Non-CAT – Verbal Reasoning

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1. If the city wants round-the-clock power, the citizens will have to pay. That was the gist of Chief
Minister Sheila Dikshit‘s explanation on Monday about the recent steep hike in power tariffs.
Pointing to “high cost” of power generation, Ms. Dikshit said people should not overlook the quality
of power supply in Delhi while talking about the cost. “We do not want Delhi to be like the
remaining cities in the National Capital Region such as Noida, Gurgaon and Ghaziabad where
because of erratic power supply people spend anywhere from Rs.12 to Rs.15 per unit on procuring
power.” She said the cost of power production has also gone up significantly from Rs.2.86 per unit
in 2005 to over Rs.5 per unit now on account of increase in the cost of fuel.
Which of the following if true weakens the argument above?
(a) Delhi has always had the highest rate of electricity loss due to inefficiencies in the
distribution process and the cost of that is borne by consumers.
(b) In recent years, rate of electricity theft has been the highest in Delhi as compared to other
cities in the National Capital Region and is increasing continuously.
(c) Delhi has been experiencing more power cuts in the recent past than it ever did.
(d) Gurgaon has round the clock privatized power supply.

2. Natural disasters are, of course, beyond human control. But human action and inaction can
profoundly affect their outcome, exacerbating or mitigating their effects on people. This point was
forcefully made in the United Nations 2009 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction.
Although natural calamities strike the wealthier nations too, the risk of death and economic loss
from such events is heavily concentrated in developing countries and within these countries, it is the
poor who disproportionately suffer. As U.N. Secretary-General observed: “Pre-emptive risk
reduction is the key. Sound response mechanisms after the event, however effective, are never
enough.”
Which of the following, if true, weakens the argument above?
(a) Japan has been able to build one of the world‘s most prosperous economies on densely
populated islands that face the ever-present threat of earthquakes and tsunamis.
(b) Despite years of unrelenting efforts, predicting earthquakes — the holy grail of
seismology — has only got tougher.
(c) A series of high magnitude earthquakes that struck different parts of the globe in recent
years has made scientists realize that rocks respond to strain and seismic waves in a far more
dynamic manner than was originally assumed. And hence it is impossible to predict
earthquake occurrences.
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(d) Governments in India and other developing countries have not found practical ways to
reduce their vulnerability to a variety of natural hazards that extract a toll from their people
and economies.

3. What is a preventable and easily treatable disease is now threatening to overwhelm India with taking
innumerous lives, growing drug resistant forms, rising treatment costs and greater suffering .The
prevention of drug resistant TB relies heavily on the effectiveness with which control efforts will
succeed to treat TB patients in both the public and the private sectors. The programme cannot rest
on its success; it must take a multi-pronged approach to TB control. If not, India must prepare itself
to address growing drug resistance, rising treatment costs and extreme human suffering from what is
a preventable and easily treatable disease.
Which of the following if true strengthens the argument above the most?
(a) 50 per cent of a TB patient‘s first point of diagnosis and treatment is in the private sector
and the engagement of the private sector by the government has remained unsuccessful.
(b) Tuberculosis is a disease of antiquity that claims nearly 1,000 lives every day in India.
(c) Though drug resistant TB has been in existence for long, it has lethal forms that continue
to emerge.
(d) An advanced form of drug resistance has been reported recently in India. In this form of
the disease, none of the known TB drugs or their combination works.

4. Researchers at the Creighton University Medical Center in the U.S. found that women who took
calcium supplements for over a year were found to have higher calcium levels in their blood and
urine, a condition called hypercalciuria, which could increase the risk of kidney stones. Hence
women should not take calcium supplements.
Which of the following if true would not weaken the validity of the experiment above?
(a) The sample of women on which the experiment was conducted only comprised of women
in their 40‘s.
(b) For the duration of the trial, the women in the experiment had no exposure to sunlight,
which is the only way the body produces vitamin D which allows the absorption of calcium
by the body.
(c) Vitamin D and Calcium are water soluble and excess amounts if any are excreted by the
body daily.
(d) It‘s important to monitor blood and urine calcium levels in people who take these
supplements on a long-term basis before any conclusion can be reached.

5. Elderly people with few worries and little stress are probably better protected against the progress of
Alzheimer‘s disease than their peers who are under psychological pressure. Stress can promote the
kind of brain degeneration that leads to symptoms of dementia, according to Argentine researchers
attending a recent congress of the European Neurological Society in Prague. The researchers said
this was good reason to pay greater heed to psychological health among the elderly. Alzheimer‘s is
said to be the most common form of dementia in the world, with the risk factors found to be age,
high blood pressure, diabetes, and physical and mental idleness.
The inference that can be validly drawn from the information presented above is:

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A. Stress causes Alzheimer‘s in the elderly.
B. Dementia and Alzheimer‘s are diseases caused by aging.
C. Physical and mental activity can help delay the onset of dementia.
D. Diabetics with high blood pressure and low levels of activity and high levels of stress
should be careful and get regular checkups done to catch the signs of Alzheimer‘s early.

(a) C and A (b) D only (c) A, C and D (d) B and D

6. Health is currently a privilege in India. Not a right. Maternal and child health remains neglected
even after countless plans, programs and political proclamations. Every year, nearly 60,000 women
die in pregnancy and childbirth, while approximately 1.7 million children of less than five years of
age also die. In absolute numbers, India outranks all other countries in both regards. Sadly, most
deaths can be prevented with available technologies. Many diseases such as tuberculosis and
pneumonia kill thousands every year. While infectious diseases are very much a concern, chronic
diseases are now rapidly catching up. India has become the capital of diabetes, high blood pressure
and heart disease. Health targets in plan after plan have not been achieved, yet there has been no
systematic analysis of why health systems fail to achieve these targets.
Which of the following can be inferred from the above?
(a) Little has been done to address health issues in India.
(b) Chronic diseases are equally worrisome than infectious diseases.
(c) India has health systems which are not doing their job.
(d) Diabetes, high blood pressure and heart diseases are chronic diseases.

7. Statement 1: Picture can tell a story.

Statement 2: All storybook have pictures.
Statement 3: Some storybooks have words.
If the above statement are facts, then which of the following must also be a fact?
I. Pictures can tell a story better than words can.
II. The stories in storybooks are very simple.
III. Some storybooks have both words and pictures.
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) III only
(d) None of the statements is a known fact.

8. Consider these premises: ‘If the players are given proper facilities and training then they will win
every game’. Identify the conclusion from the given alternatives.
(a) If the players lose every game then they are being given proper facilities and training.
(b) If the players do not lose every game then they are not being provided with proper
facilities and training.
(c) If the players lose every game then they are not being given proper facilities and training.
(d) If the players do not win every game then they are being given proper facilities and
training.

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9. If George completes his homework, his mother does not scold him.
(a) George’s mother did not scold him. So, he had not completed his homework.
(b) George’s mother scolded him. So, he had completed his homework.
(c) George’s mother scolded him; therefore, he did not complete his homework.
(d) George did not complete his homework; therefore, his mother scolded him.

10. Himesh uses his nose for singing in a movie only if he acts in it.
(a) Himesh acted in a movie; therefore, he used his nose for singing in the movie.
(b) Himesh did not act in a movie; so, he did not use his nose for singing in the movie.
(c) Himesh did not use his nose for singing in a movie; therefore, he acted in the movie.
(d) Himesh used his nose for singing in a movie; so, he did not act in it.

11. Premises:
If Stuti is ill, she will visit the doctor.
If she visits the doctor, she will take the medicine.
If she takes the medicine, she will be well.
Therefore,
(I) If Stuti is well, she was ill.
(II) If Stuti is ill, she will be well.
(III) If Stuti is not ill, she will not be well.
(IV) If Stuti is ill, she will not be well.
(a) Only II (b) Only IV (c) Both I & III (d) Only I

12. Premises:
If I go for shopping, I will buy clothes.
If I buy clothes, I will need an almirah.
If I need an almirah, I will need a room.
Therefore,
(a) If I need a room, I had gone for shopping.
(b) If I go for shopping, I will need a room.
(c) If I do not go for shopping, I will not need a room.
(d) If I go for shopping, I will not need a room.

13. Premises:
If you do not exercise daily, you will become obese.
If you become obese, you will have hypertension.
If you will have hypertension, you will die early.
Therefore,
(a) If you die early, you did not exercise daily.
(b) If you exercise daily, you will die early.
(c) If you do not exercise daily, you will die early.
(d) If you do not exercise daily, you will not die early.

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14. If people do not pay taxes, the government will not earn revenue.
If the government does not earn revenue, it cannot spend money on meeting the basic amenities.
If the government does not spend money on meeting the basic amenities, the growth of the country
is hampered.
Therefore,
(a) If the growth of the country is hampered, people have not paid taxes.
(b) If the growth of country is not hampered, people have paid taxes.
(c) If people have not paid taxes, the growth of the country is not hampered.
(d) If people have paid taxes, growth of the country is hampered.

15. Statements:
I. All gloves are things.
II. Some gloves are warm.
Conclusions:
I. All gloves are warm.
II. All warm are things.
III. Some warm are things.
(a) Only conclusion III follows
(b) Only conclusion I follows
(c) Only conclusion II follows
(d) None follows

16. Statement:
People succeed when they work hard.
Conclusions:
I. Only hard work leads to success.
II. Honesty does not lead to success.
(a) Only conclusion I follows
(b) Only conclusion II follows
(c) Both conclusions I and II follow
(d) Neither conclusion I nor II follows

17. Statement:
People succeed when they work hard.
Conclusions:
I. Only hard work leads to success.
II. Honesty does not lead to success.
(a) Only conclusion I follows
(b) Only conclusion II follows
(c) Both conclusions I and II follow
(d) Neither conclusion I nor II follows

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18. Children are God’s gift to Earth.
Conclusions:
I. Adults are not God’s gift.
II. God frequently sends gifts to Earth.
(a) Both conclusions I and II follow.
(b) Neither conclusion I nor II follows.
(c) Only conclusion I follows.
(d) Only conclusion II follows.

Instructions for questions 19-25

In each of the questions a statement is followed by two assumptions. These assumptions may or may
not be implicit in the statement. Identify the assumption implicit in the statement and mark your
response in accordance with the following code:
(a) only assumption I is implicit
(b) only assumption II is implicit
(c) both assumptions I and II are implicit
(d) neither assumption I nor II is implicit

19. Statement: Tanu asked her servant to get vegetables from the market.
Assumption I: The servant will be able to purchase the vegetables.
Assumption II: The servant will be able to locate the vegetable market.

20. Statement: Activists want the parliament to pass the Women Reservation Bill. The bill proposes that
thirty three percent seats in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies shall be reserved for
women.
Assumption I: The passing of the bill will lead to empowerment of women in the political
arena.
Assumption II: The provisions of the bill will lead to a decrease in the incidence of crime
against women.

21. Statement: The government wants to make a change in the adoption laws so that only married
couples are allowed to adopt children.
Assumption I: Married couples need children more than the unmarried ones.
Assumption II: Married couples will make better parents as compared to people who are
unmarried.

22. Statement: Producers prefer to sign George, a pedestrian actor, over others for their films despite the
fact that he doesn’t have a hit film to his name.
Assumption I: George, irrespective of his acting skills, is a very bankable actor.
Assumption II: George is very handsome and charming.

23. Statement: UPSC Interview, conducted for selecting people for jobs, measures the personality traits
of the candidates routinely.

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Assumption I: Personality trait is a measurable entity.
Assumption II: Personality traits are important factors with respect to performance of the
job.

24. Statement: The production of vegetables continues to be low despite the introduction of BT variety
of vegetable seeds.
Assumption I: The productions of vegetables was expected to increase after the introduction
of BT variety of vegetable seeds.
Assumption II: The production of vegetables was poor before the introduction of BT variety
of vegetable seeds.

Instructions for questions 25-31

Each question below contains a statement followed by two Courses of action numbered I and II.
Assuming the statement to be true, decide which of the two suggested course of action logically
follows/follow and mark your answer using the code given below.
Code:
(a) if only I follows
(b) if only II follows
(c) if both I and II follow
(d) if neither I nor II follows

25. A 70-year-old paralytic patient, admitted in the ICU of a government hospital, was bitten in the
night by rats.
Courses of action:
I. The hospital authorities should issue show cause notices to the nursing superintendent, the
staff on duty, the sweeper and cleaning staff.
II. A rodent control team should be invited to visit the hospital and suggest an action plan to
control the rodents in the hospital.

26. Chinese manufacturers are increasingly “faking” popular Indian products of consumer goods giants
such as Dabur and ITC, undermining the legitimacy of brands and causing losses worth as much as
$5 billion annually, officials said.
Courses of action:
I. The efforts to control activities of unscrupulous manufacturers and importers need to be
made more effective.
II. Judiciary should leave these issues to individual companies.

27. The national milk survey of the FSSAI had found that nearly 70% of the 1, 791 samples picked up
from 33 states failed to conform to FSSAI’s standards.
Courses of action:
I. Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) should make it mandatory for milk
manufacturers to test the milk for microorganisms before bringing it into the market.

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II. States must increase inspections to look for adulteration and use of harmful chemicals in
milk and ensure that the milk sold in the market meets the FSSAI standards.

28. Statement: India’s performance in the recently concluded Olympic games has been very dismal –
editorial in a newspaper.
Courses of action:
I. India must stop sending its delegation to future Olympic games.
II. Better infrastructure and training should be provided for the sports personnel in India.
III. Incentives and rewards must be announced for medal winners in such sports festivals.
(a) Only II follows
(b) Only III follows
(c) Both I and II follow
(d) Both II and III follow

29. Statement: Any further increase in the pollution level in the city because of industrial effluents and
automobile exhaustions would pose a severe threat to the inhabitants.
Courses of action:
I. All the factories in the city should immediately be closed down.
II. The automobiles should not be allowed to ply on the road for more than four hours a day.
III. The government should restrict the issue of fresh licences to factories and automobiles.
(a) None follows
(b) Only II follows
(c) Only III follows
(d) All follow

30. Statement: Faulty diet, improper sleeping habits, alcohol and substance abuse are increasingly
taking a toll on the young in Mumbai leading to cardiac disease, and early deaths.
Courses of action:
I. Health programmes concentrating on lifestyle modification should be included in corporate
training.
II. Corporates should offer their employees a gymnasium, and calorie conscious nutrition at the
work site.
III. The young should be made aware that such a lifestyle takes heavy toll on their bodies.
(a) All follow
(b) Both II and III follow
(c) Only III follows
(d) None follows

31. Statement: There has been a terrible terrorist attack on one of the landmark buildings in the
metropolis killing several people and injuring many more. What would you do as a leader?
Courses of action:

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I. Demand the resignation of the Chief Minister of the State and the dissolution of the Assembly for
their failure to maintain law and order to prevent such attacks.
II. Seek out the television crew and telecast a message to the people not to get provoked, and to
maintain peace in the metropolis.
III. Call a press conference to condemn terrorism.
(a) All follow
(b) Both II and III follow
(c) Both I and III follow
(d) Only II follows

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