DPM 6

A to E

A. Words along with their meaning, Pronunciation and usage

Grotesque /ɡrəʊˈtesk/ ( adj) : repulsively ugly, bizarre, gnarled, mangled

The grotesque monster in the ‘House of Horrors’ scared the daylights out of me.

Grandeur / (ˈɡrændʒə) / (n) : splendour , magnificence, resplendence , pomp, ceremonial

The grandeur of the opera house inspired awe and admiration in the tourists.

Gregarious /ɡɹɪˈɡɛə.ɹɪ.əs/ (adj) : sociable , convivial, congenial

His gregarious nature won him many friends.

Gratuitous /ɡrəˈtjuːɪtəs/ (adj) : unwarranted, uncalled for

Gratuitous advice, though pertinent, is never taken seriously.

Genesis /ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/ (n) : Origin, source, commencement

The fall of the Berlin wall was the genesis of the revolutionary idea .

Germane /dʒəːˈmeɪn/ (adj) : relevant , pertinent, applicable

The issue of communicable diseases is germane to the present times.

Gallant / ˈga-lənt/ (adj) : brave, valiant, intrepid, doughty

The country bid the gallant soldier a tearful adieu.

Genocide /ˈdʒenəsaɪd/ (n) : massacre, slaughter, pogrom, holocaust

The genocide by the dictator created an uproar across the world and was vociferously
condemned.

Gnash /næʃ/ (v) : grind, grate, rasp

Tied to the chair, all he could do was gnash his teeth and glare at the abductors.

Garrulous /ˈɡar(j)ʊləs/ (adj) : talkative, loquacious, voluble, verbose

His garrulous nature made him the unfit for the choice of National Security Advisor.
B. RC Passage (with Link)

Article 1:

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/rbi-bites-the-bullet-cuts-repo-rate-
by-75-bps-to-4-40-to-mitigate-covid-19-impact/articleshow/74840559.cms

SUMMARY: The article talks about the huge downfall in Repo Rate making to the lowest ever
before . Banks are opening down its liquidity, and also the Reverse Repo Rate has also
lowered. CRR , min amount bank has to keep, is cut by 100bps to 3% unlock 1.37 lakh cr
liquidity.The central bank had a meeting with monetary policy committee discussing lock down
and impact on business activities. The governor ensured RBI is on mission mode and will
ensure normal functioning. RBI has extended schedule and will revive growth and pressure
financial stability.

Article 2 -Reimagining intelligence in the classroom

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/Reimagining-intelligence-in-the-
classroom/article15328295.ece

BRIEF: The recent surge of enthusiasm over Vedic mathematics — which some sceptics say is
neither very Vedic nor particularly mathematical — says something about social perception of a
field of knowledge that epitomises objectivity. It is a reminder that value placed on intellectual,
spiritual, or emotional faculties is culturally constructed. If the ancient Greeks valued physical
prowess, reason and virtue, the Romans privileged valour; Chinese culture, influenced by
Confucianism, appreciated calligraphy, archery, drawing and poetry.

Article 3:https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/why-vincent-van-gogh-cut-off-ear-how-
die/

Art historian Bernadette Murphy investigates the art world’s abiding mystery: what drove one of
the world’s most famous artists, Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), to cut off his left ear in 1888.
Pieced together by accounts of various witnesses, from painter Paul Gaugin to Dr. Félix Rey who
attended on van Gogh, to another painter, Signac,Murphy writes anecdotally about the events
that may have led to the incident. The article also contains box items with interesting trivia and
information relating to the artist.
Article 4 : https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/30/fake-news-coronavirus-
false-information
SUMMARY :
The passage talks how In times of crisis, misinformation abounds. It says if fake news isn’t as
consequential as is often feared, it’s better to be able to spot it. It says the main issue isn’t that
people gullibly accept whatever they’re told. On the contrary, the problem is that people fail to
absorb recommendations. Again and again, helpful warnings have gone unheeded and advice
ignored.
It ends by stating that checking is crucial to reinforcing our belief in real news, and in sound
advice. It advises us to be vigilant, but being vigilant is only useful it if helps us remain open to
valuable information.

Article 5
LINK: https://www.thehindu.com/books/the-constitution-was-meant-to-interrogate-relationships-
of-power-gautam-bhatia/article31058570.ece

SUMMARY :
The passage talks about the changes seen in Indian Constitution and its frameworks. in public
and private sectors. focuses on judgement passed by political parties i order to win votes. and
further not fulfilling them. which needs to be improvised. to improve the conditions ASAP. The
nine cases in Gautam's book talks about how to bring changes. and reduce the sufferings faced
by common man.
C. RC Passage (with Questions)

In ‘One kind of Freedom’, Ransom and Sutch argue that, in the post-bellum South, there was
little chance of upward occupational mobility for African-American agricultural workers in the
context of the urban North during the 1910s , the first decade of the Great Migration. Given the
constraints on black farmers in the South described by these authors, why did African
Americans not move in large numbers to the North prior to World War One? Lack of information
and lack of wealth to cover travel and adjustment to the North created barriers to moving North.
The large numbers of European immigrants entering nothing industrial labor markets also
limited the pull of the North for black workers . In the 1910s, of course, these conditions
changed radically. The decline of European immigration during the decade led Northern
employers to actively recruit black workers from the South. The spread of boll weevil, a pest that
devastated cotton crop in the South, provided further incentive to the Blacks there for leaving.
Formal social and political segregation also increased. The first wave of the Great Migration
grew out of this complex mix of pushes and pulls in the 1910s.

The authors aptly point out that researchers studying the economic history of these migrants
have often framed their analysis within an adjustment and assimilation model analogous to that
used in studies of European immigrants. While black migrants from the South did not face the
language and cultural barriers that many European immigrants faced, other factors may have
limited their economic prospects upon arrival in the North. In the earliest days of the great
migration employers expressed concern that southern Blacks would need time to adjust to their
new surroundings and the noise and rhythms of industrial work. They saw this as a potentially
important source of productivity difference between northern-born and southern-born blacks.
Whether this view was accurate or not, the fact that northern employers believed it to be true
may have reduced black access to better industrial jobs . In addition, the poor housing
conditions of recent immigrants tended to cause them to move more often, raising their
employment turnover rates along with their residential turnover rates, which may also slow down
their movement into higher occupations.
Question 1) The employers mentioned in the second paragraph were less inclined to employ
Blacks from the South because of
(A) their personal bias against the Blacks from the South .
(B) their apprehensions about the Blacks adaptability to industrial surroundings .
(C) their preference to Europeans who had better ability to communicate.
(D) their preference for northern whites who were better skilled.

Question 2) It can be inferred from the passage that, in Ransom and Sutch’s opinion , the
researchers mentioned in the second paragraph would have been more accurate in their
analysis if they had
(A) emphasized the adjustment and assimilation in the models they were using .
(B) ignored the cultural and language barriers the Blacks from the South faced.

(C )identified the similarities between black migrants from South to north and Europeans
migrating into the North .
(D ) identified the differences between Europeans migrating to North and Blacks migrating to
North from the South

Question 3 ) According to the passage all of the following were impediments for the movement
of South based black workers who were in agricultural sector EXCEPT
(A) lack of information .
(B) Lack of financial resources.
(C) The decline in number of European immigrants coming to North. The concerns of the
employers in the North.

Question 4) Which of the following best describes the organization of the passage ?
(A) The first paragraph gives a critical analysis of a scholarly study and the 2nd paragraph
gives some ways of improving that scholarly work .
(B) The first paragraph describes the controversy regarding a book describing occupational
mobility of African-American agriculture workers and the second para gives the reasons
for the controversy .
(C) The first paragraph is a description of a scholarly work whereas the second one is
application of the concepts of the book in historical context .
(D) The first paragraph describes the writers’ description of a historical phenomenon and the
2nd paragraph gives those authors’ analysis of some misconceptions regarding that
phenomenon .
D. Quantitative Aptitude

Q1. In a four-digit number, the sum of the last two digits is eight times the sum of its first two
digits. The sum of the extreme digits equals the sum of the middle digits. How many values can
the number take?
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. More than 2

Q2. Ramu divided some marbles among his two sons such that his elder son got more marbles
than his younger son. The sum of the cubes of the number of marbles with his sons was equal to
21 times the product of the difference of the squares of the number of marbles and the difference
of the number of marbles with them. Find the ratio of the number of marbles with his sons.
a. 6:5 b. 5:3 c. 3:2 d. 5:4

Q3. Five identical glasses are partially filled with water. The ratio of the quantities of water in the
five glasses is 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 : 7. The total quantity of water in the glasses is equal to 60% of the
total volume of the five glasses. How many glasses are at least half full?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 5

Q4. Water flows into a reservoir which is 200 m long and 150 m wide, through a pipe of cross-
section 0.3 m x 0.2 m at a speed of 20 km/hr. In how many hours will the water level be 8 m?

Q5. If 5 cosθ + 12 sinθ = 13, then tanθ is _______.

a. 12/5 b. 5/12 c. 5/13 d. 12/13

Q6. Consider acute-angled triangles of sides 14 cm, 48 cm, and x cm. How many integral
values of x are possible?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 4 d. 8
Q7. Meghna bought some wooden and glass articles spending a total of Rs.1,800. Each
wooden article costs Rs.45 and each glass article costs Rs.15. Instead, if she buys as many
glass articles as the wooden articles and as many wooden articles as the glass articles that she
bought earlier, she will spend an amount less than half of what she spent earlier. In how many
different combinations could she have bought the articles?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 4 d. 6

Q8. How many five-digit numbers that are divisible by 4 can be formed, using the digits 0 to 6 if
no digit is to occur more than once in each number?

Q9. 16. If x, y and z are distinct positive numbers different from 1 such that a = x/y, b = y/z and c
= z/x, find the value of: log 𝑏 𝑎 . log 𝑐 𝑎 + log 𝑐 𝑏 . log 𝑎 𝑏 + log 𝑎 𝑐 . log 𝑏 𝑐 ?
a. 0 b. 2 c. 3 d. 1

Q10. A rectangle of perimeter 120 cm has the maximum possible area. Four squares of side x
cm each are cut from each of its corners. The sheet remaining after the squares are cut is folded
into a cuboid. Find the value of x (in cm) which maximizes the volume of the cuboid.
E. Data Interpretation – 1 Set

Directions for questions 1 to 4: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given
below.
The following table gives the pass percentage of boys, girls and the overall pass percentage of
the students in six schools - A, B, C, D, E and F.
School Boys Girls Overall
A 62 76 68
B 58 80 71
C 73 91 83
D 78 72 74
E 86 93 88.5
F 81 75 78.5

Q1. What percentage of the students in school A were girls?

a. 41 b. 43 c. 46 d. 48
Q2. In which school was the number of girls who failed, the highest?
a. A b. C c. D d. Cannot be determined
Q3. In how many of the given schools did the number of boys outnumber the girls?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
Q4. In which of the given schools was the percentage of girls, out of the total students, the
highest?
a. A b. B c. C d. D