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were borne by the taxpayer! A study done a
few years ago, came to the conclusion that
subsidies in the Indian economy total as much
as 14.5 per cent of gross domestic
product. At todays level, that would work out
to about 1,50,000 crore. And who pay the
bill? The theory and the political fiction on
the basis of I which it is sold to unsuspecting
voters is that subsidies go the poor. and are
paid for by the rich. The fact is that most
subsidies go the 'rich' (defined in the Indian
context as those who are above the poverty
line), and much of the tab goes indirectly to
the poor. Because the hefty subsidy bill
results in fiscal deficits, which in turn push up
rates of inflation which, as everyone knows,
hits the poor the hardest of all. That is why
taxmen call inflation the most regressive form
of taxation. The entire The subsidy system is
Instructions
Governments looking for easy popularity built on the thesis that people cannot help
have often been tempted into announcing themselves, therefore governments must do
give a ways of all sorts; free electricity, so.
virtually free water, subsidized food, cloth at That people cannot afford to pay for variety of
half price, and so on. The subsidy culture has goods and services, and therefore the
gone to extremes. The richest farmers in the government must step in. This thesis has
been applied not just in the poor countries
country get subsidized fertilizers. University
but in the rich ones as well; hence the birth of
education, Typically accessed by the the welfare state in the west, and an almost
wealthier sections, is charged at a fraction of Utopian social security system; free medical
cost. Postal services are subsidized, and so care, food aid, old age security, et.al. But with
are railway services. Bus fares cannot be the passage of time, most of the wealthy
raised to economical levels because there will nations have discovered that their economies
be violent protest, so bus travel is subsidized cannot sustain this social safety net, which in
too. In the past, price control on a variety of fact reduces the desire among people to pay
their own way, and takes away some of the
items, from steel to cement, meant that incentive to work, in short, the bill was
industrial consumer of these items got them unaffordable, and their societies were simply
at less than actual cost, while the losses of the
not willing to pay. To the regret of many, but
public sector companies that produced them
because of the laws of economies are harsh,
most Western societies have been busy will be popular. After all, who does not like a
pruning the welfare bill. In India, the lessons free lunch? But the evidence is surely
of this experience over several decades, and mounting that the lunch is not free at
in many countries do not seem to have been all. Somebody is paying the bill. And if you
learnt. Or they are simply ignored in the want to know who, take at the country's poor
pursuit of immediate votes. People who are economic performance over the years.
promised cheap food or clothing do not in Question 1
most cases look beyond the gift horses to the Which of the following should not be
question of who picks up the tab. The uproar subsidized over the years?
A University education
over higher petrol, diesel and cooking gas
B Postal services
prices ignored this basic question; if the user
C steel
of cooking gas does not want to pay for its
D Other than those given as options
cost, who should pay?
E All of the above options
Diesel in the country is subsidized, and if the
Question 2
user of cooking gas does not want to pay for
The statement that 'subsidies are paid by
its full cost, who does he or she think should
the rich and go to the poor' is
pay the balance of the cost? It is a simple
A fiction
question, nevertheless if remains
B fact
unasked. The Deva Gowda government has C fact, according to the author
shown some courage in biting the bullet when D fiction, according to the author
it comes to the price of petroleum E Other than those given as options
products. But it has been bitten by much Question 3
Why do you think that the author calls the
bigger subsidy bug. It wants to offer food at
Western social security system Utopian?
half Its cost to everyone below the poverty A The countries belief in the efficacy of the
line, supposedly estimated at some 380
system was bound to turn out to be false.
million people. What will be the cost? And of
B The system followed by these countries is
course, who will pick up the tab? The Andhra
the best available in the present context.
Pradesh Government has been bankrupted by
C Everything under this system was
selling rice as 2 per kg. Should the Central
supposed to be free but people were
Government be bankrupted too, before facing
charging money for them.
up to the question of what is affordable and
what is not? Already, India is perennially D The theory of system followed by these
short of power because the subsidy on countries was devised by Dr. Utopia.
electricity has bankrupted most electricity E All the options are responsible.
boards, and made private investment wary
Question 4
unless it gets all manner of state
It can be inferred from the passage that
guarantees. Delhi's subsidized bus fares have
the author:
bankrupted the Delhi Transport Corporation,
A believes that people can help themselves
whose buses have slowly disappeared from
and do not need the government.
the capital's streets. It is easy to be soft and
sentimental, by looking at programmes that
B believes that the theory of helping with A. It is the only country in the world that is
subsidy is very destructive. carbon negative, which means it
C believes in democracy and free speech. produces more oxygen than it consumes.
D is not a successful politician. B. Bhutan, sandwiched between the two
E believes that subsidies are the best way to most populous nations on Earth, suffers
help poor. for their sins.
Question 5 C. So far, so good. But then, two things
Which of the following is not a victim of
extreme subsidies? happened.
A The poor D. Carbon sinks, 70% forest cover, powered
B The Delhi Transport Corporation
almost entirely by mountain streams —
C The Andhra Pradesh Goverment
D Other than those given as options Bhutan is a poster child for green living.
E The rich E. Glaciers are beginning to melt, flash
Question 6
Which of the following is not true in the floods and heavy rains — and even
context of the passage? droughts — are common, and
A Where subsidies are concerned, the poor
temperatures are climbing.
ultimately pay the tab.
F. One, India and China got richer.
B Inflation is caused by too much subsidies.
Question 8
C Experts call subsidies the most regressive
Which of the following should be the FIRST
form of taxation. sentence of the given paragraph?
D Fiscal deficits are caused due to heavy A E
subsidy bills. B D
E None of the following is true in the C C
D B
context of the passage. E A
Question 7 Question 9
A suitable title to the passage would be: Which of the following should be the
A There's no such thing as a free lunch THIRD sentence of the given paragraph?
B The Economic Overview A A
C Deva Gowda's Government and its Follies B B
D It takes Two to Tango C C
D D
E The Rich and The Poor: Extreme
E E
Partiality Question 10
Instructions Which of the following should be the LAST
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), sentence of the given paragraph?
(C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to A A
B D
form a meaningful paragraph and then
C C
answer the questions given below. D B
E E
Question 11 Ohno, among others. The work they and their
Which of the following should be the
disciples did, applied in industry after
FOURTH sentence of the given paragraph?
industry, is the basis of the best that we know
A F about operations, managing people,
B C
innovation, organizational design, and much
C B
D E more. The most complex workplaces are
E D tertiary care hospitals. These vast ... (15) ...
Question 12 employ tens of thousands of people who,
Which of the following should be the under one roof, do everything from
SECOND sentence of the given paragraph?
neurosurgery to laundry. Each patient - that
A B
B D is to say, each "job" - calls on a different set
C A of people with a different constellation of ...
D C
E E (16) ... even when the two patients have the
Instructions same diagnosis, success may be ... (17) ...
In the following questions, you have a brief
differently. This is complexity of an order of
passage. In the passage, some of the words
magnitude greater than automobile
have been left out.
assembly, and anyone who ... (18) ...
First read the passage over and try to
hospitalized knows that management has
understand what it is about. Then fill in the
thus far been unequal to the scope of task.
blanks with the help of the alternatives
The workers, managers, consultants, and
given. Big ideas come from tackling ... (13)
scholars ... (19) ... crack this nut will
... problems. When one is confronted with an
reshape industries and institutions just as ...
tremendous task, it's pieces. Business jargon
(20) ... as Drucker, Deming, and Ohno did.
is full of phrases about that, like "pilot
projects" and "low - Question 13
A small
hanging fruit. "They have their place, but in B big
the repertory of management ... (14) ... they C irrelevant
should share their place with bold D buildings
E minor
approaches to big challenges. Much of todays
most valuable management knowledge came Question 14
from wrestling with such issues. The most A weakness
complicated workplace in the middle of the B strength
last century was the automobile assembly C power
plant. Drawn to its complexity where Peter F. D practice
E symptom
Drucker, W. Edwards Deming, and Taiichi
A houses A Most people would have
B institute B attended the union meeting
C demagogue C if they had
D forts D had longer notice of it.
E enterprises
E No error
Question 16
Question 23
A barbarity A He took to
B talent
B reading times
C skills
C for better knowledge
D unskilled
E barbaric D of the facts.
Question 17 E No error
A managed Question 24
B officious A The RBI has proposed to introduce
C delivered B polymer notes after taking into
D measured consideration
E postponed C the cost and longevity
Question 18 D associated with their manufacturing.
A are been E No error
B have being Question 25
C have been A studies show that the lives of millions of
D has been mothers
E is be B and their children could be saved if
Question 19 countries would
A who C invest in programs that ensures a healthy
B whom pregnancy,
C whose
D and safe childbirth.
D which
E whomsoever E No error
A profoundly A Film viewers claim that
B gradually B the number of scenes depicting alcohol
C superficially consumption
D speciously C have increased dramatically over
E earnest D the last decade.
Instructions E No error
Identify the error in the sentences given Question 27
below, if there is no error, mark option e: A Forty percent of the people alive today
Question 21 have
A The need to set up B never made a phone call, but
B a good library in the locality C thirty percent still have no electricity
C has been in the minds of people connections
D for some time now D to their homes.
E No error E No error
Question 28 Q13: Answer: B
A Workers with less
B personal problems are Q14: Answer: D
C likely to be Q15: Answer: E
D more productive in their work. Q16: Answer: C
E No error
Q17: Answer: D
Question 29
A Everyone who visits Singapore Q18: Answer: D
B is impressed by its cleanliness, Q19: Answer: A
C which is mainly a result of rigorous
implementation Q20: Answer: A
D of their strict laws. Q21: Answer: C
E No error Q22: Answer: D
Question 30
A The bridal dress was Q23: Answer: B
B most unique. The prince Q24: Answer: B
C designed it and his Q25: Answer: C
D mother provided the lace fabric. Q26: Answer: C
E No Error
Q27: Answer: B
Q28: Answer: A
Answers and Solution Q29: Answer: D
Q30: Answer: B
Q1: Answer: E Explanation:
Q2: Answer: D most should be preceded by the article "The"
Q3: Answer: A
Q4: Answer: B
Q5: Answer: D
Q6: Answer: C
Q7: Answer: A
Explanation:
EndGroup:
Q8: Answer: B
Q9: Answer: C
Q10: Answer: E
Q11: Answer: A
Q12: Answer: C

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