PGDBA | 2019 QU-Q.15: VERBAL ABILITY Q1. Each of the following four sentences has two words within brackets. The word which hhas been highlighted has been used as the most appropriate word for the sentence. In ‘one of the sentences, the wrong word has been highlighted. Identify that sentence and indicate that option as your answer. (A) _ Ttis a nightmare driving in this city during (peak, peck) traffic hours. (B) You need to (ensure, insure) your belongings against theft and fire. (C) He distributed the document so as to (illicit, elicit) everyone's opinion. Cer ‘You must understand the underlying (principle, prineipal) to prove the theorem. the following four sentences has two words within brackets, The word which highlighted has been used as the most appropriate word for the sentence. In sentences, the wrong word has been highlighted. Identify that sentence and option as your answer. mplemented, complimented) for her excellent presentation ict but (beneficent, beneficial) rule, the empire enjoyed a period of (oversight, oversite) during construction, the building had many srized leave, there was a (break, brake) in his service. Page 3 of 24FUMDAY) 2019 P form a coherent paragraph. From sn the most logical order to form a coher a 3c “Dy choose the most appropriate option. the data sector in rural areas have resulted in a ‘Arrange the sente! oe the given options ( put state efforts to build up ©) thors of under used sites 0 time, data centres in main cities w) red we Shanghai, demand outstrips su respectively, according to the ministry: are already running at capacity. ipply by 20 and 25 per cent, ‘There i orth-eastern China than required, twice as many data centres in n¢ ” ceed to figures from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. "Tech groups have been given inc data storage in poorer, more remote arcas, cheap power. ©) Git), @, Gy), Gi) entives by Chinese regulators to set up their with inducements such as @), Gi), Gv) the most logical order to form a coherent paragraph. From €, D) choose the most appropriate sequence. jon years, while its core churned and produced a protective Mars may have been among the friendlier places for life as up and flourish. the $2.4-billion 2020 rover will attempt to do. arched, toxic desert today, the planet was once much in liquid seas. ing evidence for past life on an alien world, especially if microscopic, is not exactly easy. (8) Gv), Gi, @, Gi) (i), (iv), (ii)PGDBA | 2019 QS. Arrange the sentences in the most logical order to form a coherent paragraph. From the given options (A, B, C, D) choose the mast appropriate option. (Part of the rapid slowing reflected specific problems in the German car industry, whiere changes in emissions regulation have had a one-off impact on production. But even without that, growth would barely have been posi Last week it was revealed that Germany, one of the few reliable engines of eurozone growth since the global financial crisis, had seen a 0.2 per cent fall in GDP in the third quarter. (iv) Moreover, indicators of business sentiment show that underlying. growth momentum has slowed across the eurozone. wv ©. (© (i), iv), Gi), Gi) XO) i), (iv), (iii) ®) Gi), @, Gi), Gv) i), (i), (iv), (ii) ions for Questions 6 to 10. Read the passage below and choose the most ite answer for the questions that follow. ured a woman holding, an hourglass next to the words: “Beauty has no age limit. > Another portrayed a pair of baby shoes wrapped in a ribbon of the Italian flag. + showed a man holding a half-burned cigarette: “Don’t let your sperm go up in read. part of a government effort to promote “Fertility Day” on Sept. 22, a campaign encourage Italians to have more babies. Instead, the ads set off furore, were being offensive, and within days were withdrawn, What they did sueceed in . was to ignite a deeper and lasting debate about why itis that Italy has one of es in the world, and what can be done about it. jgnotaa lack of desire to have children, critics ofthe campaign say, but rather the support provided by the government and many employers in @ country remains the primary source of child care, Many working women, without an ‘to care for a child, face a dilemma, as private child care is expensive. Some Page 5 of 24ea by mining workdays DECAUSE of chy y, mothers. nay be under! ] hours for workin ir job security ™ offer flexible 3 do nol also worry that the sues. Many companies coincided with its recent economy In 2015, 488,000 babies were bom, ne of the lowest birthrates in care i 1 in childbirth has fecades. 1861. It has 0” wth a European average of 1.6, 2¢cording ys been fla, 0, butafamily-orentg day care and subsidies for lowdown ‘been shrinking for ied in y, Italy's Tone 5 lies have the country first unifi oman, compared France, the econom: 1 safety net that includes ach on average. Not surprisingl stump. But Italian fan in Italy, the fewest since Europe, with 1.37 children per Wo to Eurostat figures. By contra system provides a far more generous social families to have children. There, women have (Wo children e ign on Aug, 31 with a group of online icize a series of public meetings n. Even Prime Minister Matteo nced himself from the ads in a tility camp’ 1. The goal was to publ. have more childre ‘The Ministry of Health began the fer advertisements and a hashtag on Twitte on Fertility Day and encourage Italians to Renzi, whose own health minister started the campaign, radio interview. Under Mr. Renzi, Italy's government has tried to help families with a so-called baby bonus of 80 to 160 curos, or about $90 t0 $1 middle-income households, fas approved labor laws giving more flexibi s gross domestic product to social protection benefits - tof three here is at risk of relative poverty. 80, for low- and ility on parental leave. But Italy allocates — half the European ister, Beatrice Lorenzin, responding on Facebook, wrote that the Fertility Day “call to reproduction” but a day to diseuss “the fertility issues that 15 El with” She promptly cancelled the campaign, “I am saddened that the fising campaign misled many people,” Ms. Lorenzin said. “I withdrew it to f the followi ie following sentences is inaccurate based on all the facts detailed in Hon: Pe 5 of Italian children are facing poor economic conditi itions. as lat fionwit unched nationwide across television networks. fee Y ive re idren in ‘twenty-seven women gi birth to thirty-se i i n chilPODS | oe * was “denounced as being eine Day” Fert pactly did the Italians find tions that the idea of exact ment i Q10, The peasy according to the campsigty offensive.” Accot “offensive”? ho also sa (A) The message being conveyed was not appropriate for young children who also saw these advertisements. ies of many Italians. (B) The campaign offended the religious sensibil or" The government failed to recognize the real cause of the low fertility issue. (D) The advertisements offended men as it linked smoking with low fertility rates. Instructions for Questions 11 to 15. Read the passage below and choose the most ~ appropriate answer for the questions that follow. “used to be an obscure question in philosophical ethics. It runs as follows ceding down a track towards a junction. Some moustache-twirling Je to the track ahead, and another person to the branch line. You are st controls the junction. Do nothing, and the five people will be killed person dies, What is the ethical course of action? ee ee ee ee oe Some Bort by its hum to a miniature boom for the world’s small band of professional d themselves in hot demand. < ature, a team of psychologists and computer scientists describe a asking said small band of philosophers for their thoughts, this d of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), decided e. They created the “Moral Machine”, a website which prese about whom to save and whom to kill. In one, : ; for insta a a ince, a ilure ahead of a pedestrian crossing. If it carries on in a two homeless people of unspecified sex will be run down. If the same, but the victims wi H he car do? will be two women and two male Page 8 of 24PGDBA | 2019 .es in driverless-car navigation software is likely to imber of countries? he following preferenc ich of t 13. Which ofthe Forrest get acceptan Saving thee children and their two Youn female teachers crossing the road as Ce id men also crossing the road. ‘opposed to five ol or Saving three children and their two youn, female teachers each carrying a puppy as ‘opposed to five criminals also crossing the road. (© Saving tree children and their two young female ta as opposed to five old women traveling in ear 1 in a school bus as opposed to five old cchers travelling in a school bus (D) Saving five young female teachers travellin women traveling in a car. lowing preferences of car-navigation “Southern” country with high levels of older women as opposed to older men. older women as opposed to young male animals, ‘older male animals as opposed to younger female animals. ing older women as opposed to young female animals. of the following, if achieved, might solve the ethical di f ; L, ilemmas faced navigation software for driverless cars? sage et ational agreement to develop a separate signalling system for driverless the ‘trolley problem” and an i i eee ey ie an international agreement that cars should———— vo brands in eommon, then what is the maximum number least i Q20. oa Gand S together can own? of (B) 6 @ 5 we ey DATA INTERPRETATION AND DATA VISUALIZATION Q.21-Q.25: Instructions for Questions information. 21 to 23: Answer the questions based on the following bar diagram represents the number of daily wages (in rupees) of 100 labourers ‘wage classes on a construction site. Here the class interval a-b includes all wages 200-240 _ 360-400 240-280 280-320 320.360 ‘Wages in Rupees S receiving at least Rs. 320 isPGDBA} 2019 Q22, The number of labourers receiving less than Rs, 250 ig (A) less than 10 \ S87 atleast 10 but not more than 40 (©) more than 40 but not more than 50 (1) more than 50 Q 23. . The maximum wage (in Rupees), such that at 1% of the labourers definitely earn . least 50% “more than that, is or 280 (Cc) 29% © 290 (D) 300 ts wy 5 Feet xe uestions 24 and 25: Answer the questions based on the following oe gives month-wise arrivals of foreign tourists in India in the years 2016 & BIG 6 cot SO.) ; Add h-wise Arrivals of Foreign Tourists (in Thousands) in India (2016-20: APR_[MAY [JUN [JUL [AUG [sep [oct | Nov DEC | 500 | 400 | 500 [600 | 600_| 700 | #00 _| 900 590] 580_| 610 196 | 375 [324 [1070 @ iA, ae Fan percentage increase over the corresponding month of the we yer te ith of 2017 i is thefoes as oe Sieg t eet ee e434 ey E30 ae ac! . 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