain code language ‘international taxpayer companies’ is written as ‘ta la ka’, ‘companies are critical position’ is written as ‘mi ri ha ta’, and ‘taxpayer companies are winner’ is written as ‘pa ta ri la’.
How is ‘position winner’ written in that code language?
(a) ha pa
(b) pa mi
(c) ri mi
(d) Either (1) or (2)
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 62-66) Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.
P, Q, R, S , T, U, V, and W are eight friends travelling in three different cars, viz Maruti Delux, Ferrari and Toyota, with at least two in one car, to three different places, viz Jaipur, Jhansi and Goa.
There is at least one female member, in each car. S is travelling with V to Goa but not in Ferrari. P is travelling with only W in Maruti Delux but not to Jaipur. R is not travelling with either S or Q. and S are studying in the same girls’ college. W, W and V are studying in the same boys’ college. Q is travelling with U but not to Jaipur.
62. Which of the following cars is carrying people to Jaipur?
(a) Ferrari
(b) Maruti Delux
(c) Toyota
(d) Either Toyota or Ferrari
63. Which of the following combinations is correct?
(a) P – Goa-Toyota
(b) V-Goa-Toyota
(c) Q-Maruti Delux-Jaipur
(d) R-Jaipur-Toyota
64. In which of the following cars is Q travelling?
(a) Ferrarid
(b) Either Ferrari or Toyota
(c) Toyota or Maruti Delux
(d) Toyota
65. Which of the following represents a group of males?
(a) P, Q, R and S
(b) R, T, Q and W
(c) V, W, U and P
(d) Data inadequate
66. Which of the following combinations is definitely false?
(a) P-Male-Jhansi
(b) Q-Goa-Male
(c) S-Goa-Female
(d) U-Goa-Female
67. If in the word ‘FLOURISH’, all the vowels are first arranged alphabetically and then all the consonants are arranged alphabetically and then all the vowels are replaced by the previous letters and all the consonants are replaced by the next letter from English alphabets.
Which letter will be third from the right end?
(a) I
(b) S
(c) M
(d) V
68. A, Q, Y and Z are different persons. Z is the father of Q, A is the daughter of Y and Y is the son of Z. If P is the son Y and B is the brother of P, then
(a) B and Y are brothers
(b) A is the sister of B
(c) Z is the uncle of B
(d) Q and Y are brothers
69. Kartik start moving form a point, facing in East direction. After walking 10 m, he turned to his left and walked 20 m, before turning to his right. Them, he walked a distance of 15 m, then turning to hi sright and stops after walking further a distance of 20 m. Find how far Kartik is from his starting point.
(a) 20 m
(b) 30 m
(c) 15 m
(d) 25 m
70. A, B, C and D are four buildings in a residential complex. Each has different heights. A is only higher than D, BB is shorter than C but higher than A. Which of the following buildings is the highest?
(a) D
(b) C
(c) B
(d) A
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 71-77) In the following series, replace the question mark (?) with the suitable option.
71. 6,9, 12, 15, 18, ?
(a) 21
(b) 20
(c) 19
(d) 22
72. 15, 30, 60, 120, 240, ?
(a) 480
(b) 518
(c) 445
(d) 715
73. 360, 180, 90, 45, 22.5, ?
(a) 15
(b) 11.25
(c) 20
(d) 10.5
74. 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 19, ?
(a) 28
(b) 23
(c) 22
(d) 25
75. YW, US, ?, MK
(a) RP
(b) BD
(c) FH
(d) QO
76. DF, GJ, KM, NQ, RT, ?
(a) UX
(b) UW
(c) YZ
(d) XZ
77. ZXV, TRP, NLJ ?
(a) IGF
(b) HDF
(c) HGE
(d) HFD
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 78-79) In making decisions about important questions, it is desirable to be able to distinguish between ‘strong’ arguments and ‘weak’ arguments. ‘Strong’ arguments are those which are important and directly related to the question. Weak arguments are those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the question or may be related to a trivial aspect of the question. Each question below is followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a strong arguments and which is a weak argument
Give answer
(a) if only Argument I is strong
(b) if only Argument II is strong
(c) if both Arguments I and II are strong
(d) if neither Argument I nor II is strong
78. Statement Should Indian scientists working abroad be called back to India?
Arguments
I. Yes, they must serve the motherland first and forget about discoveries, honours and facilities of foreign
II. No, we have enough talent let the stay where they want.
79. Statement Should higher qualification be the only criteria for internal promotions in any organization.
Arguments
I. Yes, why not? Infect only higher qualification is more important than other factors.
II. No, quality of performance and other factors are more important than mere higher qualification in case of internal promotion.
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 80-81) In the following questions, two statement have been given, which bear a case and effect relationship.
Give answer
(a) if Statement I is the cause and the Statement II is its effect
(b) if Statement II is the cause and the Statement I is its effect
(c) if both the Statements I and II are effects of a common cause
(d) if both Statements I and II are effects of independent causes
80. I. Many villages in the district are marooned as the river overflowed the banks and many people have managed to survive on the tree tops and which ever place they could find above water.
II. The district administration has sent relief teams to the affected villages to rescue the stranded villagers and supplied foods and water to the nearby villages.
81. I. The Reserve Bank of India has recently put restrictions on few small banks in the country.
II. The small banks in the private and cooperative sector in India are not in a position to withstand the competition of the bigger in the public sector.
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 82-83) For the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) below, choose the correct alternative from the following.
Give answer
(a) if (A) is true but (R) is false
(b) if both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) if both (A) and (R) are true but (R) s the correct explanation of (A)
(d) if (A) is false but (R) is true
82. Assertion (A) In the ordinary fire extinguisher, carbon dioxide is generated by the chemical reaction of sodium bicarbonate and dilute sulphuric acid
Reason (R) Carbon dioxide can be used to extinguish fire.
83. Assertion (A) All machines suffer a loss of efficiency due to the frictional force acing on any moving part of that machine.
Reason (R) The frictional force can be reduced by providing a thin film of lubricant between any two mating parts.
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 84-85) In each question below is given a statement followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow-up or further action in regard to the problem, policy, etc. On the basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follows for pursuing.
Give answer
(a) if only I follows (b) if only II follows
(c) if either I or II follows (d) None of these
84. Statement Many people are caught stealing food grains from the government storehouses.
Courses of action
I. Security personnel should be deployed round the clock around these government storehouses.
II. People living around the government storehouse should be warned against such thefts.
85. Statement Five people are killed in an accident between an autorickshaw and a running a train at an unmanned level crossing
Course of action
I. The railway authority should immediately put permanent barricades on either side of the tracks at the crossing so that no vehicle can cross the tracks
II. The railway authority should immediately post an employee at the crossing round the clock to avoid such accidents.
86. Which among the following is not a natural fabric?
(a) Silk
(b) Cotton
(c) Polyster
(d) None of these
87. Which among the following is not an Indian fashion designer?
(a) Ritu Kumar
(b) Rohit Bal
(c) Bibi Russel
(d) Manish Malhotra
88. Retail venture ‘Big Bajaar’ is owned by
(a) Bharti group
(b) Sriram group
(c) Future group
(d) Raheja group
89. In which year was the Lakme Fashion week first started?
(a) 2006
(b) 2008
(c) 2000
(d) 1999
90. The Trousseau and Costume Coltage industry in India has a value approximately
(a) 120 crores
(b) 100 crores
(c) 80 crores
(d) 37 crores
91. Westside stores is an enterprise of
(a) Raymond
(b) Tata
(c) Aditya Birla Group
(d) None of these
92. Sariska Reserve Forest is located in
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Rajasthan
93. Name the famous upcoming fashion designer who designed clothes for the well known film ‘Black’.
(a) Sunily Goel
(b) Payal Jain
(c) Sabyasachi Mukherjee
(d) Sandeep Khosla
94. ‘Greenhouse effect’ means
(a) Pollution in houses in tropical regions
(b) trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric carbon dioxide
(c) prevention from ultra-violet radiations by the ozone layer
(d) None of the above
95. A critical concern of a fashion designer is
(a) how to make simple but attractive dresses
(b) how to make expensive dresses
(c) how to match the dress with the season it will be worn
(d) importance of a particular fashion
96. On whose name is the highest award for services to the development of cinema given?
(a) Raj Kapoor
(b) Dada Saheb Phalke
(c) Meena Kumari
(d) Amitabbh Bachchan
97. Where is Louis Vuitton headquarters located?
(a) London, England
(b) Milan, Italy
(c) Paris, France
(d) New York, USA
98. Little black dress is associated with
(a) Zara
(b) Gucci
(c) Prada
(d) Coco Chanel
99. Which is world’s biggest retailer brand?
(a) Target
(b) Walmart
(c) J. C. Penny
(d) Amazon
100. Which date is declared as “International Yoga Day” by UN?
(a) June 5
(b) July 21
(c) June 21
(d) October 21
101. What basic type of weave has a diagonal design on the surface?
(a) Satin
(b) Twill
(c) Plain
(d) Pile
102. Clothes made by inter looping of yarn is called
(a) Woven fabric
(b) Knits fabric
(c) Non woven fabric
(d) Blends
103. Who organizes London Fashion week?
(a) The British Fashion Council
(b) Fashion United
(c) Top Shop
(d) Fashion Forward
104. Where did large lose garment ‘Poncho’
(a) England
(b) New York
(c) South America
(d) India
105. What type of product is Calico?
(a) Silk
(b) Linen
(c) Cotton
(d) Woolen
106. Name of world famous fashion designer who belong to Florida.
(a) Louis Vuitton
(b) Manish Malhotra
(c) Gianni Versale
(d) Pierre Cardin
107. Which one of the following cosmetics companies has launched colour Riche Nail Collection “Le Nail Art?
(a) Lakme
(b) Gannier
(c) Loreal
(d) Clinique
108. The international awards given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, California (USA) for excellence in the field of cinema are
(a) Grammy Awards
(b) Oscar Awards
(c) IIFA Awards
(d) Bafta Awards
109. World’s largest roller coaster named ‘Ferrari World’ is located in
(a) Mumbai
(b) Tokyo
(c) Beijing
(d) Abu Dhabi
110. Which among the following is the source of non-conventional energy?
(a) Uranium
(b) Coal
(c) Solar Power
(d) Petroleum
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 111-130) Read the following cases and answer the questions given at the end of each case on the basis of the information provided.
CASE-I
Acknowledging that Apple is “underpenetrated” in India, CEO Tim Cook has said the US tech giant is strengthening its local presence in the country and is optimistic about its future given the fast-growing economy and improving 4G network infrastructure in the country.
“We set a new March quarter record for India, where revenue grew by strong double digits. We continue to strengthen our local presence across the entire ecosystem, and we’re very optimistic about our future in this remarkable country with its very large, young, and tech-savvy population, fast-growing economy, and improving 4G network infrastructure, “Cook said.
“And so there are a ton of things going on there (India). And we agree that we are underpenetrated there. Our growth rates are good, really good by most people’s expectations, may be not mine as much”, Cook said.
He said the iPhone maker is putting a “lot of energy” in India, just like Apple has in other geographies that eventually wound up producing more.
Cook emphasized that the 4G network investment began rolling in a significant way towards the last quarter of last year in India, which is the third largest Smartphone market in the world today behind China and the US.
“But they are moving fast. They’re moving at a speed that I have not seen in any other country in the world once they were started, and it is truly impressive”, he said.
Cook sounded a bullish tone for the future of Apple in India as the 4G network infrastructure grows in the country.
111. What is the reason behind the optimism of Tim Cook for his organization in India?
(a) India is growing at a fast pace than any other country
(b) Apple is loved much in India which triggers the anticipation of its CEO
(c) the fast-growing economy and improving 4G network infrastructure in the country
(d) None of the above
112. “……………. to strengthen our local presence across the entire ecosystem” implies
(a) The company is willing to enter in other ventures too
(b) The company is striving for its strong foothold in the growing Indian economy
(c) Net profit is a key factor in business and this can be achieved by being present everywhere
(d) None of the above
113. What insight do you get from the statement “And we agree that we are underpenetrated there”?
(a) It implies that the company has not much investment in the stated region
(b) It signifies that a lot of personnel are required to meet the demand in the time to come
(c) It indicates the lower sale volume of the products in the region specified
(d) None of the above
114. Why did Cook sound bullish in relation to his prospects in India?
(a) 4G network infrastructure is growing in the country
(b) He has some awesome business plans in his mind
(c) the anticipation is strong which results in the bullish sound
(d) None of the above
CASE-II
CEOs at the country’s top mutual funds have seen their salaries going up on robust business growth, but several smaller players making losses or little profit have also paid crores to their top executives. The disclosure follows a diktat from markets regulator SEBI to all fund houses to make public the salaries of their top managements so that investors are aware of the payouts.
While top fund houses like ICICI Prudential, HDFC and Reliance MFs have made clear disclosures in this regard by the SEBI deadline of April 30 for the 2016-17 fiscal, some others appear to have made it difficult for the investors to directly access the information. Some of them are also asking investors to provide details like folio numbers before sharing the information, while a few others are informing those trying to access the salary information that the details would be set to them directly in a day or two.
Moreover, some fund houses have enforced OTP (one-time password)/email mechanism to share the remuneration data making it inconvenient for investors to access these information.
According to an analysis of the data made public so far by the fund house, the CEO salary given by the top four fund houses – ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund, HDFC MF Reliance MF increased in 2016-17. SBI Mutual Fund, which is the fifth biggest domestic fund house, had app inted Anuradha Rao as its Managing Director and CEO in August 2016 and therefore the figure is not comparable. Surprisingly, some smaller fund houses have paid higher salaries than their bigger rivals, despite making losses or marginal profit.
115. The MF CEOs are getting a sharp rise in the salary. Which can be the suitable factor behind it?
(a) The expansion programme of the firm in the near future that needs its CEOs to be with the firm
(b) MF are getting popular in the country and therefore a hike in pay would give the message that people should invest more in it
(c) Govt. is planning to b ring some measures that may hamper the business prospects and in order to hide it he firms are paying their CEOs more
(d) Business growth has been robust and that has enabled the firms to bid higher for their CEOs
116. Why did SEBI instruct all fund houses to make public the salaries of their top management?
(a) to ensure that investors are aware of the payouts
(b) to reduce the likely chances of the corruption
(c) to monitor the payout and make them accountable towards the interests of the investors
(d) none of the above
117. What are the various ways in which the various MF companies are providing the information about the payout?
(a) some MFs have made clear disclosures in this regard
(b) Some are asking investors to provide folio numbers before sharing the information
(c) some others are saying that the details would be sent to them directly in a day or two
(d) all of the above
118. What is uncanny about the smaller MF houses in comparison to the bigger MF?
(a) smaller MFs are competing well with their rivals in all the aspects and they expect that in the time to come they will incur a huge profit
(b) smaller fund houses have paid higher salaries than their bigger rivals, despite making losses or marginal profit
(c) Both of these
(d) none of the above
CASE-III
In India, innovation is emerging as one of the most important rubrics in the discourses on how to bring about greater and more consistent economic and social development. Academic engagement and Indian authorship on the subject have also exploded in the last five years. Despite widespread agreement on the importance of innovation in India, there are wide gulfs between different conceptions of innovation and the path
Many Indian conversations around innovation begin by talking about jugaad, that uniquely Indian approach to a temporary fix when something complex, like an automobile or a steam engine stops working. However, many observers have pointed out that while jugaad is certainly innovative, it is a response to the lack of an innovation culture – more a survival or coping mechanism at a time of need than a systematic methodology to effectively address a wide-ranging, complex set of problems.
In its midterm assessment of the 11th five-year plan the Planning Commission stressed the need for innovation in India in order to accelerate its growth more inclusive as well as environmentally sustainable. The document went on to say that India needs more frugal innovation that produces more frugal cost products and services that are affordable by people at low levels of incomes without compromising the safety, efficiency and utility of the products. The country also needs processes of innovation that are frugal in the resources required to produce the innovations. The products and processes must also have frugal impact on the Earth’s resources.
Two people formulated a similar theory called the More-from-Less-for-More (MLM theory of innovation) theory of Innovation , which advocates a focus on innovations that allow for more production using fewer resources but benefit more people. Under this rubric come products that are more affordable versions of existing technologies. While both frugal innovation and the MLM theory are certainly valuable in terms of bringing affordable products and services to a greater number of people.
India’s many diverse and complex needs can be met only through systematic innovation and major shifts have to first take place in our educational institutions, government policies and commercial firms in order for such an innovation-enabling culture to come about.
The one thing that India’s innovation theorists have not said is that the absence of a culture of innovation is intrinsically linked to many of the most intractable problems facing India as a nation. These include poor delivery of government services, inadequate systems of personal identification and the absence of widely available financial services for rural poor, health and sanitation failures.
119. Which of the following best describes the MLM theory of innovation?
(a) Maximize output by using least number of resources and benefiting a small number of people
(b) Maximize resource utilization and cost thereby benefit maximum number of people
(c) Minimize output and resource utilization, yet benefit the maximum number of people
(d) Benefit most number of people through least usage of resources and maximum output
120. Why, according to the author, is India unable to adequately provide for its people?
(a) Failure to implement schemes and initiatives meant for the Indian populace
(b) Absence of regulatory authorities to oversee the implementation process
(c) Failure to innovate in order to find solutions
(d) Lack of governmental schemes and initiatives to redress the challenges faced by India
121. Why, according to some people, is ‘jugaad’ not the answer to India’s problems?
(a) Many a times this methodology backfires leading to further complications
(b) Jugaad’s provides only cheap solutions to all problems
(c) It is reactive and not a proactive and organized method of finding solutions to problems
(d) It can provide solutions to only simple problems and not complex ones
122. What does the author mean by “frugal impact on the Earth’s resources” as given in the passage?
(a) More consumption of natural resources as compared to manmade ones
(b) Minimum impact on the environment in terms of pollution
(c) The impact on the environment should be such that it is reversible
(d) Minimum usage of Earth’s natural resources
CASE-IV
The election hullabaloo has meant that economic issues have taken a back seat, and open public discussion about future economic policies has been relatively absent. This is surprising, because even the (admittedly problematic) opinion polls brought out by various media organizations regularly describe economic issues such as price rise and lack of employment opportunities as major concerns at least in voters’ minds. Very few of the major parties have come out with clear programs about what exactly they plan to do to address the complex set of problems currently faced by the Indian economy, and those that have done so have go minimal press coverage.
The mainstream media has been most concerned about the flagging rate of output growth, which is reflected in fat or declining industrial production over the previous year and decelerating exports. Declining rates of fixed investment are likely to have an impact on both infrastructure conditions and productive capacity in the coming years. Agricultural growth has recovered in the current year, but mainly because of the munificence of the 2013 monsoon, underlying the agriculture’s continued dependence is a source of concern not only in itself but because of prognosis of the deleterious effects of El Nino on the coming monsoon, which would, in turn, affect prospects for crop production in the coming year. And it is a pointer to how, overall, the condition of cultivators in India still remains fragile.
It is evident that this is really cost push inflation, driven by increases in fuel prices and by prices of food items. So the focus of the government should be on addressing these elements, by improving conditions of agricultural supply and reducing the global impact of volatile food prices, and creating a mechanism of administered fuel prices that does not expose Indian consumers (most of whom have per capita incomes that are a small fraction of the global average) to high and volatile global oil prices. Yet thus, far the official response has been to treat inflation control as the sole domain of the central bank, in a peculiar and inevitably unsuccessful version of inflation control as the sole domain of the central bank, in a peculiar and inevitably unsuccessful version of inflation targeting that causes interest rates and monetary policy to be the only policy instruments to be utilized. This blunt strategy affects investment and economic activity adversely, and does not really control inflation since the cost push forces thereby deteriorate further. Three aspects of the employment scenario have indeed assumed dire proportions: the decline of recognized work by women; the need to meet the aspirations of the growing number of youth entering the labour force; and the fragility of existing livelihoods and employment.
All of these effectively require emergency treatment-ideally within a systematic and planned medium term framework, though that may be hoping for too much in the current Indian context. Consider each of these in turn. The recent phenomenal deterioration in women’s recognized work participation rates – which is, in fact, one of the more obvious indicators of the economic empowerment of women-has been widely commented upon but is still inadequately understood. Much of the decline in work participation has been among self employed workers, including (but not only) those involved in agriculture. It is true that the growing mechanization of agriculture has played a role in the reduced demand for women’s work. In addition, changes in ecological conditions have led to declines in many rural activities earlier performed mainly by women, such as the collection of minor forest produce.
123. Which among the following facts about most Indian political parties has been asserted by the author?
(a) They are doing everything to make India self dependent
(b) They are not focusing on the economic policies
(c) They are giving private sector more freedom
(d) They have a very bright vision for India
124. Which of the following statement is false regarding India’s agricultural sector?
(a) It largely depends on weather conditions
(b) El Nino would affect crop production in coming year
(c) Monsoon of 2013 prevented agriculture to recover in the current year
(d) Condition of cultivators is still fragile in India
125. What is stagflation as per the passage?
(a) Higher output growth with high inflation
(b) Lower inflation with higher output growth
(c) Higher inflation with lower output growth
(d) Lower output growth with low inflation
126. Which among the following option (s) is/are true in regard to the strategies used by RBI to control Inflation as per the passage?
(a) RBI considers controlling Inflation as its sole domain and policy action lead to further deterioration of cost push forces
(b) RBI incorporates interest rates and monetary policy as its only policy instruments to control Inflation.
(c) RBI’s strategies affect investment and economic activity negatively
(d) All of the above
127. Which among the following options (s) is/are true regarding the employment generation in India as per the passage?
(a) The growing number of labour forces in India
(b) Employment generation schemes undertaken by the Indian ministry is influenced by the State cooperatives
(c) Employment generation policies do not have an immediate effect in India.
(d) There is a scarcity of informal activities in India
CASE-V
What needs to be set right is our approach to work? It is a common sight in our country of employees reporting for duty on time and at the same time doing little work. If an assessment is made of time they spent in gossiping, drinking tea, eating “pan” and smoking cigarettes, it will be shocking to know that the time devoted to actual work is negligible The problem is the standard which the leadership in administration sets for the staff. Forget the ministers because they mix politics and administration. What do top bureaucrats do? What do the below down officials do? The administration set up remains weak mainly because the employees do not have the right example to follow and they are more concerned about being in the good books of the bosses than doing work.
128. The employees in our country
(a) are quite punctual but not duty conscious
(b) are not punctual, but somehow manage to complete their work
(c) are somewhat lazy but good natured
(d) are not very highly qualified
129. According to the writer, the administration in India
(a) is by and large effective
(b) is very strict and firm
(c) is affected b red tape
(d) is more or less ineffective
130. The leadership in administration
(a) sets a fine example to the employees
(b) is of a reasonably high standard
(c) is composed of idealists
(d) is of a very poor standard
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 131-150) Each of these questions has a statement based on the preceding caselet. Evaluate each statement and mark answer as:
(a) If the statement is a major objective in making the decision o one of the goals sought by the decision maker, then mark as answer.
(b) If the statement is a major factor in making the decision: an aspect of the problem, specifically mentioned in the caselet, 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.
CASELET-I
Alfred High School, a premium educational institution in Rajkot, where Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi studied during his childhood, has been closed down, as per the orders of the Gujarat government. The 150 students enrolled in this school have been given away their leaving certificates.
This has been done as per a Gujarat government notification issued in 2016 which states that a museum on Mahatma Gandhi worth Rs 12 crore is to e created at Alfred High School or Mohandas Gandhi High School. The Alfred High School was chosen by the authorities since there is adequate space to carve out a museum and also run the school. Accordingly, all the students will now be shifted to Karnasinhji High School. As per report, adequate arrangement have been made to move the entire staff and students elsewhere.
The school was constructed during the British rule by Kernel Singh and was the first English school in the region. Originally called Rajkot English School, it was founded on October 17, 1853 and later became a full-fledged high school. By 1868, it was known as Rajkot High School and was named Alfred High School in 1907. Following India’s independence in 1947, the school was renamed “Mohandas Gandhi High School inn the honour of Mahatma Gandhi. At age of 18. Mahatma Gandhi had graduated from this school in 1887.
131. Students enrolled in this school have been given away their leaving certificates, so that they can enroll themselves in other institutes well in time.
132. Adequate arrangements have been made to move the entire staff and students elsewhere.
133. Alfred High School has been closed down as per the orders of the Gujarat government to carve out a museum
134. The Alfred High School was chosen by the authorities since there is adequate space to carve out a museum and also run the school.
135. The school was renamed “Mohanadas Gandhi High School” in the honour of Mahatma Gandhi.
CASELET-II
In an unprecedented move, the National Green Tribunal today and it would itself inspect the most polluted parts of Ganga between Haridwar and Kanpur to get first hand information on the river. The decision assumes significance as usually the green panel appoints a panel of experts to inspect a site and give a comprehensive ground report to it. NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said it has been hearing the Ganga cleaning case on day-to-day basis but there was still no definitive data on the quality and quantity pollutants being discharged into the river.
“In the interest of expeditious disposal of this case and to bring the controversy to end, it will be in the interest of justice to have site inspection of most polluting parts of Ganga in segment B of Phase-I.
“Therefore, we direct the state governments (Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand), Environment Ministry, Ministry of Water Resources, Central Pollution Control Board, Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board, UP Jal Nigam to make all preparatory steps for inspection at Kanpur at the first instance, “ the bench said.
The Tribunal said the NGT Registrar General would communicate the date and time when it would carry out the inspection. Besides Justice Kumar, the bench which is hearing the Ganga case comprises Justices Jawad Rahim, R S Rathore and Expert Members B S Sajwan, Ajay A Despande and Nagin Nanda.
The tribunal had earlier said that excessive extraction of water between Haridwar and Unnao in the Ganga floodplains was a serious issue and should be immediately stopped. It had said the water which was being diverted into various canals should be regulated so as to help maintain a minimum flow of the river. In a detailed report covering various aspects of contamination in the river, CPCB had informed the NGT that the Ganga, spanning a distance of 543 km between Haridwar and Kanpur, was affected by 1,072 seriously polluting industries which were releasing heavy metals and pesticides. At present, 823.1 million litres per day of untreated sewage and 212.42 MLD of industrial effluents flow into the river, while three of the four monitored Sewaage Treatment Plants were non-compliant with the set standards, it said.
136. The move that the National Green Tribunal would itself inspect the most polluted parts of Ganga.
137. NGT has been hearing the Ganga cleaning case on day-to-day basis.
138. NGT’s direction to the state governments to make all preparatory steps for inspection.
139. NGT Registrar General would communicate the date and time when it would carry out the inspection.
140. Excessive extraction of water between Haridwar and Unnao in the Ganga floodplains.
CASELET-III
Major apps including Google Maps, Amazon, eBay appear to have ditched their Apple Watch apps and have quietly removed support for watchOS in updates submitted to the App Store. “Google confirmed it had removed support from Google Maps but suggested that move might be temporary”,. The removal was not mentioned in the release notes, and Google has not indicated whether it will reinstate support for watchOS. Amazon and eBay, both of which previously included Apple Watch support in their iOS apps have also removed their apps. Both were last updated in April.
“It’s unclear why the companies decided to remove support for their apps on the Apple Watch, or whether Apple had a role in their decision,” the report noted. Apple launched its smart watch two years ago, but the early software version was limited and apps initially were extensions of their iPhone apps. Apple released watchOS 3 software in 2016 that allowed app developers to make standalone apps for the Apple Watch.
141. The removal of the support was not mentioned in the release notes.
142. The speculation of money being the prime reason for the withdrawl of the support.
143. The possibility that the other apps want to develop their own smart watch.
144. Statement of Google that it will reinstate its support to the smart watch.
145. It’s unclear why the companies decided to remove support for their apps on the Apple Watch, or whether Apple and a role in their decision.
CASELET-IV
Human cannibalism is a disturbing and chilling practice that is unfortunately followed by many tribes around the world as a cultural norm even today. How and where did it originate and how old is it are questions that scientists have tried to figure out the answers to and now, scientists have discovered the oldest evidence of human cannibalism in the western European Mediterranean region, by analyzing 10,000-year-old bones with scratch and bite marks on them.
The bones, discovered in the Santa Maria Caves in Spain, belong to the Mesolithic period, researchers said. The Mesolithic period, researchers said. The Mesolithic period lasts from about 10,200 to 8,000 years ago. The human bones were an accidental find, said study lead researcher Juan Morales-Perez, a researcher at the University of Valencia in Spain.
“I was study9ing the remains of Mesolithic animals from the Santa Maria site, and suddenly I identified a human distal humerus – an elbow – and it was full of cuts,” Morales-Perez said. Researchers eventually discovered 30 bones belonging to three individuals: a robust adult, a gracile adult and an infant. ‘Live Science’ reported. However, the infant had only one complete bone (a shoulder blade) that did not show signs of cannibalism, the researchers said. The bones date to between 10,200 and 9,000 years ago, Morales-Perez said.
The last of the hunter-gatherer communities lived during this time, and evidence suggests that their culture was more organized and complex than it was during the Paleolithie period. “A good example of this complexity is the appearance of the first cemeteries. There are also these strange examples of cannibalism,” Morales-Perez said.
146. Human cannibalism is a practice that shows that the human beings were savage and lacked the agricultural skills.
147. The evidence that in Europe cannibalism was practiced earlir by analyzing 10,000-year-old bones with scratch and bite marks on them.
148. The discovery of the bones was purposed by the researchers.
149. Asserting the fact that cannibalism was in practice in the primitive times.
150. Mesolithic culture was more organized and complex than it was during the Paleolithic period.
National Institute of Fashion & Technology (NIFT) UNDER GRADUATE 2017 Question Paper With Answer Key
NIFT (UNDER GRADUATE)
National Institute of Fashion & Technology
Solved Paper-2017
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 1-3) In each of the following questions, an idiomatic expression/proverb has been given, followed by some alternatives. Choose the which best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/proverb.
1. To read between the lines
(a) To concentrate
(b) To read carefully
(c) To suspect
(d) To grasp the hidden meaning
2. To flog a dead horse
(a) To act in a foolish way
(b) to waste one’ efforts
(c) to revive interest in an old subject
(d) To revive old memories
3. To pay one back in the same coin
(a) To provoke a person to quarrel
(b) To offer another polite attention
(c) To retaliate
(d) To give a word of encouragement or praise to another
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 4-5) In each of the questions below, only one among the given alternatives is correctly spelt . Find out the word with correct spelling.
4.
(a) Necessary
(b) Necessarry
(c) Necesary
(d) Neccessary
5.
(a) Benefeted
(b) Benifited
(c) Benefitted
(d) Benifitted
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 6-7) In each of these questions, choose the wrongly spelt word.
6.
(a) Designation
(b) Acquiantence
(c) Controversy
(d) Burglar
7.
(a) Breakage
(b) Brevity
(c) Breathless
(d) Briliance
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 8-9) From amongst the options given below each word choose the appropriate singular from.
8. Socks
(a) Socks
(b) Sock
(c) Sockes
(d) None of these
9. Teeth
(a) Teeth
(b) Toothe
(c) Tooth
(d) None of these
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 10-11) From amongst the options given below each word, choose the appropriate plural from.
10. Ox
(a) Oxes
(b) Oxen
(c) Herd
(d) None of these
11. Fish
(a) Fishes
(b) Fishy
(c) Fish
(d) None of these
DIRECIONS (Q. Nos. 12-15) In each of these questions, choose the alternative which can replace the underlined word printed in bold without changing the meaning of the sentence.
12. I tried to persuade him to change his mind, but he remained
(a) fixed
(b) stubborn
(c) aggressive
(d) defensive
13. A feeling of brotherhood should be nurtured in the masses.
(a) brought out
(b) brought up
(c) admired
(d) encouraged
14. The courage shown by the soldiers at this moment of crisis is
(a) admirable
(b) clear
(c) elementary
(d) suitable
15. The novel was so interesting that I was oblivious of my surroundings.
(a) indifferent
(b) watchful
(c) aware
(d) unmindful
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 16-19) Fill the blank.
16. We are now confident ………. wining the match.
(a) to
(b) in
(c) of
(d) into
17. This sort of situation will not be allowed to last ………. long.
(a) until
(b) up
(c) till
(d) for
18. The inspector of excise has to conduct regular checks and ……… to visit the unit atleast once a day.
(a) is required
(b) requires
(c) is requiring
(d) required
19. He used to pray everyday, believing that as long as he ………….. so, he would be safe.
(a) doing
(b) does
(c) did
(d) will do
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 20-23) In each of these questions, choose the alternative which is closest to the opposite in meaning of the underlined word in the sentences.
20. The committee set about making provisional arrangements
(a) unconditional
(b) abiding
(c) permanent
(d) lasting
21. The priest would not allow anyone to desecrate the sanctity of the temple.
(a) sanctify
(b) profane
(c) intensity
(d) violate
22. I thing you should undertake this job; it would really be a profitable venture for you.
(a) accept
(b) give up
(c) conceal
(d) retrieve
23. I think it would be better if this paragraph is
(a) added
(b) improved
(c) deleted
(d) shortened
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 24-25) In each of the following questions, choose the alternative that can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
24. An association an office or institution
(a) Companion
(b) Ally
(c) Colleague
(d) Accomplice
25. A book or paper written in hand
(a) Handwritten
(b) Manuscript
(c) Edition
(d) Draft
DIRECTIONS(Q. Nos. 26-45) Study the passages below and answer the questions that follow each passage.
PASSAGE-I
A leading Indian industrialist in a recent article on ways to strengthen India’s economy has drawn attention to the problems of inflation and industrial sickness among other things. One of the main reasons for industrial sickness in our country has been the fact that business and industrial managers have not been able to look beyond the immediate future. They have been too preoccupied with their attempts to report favourable results for the current year – higher profits and larger dividends to the shareholders.
The planning horizons has hardly ever exceeded five years. Investments have been inadequate for new plants and towards diversification and expansions.
Modernization and asset creation has seriously lagged behind. In business, growth is needed for survival; one has to grow if one does not want to be wiped out. This is particularly true today with liberalization of imports and increasing competition.
Moreover, growth and higher productivity create employment; and higher employment creates larger markets both for industrial and consumer products. It was Henry Ford who brought home the need for the creation of a larger and a more stable middle class, that is, a larger number of people who can afford more and more of goods and services. Even after seventy years of independence our industrialists have not been able to shed the petty shopkeeper’s mentality and our highly educated management has tagged along merrily and without concern.
26. Which of the following short-comings of Indian industrialist has been highlighted by the author?
(a) The invest on unreasonably high amount on diversification and expansion
(b) They are more concerned for immediate net gains than for developmental activities
(c) They are reluctant to maintain the shopkeeper mentality
(d) They are less concerted for payment of dividends to shareholders
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27. The leading industrialist attributes industrial sickness mainly to
(a) lacunae in five-year plans
(b) preoccupations of managers with matters unrelated to business
(c) higher profits and larger dividends to shareholders
(d) lack of foresight among managers
28. Why did Henry Ford stress the need for a more stable middle class?
(a) They are mostly service oriented
(b) They do not have shopkeeper mentality
(c) They can afford to buy more goods and services
(d) They are most unstable
29. The planning horizon has hardly ever exceeded five years’ implies
(a) planning should not be for a period of less than five years
(b) the planning process is very time consuming
(c) five-year period is too short for successful implementation of plans
(d) planning should take care of all probable ups and downs in the next five-year period
30. In order to improve the condition of Indian industries, the industrialist should do all of the following except
(a) giving up the narrow mentality which very small shopkeepers generally have
(b) striving to earn long term profits
(c) encouraging competition from industrialists within the country and from abroad
(d) resorting to long-term planning for industrial growth and expansion in diverse fields
PASSAGE-II
Most of us use the products of science – railways, aeroplanes, electricity, wireless and thousands of others-without thinking how they came into existence. We take them for granted, as if we were entitled to them as a matter of right. We are very proud of the fact that we live in an advanced age and are ourselves very advanced. Now, there is no doubt that our age is very different from previous ages and I think it is perfectly correct to say that it is far more advanced. But it is a different thing from saying that we, s individuals or groups, are more advanced. It would be the height of absurdity to say that because on engine driver can run an engine and Plato or Socrates could not, the engine driver is more advanced than, or is superior to, Plato or Socrates. But it would be perfectly correct to say that the engine itself is a more advanced method of locomotion that Plato’s chariot was.
31. Which one of the following statements is true ?
(a) An engine driver is cleverer than Plato or Socrates
(b) Plato or Socrates are in no way inferior to the engine driver
(c) Plato and Socrates surpassed the engine driver in every respect
(d) The engine driver cannot be compared to Plato or Socrates
32. In this passage, the author mentions Plato and Socrates to empasise that
(a) they were men of great scolarship
(b) people is individuals in the modern age are not more advanced than their predecessors
(c) the engine is a better mode of locomotion than Plato’s chariot
(d) Plato and Socrates had greater respect for learning
33. According to the author, the present age is far more advanced than
(a) all the previous ages in some respects
(b) the age of Plato and Socrates in some respects
(c) some of the previous ages in all respects
(d) all the previous ages in all respects
34. Many of us make use of machines
(a) with very little knowledge of their mechanism
(b) without an knowledge of their historical significance
(c) with full knowledge of their genesis
(d) unknowingly and foolishly
35. What is the meaning of ‘absurdity’ as used in the passage?
(a) Anonymous
(b) Arrogant
(c) Ridiculous
(d) None of these
PASSAGE-III
The weeks following demonetization have been accompanied by growing intrusiveness of the state. Big government seems to be back with a vengeance. But India’s earlier experiment in this area led to an inspector raj and created opportunities for corruption to flourish. It must not be repeated. A legitimate expectation of demonetization was that it would leave trails which could be used to bring tax evaders to book. This was in line with a series of steps taken over the last decade to create an audit trail in myriad areas to allow tax authorities to mine data. This is a sound way of widening the tax net. In addition to tax authorities, agencies such as the Financial Intelligence Unit processed information related to suspicious financial transactions. India was switching to a more sophisticated way of enforcing tax rules. It is important that government now builds upon a decade’s work.
Threats of tax raids and allowing bureaucrats to exercise excessive power will be counterproductive. The return of an inspector raj will have a chilling effect on economic activity. It will only prolong the ongoing economic disruption. Government must send the right message to all economic agents. Legitimate economic activity ought to be encouraged and needless impediments removed. Exhorting people to use digital modes of payment is not enough. Different arms of the government should make better use of technology to do their work.
36. Government can perform better by
(a) imposing more rules and laws
(b) sing police force
(c) utilizing more technology
(d) None of these
37. Consequent to demonetization, it was expected that
(a) law and order situation would improve
(b) people who avoid paying tax would be caught
(c) people would pay more tax
(d) it would have not much of impact on tax-collections
38. After demonetization, it has been seen that
(a) government has increased interference in lives of people
(b) government has stopped interference with people’s lives
(c) it has made no difference in people’s lives
(d) None of the above
39. In the recent past, we have taken steps to
(a) avoid enforcing strict tax laws
(b) make more people pay taxes
(c) stop people from paying taxes
(d) None of the above
40. Which of the following statements is not true?
(a) Legal economy activities must be given a boost
(b) Demonetization done earlier had decreased inspector raj
(c) Using cashless transaction will not resolve al problems
(d) None of the above
PASSAGE-IV
Are you a shopaholic? do thoughts of death haunt you? A study has found that thoughts of mortality can trigger your buying impulse as it makes you feel better about yourself. Researchers in Canada found that the habits of spendthrifts do not change after contemplating their own mortality. Compulsive shoppers, on the other hand, go out and buy more.
The team wanted to test this assumption with anti-consumers-people who resist consumption out of a desire to live simply and with over-consumers – folks who shop till they drop, no matter the season. The researchers did two experiments with 508 participants who were asked to answer questionnaires identifying their tendency to resist consumption. They were then randomly assigned to one of two groups – one in the ‘death thoughts’ group, where participants were asked to describe what they would feel if they were dying.
In the control group, participants were asked to report what they would feel if they were submitted to a painful dental procedure. They found that anti-consumers seem to care less about consumption than over-consumers.
Afterwards, participants indicated their inclination to purchase a series of products. By comparing participants in each condition, researchers were able to identify individual tendencies to increase or reduce consumption due to thoughts of death. They found that inn consumers incline to over-consume, thinking about death made them even more likely to buy.
41. Compulsive shoppers and spend thrifts have ………… shopping habits.
(a) same
(b) similar
(c) different
(d) no
42. According to research, compulsive shoppers are inclined to buy ………. then others.
(a) more
(b) much less
(c) less
(d) considerably less
43. Buying impulse in shopaholics is triggered due to
(a) prosperity
(b) thoughts of mortality.
(c) unknown reasons
(d) None of the above
44. Research was conducted engaging……. participants.
(a) very few
(b) hardly any
(c) adequate number of
(d) no
45. Which of the following statements is not true?
(a) It is assumed that people who think about death, consume less
(b) Research has shown that anti-consumers usually care less about consumption comparing with over-consumers
(c) During the research, participants were divided into two groups
(d) All of the above
46. If a shopkeeper sells a tale at 10% profit and another table at 5% loss, what is his net percentage of loss or gain?
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 5% gain
(d) 5% loss
47. A can contains liquids L1 and L2 in the ratio 11 : 13. Draw 24 L of mixture from this Can and refill it by liquid L2. If the can has now L1 and L2 in the ratio 2 : 3, how much quantity of L1 was in the can initially?
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
48. Three partners A, B, C shared their profit in the ratio 4 : 5 : 6. If A partnered for 10 months, B partnered for 15 months and C partnered for 16 months, what is the ratio of their investments?
(a) 6 : 7 : 9
(b) 27 : 20 : 15
(c) 48 : 40 : 45
(d) 40 : 75 : 96
49. A invested Rs 5000 for 24 months, B invested Rs 6000 for 18 months and C invested Rs 8000 for 12 months. A charged 10% of profit for his expertise of business. If Rs 25000 was the profit after two years, what is the B’s share in profit?
(a) Rs 8500
(b) Rs 8333.33
(c) Rs 9000
(d) Rs 7500
50. Pipes A and B can separately fill a tank in 75 mind and 90 min respectively. Pipe C can empty the same tank in 3 hr. Al the three pipes are opened simultaneously. After half an hour, pipe A and B are stopped while pipe C continues its work. How long will pipe C take now to empty the tank?
(a) 102 min
(b) 132 min
(c) 123 min
(d) 140 min
51. A runs 10% slower than B and reaches the destination 25 m behind B. What is the distance they were to run?
(a) 250 m
(b) 275 m
(c) 300 m
(d) 225 m
52. 16 persons can do a work in 10 days working 9 hr a day. In now many days can 12 persons do this work while working 8 hr a day?
(a) 10 days
(b) 18 days
(c) 12 days
(d) 15 days
53. A park is 25 m long and 21 m wide. A 2 m wide path is to be aid in the middle of the par parallel to length and breadth. What is the cost of laying the path if it costs Rs 20 per sqm.
(a) Rs 1760
(b) Rs 1840
(c) Rs 1880
(d) Rs 5480
54. A hall is 5 m long 4 m wide and 3 m high. What is the cost of white washing its walls and roof at a rate Rs 25/m2 and laying of marble floor at a rate Rs 175/m2?
(a) Rs 4675
(b) Rs 7000
(c) Rs 5350
(d) Rs 8350
55. In order to show that √7 is irrational by method of contradiction we assume that …………
(a) √7 is not irrational
(b) √7 is real
(c) 7 is not irrational
(d) √7 is not rational
56. The distance between the parallel lines 4x – 3y + 5 = 0 and 4x – 3y – 2 = 0 is ……….. .
(a) 7/5
(b) 21/5
(c) 2/5
(d) 5
57. n3 – 7n + 3 is divisible by k for all natural numbers n. Then k is ……… .
(a) 9
(b) 13
(c) 7
(d) 3
58. Which of the following is not a statement?
(a) There are 35 days in a month
(b) x is a natural number
(c) The product of (−2) and 5 is −10
(d) All integers are rational numbers
59. The area of a triangle with vertices (0, 0), (3, 3) and (−3, 3) is ………. .
(a) 9
(b) −9
(c) 3
(d) 6
60. In a linear programming problem, the number of minimum (or maximum) points attained by an objective function can be ……… .
(a) 2
(b) more than 1
(c) Only 1
(d) Only 2
61. A building contractor employs 20 males, 15 females and 5 child workers. To a male worker he pays Rs 25 per day, to female worker Rs 20 per day and to a child worker Rs 8 per day. What is the average wage per day paid by the contractor?
(a) Rs 21
(b) Rs 22
(c) Rs 20
(d) Rs 18
62. A tells B, “If you give e Rs 400 then I shall have 5/4 times as much as you have.” B tells A, “if you give me Rs 200, the I shall have three and half times as much as you have.” How much does B have?
(a) Rs 1200
(b) Rs 900
(c) Rs 800
(d) Rs 1600
63. Instead of walking along two adjacent sides of a rectangular field, a boy took a short cut along the diagonal and saved a distance equal to half the longer side Then the ratio of the shorter side to the longer side is ……….. .
(a) 1/2
(b) 2/3
(c) 1/4
(d) 3/4
64. After covering five-eighth of my journey, I find that I have travelled 60 km. How much journey is left?
(a) 35 km
(b) 40 km
(c) 44 km
(d) 36 km
65. A man spends 1/3 of his income on food, of the rest ¼ on house rent and 1/5 on cloth. He still has Rs 1760 left with him. Find his income.
(a) Rs 4500
(b) Rs 4800
(c) Rs 3500
(d) Rs 4750
66. The average weight of 30 students in a class is 60 kg. When 20 new students are admitted, the average weight is reduced by 2 kg. Find the average weight of the new students.
(a) 55 kg
(b) 50 kg
(c) 65 kg
(d) 52 kg
67. A number gets reduced to its one-third when 48 is subtracted from it. What is two-third of that number?
(a) 22
(b) 76
(c) 36
(d) 48
68. Which of the following numbers should be added to 11158 to make it exactl divisible by 77?
(a) 9
(b) 8
(c) 6
(d) 7
69. Find the sum of all natural numbers between 100 and 175.
(a) 10450
(b) 10175
(c) 10170
(d) 10435
70. Sum of two numbers is 60 ad their difference is 12. Find their product.
(a) 864
(b) 852
(c) 824
(d) 836
71. If 2/7 of a number increased by 25 gives 45, find the number.
(a) 81
(b) 63
(c) 72
(d) 70
72. The sum of two numbers is 85 and their difference is 9. What is the difference of their squares?
(a) 765
(b) 845
(c) 565
(d) 645
73. Piyush takes a loan of Rs 10000. After 1 yr, he takes another loan of Rs 10000 at double the rate of interest. If he has to pay interest at simple rate of interest and settles the loan by paying Rs 23600 at the end of two years, what is the initial rate of interest he has to pay?
(a) 8%
(b) 9%
(c) 10%
(d) 11%
74. Naresh puts Rs 10000 at interest compounded annually for 2 yr. Had he invested it at 1% more rate of interest compounded annually, he would have earned Rs 209 more. What is the interest rate?
(a) 7%
(b) 6%
(c) 5%
(d) 4%
75. Out of total income, a family spends 30% on house rent. It spends 50% of house rent on ration. Of the balance it spends 30% on education. What percentage of total incomes is left?
(a) 16.5%
(b) 1.65%
(c) 3.85%
(d) 38.5%
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 76 -79) In each of these questions, a statement is followed by two arguments numbered I and II. Mark answer as
(a) if only argument I is strong.
(b) if only argument II is strong.
(c) if both the arguments are strong.
(d) if neither argument I nor II is strong.
76. Statement Has the Medical Science really lengthened the span of life?
Argument I Yes, the new drugs have been able to combat the diseases and increases the span of life.
Argument II No, the eternal truth that every person’s days are numbered cannot be denied.
77. Statement Should mass media be fully controlled by the government?
Argument I Yes, the contradictory news only confuses the people.
Argument II No, its credibility will be doubtful if it confuses people.
78. Statement Should sales tax be abolished?
Argument I Yes, it will eliminate an important sources of corruption”.
Argument II Yes it will bring the prices of commodities down and, hence consumers will be benefited.
79. Statement Computer based technology is very fruitful for industrial development in India.
Argument I Yes, accuracy, fast production and fineness are possible through computer technology.
Argument II No, it will increase unemployment in the country.
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 80-83) Complete the series by replacing ‘?’
80. HSJ, IRL, JQN, ?
(a) KPR
(b) KPP
(c) PKP
(d) KOP
81. 2, 4, 7, 14, 17, 34, ?
(a) 37
(b) 39
(c) 68
(d) 70
82. 2, 4, 12, 48, 240, ?
(a) 960
(b) 1440
(c) 1080
(d) 1920
83. 71, 76, 69, 74, 67, 72, ?
(a) 77
(b) 80
(c) 65
(d) 76
DIRECTIONS (Q Nos. 84-85) Study the following information to answer the questions.
In a class, 30% of the students gave their names to participate in the NSS and 75% to participate in the NCC. Three students participated in neither of these two and six students wanted to participate in both.
84. What percentage of student wants to participate only in the NSS ?
(a) 30%
(b) 25%
(c) 15%
(d) 20%
85. What percentage of students wants to participate in only one programme – either NSS or NCC ?
(a) 85%
(b) 90%
(c) 75%
(d) 20%
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 86-89) Each of these questions has an assertion (A) and reason (R). Mark answer as
(a) if both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) if both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(c) if (A) is true but (R) is false.
(d) if (A) is false but (R) is true.
86. Assertion (A) Devaluation of a currency may promote export.
Reason (R) Price of the country’s products in the international market may fall due to devaluation.
87. Assertion (A) Fiscal deficit is greater than budgetary deficit.
Reason (R) Fiscal deficit is the borrowing from the Reserve Bank of India plus other liabilities’ of the government to meet its expenditure.
88. Assertion (A) According to statistics, more female children are born each year than male children in India.
Reason (R) In India, the death rate of a male child is higher than that of the female child.
89. Assertion (A) According to statistics, more female children are born each year than male children in India.
Reason (R) The Bt gene is derived from a bacterium.
90. T is the son of P. S is the son of Q. T is married to R. R is Q’s daughter. How is S related to T?
(a) Brother
(b) Uncle
(c) Father-in-law
(d) Brother-in-law
91. If in a certain language SURVIVE is coded as 9182723 and MONSOON is coded as 6549554, how is RUMOUR coded in that language?
(a) 518618
(b) 581618
(c) 865118
(d) 816518
92. A and B start walking from point O.A covers a distance of 300 m in North direction and B covers a distance of 400 m towards West. How far are they now from each other?
(a) 700 m
(b) 500 m
(c) 50 m
(d) None of these
93. Aisha, who is Mohan’s daughter, says to Reena, “Your mother Riya is younger sister of my father, who is third child of Sanjya”. How is Sanjay related to Reena?
(a) Uncle
(b) Father
(c) Grandfather
(d) Father-in-law
94. How may 7’s not immediately preceded by 4 but immediately followed by 2 are there in the following series?
3 4 7 2 8 7 2 9 4 7 1 3 5 7 2 9 9 7 7 2 5 1 4 7 2 3
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
95. In a row of boys, Anand is eleventh from the left and Deepak is fifteenth from the right. When Anand and Deepak interchange their positions Anand will be fifth from the left. ‘Which of the following will be Deepak’s position from the right after rearrangement?
(a) Seventh
(b) Seventeenth
(c) Eleventh
(d) None of these
96. If in a certain language code ‘nee tim see’ man ‘how are you’, ‘ble nee see’ means ‘where are you’, then what is the code for ‘where’?
(a) see
(b) tim
(c) nee
(d) bie
97. Shiva walks 10 km towards North and then turns right. After walking 3 km, he again turns right and walks 7 km. Now he turns left and walks 1 km. How far is he from the starting point?
(a) 10 km
(b) 7 km
(c) 20 km
(d) 5 km
98. Which of the following combinations of circles best represents athletes, sprinters and marathon runners?
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
99. Which of the following combinations of figures best represents males dogs and pets?
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
100. Which combinations figure best represents the relationship between mosquitoes, ants and insects?
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
101. ‘Mia’, the work wear jewellery is from the house of ………. .
(a) Joyalukkas Jewellers
(b) Malalbar Jewellers
(c) Kalyan Jewellers
(d) Tanishq
102. Which one of the following clothing brands was the title sponsor of the Mr. India 2016 held in November 2016?
(a) Peter England
(b) Van Heusen
(c) Park Avenue
(d) Louis Philippe
103. ‘Agile’, is the sports lifestyle brand from the house of ………. .
(a) Shoppers Stop
(b) Reliance Trend
(c) Lifestyle
(d) Pantaloons
104. ‘Yepme’ a popular fashion and sportswear brand belongs to ……. .
(a) China
(b) USA
(c) UK
(d) India
105. Which one of the following clothing brands is not owned or marketed by Raymond Group?
(a) Color Plus
(b) Arrow
(c) Park Avenue
(d) Parx
106. Who has been appointed as the 44th Chief Justice of India?
(a) R M Lodha
(b) H L Dattu
(c) T S Thakur
(d) J S Khehar
107. Which of the following retail stores belongs to Aditya Birla Retail Group?
(a) Big Bazaar
(b) Croma
(c) Hypercity
(d) More
108. Who has become the Prime Minister of Britain in July 2016?
(a) Therresa May
(b) David Cameron
(c) Boris Johnson
(d) None of these
109. Daikin is considered world’s number one air conditioning company from …….. .
(a) China
(b) South Korea
(c) Japan
(d) Indonesia
110. Who won the Wimbledon Women’s Singles tennis title 2016?
(a) Angelique Kerber
(b) Serena Williams
(c) Venus Williams
(d) Garbine Muguruza
111. Which of the following is the bank established by BRICS group of countries?
(a) New Strategic Bank
(b) World Development Bank
(c) Fortune Development Bank
(d) New Development Bank
112. Who among the following is the CEO of ‘Google’?
(a) Sunder Pichai
(b) Satya Nadellla
(c) Chuck Robbins
(d) Mark Zuckerberg
113. Shimon Peres who passed away in September 2016 was the former Prime Minister, President and most eminent elder statesman of ………….. .
(a) Egypt
(b) Israel
(c) Jordan
(d) Turkey
114. Anirban Lahiri is a well known Indian player of …………. .
(a) Chess
(b) Golf
(c) Cricket
(d) Billiards
115. Brazil won the gold medal in men’s football finals in the Rio 2016 Olympics by defeating which country?
(a) Argentina
(b) Germany
(c) Spain
(d) Mexico
116. The Election Commission of India was set up in the year …….. .
(a) 1948
(b) 1949
(c) 1950
(d) 1951
117. India signed the famous ‘Panchsheel Treaty’ on peaceful coexistence with
(a) Nepal
(b) China
(c) Pakistan
(d) Bangladesh
118. Which one of the following places in Kashmir Valley is also known by the name. ‘The Meadow of Gold”?
(a) Gulmarg
(b) Pahalgam
(c) Sonamarg
(d) Yusmarg
119. Which city in Karnataka is also known as its cultural capital and is famous for its various temples, palaces, forts and old churches?
(a) Bengaluru
(b) Mysuru
(c) Hubli
(d) Shimoga
120. Which state is known for its renowned Maheshwari and Chanderi saris?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Rajasthan
121. Which fort in Rajasthan is a blend of Hindu and Mughal architecture constructed by raja Man Sing in 1592?
(a) Chittorgarh Fort
(b) Ranthambhore Fort
(c) Amber fort
(d) Jaisalmer Fort
122. Who among the following has constructed the famous ‘Shree Shirdi Sai Mandir’ in holy town of Shirdi, Maharashtra?
(a) Shri Balaji Vasant
(b) Shreemant Gopalrao
(c) Baba Murlidhar
(d) None of these
123. ‘Your Style. Your Store’ is the tag line of which of the following retail chains?
(a) Lifestyle
(b) Pantaloons
(c) Landmark
(d) Shoppers Stop
124. The popular fabric and apparel brand J. Hampstead belongs to ………. .
(a) Raymond Group
(b) Aditya Birla Group
(c) Dinesh Suiting
(d) Siyaram Silk Mills
125. Which one of the following personalities is the brand ambassador of popular brand HP personal computers?
(a) Priyanka Kapoor
(b) Deepika Padukone
(c) Anushka Sharma
(d) Kangana Ranaut
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 126-137) Read the following caselets and answer the questions given at the end of each caselet on the basis information provided.
CASE-I
Raj Mal Jewellers is a lending jewellery firm in Hyderabad and they have a reputation of producing the best quality gold jewellery in Hyderabad. With one of their sons Sumeet having completed his MBA from a ranked management school, they have embarked upon renovation of the firm. With the gold rates sky rocketing, they decided to buy gold in bulk as an investment. At Rs 28,000 per 10 gm, they bought gold worth Rs 270 crore and again as the rates went up, they bought gold worth Rs 396 crore at Rs 32,000 per 10 gm. The international market crashed and they had to sell the entire gold at Rs 29,000 per 10 gm to repay the interest free friendly loan.
126. Raj Mal Jewellers bought gold assuming that
(a) the market rare will keep going up in future too.
(b) Sumeet will be able to come up with an innovative scheme.
(c) the demand for jewellery will go up.
(d) None of the above
127. Raj Mal Jewellers sold off the gold assuming that the
(a) market rate will keep going up in future too.
(b) market rate may further go down.
(c) demand for jewellery will go down.
(d) None of the above
128. As a buying and selling decision, Raj Mal Jewellers
(a) gain from the deal
(b) lose in the deal
(c) Nothing can be said about the deal.
(d) None of the above
129. The buying and selling decision of Raj Mal Jewellers was a/an
(a) part of the renovation plan.
(b) part of the routine business process.
(c) international gold market driven decision.
(d) None of the above
CASE-II
The Dabba Food Factory is a set up engaged in serving and home delivering vegetarian meals including breakfast, lunch and dinner. It has got 32 outlets in and around Delhi and is known for reasonably priced, well cooked and clean food. It has also got tiffin supply system. Most of its outlets being in the vicinity of educational institutions such as university, it caters to about 4000 students on a regular basis. Its turnover at present is approximately Rs 6 crore per annum. Very recently, it has got an offer from an international chain, LpTune – for franchise tie up at a license fee of Rs 4 crore per annum. With LpTune brand name, it will be able to cater to the corporate clients too for their regular tiffin requirements and it will be able to charge a price premium of almost 10%. A recent survey indicated that its student population is likely to shift to another similar set up the moment the Dabba Food Factory becomes a franchise of LpTune.
130. The assumption made by students in shifting to another supplier on Dabba Food Factory tying up with LpTune is that
(a) the food will become costly
(b) it will no more serve home cooked food.
(c) the quality will suffer
(d) None of the above
131. Financially , the Dabba Food Factory on tying up with LpTune Will
(a) be better off.
(b) be worse off.
(c) Nothing can be said
(d) None of the above
132. The Daba Food Factory food post-lie up with LpTune will
(a) be as costly as it is at present.
(b) become more costly as compared to present.
(c) be lesser costly as compared to present.
(d) None of the above
133. At present, the major share of the Dabba Food Factory’s customers comes from
(a) households
(b) corporates
(c) students
(d) None of these
CASE-III
Established in the 1980s, CavinKare has been immensely successful in tapping the rural and semi-urban markets and is widely recognized as a pioneer of sachet marketing and mass marketing in rural areas. In 1983, CavinKare launched Chik Shampoo in 10 ml packs. It later launched the production 50 paise sachets, especially for the rural markets.
In 1992m Chik Shampoo become the numerouno shampoo brand in South India. Where MNCs sold products in fancy bottles and to big stores, CavinKara concentrated on small retail shops in rural markets. In 1999, CavinKare began to work in its plans of having a national presence.
The market share of Chik Shampoo grew from 5.6% in 2005 to 23% in 2010. In 2011, Chik Shampoo was a Rs 100 crore brand and emerged as Number One brand of rural India, and 65% of its sales were generated in rural India. The company logged sales of Rs 700 crore in 2015 and has set an ambitious sales target off Rs 5,000 crore by 2020.
134. CavinKare is a
(a) national presence company
(b) MNC
(c) regional company
(d) None of the above
135. Most of the MNCs have been selling their shampoo products in
(a) urban big stores
(b) urban small stores
(c) rural areas
(d) None of these
136. 65% of the revenues of the CavinKare in 2011 came from
(a) urban markets
(b) rural markets of South India
(c) rural markets of India
(d) None of the above
137. If CavinKare’s revenues have been doubling since 2015, what will be its revenue in 2020?
(a) Rs 5,000 crore
(b) Rs 5,200 crore
(c) Rs 5,600 crore
(d) None of these
DIRECTIONS (Q. Nos. 138-150) In each of these questions a passage is followed by several inferences. You have to examine each inference separately in the context of the passage and decide upon its degree of truth or falsity.
Mark answer as
(a) if the inference is ‘definitely true i.e., it directly follows from the facts given in the passage;
(b) if the inference is ‘probably true’ through not definitely true in the light of the facts given;
(c) if you think the inference is ‘probably false’ though not definitely false in the light of the facts given; and
(d) if you think the inference is ‘definitely false’ i.e., it contradicts the given facts.
CASELET-I
One of the greatest advantages a company has over its competitors is a system of distribution and product support, i.e., the dealer network. Dealers play a vital role in helping a company build and maintain close relationships with customers and gain insights into how they can improve their products and services to fulfill customer needs. And a company can achieve customer loyalty through dealer loyalty. Therefore, it must make efforts to build their competence, for more effective performance. Dealers who are long established members of a company can get close to customers, but to tap the full potential of such dealers, a company must forge extremely close ties with them and integrate them into its critical business systems. When treated this way dealers can serve as a source of market intelligence, as peroxides for customers, as consultants and the dealers. Although these investments take the usual form of money, it also includes softer aspects such as training and development.
138. The customers are more forthright in giving their feedback about a product or a service to the dealers than to the staff of the company or a surveyor.
139. Trusted dealers are the direct link between the company and the customers.
140. Developing a network of dealers is more useful while launching a new product or service.
141. The company should insist dealer loyalty to the extent that the dealer will not sell similar products of any other company.
CASELET-II
Economic liberalization and globalization have put pressures on Indian industry, particularly on the service sector, to offer quality products and services at low costs and with high speed. Organizations have to compete with unequal partners from abroad. It is well recognized that developing countries like India already behind other countries technologically.
In many areas, although some of them, particularly India, boast of huge scientific and technical manpower. In addition to his, if an entrepreneur or industrialist has to spend a lot of his time, money and energy in dealing with unpredictable services and in negotiating with the local bureaucracy, it can have a significant dampening effect on business.
142. Indian service industry was more comfortable before economic liberalization.
143. India at present is to some extent at par with the developed countries in terms of technological development.
144. Foreign companies are more equipped than domestic companies to provide quality service in good time.
145. No other developing country except India claims that it has highly trained technical manpower.
CASELET-III
It is generally accepted that if the monsoon is poor in any given year, it will have a significantly negative impact on the lives of millions. Some lives, such as those of the farmers, are affected directly because of poor crop yield; others are affected indirectly as the economic growth slows down. Similarly, the years with good monsoon bring smile and prosperity to the lives of many. For instance, India recorded sharp jump in its rate of growth after years of good performance in the recent years. This unfortunate cycle affects the lives of millions of poor and hapless. But it need not be this way. In the jargon of financial economics, monsoon risk is a diversifiable risk. In other words, it is an insurance risk. Though one might wonder who will provide the insurance against poor monsoons if everyone is adversely affected by poor monsoon? The answer is – the international investor.
146. Majority of the people outside India are not affected by the poor monsoon in India.
147. Monsoons in India have been good only in the alternate years during the past few years.
148. There has been considerable growth in India’s economy during the recent years.
149. Scanty monsoon adversely affects the lives of only the poor people in India.
150. All over the world, diversifiable risks are always covered by the insurance companies.