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SECTION I 20 Questions 30 Marks Directions for Questions (1 - 4): Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. L1 Current theories predict that in about five billion years the sun will have consumed so much L2 of its hydrogen in thermonuclear reactions that it will have become a star of the type known L3 as a red giant. It will have grown to some 250 times its present diameter of 850,000 miles, L4 destroying Mercury, Venus and probably the Earth in the process. Its substance will then be L5 only a tenth as dense as air. Then, as it consumes more and more of the available nuclear L6 fuel, the bloated Sun will contract until its diameter is a mere one-hundred of what its is L7 now; it will have become a white dwarf. The electrons of its atoms will have become packed L8 together so tightly that further contraction will be impossible. By this time the Suns density L9 will be so great that a pingpong ball filled with its substance would have the mass of several L10 elephants. It will eventually cool until it reaches its final state as a black dwarf. No L11 substance on the Earth has a density remotely approaching the density of a white dwarf, by L12 many white dwarfs (and red giants) are observed in the heavens. They are part of the L13 evolutionary history of stars such as the Sun. Moreover, observations of these stars tend to L14 support current theories of stellar evolution. Not all stars, however, can follow this normal L15 evolutionary course. Theoretical investigations of stellar structure indicate that a white L16 dwarf with a mass more than about 1.4 times the mass of our Sun can not sustain itself L17 against further gravitational contraction because the gravitational pull toward the stars L18 center is even greater than the effect of the packed electrons. The fate of a star with a mass L19 greater than 1.4 times the mass of our Sun differs significantly from that projected for the L20 Sun. Such a star would also become a red giant after consuming most of its original L21 hydrogen. It would then begin to contract but, unlike our Sun, it would have no stable L22 equilibrium state that would enable it to remain as a white dwarf. Because of its extremely L23 high temperatures and its great density, the star, or a substantial portion of it, would undergo L24 a process that would eventually cause it to explode catastrophically. As such as 90 percent L25 of the mass of such exploding stars, called supernovas, could be ejected. Only the collapsed L26 core of the start would remain at the center of a rapidly expanding could of gas. The core is L27 much too small and compressed to form a white dwarf; it can find equilibrium only as a L28 neutron star, small in size but extremely dense, with such a high surface temperature that it L29 would emit X-rays in profusion. [2 mark each]

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It can be inferred that Mercury, Venus and Earth will be destroyed by the Sun in about five billion years primarily because the Sun will (a) have expanded greatly (b) no longer emit electrons (c) generate red light rather than white light (d) have become a supernova Which of the following limits the gravitational contraction of a white dwarf? (a) Its original diameter (b) Its original state of equilibrium (c) Its mass (d) The amount of hydrogen it contains Which of the following sequences correctly describes the possible evolutionary history of a star whose mass is less than 1.4 times the mass of the Sun? (a) Sun, supernova, white dwarf (b) Red giant, white dwarf, black dwarf (c) Supernova, white dwarf, neutron star (d) Red giant, white dwarf, supernova Which of the following properties is most likely to prevent a star from remaining a white dwarf? (a) An original mass one and one-half times greater (b) A lack of helium in its original nuclear fuel than that of the Sun (c) An extremely high temperature (d) An extremely low density

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Directions for Questions (5-14) [1 mark each]

In question 5-14, you will find a related pair of words or phrases followed by four lettered pairs of words or phrases. Select the lettered pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair. Question: 5 Options : Question: 6 Options : Question : 7 Options : Question : 8 Options : Question : 9 Options : Question : 10 Options : Question : 11 Options : Question : 12 Options : Question : 13 Options : Question : 14 Options : LICENSE : DRIVE (a) warrant : search (c) title : publish COMPEL : THREATS (a) coax : blandishments (c) deter : tiding RHETORIC : ORATOR (a) tractor : farmer. (c) justice : lawyer SPARK : CONFLAGRATION (a) oil : water (c) tide : ocean SHRUG : INDIFFERENCE (a) nod : assent (c) shudder : rudeness INTERVIEW : JOB (a) audition : role (c) birth : parent GRIMACE : FACE (a) jerk : thumb (c) menace : forefinger TROPHY : VICTORY (a) gift : friend (c) reward : winner REPARATION : LOSER (a) penalty : delay (c) punishment : criminal EARTH : MOON (a) orbit : planet (c) planet : satellite

(b) certificate : save (d) lease : buy (b) amuse : platitudes (d) laud : insults (b) electron : physicist. (d) baggage : immigrant (b) bolt : lighting (d) trickle : torrent (b) glance : beneficence (d) wink : mystification (b) promotion : raise (d) class : teacher (b) frown : brow (d) smile : lips (b) compensation : success (d) remuneration : work (b) fine : offender (d) penalty : trespassing (b) satellite : communication (d) Mars : Sun

Directions for Questions (15 20): [2 marks each] Select the choice that is most parallel to the key word pair. Circle the letter that appears before your answer. Question : 15 Options : Question : 16 Options : Question : 17 Options : Question : 18 Options : Question : 19 Options : Question : 20 Options : Hair : Baldness : : (a) wig : head (c) rain : drought Money : Avarice : : (a) finance : creed (c) dollar sign : capitalism Flask : Bottle : : (a) whiskey : food (c) pamphlet : book Scythe : Death : : (a) fall : winter (c) arrow : love Carnivore : Animals : : (a) omnivore : omelets (c) trace : minerals Ingenuous : Ingenious : : (a) herb : dull (c) frank : clever Code 1

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SECTION II 10 Questions 20 Marks [2 mark s each] Directions for Questions (21-25) There is a figure called "Sample". You have to imagine it in different positions. The sample figure is followed by four figures, which you need to mark as S or R. S = Same, if it resembles the turned-around position of the Sample Figure. R = Reverse, if it resembles the turned-over position of the Sample figure. Select the right combination of positions of the 4 pictures by comparing them against the Sample. Questions 21 :

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Options : (a) RSRS (c) RRSR (b) RSSR (d) SRSR

Directions for Questions (26 - 30): In each of the following questions, there is a paragraph followed by an argument or a question and four conclusions marked as (a), (b), (c) and (d). You have to choose one of them as your answer to the question or the argument. [2 mark s each] Questions 26: Property taxes are typically set at a flat rate per $1,000 of officially assessed value. reassessments should be frequent in order to remove distortions that arise when property values change at differential rates. In practice, however, reassessments typically occur when they benefit the government that is, when their effect is to increase total tax revenue. if the statements above are true, which of the following describes a situation in which a reassessment should occur but is unlikely to do so?

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(a) Property values have risen sharply and uniformly. (b) Property values have all risen some very sharply, some less so. (c) Property values have for the most part risen sharply; yet some have dropped slightly (d) Property values have for the most part dropped significantly; yet some have risen slightly.

Questions 27:

Transnational cooperation among corporations is experiencing a modest renaissance among United states firms, even though projects undertaken by two or more corporations under a collaborative agreement are less profitable than projects undertaken by a single corporation. The advantage of transnational cooperation is that such joint international projects may allow United State firms to win foreign contracts that they would not otherwise be able to win. which of the following is information provided by the passage above

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Transnational cooperation involves projects too big for a single corporation to handle. Transnational cooperation results in a pooling of resources leading to high-quality performance. Transnational cooperation has in the past been both more common and less common than it is now among United States firms. Joint projects between United States and foreign corporations are not profitable enough to be worth undertaking.

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Treatment for hypertension forestalls certain medical expenses by preventing strokes and heart disease. Yet any money so saved amounts to only one-fourth of the expenditures required to treat the hypertensive population. Therefore, there is no economic justification for preventive treatment for hypertension. Which of the following, if true, is most damaging to the conclusion above?

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(a) The many fatal stokes and heart attacks resulting from untreated hypertensions cause insignificant medical expenditures but large economic losses of other sorts. (b) The cost, per patient, of preventive treatment for hypertension would remain constant even if such treatment were instituted on a large scale. (c) In matters of health care, economic considerations should ideally not be dominant. (d) Effective prevention presupposes early diagnoses are costly.

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A compelling optical illusion called the illusion of velocity and size makes objects appear to be moving more slowly the larger the objects are. Therefore, a motorists estimate of the time available for crossing a highway with a small car approaching is bound to be lower than it would be with a large truck approaching. The conclusion above would be more properly drawn if it were made clear that the (a) trucks speed is assumed to be lower than the cars (b) Trucks speed is assumed to be the same as the cars (c) Trucks speed is assumed to be higher than the cars

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(d) Motorists estimate of time available is assumed to be more accurate with cars approaching than with trucks approaching Questions 30: The technological conservatism of bicycle manufacturers is a reflection of the kinds of demand they are trying to meet. The only cyclists seriously interested in innovation and willing to pay for it are bicycle racers. Therefore, innovation in bicycle technology is limited by what authorities will accept as standard for purposes of competition in bicycle races. Which of the following is an assumption made in drawing the conclusion above?

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(a) The market for cheap, traditional bicycles cannot expand unless the market for high performance competition bicycles expands. (b) High-performance bicycles are likely to be improved more as a result of technological innovations developed in small workshops than as a result of technological innovations, developed in major manufacturing concerns. (c) Bicycle racers do not generate a strong demand for innovations that fall outside what is officially recognized as standard for purposes of competition. (d) The technological conservatism of bicycle manufacturers results primarily form their desire to manufacture a product that can be sold without being altered to suit different national markets.

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SECTION III 20 Questions 35 Marks [2 marks each]

Directions for Questions (31-42): Choose the correct answer for the questions given below. Question 31: Options : The remainder, when (a) 4 (c) 0

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Suppose n is an integer such that the sum of the digits of n is 2, and 10 values for n is (a) 11 (c) 9 (b) 10 (d) 8

n 10 11 . The number of different

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N persons stand on the circumference of a circle at distinct points. Each possible pair of persons, not standing next to each other, sings a twominute song after the other. If the total time taken for singing is 28 minutes, what is N? (a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) none of these If the sum of the first 11 terms of an arithmetic progression equals the sum of the first 19 terms, then what is the sum of the first 30 terms? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) 29/ 16. If a man cycles at 10 km/hr, then he arrives at a certain place at 1 p.m. If he cycles at 15km/hr, he will arrive at the same place at 11 a.m. At what speed must he cycle to get there at noon? (a) 11km/hr (b) 12km/hr (c) 13km/hr (d) 14km/hr On January 1, 2004 two new societies S1 and S2 are formed, each with n members. On the first day of each subsequent month, S1 adds b members while S2 multiples its current number of members by a constant factor r. Both the societies have the same number of members on July 2, 2004. If b = 10.5n, what is the value of r? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1/2 A new flag is to be designed with six vertical stripes using some or all of the coloursyellow, green, blue and red. The number of ways this can be done such that no two adjacent stripes have the same colour is (a) 12 81 (b) 16 192 (c) 20 125 (d) 24 216 Using only 2, 5, 10, 25 and 50 paise coins, what will be the minimum number of coins required to pay exactly 78 paise, 69 paise and Rs. 1.01 to three different persons? (a) 19 (b) 20 (c) 17 (d) 18 There are 12 towns grouped into four zones with three towns per zone. It is intended to connect the town with telephone lines such that every two towns are connected with three direct lines if they belong to the same zone, and with only one direct line otherwise. How many direct telephone lines are required? (a) 72 (b) 90 (c) 96 (d) 144 An intelligence agency forms a code of two distinct digits selected from 0, 1, 2, 9 such that the first digit of the code is non zero. The code, handwritten on a slip, can however potentially create confusion, when read upside side for example, the code 91 may appear as 16. How many codes are there for which no such confusion can arise? (a) 80 (b) 78 (c) 71 (d) 69 At the end of year 1998, a shepherd bought nine dozen goats. Henceforth, every year he added p% of the goats at the beginning of the year and sold q% of the goats at the end of the pear where p > 0 and q > 0. If shepherd had nine dozen goats at the end of the year 2002, after making the sales for that year, which of the following is true? Code 1 Copyright NIIT

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Options : Question 42: (a) p = q (b) p < q (c) p > q (d) p = q/2 A boy finds the average of 10 positive integers. Each integer contains two digits. By mistake, the boy interchanges the digits of one number say ba for ab. Due to this, the average becomes 1.8 less than the previous one. What was the difference of the two digits a and b? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) 8

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DIRECTIONS for questions 43 to 47: Each question is followed by two statements, I and II. Answer each question using the following instructions:

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Choose [a]if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other statement alone. Choose [b] if the question can be answered by using either statement alone. Choose [c] if the question can be answered using both statements together, but cannot be answered using either statement alone. Choose [d] if the question cannot be answered even by using both statements together. Question 43: Are the two triangles ABC and XYZ congruent? I. the three angles of one of the triangle are equal to the three angles respectively of the second triangle. II. triangle ABC has two angles and one side equal to two angles and one side of the triangle XYZ (a) [a] (b) [b] (c) [c] (d) [d] What is the length of the hypotenuse AC in right angled triangle ABC? I. length of BD is 6 cm where D is the midpoint of AC. II. length of BC is 8 cm. (a) [a] (b) [b] (c) [c] (d) [d] How many red balls are there in a box containing red and black balls? I. the probability of picking up two red balls from the box is 3/14. II. there are a total of 21 balls in the box. Options : (a) [a] (c) [c] (b) [b] (d) [d]

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What is the value of x? I. x is a prime number. II. x is a two digit number and is greater than ninety five. (a) [a] (b) [b] (c) [c] (d) [d] Is the price of 8 pencils greater than the price of 6 erasers? I. the price of 5 pencils is less than the price of 3 erasers. II. the price of 16 pencils is greater than the price of 12 erasers. (a) [a] (c) [c] (b) [b] (d) [d]

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Directions for Questions (48-50): A professor keeps data on students tabulated by performance and gender of the students. The data is kept on a computer disk, but unfortunately some of it is lost because of a virus. Only the following could be recovered. [2 marks each]

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Panic buttons were pressed but to no avail. An expert committee was formed which decided that the following facts were self evident. half the students were either excellent or good 40% of the students were female one third of the male students were average.

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How many students are both female and excellent? (a) 0 (b) 8 (c) ) 16 (d) 32 What proportion of female students are good? (a) 0 (b) 0.25 (c) 0.5 (d) 1.0 Among average students, what is the ratio of male to female? (a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 3 : 2 (d) 2 : 3

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SECTION IV 10 Questions 15 Marks Directions for Questions (51 55) [1 mark each]

All the options at the end of each question are possible, but ONE of them is the WORST. Identify the worst option in the context of a modern working professional. Question 51: In a financial center which provides auditing services to other companies, accounts audited by an employee is cross checked by his seniors at three different levels as a result of which lots of time is wasted before the accounts are actually handed over to the customer. Thus in order to prevent this loss of time you would: (a) Reduce the levels from three to one for being (b) After the employee has finished auditing the cross checked. accounts, you would not cross check them and hand them over to the client. (c) Appoint a supervisor to the employee who (d) Computerize the whole process of auditing where the accounts could be checked at different levels at would supervise his work from the time he begins the same time working on them. A company has maintained large inventory of its raw material, which is perishable in nature. But due to low demand in the market for its product the production has been far below than expected. As a result there are large stocks of raw material which remain unused and at the same time getting spoilt. Thus in order to manage this you would: (a Sell excess of raw material in the market. (b) Use the raw material in further production of the product and later stock the product (c) Leave the stocks of raw material as it is and wait (d) Provide for better facilities for storing that raw for the market demand to pick up for the product. material so that it can be retained for longer period. You are given the responsibility of assessing the work done by your subordinates. On what basis would you assess their work such that it encourages them remain focussed on the completion of the task? You would: (a) Assess on the basis whether task allotted has (b) Compare the work of one subordinate with been accomplished on time or not. another. (c) Compare the work of subordinates to their (d) Assess whether the desired results have been previous performance. achieved or not. In an organization the employees need to be continuously supervised and motivated to deliver results. In order to ensure that the employees continue to work towards the goal you would: a) Reward employees for the accomplishments. (b) Continuously review the procedures used by the employees. (c) Regularly hold meetings with the employees to (d) Compare their performance with others to motivate them to perform better. encourage them to perform better. Question 55: Options : A team may comprise of Individuals who may be more hardworking & demanding than the others present in the team. Thus in order to maintain harmony in the team you would: (a) humiliate those who are not performing so well. (b) Provide counseling or motivate under-performers to do better. (c) Compliment good performers in front of (d) Make the aggressive ones aware that not everyone work at the same pace or level as theirs colleagues, which would inspire the rest to do work so they need to strike a balance. as hard.

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Directions for Questions (56 58)

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In each of the questions, there is a paragraph followed by four conclusions marked as (1), (2), (3), and (4). You have to rank the conclusions in the ORDER OF YOUR PREFERENCE and then choose the option that matches your preference list.

Question 56:

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Conclusions : (1) Reinvest the profits earned. (3) Distribute it among workers as incentive Options : Question 57: Conclusions : (2) Use it for better infrastructural facility of your company (4) Leave it as idle money.

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(a) 3,2,1,4 (b) 1,2,3,4 (c) 1,4,3,2 (d) 1,3,2,4 You want to purchase a particular commodity in future but you do not have enough funds to purchase that commodity. Then you would: 1. Cut down on youre expenses and start saving. 2. Invest the funds you currently have in a proposal where the returns on it would be sufficient enough for you to make the purchase. 3. Wait for the time when you would want to make 4. Drop the idea of purchasing that commodity. the purchase and make your decision on purchase depending on amount you have at that time. (a) 3,2,1,4 (b) 4,3,2,1 (c) 1,4,3,2 (d) 2,1,3,4 You are in a team with two individuals who are difficult. Youve been assigned a task and the work has been divided amongst the three of you. There is a constant conflict in opinion amongst the team members. You would 1 Request for change of your team 2. Do the entire task your self, which may include the work, assigned to your colleagues. 3. You would try to bring harmony amongst your 4. Do only the portions of the work assigned to you selves and work as a group to accomplish the task. irrespective of whether the whole task has been accomplished or not. (a) 3,2,1,4 (c) 1,4,3,2 (b) 4,3,2,1 (d) 1,3,2,4

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Directions for Questions (59-60) [2 marks each] Choose the MOST correct answer for the questions given below. Question 59: Your friend has brought a proposal in front of you where he induces you to invest in a field about which you do not have any knowledge. Then you would: Options : (a) Rely on your friend and invest in that proposal. (b) Do not invest in that proposal. (c) Look for an advice from specialists in that field (d) Make an in-dept study of the proposal and then and then invest. invest. You have worked on a particular project but the result has not been up to the mark expected. Then what strategy would you adopt in your next project to ensure that the desired result is achieved? You would: Options : (a) Work on similar kinds of projects so that you gain (b) . Hire someone else to do the project for you. expertise working on them. (c) Monitor over each and every activity of the project so that at the end the desired result is achieved (d) Not make any changes in the strategy and try and achieve result with the same as done before.

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