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 General Awareness
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For the following questions answer them individually

Question 1

What is Archipelago?

A It is a group of free floating islands.

B It is a group of islands that are in close proximity to each other.

C It is a group of islands with one island keeping the rest in a place.

D It is a very big island

Answer: B

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Question 2

What is the main feature of the Dead sea ?

A It is the sea that was once a sea but now it's just a dried up sea bed.

B It is the sea that has an extremely high density of salt.

C It has the most acidic content & therefore can kill anyone who enters it.

D It is the sea where dead sailors were given a burial at sea.

Answer: B

Question 3

Theodolite is a precision instrument used for measuring ?

A Buoyancy

B Surface tension

C Angles

D Frequency of light

Answer: C

Question 4

Which of these is a name never used to describe India in the ancient period ?

A Akhanda Bharat

B Bharata Varsha

C Bharata Kanda

D Jamboo Dvipa

Answer: A

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Question 5

Which of the following dynasties was a Brahmin dynasty ?

A The Kakatiyas

B The Vijayanagara Dynasty

C The Satavahanas

D The Kushans

Answer: C

Question 6

The grand constructions of Madurai are attributed to which Chola king ?

A Elara Chola

B Rajendra Chola

C Karikala Chola

D Raja Raja Chola

Answer: E

Question 7

Who was the first Sultan of Delhi?

A Iltutmish

B Babur

C Allauddin Khilji

D Qutbuddin Aibak

Answer: D

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Question 8

Meru which is to be considered to be the abode of Lord Vishnu is to be found today in which one of the
following countries?

A China

B Thailand

C Indonesia

D Cambodia

Answer: E

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Question 9

In which year did the Glorious revolution occurred in England ?

A 1789

B 1688

C 1715

D 1776

Answer: B

Question 10

Who actually wrote the Declaration of Independence of America?

A John Adams

B Samuel Adams

C Thomas Jefferson

D George Washington

Answer: C

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Question 11

As per the American declaration of Independence the true meaning of freedom of speech is referred to

A citizen's right to express their views.

B right of the government of United States of America to negotiate terms of trade with any other nation.

C permission given to people to hold public meetings.

D governments right to clearly state its goals to people.

Answer: A

Question 12

Adolf Hitler's rule in Germany is referred to as

A Sittlichkeit

B Deutsches Reich

C Gesselschaft

D Vorstellung

Answer: B

Question 13

The head of the Church of England or the Protestant church is

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A The Monarch of England

B Archbishop of Canterbury

C The Pope

D The Cardinal of Westminster

Answer: B

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Question 14

Which of the following as a French Monarchial Dynasty?

A The Lancastrians

B The Girondins

C The Jacobins

D The Bourbons

Answer: D

Question 15

Russian revolution of 1917 is called as

A The Czarist revolution

B The Bolshevik revolution

C The Bolshoi revolution

D The Menshevik revolution

Answer: B

Question 16

Who among the following has been the Brand Ambassador of National Tobacco Control Campaign?

A Mahendra Singh Dhoni

B Sachin Tendulkar

C Rahul Dravid

D Kapil Dev

Answer: C

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Question 17

Which one of the following is not a G-4 country?

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A Australia

B Brazil

C India

D Japan

Answer: A

Question 18

Who among the following is the Chairman of the Government of India’s ‘National Ganga River Basin
Authority’?

A President

B Prime minister

C Vice President

D Home minister

Answer: B

Question 19

The world Consumer's Rights day is celebrated across the world on?

A 15th March

B 8th April

C 14th January

D 5th August

Answer: A

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Question 20

Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar converted to Buddhism in the following year

A 1956

B 1957

C 1936

D 1959

Answer: A

Question 21

____________ has been on a fast for over a decade to protest against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act
in Manipur.

A Vrinda Karat

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B Irom Sharmila

C Arundhati Roy

D Soni Sori

Answer: B

Question 22

The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013
applies to

A Only Public Sector

B Only Private Sector

C Public and private sector

D All of the above

Answer: D

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Question 23

The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) that was in the news for the controversy
over issue of alleged Human Rights violations was hosted by?

A Pakistan

B India

C Sri Lanka

D None of these

Answer: C

Question 24

Recent decision of the Supreme Court to give Indian voters an option for negative voting is called?

A NOTA

B NTOA

C NATOA

D NOTE

Answer: A

Question 25

The 16th Non-Alignment summit was held in 2012 was hosted by one of these countries?

A Iran

B Pakistan

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D Nepal

Answer: A

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Question 26

The Supreme Court of India recently gave a verdict against one of the following companies on patent
claims for cancer drugs?

A Glaxo

B Ranbaxy

C Novartis

D None of these

Answer: C

Question 27

The painting ‘Hamsa Damayanti’ is a masterpiece of ?

A Nandalal Bose

B Raja Ravi Varma

C Jagdish Swaminathan

D Ram Kumar

Answer: B

Question 28

“India wins Freedom” is an autobiography written by?

A Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

B Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

C Zakir Hussain

D C. Rajagopalachari

Answer: A

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Question 29

The author of the novel “Walden Two” is?

A Ivan Pavlov

B Abraham Maslow

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C B.F.Skinner

D Sigmund Freud

Answer: C

Question 30

Which among the following economists is the author of the book ‘Development as Freedom’?

A Jean Dreze

B Jagadish Bhagwati

C T.N. Srinivasan

D None of the above

Answer: D

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Mathematical and Logical Reasoning

Instructions
For the following questions answer them individually

Question 31

On a certain day when interviews for Master Degree courses were going on, it was found that 35
students attended interviews for MA Education, 47 students attended interviews for MSW and among the
2 groups, 12 students attended both. What is the total number of students who attended either of the
interviews?

A 82

B 70

C 94

D 58

Answer: B

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Question 32

Among a group of 60 people who like Indian classical music, 38 like Hindustani music & 46 like Carnatic
music. How many like both Hindustani & Carnatic?

A 24

B 84

C 0

D not possible to say as the required information is not given

Answer: A

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Question 33

Riaz distributes 20 copies of The Hindu and 25 copies of Deccan Chronicle in an apartment building that
has 40 apartments. If he distributes at least one newspaper to each apartment, the number of
apartments that buy only The Hindu is

A 5

B 20

C 15

D Cannot say

Answer: C

Question 34

Among a group of children, 6 children like only chocolate ice cream and 5 children like only butter scotch
ice cream and 5 like either of the two. If each child gets an ice cream, how many ice creams should we
order?

A 11

B 21

C 16

D 6

Answer: C

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Question 35

Of the 850 students who wrote an entrance examination at a center, 550 did very well in the
Mathematics and Logical reasoning paper, 600 did very well in English language proficiency and 350 did
very well in both. How many students did not do very well in Mathematics and Logical reasoning?

A 300

B 650

C 50

D 250

Answer: A

Question 36

Find the odd one out:

24, 42, 54, 62, 78

A 24

B 42

C 62

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D 78

Answer: C

Question 37

What is the next number in the series

5, 7, 10, 14, 19, …

A 25

B 23

C 20

D 24

Answer: A

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Question 38

Find the odd one out:

6, 12, 20, 26, 30

A 6

B 12

C 20

D 26

Answer: D

Question 39

What is the next number in the series

3, 10, 29, 66….

A 99

B 127

C 133

D 148

Answer: B

Question 40

Find the odd one out

204, 315, 425, 531, 624

A 204

B 315

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C 425

D None of the above

Answer: C

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Question 41

Look at this series: 664, 332, 340, 170, …, 89.

What number should fill the blank?

A 85

B 97

C 109

D 178

Answer: D

Question 42

Using digits 5, 3, 2, 1 without repetition, how many odd numbers can be made?

A 18

B 24

C 256

D 192

Answer: A

Question 43

Using the digits 6,5,4,3,2,1 without repetition, how many three digit numbers can one make?

A 120

B 20

C 60

D 36

Answer: A

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Question 44

In how many ways can four people be seated at a circular dining table?

A 6

B 24

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C 60

D 92

Answer: A

Question 45

MA education students have to choose one pedagogy course from an option of three (Mathematics,
Science and Language) and one thematic course from an option of two (Leadership, Social justice) along
with the compulsory courses. How many different combinations of optional courses are possible?

A 24

B 12

C 8

D 6

Answer: D

Question 46

If 6 people working 8 hours a day can finish a work in 12 days, how many days will it take for 4 people
working 8 hours a day to finish the same work?

A 8

B 10

C 14

D 18

Answer: D

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Question 47

If 8 people work 8 hours a day and finish a work in 8 days, how long will it take to finish the work if 4
people work 4 hours a day?

A 4

B 8

C 16

D 32

Answer: D

Question 48

If machine A needs 2 hours to finish a work, machine B 3 hours and machine C 6 hours to finish the same
work, how long will it take for machines A, B and C to complete the work if they work simultaneously?

A 15 minutes

B half an hour

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C 1 hour

D 1 hour 15 minutes

Answer: C

Question 49

A and B working together finish a work in 6 hours. A can finish the work in 10 hours. How long will it take
for B to finish the same work alone?

A 15 hours

B 16 hours

C 18 hours

D 24 hours

Answer: A

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Question 50

A car takes 25 minutes to travel from one point to another at an average speed of 40 km/hr. What is the
approximate distance between the 2 points?

A 15 kms

B 17 kms

C 20 kms

D 38 kms

Answer: B

Question 51

It took Ramya 15 minutes more than the usual time to travel the distance from her home to office today.
If her speed today was 2/3rd of her usual speed, what is the usual time it takes for her to travel the same
distance?

A 10 minutes

B 23 minutes

C 27 minutes

D 30 minutes

Answer: D

Question 52

Rashmi got into a city bus at 12:50 pm and travelled a distance of about 27 kms and reached her
destination at 1:35 pm. What is the average speed at which the bus was moving?

A 30 km/hr

B 36 km/hr

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C 40 km/hr

D 32 km/hr

Answer: B

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Question 53

In a larger circular pool of 20 feet diameter, two frogs start swimming from east and west ends of the
pool (named A & C respectively) towards a worm on the northern edge of the pool at point B. What is the
measure of the angle ABC?

A 20 degrees

B 70 degrees

C 90 degrees

D 30 degrees

Answer: C

Question 54

If the sum of the interior angles of a regular polygon measures up to 1440 degrees, how many sides does
the polygon have?

A 10 sides

B 8 sides

C 12 sides

D 9 sides

Answer: A

Question 55

A rectangular field has an area of 20 sq. km. If the perimeter of the field is 18 km, what is the length of
the longer side of the field?

A 10 km

B 3 km

C 8 km

D 5 km

Answer: D

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Question 56

Ratio of men to women at a party was 6: 7. If there were 28 women, than calculate the total number of
people at the party?

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A 24

B 28

C 52

D 104

Answer: C

Question 57

A certain amount of money is divided amongst three friends, Amar, Akbar and Anthony in the ratio 2 :3:
7 respectively. If Anthony gets Rs. 15 more than Amar, how much money does Akbar get?

A 36

B 9

C 25

D 6

Answer: B

Question 58

A metal is made of Copper, Zinc and Lead which were in the ratio of 13 : 6 : 1. The mass of Zinc is 90 kg.
What is the mass of copper in the metal?

A 300 kg

B 210 kg

C 285 kg

D 195 kg

Answer: D

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Question 59

Ramesh invests Rs. 1400 in an account that earns simple interest. After 9 months, the balance is Rs.
1421. What is the annual interest rate?

A 2%

B 5%

C 1%

D 8%

Answer: A

Question 60

A sum of money amounts to Rs. 1352 in 2 years at 4% per annum of compound interest. What is the
sum?

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A 1200

B 1250

C 1280

D 1296

Answer: B

Question 61

A sum of money lent at simple interest amounts to Rs. 880 in 2 years and to Rs. 920 in 3 years. What is
the sum of money?

A 700

B 760

C 784

D 800

Answer: D

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Question 62

If some bags are packets and no packet is a pouch.

A No bag is a pouch and no packet is a bag

B No bag is a pouch and some packets are bags

C Some bags are not pouches and some packets are bags.

D Some bags are not pouches and no packet is a bag.

Answer: C

Question 63

What is the next item in the series: FAG, GAF, HAI, IAH,..

A JAK

B HAL

C HAK

D JAI

Answer: A

Question 64

What is the missing term in the following series: ELFA, GLHA, ILJA, ….., MLNA

A OLPA

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C LLMA

D KLLA

Answer: D

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Question 65

Six bells commence tolling together and toll at intervals of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 seconds respectively. In
30 minutes, how many times do they toll together?

A 4

B 10

C 15

D 16

Answer: D

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English Proficiency
Instructions
For the following questions answer them individually

Question 66

SHARD : GLASS

A Cream : Butter

B Twine : Rope

C Crumb : Bread

D Pages : Book

Answer: C

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Question 67

STRING : GUITAR

A Reed : Flute

B Board : Billiards

C Font : Letter

D Plot : Book

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 Answer: B

Question 68

MIRROR : REFLECTION

A Water : Refraction

B Picture : Representation

C Chaos : Confusion

D Sound : Dispersion

Answer: A

Question 69

ASHEN : COLOR

A Pallid : Complexion

B Insipid : Flavor

C Enigmatic : Puzzle

D Corpulent : Weight

Answer: B

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AFTER : BEFORE

A Present : Past

B Successor : Predecessor

C 1st : 2nd

D Contemporary : History

Answer: B

Question 71

DESTITUTE : WEALTHY

A Scholarly : Erudite

B Angry : Rich

C Tacky : Graceful

D Native : Affluent

Answer: C

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Question 72

TACITURN:VOLUBLE

A Indolence : Work

B Ecstatic : Excitement

C Significant : Insightful

D Speechless : Effusive

Answer: A

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Question 73

I was certain she had visited this place because it was _________ with her smells.

A Satiated

B Fragrant

C Redundant

D Redolent

Answer: D

Question 74

After several ______ attempts to send the missile into space, the spacecraft was finally launched
successfully.

A experimental

B abortive

C difficult

D preliminary

Answer: B

Question 75

All other issues are __________ to the need to provide food and medical supplies.

A subsistent

B subtended

C subsumed

D subsidiary

Answer: C

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Question 76

Curiously enough instead of inviting _________ their deviousness was regarded by many as being ________.

A applause … crude

B derision …. Injudicious

C antipathy….assimilative

D opprobrium….ingenious

Answer: D

Question 77

The decision taken by the board was perceived as being ______ leading to widespread _________ among the
workers who were already disillusioned with the management.

A judicious ….. celebration

B momentous …. appreciation

C iniquitous….discontent

D discriminatory….panic

Answer: C

Question 78

The recent steps to _________ the prices of essential commodities has resulted in a _______ atmosphere with
regard to the future of the economy.

A regulate….buoyant

B restrict….surcharged

C deflate….pessimistic

D enhance….diffident

Answer: A

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Question 79

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to _____ and ______ political power over
government.

A find …show

B attain….maintain

C create…define

D bring….bestow

Answer: B

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Question 80

TRAVESTY: The trial was a travesty of justice leading to widespread disillusionment with the entire
process.

A Mockery

B Genuine

C Accurate

D Caricature

Answer: A

Question 81

Popular culture continues to generate _________ amounts of name-calling and countless wars across the
Internet, such as the _________ debates between fans of Star Trek and Star Wars.

A reduced...intermittent

B large...constant

C ridiculous ....insulting

D obsequious....encouraging

Answer: B

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Pick the word from the alternatives given that is most inappropriate in the given context:

Question 82

DEFICIENT: He was not hired for the job since he was found to be deficient in his understanding of the
business.

A complete

B lacking

C inadequate

D authentic

Answer: A

Question 83

COMPLICIT: The judge handed him a punishment since the evidence showed that he was complicit in the
crime that led to the death of the victim.

A innocent

B ignorant

C organized

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Answer: A

Question 84

ESCHEW: My policy has always been to eschew speaking ill of others since it creates unnecessary
negativity.

A Embrace

B Deliberate

C Espouse

D Associate

Answer: C

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Question 85

FLUSTERED: He was so flustered when he realized what was going on that he wouldn’t have recognized
his own mother.

A excited

B involved

C composed

D dismayed

Answer: C

Question 86

SPECIOUS: His arguments and specious comparisons are bogus and not worth seriously entertaining, in
my humble opinion.

A inaccurate

B genuine

C baseless

D unfounded

Answer: B

Instructions
For the following questions answer them individually

Question 87

A. Their chests were puffed out like those of pouter penguins and they had battle-ready vigour.
B. After about ten minutes the designated soldiers on each side lowered their flags and the sunset
showdown was over for the day.
C. Soldiers on each side marched up to their opposite numbers
D. As the bugles sounded loud and clear, the ceremony began.
E. The crowd on both sides erupted into a frenzy of shouting cheering their own country.

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A ACDEB

B DCAEB

C DECAB

D ECADB

Answer: B

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Question 88

A. A tactile though indirect connection bound the giver with the receiver.
B. On the heels of the bread servers came others carrying steel buckets.
C. Instead of using spoons or ladles, the servers simply took out handfuls of the pilaf from their bucket
and deposited it on our plates.
D. They ladled out large portions of ‘kali dal’ - legumes that had not been husked.
E. After that, came the rice that was a pilaf-like concoction glistening with ghee.

A ECABD

B BADEC

C ABECD

D BDECA

Answer: D

Question 89

A.Many an accident has taken place on this route.

B. Today again, driving enthusiasts wait with bated breath for the Rohtang La to open to take a jaunt to
Leh.
C. And yet the beauty of the place and the thrill of adventure beckon many a tourist every year.
D. The landscape remains as beguiling and awe-inspiring as ever.
E. Even 10 years ago, this epic Himalayan journey was a risky endeavor.

A AEDCB

B BDEAC

C EACDB

D DAECB

Answer: B

Question 90

A. He chewed it and noted its quality and its good taste.

B. There was no stringiness in it and he knew that it would bring the highest price in the market.
C. But there was no way to keep it from going bad.
D. It was firm and juicy, like meat, but it was not red.
E. He leaned over the side and pulled loose a piece of the meat of the fish.

A EDBAC

B BEDCA

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C EADBC

D CEDAB

Answer: C

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Reading Comprehension:

The strength of the pharmaceutical industry is evident in the existence of 5,877 manufacturing units in India producing
20,000 formulations under 8,000 branded names. This rosy picture of the pharmaceutical industry however is reflected
neither in availability of drugs for important public health problems nor in the affordability of drugs for domestic users.
The innumerable formulationsproduced, packaged and sold by pharmaceutical companies do not reflect the
seriousness of important public health requirements in India. Take for example, formulations to treat iron deficiency
anemia, a highly prevalent public health problem affecting the majority of adolescent girls and pregnant women. If we
examine the iron preparations that are in the 300 top selling drugs in India, none of them is the simple iron sulphate
and folic acid tablet that the National List of
Essential Medicines (NLEM) recommends. In addition, a course of drugs to treat this ailment could cost a wage laborer
up to two months wages.

There are over 20,000 drug formulations in India. Their prices are poorly regulated, if at all. There is wide variation
between the minimum and maximum cost of drugs for a range of medicinal classes. Among commonly used drugs in
clinical practice, such as antibiotics, anti-hypertensives and diabetic drugs, prices often vary from 2 to 20 times
between the minimum and maximum price
bands. Drugs for conditions like cancer, rheumatological diseases and erectile dysfunction have a 20-fold price
variation across brands. The pharmaceutical sector is the only one in India (and probably in the world) where
government tender procurement prices are 1 to 3 per cent of the retail market prices! This if anything indicates the
level of overpricing at the retail level. An example: a drug company bids to supply albendazole 400 mg tablets, a
medicine for worms, to the Tamil Nadu government at a mere 35 paise per tablet, while brands of this drug sell for
Rs.16 in the open market. Thus, while the markets have been profitable for the pharmaceutical industry, they have
been disastrous for the end-users who are hit both by the disease and the unaffordable medications that they are
made to buy.

We may infer therefore that the cost of branded medications (or branded generics) is several times the cost of the
unbranded generics of the same drug. For drug companies, the only criterion seems to be - both logically and
internationally - to sell at what the market can take, and this means at the perceived (not the same as real, scientific)
value of the drug. Further in India, the same drug is sold at vastly different prices by equally reputed companies and
often by the same company.

Question 91

According to the author what does the availability of drugs with over 20,000 formulations indicate in the
present scenario?

A Strength of the pharmaceutical industry

B Poor regulation leading to profits for the pharmaceutical industry

C The importance given to public health requirements in India

D The importance of the 8000 branded names that produce these formulations.

Answer: C

Question 92

In the overall context of the passage, what does the example of iron deficiency illustrate?

A Anemia is a widely prevalent public health problem that affects adolescent girls and pregnant women.

B There are 300 top selling drugs in India to treat iron deficiency.

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C None of the available drugs has the simple formulation recommended by the National List of Essential Medicines.

D Treatment of iron deficiency becomes a financial burden for the poor.

Answer: C

Question 93

What is the clearest indicator of overpricing of drugs?

A Wide variation between minimum and maximum price for the same class of medicines.

B Drug companies sell at a lower price to the Tamil Nadu government.

C Branded drug costs much more than the generic drug.

D Treatment of an ailment would cost a laborer up to two months wage.

Answer: C

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Question 94

What is the main argument extended by the author in the passage given above?

A The 20000 and above formulations of drugs produced do not meet public health requirements in India.

B Generic drugs are available at lower costs and the government should procure them for the poor

C Markets have profited the pharmaceutical industry

D The expansion of the pharmaceutical industry has been at the cost of public health requirements.

Answer: C

Question 95

How may we understand the author’s use of the phrase “perceived value of the drug”?

A As the ability of people to purchase drugs across a price band

B As the importance given to a particular brand of drugs

C As the willingness of people to pay due to their belief in the drug’s healing powers

D As the notion that the drug will effectively cure health problems.

Answer: C

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Reading Comprehension:

Social psychology is as old as homosapiens on this earth. Throughout the recorded history, social nature of man has
intrigued scholars, artists, and social reformers. Their work has significant bearing on understanding how people relate
with others and conduct their social life. Scriptures, artifacts, music, poetry, all have contributed to this endeavour.
What has intrigued scholars is the evidence of both, universality and uniqueness of social behaviour in different
cultures. People have lived together in all cultures as family, community and nation, though they may not have
learned to live together in peace. Human nature has essentially remained the same ever since. It seems that many of
the questions which ancient social psychology raised are the same which contemporary social psychology is striving to
answer. However, rapid social, economic, and political changes sweeping across the oceans and continents have
thrown up many new questions for social psychologists. Many new theories and methods are being developed to

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unravel general principles of social interaction. It is therefore, not surprising that the quests and concerns in
discourses of Plato and Aristotle were similar to those of the ancient Indian thinkers, like Manu, Gautam, Yagyavalkya
and Kautilya. They were all concerned with the sustenance of social institutions to uphold the social code of conduct,
while preserving human freedom. It was always considered important that people get socialized to conform to social
authority and internalize family values and traditions. At the same time all societies have experimented with various
systems to strike a match between social norms and individual aspirations. Social conflicts, violence, exploitations
throughout the ages had kept social thinkers busy to examine geneses and expound solutions. Social psychology has
evolved as a discipline to grapple with the issues of understanding social interactional process. The endeavour is to
find ways to maintain ideal social conditions in which people can live together in peace and harmony.

However, apart from this common quest to understand and transform human behaviour, there are differences in the
world-views; the ways in which the social reality is analyzed, explained and rendered meaningful in western and non-
western cultures, like India. The difference is not just in erms of the methods of inquiry but more basic in terms of
ontological reality of human existence. The comparison is further complicated by the fact that whereas Indian sages
concentrated on the 'ideal' state, the Western scholars focused on observed reality of the interaction between man
and society. The purpose of juxtaposing world-views of these different societies here is to examine the progress of
western social psychology and its implications for understanding social issues and problems we are facing in India. A
critical appraisal would enable us to view the knowledge base of social psychology with particular reference to Indian
work.

Question 96

Scholars of social psychology have been fascinated by

A individualistic cultures

B the static nature of human psychology

C universality and uniqueness of social behavior

D new challenges in the 21 st century

Answer: C

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Question 97

Why is it that many of the questions which ancient social psychology raised (seem to be) the same which
contemporary social psychology is striving to answer?

A Researchers have not found answers to previous questions

B Human nature has essentially remained the same ever since

C Social psychology is as old as homosapiens on this earth

D People have lived together in all cultures

Answer: B

Question 98

Who was concerned with the sustenance of social institutions?

A Plato and Aristotle

B Manu, Gautam, Yagyavalkya

C Aristotle and Kautilya

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Answer: D

Question 99

What is the role of ‘family values and traditions’ in social psychology?

A they oppose social authority

B their adoption is crucial to maintaining social norms

C they reduce social conflicts, violence, exploitations

D they explain the social interactional process

Answer: B

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Question 100

Why do the authors intend to critically analyse western research in social psychology?

A to unravel general principles of social interaction

B to examine the progress of western social psychology

C to understand the social issues and problems in India

D to view the knowledge base of social psychology with particular reference to Indian work

Answer: D

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