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Whether due to haste or design, the new laws are marked by vagueness, leaving officials all down the organization's bureaucratic chain ‘great latitude in enforcing them. 2. The opacity of the language leaves the law open to manipulation on political grounds, (oy Sipe van seem aeponas 2. Choose the most appropriate option after reading the following statements. val Trel is hy ye, making, oN cao fe most appropriate option after reading co }Owing statements. Business schools are ideally posi point out when an action that beni society, but in reality they ra 2. Its part of the malaise t political debate on capi been taken over by special people who have based system, for an individual comes 2\ sector ng “pro. ‘pro-market’, meaning tions are provided to futions rather than to and 2 are necessarily and 3 are necessarily sndent. G ements 2 and 3 may be dependent, (Q) Statements 1, 2 and 3 cannot be independent. (5) All the three statements are necessarily independent. Directions for questions 4 ~ 6; Fill in the blanks with the mst appropriate option that follows. 4 wolf, meeting with lamb astray from’ fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to lamb wolf’ right to eat him. (A) ava. the, the, the thea. the,a, the (Baa.a the the (A) the, the, the, the, the (5) the,a, the,a,a —— hat who fell upon __ ground and was caught by ___ weasel pleaded to be spared his life weasel refused, saying that he was by nature enemy of all birds. __bat assured hhim that he was not _ bird, but__ mouse, and thus was set free. (1aythe, a, the the, the, the, a M-PP-02 2A3XAT 2013 (2)a,the,a, the a, the,a,a (2) the, a, a, the, the, a, the, the (@)a.the,a,the the, the a2 (5) the, aaa, the the,a,a He got____next morning, to be sure, and had his meals usual, though he ate ___ and had. more, | am afraid, than his usual supply of rum, for he helped himself __ the har, scowling and blowing ___ his nose, and no one dared __ cross him, (2) Down, lio, a ttle, out of, out, to (2) Down, as, lite, of, ont, 0 (3) Downstairs, as, little, out of, out of, through: (4) Downstairs, like,a little, out, of, 0 (5) Down, lke, alittle, of of, through Read the following sentences and choose the option that best arranges them in a logical order. 1. Iwas scarcely in position ere my enemles began to arrive, seven oF eight of them, running hard, their foct boating out of time along the road and the man with the lantern some paces in front 2. My curiosity, in a sense, was strony my fear, for [ could not remain where but crept back to the bank again, sheltering my head behind a bush might command the road betore o 3, Three men ran together, hand ja made out, even through thin ()1,2,3,4 1.24.3 ()1.4,2,3 Read the foff6 option thy 4, peep eps , “yo Jes them in a logieal order. yong turn and ran a few yp black Dog, Drik.” and other names, int leave old Pew, mates-not old TRG quarrel was the saving of us, for while it 16 still raging, another sound came from the top of the hill on the side of the Iyayet- the tramp of horses galloping. 3. And that was plainly the last signal danger, for the buccaneers turn and ran, separating in every dirt seaward along the cove, one, hill, and so on, so that in sign of them remained but 4. Him they had deserted, wh panic or out of revgnge for by blows I know ny iY words and er he remained behind, tappi mn the road in a frenzy, and/Woping SY calling for his comrades, fme a plstol-, flash and following sentences and choose the it best arranges them ina logical order, As chroniclers of an incremental process, they discover that additional research makes it harder, not easier, to answer questions like: When was oxygen discovered? Who first conceived of energy conservation? Simultaneously, these same _ historians confront growing difficulties. in distinguishing the "scientific" component of past observation and belief from what their predecescors had readily labeled "error" and superstition’ | 3. Increasingly, a few of them suspect that these are simply the wrong sorts of questions to ask. Perhaps science does not develop by the accumulation of individual discoveries and inventions. 4. In recent years, however, a few historians “of sclence have been finding it more and more jcult to fulfill the functions that the concept of development-by-accumulation ascigns to them, ()2,1.3,4 (24,312 (342.31 (43.21 (4132 M-PP-02 2AXAT 2013 10. Read the following sentence and choose the best alternative which should replace the italicized part of the sentence, ‘To be a great manager requires, strong inter: personal skills, the ability to chink fast, and demands a can-do attitude, (1) requires strong inter-personal. skills, the ability to think fast, and demands (2) requires strong inter-personal skills, the ability to think fast, and (8) requires inter-personal skills, demands the ability to think fast, and (4) requires strong inter-personal skills, an ability to think fast, and demands (5) requires strong. inter-personal ability to think fast, but with stro! skills, an 11. Read the following sentence and choose the bost alternative which should replace the italicized part of the sentence, ‘The tremendous insight of Einstein was that the passage of time does not appear to be the same while stending still ax it does to a person troveling at a speed which is a significant fraction of the ‘speed of light. (1) while standing still as it does to a traveling (2) to a person standing still as tof traveling (3) toa person who is standing st who is traveling (4) White standing stil (5) to-a porson standin travels 12, Read the following send alternative which@roul partof the sentence. pplace the italicized fess feo the extent to Keo income has shifted to eon pa market funds, and pnts by the instability in v savings from personal income has 2) OF zAvings from personal income that has n shifted (3) of savings from personal income shift (A) to which savings from personal incom, faye shifted (5) to which savings from personal a been shifted Analyse the following passage(am vide appropriate answers for the qu 13 rough 17 that follow. "Whatever actions. are different embodiments, ‘actions in these very existences)", by aQndiidual tn he frat of those limonts (0 futare A belief in kart Tong q fseq) fag other things, a focus ces, Le, a long term intation implies that people pa may be more honest with fl and in setting expectations in thesis we examine here. This ded on three simple premises. First, Jer expectations often lead to greater » individuals in gonoral, and especially who are sensitive to the gap between pémance and expectations, have the incentive to actually do “strategically” lower thelr ;pectations. Second, individuals with a long term orientation are likely to be less inclined to lower expectations in the hope of temporarily feeling better. ‘Third, long term orientation and the tendency to Iower expectations are at least partially driven by cultural factors. In India, belief in karma, with its emphasis on a longer term orientation, will therefore tm some extent counteract the tendency to lower expectations. The empirical results support our logic: those who believe more strongly In karma are less influenced by disconfirmation sensitivity and therofore have higher expectations. Consumers make choices based on expectations of how alternative options will perform (ie, expected uuulity), Expectations about the quality of a product also play a central role in subsequent satisfaction, ‘These expectations may be based on a number of factors including the quality of a typical brand in a category, advertised quality, and disconfirmation sensitivity. Recent evidence suggests that consumers, who more disconfirmation (ie, consumers who are more satisfied when products perform better than expected or more dissatisfied on run and are sensitive M-PP-02 2A5XAT 2013 when products perform worse than expected) have lower expectations. However, there is little research concerning the role of culture-specific variables in expectation formation, particularly how they relate to ‘the impact of disconfirmation Sensitivity on 13, “Future esi fences" in the paragraph ean refer to. 1. Human life, 5 years afterwards 2, Next birth in human form 3, Next birth inany embodiment Which of the following statement(s) is correct? (12 (2)2.3 @13 (Zonly (5) None of the three 14. Consider the following assertion and conclusion: Assertion: The meaning of karma in the above passage (refer to first two lines of the paragraph in italics.) Conclusion: Belief that long term consequences. are important. Now read the follo ing statements carefully. 1. The conclusion will assertion. ‘The conclusion may follow the assert! 3, The conclusion may follow the assert if an individual lives long enough. always follow, the 4, The conclusion cannot follow the ‘Which of the following statement(s)js\ (1) tonly @)2only ()4only 15, Which of the following) contradict the mantoned nthe ha () Higher to lower expect @y leads to long. term Grist epryg* on achiovement and not station ar macafiects our immediate feelings @) expectation would lead to lower 16, Read the following statements carefully: 1. Temporary feelings and law of kai independent 2. AS per theory of karma, tempore ‘would not lower the expectati lin fatements (1) tonly (2) Land 3 only (5) 1, 2and 3 on] 17. manage peat puto have dinner in a restaurant NY foxy the food to be good. When ‘dback on the quality of food, the quality as “excellent” following can be concluded from ‘nS manager docs not believe in karma, (@ Io manager definitely has disconfirmation sensitivity A) It is not possible to comment on the disconfirmation sensitivity of the manager. (A) The manager does not have disconfirmati (5) None oftheabove. Analyse the following passage and provide appropriate answers for the questions 18 through 21 that follow. An example of scientist who could measure without Instruments is Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), a physicist who won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1938. He had a Well-developed Knack for intuitive, even casual sounding measurements. One renowned example of his measurement skills was demonstrated at the first detonation of the atom bomb, the Trinity Test site, on July 16, 1945, where he was one of the atomic scientists observing from base camp. While final adjustments wore boing made to instruments used to measure the yield of the blast, Fermi was making contetti out of a page of notebook paper. As the wind from the initial blast wave began to blow through the camp, he slowly dribbled the confetti into the air, observing how far back it was scattered by the blast M-PP-02 246XAT 2013 (taking the farthest scattered pieces as being the peak 19. Quick estimate, as per Fermi, is most usefi of the pressure wave), Fermi concluded that the yield er My shen hey (2) In finding an approximate that is moro must be greater than 10 kilotons. This would have a than existing values. been news, since other initial observers of the blast 2) In nding out the exact minimum (gy ot did not know that lower limit. Alter much analysis of a esti at " the instrument readings, the final yield estimate was determined to be 10.6 kilotons. Like Eratosthenes? CO Uy Aang it te eee eee Fermi was aware of a rule relating one simple open otsereaton-e seater f confetti the Win (4) In nding out the range OYA of an a quantity ne wanted to measure anys (5) In finding out werag@value of an The value of quick estimates was something Pet estimate was familiar with throughout his career, He was famous for teaching his students skills at 20, Given below arefah stata Wents that attempt to approximation of fanciful-sounding quantities that, at capture the i rhe passage: first glance, they might presume they knew nothing about. The best-known example of such a “Fer question” was Fermi asking his students to estimate the number of piano tuners in Chicago, when no one knows the answer. His students-science and engineering majors-would begin by saying that they could not possibly know anything about such a quantity. OF course, some solutions would be to simply do a count of every piano tuner perhaps by looking up advertisements, checking with a licensing 1. It is usftyfo esf}mate; even when the exact ‘estimate any physical quantity. ‘to estimate the number of units Taunched car that can be sold in a wasa genius. of the following statements(s) best sptures the central idea? teva bis aden enw ave probleal Wop (azands —(ay2,Sands incabity taco theres wuld mabe Games (aon He wanted them to figure out that they kno\ ‘ ince tnt EVV” snags 18, Suppose you apply the same logit ! 1. Atomic bomb detonation was a result of applied to confetti, which 9 ollowing Feran's Nobel P Fermi's students respected him as a scientist sure 3. Yield of atomic bomb can only be measured in .econtribution (1) You can calcu Inside the the Kilotons be en ty TY of Is Which of the following statement(s) can be (2) You can calchade tho rage potoncy of a Senda nee fire cragker~ky eating the distance a2 (23 covered, {ts bigger fragments. (913 (4)Zonly (@) Yeug out the average policy of (5) None ofthe three statements is correct a measuring the length of a 2 gf surtace of the earth Analyse tho following passage and provide ou caraldulatefne exact volume of water appropriate answers for the questions 22 through Sto a tank by measuring the distance 25 that follow. xT by the scream of water coming out of Popper claimed, scientific beliets are universal in ‘hyo fixed on the lower corner ofthe tank, character, and have to be so if they are to serve us in ‘the above conclusions can be drawn. explanation and prediction. For the universality of a M-PP-02 2A7XAT 2013 scientific belief implies that, no matter how many instances we have found positive, there will always be an indefinite number of unexamined instances which may or may not also be positive. We have no good reason for supposing that any of these unexamined instances will be positive, or will be negative, so we must refrain from drawing any conclusions. On the other hand, a single negative instance is sufficient to prove that the belief is false, for such an instance is logically incompatible with the universal truth of the belief: Provided, therefore, that the instance is accepted as negative we must conclude that the scientific belief is false. In short, we can sometimes deduce that a universal scientific belief is false but we can never induce that a universal scientific belief Is true. It is sometimes argued that this ‘asymmetry’ between verification and falsification is not nearly pronounced as Popper declared it to be. Thus, there is| ‘no inconsistency in holding that a universal scientific belief is false despite any number of positive instances; and there is no inconsistency either in holding that a universal scientific belie! is true despite the evidence of a negative instance, For the belief that an instance is negative is itself a scientific beef an; may be falsified by experimental evidence whee accept and which is inconsistent with it. Whi example, we deaw a right-angled triangle on 1 surface of a sphere using parts of three g for Its sides, and discover that tor th Pythagoras’ Theorem does not hol that this apparently negatige inst Triangles drawn on th the sort of triangles wi Pythagoras’ Theorem. Fals) more capable of yield scientific belie? thal conclusive accepfe asymmetry bepf therefore, hi use rejections of nis of yielding of Gientific beliefs. The fication and verification, significance than Popper supposed] we Vxua Jan /fesist this reasoning. Falsiit ay not be conclusive, for the eS ba Which rejections are based are always eptances. But, nevertheless, it remain tt, in falsification, if we accept falsifying fon, to romain consistent, we must rejoct falsified claims On the other hand, alkagsgh verifications are also not conclusive, our accebtance or rejection of verifying instances has no implicat concerning the acceptance or rejection claims, Falsifying claims sometimes give! reason for rejectin ‘a scientific beli the claims are accepted. But veri ‘ever when accepted, give us no gook priate reason for accepting any scientific belies pyeause any such reason would havest@ be indudlive to be appropriate and there are Ko dlctive reasons. 22. 24, sment “Scientific channer” implies that According to Po; beliefs are unive (1) Positve/Angeanges ati ‘sclentific belief imply in character. numbers of negative and wfances of a universal scientific iver negative and postive instances of (ible then icannot be univers Liha only deduce tata siete bli s Soo but cannot nduco that its rua We can only indice tht a sient heit i false but cannot induce that itis true The statement, “this ‘asymmetry’ between verification and falsification is not nearly as pronounced as Popper declared it to be", implies that (2) Falsificati univorsal acceptance beliefs. (2) Verit Universal acceptance of scientific beliefs Both falsification and verification together can result in universal acceptance of scientific beliefs, Capability of falsification in accepting of scientific beliefs is not better than that of verification in rejection of scientific beliets Capability of falsification in rejection of scientific belief is not always better than that of verification in acceptance of scientific beliefs is better than verification in tation is better than falsification in @ @ 3 With which of the following statements, would the authoragree most? 2A8XAT 2013 (1) Verification is better than falsification in establishing the claims, (2) Falsification and verification are equally ‘good in establishing the claims. (3) Verification and falsification are equally bad in establishing the claims. A (A) Falsification is better than verification in disproving the claims. (5) Verification is better than falsification in disproving the claims. 25. Which of the following would be the most apprapriate conclusion? (1) Falsification gives us an appropriate reason for rejecting a scientific belief (2) Falsification gives us all the reasons for accepting a claim. (3) Verification gives us a reason for rejecting a claim, (4) Verification gives us an appropriate reason for acceptinga scientific belief, (5) Verification gives us an appropriate reason for rejecting a scientific belief. Analyse the following passage and appropriate answers for the questions 26 30 that follow. any heavy theoretical ma simply as the ad hoc(@arent baled to be nnd oto frees Wane tne 2 Narnst all on the straight socialist but because fi Je tinat systematic ideas do not work jbdxarea hy concern, The Yyfely Soros promotes is by)a very general policy of having no jot even those needed for it to have xy and integrity. This makes the open ‘er wobbly idea, since even what Popper critical rationalism, may be undermined by jhe openness of the open society since its main ta negative: avoid dogmatic thinking, and—ay anything that even comes close to iw tunbreachable principles. No, the open soci 12 at all, at least for experiy No holds are barred, which, if ys undermines even that very unworkable. ‘Accordingly, in a society buman community livin, many aspects of hum os regard suited to i manipulate ig, of course, the ‘and firms. It can pose wage and price behavior gt\(eaivid contrat the money pA controls, dab) fand or supply-side economies, ano nghrly everything a central pla provided it does not settle firmly, unbendingly. That is the ‘capitalism in particular, because of th satlequacy of neoclassical economies, the nistAconomic underpinnings of capitalist ink}}g Wffered up in >many university economies ents. He, like many others outside and even nse the economics discipline, finds the arid sductionism of th fond rightly so. Dut the defense of capitalist free markets does not rest on this position. social science false to the facts, Neo-classical thinking depends in large part on the 16th- and 19th-century belief that human soctety operates according to laws, not unlike those that govern the physical universe. Mest of social science embraced that faith, so economics isn’t unusual in its loyalty to classical mechanics. Nor do all economists take the deterministic lawfulness of economic science literally - some understand that the laws begin to operate only once people embark upon economic pursuits, Outside their commercial ventures, people can follow different principles and priorities, even if it 1s undeniable that most of thelr endeavors have economic features. Yet, it would be foolish >to construe religion of romance or even seiont inquiry as solely explicable by reference to the laws of economies. In his criticism of neo-classical economic science, then, George Soros has a point: the discipline is too dependent on Newtonian physics as the model of 2A9XAT 2013 science. As a result, the predictions of economists (A) George Soros believes that laissaacfpire who look at markets as if they were machines need to economies perform better than free-sparket be taken with a grain Of Salt Some - for example the economies. school of Austrian economists - have made exactly (5) George Soros believes that t/éypfrlige ‘that point against the neo-classical economies perform better than \wfAtrol Soros draws a mistaken inference: if one defense of the market is flawed, the market lacks defense. This is wrong Its ue that fom A we can infer Bit coes 7% Aseording fo the author whitNahebe owing not prove that B can only be inferred from A; C oF Z, ESR ° reason for B. oO m underpin the too, might be 26. As perthe paragraph, author believes that (1), Ideas of “crit foundation of fed-clasgies))Aconomics (1) Free market capitalism can be explained (2) Meas of erftidkrationflism underpin the using neo-classical economics. foundatyrropladserfire. (2) Neo-ciassical economics does notaddress the (3) Ideas, fticd\ RMéionalism underpin the idea of free-market system. Founda of op dn society. (8) Froe market capitalism and open society are 4) Ga | rationalism underpin the not different from each other. not differont from each other. hy Newtonian physics. (4) Free market capitalism and laissez-taire are wdeerabove. a) (5) Technical underpinning of neo-classical 3 ‘deterministic (used in forth line of fifth economics can address the idea of laissez hh), in the above passage refers to: axe ‘An effect can only be caused by a single event, 27. As per the paragraph, which of the follogrns (2), anetiece may beprodaced by many causes frie? (2) Aneffect cannot be produced by a cause. (1) Economic benefits of open soci (4) Cause(s) of an effect ean always be known, laisse7-faire are same, (5) Economics does not follow cause and effect (2) Soros’ open society means no relationship. from the government, (8) Free market capi interference from neste os completely as most are economic @patu believes in regulated in stafe policies ros believes in state intervention vided it does not remain static M-PP-02 2A10XAT 2013 Section B - Decision Making Direction for question 31 to 34: Read the following, caselet and choose the best alternative. ‘The BIG and Colourful Company You are running “BIG and Colourful (BnC)" company that sells book to customers through three retail formats: a. You can buy books from bookstores, b. You can buy books from supermarket, c. You can order books over the Internet (Online) Your manager has an interesting way of classifying expenses: some of the expenses are classified in terms of size: Big, Small and Medium; and others are classified in terms of the colors, Red, Yellow, Green and Violet. The company has a history of categorizing overall costs into initial costs and additional costs. Additional costs are equal to the sum of Big, Small and. Medium expenses There are two types of margin, contribution{sales minis initial costs] and profit (contribution minus additional costs). Given below Is the data about sales and costs of BC. Sater Tatil Costs Contribution (Sales ~ Initial Costs) ‘Aational Costs Big Small Medium 2100 —— aN Gx) C “\ REN Each of the Big, Small n c¥Gr is categorized by the manager into Red, Yelhyy, Green and Violet Profit(contribution — 0 Cost) 7 costs, Breakdown Woadd@nal costs under these headings is shoyd(in thd le bolow Fxpensed Got Yellow [ Green | Violet Bg pa T2009 | 1400 | 1600 Sm a0d0C} 400 [2000 | 600 Mgciym Sap | 400 | 1500 | 1400 | 200 K (ford Too [5500 | 100 | 4000 [2400 Red alo Green and Violet costs are allocated to differdyY/etail formats, These costs are apportioned in the ratio of aumber of units consumed retail format. The number of units const ky call retail for at is given in the table below: Retail | Red raw lea jet Format Online | 200 50_| SKYY 50 Supermarket | 65 | 0 | ga 7] 2 BookStore | 10 [Cao 9 Total | 27573Nioep) @0_| 80 Read the following S| nt sd for 50% of the sales at of supermarket sales and uit to calculate the profit/loss from the retail formats, then Statement I alone is sufficient to caleulate the profit/loss. (2) Statement II alone ts sulficient to calculate the profit/loss, (2) Both statements | and I are required to calculate the profit/loss. (4) Fither of the two statements is sufficient to calculate the profit/loss. (5) Neither Statement 1 nor Statement Il is safficiontto calculate the profit/loss. Based on your answer to the above question, answer question nos. 32 - 34 32, Whatis the profit/loss from “online” sales? mo (2-210 (3) #20 (4) +450 (5) Cannot be determined from given information 1. Which retail format is least profitmaking for BaC (2) Online (2) Supermarket (3) Book Store (4) Al formats are loss making (5) All formats are profit making, M-PP-02XAT 2013 34. Which retail format gives the highest profit for 37. Students from four sections of ap gis Bnc? accompanied by respective class tebehere Janned to go fora field trip, There were (1) Book Store a om ae (2) Supermarket people in all, However, on the schedul (3) Online of the four teachers and few student join the rest. Given below are (4) Allare equally profitable. Ge aopeuser peeleuk (5) Cannot be determined from given information tho tip. Direction for question 35 to 36: Read the following 1. Section Ahad the langest cont caselet and choose the best alternative, IL Section B had few, dents ffipn Section A IML Soction C's cont smaller than |A teacher wanted to administer a multiple choice Stee {each question having six choices) hase quiz of high we orn wade RA oceans difficulty levels to a class of sisty students, The quiz Uther Ce tints had sixty questions. The probability of selecting the trom offngeaioy 9d malic 10, correct answer for a good students and a brilliant vi EEN oe ores student was 0.2 and 0.25 respectively. The poor students had no learning advantage. The teacher did fe proddepot the number of students from not want students to cheat but does not have time eae is ibis ot ZA and resources to monitor. All students were seated i Seoul heNaygest contingent has more than + seriall in 10 rows and 6 columns ve 35. Is it possible for teacher to dotest cheating TK gain players. Which_of the sl r citizens is higher than actual losses je not unethical. ffit to the citizens is lower than actual wn ses then it is unethical 42. 4: . 3. Leal Goveramyyes (5) All of the above A, B, C and Wyre inappropriate Subsequently, the minister questione lent the media in the Whole affair. He saky@hat media cannot act like a reporter/pRoaed fl judge at the same time. an independent observer, whacked /about appropriateness of the minister’s n. What should be Mr. Swamy's pay? oO (1) Media has beet wccused by the minister. (2) Ministor ent’ Way be factually incorre (3) Media RegpGiti) adased the minister. (4) Media M&erronfly accused the minister. m public unrest and discontent, the anti-corruption with the task of i branch was estigating the ithin a Weok’s time the branch charge peti top corporate managers andthe minister Wrong doings. Mr. Swamy was again asked t fentify the guilty. Who should Mr, Swamy pick? (1) Only corporate managers. (2) Only the minister. (3) Only the Head of the nation (4)Allofthe above (5) None of the above. Over the last years, Bank of Bharat has seen the umber of its retail customer accounts drop by over 40 percent. Over the same period, the share price of Bank of Bharat has Increased by more than 80 percent. ‘This amazed a few Investors, who beliove that a bank's share price should drop ifits number of customers drops Which of the following, if true over the last years, best accounts for the observed movement in the price of Bank of Bharat’s equity shares? (2) Two years ago Securities and Exchange Board started an investigation on the bank for accounting irregularities, but last year the company was cleared of all charges. (2) The bank recently implemented a highly publicized program for free home loans: M-PP-02 2A44XAT 2013 (8) The bank has been switching its customer base from retail customers to commercial customers, which now accounts for over 75 percent of the bank’s revenues, (4) There have been many new banks, which have entered retail banking business over the last five years. (5) The bank is known to be the best paymaster inthe industry, . Gastric bypass surgery has been shown to be cifective at helping extremely obese people lose Weight. Some patients have lost as mich as 300 pounds after undergoing the surgery, thereby substantially prolonging their lives. Despite the success of the treatment, most doctors have not embraced the surgery.” Which of the following statements, if true, bost accounts for the lukewarm reaction of the ‘edlcal community to gastric bypass surgery? (1) Gastric bypass surgery carries a high risk of serious complications, including death. Obesity is one of the leacling contributors to heart disease and hypertension, two leading causes of death, Incidences of obesity among the Indizh Q @) w (6) Direction for question 4 caseletand choose the asta Marathe of Mumbai. One day, Fequested that Kale, a project mf ii office from the Chennai, Kale would work alone! yonsle gave the following reasor is Joauest: “Kale is known to frequentiy Meagues. Kale is conscientious and when working alone, He is friendly with rejected. He is over-bearing and is generallyyg fad influence on the team.” Marathe called upon Gore, another proj 20 ‘and sought further information on Kale. Ge seal that colleague, Lakhote (who was also Kal boss) had made a fow remarks on hi ort about Kale was not fit for furthey ~as he was emotionally unstable to work i ‘though he had seven years of work experience. Iyéshote had described Kale as too aupiBtative @ work under re that Kale had 10 does not want ‘anyone Lalthote Had furt an ailing wife, and an tw stay with his wite, mother, 46, Consider ‘mentioned| futions to the problem transfer Kale to Chennai (ould try and verify the facts from ces as well sKould be sacked (Axkoph should be demoted (9) Narathe should suggest Kale to visita family counselor Which of the following would be the most appropriate sequence of decisions in terms of immediacy: starting trom immediate to a longer term solution ma. (442 (3)2,3,4 (2,51 (52.5.4 47, Marathe sought an appointment with Lakhote to find out ways to help Kale. Lakhote is of the opinion that the company’s responsibility is restricted to the workplace and it should not try to address the personal employees. If Marathe hhas to agree to Lakhote's opinion, which of the solutions presented in the previous question would be weakened: qt (2 a3 ma (5 4B, Which of the following statements, if true would ‘weaken the decision to sack Kale the most? (2) A Government of India study established that ‘employees with 5-10 years of work experience 2A45XAT 2013 tend to have conflicting responsibilities at home and office However these conflicts wither away after 10 years of experience. Another article published in the magazine, Xaviers Quarterly, highlighted that employees’ problems at home affect their performance at work. In the latest issue of a reputed journal, Xaviors Business Review, it was published that most top managers find it difficult to work in a @ @) group. (4) It was published in Xaviers Management Review (another reputed journal) that individuals who cannot work in teams find it ficult to adjust to a new location. Bhonsle was of the opinion that emotionally unstable persons find it dificult to get back to normal working life (6) Direction for question 49 to 51: Read the following. caselet and choose the best alternative, twas the end of the performance review cycle for the year 2012 when you asked your subordinates about any problems they were facing, Natrajan told you that an important member of his team, Vardaray had also won the best performance award! year 2011, was not taking interest in work. Natrajan's counseling, no change was nos Vardarajan, rather his attitude deteriorate also received such information from othe counsel him, You had not interfered hoping th experienced hand, would ,be al solve the problem, But now that Nati hi this to your notice, you degkled Y¢\call Va land 49, Which ofthe following, reason for Vardar@r's find the work Cy he has already he performance award, yhiation have beon trying ince he was declared best ld b\Ype most unlikely jping involvement in Tot larojan was not promoted alter his Rpffiative performance, Sudararajan, while another feague, was prompted although he was not as good a perfo: Vardarajan, (4) After putting in superlative performance, burnt out, (5) Vardarajan was appreciated achievement last year. effort, Vardafa lots of 50. Vardarajan did not find his won enough, given below argsame steps tKat could be taken to motivate hin 1. Give Vardae re challenging assignment, 2. ‘Transtey—yrai from Projects depart( VT 3. IF travel one half of my journey at an average speed of x km/h, it will be impossible for me (gféain average speed of 2x km/h for the entire journey. (1) All the statementare correct (2) Only Statement 1s correct (3) Only statement Il is correct (4) Both statements land Il are correct (5) Both statement and Ill arecorrect 81. ‘The figure below shows the graph ofa function f(x). How many solutions does the eq qs @e (3)7 we (5) Cannot be determined from the given graph . @ WO 87 A 678 9 213 x M-PP-02 2A22XAT 2013 Answer question nos. 82 ~ 84 based on the following information: ‘Analyse the railway train chart below: jetable ‘Chart of Railway ‘Time z & (wx) sous - = 180 KKK * *r 220 (3) 6666 (4) 4444 (5) 3333 HII around 9.00 AM and then further travel to NNN at around fins for you? (3) 8888 and 7777 fe other teams twice, once in home ground and once in the opponent's home ground. Then are known as the “Home” Match and the “Away” Matches respectively in 3 points, a draw in 1 point, and a loss in 0 point for the team. 'er of goals @ team scores is termed as “Goals For” and the number of goals it concedes is termed as \alnst”. We get the “Goals Difference” by subtracting “Goals Against” from “Goals for” M-PP-02 2A23XAT 2013 ‘The ranking of the team is decided on the total points. If two teams are tied on their total points the teampyjsich has the higher Goal Difference gets the higher rank. Ifthe tie cannot be resolved on Goal Difference, Goal ROR hecked followed by Goals Against If the tie persists, the teams are ranked in the ascending order of the) ble 1 provides data on the current top 13 teams bases on the overall situation, ie. by taking into ac fi home matches and away matches of each team ‘Table 2 provides data on the current top 13 teams based on home matches only Chart 1 providesa plot of the goal dilference of each of the 13 teams based on the overall situgtife ‘Overall Home Team | M | WD | GF Team Ww Gr | GA 3 [3 tots WB 5 [0 O° 3 [2,1 Tie wit 3 [2 ,4a1o 3 [2 ,iTe MC mu [3 ]2[o0]6 Sw wi [3 [2 ofa NG. ev | 3 [2 [ol FU as | 3 [1 | 2] 2 EY we [3 {[i]a [a4 MU ne [3 [1 [a [3 Tor rw 3 [1 fol7 NW. sr [3 fo [3 [3 AS SU. of2i2 ST Goal Differes 9 6 7 Palme¥gir - Movies (4) cannes(iygés 3\6vres, Grammy ~ Music, Pulitzel ism, Emmy ~ Television » fovies, Pulitzor ~ Journalism, ane ins Advertising, Booker Us 10% bination names of companies and thei Pe are given below. Choose the right ‘Amazon - Kindle, Roxio - Angry Birds, Gougle - Ad Sense, Zynga - Nook (2) Amazon ~ Kindle, Nintendo -Wii, Rovio - Angry Birds, Zynga ~ Castle Ville (3) Zynga — Angry Birds, Nintendo -Wii, Google - ‘Ad Sense, Rovio ~ Castle Ville (4) Amazon - Nook, Sony = Wil, Zynga - Castle Ville, Google ~ Ad sense (5) Amazon - Nook, Nintendo - Wii, Rovio — Castle, Roxio Kindle 109, Read the following 1. Excise duty is a tax on manufacture or production of goodsand services Not all kinds of excise duty is collected by the Central Government of India IIL Excise duty Is an indirect tax Which of the statements given above are correct? of Indian planning (1) Statements I and IT im} (2) Statements Il and III (3)setemens ant COPY Aiea (ator sbove ce (S)Noneotthesbve P02 waarXAT 2013 110. From which of the following items India export the most? (1) Testile goods (3) IT services Q)}ute (4) Gems and jewellery (5) Leather AL1.Which of the following acids helps in Human Digestion (lace (2) Tartare @)ilydrochloric (4) Sulphuric (5) Acetic 1112, Which ofthe following isthe right match for the Clympes medal winners trom India? (2) Sushil Kumar - Haryena, Mary Kom ~ Assam, Saina Nohwal - Andhra Pradesh, Vijay Kumar = Madlhya Pradesh (2) Sushil Kumar - Rajasthan , Mary Kom — Manipur, Vyjay Kumar ~ Himachal Pradesh, Yogeshwar Dutt- Haryana (2) Yogeshwar Dutt — Haryana, Mary Kom ~ Manipur, Vijay Kamar ~ Mimackal Pradesh, Gaurav Narang - Andhra Pradesh (4) Yogeshwar Dutt - Delhi, Saina Nehwe Uwarancha, Sushil Kumar ~ Haryana) om = Manipur (6) Saina Nohvral - Uttaranchal, uray rane Paina, Sushil Kamar ~ Haryana, - Manipur 113.Which of the following Countries tinderwent political tur rs? (1) Tunisia, Egypt 1c, sudan (2) Tunisia, Yemen, oye, Morocco, Kenya O ©) Eaypt Lit Jaurkania, Nigeria, Malta . Libya, Algeria, Sudan, ) Algeria, Sudan, Kenya 14. jupta, the former Mckinsey chief as with RI Jamshedpur (2) Indian Institute of Management Calcut (2) Indian Institute of Management Bangal (4) Indian Institute of Management Lucky (5) Indian Institute of Business Hyder 115. Which of country was the high cars in the world in 2011 (usa (@)lapan (2) Germany (),Ghina oO of manufacturing 116, What is the approsied sector in India COE{¢e 207 (1) 22% 24% (3) 31% (415% @ % Sen, Joseph Suglitz, Oliver Rydon ob Haque, Amartya Sen, Robert Gy Amartya Son, Mohammad Yunus, Ronald Coase 4) Mohammad Yunus, Paul Krugman, Oliver Williamson (5) Amartya Sen, Elvin Roth, Mohammed Yunus 118, For which of the following reasons was Maruti in the news in july, 20127 (2) Producing most fuel efficientears (2) Transfer its production to Gujarat (3) Industrial violence (4) Disrupting daily movement of vehicles in New Delhi (5) In July, it became the highest producer of carsin the country 119, What is meaning of one unit carbon permit? (2) One cuble meter of carbon dioxide (2) One quintal carbon dioxide (2) One metric ton of carbon dioxide (4) One thousand metric tons of carbon dioxide (5) One million ounce of carbon dioxide M-PP-02 2A28XAT 2013 (5) AP] Abdul Kalam Azad 121. V Kurien was associated with (1) Operation Flood (2) Operation Milk, (8) Operation Blue Star (4) Operation X (5) White Operation M-PP-02 2A29Detailed Solutions: A. In pure logic, Inductive reasoning follows from an observed piace of data which is generalized over larger data points. The generalization may or may not be true. Im deductive reasoning, the statement that follows the main data has to be necessarily true. From the given Statements, deduction Is eliminated. The best answer a choice is where statement 2 is induced from the observed data provided in statoment 1. Hence, the correct answer is option 1. 2. Statement 1 speaks of fruits to be fresly available ‘where public finance Is introduced. Statement 2 of impediment to free distribution. Statement 3 of knowledge transfer becoming cheaper with public ‘money. Essentlally statement 2 contradicts the premise of 1 and 3. Eliminate options 1 and 4. Statement 3 hays 9 the premise for frults being made available to a wider augience, Hence, the correct answer is option 2. 3. Statement 1 talks about B schools net providing data fon ansts borne by society for individual benefit, Swiement 2 is about special interests of people, Statement 2 sbout particular institutions being favored over others. Hence there isa logical connect between data in statements 2 and 3. Hence, the correct answer is option 3. 4. “A Isused to refer wo ‘any or some’ whereas th ot specify ‘this or that. In the context, the bianks require an indefinite artice, “Fro the accepted phrase, For the next twel action of justification is specifically my 2 Introduced to the subj knowledge about the sam fut In option 2, for Nth 13. |s option. & ‘commonly encountered, Options 1, and 5 are ruled pion 2 and 3; ‘through’ in option 3 Is, 14 “Crept back tothe bank again” in statement 2 chneets with “I was scarcely in that position” in stateske "Saven or eight of them’ in statement 1 comSSag>wit “three men ran together -middle man. bling year’ statement 3 which connects with ‘his void awe mo" in statement 4.The correct sequ Hence, the correct answer is opti The passage starts with statemd fanother sounc..” which connects with “almast attpésame time a pistol shot. 5, StargRent 3 logically the last sign of ic 3)Jonnects with “Him iy he took a wrong statement, The correct Tr ge piRedwand is not required in option 4, "requiring’ doos fit in, In option 5, but with’ is awkward, Option 2s smmetically correct and forms a coherent sentence. Hence, the correct answor is option 2. 4 and 3, the word ‘demands! Is awkwardly In this sentence, the part ..does not appear to be the same’ must bo followed by the person with whom the Action is taking place ie. the subject. Options 1 and 4 fare thus ruled out. Option C is unnecessarily lengthy. Option & is incorrect with ‘travels’ Option 2 is well constructed, ence, the correct answer is option 2. Savings’ takes the plural verb ‘have. Rule out options L and 2, Option 3 Is erroneously constructed and Is Incomplete, Option § has a tens» error with “have been’ Hence, the correct answer is option +. “ain those very bodies and embodiments (in future existences)" eliminates statement 1 with 5 years. The word “any” in statement ig far fetched and cannot be accommodated with the given definition. “next birch in human form isin sync with the idea presented. Hence, the correct answer is option 4. The conclusion always follows the assertion in statement 1 is true, Statement 2 Is accommodated in the universal statement provided in 1. Hence, the correct answer is option 2. 23315, The first premise is Lower expectation = greater oes on to say For the universality ofa cient Yer setisfaction. If we have a slatement that shows Implies that, no metier how many instences.. 9% expectations have nothing to do with satisfaction, then ‘may or may notalso be postive’ Option 4 g Iccontradicts the given premise, Option 3 states that. Hence, the correct answer Is option 4. Hence, the correct nswer is option 3. 23, The word ‘asymmetry’ indicates ‘im 16, ‘The second premise states that individuals with long. 2, 3and A all stat’ accepting sce term expectations will not be inclined to lower erroneous, Option Sis right. expectations to impreve temporary feelings. This Is Hence, the correct answer is option 3> Stated as is in statement 2, An extension of the same premise is provided in statoment 3 they are contradictory. Hence statement 1 is eliminated and ‘statements 2 and 3 are accommodated. once, the correct answer is option 4. fr 3. The last fay not be hand, although lusive” and "But 24, The st yaragraph ns yagre organ put se & Vern ine fageen Gt ie ven od 17. Tmemanager as fund he od tbe pond and sates an spony cto any ete ite bectaent is docs nt pw andra eal dicontrmaton. sent) fom the detlton Men the proved the ase Hons theme anaes option. is option 3. 25, ates, "Felsifications may not be Avertheless, it remains the case that, we accept falsifying claims then, to nt, we must reject falsified claims", rect answer is option 1. 18, Fermi used his method to calculate a minimum’ estimate for the yield from the blast. This is best found ain in Option 1, ‘The use of “exact”, and ‘average” eliminates option 4, and options 2 and 3 respecuvely. once, the correct answer is option 1. jus as none of the answer choices can be Dribited to the author's belie 19. The passage does not talk about existing values, climinating option 1. The use of "exact" cj options 2 and 3, since that is contradicto’ estimate, What Ferm’s technique does do Is) range above which the value must lo. This option 4 correct. Hence, the correct answer's option 4. fuon 4 Is In syne with paragraph 4 “economics ‘iscipline, finds the arid reductionism false to the facts, and rightly so” Hence, the correct answer fs option 4. 28, "and do nearly everything that a central planning board might ~ provided it does not settle into any one policy firmly, unbendingly.” in paragraph 2 is in syne with option 3 rence, the correct answer is option 3. 20. The passage does not focus on esti butare not the central dea 2 29, The passage states that ideas of “critical rationalism te passage Is how « may be undermined by the open society.” This for estimation. Ths mal eliminates options 2 and 3, Neo-classieal economies In statement. option 1 and Newtonian physics in option 4 are not Hence, the correct apsyver connected with critical rationalism in the passage. ey passage 2AL None of the statemelvs can Hence, the correct answer is option 5. ‘support for Sy6 1 @bhe passage. The word 30, The word deterministic as used in the passage Is inferred, ‘There Is no Incorrect. Statement 2 states connected with effects produced by causes, This pected him in general, but as eliminates option 3. ‘always in option 4 and reisno data economies does not follow cause effect relationship" options. im option 5 are contrary to the data, “Only caused by 22 lps to achieve definite single event” in option 1 Is eliminated as it is too ile inductive reasoning takes a specific restrictive generalizes it. The statement ‘Scientific Hence, the conrect answor is option 2. lie FZ universal in character’ is stated asa fae. It M-PP 2B431. Using Statement alone: ‘The actual sales forthe online tore, super merket and book stare can be found 2s the total sales are known, ‘Also, the proportion in which the red, yellow, green ‘nd violet costs are apportioned for each kind of store can be found Le. the additional costs for each kind of ‘tore can be found, However, we do not know how the Initial costs are distributed among the three stores. So, contribution cannot be found, Proft/Loss = Conteibution ~ Adcitionel Cost Since contribution is mot known, the prefit/ioss cannot be found, So, statoment | alone is not sufficient to calculate the profit/loss. Using Statement Halone: tis kmown that the initial cost fs allocated inthe ratio of sales Since the ratio of sales is not known, the ratio of initial cost cannot be found. statement Il is not sufficient to calculate the profit/los. ‘Using both the statements together: Now, the actual sales as well as the ratio of intial cost are known. Since all the parametets are now knowa, the actual profitloss can be found ‘Therefore, both the statements are required. Hence, the correct answer is option 3. 32. Total cost for online stor Onlinesa + Onli Onlineda + Onliner Similarly, the cost for the book store and cost, ‘super market can be broken up into four parts each. ‘Total Red Cost = 5500. SG Since the online stor» contributes 200 ou invhe redcose 200 Ontnene = 32% x 5500 4000 Siri, the colaurige Ror FA Sin canbe founds shone: a] oF Online a Wee] tov Rad_[ aw P1300 NY z00 | =500 6x) | 930] 3100 leo Yz60 | 510 [a0 Tago] 30 | 2702400 TOs GZ s810| 1940 stOy50% of 60000 = 30000 1s: book store sales = 1:2 nt sales = 1/31 of 30000 = 10090 and 33. The total initial cost of 39000 needs to be spl Gin this ratio. So, the profit for each format can be shown below: Online sales | s00007 Tnital Comte | 19500 Contribution = Sales | = Inti Costs 00 ‘Riditional Costs _ | 0080 Profit= Coniribat Adonal ae 1) Thus, the pro option 4, the previous question. Note store format yields the highest profit, pce, the correct answer Is option 1. fren multiple people have the same correct answers to multple questions it does necessarily have to imply that the people are cheating, They maybe good orbrilliant students who have indeed correctly marked the answers and as there Is only one cotrect answer ‘hoy may arrive at it honosily. On the othor hand If ‘many students sitting next to each other have the same incorrect answers it fs more probable as ther ways to incorrectly marlean answer wrongly & the fact they have same wrong answers to multiple questions doesn't scom to be a mere coincidence but points to 3 something fishy. ‘Again, option 4 can bea way but es the question asks for an opinion one can casily make out that given a small error in judgment, one can employ option 3 in a better way when compared to option 4 as having the same comect answer a multiple questions is mare probable than lneving the same incorrect answers to ‘mulkiple questions, Option 1 and 2 become redundant due to the mention of “Small error in judgment” and opsion 5 becomes redundant as same incorrectly answered questions are also highly improbable for brilliant/good students, are 5 2BS36. Probability of selecting a wrong answer cannot be calculated, We might take the probability of selecting.a \wrong answer as 1 - 0.2 = 0.8 but it will be less than 08 as there is a possioilty that the student does not attempt the question a all So we cannot find the probability tothe question. Hence, the correct answer is option 5. 37, To find the exact number af students from each section ‘we need a statement which quantiles the number of students, OF al the statements given, statement V and Vil are the only such statements, So the answer option hast have atleast one ofthese two statements. So, wo can eliminate options 1, 2and 4 Let the number of students in section A, section B, section Cand section Dbe a,b, cand d respectively. Consideraption 5 If we use all the statements given in the option and eecping in mind that the number of students who went for the fleld trip is less than 15, then we will get the number of students in each section as: Taal aarber a] >] ec] a] erode] Tanne a]2[3]a] 2 10 af2;a|i] «@ ia ep2pa pi [a 73 ef3t4+pip 7 ma combination for the number of students, ‘section. So this option s incorrect Now, consider option 2 If we use all the statements given Ir keeping in mind tate number oft Ges etn forthe fl trp os iy, fen Dy wget tho anlar a patents ON case ey ef fe fetal earns sete e cmt YQ? SS Dew Seu & a, ee va 4 ca epi bauce the numer of students re ts eta gees meee GD Qhy ste tay fe dees win Bese 20, the Meld trip and the initia! aumber of studen\Kere 15, Hence, we get a unique combination for th rt students in each section (case 1}. So afk gffion’ Hence, the correct answer is option Let us evaluate the answer optiong Let us indicate the students by their We assume option 1 to be true - that is third position First student's assumpti Second student's ass Wo start with the Nowr itis given fat positions copfect Yin correctly flffayéé ene) sn the guess: Zswadents in his ranking fnediate predecessars Jd student DAE.CB,wehave 4 {-outof which 2 blacks will come fe 2 blocks as DA and AE, the fifth position can bo occupiod by Incither case, it will violate the condition Pe i: We take the 2 blocks as DA and Ec, B AC and the first position will be occupied by B to Get the order as BD A E C. Thls order also violates the condition that the second student had got two positions correct. So this case is ala not possible Case Ill: We take the 2 blocks as D A and C 8, _D AC Band the first position will be occupied by Eto Get the order as EDACR This order satisfies all the conditicns mentioned In the question, So, Ankita got the third position, Hence, the correct answer is option 1. The first paragraph states different reasons why people did not react to corruption, which will support ‘people's latent anger against corruption” as a reason for Shambhu's initisl success, The fret line of the second paragraph states Shambhu had "high moral and ethical authority’, Statements 3 and 4 are the most unlikely reasons. Hence, the correct answer ls option 2, The passage repeatedly states that "people hove benefited from the corruption indirectly and thus were Involved in corruption” The last line of the second paragraph states that Shanbhu wanted citizen's with lunbiemished character” for public offices. Both these reasons support statement 3 as the correct answer. PD 236Other options do not put forth suuficient reasoning for the declining support Hence, the correct answer is option 3. 41. The minister's counter argument states “he followed the stated policies of the Government and it is very dificult to price a scarce resource’. The information in, the question does not link unethical practices with benefit to citizens and notional lasses. None of the options can be inferred trom the information stated in the question. Hence, the correct answer is option 5. 42, There is not information available to Mr: Swamy which \sill support that media ever accused the minister, or that the minister's accusations about media are correct. ‘This eliminates options 1,3. and 4,buthe can state that ‘he minister's argument is factually incorrect, Hance, the correct answer's option 2. +43, although the top corporate managers and the minister ‘are charged for wrong doings the head of the nation is not charged for corruption. The passage states be called upon his cabinet colleges and asked them about the allegations, So Mr, Swamy cannot pick him up to be ‘ulty. As there Is no option which puts both the top managers and the minister together, the answor will bo none of the above, Hence, the correct answer's option 5. 44, IF tho share prices havo increased despite over 4 cent drop in retail consumer accounts, th must be doing something wich is posit and 4 may hamper its share prices. Op! ‘general, andl option 2 does not st Increase, Option 3 best Wustrat dropping its retail custo share prices Hence, the correct a 1 bank Is hs 45, Despite the success of are not advocating she si some fatal consequehets of thd yocedure. (ptions 2.3 ‘and 5 do not the JayeWarm response to the ‘surgery ond bf eweI"A and 1, 1 best explains the reason. Hencugcor option 1. 46 < ferily the facts from other soso. as INL telp ni make the right decision, He shoul Kale 0 the Chennal office to see If ig Mend isthe solution and he should tell kale to visibxgoyPselor as employee's personal problems may 47. 48, 49, 50. 82. 53. 54, 55, hamper his effidency. Thus 2, 1, 5 1s the Waect sequence of action, Hence, the correct answer Is option 1 fitisnotcompary’s responsibilty to add problems of the employee thea sta previous question will be weekeneg Hence, the correct answer is opti years then the decisio void. Hence, the correct Ie Varadrajan wa} achievement better. This inhis py vortunltles for more challenging, work im to take up more responsiblitios Is the ion. fe correct answer is option 3. Varadrajan is not performing well now, Dromoting him will not be an ideal solution even ‘according to Veredrsjan’s own opinion. But assessing the performances objectively and transparently will give good performers their due. Hence, the correct answer is option 2. Without proper investigation no decision should be talken by Vijaya. Statements Cand D propose courses of action which are correct in addressing the issue ence, the correct answer is option 5. As a former student of the same college and HR ‘manager for a much coveted campus recruiter, you wl want to verify the bio-data thatare sent to yous there ‘may be some students who are well deserving for the placements, Hence, the correct answer is option 4. Concacting the college authorities to know the pay package after graduation, will be the correct decision. Hence, the correct answer is option 2. ‘As any information related to the matter needs to go through the director of the institution, Vijaya should report everything to him and ask for his opinion before going further. Hence. the correct answer is option 4. M-PP 23756, When Prof Manual takes an auto both ways, it takes 2, him 30 minutes. It means that one way by auto would Hence, the number of pages that Bob should rea take 15 minutes 1 72 So from the round tip of 90 minutes, we subtract 15 = tx z= = 2A pages ‘minutes corresponding to the auto, We get 75 minutes, ‘which is the time taken to cover one way walking. Hence, the correct answer is option Hever heme aken or ound wipwaling equals 750, Theta irorthe fret 14 en x 2= 150 minutes =20+5x8+8x4=Rs.92 Hence, the correct answer's option &. Since he spends a total of Rs.102, he madsyyAvel by the dart worth 10 (102 -gBeor 2 dap of 1072 km a Lesh the cart S TZ TN he distance of by y)he allay station Misei9m A Hence, the corre is option 3. & .. By A.M~G.M.relation Prati Bs Applying Pythagoras Theorem, we get: 3007 + 400 = 500% The path of the fish must be as shown in the figure ‘where 500 is the diameter ofthe circular pool. Area ofthe pool = @ x (250)? = 62500 2. 62, We errange the numbers in increasing order as Honce, the correct answer's option 1. abedef ‘Now, their sum Is 15x 6 = 90. Hence to maximize the largest number we take the first two numbers Le. a,b equal to 1 Licdes ‘The sum of cand ie 36 since the median is 18. Now, rs(s+9 a) ))=24 In order to maximize f we have to minimize, bute should be greater then both ¢ and d. Als, all of ‘where xi the rate of inter) e.d.eand f must be distinct since there Is only one 2x = 20% mode, Hence we minimize d by taking = 17, which Similarly forthe elder MX ity gives the value of d= 19. Hence, we can take the value 1 58, For the younger child, Rs 7.5 lakhs should become lakehsin 9 years Hence, of e = 20. For any other value ofc, value of ¢ will be s(1+66 sve cine ek an) Mee LE S.8 20 a sy=0 This the maximum vale that can tae, vine Oaenii Hen, the correct ansiner is apton 4, so. Tey wounzyursaceny ‘nacre ergs rn lcs rene ; Sw): . ua of ue as extracted fom the apples the je ee erected fom 3 apples should be col te the jie extracted from 2 oranges. So, let 2rbe the quantity of juice extracted from one apple and abe the quanity of juice extracted from one orange. M-PP 238+ The percentage of apple juice in a juice with equal 67, Let the distance traveled by Ram betore Hari Abe number of oranges and apples 30d. os For the same time, since the speed of Ram Spy FR * 100% = 40%, sn rae Satan too wold bm i Hence, the correct answer's option 5. «The distance travelled by Shyam Drsacebtt 64. 64, For Masimum invites: Now, out of the distance 24d (Dé tna Ram Out of 25 ofeach of the § friends of Sarah, one is Sarah and Guyana when Hat got on Styans vr idan herself, That leaves 24 distinct friends for each ofthe 5 Friends Hence, 24 » S= 120 Iriends have to be invited Total time taken by Re Also Sarah's 5 friends are also to be invited. Hence, 120-45 =125 friends have tobe invited. However, 2 of them know each other and so we have to reduce 2 people from the list az we have already included them in our earlier calculations. Hence, a total of 125 ~ 2 = 123 people have w be Invited For Minimum: Let us consider the case when each friend of Sarah is. also friend with other friends of Sarah, ‘That leaves 20 friends for each of Sarah's frends. Let ken n both the cases is equal those 20 friends be common for all Sof them. So total number of people invited = 20+ 5 = 25. Only option 2 satisfies both te criteria. Honco, the correct answer is option 2. am will cover 20d. 20d), (and= 204 25) 5 Ss 65, Students not playing 100 + 40(2.5) «Total time taken 7 shows. Basie ee Hence, the correct answer is option 1. Carrom = 15% Hence, maximum number of students al 68. The quostion is incorrect, since the diagonal of a rectangle cannot coincide with the diagonal ofa square least one ofthe games = 30+ 25 +20 inside the rectangle Minimum Perventage of tude ° games = 100-90 = 10% Hones, the correct anayer So P 6 Q 4 6 A 2 Ss 2B 4 R According to the figure, A (AQAB) = Area of Square PORS~ (A (A PQA) + A (&QRB) + ACA ASB)) M-PP 2390x0) ((b coxa) «(Lx ox) 1 bers) = a9 Hence, the correct answer's option 3. Between 100 and 198, there will be 19 numbers which contain 2’. They are as follows: 102, 112, 120 ~ 129 (10 numbers}, 132, 142, 152, 162, 172, 102, 192 Similar would be the ease for 300 - 309, 400 - 499, 500 = 599.and 600-699, For 200-299, all 100 numbers will have 2. +. Total number of numbers = 19% 6 + 10 2214 Honco, the correct answer is option 2. 70. 14+ 100 71. As pq. rare non-negative integers, the maximum will be achioved when the vilue of each variable Is clasest to eachother Le. p,q,rare 4, 3,3 (not necessarily n the same order) Hence, the value of ag + gr pr + pgr= 33 + 36 = 69 Hence, the correct answer is option 3. Let the numbers be of the form 10x +. slOnty=xety ray 2 Ox=ay 9 ‘Tae numbers are 19, 29, 39,49, 59, 69, 79, 89(@ad 9% total of 9 numbers, Now, the total number of numbers = 100 ~ (10. 2. Heshe esed stion == 009 Hnce, the correct answer's option 5. 73. We start with elimination: Since, Arun's 1% priory performed, Option 4 is eliminat required are > 10, which Options 2, 3, and 5: Numba ‘which meets requiréadnts, Since, ‘higher priouity task, 74, Here, the basic requirement is that “number \YQeys required” and ays required Background Research” should be < 10. “Number of days required” Option 1=34543=11 Option 3=345+4=12 Hence, hese are ruled out “Number of days required for Ba option 2=3+5+3=11, Oo Priority completion fr: Option 4= 343-4 Option 5=3 44+ Since, in option 5, Kifer priggty asks are performed, ‘Arun shoule try tofagdhalets tho¥? tasks Le. 1, T4,T5, Hence, the coy 5 tion 5. “numberof A ROwérch in Inany triangle the difference of any 2 sides < 3¢skde, Consider & OBC, Side ac = v56 ~ 7.07 Side BC= 2, Side OB>7.07 -2 0B > 5.07, 4. Side OB" > (6.07)* le OB 25 Hence, the correct answer is option 1. 76. a = Probability of drawing atleast 1 kingout of 2 cards. x 9 Pra) a aa ne = Probability ofnotdrawing.s king. Hence, the correct answer Is option 5. 28.1077, Sincexisany digtin thease let us consider x= 1 Substitting the value of for any ofthe options ie, 6 7.R wept (nse Gite 2 (uye (ines Hance, none ofthe bores tue, Hencs, the correct answer isoption S. 78. fix)=x ob eeexed eri ZT 2 flalie- 1) += = Fo") = AUUEIKe—1) +19) Now, each term In the expansion of f (4) leaves a remainder of 1 when divided by f (x). Hence, f() will leavea remainder of +1414 141 when divided by f(x). Hence, te corect answer is option 3, 79. The shortest length possible such that all the cities are riya = 1s av ve en 09 = aero. Here «ashton Hence, the correct answer is option 3. £82, We need to find the time taken o ‘mentioned in the answer options, The start time, end time and time ese ve sralnsis shovm below Trin | Time ay [ny | Tat —| Tog. pm [2s ama — [ike | Sone | pm. | 25 at eam 7e30am._| 300 9999 _\PA2-00bfn. | 2:15 pmm._| 25 ue 8 eck only the trains given in the answer ‘TASHA time, end time and time taken for these five gjss shown below: aie Start Time | End Time Lal AC=BD=1 ‘9000 | 400pm | T45pm | 345 eea | G15am_| 10t5am. | 400 6566 | 230pm_| 64Spm | 415 4444 [1:30am | 60am. | 5:00 Total length = 10VZ + 10vZ = 20v5, 3333 | 3.00pm | 720pm [430 Hence, the correct answer is aptior Thus, train number 8800 js the fastest train between 80. Statement | - Prime factor 1 73, ‘AAA and NNN, 103. lence, the state Statement Ill - It is example Eg. Lets) = 30 kph. Average speed = 60 (ph fg an mathematically Incorrect. hich satisfies the condition is Hence, the correct answer is option 1 ‘84, The train that reaches HEH closest to 8:00 aun, fs 8688 and the train that leaves from HHH to NNN closest to 6 pam. is 8800, However, it does not stop at HHH. ‘The rain that stops at HIM and leaves from there at around 6 pum. is 9900. So, the best combination of trains is 8388 and 9900, Hence, the correct answer is option 5. M-PP 2BaL85. Considering that the away data Is required forall the questions, we need to make table of away matches for each tea 86, 87. Consider WB, thas played 3 matches in land 2 matches at home. So, thas played Laway match, Similarly, Ic has won 2 matches in all and 2 at home. So, t has not won the only away match that has played (fiyfaver, has one draw overalland no draw in its heme matches. So, i's only away match was e drew. Hence, it has 1 poinNGAbe match, ‘Also, Its overall “goals for” count is 6 and its overall goal difference is 5. So, lis overall “goals againsv7rl(nt ce Its “goals against” count in the home games is 0, the goal scored against it was in the away game. Since ew draw, this teamaiso scored one goal in that match. Using ths log the table of away matches For each team can be made as shown below. Note that incomplete data is available for four teams (WG, SU, TOT Thus, the tle only has data for 11 teams. and NW), So, their away ames deta(@anot be found. e Team | Matches | Wine | Draws [oF [ca | o> us | Hate we T c T T T a Wo # wit T ao D 0 z =f AY cH 1 1 d z 0 7X Pi MC 1 o 1 2 2A aN S, 7 wW 1 1 0 5 (Cs 3 z NC 1 t 0 ° 2 o 9 vu 2 c 0 2 ° 1 ee MU 2 1 D a fl a 5 aS. 2 T T 2 (fo Vir2 + i ST 2 t 2z 3ONGT_0 z 6 ‘Thus, considering the away matches only, SW Consider the table in the previous solution, Shen a8 cause ve cues (a ewe} Sheed br fee ere poa mmromcosrtring point in away matches Hence, option 4. 80, tie ‘The pos value forthe teams AS:12-1 Wt 10- Mc. 7=4. SW: 52, 90, [As can be seen, there are 6 unique values of goal autference, Since thare sno data on the other 4 teams, nothing can bbe said about their goal difference. Hence, the correct answer is option 2. Note thatthe current account balance is negative. Current account balance in 2010 = -3268% of 73855.34= -2403.78 (in Rs. Billions) Current account balance in 2005 = -1.272% of 3562.2 = ~453.62 (in Rs. Billions) 240378 TaSS52 + Ratio 5.3 (approximate) Hence, the correct answer is option 5. The base value for exports or imports is not known. Also, the relationship of exports/imports with other parameters {s not known, So, the actual exports and Imports fora porticular year eannot be found, ‘Therefore, statements 1 and 2 may or may net be tue. 2B.a2Hence, only option 3 can be true Explanation: Since the growth rate per year is known for both exports and Imports, the exports (or Imports) in 2010 can be found relative w 2008. Let the exportsin 2004 be x. ss Exports in 2010 = x x 11888 x 1.1383 « 1.1713 x 11063 x 1.00813 » 1.2186 =2.154e Exports in 2008 = 1.1888 Exports grew by a factorol A — 10119 + Baports grew bya factor of Sate = Lethe imports in 2004 bey. + Imports in 2010 = y x 1.1799 « 1.00438 » 1.163 41.1084 « 1.08321 * 1.1649 = 2.10037 Imports in 2005 = 1.1799" za003y «Imports grew by a factor of Tavovy ~ 17801 ‘Thus, exports increased at a faster rate compared to Imports during the period 2005 r0 2010. ‘Thus, statement 2 is necessarily true Hence, the correct answer is option 3. 91. The number of unemployed persons = Unemployment rate » Population opr = Unemployment rate X Sop canis a9 4115973 Too * 3658393 = 0.1002Dillion = 100 million Honeo, the correct answer is option 1 V2 M-PP 28.43