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Verbal Section
Sentence Correction Questions
Directions: This sentence correction question presents a sentence, all or part of which is
underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first
of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose
the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

This sentence correction question tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. In choosing
your answer, follow the requirements of standard written English; that is, pay attention to
grammar, choice of words, and sentence construction. Choose the answer that produces the most
effective sentence; this answer should be clear and exact, without awkwardness, ambiguity,
redundancy, or grammatical error.

1. Researchers at Cornell University have demonstrated that homing pigeons can sense
changes in the earth's magnetic field, see light waves that people cannot see, detect low-
frequency sounds from miles away, sense changes in air pressure, and can identify
familiar odors.
A. sense changes in air pressure, and can identify familiar odors
B. can sense changes in air pressure, and can identify familiar odors
C. sense changes in air pressure, and identify familiar odors
D. air pressure changes can be sensed, and familiar odors identified
E. air pressure changes are sensed, and familiar odors identified Ans: C

2. In ancient times, Nubia was the principal corridor where there were cultural influences
transmitted between Black Africa and the Mediterranean basin.
A. where there were cultural influences transmitted
B. through which cultural influences were transmitted
C. where there was a transmission of cultural influences
D. for the transmitting of cultural influences
E. which was transmitting cultural influences Ans: B

3. It is a special feature of cell aggregation in the developing nervous system that in most
regions of the brain the cells not only adhere to one another and also adopt some
preferential orientation.
A. to one another and also adopt

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 B. one to the other, and also they adopt
C. one to the other, but also adopting
D. to one another but also adopt
E. to each other, also adopting Ans: D

4. Among the reasons for the decline of New England agriculture in the last three decades
were the high cost of land, the pressure of housing and commercial development, and
basing a marketing and distribution system on importing produce from Florida and
California.
A. basing a marketing and distribution system on importing produce from Florida
and California
B. basing a marketing and distribution system on the imported produce of Florida
and California
C. basing a system of marketing and distribution on the import of produce from
Florida and California
D. a marketing and distribution system based on importing produce from Florida
and California
E. a marketing and distribution system importing produce from Florida and
California as its base Ans: D

5. Like Byron at Missolonghi, Jack London was slowly killed by the mistakes of the
medical men who treated him.
A. Like Byron
B. Like Byron's death
C. Just as Byron died
D. Similar to Byron
E. As did Byron Ans: A

6. One of every two new businesses fail within two years.

A. fail
B. fails
C. should fail
D. may have failed
E. has failed Ans: B

7. According to United States Air Force officials, a cannon shooting dead chickens at
airplanes has proved helpful to demonstrate what kind of damage can result when jets fly
into a flock of large birds.
A. shooting dead chickens at airplanes has proved helpful to demonstrate
B. shooting dead chickens at airplanes has proved itself helpful as a demonstration
of
C. shooting dead chickens at airplanes proves itself helpfull as demonstrating
D. that shoots dead chickens at airplanes proves itself helpful to demonstrate

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 E. that shoots dead chickens at airplanes has proved helpful in demonstrating
Ans:E

8. In his eagerness to find a city worthy of Priam, the German archaeologist Schliemann cut
through Troy and uncovered a civilization a thousand years older as was the city Homer's
heroes knew.
A. older as was the city Homer's heroes knew
B. more ancient than the city known to Homer's heroes
C. older than was the city known to Homer's heroes
D. more ancient of a city than Homer's heroes knew
E. older of a city than was the one known to Homer's heroes Ans: B

Verbal Section:
Analogy
Directions:
Each of the analogy questions below consists of two words that have a certain relationship to each
other, followed by five lettered pairs of related words. Select the lettered pair of words.

Following are some analogy questions.

9. ANGLE : DEGREE
A. area : square inch
B. milk : quart
C. society : classes
D. letter : alphabet
E. time : minutes Ans: A

10. STANZA : POEM

A. mimicry : pantomime
B. duet : chorus
C. act : opera
D. rhyme : verse
E. pirouette : ballet Ans: C

11. NEEDLE : KNIT

A. bait : fish
B. match : fire
C. loom : weave
D. soap : wash
E. bed : sleep Ans: C

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 12. CENSUS : POPULATION
A. manifest : debts
B. roster : audience
C. itinerary : journeys
D. inventory : merchandise
E. state : incumbents Ans: D

13. PARQUET : WOOD

A. color : painting
B. mosaic : glass
C. potpourri : medley
D. collage : tapestry
E. linoleum : marble Ans: B

Analytical Section
Logical Reasoning
Directions :Each logical reasoning question in this part of the assessment starts with a reading
passage containing the information to be used to choose between correct and incorrect logical
conclusions. These conclusions are based on the information in the passage. After this reading
passage, you are given a lead-in phrase that tells you to choose from among five different
responses. These possible responses are generated by correctly or incorrectly applying logical
thought to the information in the passage at the beginning of the question. They can be thought of
as different ways of completing a sentence that begins with the lead-in phrase.

It is important that you accept every fact in the reading passage as true, when you evaluate the
response choices offered. You should use only the information in the passage as the basis for
accepting or rejecting any response choices. Be careful not to allow any "facts" that are not
clearly stated in the reading passage, or any outside knowledge you may have of the "facts", to
influence your thinking.

14. Testifying before the Senate committee investigating charges that cigarette manufacturers
had manipulated nicotine levels in cigarettes in order to addict consumers to their
products, tobacco executives argued that cigarette smoking is not addictive. The primary
reason they gave in support of this claim was that cigarette smoking was not regulated by
the Federal Drug Administration.

For the tobacco executives' argument to be logically correct, which of the following must
be assumed?

A. Substances that are not addictive are not regulated by ...........the Federal Drug
Administration.
B. The tobacco executives lied when they claimed that ...........cigarette smoking was
not addictive.

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 C. Some addictive substances are not regulated by the ...........Federal Drug
Administration.
D. There is no scientific proof that cigarette smoking is ...........addictive.
E. Substances that are not regulated by the Federal Drug ...........Administration are
not addictive. Ans: E

15. People should be held accountable for their own behavior, and if holding people
accountable for their own behavior entails capital punishment, then so be it. However, no
person should be held accountable for behavior over which he or she had no control.

Which of the following is the most logical conclusion of the argument above?

A. People should not be held accountable for the ...........behavior of other people.
B. People have control over their own behavior.
C. People cannot control the behavior of other people.
D. Behavior that cannot be controlled should not be ...........punished.
E. People have control over behavior that is subject ...........to capital punishment.

Ans: B

16. There is clear evidence that the mandated use of safety seats by children under age four
has resulted in fewer child fatalities over the past five years. Compared to the five-year
period prior to the passage of laws requiring the use of safety seats, fatalities of children
under age four have decreased by 30 percent.

Which one of the following, if true, most substantially strengthens the argument above?

A. The number of serious automobile accidents involving ...........children under age

four has remained steady over the ...........past five years.
B. Automobile accidents involving children have decreased ...........sharply over the
past five years.
C. The use of air bags in automobiles has increased by ...........30 percent over the
past five years.
D. Most fatal automobile accidents involving children under ...........age four occur
in the driveway of their home.
E. The number of teenage drivers has increased by 30 ...........percent over the past
five years. Ans: A

17. Lycopene, glutathione, and glutamine are powerful antioxidants that neutralize the free
radicals that are produced in the body as a result of routine bodily processes. An excess
of these free radicals in your system causes rapid aging because they accelerate the rate
of cellular damage. Aging is simply the result of this damage. Thus, to slow down aging
it is necessary to supplement your diet with these antioxidants on a daily basis.

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 Which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines the author's contention?

A. Most persons aren't concerned with the effects of aging ...........until it is too late
to do anything.
B. Exercise associated with normal daily activities effectively ...........neutralizes and
dissipates the free radicals that are ...........produced as a result of routine bodily
processes.
C. The cost of antioxidants is exorbitantly high and well ...........beyond the budget
of most consumers.
D. Only overweight people who do not exercise on a daily ...........basis are likely to
have an excess of free radicals in their ...........systems.
E. Smoking cigarettes is one of the main causes of cellular ...........damage in
humans. Ans: B

18. Is it wrong for doctors to lie about their patients' illnesses? Aren't doctors just like any
other people we hire to do a job for us? Surely, we would not tolerate not being told the
truth about the condition of our automobile from the mechanic we hired to fix it, or the
condition of our roof from the carpenter we employed to repair it. Just as these workers
would be guilty of violating their good faith contracts with us if they were to do this,
doctors who lie to their patients about their illnesses violate these contracts as well, and
this is clearly wrong.

The conclusion of the argument is best expressed by which of the following?

A. Doctors who lie to their patients about their illnesses ...........violate their good
faith contracts with their patients.
B. Doctors often lie to their patients about their illnesses.
C. Doctors are just hired workers like mechanics and ...........carpenters.
D. It is wrong for doctors to lie about their patients' ...........illnesses.
E. Doctors, like mechanics and carpenters, enter into good ...........faith contracts
with us when we hire them. Ans: C

Verbal Section:
Antonyms
Directions:
Each of the antonyms questions consists of a word followed by five words or phrase as choices.
Choose the word or phrase which is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capitals and
shade the alphabets marked in the grid on your answer sheet.

19. ABOMINATE :
A. loathe
B. despise
C. adore
D. abhor
E. attach Ans: C

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 20. RECANT :
A. entangle
B. rescue
C. fail
D. assert
E. predict Ans: D

21. PLENITUDE :
A. luxury
B. magnificence
C. richness
D. contentment
E. scarcity Ans: E

22. TOUT
A. cast aspersions on
B. deny the relevance of
C. placate
D. withhold consent
E. misrepresent Ans: E

23. OUTLANDISH
A. conventional
B. prolific
C. unchanging
D. transparent
E. noticeable Ans: A

Quantitative Section:
Problem Solving Ability
Directions:

Solve each quantitative ability problem and indicate the best of the answer choices given.

Numbers: All numbers used are real numbers.

Figures: A figure accompanying a quantitative ability problem solving question is intended to

provide information useful in solving the problem. Figures are drawn as accurately as possible

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EXCEPT when it is stated in a specific problem that its figure is not drawn to scale. Straight lines
may sometimes appear jagged. All figures lie on a plane unless otherwise indicated.

24. A rectangle is 14 cm long and 10 cm wide. If the length is reduced by x cms and its width
is increased also by x cms so as to make it a square then its area changes by :
A. 4
B. 144
C. 12
D. 2
E. None of the above. Ans: A

25. A motorcycle stunts man belonging to a fair, rides over the vertical walls of a circular
well at an average speed of 54 kph for 5 minutes. If the radius of the well is 5 meters then
the distance traveled is:
A. 2.5 kms
B. 3.5 kms
C. 4.5 kms
D. 5.5 kms
E. None of the above Ans: C

26. If 1 cm on a map corresponds to an actual distance of 40 kms. And the distance on the
map between Bombay and Calcutta is 37.5 cms., the actual distance between them is :
A. 375 kms
B. 3750 kms
C. 1500 kms
D. 1375 kms
E. None of the above Ans: C

27. A box contains 90 mts each of 100 gms and 100 bolts each of 150 gms. If the entire box
weighs 35.5 kg., then the weight of the empty box is :
A. 10 kg
B. 10.5 kg
C. 11 kg
D. 11.5 kg
E. None of the above Ans: D

28. If the radius of a circle is increased by 20% then the area is increased by :
A. 44%
B. 120%
C. 144%
D. 40%
E. None of the above Ans: A

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29. Tom, Dick and Harry went for lunch to a restaurant. Tom had $100 with him, Dick had
$60 and Harry had $409. They got a bill for $104 and decided to give a tip of $16. They
further decided to share the total expenses in the ratio of the amounts of money each
carried. The amount of money which Tom paid more than what Harry paid is
A. 120
B. 200
C. 60
D. 24
E. 36 Ans: E

30. A plot of land is in the shape of a trapezium whose dimensions are given in the figure
below :

Hence the perimeter of the field is

A. 50 m
B. 64 m
C. 72 m
D. 84 m
E. None of the above Ans: C

31. Four concentric ( having the same center ) circles with radii, x, 2x, 3x and 4x are drawn
to form two rings A and B as shown in the figure.

Ratio of the area of inner ring A to the area of outer ring B is

A. 1 : 2
B. 1 : 4
C. 2 : 3
D. 3 : 7
E. None of the above Ans: D

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32. If 3/p = 6 and 3/q = 15 then p - q = ?
A. 1/3
B. 2/5
C. 3/10
D. 5/6
E. None of the above Ans: C

33. A father is three times as old as his son. After fifteen years the father will be twice as old
as his son's age at that time. Hence the father's present age is
A. 36
B. 42
C. 45
D. 48
E. None of the above Ans: C

34. (1/4)3 + (3/4)3 + 3(1/4)(3/4)(1/4 + 3/4) =?

A. 1/64
B. 27/64
C. 49/64
D. 0
E. 1 Ans: E

35. If the area of two circles are in the ratio 169 : 196 then the ratio of their radii is
A. 10 : 11
B. 11 : 12
C. 12 : 13
D. 13 : 14
E. None of the above Ans: D

36. A regular hexagon is inscribed in a circle of radius r cms. What is the perimeter of the
regular hexagon?
A. 3r
B. 6r
C. r
D. 9r Ans: B

37. a and b are the lengths of the base and height of a right angled triangle whose hypotenuse
is h. If the values of a and b are positive integers, which of the following cannot be a
value of the square of the hypotenuse?
A. 13

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C. 37 Ans: B

38. Rs.432 is divided amongst three workers A, B and C such that 8 times A's share is equal
to 12 times B's share which is equal to 6 times C's share. How much did A get?
A. Rs.192
B. Rs.133
C. Rs.144
D. Rs.128 Ans: C

39. Two workers A and B manufactured a batch of identical parts. A worked for 2 hours and
B worked for 5 hours and they did half the job. Then they worked together for another 3
hours and they had to do (1/20)th of the job. How much time does B take to complete the
job, if he worked alone?
A. 24 hours
B. 12 hours
C. 15 hours
D. 30 hours Ans: C

40. Two cogged wheels of which one has 32 cogs and other 54 cogs, work into each other. If
the latter turns 80 times in three quarters of a minute, how often does the other turn in 8
seconds?
A. 48
B. 135
C. 24
D. None of these Ans: C

41. The monthly incomes of A and B are in the ratio 4 : 5, their expenses are in the ratio 5 : 6.
If 'A' saves Rs.25 per month and 'B' saves Rs.50 per month, what are their respective
incomes?
A. Rs.400 and Rs.500
B. Rs.240 and Rs.300
C. Rs.320 and Rs.400
D. Rs.440 and Rs.550 Ans: A

42. The proportion of milk and water in 3 samples is 2:1, 3:2 and 5:3. A mixture comprising
of equal quantities of all 3 samples is made. The proportion of milk and water in the
mixture is
A. 2:1
B. 5:1

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 C. 99:61
D. 227:133 Ans: D

43. A group of workers can do a piece of work in 24 days. However as 7 of them were absent
it took 30 days to complete the work. How many people actually worked on the job to
complete it?
A. 35
B. 30
C. 28
D. 42 Ans : C

44. A, B and C play cricket. A's runs are to B's runs and B's runs are to C's as 3:2. They get
altogether 342 runs. How many runs did A make?
A. 162
B. 108
C. 72
D. None of these Ans: A

45. Find the number of triangles in an octagon.

A. 326
B. 120
C. 56
D. Cannot be determined Ans: C

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