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skull. The phrenologists are no more, but their genes

VERBAL would seem to be thriving.
1. Choose the most appropriate option that best
completes the given sentence. Unlike the 2. The author mentions phrenologists as
Shakespearean plays that lit up the English stage, the a. pseudo scientists who are the logical
“closet dramas” of the nineteenth century were antecedents of evolutionary psychologists
meant to be ____ rather than ____. b. a group with inherent appeal to the followers of
a. seen, acted b. read, staged evolutionary psychologists
c. quiet, raucous d. sophisticated, urbane c. a warning against blind acceptance of ideas
d. scientists with whom evolutionary
Questions 2 to 4 psychologists share common assumptions
Read the passage and answer the following
questions. 3. The author apparently believes that the journalists
Evolutionary psychology takes as its starting point the writing for the tabloids
uncontroversial assertion that the anatomical and a. are more concerned with popular appeal than
physiological features of the human brain have arisen with authenticity
as a result of adaptations to the demands of the b. believe that human behavior has a genetic basis
environment over the millennia. However, from this c. run the same articles over and over again
reasonable point of departure, these psychologists d. are victims of the human desire to excuse
make unreasonable extrapolations. They claim that inexcusable behaviour
the behaviour of contemporary man (in almost all its
aspects) is a reflection of features of the brain that 4. The author’s primary purpose in the passage is to
acquired their present characteristics during those a. argue for the superiority of a particular
earliest days of our species when early man struggled viewpoint b. attack the popular press
to survive and multiply. This unwarranted assumption c. ridicule a particular branch of science
leads, for example, to suggestions that modern sexual d. highlight an apparently erroneous tendency in
behaviour is dictated by realities of Pleistocene life. an area of social science e. valuate a particular
These suggestions have a ready audience, and the theory of human behavior in all its ramifications
idea that Stone Age man is alive in our genome and
dictating aspects of our behaviour has gained ground Questions 5 to 7
in the popular imagination. The tabloids repeatedly Read the passage and answer the following
run articles about “discoveries” relating to “genes” questions.
for aggression, depression, repression, and anything By the time a child is six or seven she has all the
for which we need a readymade excuse. Such avoidances well enough by heart to be trusted with
insistence on a genetic basis for behaviour negates the care of younger child. And she also develops a
the cultural influences and the social realities that number of simple techniques. She learns to weave
separate us from our ancestors. The difficulty with firm square balls from palm leaves, to make
pseudoscience of this nature is just this popular pinwheels of palm leaves or frangipani blossoms, to
appeal. People are eager to accept what is printed as climb a coconut tree by walking up the trunk on
incontrovertible, assuming quite without foundation, flexible little feet, to break open a coconut with one
that anything printed has bona fide antecedents. We firm well-directed blow of a knife as long as she is tall,
would do well to remember that the phrenologists of to play a number of group games and sing the songs
the nineteenth century held sway for a considerable which go with them, to tidy the house by picking up
time in the absence of any evidence that behavioural the litter on the stony floor, to bring water from the
tendencies could be deduced from the shape of the sea, to spread out the copra to dry and to help gather
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it in when rain threatens, to go to a neighbouring 6. Which of the following if true would weaken the
house and bring back a lighted faggot for the chief’s author's contention about 'lessons in cooperation’?
pipe or the cook-house fire. But in the case of the I. Group games played by younger girls involve
little girls all these tasks are merely supplementary to cooperation
the main business of baby-tending. Very small boys II. Girls can learn from watching boys cooperating
also have some care of the younger children, but at III. Individual girls cooperate with their mothers in
eight or nine years of age they are usually relieved of looking after babies
it. Whatever rough edges have not been smoothed a. I only b. II only
off by this responsibility for younger children are c. I and II only d. I, II and III
worn off by their contact with older boys. For little
boys are admitted to interesting and important 7. Which of the following is the best description of the
activities only so long as their behaviour is author's technique in handling her material?
circumspect and helpful. Where small girls are a. Both description and interpretation of
brusquely pushed aside, small boys will be patiently observations.
tolerated and they become adept at making b. Presentation of facts without comment.
themselves useful. The four or five little boys who all c. Description of evidence to support a theory.
wish to assist at the important, business of helping a d. Generalization from a particular viewpoint
grown youth lasso reef eels, organize themselves into
a highly efficient working team; one boy holds the Questions 8 to 10
bait, another holds an extra lasso, others poke Each question consists of sentences, which have one
eagerly about in holes in the reef looking for prey, or two blanks, each blank indicating that something
while still another tucks the captured eels into his has been omitted. Below each sentence are four
lavalava. The small girls, burdened with heavy babies numbered words or sets of words, labelled (a)
or the care of little staggerers who are too small to through (d). Choose the word or set of words that,
adventure on the reef, discouraged by the hostility of when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning
the small boys and the scorn of the older ones, have of the sentence as a whole.
little opportunity for learning the more adventurous
forms of work and play. So while the little boys first 8. The peasants were the least ____ of all people,
undergo the chastening effects of baby-tending and bound by tradition and ____ by superstitions.
then have many opportunities to learn effective a. free, fettered
cooperation under the supervision of older boys, the b. enthralled, tied
girls’ education is less comprehensive. They have a c. pinioned, limited
high standard of individual responsibility, but the d. conventional, encumbered
community provides them with no lessons in
cooperation with one another. This is particularly 9. Many people at that time believed that spices help
apparent in the activities of young people: the boys preserve food; however, Hall found that many
organize quickly; the girls waste hours in bickering, marketed spices were ____ bacteria, moulds and
innocent of any technique for quick and efficient yeasts.
cooperation. a. devoid of b. teeming with
5. It can be inferred that in the community under c. improved by d. destroyed by
discussion all of the following are important except:
a. domestic handicrafts 10. Biological clocks are of such ____ adaptive value
b. well-defined social structure to living organisms, that we would expect most
c. fishing skills organisms to ____ them.
d. formal education
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well as in the North of the USA. He challenged the
a. meagre, evolve b. significant, eschew moral complacency of America and fought for the
c. obvious, possess d. ambivalent, develop rights of the Negroes. He hated the eye-for-an-eye
method like Gandhiji and fought with the weapon of
11. Select the lettered pair that best expresses a non-violence - "a weapon", said King, "that cuts
relationship similar to that expressed by the original without wounding and ennobles the man who wields
pair. it. It is a sword that heals." And he raised a vast army.
PROPHYLACTIC : THWART :: It was an army that would move but not maul. It was
a. misanthrope : abhor b. penury : remunerate an army to storm bastions of hatred, to lay siege to
c. neophyte : begin d. stratagem : beguile the fortress of segregation, to surround symbols of
discrimination. It was an army whose allegiance was
Questions 12 to 14 to God and whose strategy and intelligence were the
Choose the option which is Closest in meaning to the eloquently simple dictates of conscience. His creed of
given word. nonviolence was criticized and challenged by ’Black
12. Innocuous Power’ militants who would not renounce the use of
a. not eager b. harmless violence to achieve their goals. Nevertheless, his faith
c. not frank d. not capable in non-violence never wavered.

13. Foment 18. The agenda of Martin Luther King’s army was to
a. interrogate b. spoil a. Maul while moving
c. spray d. incite b. To remove hatred, segregation and
discrimination from the society through non-
14. Remiss violent moves
a. Ambitious b. Careless c. instigate d. maintain c. Use swords to achieve their goals.
d. Use violent methods to fight their causes.
Questions 15 to 17 e. Make an army that fought using swords.
Choose the option which is farthest in meaning to the
given word. 19. Martin Luther King fought for the rights of
15. Approbate Negroes and
a. Ingratitude b. Condemn a. Used violent methods to achieve his ends.
c. Dissatisfaction d. master b. Stood against the political policies of American
government.
16. Demure c. Provided them with basic amenities.
a. Embrace b. Crude d. Challenged the moral complacency of America.
c. Boisterous d. Falter e. Challenged the moral complacency of America.

17. Dearth 20. His non-violent methods of fighting for the rights
a. Lack b. poverty of Negroes were
c. abundance d. soothe a. Appreciated and keenly followed by the
militants of America
Questions 18 to 20 b. Disliked by the ’White Power’ militants of
Read the following passage and answer the America
questions: c. Criticized and challenged by ’Black Power’
Martin Luther King’s active career extended from militants, who followed violent means.
1957 to 1968. During this brief career he led d. Followed by ’Black Power’ militants, who
numerous protest demonstrations in the South as appreciated them
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e. Hated and condemned by the ’Black Power’ d. Munchon Foods produces only breakfast
militants, yet followed by them cereals

21. Choose the most logical order of sentences 24. A fruit known as amla in certain parts of Asia is an
among the given choices to construct a coherent excellent source of vitamin C. A small quantity of the
paragraph. fruit grated and added to salads provides almost all
A. Central planning has failed the world over. the daily requirement of this vitamin. However, the
B. Hope cannot be dropped from helicopters. fruit is very sour. A new process designed to remove
C. The people, especially in remote areas, must have most of the sour taste will make the fruit acceptable
the power and resources to script their future. to American tastes. We are therefore starting to grow
D. It needs to be built though good governance at the this fruit for sale in the United States. The argument
local level. above assumes all of the following except
a. BDAC b. ACBD c. BCDA d. DABC a. Americans generally won’t eat very sour foods
b. The new process does not remove a significant
22. Choose the most logical order of sentences part of the vitamin content
among the given choices to construct a coherent c. That a market exists for a new source of vitamin
paragraph. C
A. The Supreme Court in various judgements in the d. The fruit can be used only in salads
last 25 years has further emphasised this.
B. The Right to Information is derived from Article 19 Questions 25 to 26
of the Constitution. For each sentence, choose the most appropriate
C. The RTI Act was passed in May 2005 and came into option that best completes the given sentence.
force in October 2005. 25. After an initially warm reception by most
D. It is intended to give relevant information about reviewers and continued ____ by conservative
the government and its institutions. thinkers, Bloom's work came under heavy fire.
E. This Act enables citizens to obtain information a. criticism b. endorsement
without going to court each time. c. denigration d. counterattack
a. BDACE b. ABDCE c. BDECA d. CEBAD
26. Through the 19th Century, the classics of Western
Questions 23 to 24 Civilization were considered the ____ of wisdom and
The passage given below is followed by questions. culture, and an ____ person-by definition knew them
Choose the most appropriate answer to each well.
question. a. repository, educated
23. Recent studies have highlighted the harmful b. obituary, ecclesiastical
effects of additives in food (colours, preservatives, c. frontispiece, obtuse
flavour enhancers etc.). There are no synthetic d. obituary, illiterate
substances in the foods we produce at Munchon
Foods – we use only natural ingredients. Hence you Questions 27 to 28
can be sure you are safeguarding your family’s health Select the lettered pair that best expresses a
when you buy our products. Which of the following, relationship similar to that expressed by the original
if true, would most weaken the contention of pair.
Munchon Foods? 27. PLOTTER : CABAL ::
a. Some synthetic substances are not harmful a. crew : gathering
b. Some natural substances found in foods can be b. advisor : cabinet
harmful c. conductor : orchestra
c. Food without additives is unlikely to taste good d. senate : representative
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d. photography with all other types of camera is
28. WISE : SAGE :: an art form
a. craven : knight
b. erudite : leader Questions 31 to 32
c. propitious : mendicant The passage given below is followed by questions.
d. sensual : voluptuary Choose the most appropriate answer to each
question. Jay: We have too many people working on
Questions 29 to 30 each of our computers in the office. The high
The questions in this section are based on the frequency of breakdowns is due to too many people
reasoning in the brief statements or passages. Select handling the same hardware. Ada: We have just as
the most appropriate among the given answer many people working in our office, yet we hardly
choices. need any repairs to our systems. Our systems must be
more robust than yours.
29. Red is a colour which has powerful effects on
human beings as well as animals. A group of 31. Jay apparently believes that:
psychologists carried out an experiment which a. he has the best available hardware
confirms the subconscious effects of this colour on b. the frequency of breakdowns in his office is
human behaviour. They provided selected sports above average
teams at school and college level with either red or c. software specifications are not important in his
blue shorts and recorded the outcome of the games. office
The teams wearing red won in a disproportionate d. no other office has a similar ratio of computers
number of matches. The psychologists suggested that to users
either the teams wearing red subconsciously felt
themselves more powerful, or that the non-red 32. Ada’s argument would be most strengthened by
teams were subconsciously intimidated by the red providing data on the:
colour. Which of the following, if true, would most a. actual number of people in the two offices
weaken the psychologists’ suggestion? b. type of computers that are in both offices
a. Each team wore red in some matches and blue c. ratio of computers to users in her office
in others. d. number of visits by computer engineers to
b. The color blue has the subconscious effect of service the computers in Jay’s office
making human beings less competitive.
c. The effect was only observed if all the team Questions 33 to 35
members wore white shirts. Identify the part of the sentence which contains
d. Red signifies danger in some cultures whereas it errors.
signifies happiness in others. 33. I have secured admission in IIT (A)/ in B.Tech,
which is a (B)/ four-years course (C)/ consisting of
30. Photography is no longer an art form. Nowadays eight semesters. (D)
everyone has access to digital cameras that only need a. A b. B c. C d. D
to be pointed at the subject in order to generate a
perfect image. The writer of the argument apparently 34. I am not able to contact him (A)/ because the
assumes that: paper on which I had noted down his address (B)/ has
a. the selection of the subject is not an important misplaced (C)/ and cannot be traced easily. (D)
artistic factor in photography a. A b. B c. C d. D
b. digital cameras will continue to improve in
quality
c. digital cameras can never go wrong
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35. Ramesh has a tennis racquet (A)/ which looks far c. similar to social grooming in primates, human
more attractive (B)/ than his opponent (C)/ and is also gossip is important in maintaining social cohesion.
stronger. (D) d. gossip is important in human societies in the
a. A b. B c. C d. D maintenance of social cohesion, just as social
grooming is in other primate groups.
Questions 36 to 40
Choose the option which best replaces the 39. Choose the option which can best replace the
underlined part: underlined part of the sentence: A teacher at the
36. It is usual for scientists and social scientists to school acknowledged that despite government-
abandon their theories only if another more sponsored endeavours to improve classroom
attractive theory comes along and not when they performance, an extraordinary high percentage of
have been proved incorrect. their students fail to gain admission to higher
a. their theories only if another more attractive education.
theory comes along and not when they have been a. an extraordinary high percentage of their
proved incorrect. students fail to gain admission to higher education
b. a theory not because it has been proved b. an extraordinarily high percentage of its
incorrect, but because another more attractive students fail to gain admission to higher education
theory comes along. c. an extraordinary high percentage of its students
c. their theories not when they have been proved fails to gain admission to higher education
incorrect, but because other more attractive d. a high percentage of its students,
theories come along. extraordinarily high in fact, fails to gain admission
d. a theory only when other more attractive ones to higher education
come along, rather than when they are proved
wrong. 40. Choose the most appropriate sentence which can
replace the ‘Underlined’ sentence.
37. Once a hurricane is identified, it is given a name On Discovery channel last night they showed an
from a list drawn up by the United States Weather informative program about new innovations in
Service, a list that is reused after a few years, but with medical imaging, which you would have found
the names of the worst hurricanes omitted. interesting.
a. but with the names of the worst hurricanes a. they showed an informative program about
omitted new innovations in medical imaging, which you
b. omitting the names of the worst hurricanes would have found interesting.
c. the names of the worst hurricanes being b. they showed an informative program about
omitted innovations in medical imaging, which you would
d. after they have omitted the names of the worst have found interesting.
hurricanes c. they showed an informative program about
innovations in medical imaging, that you would
38. Dunbar argues that gossip is important in human have found interesting.
societies in the maintenance of social cohesion, just d. there was an informative program about
as social grooming does for other primates. innovations in medical imaging, a program you
a. gossip is important in the maintenance of social would have found interesting.
cohesion in human society, just as social grooming
does for other primates. MATHEMATICAL CRITICAL REASONING
b. in human societies gossip is important in social 41. A monkey climbs 30 feet at the beginning of each
cohesion like social grooming for other primate hour and rests for a while when he slips back 20 feet
societies. before he again starts climbing in the beginning of the
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next hour. If he begins his ascent at 8.00 a.m., at what 48. If CROSS + ROADS = DANGER then
will he first touch a flag at 120 feet from the ground? D+A+N+G+E+R=?
a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 8 a. 31 b. 21 c. 11 d. 16

42. A girl counted in the following way on the fingers 49. Replace the question mark with a term from the
of her left hand : She started by calling the thumb 1, options which follows the same relationship as shown
the index finger 2, middle finger 3, ring finger 4, little by the first two terms 30 : 221 :: 12 : ?
finger 5 and then reversed direction calling the ring a. 25 b. 35 c. 45 d. 55
finger 6, middle finger 7 and so on. She counted upto
1994. She ended counting on which finger? 50. Replace the question mark with a term from the
a. ring finger b. middle finger options which follows the same relationship as shown
c. thumb d. index by the first two terms 12 : 222 :: 18 : ?
a. 738 b. 528 c. 124 d. 354
43. Between two book ends in your study are
displayed your five favourite puzzle books. If you ARITHMETIC REASONING AND ANALYTICAL
decide to arrange the five books in every possible THINKING
combination and moved just one book every minute, 51. The following question has a set of three
how long(hours) would it take you? statements. Each statements has three segments.
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5 Choose the alternative where the third segment in a
statement can be logically deduced from both the
44. A placed three sheets with two carbons to get two preceding two, but not just from one of them.
extra copies of the original. Then he decided to get (A) Some mops are brooms. Some mops are rooms.
more carbon copies and folded the paper in such a Some brooms are rooms.
way that the upper half of the sheets were on top of (B) All pizzas contain cheese. Cheese is not good for
the lower half. Then he typed. How many carbon health. All pizzas are not bad.
copies did he get? (C) Some chemists are grocers. All grocers keep
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 vegetables. Some chemists keep vegetables.
a. Only A b. A and B c. Only C d. A and C
45. A group of 1200 persons consisting of captains
and soldiers is travelling in a train. For every 15 52. A woman enters a shop and buys an article worth
soldiers there is one captain. The number of captains Rs 50. She forwards a hundred-rupee note. The
in the group is shopkeeper does not have the necessary change and
a. 70 b. 75 c. 80 d. 85 dispatches his assistant to get the change from the
neighbouring shop. The assistant returns with the
46. A man wears socks of two colours black and change and the woman gets her Rs 50 back and she
brown. He has altogether 20 black socks and 20 leaves the shop. After a short while, the neighbouring
brown socks in a drawer. Supposing he has to take out shopkeeper comes in and flutters the 100 rupee note
the socks in the dark, how many must he take out to and cries out in an agitated voice. "This is a
be sure that he has a matching pair? counterfeit". Out of sheer embarrassment and to
a. 1 b. 3 c. 20 d. 39 maintain his goodwill, the former shopkeeper gives
his neighbour hundred rupees outright. Who was
47. A farmer built a fence around his square plot. He swindled and for what amount?
used 27 fence poles on each side of the square. How a. The first shopkeeper, for Rs 100
many poles did he need altogether? b. The first shopkeeper, for Rs 50
a. 54 b. 84 c. 104 d. 108 c. The first shopkeeper, for Rs 150
d. None of these
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e. The first shopkeeper, for Rs 200 a. 19 : 14 b. 21 : 15 c. 18 : 14 d. 17 : 12

53. Directions: Answer the question based on the two 56. How many students of institutes of M and S are
statements, (i) and (ii), giving certain data. G is a studying at graduate level?
sequence such that each term is 3 more than the a. 7854 b. 6421 c. 8463 d. 8145
preceding term. What is the third term of G? (i) The
middle term of G is 15. (ii) The first term of G is 0. 57. What is the ratio between the number of students
a. The question can be answered using one of the studying at post-graduate level from institutes S and
statements alone but cannot be answered using the number of students studying at graduate level
the other statement alone. from institute Q?
b. The question can be answered by using either a. 19 : 12 b. 18 : 45 c. 14 : 16 d. 19 : 13
statement alone.
c. The question can be answered by using both the 58. Identify which statement is sufficient to answer
statements together but cannot be answered by the given question. Is n an odd number?
using either statements alone. i. m+5n is an odd number
d. The question cannot be answered even by using ii. 2m+9n is an odd number
both the statements together. a. If statement i alone is sufficient but statement ii
alone is not sufficient.
Questions 54 to 57 b. If statement ii alone is sufficient but statement
i alone is not sufficient.
c. If both statements i and ii together are sufficient
but neither of statements alone is sufficient.
d. If each statement alone is sufficient.

Questions 59 to 62
The following table gives the percentage distribution
of population of five states, P, Q, R, S and T on the
basis of poverty line and also on the basis of sex.

The above pie-charts show the distribution of

students of graduate and post-graduate levels in
seven different institutes in a town.
59. If the male population above poverty line for State
54. What is the total number of graduate and post- R is 1.9 million, then the total population of State R
graduate level students is institute R? is?
a. 7889 b. 8099 c. 5875 d. 6445 a. 4.5 Million b. 4.85 Million
c. 5.35 Million d. 6.25 Million
55. What is the ratio between the number of students
studying at post-graduate and graduate levels
respectively from institute S?
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60. What will be the number of females above the c. If both statements I and II together are sufficient
poverty line in the State S if it is known that the but neither of statements alone is sufficient.
population of State S is 7 million? d. If each statement alone is sufficient.
a. 3 million b. 2.43 million
c. 1.33 million d. 5.7 million 64. Answer which of the statement is sufficient to
answer the given question. In the rectangle ABCD,
61. What will be the male population above poverty what is the length?
line for State P if the female population below I. Area of rectangle is 55 Sq.units.
poverty line for State P is 2.1 million? II. AC = 30 units.
a. 2.1 million b. 2.3 million a. If statement I alone is sufficient but statement ii
c. 2.7 million d. 3.3 million alone is not sufficient.
b. If statement II alone is sufficient but statement
62. If the population of males below the poverty line i alone is not sufficient.
for State Q is 2.4 million and that for State T is 6 c. If both statements I and II together are sufficient
million, then the total populations of States Q and T but neither of statements alone is sufficient.
are in the ratio? d. If each statement alone is sufficient.
a. 1:3 b. 2:5 c. 3:7 d. 4:9
65. Answer which of the statement is sufficient to
63. Answer which of the statement is sufficient to answer the given question. Is x equal to 6?
answer the given question. What is the rate of simple I. The square of x is equal to 16.
interest? II. The cube of x is equal to 216.
I. The principle doubles itself in 8 years. a. If statement I alone is sufficient but statement ii
II. The principle is Rs.1000 alone is not sufficient.
a. If statement I alone is sufficient but statement II b. If statement II alone is sufficient but statement
alone is not sufficient. i alone is not sufficient.
b. If statement II alone is sufficient but statement c. If both statements I and II together are sufficient
I alone is not sufficient. but neither of statements alone is sufficient.
d. If each statement alone is sufficient.

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