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ADMISSION TEST FOR PROGRAMME 2012 - 2014 Marks: 100

INSTRUCTIONS 1. Write the Question Booklet Serial Number in the space provided in the Answer Sheet. Question Booklet Serial Number is given at the top of this page. 2. Write your Roll No. clearly in the space provided in both the Question Booklet and the Answer Sheet. 3. Mark your answers in the Answer Sheet only. The Answer Sheet alone will constitute the basis of evaluation. 4. All rough work must be done in the Question Booklet only. 5. Do not make any stray marks anywhere in the answer sheet. 6. Do not fold or wrinkle the answer sheet. 7. Use only HB Pencil to mark the answers in the answer sheet. 8. All Questions have one correct answer. Every answer must be indicated clearly darkening one circle for each answer. If you wish to change an answer, erase completely the already darkened circle, then make a fresh mark. If you darken more than one circle your answer will be treated as wrong, as shown in the example below: WRONG METHOD 2 3 RIGHT METHOD 2 3 4

9. There is negative marking equivalent to 1/3rd of the mark allotted to the specific question for wrong answer. 10. The candidates are advised to read all options thoroughly. 11. No clarification of any sort regarding the question paper is permitted.

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IIFT 2011 THE ENTIRE QUESTION PAPER IS DIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS
SECTIONS (a) Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Section 5 Section 6 Total NO. OF QUESTIONS (b) 15 (Questions 1 15) 23 (Questions 16 38) 24 (Questions 39 62) 16 (Questions 63 78) 21 (Questions 79 99) 21 (Questions 100 120) 120 MARKS PER QUESTION (c) 0.75 0.75 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.50 TOTAL MARKS (d) = (b) (c) 11.25 17.25 24.00 16.00 21.00 10.50 100.00

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Section I
Direction for questions 1 to 4: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end. Passage 1 Before the internet, one of the most rapid changes to the global economy and trade was wrought by something so blatantly useful that it is hard to imagine a struggle to get it adopted: the shipping container. In the early 1960s, before the standard container became ubiquitous, freight costs were I0 per cent of the value of US imports, about the same barrier to trade as the average official government import tariff. Yet in a journey that went halfway round the world, half of those costs could be incurred in two ten-mile movements through the ports at either end. The predominant break-bulk method, where each shipment was individually split up into loads that could be handled by a team of dockers, was vastly complex and labour-intensive. Ships could take weeks or months to load, as a huge variety of cargoes of different weights, shapes and sizes had to be stacked together by hand. Indeed, one of the most unreliable aspects of such a labour-intensive process was the labour. Ports, like mines, were frequently seething pits of industrial unrest. Irregular work on one side combined with what was often a tight-knit, well - organized labour community on the other. In 1956, loading break-bulk cargo cost $5.83 per ton. The entrepreneurial genius who saw the possibilities for standardized container shipping, Malcolm McLean, oated his first containerized ship in that year and claimed to be able to shift cargo for 15.8 cents a ton. Boxes of the same size that could be loaded by crane and neatly stacked were much faster to load. Moreover, carrying cargo in a standard container would allow it to be shifted between truck, train and ship without having to be repacked each time. But between McLeans container and the standardization of the global market were an array of formidable obstacles. They began at home in the US with the official Interstate Commerce Commission, which could prevent price competition by setting rates for freight haulage by route and commodity, and the powerful International Longshoremen's M-PP-02 1A.3 Association (ILA) labour union. More broadly, the biggest hurdle was achieving what economists call network effects: the benefit of a standard technology rises exponentially as more people use it. To dominate world trade, containers had to be easily interchangeable between different shipping lines, ports, trucks and railcars. And to maximize efficiency, they all needed to be the same size. The adoption of a network technology often involves overcoming the resistance of those who are heavily invested in the old system. And while the efficiency gains are clear to see, there are very obvious losers as well as winners. For containerization, perhaps the most spectacular example was the demise of New York City as a port. In the early I950s, New York handled a third of US seaborne trade in manufactured goods. But it was woefully inefficient, even with existing break-bulk technology: 283 piers, 98 of which were able to handle ocean-going ships, jutted out into the river from Brooklyn and Manhattan. Trucks bound for the docks had to ive through the crowded, narrow streets of Manhattan, wait for an hour or two before even entering a pier, and then undergo a laborious two-stage process in which the goods foot were thr unloaded into a transit shed and then loaded onto a ship. Public loader work gangs held exclusive rights to load and unload on a particular pier, a power in effect granted by the ILA, which enforced its monopoly with sabotage and violence against than competitors. The ILA fought ferociously against containerization, correctly foreseeing that it would destroy their privileged position as bandits controlling the mountain pass. On this occasion, bypassing them simply involved going across the river. A container port was built in New Jersey, where a 1500-foot wharf allowed ships to dock parallel to shore and containers to be lied on and off by crane. Between 1963 - 4 and 1975 - 6, the number of days worked by longshoremen in Manhattan went from 1.4 million to 127,041. Containers rapidly captured the transatlantic market, and then the growing trade with Asia. The effect of containerization is hard to see immediately in freight rates, since the oil price hikes of the 1970s kept them high, but the speed with which shippers adopted; containerization made it clear it brought big benets www.TestFunda.com

IIFT 2011 of efciency and cost. The extraordinary growth of the Asian tiger economies of Singapore, Taiwan, Korea and Hong Kong, which based their development strategy on exports, was greatly helped by the container trade that quickly built up between the US and east Asia. Ocean-borne exports from South Korea were 2.9 million tons in 1969 and 6 million in 1973, and its exports to the US tripled. But the new technology did not get adopted all on its own. It needed a couple of pushes from government both, as it happens, largely to do with the military. As far as the ships were concerned, the same link between the merchant and military navy that had inspired the Navigation Acts in seventeenth-century England endured into twentieth-century America. The government's rst helping hand was to give a spur to the system by adopting it to transport military cargo. The US armed forces, seeing the efficiency of the system, started contracting McLeans company Pan-Atlantic, later renamed Sea-land, to carry equipment to the quarter of a million American soldiers stationed in Western Europe. One of the few benets of America's misadventure in Vietnam was a rapid expansion of containerization. Because war involves massive movements of men and material, it is often armies that pioneer new techniques in supply chains. The governments other role was in banging heads together sufficiently to get all companies to accept the same size container. Standard sizes were essential to deliver the economies of scale that came from interchangeability - which, as far as the military was concerned, was vital if the ships had to be commandeered in case war broke out. This was a signicant problem to overc ome, not least because all the companies that had started using the container had settled on different sizes. Pan- Atlantic used 35foot containers, because that was the maximum size allowed on the highways in its home base in New Jersey. Another of the big shipping companies, Matson Navigation, used a 24-foot container since its biggest trade was in canned pineapple from Hawaii, and a container bigger than that would have been too heavy for a crane to lift. Grace Line, which largely traded with Latin America, used a foot container that was easier to truck around winding mountain roads. Establishing a US standard and then getting it adopted internationally took more than a decade. M-PP-02 1A.4 Indeed, not only did the US Maritime Administration have to mediate in these rivalries but also to fight its own turf battles with the American Standards Association, an agency set up by the private sector. The matter was settled by using the power of federal money: the Federal Maritime Board (FMB), which handed out to public subsidies for shipbuilding, decreed that only the 8 x 8-foot containers in the lengths of l0, 20, 30 or 40 feet would be eligible for handouts. 1. Identify the correct statement: (1) The freight costs accounted for around I0 per cent of the value of imports in general during early l960s, given the labour-intensive break-bulk cargo handling. (2) As a result of growing adoption of containerized trade during 1969-73, while the ocean-borne exports from South Korea in general more than doubled, the same to the US tripled. (3) The outbreak of the Vietnam war functioned as a major positive force towards rapid expansion of containerization, as American imports from the country increased heavily. (4) In the early days of container trade development, a major shipping rm Matson Navigation used a 24-foot container since a bigger container was not suitable for its trucks. 2. Identify the false statement: (1) In the pre-containerization days, trucks bound for the New York docks had to pass through the narrow streets, wait for an hour or two before even entering a pier, and then undergo a laborious three-stage process for loading onto a ship. (2) Once satised with the effectiveness of containerized trade, the US military engaged the company of Malcolm McLean to transport equipments for their soldiers stationed in Western Europe. (3) Cargo loading during 1960s usually took a long period, as it involved manual handling of huge variety of cargoes of different weights, shapes and sizes. (4) The issue of standardization of the containers created led to a debate .between the US www.TestFunda.com

IIFT 2011 government and American Standards Association, but the question was nally sorted through public subsidy programme by Federal Maritime Board. 3. The emergence of containerization technology in early seventies resulted in: (1) Immediate adoption of the containerized export route by private companies, in their own accord. (2) An instant sharp reduction in freight costs expressed as a percentage of imports across countries. (3) Spectacular growth in exports from the East Asian tiger economies, which were reliant on an export-oriented growth strategy. (4) All of the above 4. Match the following Set A a. ILA b. FMB c. Grace Line d. McLean Set B i. New Jersey ii. Mountain roads iii. Dockers iv. Standardization business strategies by nancial service providers. In this section, I will briey highlight, at the risk of some repetition, what I consider to be the key messages of the lecture. The rst message emerges from the preliminary discussion on the current scenario on nancial inclusion, both at the aggregate level and across income categories. The data suggest that even savings accounts, the most basic nancial service, have low penetration amongst the lowest income households. I want to emphasize that we are not talking about Below Poverty Line households only; Rs. 50,000 per year in 2007, while perhaps not quite middle class, was certainly quite far above the ofcial poverty line. The same concerns about lack of penetration amongst the lowest income group for loans also arise. To reiterate the question that arises from these data patterns: is this because people cant access banks or other service providers or because they dont see value in doing so? This question needs to be addressed if an effective inclusion strategy is to be developed. The second message is that the process of nancial inclusion is going to be incomplete and inadequate if it is measured only in terms of new accounts being opened and operated. From the employment and earning patterns, there emerged a sense that better access to various kinds of nancial services would help to increase the livelihood potential of a number of occupational categories, which in turn would help reduce the income differentials between these and more regular, salaried jobs. The fact that a huge proportion of the Indian workforce is either selfemployed and in the casual labour segment suggests the need for products that will make access to credit easier to the former, while offering opportunities for risk mitigation and consumption smoothing to the latter. The third message emerges from the analysis of expenditure patterns is the signicance of infrequent, but quantitatively signicant expenditures like ceremonies and medical costs. Essentially, dealing with these kinds of expenditures requires either lowcost insurance options, supported by a correspondingly low-cost health care system or a low level systematic investment plan, which allows even poor households to create enough of a buffer to deal with these demands as and when they arise. As has 1A.5 www.TestFunda.com

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IIFT 2011 already been pointed out, it is not as though such products are not being offered by domestic financial service providers. It is really a matter of extending them to make them accessible to a very large number of lower income households, with a low and possibly uncertain ability to maintain regular contributions. The fourth message comes strongly from the motivations to both save and borrow, which, as one might reasonably expect, signicantly overlap with each other. It is striking that the need to deal with emergencies, both nancial and medical, plays such an important role in both sets of motivations. The latter is, as has been said, amenable to a low-cost, mass insurance scheme, with the attendant service provision. However, the former, which is a theme that recurs through the entire discussion on consumer characteristics, certainly suggests that the need for some kind of income and consumption smoothing product is a signicant one in an effective nancial inclusion agenda. This, of course, raises broader questions about the role of social safety nets, which offer at least some minimum income security and consumption smoothing. How extensive these mechanisms should be, how much security they should offer and for how long and how they should be nanced are fundamental policy questions that go beyond the realm of the nancial sector. However, to the extent that risk mitigation is a signicant nancia l need, it must receive the attention of any meaningful nancial inclusion strategy, in a way which provides practical answers to all these three questions. The fth and nal message is actually the point I began the lecture with. It is the critical importance of the principle of commercial viability. Every aspect of a nancial inclusion strategy whether it is the design of products and services or the delivery mechanism needs to be viewed in terms of the business opportunity that it offers and not as a deliverable that has been imposed on the service provider. However, it is also important to emphasize that commercial viability need not necessarily be viewed in terms of immediate cost and protability calculations. Like in many other products, nancial services also offer the prospect of a life-cycle model of marketing. Establishing a relationship with rst-time consumers of nancial products and services offers the opportunity to leverage this relationship into a wider set of nancial transactions as at least some of these M-PP-02 1A.6 consumers move steadily up the income ladder. In fact, in a high growth scenario, a high proportion of such households are likely to move quite quickly from very basic nancial services to more and more sophisticated ones. ln other words, the commercial viability and protability of a nancial inclusion strategy need not be viewed only from the perspective of immediacy. There is a viable investment dimension to it as well. 5. Which of the following statements is incorrect? (1) In order to succeed, nancial inclusion has to be commercially viable. (2) Savings account is one of the basic vehicles for nancial inclusion. (3) Savings accounts have low penetration amongst Below Poverty Line households only. (4) There is lack of penetration for loans amongst the lowest income group. 6. Which of the following statements is correct? (1) Financial inclusion is exclusively measured in terms of new accounts being opened and operated. (2) There is a felt need for better access to credit products for the self-employed. (3) It is felt that nancial inclusion could be protable from day one if a commercially viable strategy is devised. (4) Financial Institutions must deliver social service through nancial inclusion. 7. Identify the correct statement from the following: (1) Casual labour segment may not require risk mitigation products like insurance as their expenditures on consumption are high relative to their incomes. (2) Income of upto Rs. 60,000 per year is the benchmark for official Poverty Line. (3) Financial sector should also look into their role of broadening social safety nets. (4) Risk mitigation of casual labour must receive attention in any meaningful nancial inclusion strategy.

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IIFT 2011 8. Identify the wrong statement from the following: (1) High expenditures on ceremonies and medical costs can be met through a low level Systematic Investment Plan. (2) Given the high growth scenario of the country, only few of the consumers are expected to move up the income ladder. (3) Financial and medical emergencies motivate one to save and borrow. (4) There is an opportunity for banks to crosssell their products to the bottom of the pyramid. Direction for questions 9 to 12: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end. Passage 3 When Ratan Tata moved the Supreme Court, claiming his right to privacy had been violated, he called Harish Salve. The choice was not surprising. The former solicitor general had been topping the legal charts ever since he scripted a surprising win for Mukesh Ambani against his brother Anil. That dispute set the gold standard for legal fees. On Mukeshs side were Salve, Rohinton Nariman, and Abhishek Manu Singhvi. The younger brother had an equally formidable line-up led by Ram Jethmalani and Mukul Rohatgi. The dispute dated back three-and-a-half years to when Anil led case against his brother for reneging on an agreement to supply 28 million cubic metres of gas per day from its Krishna-Godavari basin elds at a rate of $ 2.34 for 17 years. The average legal fee was Rs. 25 lakh for a full day's appearance, not to mention the overnight stays at Mumbai's ve-star suites, business class travel, and on occasion, use of the private jet. Little wonder though that Salve agreed to take on Tatas case pro bono. He could afford philanthropy with one of Indias wealthiest tycoons. The lawyers fees alone, at a conservative estimate, must have cost the Ambanis at least Rs. 15 crore each. Both the brothers had booked their legal teams in the same hotel, rst the Oberoi and, after the 26/ ll Mumbai attacks, the Trident. lts not the essentials as much as the frills that raise eyebrows. The veteran Jethmalani is surprisingly the most modest in his fees since he does not charge rates according to the M-PP-02 1A.7 strength of the client's purse. But as the crises have multiplied, lawyersfees have exploded. The 50 court hearings in the Haldia Petrochemicals vs. the West Bengal Government cost the former a total of Rs. 25 crore in lawyer fees and the 20 hearings in the Bombay Mill Case, which dragged on for three years, cost the mill owners almost Rs. 10 crore. Large corporate rms, which engage star counsels on behalf of the client, also need to know their quirks. For instance, Salve will only accept the rst brief. He will never be the second counsel in a case. Some lawyers prefer to be paid partly in cash but the best are content with cheques. Some expect the client not to blink while picking up a dinner tab of Rs. 1.75 lakh at a Chennai ve star. A lawyer is know n to carry his home linen and curtains with him while travelling on work. A rm may even have to pick up a hot Vertu phone of the moment or a Jaeger-LeCoutre watch of the hour to keep a lawyer in good humour. Some are even paid to not appear at all for the other side - Aryama Sundaram was retained by Anil Ambani in the gas feud but he did not ght the case. Or take Raytheon when it was ghting the Jindals. Raytheon had paid seven top lawyers a retainer fee of Rs. 2.5 lakh each just to ensure that the Jindals would not be able to make a proper case on a taxation issue. They miscalculated when a star lawyer fought the case at the last minute. I dont take negative retainers, shrugs Rohatgi, former additional solicitor general. A Lawyers job is to appear for any client that comes to him. lts not for the lawyers to judge if a client is good or bad but the court. Indeed. He is, after all, the lawyer who argued so famously in court that B. Ramalinga Raju did not fudge any account in the Satyam Case. All he did was window dressing. Some high prole cases have continued for years, providing a steady source of income, from the Scindia succession battle which dates to 1989, to the JetLite Sahara battle now in taxation arbitration to the BCCI which is currently in litigation with Lalit Modi, Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab. Think of the large law rms as the big Hollywood studios and the senior counsel as the superstar. There are a few familiar faces to be found in most of the big ticket cases, whether it is the Ambani gas case, Vodafone taxation or Bombay Mills case. Explains Salve, There is a reason why we have more than one www.TestFunda.com

IIFT 2011 senior advocate on a case. When you're arguing, hes reading the court. He picks up a point or a vibe that you may have missed. Says Rajan Karanjawala, whose rm has prepared the briefs for cases ranging from the Tata's recent right to privacy case to Karisma Kapoors divorce, The four jewels in the crown today are Salve, Rohatgi, Rohinton Nariman and Singhvi. They have replaced the old guard of Fali Nariman, Soli Sorabjee, Ashok Desai and K.K. Venugopal. He adds, The one person who dees the generational gap is Jethmalani who was India's leading criminal lawyer in the 1960s and is so today. The demand for superstar lawyers has far outstripped the supply. So a one-man show by, say, Rohatgi can run up billings of Rs. 40 crore, the same as a mid-sized corporate law rm like Titus and Co that employs 28 juniors. The big law lik such as AZB or Amarchand & Mangaldas or Luthra & Luthra have to do all the groundwork for the counsel, from humouring the clerk to ensure the A-lister turns up on the hearing day to sourcing appropriate foreign judgments in emerging areas such as environmental and patent laws. We are partners in this. There are so few lawyers and so many matters, points out Diljeet Titus. As the trust between individuals has broken down, governments have questioned corporates and corporates are questioning each other, and an array of new issues has come up. The courts have become stronger. The lawyer, says Sundaram, with the ourish that has seen him pick up many Dhurandhares and Senakas at pricey art auctions, has emerged as the modern day purohit. Each purohit is head priest of a particular style. Says Karanjawala, Harish is the closest example in today's bar to Fali Nariman; Rohinton has the best law library in his brain; Mukul is easily India's busiest lawyer while Manu Singhvi is the greatest multi-tasker. Salve has managed a ne balancing act where he has represented Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mayawati, Parkash Singh Badal and Amarinder Singh, Lalit Modi and Subhash Chandra and even the Ambani brothers, of course in different cases. Jethmalani is the man to call for anyone in trouble. In judicial circles he is known as the first resort for the last resort. Even Jethmalanis junior Satish Maneshinde, who came to Mumbai in I993 as a penniless law graduate from Karnataka, shot to fame (and wealth) after he got bail M-PP-02 1A.8 for Sanjay Dutt in 1996. Now he owns a plush office in Worli and has become a one-stop shop for celebrities in trouble. 9. Which of the following is not true about Ram Jethmalani? (1) In judicial circles, he is known as the rst resort for the last resort (2) He is the most modest in his fees (3) He has been Indias leading criminal lawyer since 1960s (4) None of his juniors have done well in their careers 10. Match the following: Lawyer a. Harish Salve b. Rohinton c. Mukul Rohatgi d. Abhishek Manu Singhvi Distinguishing Quality i. India's busiest lawyer ii. Today's Fali Nariman iii. Greatest multi - tasker iv. Best Law library in his brain

(1) a-ii; b-iii; c-iv; d-i (2) a-ii; b-iv; c-i; d-iii (3) a-iii; b-iv; c-i; d-ii (4) a-iii; b-ii; c-iv; d-i 11. What does a negative retainer refer to? (1) Giving a lawyer only his fees and not the frills (2) Paying a lawyer to not ght a case for the other side (3) Having more than one senior advocate on a case (4) Reimbursing law rms for doing groundwork for the counsel 12. What does the phrase pro bono mean? (1) Charged according to the clients purse (2) Done without compensation for the public good (3) Carried out in the prescribed form (4) Taken up from the beginning Direction for questions 13 to 15: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end. Passage 4 The second issue I want to address is one that comes up frequently - that Indian banks should aim to www.TestFunda.com

IIFT 2011 become global. Most people who put forward this view have not thought through the costs and benets analytically; they only see this as an aspiration consistent with Indias growing international prole. In its 1998 report, the Narasimham (II) Committee envisaged a three tier structure for the Indian banking sector: 3 or 4 large banks having an international presence on the top, 8-10 mid-sized banks, with a network of branches throughout the country and engaged in universal banking, in the middle, and local banks and regional rural banks operating in smaller regions forming the bottom layer. However, the Indian banking system has not consolidated in the manner envisioned by the Narasimham Committee. The current structure is that India has 81 scheduled commercial banks of which 26 are public sector banks, 21 are private sector banks and 34 are foreign banks. Even a quick review would reveal that there is no segmentation in the banking structure along the lines of Narasimham II. A natural sequel to this issue of the envisaged structure of the Indian banking system is the Reserve Banks position on bank consolidation. Our view on bank consolidation is that the process should be market-driven, based on protability considerations and brought about through a process of mergers & amalgamations (M&As). The initiative for this has to come from the boards of the banks concerned which have to make a decision based on a judgment of the synergies involved in the business models and the compatibility of the business cultures. The Reserve Banks role in the reorganisation of the banking system will normally be only that of a facilitator. lt should be noted though that bank consolidation through mergers is not always a totally benign option. On the positive side are a higher exposure threshold, international acceptance and recognition, improved risk management and improvement in nancials due to economies of scale and scope. This can be achieved both through organic and inorganic growth. On the negative side, experience shows that consolidation would fail if there are no synergies in the business models and there is no compatibility in the business cultures and technology platforms of the merging banks. Having given that broad brush position on bank consolidation let me address two specic questions: (i) can Indian banks aspire to global size?; and (ii) should Indian banks aspire to global size? On the rst question, as per the current global league tables based on the size of assets, our largest bank, the State Bank of India (SBI), together with its subsidiaries, comes in at No.74 followed by ICICI Bank at No. I45 and Bank of Baroda at 188. It is, therefore, unlikely that any of our banks will jump into the top ten of the global league even after reasonable consolidation. Then comes the next question of whether Indian banks should become global. Opinion on this is divided. Those who argue that we must go global contend that the issue is not so much the size of our banks in global rankings but of Indian banks having a strong enough, global presence. The main argument is that the increasing global size and inuence of Indian corporates warrant a corresponding increase in the global footprint of Indian banks. The opposing view is that Indian banks should look inwards rather than outwards, focus their efforts on nancial deepening at home rather than aspiring to global size. It is possible to take a middle path and argue that looking outwards towards increased global presence and looking inwards towards deeper nancial penetration are not mutually exclusive; it should be possible to aim for both. With the onset of the global nancial crisis, there has denitely been a pause to the rapid expansion overseas of our banks. Nevertheless, notwithstanding the risks involved, it will be opportune for some of our larger banks to be looking out for opportunities for consolidation both organically and inorganically. They should look out more actively in regions which hold out a promise of attractive acquisitions. The surmise, therefore, is that Indian banks should increase their global footprint opportunistically even if they do not get to the top of the league table. 13. Identify the correct statement from the following: (1) Large banks having an international presence should not be engaged in universal banking. (2) Some people expect all banks to become global in coming years, in line with globalization.

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IIFT 2011 (3) Indian banking system has not consolidated as was foreseen by the Narasimham Committee. (4) Reserve Bank of India envisages the role of a facilitator for itself in the direction of bank consolidation. 14. Identify the correct statement from the following: (1) Indian banks should not go for global inorganic expansion as there is no compatibility in business cultures. (2) Indian banks do not aspire to be global. (3) Indian banks cannot be global even after reasonable consolidation. (4) After the onset of the global nancial crisis, some regions hold out a promise of attractive acquisitions for banks. 15. Identify the wrong statement from the following: (1) Bank consolidation through mergers increases the merged entitys ability to take higher exposures. (2) There is still scope for Indian banks to expand internally. (3) None of the Indian banks presently are global. (4) Global nancial crisis has increased the risks of overseas expansion.

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Section II
Direction for question 16 17: Each sentence below has four underlined words or phrases, marked A, B, C and D. Identify the underlined part that must be change to make the sentence correct. 16. Neither the examiner (A) nor his assistant (B) were informed (C) about the cancellation of the examination. No Error (D). (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (1) only sentence I is correct (2) only sentence II is correct (3) both sentence I and II are correct (4) both sentences I and II are incorrect 21. I. This behaviour does not compliment his position. II. He thanked his boss for the complement (1) only sentence I is correct (2) only sentence II is correct (3) both sentences I and II are correct (4) both sentences I and II are incorrect Direction for question 22 and 23: For each of the following sentences, choose the most appropriate one word for the given expressions. 22. One who is unrelenting and cannot be moved by entreaties : (1) Inexorable (3) Impregnable (2) Infallible (4) Inexplicable

17. Being (A) a short holiday (B) we had to return (C) without visiting many of the places (D) (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D

Direction for question 18 and 19: Each question below consists of an incomplete sentence. Four words or pharses marked A, B, C and D are given beneath each sentence. Mark the option that best completes the sentence. 18. ____________made after English settlers came to Jamestown was a map of Virginia by john Smith, the famous adventurer. (1)It was the first map (2) The first map (3) There was a first map (4) That the first map 19. The concept this weekend promises to attract ___________ than attended the last one. (1) a number of people even larger (2) an even larger amount of people (3) a group of people even greater (4) an even greater number of people Direction for question 20 and 21: In the question below, there are two sentences containing underlined homonyms, which may either be mis spelt or inappropriately used in the context of the sentence. Select the appropriate answer from the option given below: 20. I. A vote of censur was passed against the Chairman. II. Before release, every film is passed by the Censor Board. M-PP-02 1A.11

23. The art of cutting trees and bushes into ornamental shapes: (1) Horticulture (3) Pruning (2) Bonsoi (4) Topiary

Direction for question 24 and 25: Match the words in column 1 with their appropriate meaning in column 2. 24. Column 1 a. Predilection b. Evanescence c. Zephyr d. Diaphanous e. Fatuous Column 2 i. Vanish ii. A gentle, mild breeze iii. Inane iv. Completely transparent and translucent v. partiality

(1) a v; b iv; c i; d ii; e - iii (2) a ii; b i; c iii; d v; e - iv (3) a v; b i; c ii; d iv; e - iii (4) a iii; b iv; c i; d v; e ii

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IIFT 2011 25. Column 1 a. Perspicacity b. Uxorious c. Nebbish d. Chicanery e. Inchoate Column 2 i. Dotting upon wife ii. insignificant, ineffective person iii. Undeveloped, immature iv. Keenness of mental perception v. to trick, to deceive a. It is on historical record that the vast sahara desert of today once used to be full of thick forests. b. A large part of humanity still lives deep inside forests, particularly in the tropical regions of the earth. c. Human evolution itself has taken place in the forests. (1) Only a and b (3) Only c and b (2) Only c and a (4) c and a or b

(1) a ii; b i; c iv; d iii; e - v (2) a iv; b i; c ii; d v; e - iii (3) a iv; b i i; c i; d v; e - iii (4) a ii; b iv; c i; d iii; e - v Direction for question 26 and 27: Identify antonyms for the following words. 26. Risible: (1) serious (3) ludicrous 27. Tenebrous: (1) dark (3) bright (2) truthful (4) quarrelsome (2) amusing (4) ridiculous

Direction for question 30: Given below are the first and last parts of a sentence, and the remaining sentence is broken into four parts p, q, r and s. From A, B, C and D, choose the arrangement of these parts that forms a complete, meaningful sentence. 30. A number of measures ______________ of the Municipal Corporations. p. The financial conditions. q. For mobilisation of resources r. In order to improve s. Are being taken by the State Governments (1) psqr (3) rsqp (2) qrsp (4) sqrp

Direction for question 28 and 29: A partially completed paragraph is below, followed by fillers a,b,c. From options A, B, C and D, identify the right combination and order of fillers a,b or c that will best complete the paragraph. 28. In cultivating team spirit, one should not forget the importance of discipline. _________________ It is the duty of all the numbers of the team to observe discipline in its proper perspective. a. A proper team spirit can seldom be based on discipline. b. It is a well known fact that team spirit and discipline can never go hand in hand c. Discipline in its right perspective would mean sacrificing self to some extent. (1) a and b only (2) b and c only (3) Either a or b only (4) c only 29. Forests are gifts of nature __________. Yet, with the spread of civilisation, man has not only spurned the forests, but has been ruthlessly destroying them. M-PP-02 1A.12

31. Which of the following cannot be termed as an oxymoron? (1) a living death (2) conspicuous by ones absence (3) the sound of music (4) deafening silence Direction for question 32: In the following question, the options 1, 2, 3 and 4 have a word written in four different ways, of which only one is correct. Identify the correctly spelt word. 32. (1) Septaganarian (3) Septagenurian (2) Septagenarian (4) Septuagenarian

Direction for question 33: In the following question, a sentence has been broken up into parts, and the parts have been scrambled and numbered. Choose the correct order of these parts from the alternatives 1, 2, 3 and 4.

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IIFT 2011 33. a. food supply b. storage, distribution and handling c. pastrol industry and fishing d. besides increasing e. by preventing wastage in f. the productivity from agriculture g. can be increased (1) a, g, e, b, d, c, f (3) d, f, c ,a, g, e, b 34. D 1 V 2 E 3 O 4 R 5 E 6 A 7 H 8 (2) d, a, f, g, e, c, b (4) f, c, e, g, d, a, b (4) The teacher commanded the boys that they be quiet. Direction for question 38: Match the Latin phrases in column 1 with their appropriate meaning in column 2: 38. Column 1 a. ex libris b. in situ c. circa d. ad nauseum Column 2 i. repeating to the point of boredom ii. approximately iii. from the books iv. in its original place

(1) 1 3 5 2 4 6 8 7 (3) 4 2 3 5 8 6 7 1 35. P 1 M 2 O 3 T 4 R 5

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(1) 1 5 10 7 8 6 9 4 3 2 (2) 6 3 2 1 8 7 4 9 10 5 (3) 9 8 5 1 0 2 4 3 1 7 6 (4) 10 6 7 3 1 8 5 4 2 9 Direction for questions 36 and 37: In each of the following question a sentence is given in Direct Speech Identify the right alternative 1 2 3 and 4 which best expresses this sentence in Indirect Speech. 36. He said to her, Are you coming to the party? (1) He asked her whether she was coming to the party. (2) He enquired with her if she was coming to the party. (3) He asked her if she was coming to the party. (4) He asked her if she will be coming to the party. 37. The teacher said, Be quiet, boys. (1) The teacher ordered that the boys should be quiet. (2) The teacher called the boys and ordered them to be quite. (3) The teacher urged the boys to be quiet.

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39. Mandeep and Jagdeep had gone to visit Ranpur, which is a seaside town and also known for the presence of the historical ruins of an ancient kingdom. They stayed in a hotel which is exactly 250 meters away from the railway station. At the hotel, Mandeep and Jagdeep learnt from a tourist information booklet that the distance between the sea-beach and the gate of the historical ruins is exactly 1 km. Next morning they visited the sea-beach to witness sunrise and afterwards decided to have a race from the beach to the gate of the ruins. Jagdeep defeated Mandeep in the race by 60 meters or 12 seconds. The following morning they had another round of race from the railway station to the hotel. How long did Jagdeep take to cover the distance on the second day? (1) 53 seconds (3) 51 seconds (2) 47 seconds (4) 45 seconds 41. In Bilaspur village, 12 men and 18 boys completed construction of a primary health center in 60 days, by working for 7.5 hours a day. Subsequently the residents of the neighbouring Harigarh village also decided to construct a primary health center in their locality, which would be twice the size of the facility build in Bilaspur. If a man is able to perform the work equal to the same done by 2 boys, then how many boys will be required to help 21 men to complete the work in Harigarh in 50 days, working 9 hours a day? (1) 45 boys (3) 40 boys (2) 48 boys (4) 42 boys

40. Sujoy, Mritunjoy and Paranjoy are three friends, who have worked in software firms Z Solutions, G Softwares and R Mindpower respectively for decade. The friends decided to float a new software firm named XY Infotech in January 2010. However, due to certain compulsions, Mritunjoy and Paranjoy were not able to immediately join the start-up in the appointed time. It was decided between friends that Sujoy will be running the venture as the full time director during 2010, and Mritunjoy and Paranjoy will be able to join the business only in January 2011. In order to compensate Sujoy for his efforts, it was decied that he will receive 10 percent of the profits and in the first year will invest lesser amount as compared to his friends. The remaining profit will be distributed among the friends in line with their contribution. Sujoy invested Rs. 35,000/- for 12 months, Mritunjoy invested Rs. 1,30,000/- for 6 months and Paranjoy invested Rs. 75,000/- for 8 months. If the total profit earned during 2010 was Rs. 4,50,000/-, then Paranjoy earned a profit of: (1) Rs. 1, 75, 500 (3) Rs. 1, 39, 500 (2) Rs. 1, 35, 500 (4) None of the above

44. While preparing for a management entrance examination Romit attempted to solve three paper, namely Mathematics, Verbal English and Logical Analysis, each of which have the full marks of 100. It is observed that one-third of the marks obtained by Romit in Logical Analysis is greater than half of his marks obtained in Verbal English By 5. He has obtained a total of 210 marks in the examination and 70 marks in Mathematics. What is the difference between the marks obtained by him in Mathematics and Verbal English? (1) 40 (2) 10 (3) 20 (4) 30

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IIFT 2011 45. Aniket and Animesh are two colleagues working in PQ Communications, and each of them earned an investible surplus of Rs. 1, 50, 000/- during a certain period. While Animesh is a risk-averse person, Aniket prefers to go for higher return opportunities. Animesh uses his entire savings in Public Provident Fund (PPF) and National Saving Certificates (NSC). It is observed that one-third of the savings made by Animesh in PPF is equal to one-half of his savings in NSC. On the other hand, Aniket distributes his investible funds in share market, NSC and PPF. It is observed that his investments in share market exceeds his savings in NSC and PPF by Rs. 20,000/- and Rs. 40,000/respectively. The difference between the amount invested in NSC by Animesh and Aniket is: (1) Rs. 25,000/(3) Rs. 20,000/(2) Rs. 15,000/(4) Rs. 10,000/after service of one year. He served only 9 months and received the gift and Rs. 65. Find the value of the gift. (1) Rs. 10 (3) Rs. 15 (2) Rs. 12 (4) None of the above

49. There are four prime numbers written in ascending order of magnitude. The product of the first three is 7429 and last three is 12673. Find the first number. (1) 19 (3) 13 (2) 17 (4) None of the above

50. A rectangular piece of paper is 22 cm. long and 10 cm. wide. A cylinder is formed by rolling the paper along its length. Find the volume of the cylinder. (1) 175 cm3 (3) 185 cm3 (2) 180 cm3 (4) None of the above

46. In March 2011, EF Public Library purchased a total of 15 new books published in 2010 with a total expenditure of Rs. 4500. Of these books, 13 books were purchased from MN Distributors, while the remaining two were purchased from UV Publishers. It is observed that one-sixth of the average price of all the 15 books purchased is equal to one-fifth of the average price of the 13 books obtained from MN Distributors. Of the two books obtained from UV Publishers, if one-third of the price of one volume is equal to one-half of the price of the other, then the price of the two books are: (1) Rs. 900/- and Rs. 600/(2) Rs. 600/- and Rs. 400/(3) Rs. 750/- and Rs. 500/(4) None of the above 47. 2 years ago, one-fifth of Amitas age was equal to one-fourth of the age of Sumita, and the average of their age was 27 years. If the age of Paramita is also considered, the average age of three of them declines to 24. What will be the average age of Sumita and Paramita 3 years from now? (1) 25 years (3) 27 years (2) 26 years (4) cannot be determined

51. Find the value of x from the following equation: Log103 + log10 (4x+1) = log10 (x+1) + 1 (1) 2/7 (3) 9/2 (2) 7/2 (4) None of the above

52. Consider the volumes of the following objects and arrange them in decreasing order: i. A parallelepiped of length 5 cm, breadth 3 cm and height 4 cm ii. A cube of each side 4 cm. iii. A cylinder of radius 3 cm and length 3 cm iv. A sphere of radius 3 cm (1) iv,iii,ii,i (3) iv,iii,i,ii (2) iv,ii,iii,i (4) None of the above

53. If x satisfies the inequality |x 1| + |x - 2| + |x - 3| 6, then: (1) 0 x 4 (3) x -2 or x 3 (2) x 0 or x 4 (4) None of the above

54. A five digit number divisible by 3 is to be formed using the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 without repetition. The total number of ways in which this can be done is: (1) 220 (3) 240 1A.15 (2) 600 (4) None of the above www.TestFunda.com

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IIFT 2011 55. If 2, a, b, c, d, e, f and 65 form an arithmetic progression, find out the value of e. (1) 48 (3) 41 (2) 47 (4) None of the above business. Thereafter, Mr. Sinha spent half of the remaining amount for renovation of his house. One-fourth of the remaining amount was then used for purchasing a LCD TV and the remaining amount Rs. 1,35,000/- was deposited in a bank. What was the amount of his cash prize? (1) Rs. 10,00,000/- (2) Rs. 9,00,000/(3) Rs. 8,00,000/- (4) None of the above 61. The ratio of number of male and female journalists in a newspaper office is 5:4. The newspaper has two sections, political and sports. If 30 percent of the male journalists and 40 percent of the female journalists are covering political news, what percentage of the journalists (approx.) in the newspaper is currently involved in sports reporting? (1) 65 percent (3) 70 percent (2) 60 percent (4) None of the above

56. A contract is to be completed in 56 days and 104 men are set to work, each working 8 hours a day. After 30 days, 2/5th of the work is finished. How many additional men may be employed so that work may be completed on time, each man now working 9 hours per day? (1) 56 men (3) 46 men (2) 65 men (4) None of the above

57. A bag contains 8 red and 6 blue balls. If 5 balls are drawn at random, what is the probability that 3 of them are red and 2 are blue? (1) 80/143 (3) 75/143 (2) 50/143 (4) None of the above

58. In a circle, the height of an arc is 21 cm and the diameter is 84 cm. Find the chord of half of the arc (1) 45 cm (3) 42 cm (2) 40 cm (4) None of the above

62. The ratio of metal 1 and metal 2 in Alloy A is 3 :4. In Alloy B same metals are mixed in the ratio 5:8. If 26 kg of Alloy B and 14 kg of Alloy A are mixed then find out the ratio of metal 1 and metal 2 in the new Alloy. (1) 3:2 (3) 2:3 (2) 2:5 (4) None of the above

59. Mr. and Mrs. Gupta have three children Pratik, Writtik and Kajol, all of whom were born in different cities. Pratik is 2 years elder to Writtik. Mr. Gupta was 30 years of age when Kajol was born in Hyderabad, while Mrs. Gupta was 28 years of age when Writtik was born in Bangalore. If Kajol was 5 years of age when Pratik was born in Mumbai, then what were the ages of Mr. and Mrs. Gupta respectively at the time of Pratiks birth? (1) 35 years, 26 years (2) 30 years, 21 years (3) 37 years, 28 years (4) None of the above 60. Mr. Sinha received a certain amount of money by winning a lottery contest. He purchased a new vehicle with 40 percent of the money received. He then gave 20 percent of the remaining amount to each of his two sons for investing in their

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Section IV
Direction for question 63 to 67: Answer the following questions based on the Diagram below, which reports Country XXs monthly Outward Investment flows to various countries and the World. The FDI figures are reported US$ Million. 4000 3500 3075 3000 2568 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 Jan - 11 USA UK Feb - 11 Singapore Mar - 11 UAE Apr - 11 Others World 273 86 119 29 117 116 1211 2358 3701 3221 2628

1551 1378 227 741 686 378 157 125 44 615 142 286 30 May - 11 1390

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63. What is the compound average growth rate of Country XXs overall Outward Investment during the period January 2011 and May 2011? (1) Approximately 6 percent (2) Approximately 3.5 percent (3) Approximately 5.75 percent (4) None of the above 64. In which month Country XXs Outward Investment to Singapore dropped most and what is the month on month growth in that period? (1) April, Approximately negative growth of 39 percent (2) March, Approximately negative growth of 49 percent (3) April, Approximately negative growth of 49 percent (4) None of the above

65. What is the share of Country XXs Outward Investment together in USA and UK in February 2011 of its total investment in the world? (1) 7.24 percent (3) 6.79 percent (2) 8.30 percent (4) None of the above

66. In which month the share of Country XXs total Outward Investment together in Singapore and UAE achieved the highest level and what is the value? (1) April, 40 percent (2) February, 45 percent (3) March, 45 percent (4) None of the above 67. Between February 2011 and April 2011, to which country did Outward Investment from XX witness the highest decline? (1) Singapore (3) UAE 1A.17 (2) UK (4) Others www.TestFunda.com

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Gross Domestic Savings

Rs. Crore G 1050703 1235288 1486044 1837498 1798347 2207423

68. The GDP is sum total of the contributions from primary sector, secondary sector and the tertiary sector. If that be the case, then over 2004-05 to 2009-10, the share of tertiary sector at factor cost in GDP has increased from: (1) 53.05 percent to 55.27 percent (2) 52.86 percent to 54.20 percent (3) 53.04 percent to 55.83 percent (4) 52.70 percent to 56.14 percent 69. The annual growth rate in the GNP series at factor cost was highest between; (1) 2008-09 and 2009-10 (2) 2006-07 and 2007-08 (3) 2007-08 and 2008-09 (4) 2005-06 and 2006-07 70. Had Gross Domestic Savings (GDS) between 2008-09 and 2009-10 increased by 30 percent, then during 2009-10 GDS expressed as a percentage of GDP at market prices would have been: (1) 33.70 percent (3) 35.69 percent (2) 36.85 percent (4) None of the above

71. Mark the highest figure from the following: (1) Percentage change in GDP from Secondary sector (at Factor Cost) between 2006-07 and 2007-08. (2) Percentage change in GDP at Market Prices between 2008-09 and 2009-10. (3) Percentage change in Gross Domestic Savings between 2004-05 and 2005-06. (4) Percentage change in Gross Domestic Capital Formation between 2008-09 and 2009-10. 72. Identify the correct Statement: (1) GDP (at Factor Cost) expressed as a percentage of GNP (at Factor Cost) has increased consistently between 2004-05 and 2009-10. (2) GDP (at Factor Cost) expressed as a percentage of GDP (at Market Prices) has increased consistently between 2004-05 and 2008-09. (3) Gross Domestic Capital Formation expressed as a percentage of GDP (at Market Prices) has increased consistently between 2004-05 and 2007-08. (4) Contribution to GDP from Primary Sector (at Factor Cost) expressed as a percentage of GDP (at Factor Cost) has decreased consistently between 2004-05 and 2009-10.

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IIFT 2011 Direction for questions 73-78: Answer the following questions based on the table below, which reports global market share of Leading Exporting and Importing countries for Select Product groups.
Percentage Shares of selected countries in Global Exports Sectors Exporting Countries Clothing Products 2000 28.5 4.4 1.1 18.3 1.9 1.1 3.0 4.4 0.3 0.1 Chemical Products Automotive Products Office and Telecom Equipment Integrated Circuits and Electronic Components 2000 19.1 20.4 1.1 1.7 1.9 6.1 0.1 1.0 13.8 8.0 2009 13.5 10.7 0.6 11.4 2.1 7.5 0.1 0.5 10.3 7.6

EU (27) USA Canada China Thailand Malaysia India Mexico Japan South Korea

2009 2000 2009 2000 2009 2000 2009 30.7 53.9 54.1 49.7 53.8 29.2 24.8 1.3 14.1 11.0 11.6 8.6 15.8 8.5 0.3 2.5 1.9 10.5 4.0 2.1 0.8 34.0 2.1 4.3 0.3 2.3 4.5 26.2 1.2 0.7 0.9 0.4 1.4 1.9 2.2 1.0 0.4 0.7 0.1 0.1 5.4 4.3 3.6 0.7 1.3 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.3 1.3 0.2 0.3 5.3 4.3 3.5 3.8 0.2 6.0 4.2 15.2 12.2 11.2 5.9 0.1 2.4 2.6 2.6 4.4 6.1 5.8 Percentage Shares of selected countries in Global Imports Chemical Products 2000 43.8 12.2 3.2 4.9 0.9 1.2 0.8 2.4 4.2 2.2 2009 44.9 10.4 2.5 7.5 1.4 1.6 1.8 1.9 3.3 2.1 Automotive Products 2000 42.3 29.4 8.0 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.1 3.5 1.7 0.3 2009 45.0 15.5 5.1 3.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 2.5 1.2 0.7 Office and Telecom Equipment 2000 33.8 21.2 3.0 4.4 1.4 3.2 0.3 2.9 6.0 3.3 2009 30.7 16.6 1.9 15.1 1.4 2.6 1.2 3.1 4.4 2.9

Importing Countries EU (27) USA Canada China Thailand Malaysia India Mexico Japan South Korea

Clothing Products 2000 41.0 33.1 1.8 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.4 1.8 9.7 0.6 2009 48.5 21.8 2.3 0.6 0.1 0.6 0.9 0.6 7.7 1.0

Integrated Circuits and Electronic Components 2000 2009 22.6 15.2 14.9 5.2 2.5 0.9 6.3 32.8 2.5 2.2 7.4 5.3 0.2 0.5 4.2 2.3 6.0 4.5 6.1 6.1

73. Identify the highest number: (1) Increase in Malaysias share in global Chemical Products export between 2000 and 2009 (2) Increase in Indias share in global Office and Telecom Equipment export between 2000 and 2009 (3) Increase in Mexicos share in global Chemical Products export between 2000 and 2009 (4) Increase in Thailands share in global Integrated Circuits and Electronic Components export between 2000 and 2009 M-PP-02 1A.19

74. Mark the correct statement: (1) Barring the exception of Integrated Circuits and Electronic Components, the share of the EU has increased in global import for all other product groups. (2) Between 2000 and 2009, global export share has remained unchanged only for two countries. (3) Between 2000 and 2009, global import share has remained unchanged only for five countries.

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IIFT 2011 (4) Among all reported product groups, between 2000 and 2009, the increase in global import share in case of India has been highest for Chemical Products. 75. Mark the false statement: (1) Indias global export share for Clothing Products between 2000 and 2009 has increased by 20 percent. (2) Japans global export share for Chemical Products between 2000 and 2009 has decreased by 30 percent. (3) South Koreas global export share for Integrated Circuits and Electronic Components between 2000 and 2009 has decreased by 6 percent. (4) Malaysias global import share for Clothing Products between 2000 and 2009 has increased by 100 percent. 76. If between 2000 and 2009, Indias export market share in Integrated Circuits and Electronic Components had increased by 600 percent, the rank of the country in terms of market share in 2009 would have been: (1) Sixth (3) Seventh (2) Eighth (4) None of the above (1) (i) EU, Asia, North America; (ii) EU, Asia, North America; (iii) Asia, EU, North America; (iv) Asia, EU, North America. (2) (i) Asia, EU, North America; (ii) EU, Asia, North America; (iii) Asia, EU North America (iv) Asia, North America, EU. (3) (i) EU, Asia, North America; (ii) EU, North America, Asia; (iii) Asia, EU, North America; (iv) Asia EU, North America. (4) (i). EU, Asia, North America; (ii) EU, North America, Asia; (iii) Asia, EU, North America; (iv) Asia, North America, EU.

77. Considering both global export and import market dynamics, China has witnessed highest percentage change in its market share between 2000 and 2009 in the following product groups: (1) Integrated Circuits and Electronic Components imports (2) Office and Telecom Equipment exports (3) Integrated Circuits and Electronic Components exports (4) Automotive Products imports 78. Suppose the ten countries reported in the above table are arranged according to their continent: North America, EU and Asia. Then in terms of export market share for (i) Chemical Products, (ii) Automotive Products, (iii) Office and Telecom Equipment Products and (iv) Integrated Circuits and Electronic Components respectively, the continent-wise ranking in 2009 would be:

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Direction for questions 79 to 81: Read the following instructions and answer the questions. After the discussion at a high level meeting of government officers, the criteria for issuing of import / export licence to eligible business firms for the year 2011-12 were finalized as follows. The firms must I. Have a Grade A certified unit for any products. II. Not have any legal dispute case against it. III. Possess minimum asset worth Rs. 40 lakhs. IV. Submit an environment clearance certificate issued by the Pollution Control Board (PCB) of the state where the firm is located. V. Deposit the margin money of Rs. 1 lakh. VI. Arrange for three guarantors with their personal identity cards (IDs). However, if the firm satisfies all the above mentioned criteria except: a) Criteria (I), but is a traditional handloom production unit, then the case may be referred to Development Commissioner, Handloom (DCH) of the state. b) Criteria (IV), but is a local employment provider / thread (input) supplier / cloth supplier, the case may be referred to the Director, Department of Industry of the state. c) Criteria (V) but can deposit at least Rs. 50000, the firm will be given import licence only and the case may be referred to the Deputy Director, Department of Industry of the state. Based on the above criteria and information provided on each of the firms in the questions below, you have to decide which course of action should be taken against each firm. Without assuming anything regarding any applicant firm, the decision should be based on the information provided. 79. Mahalaxmi Weaving Center is a traditional handloom production unit. It has property worth more than Rs. 1 crore. It managed to get three guarantors with their personal IDs. No legal case is there against it. There is no problem submitting an environmental clearance, as the same is already issued to it by the State Pollution Control Board. It is also ready to deposit Rs. 1 lakh. M-PP-02 1A.21 (1) Licence can be issued (2) Licence not to be issued (3) May be referred to the Development Commissioner, Handloom (4) May be referred to the Director of Industry 80. Ramayan Enterprise is a textiles firm which possesses assets worth Rs. 50 lakhs and is located in Surat where no firm having any legal dispute is permitted to operate. The firm agreed to deposit Rs. 1 lakh and give details of three guarantors with their personal details as required. It has got grade A certificate and can submit an environment clearance certificate issued by the Pollution Control Board of the state. (1) Licence can be issued (2) Licence not to be issued (3) May be referred to the Development Commissioner, Handloom (4) May be referred to Deputy Director of Industry 81. Hirabhai Handlooms is a Vadodara based traditional Gujarati handloom firm keen to get an export licence. It is ready to pay the required security amount and possesses assets of Rs. 55 lakhs. Hirabhai Chamanlal is the owner of the firm as well as the President of State Handloom Association. Hence getting more than three guarantors with their IDs is not a problem. The firm possesses the environmental clearance certificate from the State Pollution Control Board after it was made mandatory for all handloom firms in the state. (1) Licence can be issued (2) Licence not to be issued (3) May be referred to the Development Commissioner, Handloom (4) May be referred to the Director of Industry Direction for questions 82 and 83: Each of the questions below starts with a few statements, followed by four conclusions numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4. You have to consider every given statement as true, even if it does not conform to the accepted facts. Read the conclusions carefully and then decide which www.TestFunda.com

IIFT 2011 of the conclusion(s) logically follow(s) from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. 82. Statements: a. b. c. 1. 2. 3. 4. Some boys are scholars Some teachers are boys All scholars are observers Some scholars are boys Some scholars are not boys Some observers are boys Some teachers are scholars (2) lop bop eop uop (3) oup cop lop aop (4) None of the above 85. qop gop cop eop would correctly mean: (1) Profitable laws were stopped (2) Developers stopped following laws (3) Traders were above profitable (4) None of the above Direction for questions 86 and 87: In each of the following letter series, some of the letters are missing, which are given below it. Choose the correct alternative. 86. D_F_DEE_D_EF_DE_F (1) EFFDED (3) EFFDFE (2) EFFDDF (4) None of the above

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(1) 1, and 3 follow (2) 1, 3, and 4 follow (3) Either 1 or 2 and 3 follow (4) None of the above 83. Statements: a. b. c. 1. 2. 3. 4. All teachers are professors All professors are researchers All researchers are consultants Some consultants are teachers All professors are consultants Some researchers are teachers All professors are teachers

87. _OPO_QOPQ_RQPO_POR_O (1) APRQO (3) QPROO (2) QPORO (4) None of the above

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Direction for questions 88 and 89: In each of the following questions, find the relationship that can definitely be deduced on the basis of the relations given. The symbols used to define the relationship are as follows: @ means greater than # means less than $ means not equal to % means equal to 88. If it is given that, 3 M % 2 N and N % 3 O, then: (1) O @ M (2) M # O (3) 2 O % M (4) None of the above 89. If it is given that, N @ P, P # O, O @ M and N % M, then: (1) O @ N (3) O $ N (2) O # N (4) None of the above

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IIFT 2011 90. Statement: School dropout rate is very high in the rural areas as children support their parents in income earning activities. Courses of action: i. Public awareness programme on primary education should be expanded immediately to educate parents. ii. Compensation should be given to those parents whose children are in the school. iii. Law on universal education and ban on child labour should be made rigorous. (1) Only (i) and (ii) follow (2) Only (ii) and (iii) follow (3) Only (i) and (iii) follow (4) All follow 91. Statement: In a recent bulletin the Meteorological Department of India has forecasted severe drought in next cropping season which may cause failure of crops. Courses of action: i. The forecast should be widely published in media. ii. The drought relief team should be ready for relief work. iii. The people should be advised to go for drought resistant variety. (1) Only (i) and (ii) follow (2) Only (ii) follows (3) Only (ii) and (iii) follow (4) None of the above Direction for questions 92-93: Read the following information carefully to answer the questions given below it. Mr. Malhotras family is a traditional joint family from Jalandhar having six persons from three generations. Each member of the family has different food preference and they support different sports / games. Only two couples are there in the family. Rakesh likes continental food and his wife neither likes dry fruits nor supports gymnastics. The person who likes egg supports Rugby and his wife likes traditional food. Mona is mother-in-law of Sonalika and she supports Athletics. Varun is grandfather of Tarun and Tarun, who likes Punjabi food, supports Basketball. Nuri is granddaughter of Mona and she supports Badminton. Nuris mother supports horse riding. 92. Identify the correct pair of two couples from the following: (1) Mona-Varun and Rakesh-Sonalika (2) Varun-Mona and Rakesh-Nuri (3) Rakesh-Sonalika and Tarun-Nuri (4) Cannot be determined 93. Who likes Punjabi food, and what sport / game does he / she support? (1) Nuri and Badminton (2) Sonalika and horse riding (3) Tarun and Basketball (4) None of the above Direction for questions 94 to 95: Read the following paragraph and following conditions to answer the questions. The Vice Chancellor of a University wants to select a team of five member organizing committee for the next convocation of the University to be held in March 2012. The committee members are to be selected from five shortlisted professors (Prof. Ahuja, Prof. Banerjee, Prof. Chakravarty, Prof. Das and Prof. Equbal) and four short listed students (Prakash, Queen, Ravi and Sushil). Some conditions for selection of the committee members are given below: i. ii. iii. iv. Prof. Ahuja and Sushil have to be together Prakash cannot be put with Ravi Prof. Das and Queen cannot go together Prof. Chakravarty and Prof. Equbal have to be selected v. Ravi cannot be selected with Prof. Banerjee.

94. If two members of the committee are students and Prof. Das is one of the members of the committee, who are the other committee members? (1) Prof. Banerjee, Prof. Chakravarty, Prakash and Queen (2) Prof. Ahuja, Prof. Banerjee, Sushil and Prakash (3) Prof. Chakravarty, Prof. Equbal, Prakash and Sushil (4) None of the above

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IIFT 2011 95. In case Prof. Ahuja and Prof. Chakravarty are members, who are the other members who cannot be selected for the committee? (1) Prof. Banerjee, Prof. Equbal and Sushil (2) Prof. Equbal, Sushil and Prakash (3) Prof. Equbal, Prakash and Queen (4) None of the above 96. If the word EXAMINATION is coded as 56149512965, then the word GOVERNMENT is coded as: (1) 7645954552 (3) 7645965426 (2) 7654694562 (4) 7654964526

97. In a certain code language HORSE is written as 71417184, then the word MONKEY is coded as: (1) 11141216425 (3) 12151411325 (2) 12141310424 (4) 12151210424

Direction for questions 98 and 99: Read the following information carefully and mark the correct answer to the questions given below Sampada Apartment is a housing society formed by a group of professors of a University. It has six flats on a floor in two rows facing North and South which are allotted to Prof. Purohit, Prof. Qureshi, Prof. Rathor, Prof. Sawant, Prof. Tripathy and Prof. Usman. Prof. Qureshi gets a North facing flat and it is not next to Prof. Sawants flat. Prof. Sawant and Prof. Usman get their flats which are diagonally opposite to each other. Prof. Rathor gets a south facing flat which is next to Prof. Usmans flat. Prof. Tripathys flat is North facing. 98. Which of the following professors get South facing flats? (1) Prof. Qureshi, Prof. Tripathy and Prof. Sawant (2) Prof. Usman, Prof. Tripathy and Prof. Purohit (3) Prof. Usman, Prof. Rathor and Prof. Purohit (4) None of the above 99. If the flats of Prof. Tripathy and Prof. Purohit are interchanged, whose flat will be next to that of Prof. Usman? (1) Prof. Rathor (3) Prof. Usman (2) Prof. Tripathy (4) None of the above

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100. Who won the 2011 FIFA Womens World Cup Final? (1) Sweden (3) USA (2) Japan (4) France 105. Which book among the following is not written by Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam? (1) Wings of Fire (2) India in the New Millennium (3) India My Dream (4) Envisioning an Empowered Nation 106. In the table below, match the correct Trade Name of medicine with its Generic Name and the name of the pharmaceutical company that manufactures it:
Trade Name a. b. c. d. Viagra Tylenol Tamiflu Brufen i. ii. iii. iv. Generic Name Acetaminophen Ibuprofen Sildenafil Citrate Oseltamivir 1. 2. 3. 4. Manufacturer Roche Pfizer Johnson & Johnson Abbott Laboratories

101. Match the correct Celebrity Endorser with the Brand of Vests: Celebrity Endorser a. b. c. d. Hrithik Roshan Saif Ali Khan Neil Nitin Mukesh Akshay Kumar i. ii. iii. iv. Brand of Vests Amul Macho Dollar Club MacroMan GenX

(1) a-ii; b-i; c-iii; d-iv (2) a-iii: b-i; c-iv; d-ii (3) a-iv; b-iii; c-ii; d-i (4) a-iii; b-iv; c-i; d-ii 102. Which of the following is a space mission by ISRO? (1) SROSS-C2 (3) SAMPEX (2) QuickSeat (4) Stardust

(1) a-i-4; b-ii-3; c-iii-2; d-iv-1 (2) a-iii-2: b-i-3; c-iv-1; d-ii-4 (3) a-iii-1: b-i-2; c-iv-3; d-ii-4 (4) a-i-4; b-iv-3; c-iii-2; d-ii-1 107. By what name were the Commonwealth games known when they were first held in 1930 in Ontario, Canada? (1) British Commonwealth Games (2) British Empire and Commonwealth Games (3) British Empire Games (4) Queens Empire games 108. Who did declare, The only hope for India is from the masses. The upper classes are physically and morally dead? (1) Gopalkrishna Gokhale (2) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (3) Mahatma Gandhi (4) Swami Vivekananda 109. Which of the following rivers do not flow across Uttarakhand? (1) Bhagirathi and Ganga (2) Ramaganga and Yamuna

103. Elzie Crisler Segar is best known as the creator of the cartoon character of _____________. (1) Garfield (3) Scooby Doo (2) Popeye (4) Blondie

104. Identify the correct match for the Personality with what he/she is known for: Personality a. b. c. d. Bhagwan Dass Annie Besant Bharat Muni Bhavabhuti i. ii. iii. iv. Known for Bharat Ratna Theosophical Society Natya Shastra Malatimadhava

(1) a-i; b-ii; c-iii; d-iv (2) a-ii; b-i; c-iv; d-iii (3) a-ii; b-i; c-iii; d-iv (4) a-i; b-ii; c-iv; d-iii

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IIFT 2011 (3) Gandak and Gomti (4) Tons and Tilak 110. Identify the correct match of the Folk Dances and States given below: Folk Dances a. b. c. d. Dhalo Ghoomra Gidda Thullal i. ii. iii. iv. States Goa Kerala Orissa Punjab (1) He was chosen for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948, but because of his unfortunate assassination, the Peace Prize was not awarded that year. (2) Time magazine named him the Man of the Year in 1930. (3) In 1999, he was declared the Person of the Century by the Time magazine, and the runner-up was Albert Einstein. (4) He was shoved out a train in 1893 in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu Natal province of South Africa, because he refused to move to a third class coach while holding a first class ticket. 115. Mark the correct match of Public Programmes with the Ministry: Public Programmes a. b. c. d. MNREGS JNNURM RHM IAY i. ii. iii. iv. Ministry of Rural Development Panchayati Raj Urban Development Health & Family Welfare

(1) a-i; b-ii; c-iv; d-iii (2) a-i; b-iii; c-iv; d-ii (3) a-iii: b-i; c-iv; d-ii (4) a-iii; b-ii; c-iv; d-i 111. Which of the following group of countries is not member of the United Nations? (1) Taiwan, Yemen, Tunisia (2) Tunisia, Vatican City, Turkish Cyprus (3) Tunisia, Turkish Cyprus, Vatican City (4) Vatican City, Turkish Cyprus, Taiwan 112. Match the correct Country with its Capital City and Currency: Country a. b. c. d. Argentina Ethiopia Turkmenistan Yemen i. ii. iii. iv. Capital City Ashgabat Buenos Aires Addis Ababa Sana Currency 1. 2. 3. 4. Birr Rial Peso Manat

(1) a-i; b-ii; c-iii; d-iv (2) a-ii; b-iv; c-i; d-iii (3) a-i; b-iv; c-iii; d-ii (4) a-ii; b-iii; c-iv; d-i 116. Given below are names of select personalities who have been recently rated among the most powerful women of the world by Forbes. Identify the option that ranks them in the right order (from 1 to 4) as they are ranked in the Forbes list of the worlds 100 most powerful women in 2011: Angela Merkel; Hillary Clinton; Michelle Obama; Oprah Winfrey; Indira Nooyi; Irene Rosenfeld; Dilma Rousseff (1) A. Hillary Clintion C. Michelle Obama (2) A. Michelle Obama C. Oprah Winfrey (3) A. Angela Merkel C. Dilma Rousseff (4) A. Angela Merkel C. Dilma Rousseff 1A.26 B. Angela Merkel D. Oprah Winfrey B. Irene Rosenfeld D. Indira Nooyi B. Hillary Clinton D. Dilma Rousseff B. Hillary Clinton D. Indira Nooyi www.TestFunda.com

(1) a-iv-2; b-i-3; c-iii-4; d-ii-1 (2) a-ii; -2; b-iii-1; c-iv-4; d-i-3 (3) a-ii-3; b-iii-1; c-i-4; d-iv-2 (4) a-ii-2; b-iii-3; c-i-1; d-iv-4 113. Indian Rupee received a unique symbol " " which blends the scripts of ___________ (1) Devanagari and Palli (2) Sanskrit and Roman (3) Devanagari and Roman (4)None of the above 114. Which of the following facts is not true about Mahatma Gandhi? M-PP-02

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Film a. b. c. d. The Aviator A Beautiful Mind Gandhi The King's Speech i. ii. iii. iv. Lead Actor Russell Crowe Colin Firth Leonardo Di Caprio Ben Kingsley Director 1. 2. 3. 4. Richard Attenborough Martin Scorsese Ron Howard Tom Hooper

(1) a-iii-2; b-i-3; c-iv-1; d-ii-4 (2) a-ii-4; b-i-3; c-iv-1; d-iii-2 (3) a-i-2; b-ii-1; c-iv-3; d-iii-4 (4) a-iii-4; b-iv-2; c-ii-1; d-i-3

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Section I Q. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Ans. 2 1 3 4 3 2 4 2 4 2 2 2 3 4 3

Section II Q. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ans. 3 1 2 4 2 4 1 4 3 2 1 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 2 1 4 2

Section III Q. 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 Ans. 2 2 4 1 3 3 4 3 2 1 2 4 2 1 2 4 2 1 4 3 1 1 1 3

Section IV Q. 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 Ans. 4 3 1 2 1 1 4 3 4 3 1 4 3 2 3 1

Section V Q. 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 Ans. 3 1 2 1 4 2 1 3 4 3 1 4 3 1 3 4 4 1 2 3 1

Section VI Q. 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 Ans. 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 4 3 2 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 2 1

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1. Option 1 says "imports in general" rather than US imports. (Para 1) Option 3 says "imports" rather than "moving equipment to Western Europe". (Para 6) Option 4 should have cranes instead of trucks. (Para 7) Option 2 is correct as given in Para 5. Hence, the correct answer is option 2. Option 1 should say two-stage instead of three-stage. (Para 4). The other options are correct based on the passage: option 2 (Para 6), option 3(Para 1), option 4 (Para 7) Hence, the correct answer is option 1. The technology did not get adopted immediately, making option 1 incorrect. (Para 6) Option 2 is the opposite of what is mentioned in Para 5 and the same paragraph support option 3. Hence, the correct answer is option 3. Mclean's company Pan Atlantic was based in New Jersey. (d-i) (Para 6 and 7) With this, the others options can be eliminated. Also, FMB (Federal Maritime Board) was responsible for standardization. (Para 7) And, Grace Line used 17-foot containers that were easier to truck around mountain roads. (Para 7) Hence, the correct answer is option 4. Option 3 is incorrect from the first few lines of Para 2. (Rs. 50,000 per year). Options 1, 2 and 4 can be inferred from Paras 6, 2 and 3 respectively. Hence, the correct answer is option 3. Option 1 is the opposite of what is stated in Para 3. Option 3 and 4 are different from what is stated in Para 6. Option 2 is stated in Para 3. Hence, the correct answer is option 2. Options 1, 2 and 3 are different from what is stated in Para 5, 2 and 5 respectively. Option 4 is correct from Para 5. Hence, the correct answer is option 4. Options 1 and 3 find support from Para 5. Option 4 finds support from Para 6. Option 2 should have many instead of few (Para 6). Hence, the correct answer is option 2. Option 1, 2 and 3 are mentioned in Paras 9, 3 and 7 respectively. Option 4 is the opposite of what is mentioned in Para 9.

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Hence, the correct answer is option 4. 10. This match the column is based on the last para. Hence, the correct answer is option 2. 11. The answer is found in Para 5: paying someone to not fight a case for the other side. Hence, the correct answer is option 2. 12. Option 2 is the correct meaning of pro bono. Hence, the correct answer is option 2. 13. Option 1 contradicts paragraph 7. Option 2 misconstrues what has been mentioned in paragraph 6. Option 3 has been mentioned in the first paragraph, the Indian banking system has not consolidated in the manner envisioned by the Narasimham Committee. Option 4 is incorrect, since it states that the Reserve bank of India envisages a role of facilitator for itself. In the second paragraph, the author mentions our view on bank consolidation and merely states that the Reserve Bank's role in the reorganization of the banking system will normally be only that of a facilitator. There is nothing to indicate that this role has been envisaged by the RBI for itself. Hence, the correct answer is option 3. 14. Option 1 with should not go for global inorganic expansion is incorrect. Paragraph 3 explains the negative side to consolidation that it may fail if there is no compatibility in the business cultures, among other reasons. However, it does not suggest that Indian banks should not go for global inorganic expansion. There is nothing in the passage to support option 2. Option 3 with cannot be global is too harsh, since the passage merely states that it is unlikely that any of our banks will jump into the top ten of the global league even after reasonable consolidation. Option 4 can be inferred from the last line of the penultimate paragraph. Hence, the correct answer is option 4. 15. Paragraph 3 states that one of the positive aspects to bank consolidation through mergers is a higher exposure threshold. Thus option 1 is true. Paragraph 6 urges banks to look inwards and focus on financial deepening at home. This means that there is indeed scope to do so. Thus option 2 is also true. Option 3 is untrue, since paragraph 5 lists banks which fall under the current global league tables. Option 4 can be inferred from paragraph 7, which mentions the risks in relation to the pause in overseas

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IIFT 2011 expansion with the onset of the global crisis. Hence, the correct answer is option 3. 16. When a verb follows Neithernor it takes the number of the noun/pronoun following nor. In this case, the noun following nor is assistant which is singular in form. Hence, the verb in part C should be was and not were. Hence, the correct answer is option 3. 17. In part A of question 17, being is inadequate to begin with. It requires a subject. The phrase It being is required in this sentence, where it stands for the short holiday. You may paraphrase: As it was a short holiday. Other parts of the sentence are correct. Hence, the correct answer is option 1. 18. Look at the options carefully. Option 1 with It makes no sense as the paragraph continues with ..was a map. What is required in the blank space is something concrete and descriptive. Option 3 with a first map renders it inadequate as an option. Between options 2 and 4, option 2 has the right construction to fit into the blank. In option 4, That the first map makes the sentence a subordinate clause, if this is to be used, the sentence would be without a main clause, thus making it incorrect. Hence, the correct answer is option 2 19. The word to precede than should be people as the latter part of the sentence, than attended the last one, talks about those people who attended the concert. This rules out option 1 and option 3. Between options 2 and 4, option 4 is the better option. One refers to people in number and not in amount. Hence, the correct answer is option 4. 20. In sentence 1 the word to be used is censure meaning an official reprimand. Censur Is not a meaningful word. In sentence 2, censor meaning an official or official body who examines materials (as publications or films) for objectionable matter. Hence, the correct answer is option 2. 21. Compliment is an expression of esteem, respect, affection, or admiration; especially: an admiring remark. Complement, on the other hand, is something that fills up, completes, or makes perfect. The words are interchanged in the sentences. Hence, the correct answer is option 4. 22. The meanings of the words are as follows: Inexorable - not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped Infallible - incapable of error Impregnable unconquerable Inexplicable - incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for Hence, the correct answer is option 1. 23. The meanings of the words are as follows: Horticulture - the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants Bonsai - a potted plant (as a tree) dwarfed (as by pruning) and trained to an artistic shape Pruning - to cut off or cut back parts of for better shape or more fruitful growth Topiary - of, relating to, or being the practice or art of training, cutting, and trimming trees or shrubs into odd or ornamental shapes Hence, the correct answer is option 4. 24. The meanings of the words are as follows: Predilection Partiality Evanescence Vanish Zephyr A gentle, mild breeze Diaphanous Completely transparent and translucent Fatuous Inane Hence, the correct answer is option 3. 25. The meanings of the words are as follows: Perspicacity keenness of mental perception Uxorious Doting upon wife Nebbish Insignificant, ineffective person Chicanery to trick, to deceive Inchoate Undeveloped, immature Hence, the correct answer is option 2. 26. Risible means capable of laughing or disposed to laugh. Its antonym is serious. Hence, the correct answer is option 1. 27. Tenebrous means to shut off from the light; hard to understand. Its antonym is bright. Hence, the correct answer is option 3. 28. In this paragraph completion question, the main sentences talk about the positives of discipline. Hence the intermediate sentence needs to continue (and not deviate from) talking about the importance/ virtues of discipline. Both statements 'a' and 'b' mention the drawbacks of discipline and hence cannot be the intermediate sentences. Only statement 'c' satisfies that condition. Hence, the correct answer is option 4. 29. In this paragraph completion question, the first sentence mentions forests being gifts from nature and the last sentence mentions man ruthlessly destroying forests. An interesting aspect here is that the

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IIFT 2011 concluding statement starts with the word 'yet'. This means that the intermediate sentence needs to continue stating the positives of forest before the tone of the sentence changes. Both statements 'b' and 'c' satisfy this condition. Although very tempting, statement 'a' begins with the vast Sahara desert of today. If we consider this statement in the answer it nullifies the presence of 'yet' in the last statement. Hence, the correct answer is option 3. 30. The only sequence which makes sense with the first and the last parts is 'sqrp'. Hence, the correct answer is option 4. 31. An Oxymoron is a rhetorical figure of speech where incongruous, contradictory terms are combined. All the options except 'the sound of music' have a contradictory hue to them. Hence, the correct answer is option 3. 32. The correct spelling is Septuagenarian which means a person in his Seventies. Hence, the correct answer is option 4. 33. Only sequence 4,6,3,1,7,5,2 makes a logical sequence. Hence, the correct answer is option 3. 34. Only 'Overhead' makes a meaningful word. Hence, the correct answer is option 3. 35. Only sequence 6, 3, 2, 1, 8, 7, 4, 9, 10, 5 makes a meaningful word. Hence, the correct answer is option 2. 36. The direct to indirect ones are a little tricky and expect the test taker to have a firm grip on the fundamentals. In this question- both 'if' and 'whether' would fit in. Considering that the question is about asking her whether she is coming or not (and not about uncertainty if she is coming at all), 'whether' is a better fit. Hence, the correct answer is option 1. 37. The word 'command' is not usually associated with teachers- it is more to do with military operations or while reprimanding someone. The word 'instruct' fits in better with teachers rather than 'command' hence 'urge' is a better fit. Hence, the correct answer is option 4. 38. 'Circa' matches 'approximately' and 'ad nauseum' to 'something which is repeated and hence is boring'. 'Ex libirus' is 'from the books' and in situ matches 'in its original place'. Hence, the correct answer is option 2. 39. Jagdeep defeated Mandeep in a 1000m race by 60m or 12s. This means that Mandeep would travel 60m in 12s. Mandeeps speed = 5 m/s Mandeep covered 1000m in 1000/5 = 200s Jagdeep covered 1000m in 200 12 = 188s Jagdeep covered 250m in 47s. Hence, option 2. 40. Sujoy receives 10% of the profit for his efforts. Remaining 90% of the profit is distributed among the friends in the line with their contribution. Now, Sujoy invested Rs. 35,000 for 12 months, Mritunjoy invested Rs. 1,30,000 for 6 months, and Paranjoy invested Rs. 75,000 for 8 months. Sujoys, Mritunjoys and Paranjoys investments are in the ratio 35000 12 : 130000 6 : 75000 8 7 : 13 : 10 Hence, option 2. 41. A man is able to perform the work equal to the same done by 2 boys. 18 boys 9 men Work done by 12 men and 18 boys, working 7.5 hours a day, in 60 days = (12 + 9) 7.5 60 = 21 7.5 60 man hours As the facility in Harigarh is twice that in Bilaspur, man hours required to build health facility in Harigarh = 2 21 7.5 60 Let a boys be required to complete the work in 50 days, working 9 hours a day. we have, (21 + a/2) 9 50 = 2 21 7.5 60 a = 42 Hence, option 4.

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Hence, option 3. 44. Let Romit score l and v marks in Logical Analysis and Verbal English respectively. l + v + 70 = 210 l + v = 140 (i)

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Solving i and ii, we get, l = 90, and v = 50 Hence, required difference = 70 50 = 20 Hence, option 3. 45. Let Animesh invest Rs. a in PPF and Rs. b in NSC. Also, a + b = 150000 5b/2 = 150000 b = 60000 Let Aniket invest Rs. x in PPF. He invests Rs. (x + 40000) in shares and Rs. (x + 20000) in NSC. Also, x + x + 40000 + x + 20000 = 150000 x = 30000 Anikets investment in NSC = Rs. 50000 Animeshs investment in NSC = Rs. 60000 Difference = Rs. 10000 Hence, option 4. 46. Average price of 15 books = 4500/15 = Rs. 300 Let the average price of 13 books purchased from MN distributors be a. 300/6 = a/5 a = 250 Price of books purchased from MN distributirs = 250 13 = 3250 Price of books purchased from UV Publishers = 4500 3250 = Rs. 1250 Let the two books purchased from UV publishers cost Rs. x and Rs. y. x/3 = y/2 As x + y = 1250 x = 750 and y = 500 Hence, option 3. 47. Current age Age, two years ago By conditions, Amita a a2 Sumita s s2 Paramita p p2

p = 20 Average age of Sumita and Paramita 3 years from now = (s + p + 6)/2 = 26 years. Hence, option 2. 48. Let the price of the gift be x. Hence, total value to be paid to domestic help for one year = 90 + x Value of domestic help for 9 months = 3/4 (90 + x) 65 + x = 3/4 (90 + x) x = 10 Hence, option 1. 49. 7429 = 17 19 23 17, 19 and 23 are consecutive primes. Also, 12673 = 19 23 29 Hence, first number = 17 Hence, option 2. 50. Cylinder is formed by rolling the paper along its length. Hence, circumference of cylinder = 22 2r = 22 r = 7/2

Hence, option 4. 51. log10 3 + log10 (4x + 1) = log10 (x + 1) + 1 log10 3 + log10 (4x + 1) log10 (x + 1) = 1 log10 [3(4x + 1)/(x + 1)] = 1 (12x + 3)/(x + 1) = 10 x = 7/2 Hence, option 2. 52. Volume of parallelepiped = 5 4 3 = 60 cm3 Volume of cube = 4 4 4 = 64 cm3 Volume of cylinder = r2h = 27 > 81 cm3 Volume of sphere = 4/3 r3 = 36 cm3 > 81 cm3 Required order is iv, iii, ii, i. Hence, option 1. 53. |x 1| + |x 2| + |x 3| 6 Now, consider the following cases, i. ii. iii. iv.

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IIFT 2011 Hence, |x 1| + |x 2| + |x 3| = x 1 + 2 x + 3 x =4x6 x 2 This is not possible. Hence there is no solution in this range. Case III: (2 x 3) In this case, only x 3 is negative. Hence, |x 1| + |x 2| + |x 3| = x 1 + x 2 + 3 x =x6 This also is not possible. Case IV: (x 3) In this case, all are positive. Hence, |x 1| + |x 2| + |x 3| = 3x 6 6 x4 This is possible. Hence, the required range is x 0 and x 4 Hence, option 2. 54. The five digit number will either have 0 or it will not have 0. Case i: 0 is included. The five digits must be 0, 1, 2, 4, 5 (as the number has to be divisible by 3) The count of five-digit numbers = 4 4 3 2 1 = 96 Case ii: 0 is excluded. In this case, the five digits should be 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Number of five digit numbers = 5 4 3 2 1 = 120 Required count = 120 + 96 = 216 Hence, option 4. 55. 65 is the eighth term of the AP. 2 + (8 1)r = 65, where r is the common difference. r=9 e is the sixth term. e = 2 + 5(9) = 47 Hence, option 2. 56. Work done by 104 men, working 8 hours a day, in 30 days = 104 8 30 man hours. This is 2/5th of the total work. Remaining work, which is 3/5th of the total work 58. The given scenario can be depicted in the diagram below.

M A 42 N 42 21 C 21 O B

As, OC AB and OC = AO/2, AOC is a 30-60-90 triangle. Angle subtended by the arc AB = 2 60 = 120 Angle subtended by half the arc is 60 Triangle formed by the chord of half the arc and two radii is equilateral. Hence, length of chord AM = 42 cm Hence, option 3. 59. Mr Gupta was 30 years old when Kajol was born. Kajol is 5 years older than Pratik. Mr. Gupta was 35 years old when Pratik was born. Now, Mrs. Gupta was 28 years old when Writtik was born. As Pratik is 2 years older than Writtk, Mrs, Gupta was 28 2 = 26 years old when Pratik was born. Hence, option 1. 60. Without loss of generality, we can assume that Mr. Sinha received Rs. 100 from the lottery. After purchasing a vehicle he was left with Rs. 60. After giving 20% of the remaining to each of the sons, he was left with 0.6 60 = Rs. 36 After spending half of the remaining amount on renovation, he is left with Rs. 18. After spending on the LCD, he is left with Rs. (3 18/4) = 54/4 Now, this corresponds to Rs. 135000 The original amount = 135000 100/(54/4) = Rs. 10,00,000 Hence, option 1. 61. Let there be 90 journalists in all. There are 50 males and 40 female journalists. Now, 30% of males and 40% of females cover politics. 15 males and 16 females cover politics. (90 15 16) = 59 cover sports news. Hence, option 1.

Let a more men be employed to complete this work. (104 + a) 9 (56 30) = 104 4 90 a = 56 Hence, option 1. 57. 5 balls can be drawn in 14C5 ways. Out of these 5 balls, 3 will be red in 8C3 6C2 ways Hence, option 4.

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IIFT 2011 62. Ratio of metal 1 and metal 2 in alloy A = 3 : 4 In 14 kg, there will be 3/7 14 = 6 kg of metal 1 and 4/7 14 = 8 kg of metal 2. Similarly, alloy B contains 10 kg and 16 kg of metal 1 and metal 2 respectively. Metal 1 content in final mixture = 6 + 10 = 16 kg Metal 2 content in final mixture = 8 + 16 = 24 kg Required ratio = 16 : 24 2 : 3 Hence, option 3. 63. CAGR = [(Final - Initial)(1/No. of periods) 1] 100 So, CAGR = (3701/3075)1/4 1] 100 = 4.74 % Hence, option 4. 64. Outward investment to Singapore in Feb = 1221 Outward investment to Singapore in March = 741 Outward investment to Singapore in April = 378 So, negative growth in March = (741 1221)/741 100 = 39.31% Negative growth in April = (378 741)/378 100 = 48.98 i.e. 49% Hence, option 3. 65. Required share = (116 + 117)/3221 100 = 7.23 . 7.24% Hence, option 1. 66. Required percentage for: Option 1: (378 + 157)/1390 100 = 38.48% Option 2: (1211 + 227)/3221 100 = 44.64% Option 3: (741 + 70)/2358 100 = 34.39% Option 2 is the closest. Hence, option 2. 67. Required decline for: Option 1: (1211 378)/1211 100 = 68.78% Option 2: (117 40)/117 100 = 65.81% Option 3: (227 157)/227 100 = 30.83% Option 4: (1551 686)/1551 100 = 55.77 Hence, Singapore has highest decline. Hence, option 1. 68. The GDP from Primary and Secondary sectors and the overall GDP is given. From the given data, we can find out the GDP from the tertiary sector. GDP from tertiary sector in 2004-05 is [2971464 (650454 + 744755)] = 1576255 GDP from tertiary sector in 2009-10 is [6133230 (1243566 + 1499601) = 3390063 By observing the options, we can see that the percentage values for 2004-05 is extremely close for two options and hence we will calculate the percentage value for the year 2009-10 to begin with. Share of tertiary sector at factor cost in GDP for 200910 is

Only option A has 55.27 percent in it and so it is the correct option. Hence, option 1. 69. GNP series at factor cost for all the years provided in the options is as follows: Year 2005 - 06 2006 - 07 2007 - 08 2008 - 09 2009 - 10 GNP series(at factor cost) 3363505 3919007 4560910 5249163 6095230

Annual growth rate for the year 2005-06 to 2006-07 is

Annual growth rate for the year 2006-07 to 2007-08 is

Annual growth rate for the year 2007-08 to 2008-09 is

Annual growth rate for the year 2008-09 to 2009-10 is

We can see that the annual growth rate in the GNP series at factor cost was highest between 2005 - 06. Hence, option 4. 70. The gross domestic savings for the year 2008-09 is 1798347 If it had increased by 30%, then the gross domestic savings for the year 2009-10 would have become 1798347 1.3 = 2337851.1 This when expressed as a percentage of GDP (for the year 2009-10) at market prices would have been:

Hence, option 3. 71. GDP from secondary sector in 2006-07 = 1033410 GDP from secondary sector in 2007-08 = 1205464

GDP at market price in 2008-09 = 5582623 GDP at market price in 2009-10 = 6550271

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IIFT 2011 the years 2004-05 to 2007-08 are as follows: Gross GDP (at Domestic market Capital price) Formation

Year Gross Domestic savings in 2004-05 = 1050703 Gross Domestic Savings in 2005-06 = 1235288

Ratio

2004 - 05 1052232 3242209 0.324542 2005 - 06 1266245 3692485 0.342925 2006 - 07 1486044 4293679 0.346101 2007 - 08 1837498 4986426 0.3685

Gross Domestic = 1973535 Gross Domestic = 2344179

Capital Capital

Formation Formation

in in

2008-09 2009-10

We can see that the ratio and hence the percentage keeps on increasing in the given interval of time and hence option 3 is correct. The ratio of contribution of GDP from primary sector to that of the GDP at factor cost for the interval 2004-05 to 2009-10 is as follows: Year 2004 - 05 2005 - 06 2006 - 07 2007 - 08 GDP from GDP (at primary factor cost) sector 650454 732234 829771 961330 2971464 3389621 3952241 4581422 5282086 6133230 Ratio 0.2189 0.216022 0.209949 0.209832 0.202116 0.202759

We can see that the percentage change in Gross Domestic Capital Formation between 2008-09 and 2009-10 is the highest among the given options. Hence, option 4. 72. The ratio of GDP (at factor cost) and GNP in 2006-07 is 2971464/2949089. Note that the difference between the numerator and the denominator in the above given ratio is around 30 thousand and the denominator is close to 30 lakhs and hence this value will be around 1.01 If we observe the rest of the data for GDP at factor cost and GNP for the rest of the years, we can see that for the year 2005-06 is the ratio of GDP (at factor cost) to that of GNP is 3389621/3363505. Note that the difference between the numerator and the denominator in the above given ratio is around 25 thousand and the denominator is close to 33.5 lakhs. Thus the ratio will be around 1.007 which is less than 1.01 Thus option 1 is incorrect. The ratio of GDP (at factor cost) to that of GDP (at market price) for 2006-07 is 3952241/4293672 This ratio turns out to be 0.9204 If we observe the rest of the data for the GDP (at factor cost) and that of GDP (at market price), we can see that for the year 2007-08, the ratio is 4581422/4986426 This ratio turns out to be 0.9187 We can see that the ratio and hence the percentage of GDP (at factor cost) with respect to GDP (at market price) has decreased from 2006-07 to 2007-08. Thus option 2 is also incorrect. The ratio of Gross Domestic Capital Formation expressed as a percentage of GDP (at Market Prices) for

2008 - 09 1067592 2009 - 10 1243566

We can see that the ratio and hence the percentage has increased from 2008-09 to 2009-10. Thus option 4 is incorrect. Hence, option 3. 73. Since the question asks for the highest number, it can be inferred that the required increase is asked in terms of the increase in percentage points rather than the percentage increase. Therefore, each required value is: Malaysia: Global Chemical Products export = 0.7 0.4 = 0.3 India: Global Office and Telecom Equipment export = 0.3 0.1 = 0.2 Mexico: Global Chemical Products export = 0.3 0.2 = 0.1 Thailand: Global Integrated Circuits and Electronic Components export = 2.1 1.9 = 0.2 Thus, the highest number value is for Malaysia. Hence, option 1. 74. Here, options 2 and 3 should be calculated only at the end and that too only if, options 1 and 4 are both incorrect. Consider option 1: The share of EU in global import has decreased for two groups: Integrated Circuits and

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IIFT 2011 Electronic Components as well as Office and Telecom Equipment. Therefore, option 1 is incorrect. Consider option 4: The increase in global import share for India in each group is: Clothing: 0.9 0.4 = 0.5 Chemical: 1.8 0.8 = 1.0 Automotive: 0.4 0.1 = 0.3 Office and telecom: 1.2 0.3 = 0.9 Integrated circuits and Electronic composers: 0.5 0.2 = 0.3 Thus, the highest increase among all groups is for Chemical Products. Therefore, option 4 is correct. Hence, option 4. Note: On calculating, you can verify that options 2 and 3 are incorrect. However, in the actual exam, there is no need to calculate these values. 75. Indias global export share for Clothing Products increased from 3% to 3.6% i.e. an increase of 20% Therefore, option 1 is true. Japans global export share for Chemical Products decreased from 6% to 4.2% i.e a decrease of 30%. Therefore, option 2 is also true. South Koreas global export share for Integrated Circuits and Electronic Components decreased from 8% to 7.6% i.e a decrease of 5%. Therefore, option 3 is false. Malaysias global import share for Clothing Products increased from 0.3% to 0.6% i.e. an increase of 100%. Therefore, option 4 is true. Hence, option 3. 76. Indias export market share in Integrated Circuits and Electronic Components was 0.1%. Therefore, if it had increased by 600%, it would become 0.1 7 = 0.7% in 2009. In such a case, it would only be above Canada and Mexico. Thus, it would be 8th. Hence, option 2. 77. Chinas growth in Integrated Circuits and Electronic Components Imports = [(32.8 6.3)/6.3] 100 = 420.63% Chinas growth in Office and Telecom Equipment Exports = [(26.2 4.5)/4.5] 100 = 482.22% Chinas growth in Integrated Circuits and Electronic Components Exports = [(11.4 1.7)/1.7] 100 = 570.59% Chinas growth in Automotive Products Imports = [(3.6 0.7)/0.7] 100 = 414.29% Hence, option 3. 78. USA, Canada and Mexico come under North America. All the remaining countries, apart from EU, come under Asia. It can simple be observed that EU has the highest market share in Chemical Products as well as Automotive products. Hence, option 2 can be eliminated. For Automotive products, the total for North America is 16.9 while for Asia is 21. So, Asia should be second and North America should be third. Hence, options 3 and 4 can be eliminated. Hence, option 1. 79. Mahalaxmi Weaving Centre has property worth Rs. 1 crore and is ready to submit Rs. 1 lakh. It also has managed to get three guarantors with personal IDs. Finally, it has no legal case against it and as obtained the environmental clearance issued by the State Pollution Control Board. Therefore, it satisfies conditions II, III, IV, V and VI. Though nothing is mentioned about condition I, it is given that it is a traditional handloom production unit. Because there is no option marked Data Insufficient, sub-condition (a) becomes valid and the case may be referred to the Development Commissioner, Handloom. Hence, option 3. 80. Ramayan Enterprise satisfies all the given conditions as explicitly mentioned in the question. Condition II gets satisfied because it is given that the firm is located in Surat, where no firm having a legal dispute is permitted to operate. Therefore, it can be inferred that Ramayan Enterprise does not have legal dispute against it. Since it satisfies all 6 conditions, the license can be issued to it. Hence, option 1. 81. Hirabhai Handlooms possesses assets of Rs. 55 lakhs and is ready to pay the security deposit. It has the environmental clearance and can get three guarantors with personal IDs. Therefore, it satisfies conditions III, IV, V and VI. There is no data for conditions I and II. As far as condition I is concerned, sub-condition (a) gets satisfies because it is given that it is a traditional handloom firm. However, condition II has no subcondition associated with it and there is no data given. Finally, there is no option marked Data Insufficient. In such a case, the only option action that can be taken is that the license cannot be issued. Hence, option 2. 82. Some boys are scholars: There are two possible deductions from this statement. i) All scholars are boys (i.e. the set of scholars is a subset of boys) ii) Some scholars are boys (i.e. the intersection of the sets of scholars and boys is not a null set) Some teachers are boys

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IIFT 2011 There are two possible deductions from this statement. i) All boys are teachers (i.e. the set of boys is a subset of teachers) ii) Some boys are teachers (i.e. the intersection of the sets of teachers and boys is not a null set) All scholars are observers. There are two possible deductions from this statement. i) ii) All observers are scholars (i.e. the set of observers and scholars are identical) Some observers are scholars (i.e. the set of observers is a subset of scholars) subset of professors which atleast will be a subset of researchers which will atleast be a subset of consultants. 2) All professors are consultants. Set of professors will always be atleast a subset of researchers which will always be atleast a subset of consultants. Hence this statement is also true. 3) Some researchers are teachers. From the analysis of statement 1, we know that this statement is also true. 4) All professors are teachers. This is untrue because the set of professors is not a subset of teachers. Hence, option 4. 84. Consider the four statements (i) lop eop aop fop means Traders are above laws (ii) fop cop bop gop means Developers were above profitable (iii) aop bop uop qop means Developers stopped following traders (iv) cop jop eop uop means Following maps were laws From (i) and (ii): fop above From (i) and (iii): aop traders So, in (i), are and laws will be represented by lop and eop in no particular order. From (i) and (iv), eop laws So, lop are From (iii) and (iv), uop following From (ii) and (iii): bop developers So, developers are following laws would be written as lop bop eop uop Hence, option 2. 85. From the previous solution, eop laws So, the answer should have laws in the sentence. Therefore, option 3 can be eliminated. Also, looking at the previous solution, developers, following and traders have been identified. So, qop stopped. In (ii), cop and gop correspond to were and profitable in some order. Therefore, qop gop cop eop would mean profitable laws were stopped. Hence, option 1. 86. If we split the alphabets in a group of 3 we get following arrangement: D__F | __DE | E__D | __EF | __DE | __F Now, if we put option 3, we get: DEF | FDE | EFD | DEF | FDE | EF If we see the pattern it is consistent in the sense that the third alphabet in each subset is the first alphabet in

Let us analyze the conclusions: 1) Some scholars are boys. This is true for both the cases that have been mentioned above, 2) Some scholars are not boys This may or may not be true because there are chances that all scholars may also be boys. 3) Some observers are boys. We know that either all or some observers are scholars (i.e. the set of observers is definitely a subset of the set of scholars) and the intersection of the sets of scholars and boys is not a null set. This means that some observers will always be boys. Hence conclusion 3 is true. 4) Some teachers are scholars. The intersection of set of boys and scholars is not a null set and the intersection of set of boys and teachers is not a null set. But this doesnt mean that the intersection of boys and teachers will also be a null set. There may or may not be some teachers who are scholars. Thus this statement is incorrect. Hence, option 1. 83. All teachers are professors. This means that either the set of teachers is identical to the set of professors or the set of teachers is a subset of the set of professors. All professors are researchers. This means that either the set of researchers identical to the set of professors or the set professors is a subset of the set of researchers. All researchers are consultants. This means that either the set of researchers identical to the set of consultants or the set researchers is a subset of the set of consultants. is of

is of

Let us analyze the conclusions now 1) Some consultants are teachers This is true as the set of teachers will atleast be a

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IIFT 2011 the next subset and the order is cyclic. (D, E, F or F, D, E or E, F, D). Hence, option 3. 87. Let us put the options in the blanks and consider the patterns one by one. Option 1: AOPOPQOPQRRQPOQPOROO Here, having A is not logical. Hence this option is eliminated. Option 2: QOPOPQOPQORQPORPOROO There is no logical pattern which is logically consistent with this option. Even if we divide in the groups of 3, 4, 5 we do not get any pattern that is logical. Option 3: QOPOPQOPQRRQPOOPOROO There is no pattern which is logically consistent with this option. Even if we divide in the groups of 3, 4, 5 we do not get any pattern that is logical. Hence, option 4. 88. 3M % 2N N % 3O In normal terms we get 3M = 2N = 3 O/2 So, O = M/2 Hence, option 3. 89. N > P, P < O, O > M and N = M. So, clearly O > N and O is not equal to M. Hence, option 1. Note: Option 3 is also correct as O is not equal to M. 90. Option 1 has to follow as parents make decisions about their childrens schooling. Once they realize the importance of primary education, they will encourage their children. Option 2 is a direct solution to the problem of poverty in rural areas. Since parents need their children to work to earn extra income, substituting child labour with a decent compensation will encourage parents to educate their children. Statement 3 brings law in the picture. Once primary education is made compulsory and child labour is banned, even rigid parents will have to agree to educate their children Hence, option 4. 91. Action 1 would only create unnecessary hype and criticism. Moreover, it does not do anything to solve or prevent the issue. Statement 2 is a perfect action considering the nature of the drought and the damage it can cause. Statement 3 is also logical. It is a preventive action for the forthcoming predicament. Hence, option 3. 92. There are 6 persons in the family from 3 generations. There are two married couples. Mona is the mother-in-law of Sonalika. Varun is the Grand Father of Tarun. Now as there are only 3 generations present, Mona and Varun are married to each other. Nuri is the grand - daughter of Mona. This means that Tarun and Nuri are siblings. This also means that Rakesh and Sonalika are married to each other. Hence, option 1. 93. It is given in the question that Tarun likes Punjabi food and supports Basketball. Hence, option 3. 94. Prof. Das is one of the members. Two other members are professors and two are students. The two Professors have to be Prof. Equbal and Prof. Chakravarty. Let us analyze the options. Prof. Equbal is not present in option 1 and option 2 and hence it is not possible. Prof. Ahuja and Sushil always go together so option 3 is also incorrect. Hence, option 4. 95. Prof. Ahuja and Prof. Chakravarty are members. Note that in the three options, Prof. Equbal is present. Prof. Equbal has to be selected in every committee. Thus options 1, 2 and 3 are incorrect. Hence, option 4. 96. EXAMINATION = 56149512965. If we arrange them in alphabetical order, X = 24 and sum of digits of 24 is 6. So, every number is substituted by its sum of digits. So, GOVERNMENT = 7645954552. Hence, option 1. 97. In this question every alphabet is substituted by one less than its numerical equivalent. i. e. A = 0, B= 1, etc. So, MONKEY = 12141310424. Hence, option 2. 98. Consider the following arrangement ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Here, the upper row corresponds to the houses facing south and the lower row corresponds to the houses facing north. It is given that Prof. Rathor gets a south facing flat next to Prof. Usman. Therefore, Prof. Usman also gets a south facing flat. It is also given that Prof. Qureshi and Prof. Tripathy have a north facing flat. Since it is known that Prof. Usman and Prof. Sawant are

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IIFT 2011 diagonally opposite each other, Prof. Sawant has to be in a north facing flat and so, Prof. Purohit has to be in a south facing flat. Thus, Prof. Usman, Prof. Rathor and Prof. Purohit get south facing flats. Hence, option 3. 99. Consider the solution to the previous question A possible arrangement of the flats is: U R P Q T S Therefore, even if the flats of Prof. Purohit and Prof. Tripathy are interchanged, Prof. Rathor will always be next to Prof. Usman. Hence, option 1.

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