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1. Passage: The prevention of accidents makes it necessary not only that safety devices be used to guard exposed
machinery but also that machines be instructed in safety rules which they must follow for their own protection and that
lighting in the plant be adequate. This passage best supports the statement that industrial accidents
1) are always avoidable
2) may be due to ignorance.
3) cannot be entirely overcome.
4) can be eliminated with the help of safety rules.
5) usually result from inadequate machinery.
2. The majority of Indian labourers belong to unorganised sector and most of them earn very low.
Which of the following is implicit in the above statement?
1) The labourers belonging to organised sector have better benefits and stablility.
2) Some labourers belonging to unorganised sector have regular and certain income.
3) Organised sector labourers make direct contribution in industrial progress of the country.
4) Most of the unorganised sector labourers are not educated and do not have technical expertise.
5) None of these
3. The leader of the main opposition party asserted that the call for chakka jam turned out to be a great success in
the entire state.
Which of the following assumptions is implicit in the above statement?
1) The people in future will support the main opposition party.
2) People are probably convinced about the reason behind the chakka jam strike call.
3) Chakka jam will lead to early election in the state.
4) Educated people of the state will not support the Chakka jam call because it creates a negative image of the state on
the industrial front.
5) None of these
Directions (Q. 4 – 5): In each of the questions given below, a statement is followed by two courses of action. A
course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for improvement, followup or further action in
regard to the problem, policy etc. On the basis of the information given in the statements, you have to assume
everything in the statement to be true and then decide which of the given courses of action logically follow(s) for
pursuing.
4. Statement: India’s preeminent position in world black pepper production and trade is in danger as some of the
countries, which have recently started the production of the ‘king of the spices’ crop from Indian root stocks, are
farming better by adopting modern cultivation practices.
Courses of action:
I. India should immediately stop supplying root stocks of black pepper to other countries.
II.India should adopt modern technology for cultivating black pepper to compete in theinternational market.
III.India should reduce the price of its black pepper drastically to remain competitive in the world market.
1) All follow
2) Only II follows
3) Only I follows
4) Only III follows
5) None of these
5. Statement: The institute has fixed for the investors a validity period of one year for the transfer form for some of
its listed schemes.
Courses of action:
I. The institute should consult investors before fixing the duration of the validity period.
II.The investors should be duly informed about the validity period.
III.The list of schemes covered under this validity period should be communicated.
1) All follow
2) Only I and II follow
3) Only I and II follow
4) Only III follows
5) Only II and III follow
Direction (Q. 6): Read the following information and sentences A), B), C), D) and E) given below it carefully and
answer the questions which follow:
The fifth conference of labour ministers of NonAligned and other developing countries, which concluded in New Delhi on
December 23, was not just another conference held under the auspices of International Labour Organisation to discuss
labour welfare and social clauses such as employment creation, poverty reduction and eradication, and social
integration. Participating nations were represented by their labour ministers.
(A) The fourth conference of labour ministers was not held at New Delhi.
(B) International Labour Organisation took an active part in a conference of labour ministers.
(C) Linking labour standards to international trade would benefit the industrial countries.
(D) The last summit did not discuss questions on poverty.
(E) The labour minister of India attended the conference.
6. Which of the statements (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) can be inferred from the facts/information given in the passage?
(An inference is something which is not directly stated but can be inferred from the given facts.)
1) Only (A)
2) Only (B)
3) Only (C)
4) Only (B) and (E)
5) Only (D)
7. Statements: Every man should have his identity card with him. That card should contain his blood group, complete
address and telephone number for contact in cases of some serious accidents. Which of the following conclusions can
definitely be drawn from the above statements?
1) Blood cannot be transfused until its group is mentioned in the card.
2) The police need this information, especially, when the accident is fatal.
3) In case of emergency, he may forget his address and may need the card to contact his house.
4) No one is supposed to forget his phone number under any circumstances.
5) When the seriously injured person is helpless to tell his blood group, this information would suffice to indicate the
required blood group.
8. 2011 was the year of multiple scams in India, including 2G and Commonwealth Games scam. A special
investigation wing of CBI framed charges against all accused.The Hon’ble court should give capital punishment to
all the accused persons.
Which of the following assumptions is implicit in the above statement?
1) Most of the politicians are corrupt. So, lots of scams occur in this country.
2) Capital punishment alone is a solution to curb these scams.
3) These scams involve officials in the government of India. So, all bureaucrats are corrupt.
4) Scam cases are undesirable in our country.5) Cases of corruption occur all over the world. So, there is nothing new
about these cases.
ANSWERS :
1. 4; Industrial accidents can be eliminated with the help of safety rules. The line in the given passage states that
machines be instructed safety rules which they must follow for their own protection.
2. 5
3. 2; Since the chakka jam call was accepted by the entire state, it is likely that people are convinced about the reason
behind the chakka jam strike call.
4. 2; Only better quality can put India back in the competitive field of black pepper production. So, India should go for
modern technology for cultivating black pepper to compete in international market.
5. 5; The investors should be informed about the validity period and the list of schemes covered under this validity period
should be communicated so that investors could be benefited from this facility.
6. 4; Statement B and E can be inferred from the passage. Statement B can be inferred, because it is given that
international labour organisation held the conference. (E) can also be inferred because it is given that participating nations
were represented by their respective ministers.
7. 5
8. 4; In the given passage, it has been given that the Hon’ble court should give capital punishment to all the accused
persons. This indicates that scams are not desirable in this country.