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VERBAL
Complete the sentences by choosing the most appropriate
option, from the given lettered choices (A to D) below each.
1. Sara _________ the smell of gas in the kitchen.
A. developed
B. saw
C. determined
D. detected
2. Sunspots are known to cause ______ enormous increase in the intensity
of the sun’s electromagnetic radiation.
A. an
B. a
C. some
D. one
3. The consumer price index lists _____
A. how a much cost every scooter
B. how much does every car cost
C. how much every car costs
D. how much are every car cost
Five lettered pairs (A toD) follow a related pair of words given in
capitals. Select the lettered pair that best expresses a
relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair in
capitals.
4. REFURBISH: WORN::
A. revive: exhausted
B. reward: outstanding
C. resume: interrupted
D. replace: stolen
5. PURIFY: IMPERFECTION::
A. align: adjustment
B. weary: boredom
C. disagree: controversy
D. verify: doubtfulness
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Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite
in meaning to the word in capital letters.
6. ABOLISH:
A. exterminate
B. cancel
C. continue
D. hide
7. FINISH:
A. initiate
B. close
C. shape
D. perfect
Questions 8-10 are based on the following passage.
The supervisor would have to change his attitude towards people first. The
staff under him must be perceived as human beings with feelings and
needs. They are not autonomous within a complex work machinery. One of
the greatest needs of today's worker is to have a feeling that he is in control
of his workplace and not vice versa. The best way is to satisfy this need as
far as possible. He must feel firstly, that his work is meaningful. To do this
the supervisor must delegate responsibility and give limited authority for
the man to execute his job well. The subordinate must be properly trained
to assume responsibility and authority. Once he is ready to assume these he
can be made accountable for his job. Very often supervisors assume all
responsibility and accountability for fear of losing control of the workplace.
This makes workers under him pawns in a vast chess-board. Delegating
accountability gives the worker a purpose in life and the need to do a job
well. Most important is to sit with each worker and chalk out common
objectives and agreed norms to achieve them. This gives workers a security
as to what is expected of them. When he has met his objectives he certainly
has a feeling of achievement. This feeling of achievement is the greatest
motivator.
8. Responsibility and accountability make a worker
A. tense and frightened
B. shirk his duties
C. vulnerable before his supervisor
D. do his job properly
9. Supervisors do not delegate responsibility and authority to their
subordinates because
A. final responsibility is theirs
B. subordinates are not capable enough
C. they can't trust their subordinates
D. they are apprehensive of losing their hold on the work place
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[Link] of subordinates with common objectives and how to achieve
them is
A. a must
B. not very important
C. not necessary at all
D. optional
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ANALYTICAL REASONING
Now Sony Electronics brings tomorrow's technology to today's home stereo.
The same space-age circuitry used by the Wanderer spacecraft to send
images of the most distant planets back to earth has been incorporated in
the new Sony X-2700 stereo system. If your home entertainment is
important to you, why settle for an old-fashioned stereo system when the
Sony X-2700 is priced at only a few rupees more?
11. The most serious logical weakness of this argument is its failure to
A. provide technical data on the manufacturing specifications of the
Sony X-2700
B. show the relevance of space-age circuitry to the requirements of
home stereo
C. specify the exact price difference between the Sony X-2700 and
old-fashioned stereo systems
D. acknowledge the contributions of scientists in the space program
to the development of the advanced circuitry mentioned
According to Albert Einstein's famous theory of relativity, time travel is
theoretically possible. Assuming that time travel were to be made possible
through some technological breakthrough, it would be advantageous to
send someone back in time to prevent the assassination of Archduke Franz
Ferdinand in 1914 and thus keep World War I from ever occurring.
12. The argument above makes which of the following assumptions?
A. It is not possible to alter a significant current in world history
merely by changing a single event
B. The technology necessary for time travel is likely to be developed
in the near future
C. If Franz Ferdinand had not been assassinated, some other
catalytic event would have led to the start of World War I
D. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand was the crucial event that
triggered the start of Word War I
PTCL, Wateen and Instaphone are the Telecommunication sales companies
of Pakistan. And Qadeer, Rafi, Saliq and Turaab are sales executives that
work for these companies. Each sales executive works for at least one of the
Telecommunication sales companies.
Qadeer always works for PTCL and at least one of the other companies.
Some of the time Wateen employs only one of these sales executives; the
rest of the time it employs exactly two of them.
PTCL and Instaphone each employ exactly two of these sales executives all
the time.
[Link] Rafi works for Instaphone only and if Saliq works for Wateen and
Instaphone only, Turaab works for:
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A. PTCL only
B. Wateen only
C. Instaphone only
D. both PTCL and Wateen
[Link] Qadeer and Rafi both work for the same two Telecommunication sales
companies, Turaab must work for:
A. both PTCL and Wateen
B. both PTCL and Instaphone
C. either PTCL or Wateen but not both
D. Wateen only
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SUBJECT
[Link] is the purpose of a box plot in statistics?
A. To display the distribution of a dataset
B. To identify outliers in a dataset
C. To compare the means of two datasets
D. To calculate the standard deviation of a dataset
[Link] hypothesis testing, what does a p-value represent?
A. The probability of making a Type I error
B. The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true
C. The probability of obtaining the observed results or more extreme
results if the null hypothesis is true
D. The probability of obtaining a sample mean equal to the population
mean
[Link] of the following is a measure of central tendency that is highly
influenced by extreme values?
A. Mean
B. Median
C. Mode
D. Standard deviation
[Link] a statistical experiment, what does the term "random sampling" refer
to?
A. Selecting individuals who are representative of the entire population.
B. Choosing a sample in such a way that every member of the population
has an equal chance of being selected.
C. Collecting data from a small subset of the population.
D. Selecting data points based on convenience.
[Link] does the term "statistical power" refer to in hypothesis testing?
A. The probability of making a Type I error.
B. The probability of correctly rejecting the null hypothesis when it is
false.
C. The probability of obtaining a significant result when the null
hypothesis is true.
D. The probability of obtaining a non-significant result when the null
hypothesis is false.
[Link] statistical distribution is commonly used to model the number of
successes in a fixed number of independent Bernoulli trials?
A. Normal distribution
B. Poisson distribution
C. Exponential distribution
D. Binomial distribution
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ANSWER KEY
Q #. Right Choice
1 D
2 A
3 C
4 A
5 D
6 C
7 A
8 D
9 D
10 A
11 B
12 D
13 A
14 D
15 A
16 C
17 A
18 B
19 B
20 D
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