Section1 reading

comprehension time 30
minutes 24 questions
Passage 1
 commentaries on
American postsecondary
education underplay
the impact of the
attempt of colleges
and universities to
relate to , if not
resolve , the problems
of society . Whether
the subject under
approximately
35%
45%
55%
65%
75%
 
Advance learning
Solve societal
problems
Impart knowledge
Trainworkers
Prepare future
managers
 
 on college boards
Faculty tenure
requirements
Curriculum updates
Service-education
concepts
Cost constraints
graduate from City
university?
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
 
Service - oriented ,
III. A community
college
I only
II only
I and II only
II and III only
I , II , and III
 educators
Serve the community
Provide skills for
future use
Make graduates
employable
 
regular students by
what
10%
20%
36%
40%
46%
 
 Collegiate
bureaucracies
Faculty tenure
The service -
university
Open Admissions
students was
36%
46%
56%
75%
92%
 
passage2
official in the Carter
Administration now
director of a new
Washington think tank,
the Institute
international
economics. The most
urgent question before
the leaders of the
industrial world is
 quotas
political situation
lower than marked
prices
abrogating agreements
increased product
standards
United States economic
policy
increased unemployment
a breakdown in
international law
a growth in cartels
 
 slower population
growth
less trade with
communists countries
economic recession
increased oil prices
 
 autos, textiles and
steel
autos, electronics and
sugar
shoes, textiles and
sugar
shoes, textiles and
steel
 
 agreement in the
1960's"
"Tokyo Round of trade
negotiations
"A perilous time for
world trade"
"problems and
prospects for world
exports"
 constrained by
rhetoric expressed by
labour leaders
misalignment among
world currencies
the free international
exchange of goods
restrictive monetary
and fiscal policies
 
voluntary quotas
@bilateral quotas
voluntary and
bilateral quotas
trigger prices
restrains
 
 
passage 3
 been put forward. In
contrast of water,
where the maintenance
of purity would seem
primarily to be
related to the costs
of production and
transport, a far
higher proportion of
the costs of
maintaining the purity
 regards water
pollution as more
serious than air
pollution
has failed to
recognise the economic
consequences of
pollution
is unwilling to make
the sacrifices needed
to ensure clean air.
difficulties than does
water pollution
may soon be dangerous
lacking
may be beyond the
capacity of out
technology to protect
has already become
difficult to obtain
 
 pollution?
industry
production
house hold
mining
waste disposal
II transport costs
III research costs
I only
III only
I and II only
II and III only
I, II, and III only
 
 private property is
easy to control
impossible to control
@difficult to control
decreasing
negligible
 
 measures III tax
levies
I only
III only
I and II only
II and III only
I, II, and III only
 
 governments do not
have adequate
resources
industry is not
willing to bear its
share
individuals are more
easily taxed than
producers
individuals demand
production, which
 is impossible to,
achieve
may have prohibitive
costs
is possible only in
developed countries
has been achieved in
some countries.
End of section 1
 Section 2 critical
reasoning   time 30 minutes
21 questions
 most weaken the author's
argument? (A) Most persons who
are imprisoned for crimes will
commit another crime if they are
ever released from prison. (B) A
person is morally culpable for his
evil thoughts as well as for his
evil deeds. - (C) There are more
criminal laws on the books than
there are civil laws on the books.
(D) A criminal trial is
 following could be offered as
valid criticism of the above
advertisement? 1. Heavy
smokers may be physically as
well as psychologically addicted
to tobacco. 11. A medicine
which is effective for very heavy
smokers may not be effective for
the population of smokers
generally.. 111A survey
conducted at a mountain retreat
characterization of his position,
so 1 will attempt to state more
clearly my under- standing of it.
(C) At the time 1 made those
remarks, certain key facts were
not available, but new
information uncovered by my
staff does support the position 1
took at that time. D) 1 can only
wish Governor Smith 'had
specified those points he
same as mothers' milk. Using the
facts in the paragraph above,
which of the following completes
the sentence in an appropriate
way? A)Encouraging Third
World mothers to adopt the use
of milk substitutes instead of
nursing is ..(A) praiseworthy
because these substitutes are rich
in calories, vitamins and
minerals. (B) unwise because
opponents' rationalization of the
argument leads to an unreason-
able conclusion. (B) He attacks
his opponents because they are
self- interested smokers. (C) He
points out that his antagonists'
arguments lead to a choice
between equally undesirable
alternatives. (D he is attempting
to draw an analogy between a
 the following can be inferred
from the above passage?(A)
Lavoisier strived for fame and
influence in the 1 Sth century.
(B) All elements found in the
18th century were named after
Lavoisier. (C) Sonic of the
elements that Lavoisier isolated
were given names that described
their properties. (D) Lavoisier
was the most influential and
 receive an A. Given the above
criteria, which of the following,
in the absence of further
information, would definitely not
be permissible? (A) A. Brown,
who got 95% in Chemistry and
92% in Biology, received a B
grade. (B) B. White, who was
first in Physics and got 96% in
History, received a B grade. (C)
 strengthened by X-Ion are used
only in Gallenger's new rackets.
(B) X-Ion strengthened frames
make tennis rackets stronger and
allow the player to make more
powerful strokes. (C) ForTner
Wimbledon champions know a
great deal about tennis and their
equipment. (D) Gallenger tennis
rackets helped the last five
 weaken the statement? (A)
Fifteen percent of married
women earn over $75,000 per
year. (B) Married couples are
more stressed because of their
careers. C) Married couples
where both spouses work have
less time to spend together. (D)
Sixty percent of married women
earn over $75,000 per year. (E)
 area. Which of the following, if
true, would most seriously
weaken opposition to the
complex? (A) Condominiums
would sell for $350,000 each. (B)
There is a large de~d for boat
repair services. (C) A growing
population results in the closure
of shellfish. (D) There are
already 1200 moorings on the
waterfront. (E) The shipyard
 exist n-tight respond to this
objection by arguing that A)
some human beings do not have.
any natural rights (B) some
human rights are natural while
others derive from a source such
as a constitution (C) people in
one society may have natural
rights which people in another
society lack (D) all societies have
 members of the House. (C) The
primary duty of an officeholder is
to be responsive to his local
constituency rather than to party
leaders. (D) There is more unity
among minority party members
than among majority party
members. (E) Much legislation
is passed each session despite
party disunity.
 
mobiles must have eight-cylinder
engines. The author argues on the
basis of A) special training (B)
generalisation (C) syllogism (D)
ambiguity (E) deduction
 
 
 left alone on the riverbank.
Which of the following
conditions are not part of the
successful passage of the Smiths
across the river? (A) Mr. Smith
crosses the river first. (B) Mr.
Smith crosses the river last (C)
Mr. and Mrs. Smith do not cross
together. (D) John crosses the
river first. (E) John crosses the
river second.
 the last years from y% to x%.
(B) It has been known for many
years that there are vast stocks of
coal under Antarctica which have
yet to he economically exploited.
(C) Oil is being used
increasingly in place of coal for
many industrial and domestic
uses. (D) As coal resources are
depleted more and more marginal
supplies, which are more costly
 Which of the following will
weaken the proponents of
fluoridation? (A) Fluoridation
over a certain prescribed level
has been shown to lead lost a
general weakening of teeth. (B)
'there is no record of the long-
term effects of drinking
fluoridated water. (C) 'Re people
to be affected by fluoridation
conviction? (A) The temperature
must fall below degrees Celsius (
degrees Fahrenheit) for frost to
occur. (B) Absence of a cloud
cover cools the ground which
causes frost. C) Farmers are
superstitious. D) No one has
proven that the moon causes
frost. (E) Fanners.are not-experts
in meteorology.
 following, if true, provides
support for Professor Tembel's
proposal? A)Professor Tembel
received low ratings from his
students. (B) Students filled out
questionnaires after the midterm
exam. (C) Students are interested
in teacher evaluation. (D)
Teachers are not obligated to use
the survey results.
 inferred from the above? (A)
ABC's market is not
monopolistic. (B) Monopoly is
defined as one seller in a market.
(C) The ABC Company has no
domestic competitors. (D) The
ABC Company is publicly
owned. E) the ABC Company is
in a service industry.
 
 election and needs to show
results. B)Labor unions have
petitioned the President to
provide more local jobs. (C) The
trade agreement could bring a
quid pro quo on pending
negotiations. (D) Economists
claimed that the passage of the
bill would increase the country's
trade deficit. (E) It was politically
desirable for a trade bill at the
 locally funded. (B) Many
neighborhood groups oppose
rehabilitation centers. (C) Drug
rehabilitation centers are
expensive to maintain. (D) Drug
addicts may be unwilling to
receive treatment. (E) A
government committee has
convinced many groups that local
rehabilitation centers are
ineffective.
 Section3 sentence
correction time 25
minutes 16 questions
 
 these kind of (C) sort of person
who 1 feel would he capable of
making these kinds of (D) sort of
person whom 1 feel would be
capable of making these kinds of
(E) sort of person whom 1 feel
would he capa- ble of making
this kind of
 
 
(B) Due to the continuous rain, a
smaller number (C) Due to the
continual rain, a lesser number
(D) Because of the rain that kept
falling now and then, a smaller
number (E) Because of the
continual rain a smaller number
 
 
 together aggravated (C) Besides
me, there were many persons
who were altogether aggravated
(D) Besides me, there more many
persons ..who were altogether
irritated (E) Beside one, there
were many persons who more
together irritated
 
 
kind man and he spoke to the boy
and he (C) spoke to the boy
kindly and the boy (D) , a kind
man, spoke to the boy who (E)
who was a kind man spoke to the
boy and he
 
 divided the work on the report
which had been assigned (C) , we
divided up the work on the report
which was assigned (D) , we
divided the work on the assigned
report (E) we divided up the
work on the assigned report
 
 
(R) rose up to say that he thought
the bill should he referred back
(C) rose up to say that he thought
the bill should he referred (D)
rose up to sail that, in his
opinion. the bill should he
referred (E) rose to say that he
thought the bill should he
referred
 
than that of last year is because
(B) is greater than last year is
because (C) is greater than last
year is that (D) is greater than
that of last year is that (E) is
greater than the number of
accidents last year is because
 
 one he had left so he decided to
continue on C) More Preferable
to the one he had left so he
decided to continue D) Preferable
to the one he had left so he
decided to continue (E) more
preferable than the one he had
left so he decided to continue
 
 move to another city. (A) Since
we are living (B) Being that we
are living (C) Being that we have
been (D) Since we have been
living (E) Since we were living
 
 me to Chicago to visit my
grandfather as a child. C) My
parents took me, as a child, to
Chicago to visit my grandfather.
(D) A child, my parents took me
to Chicago to 1 visit my
grandfather. (E) When 1 was a
child, my parents took me to
Chicago to visit my grandfather.
 were available, that (B) elected
president, and funds were
available, that (C) he were
elected president and funds were
available, that (D) he were
elected president and funds were
available, (E) elected president,
and funds were available,
 
understood by him. (C) Having
managed the team for years, the
players were understood by him.
(D) For years having managed
the team, its players were
understood by him. (E) Because
he had managed the team for
years, its players were
understood by him.
 creating European links.(b)
pursuing ways of building
European connectivity.(c)
stressing on building European
links.(d) focusing on forging
European links.
 
 to borrow – even as bank
deposits flourished. (a) bank
deposits flourished.(b) bank
deposits swelled (c) bank
deposits were enhanced.(d) bank
deposits flummoxed
 
 have yet to be discovered. (a) a
phenomenon yet to be
discovered.(b) a phenomenon
incompletely explained.(c) an
inexplicable phenomenon.(d) an
unidentifiablephenomenon.
 
but cannot scold willingly.a)
cannot scold at will.b) cannot
give umbrage.c) cannot take
decisions to scold.(d) cannot
scold wilfully
.
Section 4 data
sufficiency time25
minutes
 sufficient to answer the question
asked; (C) if BOTH statements
(1) and (2) TO- GETHER are
sufficient to' answer the question
asked, but NEITHER statement
ALONE is sufficient; (D) if
statements (1) and (2)
TOGETHER are NOT sufficient
to answer the ques- tion asked,
and additional data specific to the
problem are needed.
 distance from his home? 1)It
takes Arun an average of 20
minutes to ride his bike from his
home to the library. (2) It takes
Arun an average of 20 minutes to
ride his bike from the library to
the Conference Centre.
 What is the area of a triangular
region T? (1) The base of triangle
T is 12. 2The ratio of the height
of T to the base of T is 3 : 1.
 
Z, what is the distance from point
X to point Z? (1) The distance
from Y to Z is 20. (2) The
distance from X to Y is equal to
half the distance from Y to Z.
 
number of units for four or more
of the seven weeks was
considered the more efficient
branch. Which office was
deemed the more efficient? (1)
Over the seven-week period
Branch C produced twice as
many units as Branch ID. (2) The
branch that was more efficient
was known by the fifth week.
 
 factor of positive integers x and
y? (1) The greatest common
factor of x/2 and y /2 is 5.
(2) x and y are even.
 
 (1) At least two faces of
rectangular block B are square.
(2) The volume of rectangular
block 1 B is 64.
 
 of a number? 1. The sum of the
number and its. one-fourth is loo.
Ii)150 per cent of the number is
40 more than the number.
 
 Is v equal to the average
(arithmetic mean) of s, t, and u?
(1) S+t+u=3v S+ t+u /6=v /2
 the present ages of P and Q? 1.
The ratio between the present
ages of P and Q is s : 7. 11. The
ratio between P's present age and
P's age after 4 years is 5 : 6.
 
to maintain that position relative
to the control station, while the
earth completes one rota- tion, it
will have to travel a distance of
A) 200 km (B) 200n km
(C) 2oon' km (D) zero km
 
 will be twice as old as Sunita,
how old will Sunita be in 3
years? (A) 6 (B) 8 (C)
11 (D) 14
 
while 70% passed in both. What
percentage failed in both? (A)
10% (B) 15% (C) 5%
(D) Cannot be determined
 
 dogs (D); 30 liked C and D; 20
liked M and C; 25 liked M and P;
12 liked only M; 5 liked C only
and 8, D only. How many did not
like any of the three? (A) 15
(B) 18 (C) 20 (D) 0
 
speed is reduced by 6 km/h., how
much more time will the train
take to return from station Y to
station X?(A) 5 min (B) 7
min 2(C) 6 min (D) 4 min
 
second year on a sum of money
at 10% per annum is Rs 20. The
sum is A) Rs 4,000 (B) Rs
2,000 (C) Rs 1,500 (D) Data
inadequate
 
of the stream is 2 km/ hr. and the
speed of the boat in still water is
4 km/hr, what is the distance
between A and B? (A) 4 km
(B) 6 km (C) a km (D) 9
km
 
the total number of sections is 16
and there are 21 students in each
section. The number of new
students admitted is (A) 24
(B) 14 (C) 28 (D) 114

 
 sold them all to earn 20% profit.
At what price per dozen did he
sell the oranges? (A) Rs 14.40
(B) Rs 16 (C) Rs 16.80
(D) Rs 19.20
 
 discount, he would have saved
Rs 500. At what price did he buy
the television set? (A) Rs 16,000
(B) Rs 12,000 (C) Rs 10,000
(D) Rs 5,000
 
 it was discovered that a score of
23 was misread as 73. The
correct mean is (A) 19 (B)
23 (C) 21 (D) None of these
 
 10 then X n (Y n Z) is equal to
(A) multiples of 10 (B) multiples
of 5 (C) multiples of 2 (D)
multiples of 7
 
 the first number is 12 then what
would he the 50 per cent of the
second number? (A) 12 (B) 24
c)18 (D) Data inadequate
 
 Science is 65. What is the
difference between the marks
which he obtained in History and
Science? (A) 40 (B) 60 (C)
20 (D) Data inadequate
 
 failed in both English and
Spanish. If 495 candidates passed
in both subjects, what was the
total number of candidates who
took the test? (A) 600 (B)
800 (C) 1000 (D) 900
 
paise coins is double the number
of 25 paise coins and four times
the number of one rupee coins.
How many 50 paise coins are
there in the box? (A) 24
(B) 28 (C) 32 (D) 36
 
 he scores 100 runs, thereby
increasing his average by 8 runs.
His new average is (A) 20 runs
(B) 24 runs (C) 28 runs
(D) 32 run
 
Is angle BAC a right angle? (1)
X = 2Y (2) y = 1.5z
 section 5 maths  
time 30 minutes
 the area of the new square to the
area of the old square is A) 5 : 4
(B) 9: 4 (C) 4: 5 D)4: 9

 
is 3 : 4 : 5 and the sum of their
squares is 1250.The sum of the
three numbers is A) 60 (B) 90
(C) 30 (D) 50
 
 ratio of 6: 13 and their last
common multiple is 3 12, then
the larger number is (A) 12 (B)
26 (C) 24 (D) 52
 
 Rs. 1 8. B spends Rs. 2 1, C
spends Rs. 24, and D spends Rs.
27. Who has done the highest
expenditure proportionate to his
resources ? (A) A (B) B (C)' C
(D) D
 
getting a sum as 6 when two dice
are thrown simultaneously ? (A)
5 /36 B)35 /66 C)1/6D)3/8
 
simultaneously. The probability
of getting at least 6 heads is(A)
1/37 B)37/256
C)37/257D)NONE
 
 average speed of travel by car is
6 km/hr less than the speed of the
train. the average speed of tail
train is (A) 26 km/hr (B) 52
km/hr (C) 20 km/hr (D) 13 km/hr

 
km downstream. and comes back
In 4 and a half hours. The speed
of the stream is (A) 5 km/hr (B)
10 km/hr (C) 15 km/hr .(D) 20
km/hr
 
km if its speed is Increased by 5
km/hour from its normal speed.
The normal speed is(A) 10 km/hr
(B) 20 km/hr (C) 25 km/hr (D)
30 km/hr
if he travels 120 km by train and
the rest by car. It takes him 20
minutes more if he travels 200
km by train and the rest by car.
The speed of the car is (A) 20
km/hr (B) 30 km/hr (C) 60 km/hr
(D) 80 km/hr
 
 worth an average (arithmetic
mean) of $ 1,000, then what is
the total val,ue of sales made by
the salesperson in a year? (A)
$50,000 B) $100,(00 (C)
$500,000 (D) $ 1,000,000 (E)
$5,000,000
 
discount on account of Diwali on
the listed price. What is the net
percentage gain ? (A) 15% (B)
12% (C) 8%D) 1 0%
 
sale Increased by 80%. What was
the net effect on the sale ? A)
44% increase (B) 44% decrease
(C) 66% increase (D) 60%
lncrease
 
 around a circular field of area
616 sq km at a speed of 22 km/hr
is (A) 1 hour. (B) 2 hours. (C) 3
hours. (D) 4 hours.
 
 speed of 6 km/hr. If he walks
with a speed of 10 km/hr, he
covers the same distance In (A)
30 minutes. (B) 40 minutes. (C)
20 minutes. (D) 10 minutes.
 
.The rate at which the train must
run to reduce the time to 40
minutes will be (A) 50 km/hr (B)
55 km/hr (C) 60 km/hr (D) 65
km/hr
 metres, 312 metres and 535
metres and for the next 5 minutes
maintains an average speed of 33
krn/hr. The average speed of the
train for these 10 minutes is (A)
23 km/hr (B) 24 km/hr (C)
25km/hr (D) 26 km/hr
 
 425. and three audio cassettes
and two video cassettes cost Rs.
350. The price of a video cassette
is (A) Rs. 150 (B) Rs. 120 (C)
Rs. 1 1 0 (D) Rs. 1 15
 
 to the length and the other
parallel to Its breadth. What
would be the cost of sweeping
the roads at Rs. 2 per square
metre ? (A) Rs. 124 (B) Rs. 268
(C) Rs. 362 (D) Rs. 1072
 
area of 6.25 square em. A border
of 2 cm width surrounds the
board. The length of the board is
A) 24 cm '(B) 20 cm (C) 22 cm
(D) 40 cm
 
 conditions a tower casts a
shadow 1 0 m long.Determine the
height of the tower to the second
place of decimal. A) 16.67 m (B)
17.7 m (C) 16.8 m (D) None of
these.
 
 greatest angle divides the
opposite side Into two parts. Find
the lengths of these parts. (A) 9
cm, 12 cm (B) 8 em, 13 cm (C) 7
cm, 6 cm (D) None of these.
 
money left with A and B is In the
ratio of 7: 1 1. The amounts they
respectively had in the beginning
was (A) Rs. 285, Rs. 475 (B) Rs.
225, Rs. 425 (C) Rs. 270, Rs. 450
(D) Rs. 300, Rs. 500
 
 upstream and 2 downstream
taking 3 hours each the speed of
stream in km/hour i.s(A) 1.0 (B)
1. 5 (C) 2. 0
 
25.     If x = -2, then (x - 5)(x +
5) = ?(A) -49 (B) -21 (c) 0 (D) 9
(E) 35
 
 miles per hour. What was her
average speed fo@ the r'ound trip
if she took the same route in both
directions? (A) 7.5 miles per hour
(B) 10 miles per hour (C) 32.5
miles per hour (D) 13 miles per
hour (E) 25 miles per hour
 
 
 her age will become four times
the son's age. What is the present
age of mother (a) 35
(b) 40 (c) 45 (d) 25

 
same month (both day inclusive)
was 3 1.0 C. The temperature on
9th was 35' C. What was the
temperature on 17th? a) 44' C
(b) 43' C (c) 45' C (d)
NONE
 
of the group when a 45 year old
member leaves is (a) 21 years
(b) 19 years (c) 18 years
(d) 25 years.
 
average of three of these numbers
is 41.0. What is the average of
the other two numbers ? a) 36.5
(b) 38.2 c) 40.2 d)
NONE OF THESE.
Section 6 maths time
25 minutes 20questions
 
 
 Average age of children is one-
fourth of the average age of men.
If average age of men is 60 years,
what 'is the average age of the
group? (Choose the nearest
answer). A)50 (B) 45 (C) 38 (D)
32 (E) 50
 
distance between them after 1 hr.
30 min., if they reduce their
speed by half , every half an hour
? (A) 120 km (B) 75 km (C)
250 km (D) 150 km (E) 200
km
 
 
 any of these three areas. 10 are
interested only in Finance; 12
only in HRM and 25 only in IT.
Then what is the number of
students interested in two of the
above areas only ? a)52 (B) 132
(C) 63 (D) 38 (E) 45 .
 
 announced, what will be the
approximate percent gain (in
terms of dividend) made by
Ashok in that year. The premium
per share paid by Ashok is Rs. 7.
A)1% (B) 2% (C) 2.5% (D) 3%
(E) 6% Q.
 
 How much distance will be
covered by the ball before it
comes to rest ? (A) 256m (B)
512m (C) 576m (D) 768m
(E) None of these
 
they form 35%-20% and 30%. of
the revenue sales respectively in
1997. If each of the expenses
increases by 10% and the
revenue from sales increased by
10%, what is the change in profit
percentage ? A) 22% (B) 10%
(C) 16-% (D) 29% (E) 15%

 
 2 groups are 60 & 55. The
combined mean of all the 3
groups is 58. What 'is the mean
of the marks scored by the 3rd
group 52 (B) 58 (C) 57 (D) 62 (E
60
 
 70, Economics 58 and
Accountancy 63. The weights of
these subjects are 2, 2, 1, 1 and
1 respectively. What is the
weighted arithmetic mean ? A)
61 (B) 60 (C) 62 (D)
63 (E) None of these
 
 product is 216 and sum of the
first and the third numbers is 20.
(A) 6, 2, 18 (8) 2, 18, 6 (C)
2, 6, 18 (D) 6, 18, 2 (E) 18, 2,
6
 
 children. Similarly, 314 of the
men are married and 213 of the
married men have children. What
part of the workers are without
children ? (A) 5/18 (B) 1/3
(C) 1/18 (D) 7/18 (E)
11/18
 
technicians whose average salary
is Rs. 1000 and the average
salary of others is Rs. 780. What
is the total number of workers in
the workshop ? a)18 (B) 20 (C)
21 (D) 22 (E) 24 .
 
 km at 100 km/hour. How much
time did he take to cover the
entire distance of 60 km ?A)
25minutes B) 50 minutes (C) 47
minutes (D) 60 minutes (E) 37
minutes
 
 number (B) 3 times the
reciprocal of the first number (C)
2 times the reciprocal of the
second number (D) 2 times the
second number (E) None of
these
 
 
every 12 seconds. When will they
all strike together ? a)12 seconds
(B) 18 seconds (C) 24
seconds (D) 36 seconds
(E) 54 second
 
 already solicited represent 60%
of the people the college will ask
for donations. If the college is to
raise exactly the amount needed
for the new building, how much
must the remaining people donate
per person? (A) $25 (B) $30 (C)
$M (D) $50 (E) $60
 
commission. How much should
she remit to the company for
which she sells these cards? (A)
$45.80 (B) $65.90 (C) $98.70
(D) $131.60 (E) $230.30
 
 an increase of $10.00 per day.
His new salary (per day) is (A)
$11.25 (B) $18 (C) $70 (D) $80
(E) $90
 
crates in 1 day, how many men
will be needed to move x crates
in 1 day?
 
diagonally from one corner to the
opposite corner or walk along the
perimeter of the tot, How much
time (in seconds) does he save by
walking diagonally? (A) 8 (B) 10
(C) 16 (D) 34 (E) 42
 
 How often will both begin to
rotate at the same time? (A)
every 6 minutes (B) every'12
minutes (C) every 17.5 minutes
(D) every 35 minutes (E) every
70 minutes
 Section 7 reading
comprehension time 30
minutes  
questions 14
passage 1
 books also may be read by
deputy, and extracts made of
them by others; but that would be
only in the less important
arguments, and the meaner sort
of books; else distilled books are
like common distilled waters,
flashy things. Reading maketh a
full man; conference a ready
man; and writing an exact man.
every book should be read "from
cover to cover" (B) in reading a
book, one should skip a page or
two if he feels tired
be different from that of reading
another book (D) some books
ought to be destroyed (E) an
interest in sports will result in
more effective reading.
 
 a (A) modern writer (B)
romanticist C) playwright (D)
classical scholar E) Sports
reporte,.
 
existentialists (C) the dadaists D)
structural linguists (E)
phoneticians.        The word
"stond" is obsolete for (A)
astonishment (B) resistance (C)
star (D) slander (E)
understanding.
 
Passage 2
death, because it is his destiny. If
he engages in controversy of any
kind, his disciplined intellect
preserves him from the
blundering discourtesy of better,
perhaps, but less educated minds;
who, like blunt weapons, tear and
hack instead of cutting clean,who
mistake the point in argument,
waste their strength on trifles,
 Wagner C) Friedrich Wilhelm
Nietzsche (D) Robert Frost (E)
Andrew Jackson.
10)    A gentleman, here, is
equated with (A) a jar or jolt B)
an easy chair or a good fire (C) a
blunt weapon (D) a sharp saying
E) collisions and restraints.
 
imputing motives" is (A) careful
about accusing others (B) eager
to prove another guilty (C)
willing to falsify (D) unable to
make decisions E) suspicious
concerning the actions of others.
concept of a gentleman- namely,
(A) consideration for others (B)
refusal to slander (C) leniency
toward the stupid (D) neatness in
attire (E) willingness to forgive.
 Definition of a Gentleman C)
Intellectualism and the
Gentleman (D) Can a Gentleman
Be Religious? (E) Gentlemen
Prefer easyChairs.
 
     The word "elfeminacy" as
used in this selection really
means (A) femininity (B)
childishness (C) cowardice (D)
indecision (E) delicacy.
Passage 3
 base. Some are looking at our
long tradition in environmental
protection and are receptive
to US assistance which
recognises the uniqueness of
the social and ecological
systems in these tropical
countries. Developing
countries recognise the need to
improve their capability to
analyse issues and their own
region(b) laid a great stress
on the conservation of
natural resources in their
educational endeavour (c)
carefully dovetailed
environmental conservation
with the overall strategy of
planned.
\
 to launch an in-depth study of
their specific problems (c) can be
easily borrowed by the
developing countries to solve the
problem of environmental
degradation (d) can he very
effective in solving the problem
of resource management in
tropical countries
 
unprecedented urbanisation and
dislocation Of self contained
rural communities (c) optimum
degree of industrialisation in the
developing countries (d) large
scale deforestation and
desertification eloping world
 
 developing world. industries
based on agriculture are widely
developed. (c) economic
Development takes place within
the ambit of conservation of
natural resources. (d) there is an
assured supply of food and
medical care.
 
has been a considerable pollution
of environment all over the
globe. (c) There has been an
extensive environmental
degradation both in the
developed and the developing
world. (d) The environmental
pollution that has taken place all
over the globe continues to be
a matter of speculation and