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SECTIONS (a) Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 (b) [Link] QUESTIONS (c) 30(Question 1- 30) 30(Question 31- 60) 35(Question 61- 95) 15(Question 96- 10) 25(Question 111-135) 135 MARKS PER QUESTION (d) 0.4 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.5 TOTAL MARKS (e) = (c) (d) 12.00 30.00 35.00 10.00 12.00 100.00

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SECTION 1
1. Match the Invention-Inventor-Country

Invention a. Bicycle b. Dynamite c. Stainless Steel d. Gramophone

Inventor i. Harry Brearley ii. K. Macmillan iii. T.A. Edison iv. Alfred Noble

Country 1. USA 2. England [Link] [Link]

B. a-iv-1, b-ii-4, c-iii-2, d-i-3 D. a-ii-4, b-iv-3, c-i-2, d-iii-1

A. a-i-3, b-iii-2, c-iv-1, d-ii-4 C. a-iii-2, b-i-1, c-ii-3, d-iv-4 2.

In the context of UMPP establishment in India, match the Location and State

Location a. Akaltara b. Mundra c. Giriye d. Sasan

State i. Madhya Pradesh ii. Maharashtra iii. Gujarat iv. Chattisgarh

B. a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i D. a-i, b-ii, c-iv, d-iii

A. a-iii, b-iv, c-i, d-ii C. a-ii, b-i, c-iii, d-iv 3. Match the State-Chief Minister-Governor
State a. West Bengal b. Uttarakhand c. Himachal Pradesh d. Maharashtra

Chief Minister i. Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri ii. Prem Kumar Dhumal iii. Prithviraj Chavan iv. Mamata Banerjee

Governor 1. K. Sankaranarayanan 2. Urmila Singh 3. M. K. Narayanan 4. Margaret Alva

A. a-iv-3, b-i-4, c-ii-2, d-iii-1 C. a-iv-2, b-iii-4, c-i-3, d-ii-1 4.

B. a-iv-1, b-ii-2, c-i-4, d-iii-3 D. a-iv-4, b-i-2, c-ii-1, d-iii-3

Fundamental duties were added by which of the following constitutional amendment? A. 44th Constitutional Amendment Act B. 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act C. 46th Constitutional Amendment Act D. 86th Constitutional Amendment Act What is the target for growth rate in 12th five year plan of India? A. 9-9.5% B. 9.5-10% C. 10-10.5%

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D. 10.5-11%

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State Government of which of the following states is formulating an action plan to achieve total literacy by 2013? A. Andhra Pradesh B. Kerala C. Karnataka D. Tamil Nadu
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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has projected which country as the fastest growing economy? A. India B. China C. United States D. Russia The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and NTPC signed a joint venture and shareholder agreement to set up a 500-MW (2 x 250 MW) coal-based power plan in which of the following countries? A. Srilanka B. India C. Nepal D. Bhutan Arrange the following Indian rivers in decreasing order of their lengths: 1. Godavari 2. Mahanadi 3. Kaveri 4. Narmada Correct Code: A. Godavari >Narmada >Mahanadi >Kaveri B. Narmada >Godavari >Kaveri>Mahanadi C. Godavari >Kaveri> Mahanadi > Narmada D. Godavari>Mahanadi>Narmada >Kaveri

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A C-Quest will be set up under which states tourism to address quality issues in the tourism sector? A. Madhya Pradesh B. Karnataka C. Kerala D. Tamil Nadu Which of the following tools are the sources of raising domestic funds by the companies? A. IPO only B. FPO only C. commercial papers only D. all of the above Term ALM is used in Banking/financing sector. M stands for: A. management B. maturity C. money

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D. market

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Sugam form used to fill income tax return for: A. salaried persons B. senior Citizens C. small businessmen D. women Match the Research Centre of India- Place
Research Centre of India a. Central Tabacco Research Institute b. Central Forest Research Institute c. National Sugar Research Institute d. Central Fuel Research Institute Place i. Dhanbad ii. Rajamundry iii. Dehradun iv. Kanpur

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A. a-iii, b-ii, c-i, d-iv C. a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv

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B. a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i D. a-iv, b-i, c-iii, d-ii IIFT Sample Test

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Match the Organization- Year of Foundation

Organization a. Assam Rifles b. CRPF c. National Cadat Corps(NCC) d. ITBP

A. a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv C. a-ii, b-iii, c- iv, d-i 16.

Year of Foundation i. 1962 ii. 1835 iii. 1939 iv. 1948

B. a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii D. a-iii, b-iv, c- ii, d-i

WAN-IFRA is an international organization related to: A. investment Banking B. telecom C. news papers D. marketing The global consultancy, McKinsey is related to study of: A. Public Finance B. Global Trade C. Global Health

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D. Global Warming

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India signed a double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) with which of the following former Soviet Republic? A. Georgia B. Ukraine C. Tajikistan D. Belarus The biggest gold miner company Rusoro is listed in: A. Russia B. United States of America C. Canada D. South Africa Which among the following constitutional amendment bill contains the provision of increase in women reservation in panchayats? A. 110 B. 111 C. 112 D. 113 The country, which recently provided to India an Official Development Assistance (ODA) of a total Rs.8, 632 crore, is: A. Britain B. Japan C. Germany D. South Korea The Environmental Media Association has recognised six Hollywood productions for spreading the word about going green. Which one of the followings is not among those productions? A. TVs Futurama B. CSI Crime Scene Investigation C. HGTV Green Home 2011 D. Robot-2011 A bank which has been appointed as the custodian of securities of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO),by EPFO, is: A. State Bank of India B. Dena Bank C. Standard Chartered Bank D. Kotak Mahindra
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Which one of the following Companies has been awarded 5th Enteria Award, 2011? A. Wrtsil India B. Reliance Industries Ltd. Solar Group. C. Presnenskaya Quay D. APTRANSCO The Central Government recently has sanctioned the Scheme of Amalgamation of Maharashtra Elektrosmelt Ltd (MEL) with: A. ArcelorMittal Dhamm Processing Pvt Ltd B. Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) C. Jindal Steel and Power D. Tata Steel The duty free import of goods is permitted from which of the following countries in India ? A. Nepal B. Bhutan C. Sri Lanka D. Afghanistan Recently the Spices Board campaigned about awareness against: A. Diacetyl B. Benzoic Acid C. Aflatoxin Match the Defence Institute- Place- State
Defence Institute a. Air Defence Guided Missiles Schools b. Air Force technical College c. Defence Services Staff College d. College of Military Engineering Place i. Kirki ii. Gopalpur iii. Jalahali iv. Wellington State 1. Orrisa 2. Tamilnadu 3. Karnataka 4. Maharashtra

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D. Solanine

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A. a-ii-4, b-iv-2, c- iii-1, d-i-3 C. a-ii-3, b-i-4, c-iv-2, d-iii-1 29.

B. a-iii-2, b-ii-1, c-i-3, d-iv-4 D. a-ii-1, b-iii-3, c-iv-2, d-i-4

Which of the following Telecommucation company has, for the first time, penalised the telemarketing companies for making Pesky calls to its subscribers? A. Airtel B. Vodafone C. Reliance communications D. BSNL Recently, the Union Government has constituted B. K. Chaturvedi Committee to look into: A. Relocation of NTPCs 1,980-MW North Karanpura plant in Jharkhand. B. Matters related to coal mines in Jharkhand C. Matters related to Coal mines in Odisha D. Relocation of NTPC 1,980-MW Plant in West Bengal

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SECTION 2
31. In an isosceles trapezium, the distance between the parallel sides is 2 units and the shorter of the parallel sides has a length of 5 units. If the length of the equal sides of the trapezium is an integer, then which of the following cannot be the area of the trapezium (in square units)? A. 10 + 8 30 B. 10 + 4 35 C. 10 + 4 25
| x 2 6x | +4 x 2 + 3+ | 2x 4 |

D. 10 + 4 15

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The sum of all real values of x satisfying the equation A. 4 B. 8 C. 6

= 2?

D. None of these

33.

It is given that loga, logb and logc are three consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression. If c + 10a 7b = 0, then which of the following is definitely incorrect? A.
a 1 = b 2

B. b + c = 30a

C. b c = 8a2

D. c b = 23a

34.

Find the sum of the infinite terms of the series

( 5 4 ) (52 42 )
C. 241 61

20

(52 42 )(53 43 )
D. 78761 61 389

202

+ ...

A. 5

B. 4

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A shopkeeper gives a discount of 12%, whenever a customer makes cash payment. Let z denote the percentage, above the cost price, that the shopkeeper must mark up the price of the article [z is an integer] in order to make a profit of k %( k<100). Which of the following is the possible value(s) of k? A. 54 B. 76 C. 96 D. 32 Find the ratio of areas in which the line y = 2x divides the region bounded between the curves y2 = 4x and x2 = 4y. A. 7 : 1 B. 16 : 1 C. 15 : 1 D. 8 : 1 The domain of definition of the function f(x) = sin1(x2 3) + 3 x2 is A. [ 3, 3]
1 3 3+3 5 + 33 ,

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B. [ 3, 2]

C. [ 2, 3]

D. None of these

38.

If x = A. 81

then find the value of x3 9x2. B. 111 C. 186

D. 192

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39.

Which of the following is obtained after the rationalization of the expression

1 2+ 3+ 5

A.

2 2 + 3 3 30 12

B. 2 3 3 2 + 30 12 D.

C. 2 3 + 3 2 30 12 40.

2 2 3 3 + 30 12

Cholesterol is of two types, good cholesterol and bad cholesterol. a% of the vegetable oil is impure and b% of the pure vegetable oil is good cholesterol. If it is known that c% of the vegetable oil is cholesterol, what percentage of the impure vegetable oil is bad cholesterol? A. ab + 100(c b) a B.
ab + 100(c a) b

C.

(a 100c) +1 b

D.

ac

100 b a a

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I have three pieces of strings having lengths 10 m, 20 m and 30 m. Keeping their ends joined, I bent each of them in different geometrical shapes. I bent the largest one in a circle, the shortest one in an equilateral triangle and the third one in a square. If the areas of the equilateral triangle, the square and the circle thus formed be denoted by T, S and C, then which of the following equals T : S : C? A.

3 : 9 : 81

B.

3 : 9 : 81

C.

3 : 9 : 81

D. None of these

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2 Given that f(x) = 4x 2, x >

1 2

. Find the value of x such that f(f(f(x))) = f(f(f(f(f(x))))) .

2 3

A.

3 2

B. 1

C.

D.

2 5
? 4

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How many integers x, satisfy the following inequality tan1 (1 + x) + tan1 (1 x) > A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

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In a survey, it was shown that Hindi and Marathi are the only languages spoken in Kothar village. In this village, one-tenth of the population speaks neither Hindi nor Marathi, one-fifth of the population cant speak Marathi and three-seventh of the population cant speak Hindi. In a literacy campaign, the people knowing neither of the languages in that village were taught either Hindi or Marathi in the ratio 4 : 3. After campaign, approximately what percentage of the villagers could speak Hindi only. A. 10% B. 14% C. 18% D. 16% Let =, > are the roots of the quadratic equation x2 + ax + b = 0 and , are the roots of the quadratic equation x2 + bx + a = 0. If ( + )( + ) = 0 and a b, then which of the following values of a and b are possible? A. a = 3 and b = 6 C. a = 4 and b = 0 B. a = 0 and b = 5 D. a = 7 and b = 3 IIFT Sample Test

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In the last three months, I have trained my dog Tommy to follow my commands. Now, whenever I command Tommy, it covers the distance between any two given points by making moves along only three directions-"south to north", "west to east" and "south to east". To test Tommy, I prepared a network of 3 parallel paths running south to north and 3 other parallel paths running west to east. I marked diagonal paths as well. The following figure shows this network. Points A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and O denote the points of intersections of two or more of these paths. I commanded Tommy to start from point A and reach point C using only the paths in the network. Which of the following is not true?

N orth

W est

E ast

S outh

A. If I command Tommy to move only in the "south to north" and/or in the "west to east" direction, then it can reach point C taking 6 different routes. B. If I command Tommy to move along exactly one diagonal path in its route, then it can reach point C taking 6 different routes. C. If I command Tommy to move only in the "south to north" and/or in the "west to east" direction, then it can reach point C taking 12 different routes. D. In all, Tommy can take 13 different routes to reach point C. 47. Find the value of 36 S if

S=
A. 4 48.

6 1 7 1 8 1 ............. till infinite terms. + + + (2) (3) (4) 2 (3) (4) (5) 22 (4) (5) (6) 23
B. 4.5 C. 5 D. 6

In the year 2005, Mumbai observed severe floods. To gauge the impact of the floods minister, Mr. Feroz, made an aerial survey of the city in a helicopter. When his helicopter was vertically above the "Corporate Tower" building, Mr. Feroz observed the angle of depression of the top of the "Business Tower" building to be 30. The helicopter kept moving at the same vertical level and after 5 seconds, it was vertically above the "Business Tower" building, from where he observed the angle of depression of the "Corporate Tower" to be 60. He learnt that "Business Tower" building was 120 m taller than the "Corporate Tower" building. Which of the following is true? A. The helicopter was 180 m above the top of the "Corporate Tower" building. B. The helicopter was 160 m above the "Business Tower" building. C. The helicopter was 280 m above the ground. D. None of these

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DIRECTIONS for Questions 49 and 50: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. In a dance academy , there are 60 students learning the bharatnatyam dance, 50 students learning the classical dance and 65 students learning the disco dance. 18 students are learning both the bharatnatyam and the classical dance. 20 students are learning both the disco and the bharatnatyam dance. 27 students are learning both the disco and the classical dance. All the students are learning at least one of the three dances. 49. 50. 51. Maximum number of students that could be learning all the three dances is A. 15 B. 18 C. 20 D. 22 Minimum number of students that could be learning only the classical dance is A. 5 B. 18 C. 23 D. 22 Deep, Salil and Harsha can fix a defect in m, 2m and 3m days respectively. All the three mentioned persons started working together. Deep continued to work till the defect was fixed, but Harsha left two days and Salil one day before, the defect was fixed. Which of the following is true? A. Salil cannot take 16 days to complete the defect alone. B. Salil cannot take 60 days to complete the defect alone. C. Salil cannot take 40 days to complete the defect alone. D. None of these If f(x) = 90x2 + 20x + 1, then find the sum of digits of f(11111). A. 111 B. 11 C. 1111 D. 11111

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A bag contains 10 balls numbered from 0 to 9. The balls are such that the person picking a ball out of the bag is equally likely to pick any one of them. A person picked a ball and replaced it in the bag after noting its number. He repeated this process 2 more times. What is the probability that the ball picked first is numbered higher than the ball picked second, and the ball picked second is numbered higher than the ball picked third? 3 1 72 4 B. C. D. A. 25 6 100 5 If the arithmetic mean and the product, of the roots of equation x 2 + ( a ab) x +( b + ab) = 0 be 0 and 1 respectively, then which of the following is true about the geometric mean of the roots of equation (a2 + 2b2 + ab + 2) x2 + x + (a3 + 3b3 + a2b2 + 3) = 0? A.

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3 2

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Distance between 2 stations is d. A train moves with the speed of m and reaches other station late by 2 hours. Calculate the speed with which train has to travel to reach in time, where t is the actual time. A.

m t+2

B.

mt t+2

C.

m (t +2) t

D.

m t(t + 2)

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Professor Sharma and Professor Shetty have been assigned to prepare the admission test for their institute, the institute - I. After having worked on the assignment for two days, they felt the need to consult a few expert Professors from other institutes. Hence, they invited professor Verma and IIFT Sample Test

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Professor Shastri both from institute - J. They also invited Professor Albert, Professor Robert and Professor Alvin, all from institute - K. All the professors assembled in a hall in institute - I. Before they could start working on the admission test, every Professor made a hand shake with Professors from the other institutes. What could be the maximum possible number of hand shakes made in the hall? A. 16 B. 10 C. 14 D. 12 57. If D is the mid-point of side BC of a triangle ABC and AD is perpendicular to AC, then I. 3a2 = b2 3c2 II. 3b2 = a2 c2 III. 3c2 = a2 3b2 Which of the following is true? A. Only I B. Only II C. Only III D. I and III While passing through a jungle, Fahim and Nishat meet a lion. As the lion feels insecure, it comes in an attacking position. They too, take out their guns and aim at the lion. In a split second, the lion jumps towards Fahim and without loosing any time, both Fahim and Nishat fire at the lion, as well. Let the probability that the lion catches its target be hit their targets be
1 and the probabilities that Fahim and Nishat 4

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1 1 and respectively. If the lion is hit, then what is the probability that it is hit 2 3 by Nishat but not by Fahim?

A. 1 2 59.

B.

5 6

C. 1 4

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There are 2 containers, each containing equal quantities of the milk and water. In the first container, the ratio of water and milk is 2 : 3 and in the second container the ratio of water to milk is 1 : 4. Now, these 2 containers are emptied in a tub in the volume ratio 3 : 4. Which of the following is not true? A. The ratio of water and milk in the resulting mixture is less than three-fourth. B. The ratio of water and milk is the resulting mixture is greater than two-fifth. C. The ratio of water and milk in the resulting mixture is less than three-fifth. D. The ratio of water and milk in the resulting mixture is less than two-third. In the triangle PQR, PX : XR = 1 : 4 and AQ = 4 units. If the area of APQ is 20 [Link], then find the length of XY. P

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Q B. 9 units

Y C. 8 units

R
D. 7 units
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SECTION 3
DIRECTIONS for Questions 61 to 64: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. The following table shows the number of cakes sold and the price (Rs./kg) of different varieties of cakes in Rendezvous Pastry Shop for three consecutive weeks of a month. P1 and N1 are the price and the number of cakes sold in week 1 respectively and similarly, P2 and N2 for week 2 and P3 and N3 for week 3.
[Link]. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Name/Variety of the Cake Vanilla Mango Mania Chocolate Cashew Pineapple Green Forest Choco Truffle Ecstasy Venice Street Fells and Half Strawberry Nuts Star Cruise Vanilla Supreme Australian Nut P1 250 175 350 275 260 420 360 640 500 240 320 500 420 200 N1 4 6 4 10 8 2 15 5 4 10 6 5 10 12 P2 280 200 320 300 200 400 380 600 440 300 360 520 400 240 N2 8 3 10 15 5 6 10 8 6 12 16 5 8 6 P3 300 240 360 320 460 500 360 440 460 260 400 450 460 220 N3 4 6 8 10 4 4 20 12 4 10 9 7 12 8

The different varieties of cakes are classified into Groups. Each Group has those varieties of cakes for which the number of alphabets (excluding spaces) in the names of the cakes is same. 61. 62. In how many Groups can the varieties of cakes given above be classified? A. 7 B. 8 C. 9 D. 10 The total number of cakes sold in the three weeks is same for two varieties of cake. Find the absolute difference in the revenues generated by the sales of these two varieties of cake. (Assume each cake weighs 1.5 kgs) A. Rs.3330 B. Rs.3825 C. Rs.4975 D. Rs.4995 Find the number of varieties of cake for which the average price per kg is greater than 300 and the total number of cakes sold in all the three weeks is greater than 20. {Average price of a particular variety of cake is the average of the prices of one cake of that variety over the three weeks}. A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 4 For certain Groups, the ratio of the numbers of alphabets in the name of any variety of cake to the number of varieties in that Group, is not an integer. Find the total number of cakes sold of the varieties that are in these Groups, across the three weeks. A. 95 B. 91 C. 85 D. 80

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DIRECTIONS for Questions 65 to 68: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. Four cities of US have been brutally devastated by Hurricane Katrina and the relief operations are on. The following representation shows the number of food packets distributed by four different helicopter teams in each city in a particular day. Number of Food Packets
Miami Philadelphia New York Oklahoma 0 100 200 210 300 300 400 500 600 700 450 600

Wastage in defined as the number of food packets left unconsumed by the people of these cities. The following pie-chart provides data about the percentage of food packets actually consumed out of total number of food packets consumed by the people in the four cities.
Miami 25% Oklahoma 20%

New York 20%

Philadelphia 35%

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Which of the following is the approximate percentage of wastage in Philadelphia out of the combined wastage done in all the cities, if the combined wastage of all the cities is 25% of the total packets consumed? A. 47.6% B. 52.3% C. 50.2% D. 55.8% Given that the total number of packets consumed is 800 and the helicopter teams helping New York and Miami together form one team only, as a result of which the consumption of both Oklahoma and Philadelphia drop by 30% each. The approximate percentage of the total wastage as the wastage of Philadelphia lies in between A. 49% and 52.55% B. 51% and 53.5% C. 53.9% and 54.1% D. 53.9% and 55.2% If the wastage in Philadelphia is equal to 2 times the number of packets consumed in Oklahoma then the wastage in Miami is how many times that in New York? A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6 If the wastage in Philadelphia is equal to 2 times the number of packets consumed in Oklahoma then the wastage in Oklahoma is how many times the number of packets consumed in Philadelphia? A. 2 B. 0.5 C. 4 D. 0.25
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DIRECTIONS for Questions 69 to 72: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. The following graphs show the sales of cold drinks from 1995 to 2004. Figure I shows the cumulative number of bottles sold by the end of each year from 1995 to 2000 and Figure II shows the number of bottles sold within each year from 2000 to 2004.

Figure I Number of bottles (in lakhs) 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 75 62 50 45 35 28 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995

Number of bottles (in lakhs)

15 13 11 9 7 5

Figure II
13 12 9 8 6

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

Year

There are only three flavours of cold drinks namely cola, orange and mango. In any of the years, the number of bottles sold of any one of the three flavours cannot be more than the sum of those of the other two. The percentage share of the number of bottles sold of any single flavour among the cold drinks is always greater than or equal to 20%.

The following graph shows the percentage increase in the percentage share of the sales of bottles of cola flavour among the cold drinks in the years from 1995 to 2003. Negative percentage increase implies decrease in the share.
10 8 6 4 2 0 -2 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999- 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2000 -4 -6 Year -8 -10

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Percentage change

Among the cold drinks, what can be the maximum possible percentage share of the number of bottles sold of cola flavour in any of the given years? A. 60% B. 48% C. 50% D. 52% IIFT Sample Test

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What can be the maximum possible number of bottles of cola flavour sold in the year 1998? A. 2 lakhs B. 7.5 lakhs C. 11.1 lakhs D. 2.16 lakhs Xk represents the difference between the percentage of flavour sold in maximum quantity and the percentage of flavour sold in minimum quantity in the year k. If Xk 20% for all k, then for how many minimum values of k the percentage sales of cola flavour is used in the estimation of Xk(use information from the previous question)? A. 2 B. 6 C. 8 D. 10 Given that Xk (as defined in the previous question) can take any value. If Xk is minimised for each year k, then the lowest value of Xk is in the year ___. (Use information from question 71) A. 1995 B. 2000 C. 1998 D. 2002

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DIRECTIONS to Questions 73 and 74: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. Four teams: India, Pakistan, Srilanka and Bangladesh participated in the Asian Cricket Championship. A match is played between two teams and a team must play exactly one match with each of the other teams. A match can result in win for a team and loss for the other or a draw. Three points are awarded to the winning team in each match and the losing team doesnt get any points. In case the match ends in a draw, 1 point is awarded to each of the two teams. At the end of the championship, India had 7 points, Pakistan also had 7 points whereas Bangladesh and Srilanka both had just 1 point each.
Match Schedule Draw 18-6-2006 India vs Srilanka 19-6-2006 Pakistan vs Bangladesh 20-6-2007 India vs Bangladesh 21-6-2007 Pakistan vs Srilanka 22-6-2008 Bangladesh vs Srilanka 23-6-2008 India vs Pakistan If not Draw Winning Team Losing Team

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Based on the information given above, in how many ways can the above Match Schedule be filled? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 Which of the following statements must be true? (I) Only one of the six matches ended in a draw. (II) Srilanka vs Bangladesh match ended in a draw. (III) India vs Pakistan match ended in a draw. A. (I) and (II) only B. (I) and (III) only C. (II) and (III) only D. (I), (II), (III)

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DIRECTIONS for Questions 75 to 77: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. The figures below show the sales (in units) of Personal Computers(PCs) from 2001 to 2005 in a town and the profile of PC buyers in 2004 in the same town. There are only two companies selling PCs in that town viz. Dell and HP.
40 SALES (Thousand units) 80 Average price (In Thousand Rupees) 70 30 60 50 20 40 10 30 20 0 2001 Sales of PCs by HP 2002 2003 Sales of PCs by Dell 2004 2005 10

Average price per PC sold

PC Buyers in the town in 2004 Others 16% Educationa l Institutes 10% Technical Companies 12%

Individuals 22%

Business Houses 40%

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How many PCs purchased by Educational Institutes in 2004 in the town were sold by Dell? A. 5500 B. 2500 C. 3000 D. Cannot be determined If the number of PCs purchased by Business Houses in the town in 2004 were 7% more than that in 2003, then what percentage of the total PCs sold in the town in 2003 were purchased by business houses? A. 53% B. 51% C. 50% D. 47%

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If in 2006, sales of PCs of Dell and HP in the town increases over 2005 by 12% and 10% respectively and the average price per unit of PC increases by 5% over the previous year, then what will be the percentage increase in the net sales (in Rs.) of PCs in the town in 2006 over 2005? A. 13.1% B. 16.6% C. 19.2% D. 22.4%

DIRECTIONS for Questions 78 to 82: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. In a sports meet there were 10 events and five athletes viz. A,B,C,D and E participated in it. In each event players were ranked according to their performances with best performer ranked 1st, next best performer ranked 2nd and so on. In no event, any two players awarded the same rank. However prizes were given to top three players only, who finished on podium. For 1st rank 3 points are awarded, for 2nd rank 2 points and for 3rd rank 1 point is awarded. The following pie chart gives the information about the number of podium finishes by five athletes.

Graph I
E 60 D 48 84 C 84 84 B A

The following pie charts provide information regarding the number of occasions in which the athletes secured 1st, 2nd and 3rd rank in the events.
Graph II (Rank 1) O the rs 36 C 72 1 08 B
E D C Graph III (Rank 2) O the rs 36 A 72 C 1 80 72 1 08 Graph IV (Rank 3) O the rs 36 1 44 B

1 44

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Find the total points scored by D in the sports meet. A. 8 B. 6 C. 7

D. 5

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If after 8 events A had 3 rank 1 finishes, C had 5 podium finishes and D didnt have any rank 1 finish then which of the following cannot be the order of rank 1, 2 and 3 in any of the last two events? A. ACD B. ADB C. DBC D. DCA

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Taking data from the previous question, if one more podium finish of B is left till event 8, then what can be the sum of total points obtained by C till event 8? A. 10 B. 9 C. 8 D. Either (A) or (B) What can be the maximum number of those events in which E did not finish on podium and which have same three players in 1st, 2nd and 3rd ranks in that order? A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 1 What is the difference in the total number of points obtained by A and total number of points obtained by B? A. 0 B. 6 C. 3 D. 4

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DIRECTIONS for Questions 83 to 86: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. Six students, addressing to the principal, delivered a lecture on inclusion of extra curricular activities in the day schedule in a school. Each student emphasised on the inclusion of a different activity. The lectures were delivered on successive days starting on Monday and culminating on Saturday, one on each day. The first names of the students in no particular order are: Sameer, Dheeraj, Ranjit, Rohit, Karan and Jyoti. The last name of the students in no particular order are: Verma, Thapa, Malhotra, Roy, Sharma and Tyagi. Some information is given below. A. Sameer and the student who favoured the inclusion of singing as an extra curricular activity have been the students of the school for over 3 years. Sharma and the student who delivered the lecture on Saturday have been the students of the school for less than 3 years. Dheeraj Thapas lecture, which favoured dancing as an extra curricular activity, was delivered on Wednesday. Roy favoured the inclusion of acting as an extra curricular activity. He delivered his lecture a day before Sharmas lecture. Ranjit favoured inclusion of drawing as an extra curricular activity. Jyotis lecture was delivered on Thursday. Rohit, whose lecture was delivered just a day before Tyagis, favoured inclusion of gardening as an extra curricular activity. Karans last name is not Malhotra. The lecture delivered on Monday favoured inclusion of painting as an extra curricular activity. Which of the following students favoured the inclusion of singing as an extra curricular activity? A. Jyoti B. Sameer C. Karan D. None of these Which of the following combinations of the day and the lecture is correct? A. Friday - Gardening B. Thursday - Gardening C. Saturday - Singing D. Friday - Singing Who emphasised on the inclusion of painting as an extra curricular activity? A. Malhotra B. Verma C. Sharma D. Tyagi Sharma wanted to include which of the following activities? A. Gardening B. Singing C. Drawing

B. C. D. E. F. G. H. 83.

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DIRECTIONS for Questions 87 to 89: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. There are five male scientists and three female scientists in a conference. The male scientists are Raman, Amar, Hargovind, Ravinder and Shekhar; the female scientists are Deep, Sen and Nath. Each person delivers a report to the assembly as follows: Each female scientist delivers her report only after a male scientist. The first scientist who delivers his report is Shekhar, and Amar delivers immediately after him. 87. How many ways can they deliver their reports in the conference? A. 36 B. 72 C. 144

D. 160

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Among the following, which will not be an appropriate order of delivering reports? A. Shekhar, Amar, Sen, Hargovind, Ravinder, Deep, Raman, Nath B. Shekhar, Amar, Sen, Hargovind, Deep, Ravinder, Raman, Nath C. Shekhar, Amar, Hargovind, Deep, Ravinder, Sen, Raman, Nath D. Shekhar, Amar, Hargovind, Deep, Sen, Ravinder, Raman, Nath If Sen speaks at the fifth position and Ravinder speaks at last position. Then among the following, which will be an appropriate order of delivering reports? A. Shekhar, Amar, Hargovind, Deep, Sen, Raman, Nath, Ravinder B. Shekhar, Amar, Deep, Raman, Sen, Hargovind, Nath, Ravinder C. Shekhar, Amar, Deep, Raman, Sen, Nath, Hargovind, Ravinder D. Shekhar, Amar, Sen, Raman, Deep, Hargovind, Nath, Ravinder

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DIRECTIONS for Questions 90 to 94: Read the given information and answer the following questions based on it. Six friends namely Sharad, Ujjawal, Brijesh, Jeetu, Bharti and Abhi have passed out from a different university with specilization in one of the fields. No two friends have neither passed from the same university nor have the same area of specialization. The six universities are Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Madras, Punjab and Rajasthan and the fields of specialization are Marketing, Finance, Operations, System, Information Technology (IT) and Human Resource (HR). Further, more information is given as (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) 90. 91. 92. The one who is passed out from Mumbai university is specialized in System. Sharad has specialized in HR from Delhi University. Jeetu has passed out from Punjab university. Ujjawal has specialized in Operations and Abhi has specialized in Marketing. Brijesh and Abhi have not passed out from Rajasthan and Kolkata university respectively. Brijesh is specialization in Finance. Who is specialized in the IT? A. Jeetu B. Bharti Who is passed out from Mumbai University? A. Brijesh B. Ujjawal C. Abhi C. Abhi D. Sharad D. Bharti

If Abhi is passed out of Rajasthan University, then who is passed out of Kolkata University? A. Ujjawal B. Brijesh C. Bharti D. Cannot be determined

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If Brijesh is passed out of Madras University, then Ujjawal is passed out of which of the following university? A. Delhi B. Rajasthan C. Kolkata D. Madras Which of the following may not be a possible combination of University and Specialization? A. Rajasthan - Operations B. Madras - Marketing C. Kolkata - Finance D. None of these Four people have been suspected of having cheated in the semester exams. However, only one of them has cheated. Only one of the following statements by 4 people is true. Dipan said that he did not cheat. Jugal said that Dipan was lying. Sarmistha said that Jugal was lying. Jitender said that Jugal cheated. Who among the following are not the cheaters? A. Dipan, Jugal, Sarmistha B. Dipan, Sarmistha, Jitender C. Jugal, Sarmistha, Jitender D. Cannot be determined

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SECTION 4(Part 1)
DIRECTIONS for Questions 96 to 110: Read the four passages that follow and answer the questions given at the end of each passage.

Passage I
In the wall of a 92-year-old Colorado county courthouse, Don Wagner found the quintessential decoration for his living room: the face of John Lennon. Most people might take a look at the 1.5-ton piece of marble and declare it to be exactly what it appears to be: a hunk of stone. But try a little artistic vision by starting from the building remnants lower left-hand corner and moving up the marble piece clockwise. Unmistakably, according to Wagner, the profile of Lennon appears. Maybe it is hard to distinguish John because it is more like him circa 1964 than his later years, Wagner said. They all had those bowl haircuts then. It would be hard to tell that it is not Paul or George. Wagner found the peerless stone profile of his favorite former Beatle two years ago when his construction company tore down the courthouse in Colorado. Wagner had to have it, and he paid $18,000 to have it shipped from Denver to his apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, three blocks from where Lennon was killed in 1980. It is just more special than another painting or sculpture or vase, Wagner said. No one else will ever have one like it. Wagner isnt alone in his drive to find something unique in the prepackaged world of home decoration. The recycling of outdoor architectural artifacts inside homes has been a popular trend for over a decade, and a small industry has emerged around buying parts of demolished buildings, like stained-glass windows, columns, facades and even gargoyles. Customers want something they wont be able to find at the Pottery Barn or Target, says Julianna Catlin, an interior designer in New York. Every young person has the same three lamps in their homes, said Catlin, a former president of the American Society of Interior Designers. The more things can be mass-produced, the more our hearts desire will be for something nobody else can get. This pull toward something extraordinary, especially in outdoor pieces, is particularly strong in urban apartments because occupants cannot usually change their living space structurally, Catlin said.

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Consider the case of Aileen Rotney, a mutual fund analyst in New York. She recently bought matching 18-foot Corinthian-style columns for $4,500 each to liven up her living room. The two 900-pound cement columns wont fit standing up in her 1,900-square-foot Upper East Side apartment, but instead will line the walls horizontally. The columns were originally from the outside of an Omaha, Neb., bank built in 1888, Rotney said. It is thrilling to know they have a story I can tell everyone who visits, said Rotney, as one of the pillars was being delivered through her apartment window. Such story seekers have been coming to salvager Evan Blums Demolition Depot warehouse in Manhattan for more than two decades. Blums inventory, one of the worlds largest collections of vintage pieces, includes a ticket booth from St. Louis 1906 World Fair, an 11-foot terra-cotta lions head, 18th century marble columns, a gargoyle from a London terrace and a full floor of antique doors. Blum said people want to preserve architectural history. New is boring, Blum said. Customers come here because they are specifically looking for something with character. But Emogene Bevitt, a deputy chief in the National Park Service, said designers and artifact owners should take their responsibility seriously to know and honor the history of the pieces they acquire. If architectural artifacts are being used in interior design, its kind of like a child playing dress up and using their moms jewelry and makeup. They dont mean any intentional disrespect or harm, Bevitt said, but these can be handcrafted items or details that neither you nor I nor future generations are likely to ever see again. Bevitt said salvagers have been known to scavenge buildings without permission or without reporting the items they have taken to historical societies. For example, in 1995 salvagers removed several dozen light fixtures from an intact California 1907 Arts and Crafts bungalow. They were never recovered. Bevitt encourages salvagers and designers to list elements they use with their local preservation groups. The more information that is available the more the value of the artifact is increased as a study tool for students in the future, Bevitt said. Are designers grasping at brightly colored baubles snatching them up and seeing them as trinkets to place or discard? Or are they aware of the history, tradition, effort and context implicit in the item? Interior architecture expert Liliane Wong said most designers and their customers do understand that they are taking on an items history in its new use. Her projects have included using an old bark canoe as a table for a library in upstate New York and incorporating a clients church pews into an artists studio. Whether one decides to preserve an item or to deconstruct it, one can only do so intelligently by having thoroughly researched its history, said Wong, a professor at the Rhode Island School of Design.

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Some salvagers even use artifacts because they know they are preventing their destruction, said Catlin, the interior designer. No salvage firm would strip a building that could or should be saved. Some stuff would simply be hauled away to a dump somewhere. People also are becoming more and more aware of the treasures they have because of television programs like Public Televisions Antiques Roadshow. Not only do people want to know the history, but they also are more likely not to alter an item. They dont want to remove rust or paint it a drastic color, Catlin said. Theyve stopped trying to make old things look like they are new. 96. Mark the correct statement A. The pre-packaged world of home decoration drives people to find things which are unique and have character. B. Salvagers preserve architectural history and are not known to scavenge buildings without legal permission from the authorities. C. Media is responsible for the lack of awareness about the treasures of our cultural heritage. D. The stone profile of the former Beatle was discovered from the penthouse in Colorado. Mark the incorrect statement A. Parts of demolished buildings are now purchased by a small industry which has emerged from this popular trend. B. Demand for architectural pieces is much higher in urban areas because people dwell in apartments where structural alterations are usually impossible. C. Juliana Catlin believes that customers are not satisfied with mass produced products which are available at popular stores. D. Blum is of the view that his customers are not interested in the history of the vintage pieces they buy. Mark the correct statement A. Wong believes that research of the objects history is crucial in defining the preservation or the destruction of the object. B. Blums inventory contains vintage pieces salvaged from various warehouses. C. Some salvagers intentionally destroy certain artifacts. D. Bevitt questions whether the designers are aware of the history, modern traditions, cultural customs, beliefs, effort and timelines of the artifacts.

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Match the following:

1. Catlin 3. Evan Blaum 4. Bevitt a. Most designers take an items history into account in its new use. c. Owners of artifacts should take responsibility for the pieces they acquire. d. People who live in urban apartments are particularly attracted by extraordinary outdoor pieces.

2. Liliane Wong b. People want to preserve architectural history.

A. 1-c, 2-b, 3-a, 4-d C. 1-d, 2-a, 3-b, 4-c

B. 1-c, 2-a, 3-b, 4-d D. 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a

Passage II
Dworkin denies that there can be any general theory of the existence and content of law; he denies that local theories of particular legal systems can identify law without recourse to its merits, and he rejects the whole institutional focus of positivism. A theory of law is for Dworkin a theory of how cases ought to be decided and it begins, not with an account of political organization, but with an abstract ideal regulating the conditions under which governments may use coercive force over their subjects. Force must only be deployed, he claims, in accordance with principles laid down in advance. A society has a legal system only when, and to the extent that, it honors this ideal, and its law is the set of all considerations that the courts of such a society would be morally justified in applying, whether or not those considerations are determined by any source. To identify the law of a given society we must engage in moral and political argument, for the law is whatever requirements are consistent with an interpretation of its legal practices (subject to a threshold condition of fit) that shows them to be best justified in light of the animating ideal. In addition to those philosophical considerations, Dworkin invokes two features of the phenomenology of judging, as he sees it. He finds deep controversy among lawyers and judges about how important cases should be decided, and he finds diversity in the considerations that they hold relevant to deciding them. The controversy suggests to him that law cannot rest on an official consensus, and the diversity suggests that there is no single social rule that validates all relevant reasons, moral and non-moral, for judicial decisions. Dworkin begins by wondering whether people are not entitled most accurate trials possible, hang the cost. At first, he complains that those who would respond by calling for striking the right balance between the interests of the accused on the one hand and those of the community in limiting expensive trials on the other at best merely restate the problem. Given that Dworkin is no friend of consequentialism, this is only to be expected. And yet the surprising thing is that, at the end of the day, he too calls on us to engage in balancing. How can this be? It can because Dworkin believes that balancing is acceptable as long as it is guided by a deeper monist vision, one designed, not to maximize some end, but to respect a conception of equality which establishes the principles of fair play. These principles are not themselves to be balanced or compromised for they

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must guarantee the proper respect of peoples rights to just criminal procedures. They are said to do this by ensuring consistent weighting when it comes to the inevitable balances that must be struck between the risk of suffering the moral harm which comes from being wrongfully convicted or sentenced on the one hand and the expense to the community of ensuring the most accurate trials possible on the other. To Dworkin, that some individuals will suffer this moral harm is unavoidable; what can be guaranteed, however, is that the injustice of their doing so will not be unfair. Surely, this is a distinction which only an academic could love. For the knowledge that the injustice one is suffering is not due to any unfairness in the system cannot really be expected to provide much comfort. That Dworkin appears to believe otherwise is ironic since the willingness to sacrifice an individuals welfare in the interest of the communitys is just the kind of thing one might expect from a conservative rather than a liberal, and yet the very same conception of equality that underlies Dworkins principles of fairness is one that, he has informed us elsewhere, is the basis of liberalism as opposed to conservatism. So, once again, we find ourselves confronted with the derivation of an ideological position from philosophy, from monist theory. This is a problem because, to repeat the obvious, not everyone is liberal. Liberals tend to place great weight on the presumption of innocence and on procedures such as those which restrict the permissibility of evidence because we are deeply concerned with upholding the respect for the individual. That is why we tend to want to spend more on ensuring the integrity of legal proceedings than do conservatives who, of course, put greater emphasis on the security of the community. But surely, assuming that the conversation has broken down and we have all had to turn to our respective political ideologies for guidance, we should be negotiating with each other in good faith. And should those negotiations succeed, then we should expect that they will produce different accommodations in different polities, as well as in different contexts within the same polities. What I am saying is that, when the time comes to strike a balance and when moneys involved then, for the reasons I gave before, come it inevitably will it is simply wrong for Dworkin to demand that this balance be theoretically rigged in favour of one ideology over all of the others. For how, then, could we justifiably speak of good-faith negotiations? Nevertheless, the fact is that when retributivists accept, as they must, some limit on the expense of criminal procedures, they are willing to strike a balance as long, once again, as this is done within what they consider to be a proper monistic context. So the basic difference between them and consequentialists on this matter is simply that they think the latter are unable to provide that context. For example, Gerry Maher argues that only approaches comparable to Dworkins sufficiently protect individual rights while providing us with a clear rule according to which those rights and interests may be ranked and so balanced. Without such clarity, he warns, the law would be unknowable since there would be no means of predicting a judges decision. Yet there exists a conception of practical reason, one which shares much with Aristotles notion of phronesis (practical wisdom) while dropping the monist architectonics underlying it, that is able to compare incommensurables. It thus allows us to invoke a rational process which aims for repair and reconciliation since it is able to take the needs of the victim into account, hence all of the incommensurable particulars of his or her sufferings and situation. But, objects the monist, wouldnt the contextdependent nature of such reasoning undermine proportionality? One reason the retributivist, in particular, favours numbers is that she believes that the commensuration they provide makes proportionality pos-

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sible. I would go further and suggest that proportionality, given its association with balancing and abstract magnitudes, is simply not the most appropriate characterization of what it means to get it right when one is aiming to bring about remorse and repair; because these require a conception of criminal justice which fully embraces context, hence one that affirms conversation rather than proportion. 100. According to Dworkin, A. Costs should not be an issue when it comes to trials. B. Balancing the interests of the accused on one hand and those of the community in limiting expensive trials on the other is unfair. C. Both the above D. None of the above Which of the following is NOT a correct statement? A. According to Dworkin, wrongful conviction is not completely avoidable even in a fair system. B. Dworkin believes that moral and political arguments are essential to identify the laws of a society. C. Dworkin does not believe that official consensus can be the basis for law. D. The author of the passage fully agrees with Dworkins principles of fairness. According to the author A. Dworkin favors local theories of justice over global ones. B. Political ideologies should have no place in justice. C. Both (a) and (b) D. None of the above According to the author, A. Criminal justice must not favor conversation over proportion. B. As regards criminal justice, a process that takes into account the particulars of a victim can be a rational process. C. A monist is more concerned about the expenses incurred in the dispensation of justice than about fair play. D. The injustice one suffers is always due to a lack of fair play. According to the passage A. Dworkin believes that abstract ideals are incompatible with a monist theory of justice. B. Dworkin believes that an abstract ideal should regulate the conditions under which governments use coercive force over their subjects. C. Dworkin is in favor of restrictions on the permissibility of evidence. D None of the above

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Passage III
Gnter Grass has always liked the pulpit. For more than 40 years, the German author has preached atonement to his fellow countrymen and lectured their leaders on the need to confront openly the misdeeds of the Nazi years. In articles, interviews and books hes rammed home the uncomfortable message, winning himself global applause as well as a Nobel Prize in Literature. Since its publication in 1959, his novel, The Tin Drum, has emerged as a standard indictment of Germanys record in the Hitler era. Admirers like to talk of the author as the conscience of the post-war nation. One problem: a murky conscience of his own. In an interview last week to mark the upcoming publication of his autobiography, the 78-year-old revealed that as a teenage conscript hed served with the Waffen SS, the combat arm of the notorious Nazi paramilitaries. Granted, as a conscript he may have had little choicebut for many of his fellow Germans, the disclosure was quite enough to destroy his authority. His critics (and some admirers) detect a hypocrisy thats impossible to square with his lofty standing. In the words of his biographer, Michael Jurgs: This marks the demise of a moral arbiter. Such outrage is near universal. There are calls for Grass to be stripped of his Nobel, and for the Polish authorities to revoke his honorary citizenship of Gdansk, the city formerly known as Danzig, where he grew up. So far, Grass has done little to appease his critics, failing to explain his 60-year silence over his military service and speaking merely of a wish to set the record straight. Of his enrolment in the SS, the Grass autobiography states simply: What I accepted with the stupid pride of youth, I was silent about after the war out of a growing sense of shame. His reticence goes to the heart of the criticism. To many, Grasss crime is not his brief stint in SS uniformhe was wounded and captured by the Americans after just a few monthsits his attempt to conceal the episode and the inadequate explanation hes now offering. Whats scandalous is not that a 17-year-old spent a short time with the Waffen SS or that a prominent writer was too cowardly to own up, editorialised the German weekly Die Zeit. Whats scandalous is the pathetic pretence of a general confession with which he attempts to shut down all debate. The truly sceptical even see Grasss belated candour as a ploy to drive up sales. In the words of Matthias Matussek, a correspondent for the German magazine Der Spiegel: With the help of exclusive interviews in the press and on TV, he orchestrates this confession with such skill that Madonna would have a job surpassing it when flogging a new CD. No one markets shame more cannily today than Gnter Grass. Sure enough, the book has been selling fast ever since publication, originally due on Sept. 1, was moved up. A further 100,000 copies are already on order from the printers, adding to an initial run of 150,000. But outside Germany others have been slower to pass judgment. True, Grass misled his public, asserting in the past that he had only served with an antiaircraft unit in the final months of the war. On the other hand, historians point out that by 1944 the Waffen SS was no longer an elite formation that recruited only from among ideological diehards. Certainly, there have been no accusations that Grass is implicated in wartime atrocities. (He claims never to have fired a shot in action).

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Which of the following is not mentioned as a criticism of Gunter Grass? A. The prominent writer is too cowardly to own up. B. Grasss confession is a ploy to boost sales. C. There are calls that Grass Nobel prize should be revoked. D. The explanation he gives for his conduct is inadequate. What does the author mean by Gunter Grass has always liked the pulpit? A. he has always tried to drive up sales. B. he has been a staunch advocate of atonement. C. he has a murky conscience. D. None of the above According to the passage I. Grass's novel The Tin Drum describes in detail the atrocities committed in the Hitler era. II. People outside Germany have been less critical of Grass's belated candour compared to those in Germany. III. As a youth Grass had proudly accepted his enrolment in the SS. IV. Historians claim that by 1944 no wartime atrocities were being committed by the Waffen SS. A. Only I B. II & III C. Only IV D. I & IV

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Passage IV
Spivaks research which covers the interestingly conditioned mechanisms incorporated in the process of the margin production, are especially usable in understanding the Balkans, and they make ambivalent and problematic even its own imagologically confirmed status of a periphery. The margin is established to meet the institutional conveniences of the coloniser, the centre wants to establish a margin which can be identified. This advises us to pay due caution when interpreting the existing analyses which ensue from the model centre-periphery. Namely, the governing hermeneutics of the centre, in its basis, results from the imperial optics (and perspective): according to which, the centre is a place of order and stability, whereas the periphery, in turn, is a source of disorder, instability and threat. Hence, the reflections upon a major issue, ensuing exactly from the domain of the postcolonial criticism: the issue of typologisation between the cultural centre and the periphery and consequently of the pathos of the cultural boundary. The Balkans is really a part of Europe, but what is its status today? Regarding the current political situation, the analysts are already talking about an additional internal separation of Europe into a geographical and political Europe. It refers to the conspicuous asymmetry between the geographical and political belonging of the Balkans, too. Namely, for the time being, what remains obvious is the historical and political exterritorial position of the Balkans, with reference not only to Europe, but also to itself, through the newly launched syntagm, West Balkans.

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And indeed, the Balkans today finds itself in the middle of a life political situation: it swarms with all sorts of refugees, displaced persons, emigrants, immigrants: real and virtual; acute and chronic. I say virtual, having in mind the numerous potential refugees who otherwise permanently long for emigrating from here, long for living outside the Balkans. I say chronic, having in mind the innocent victims of the identity conflicts (such as the Aegean Macedonians, the Bosnians etc.), who instead of settling/setting up a home, and not to their own desire, constantly circulate around and outside the Balkans. The state of permanent behomedness, borderness, displacedness, interexistence, which Homi Bhaba describes with the least theoretisised syntagm people with no address fully relates to the current events which have taken place in Macedonia, the former oasis of peace (as our ex-president mostly referred to it). I have no eyes to see the future a harrowingly, essentially, accurately and killingly described newly adopted refugee position by a woman, expelled from her home in the Skopje village of Arachinovo this summer. Thus geography proved to be the evil fortune once again. But may it (or rather, how much impact may it have to) decide on the evil fortune? Earlier, in the stated quotation taken from the book by Todorova, we pointed at the fact that the Balkans, by rule, is considered a periphery of the (European) socio-political and cultural centre. We should not shun the fact that this is owing to certain broader historical circumstances as well as to a newer historical constellation: which occurs by displacing the cultural and political centre, from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic (since the 16th century to date). This former status of a centre, which this area used to enjoy in the past, by the crucial part it used to play in the animation of Europe, is by and large the principal motive of the current resurrection of the nostalgic hermeneutics and emblematics of the navel of the world, particularly in the sphere of art and culture. In the example of Macedonia, the rhetoric centre-periphery lives its own gradation. With reference to the evident denial of its identity on various grounds, as well as the conspicuous assimilatory aspirations for Macedonia by its (as periphery) Balkan neighbours, the American Slavist Victor Friedman presents a paradox, particular to Macedonia: Macedonia has remained a potential centre of conflicts because it is at the periphery of all its neighbours, who themselves are at the periphery of Europe . Such (admittedly, extremely undesirable status) centre of conflicts, makes Macedonia the periphery of the peripheries. All this in fact confirms the axiological dimension of the production of the axis centre-periphery, which is all but nave and innocent, politically conditioned and diffusion-of-power determined, and takes place after one engages into someones (only ostensibly geographical or spatial) positioning, either in the centre or in the periphery, and then what follows is sanctioning of the political asymmetry. In other words, the geographical sides of the world have acquired quite certain political connotations today, which have been proved by the current domination of the East/West axis, instead of the previously preferred North/South. But the accurate cultural location designates only the beginning of a long and painstaking process of identity self-processing. Since, the issue becomes complicated to the maximum once it has undergone the test of belonging.

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In other words, could ones identity (and determination) be solely reduced to the predetermined component of origin and unreflected belonging? Are we, because of the very fact that we belong to (live in) the Balkans, definitely becoming clinched in the determination Balkanians? In order to answer this question, for a moment I will borrow a statement by Derrida, which excitedly repeats my dilemma: my cultural identity is not only European, it is not identical to itself. If Derrida can compromisingly define himself by the syntagm a European among other things, then what prevents me (and all of us) to reach out for the same formulation, but in an altered, Balkanized version, quite legitimately pointing that I feel like a Balkanian, among other things?! All the more, as the very Balkans is in an extremely ambiguous position: it simultaneously belongs to both sides of the imperial division to the colonizers and the colonized. Quite appropriate to the confession made by Edward Said on the constitutional meaning of his identity incompleteness: I belong to more than one history, to more than one group, but to none completely. 108. Spivaks research is especially usable in understanding the Balkans due to which of the following reasons ? A. The research covers conditioned mechanisms incorporated in the process of the margin production which make Balkans status as a periphery less problematic. B. The research covers conditioned mechanisms incorporated in the process of the margin production which resolve the ambiguity experienced by the people of the Balkans. C. The research challenges Balkans confirmed status as a peripheral cultural center. D. The research can be used to understand the ambiguity about the status of Balkan as a periphery. Which of the following statements can be a valid inference from the passage? A. The center- periphery divide when applied to the Balkans results in pathos among those identified with its culture. B. There has been inadequate criticism of the typologisation of Balkans as a periphery. C. Cultural identities can be determined accurately in the long term by a process which involves the test of belongingness. D. The author envies Derrida for his compromise in defining himself. The author would not agree with which of the following statements? A. The axiological dimension of the production of the axis center-periphery is naive and innocent because of it being diffusion of power determined. B. The axiological dimension of the production of the axis center-periphery can be diffusion of power determined. C. The test of belonging can actually complicate cultural identities. D. The axiological dimension of the production of the axis center-periphery can be politically conditioned.

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DIRECTIONS for Questions 111 and 112: From the given options identify the word pair which is unrelated to the given word pair. 111. INCONTROVERTIBLE: PATOIS A. Indisputable: jargon C. Undeniable: cant ALEATORY: CUSP A. Random: apex C. Unsynchronized: argument

B. Irrefutable: argot D. Irreducible: fillip

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B. Chance: tip D. Indiscriminate: point

DIRECTIONS for Questions 113 to 116: For each of the following questions select the answer pair that expresses a relationship most similar to that expressed in the capitalized pair. 113. HERMETIC: AIRTIGHT:: A. Proscribe: proselytize C. Stolid: expressive NONPLUS: FATHOM :: A. Enterprise: initiative C. Privation: opulence PALLIATIVE: EXTENUATING :: A. Introspective: placid C. Immiserate: console

B. Opprobrium: infamy D. Inchoate: nettle

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B. Litote: emphasis D. Bravura: feint

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B. Prevaricate: intervene D. Ligneous: wooden

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ERSATZ: SUBSTITUTE :: A. Callow: macerate C. Billow: adjure

B. Sedulous: persistent D. Disparage: downside

DIRECTIONS for Questions 117 and 118: Select the pair of wrongly spelt words from the given set of choices. 117. A. Condescension : Supererogatory C. Pariah :Garrulous A. Eleemosynary: Illimitable C. Superficial: Immaculate B. Disinterr : Maneouvre D. Imprecation: Invidious B. Arogate: Peremtory D. Bilious: Truckle

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DIRECTIONS for Questions 119 and 120: Select the correct sentence from the following. 119. A. Investor concerns about Greece were heightened when the debt-strapped country says over the weekend it will miss its lower budget deficit targets. B. Barely weeks after denouncing Britain as a broken society for the wake of the summer riots, Prime Minister David Cameron has done a volte-face. C. Evans book falls short of clarifying exactly how Kildall lost out to Gates. D. While this might seem reasonable to outsiders, anybody actually engages in enterprise will be much harder to convince. A. His friends investments were hard-hit by the recession, but he came down smelling like a rose. B. There is no two ways about the fact that the countrys military is getting much more powerful. C. The collapse of oil prices, one of the few reasons around for economic cheer, may be putting the stage for another spike in prices. D. There is growing demand for boards to undergo a formal evaluation process, to assess both the performance of each individual board member and how he works together as a group.

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DIRECTIONS for Questions 121 to 126: There are two blanks in each of the following sentences. From the pairs of words given, choose the one that fills the blanks most appropriately. The first word in the pair should fit the first blank. 121. Poverty is slippery and _______; it slides through the dexterous fingers of all the manipulators of figures and _______ of statistics. A. exclusive, observers B. powerful, numbers C. elusive, wielders D. inimitable, throwbacks Describing the ______ in the market early Monday morning as a knee-jerk reaction to the negative global ______, experts said the markets will soon bounce back and lots of value buying will happen at lower levels. A. improvement, trade B. resignation, impact C. slump, sentiment D. stumble, export The ________ results of these two studies ________ the need for further investigation into the matter rather than making a commitment right away. A. balanced, undertake B. contradictory, underscore C. supporting, include D. implicit, obviate Our rigid policies have already pushed us over the _______ in the past when inflation was threatening; if a recession happens now, it will again be caused by _______ instead of by chance. A. cliff, chance B. limit, alternatives C. recession, judiciousness D. brink, obduracy

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The backlash against green subsidies is no surprise, but its an overreaction every bit as ______ as the very movement which_____ the subsidies in the first place. A. relevant, found B. presumptuous, protested C. hysterical, instated D. confounding, consolidated Private investors, left to their own devices, are bound to under-invest in alternative energy, since the considerable social benefits ______to everyone, not just to direct customers and consequently the economic rate of return is significantly ____ than the social rate of return. A. accrue, less B. portative, graver C. revert, greater D. mean, higher

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DIRECTIONS for Questions 127 to 132: Each question consists of a number of sentences that need to be properly sequenced, to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph/sentences. Choose the most logical order of sentences from the choices given below. 127. the pace of growth in passenger markets has dipped and the freight business is in a shambles consequently II. business and consumer confidence continue to slump globally and III. the industry has shifted gears downward IV. there is not a lot of optimism for improved conditions any time soon A. I, III, II, IV B. III, II, I, IV C. III, I, II, IV D. IV, I, II, III I. will weather the economic storm facing their industry II. it is apparent that newspaper publishers that expand to include digital offerings of their existing products and engage their audience III. not as competitors, but as opportunities for growth and development in order to remain commercially viable IV. unsurprisingly most newspaper companies are beginning to view the Internet and other digital technologies A. I, II, III, IV B. IV, II, III, I C. II, I, IV, III D. III, IV. I, II I. II. III. IV. A. what we have long considered to be mass culture has increasingly become a collection of niche cultures while the effects of downloading are often discussed, its not just the music-delivery system that has changed that is true for media in general, as the three broadcast television networks became the 100- plus channels of digital cable or satellite people are buying less music today than in previous years I, IV, III, II B. II, IV, III, I C. IV, II, I, III D. I, II, III, IV I.

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I. the style of government used by many of these city-states is generally regarded as the forerunner, if not the direct ancestor, of the constitutional democracies of the contemporary West II. perhaps the most influential of the classical discussions of the nature of politics has been Aristotles book, Politics III. indeed, as we have seen, the word politics is itself closely related to the Greek word for these city-states, polis IV. modern political systems have their roots, to a large extent, in the ancient Greek city-states A. I, II, III, IV B. IV, III, II, I C. III, II, I, IV D. IV, I, III, II I. truth was an automatic hereditary property of theorem hood II. mathematical statements in such systems are patterns made up of arbitrary symbols III. the beauty of a mechanistic vision of mathematics was that it eliminated all need for thought or judgement IV. as long as the axioms were true statements falsehoods simply could never creep in A. I, III, IV, II B. III, IV, I, II C. II, III, I, IV D. IV, I, II, III I. there will be do-it-yourself kits for gardeners who will use genetic engineering to breed new varieties of roses and orchids II. now imagine what will happen when the tools of genetic engineering become accessible to these people III. there are thousands of people, amateurs and professionals, who devote their lives to this business IV. every orchid or rose or lizard or snake is the work of a dedicated and skilled breeder A. IV, II, III, I B. II, III, I, IV C. I, IV, III, II D. IV, III, II, I

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DIRECTIONS for Questions 133 to 135: In each of the following sentences, part or all of the sentence is underlined. The answer-choices offer four ways of phrasing the underlined part. Select the answer that produces the most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact, and free of grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity, and redundancy. 133. The methodology in which the first theory and other three theories works were determined from the basis of the theories. A. works was determined as a result of B. work was determined by C. works were determined because of D. works were determined from The firm announced that it faced less losses in the first half of the year than analysts had expected it to and its business will improve exponentially in the coming years. A. expected it would and that it will improve its business B. had expected it to and its business will improve C. had expected and that its business would improve D. expected and that it will have improved its business With the technological innovations, the company produces double the machines that it has in 1995. A. as much as twice the machines it has B. two times as many machines as there were C. double the machines that it has D. twice as many machines as it did IIFT Sample Test

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