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organisation. 43. Subodh Saxena was born on 15th
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Manager in an organisation for the
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past two years after completing
satisfies all the conditions EXCEPT —
his post graduate degree in Mar-
(A) at (ii) above but has secured keting Management with 68 per- o
at least 65 percent marks in cent marks. He has secured 56 f
post graduation degree/diplo- percent marks in B.Com. and 50
ma in marketing manage- percent marks in the selection t
ment, the case is to be re- process. h
ferred to GM-Marketing. e
44. Nisha Awashti was b rn on 29th
(B) At (iv) above but has post April 1981. She has been work-
qualification work experience ing in the Marketing division of f
of at least one year as Deputy an organisation for the past five a
Marketing Manager in an or- year
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ganisation, the case is to be. graduate degree in Marketing t
referred, to CGM-Marketing. Manage ent with 67 percent s
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take one of the following courses f ces and 53 percent marks in i
action based on the information pro- sB.Com. v
vided and the conditions and sub - c n- 45. Shreyas Ingle was born on 12th e
ditions given above and mark the num- July 1983. He has secured 57 n
ber of that course of action as your percent marks in B.Com. He has .
answer. You are not to assume any- been working in the Marketing
thing other than the information pro- division of an organisation for the .
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vided in each question. All these cases past four years after completing M
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are given to you as on 01.05.2010. his post graduate diploma in Mar- a
Mark answer (1) if the data pro- keting Management with 67 per- r
vided are not adequate to take a deci- cent marks, He has secured 48 k
89. 7 8 24 105 361 (?) (4) Cannot be determined (1) 4 6 4 (2) 484
(1) 986 (2) 617 (5) None of these (3) 536 (4) 556
(3) 486 (4) 1657 98. T h e ratio between the speed of (5) None of tr-ese
m
(5) None of these a train and a car is 16 : 15 re- 102. Total n u m o e r of students who
90. 656 432 320 264 236 (?) pectively. Also, a b u s covered visited Jodhpur is approximate-ly
sa d i t a n c e of 4 8 0 k m s . in 8 what per cent of number of girls w h
(1) 222 (2) 229 o visited Delhi ?
hours . T h e speed of the bus is
(3) 232 (4) 223 three - fourth the speed of the (1) 111 (2) 91
(5) None of these or
train. How much distance will the (3) 132 (4) 32
Directions (91 - 95) : n the fol - car cover in 6 hours ?
(5) 72
lowing questions two equations n u m - k (1) 450 km (2) 480 km 103. W h a t is the. average number of
bered 1 and II are given. Y o u have to boys wiio visited Kolkata, Vara-nasi
I (3) 360 k m
solve both the equations and and J o d h p u r together ?
(4) Cannot be determined
Give answer (1) if x > y (5) No: AC of these (1) 110 (2) 122
Give answer (2) if x > y (3) 101 (4) 104
99. T h e total area of a circle and a
Give answer (3) if x < y squai e is equal to 5450 sq . cm . (5) None of these
Give answer (4) if x < y T h e diameter of the circle is 70 104. W h a t is the total number of stu-
Give answer (5) if x = y or the cms . W h a t is the s u m of the cir- dents w h o visited Varanasi ?
relationship cannot be established cumference of the circle and the (1) 78 (2) 69
perimeter of the square ?
(3) 102 (4) 103
(1) 360 c m
(5) None of these
(2) 380 cm
105. W h a t is the respective ratio be-
(3) 270 cm tween the number of girls who visited
(4) Cannot be determined Kolkata and number of boys w h o
(5) None of these visited Mumbai ?
100. T h e largest and the second larg (1) 22 r 51
est angles of a triangle are in the (2) 23 : 51
ratio of 3 : 2 respectively. T h e (3) 21 : 55
smallest angle is 2 0 % of the sum
(4) 51 : 2 2
of the largest and the second
(5) None of these
largest angles . W h a t is the s u m
of the smallest and the second
largest angles ?
(1) 80° (2) 60°
(3) 100° (4) 90°
(5) None of these
Directions (106-110) : Study the dents in School B in the year passed out from Air force acad-
following graph carefully to answer the 2005 ? emy in the year 2006 and num-
questions that follow. (1) 2000 (2) 3000 ber of officers passed out from
Number of Students (in thousands) (3) 3500 (4) 2500 Coast Guard academy in the year
in three Schools over the years (5) None of these 2009 ?
Directions (111-115): Study the (1) 30 : 17 (2) 3 : 23
following table carefully to answer the (3) 17 : 30 (4) 45 : 13
questions that follow. (5) None of these
Number of Officers (in thousands) Directions (116-120) : Study
passed out from five the following graph carefully and an-
different academies during six swer the questions that follow.
different years Three different products (in
Thousands) produced by a
Acade Air Army Navy Coast BSF company in five different years
mies Force Guard
Years'
2004 1.4 4.2 0.6 1.7 2.6
2005 1.7 5.1 0.9 2,8 3.1
2006 0.9 7.7 1.2 1.6 4.7
2007 2.4 3.6 1.8 4.7 5.8
2008 1.3 4.5 2.9 5.1 6.4
106. What was the average number i 2009 2.7 3.9 3.5 3.9 4.3
of students in all the Schools to-
111. In which academy the total num-
gether in the year 2006 ?
ber of officers passed out over all
(1) 30,000
the years together was the
(2) 9,000
maximum ?
(3) 3,000 (4) 6,000
(1) Air force (2) Army
(5) None of these
(3) Navy (4) Coast Guard
107. Total number of students in (5) BSF 116. What was the total number of all
School B and School C together 112. Number of officers passed out the products produced by the
in the year 2004 was approxi- from BSF academy in the year company in the year 2006 and
mately what percentage of the 2008 was approximately what 2008 together ?
total number of students in per cent of the total number of (1) 10750 (2) 107.5 lacs
School B and School C together officers passed out from Army
in the year 2007 ? (3) 105700 (4) 10570
academy over all the years to-
(1) 85 (2) 80 (5) None of these
gether ?
117. What was the average number of
(3) 75 (4) 184 (1) 12 (2) 19
Pen-drives produced by the
(5) 131 (3) 33 (4) 28 company over all the years to-
108. How many times the total num- (5) 22 gether ?
ber of students in all the three 113. What was the average number of (1) 1700 (2) 1.7 lacs
Schools A, B and C together was officers passed out from all the
exactly equal among the given (3) 17000 (4) 85000
academies together in the year
years ? (5) None of these
2007 ?
(1) 2 (2) 5 118. What is the difference between
(1) 1830 (2) 3660
the total number of Pen-drives
(3) 4 (4) 3 (3) 3.66 lacs (4) 1.83 lacs and CDs produced by the com-
(5) None of these (5) None of these pany together in the year 2008
109. What was the approximately
114. In which academy the number of and the number of Key boards
average number of students in
the officers passed out con- produced by the company in the
School A over all the years to-
tinuously increased during the year 2006 ?
gether ? year 2004 to 2009 ? (1) 40000 (2) 4000
(1) 1990 (2) 2090 (1) Air Force (3) 35000 (4) 3500
(3) 2300 (4) 1800 (2) Army and BSF only (4) None of these
(5) 2700 (3) Navy only 119. What was the respective $$jo
110. What was the difference between
(4) Coast Guard between the number of ,K.sy
the total number of students in
(5) BSF and Navy only boards produced by the compa-
all the schools together in the
115. What was the respective ratio ny in the year 2006, 2007 and
year 2003 and number of stu-
between the number of officers 2009 ?
(1) 1 : 2 : 3 (1) Only (C)
(2) 1 : 2 : 2 GENERAL SOCIO - ECONOMIC (2) All (A),(B) and (C)
(3) 2 : 1 : 3 AND BANKING AWARENESS (3) None of these
(4) 1 : 2 : 1 126. As per the news published in 131. Which of the following is the
(5) None of these various newspapers, some pub- full form of the term SLR as
120. What was the respective ratio lic sector banks are getting fresh used in the banking sector ?
between the number of CDs pro- capital infusion as a part of the (1) Social Lending Ratio
duced by the company in the recapitalisation plan announced (2) Statutory Liquidity Ratio
year 2009 and the number of by the Finance Minister in Unipn (3) Scheduled Liquidity Rate
Keyboards produced by the com- Budget 2010-11. How much mon- (4) Separate landing Rate
pany in the year 2005 ? ey was earmarked for the same ? (5) None of these
(1) 9 : 10 (2) 11 : 10 (1) Rs. 10,000 crore 131. As per the news published in a
(3) 10 : 9 (4) 10 : 11 (2) Rs.12,000 crore major newspaper, profits of a
(5) None of these (3) Rs. 15,500 crore major private bank in the 4th
121. The ratio between the angles of a (4) Rs. 16,500 cr re quarter of the year increased by
quadrilateral is 7 : 2 : 5 : 6 re- (5) None of these 35% as the bank decided to keep
spectively. What is the sum of a tight control on the cost. What
double the smallest angle and half 127. As per the rep rts published in
various newspapers, N n-Per- are some of the ways by which
the largest angle of the quadrilat-
forming Assets f the banks have the banks can control the cost ?
eral? increased a little during 2009-10. (A) By lowering down the
What does it indicateoab ut inter-est rates on deposits
(1) 162° (2) 198° the (B) By bringing down the
(3) 99° (4) 135° perfor ance of the banks dur- operat-ing expenses
(5) None of these ing that period ? (C) By reducing the interest
122. The sum of five consecutive num- (A) Bank have not earned good rates on the credit
bers is 270. What is the sum-of profitmduring the period. (1) Only (A)
the second and the fifth number ? (B) Bank had given some loans (2) Only(B)
(3) Only (C)
(1) 108 swhich became bad loans. (4) All (A), (B)and(C)
(2) 107 (C) Banks did not make provis-
(5) None of these
(3) 110
(4) Cannot be determined
o .
fon for such bad loans earli-
er. ...
132. As we all know, the major source
of income of the banks is lending
(5) None of these (1) Only (A)
money (providing credit) and
123. 3 men can complete a piece of k (2) Only (B) earn-ing interest on it. In normal
work in 6 days. 5 women can
I
(3) Only (C) cir-cumstances, the demand of
complete the same work in 18 the credit comes mainly from
(4) Only (A) and (C)
days. In how many, days will 4 which of the following sectors ?
(5) Only (B) and (C)
men and 10 women together com- 128. The RBI has decided to introduce (A) Personal Loans
plete the same work ? (B) Priority Sector Lending
which of the following systems in
(1) 3 days (2) 5 days place of the existing "Benchmark and Bailout Packages
A3) 2 days (4) 4 days Prime Lending Rate System" for (C) Project Finance
(5) None of these charging interest on loans/ad- (2) Only (A)
124. A man crosses a stationary train vances from July 2010 ? (3) Only (B)
in 12 minutes. The same train (11 Prime Asset Lending System
crosses a man in 54 seconds. (4) Only (C)
What is the respective ratio be- \2) Base Lending Rate System (5) All (A), (B) and (C)
tween lhe speed of the train and (3) Net Lending Rate System (6) None of these
the man ? (4) Gross Lending Rate System 133. The set of directive principles is-
(5) None of these sued by the Central Bank of a
(1) 40 : 7
129. One of the sources of income of country or the process adopted by
(2) 400 : 3
banks is to charge fee for certain it to control the supply of mon-ey,
(3) 40 : 3 services. What are some of the availability of money, cost of money
(4) Cannot be determined services provided by the banks and rate of interest, etc. in order to
(5) None of these for which they charge fee ? bring stability and growth of the
125. If a number is subtracted by two- (A) Issuing Demand Drafts/Pay economy" are com-monly known as
third of 75 per cent of 600, the Orders —
value so obtained is 320. What (B) Issue of ATM/Creditl/Debit (1) Monetary policy of the Cen-
is the number ? Cards tral Bank of the countiy
(1) 300 (2) 620 (C) Electronic Transfer of Money
(3) 720 (4) 500 (1) Only (A)
-tpiq jgj jyjo n e 0f these (2) Only (B)
(2) Budget of the Government 137. Many banks have launched / make their day to day pur-
(3) Profit and loss Account floated their subsidiaries which chases, it is a strategy which
(4) Business Policy df the Bank are fully owned by them. Banks brings the inflation down.
launch subsidiaries normally for (4) More and more people are
(5) None of these
which of the following business- selling their stocks. As a re-
134. As per the news in some major
es ? sult stock market may crash,
newspapers, 'Kawasaki' has es-
(A) Home loan Business as there is no hard cash for
tablished an Indian unit to man-
ufacture its products locally. (B) To sell Insurance Policies such voluminous transac-
What is the product of the Ka- (C) To control Online Operations tions.
wasaki ? or Internet Banking business (5) None of these
(1) Luxury cars (1) Only (A) 141. Which of the following public
(2) Motorcycles (2) Only(B) sec-tor banks has the largest
(3) Tractors (3) Only(C) num-ber of branches in foreign
(4) Power tillers and agricultural (4) All (A), (B) and (C) coun-tries ?
equipments (5) None of these (1) Bank of India
(5) None of these 138. In one of his speeches, Dr Pranab (2) Bank of Baroda
135. The Prime Minister of India was Sen said that there is no firm in- (3) Punjab National Bank
recently on a visit to Bhutan. He dication of sustainable recovery (4) Corporation Bank
went there for which of the fol- of India's ec n my. Who is Dr (5) None of these
lowing purposes ? Pranab Sen ?
142. As per the news in some major
(1) To attend SAARC Summit (1) He is Chief Statistician of In- newspapers, Tata Group of In-
(2) To attend the CHOGAM dia dustries has launched a joint
(3) To inaugurate the first nucle- (2) He is Chief Economist of RBI ven-ture in some countries which
ar power plant of Bhutan (3) He is the Deputy Chairman of is planning to generate power by
made with the help of India the Planning Commission of "the energy of the heat of the
(4) He was to attend the 50th India earth" . Energy generated
Independence Day of Bhutan (4) He is the Foreign Secretary of through this method is technical-
as Chief Guest India ly known as
(5) None of these r
(5) None of these (1) Hydro-thermal energy
136. As per the news published in some 139. When the common people of a (2) Natural power energy
newspapers, some ndian business nation start getting very high sal-
(3) Geo-thermal energy
houses are willing to import ary or wages, the consumption of
(4) Solar energy
Uranium from Australia. But due to the goods like eatables and white
certain regulatory is-sues, this is goods, also start increas-ing. (5) None of these
not possible for them. What is/are This situation brings which of the 143. Which of the following is now a
these regula-tory problems following types of inflation in the fundamental right of every child
particularly those which govern the economy ? in India ?
import/export of Uranium like (A) Cost inflation (1) To get a unique identity card
materials ? (B) Demand pull inflation as a proof of citizenship
(A) India has a special agreement (C) Low inflation (2) To get a free medical aid in
with USA which does not al- Only (A) and (C) any hospital in India, private
low India to import such ra- Only(B) or government
dioactive materials from any- (3) To get enough food to survive
Only(C)
where else even without any parental
All (A), (B) and (C)
(B) India is not a signatory of support
Non-Proliferation Treaty. Only (A)
(4) To get elementary education
Hence, it cannot import 140. When the Reserve Bank says that
the Rupee is over-valued, it (5) All of these
Uranium from Australia or
other such coun-tries means 144. "Higher provisioning dragged the
RBI has shortage of hard cur- profits of the 4th quarter of some
(C) As per WTO rules, the export-
import of radioactive material rency and it has to order for banks" was in the news in some
in its raw, form is not allowed printing of new notes to the major newspapers. This mea^ife
as it creates health hazards. press concerned that the bank
(1) Only (A) Rupee is appreciating against (1) had many NPAs
(2) Only (B) other currencies whereas oth- (2) had no NPA
(3) Only (C) er currencies are weakening (3) was in great loss
against US Dollar. (4) was not able to earn any prof-
(4) All (A), (B) and (C)
Money is locked in banks and it last year
(5) None of these
people do not have enough to (5) None of these
145. Which of the following agencies/ (3) Di ammonium Phosphate gramme of the Government of
organizations has proposed to (4) Sodium Sulphate India, specially designed for ru-
impose Global Taxes on all the (5) All are fertilizers ral areas ?
banks ? (The issue was. dis- (1) Self Help Group
149. The Securities & Exchange Board
cussed in the meeting of the G-20 (2) Antodaya Anna Yojana
of India (SEBI) has asked all FIIs
nations held recently.) (3) Social Security for Agricultural
to divulge the structure of their
(1) IMF
offshore entities. What purpose and unorganized Labour
(2) WTO (4) Enforcement of Minimum
will it serve ?
(3) World Bank (A) To identify if there is any flow Wages
(4) Federal Reserves of U.S.A. of funds from some question- (5) None of these
(5) None of these able sources 154. What is the contribution of the
146. As we see every day, many Indi- (B) To know how much money agriculture and allied activities
an banks are in close competi- FIIs are planning to invest in in the total GDP of the country ?
tion to open their branches/of- India in 2010-11 (1)4% (2)8%
fices in various countries. What (C) To forecast the possibility of (3) 12% (4) 23%
benefit will the Indian economy any financial crisis in near (5) 17%
have if banks open branches in a
future. 155. 'Project Tiger' is a scheme
foreign country ?
(1) Only (A) launched by the —
(1) It will bring substantial eco-
(2) Only (B) (1) Government of Gujarat and
nomic benefits to India and
(3) Only (C) Madhya Pradesh
also to the countries where
(4) All (A), (B)and (C) (2) Government of India
branches will be opened.
(3) United Nations Wild Life Fund
(B) It will help in smooth inflow of (5) None of these
FDI, long term capital in-flow (4) Society for Prevention of Cru-
150. Which of the following schemes i
and also technical know-how elty on Animals (SPCA)
to be launched by the Govern-
to India. (5) None of these
ment of India with an initial fund
(C) It will give better opportuni- f Rs. 100 crores ? 156. In each rupee earned by the Gov-
ties to Indians to visit foreign ernment of India, how many
(1) Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran
nations and get better facili- paise come from the tax collec-
Pariyojana
ties like education, medical tions or receipts ?
(2) Backward Region Grant Fund
treatment, etc. (1)29 paise (2) 33 paise
(3) Scheme for Women and Child
(1) Only (A) (2) Only (B) (3) 50 paise (4) 71 paise
Development
(3) Only (C) (4) Only (A) and (B) (5) None of these
(4) Sabke Liye Swasthya Yojana
(5) All (A), (B) and (C) 157. Which of the following is NOT
(5) None of these the abbreviated name of a
147. As we all know, RBI recently
151. Government of India is making scheme launched for watershed
hiked the CRR by 0.25 basis
special efforts to bring second develop-ments in India ?
points. What immediate impact 'Green Revolution' in a particular (1) DPAP (2) DDP
will it have on the functioning of
region of the country. Which is (3) VHNDs (4) IWDP
banks ?
that region ?
(A) Banks will have to lock some (5) Hariyali
(1) Central India 158. Government of India has allocat-
additional fund with the RBI
without any income generation (2) Vidharbha Region ed a special package of central
to the banks on these funds, (3) Eastern and North Eastern assistance of Rs. 12,000 crores
(B) Banks will have to raise their States for the drought mitigation in
capital base by bringing IPOs (4) Rajasthan which of the following areas of
or by taking money from the (5) Orissa the country ?
Government of India. 152. Which of the following pro- (1) Bikaner in Rajasthan
(C) Banks will have to give more grammes has been launched by (2) Kalahandi in Orissa
funds to priority sectors and the "Ministry of Food and Civil (3) Bundelkhand
less to corporate sector. Supplies', of the Government of (4) Vidharbha
(1) Only (A) India ? (5) None of these
(2) Only (B) (1) Mid-Day Meal Scheme 159. Which of the following schemes
(3) Only(C) (2) Wheat-based Nutrition Pro- of the Government of India is
(4) All (A), (B) and (C) gramme associated with the health sec-
(3) Public Distribution System tor?
(5) None of these
(4) Annapurna Scheme (l)NRDP (2)IRDP
148. Which of the following is NOT the
(5) None of these (3) ASHA
name of a Chemical Fertilizer ?
(1) Urea 153. Which of the following is a sort of (4) Bharat Nirman
(2) Murate of Potash Poverty Eradication Pro- (5) All of these
160. The per capita income bri (1) Partkrama (2)Rohini
current prices in India is R s : ' . (3)Bharati (4) Himalaya
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
(1)20,000 (2)25,000 (5) None of these Directions (176 -190): Read the
("•) 30,000 (4) .'57,000 169. Lin Dan whose name was in the following passage carefully and answer
(5) 50,000 news recently is a famous the questions given below it. Certain
161. Which of the following terms is (1) Lawn Tennis prayer words have been printed in bold to
NOT used in the game of Foot- (2) Badminton player help you locate them while answering
ball? (3) Golf player some of the questions.
(1) Back Heel (2) Far Post (4) Footballer Thinking of what education might
(3) Toe Poke (4) Out Swinger, (5) None of these look like in the next decade, one quickly
(5) Love realizes that the trends in technology are
170. Who amongst the following is the
162. Which of the following teams won leaving a large number of our stu-dents
author of the book "Many Lives
the 58th National Volleyball behind. Today is an age of expo-nential
Many Masters" ?
Cham-pionship Tournament held change. New and ever-improv-ing
(1) Robin Cook
in Jan-uary 2010? technologies are popping up every day
(2) BriyanViz and in every corner of society.
(1) Karnataka (2) West Bengal
(3) L. K. Advani Educating the best and the bright-
(3) Delhi (4) Kerala
(4) Ad iral Vishnu Bhagwat est in this brave new world will take a
(5) Tamil Nadu
(5) None f these new and improved educational para-
163. The Population Stabilization
171. Who a ongst the f llowing is NOT digm. Allowing our educational tools to
Scheme launched by the Govern-
a Padma Shri Award winner ? age in the corner of the classroom will
ment of India is named
(1) Virender Sehwag be the mistake that may cost us our
(1) Prerna (2) Sthapana
future. Throwing away masses of chil-
(3) Unmesh (4) Aaradhana (2) Saif Ali Khan
dren to inequitable access will ensure
(5) None of these (3) PL Ulhas Kashalkar
that we languish at the bottom of the
164. World Day for Water is observed (4) Abhishek Bachchan global pool of employable workers for
on which of the following days ? (5) SainaNehwal decades to come.
(1) 22nd May 172. Which of the following countries Technology will shape 1 be way we
(2) 22nd April won the under-19 World Cup educate students in the next decade. A
(3) 22nd March Cricket Finals held in 2010 ? user is not simply a person who uses.
(4) 20th March (1) Bangladesh For the student, being a user should
(5) 20th April (2) India (3) New Zealand involve using the latest technology in a
(4) Pakistan (5) Australia free and autonomous manner. This
165. Which of the following awards is
new-found freedom will allow the stu-
given by the Government of In- 173. Lt. General V. K. Singh is the —
dent to become an active participant in
dia? (1) new Lt. Governor of Delhi
his/her education instead of a pas-sive
(1) Kalinga Prize (2) new Lt. Governor of Chandi- passenger. In our current techno-
(2) Oscar Awards garh logical society, being a user also means
(3) Man Booker Prize (3) new Chief of Armed Forces being tracked. Tracking a student
(4) Pulitzer Prize (4) Governor of Rajasthan means having the ability to target edu-
(5) Jawaharlal Nehru Award for (5) None of these cation towards weaknesses and
International Understanding 174. Who amongst the following is the strengths. The ability to accurately
166. Who amongst the following is the recipient of the prestigious Dada customize curricula to the individual
Nobel Prize Winner for Literature Saheb Phalke Award announced has been the holy grail of educational
for 2009 ? recently ? philosophy for many years. This gold-
(1) Barrack Obama en age of technological development
(1) JavedAkhtar
may soon enable this dream to become
(2) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (2) Gulzar
a reality.
(3) HertaMuller (3) Rajesh Khanna
Current educational curricula and
(4) V. S. Naipaul (4) DevAnand
individual assessment is arbitrary at
(5) None of these (5) None of these best. Accurately assessing a student
167. A.R. Rahman is NOT associated 175. Who amongst the following is can only be achieved by using modern
with which of the following films ? adjudged as "European Footballer tracking and database technologies.
(1) Ghajini (2) Rock Star of the year 2009"? Imagine a world where every child has
(3) Slumdog Millionaire (1) Christiano Ronaldo a tablet computer with ready access to
(4) Fashion (5) Raavan (2) Lionel Messi the internet. Further, imagine that ev
168. The third permanent research (3) Thierry Henry ery student can access all the knowl-
centre being built in Antarctica is edge of humankind freely at any mo-
(4) Michael Owen
named ment in time. Continue to imagine a
(5) None of these
world where a misspelled word brings
up a spelling challenge application in- er from the burden of record-keeping ing educational syllabus to
stead of an auto correction. Try to con- and tedious tasks that currently dis . irid'ividual student capability.
template what it would mean for a tract from the real job of teaching and (C) The author visualizes that
teacher to have a database of every learning. each student 'will have ac-
misspelled word, every misunderstood Under a standardized system, cess to technology in the fu-
concept or every missed, equation for grade level will be far less important. ture.
each of their students. Try to envision Achievement and progression will be (1) Only (A) and(B)
a teacher with the ability to customize measured by accomplishment and in- (2) Only(B)
the experience of the individual "user" telligence as a benchmark for success.
(3) Only(C)
with minimal effort. Imagine the cur- The question of failure or success will
riculum being automatically targeted to be irrelevant and replaced with a stan- (4) Only (B) and (C)
the user through an intuitive educa- dard and consistent measurement of (5) All (A), (B) and (C)
tional platform that knows all strengths potential and overall intelligence. Infor- 178. Which of the following is possi-
and each unique weakness. In the last mation will no longer be missed but bly the most appropriate title for
few hundred years, most individuals continually rehearsed and m nitored the passage ?
would consider an education as some- for retention by the machine. Tasks (1) Technology - A Welcome Re-
thing you receive. You often hear the such as data tracking, rep rting and lief to Teachers
question asked, "Where did you receive record keeping are currently accom- (2) Revamping the Educational
your education?" As we proceed plished manually. These tasks could
Sector - An Impossible Fu-
through the next decade, education will easily be delegated t an intuitive da-
tabase. Developing a standard to fol- ture
slowly move away from reception and
(3) Education - Arbitrary But a
o
toward being custom designed for the low would eli inate these tasks and
free the teacher to do their main job of Reality
individual user. New technology will not
teaching tudents. (4) Technology and the Economy
only allow us to receive an education,
(5) Technology - Reshaping the
but also develop an education. The The next mdecade may mark the Future of Education
question we might ask in ten years, m ment in hi tory when all are grant- 179. How, according to the author, will
"How did you develop your educa- ed equal acces to technology. Access
s the perception towards education
tion?" The question of where will still t quality education will only be gained change over the next decade ?
be important, but the how of the mat - thr ugh investment and universal stan-
dardization of this technology. If we (1) Where an individual gets his
ter will be the focus that defines theo
education will gain increasing
individual. continue to divert wealth towards fruit-
less goals and corporate greed, this importance
To make this a reality we willkneed (2) Education will be viewed as a
a standardized platform from which to opportunity will be lost or hopelessly
Idelayed. prerogative of the elite only
develop a student's unique education. (3) Creativity in an individual
This standardized platform will allow 176. According to the author, which of
the following will be the benefit(s) will be regarded as needless
us to tailor a custom curriculum that
of introducing a standardized (4) The importance of education
will be matched to talents, interests
and life goals. For the educator, a stan- technological platform? will decline
dardized platform will create a way to (A) Potential of a child will take (5) None of these
assist the student in discovering a true precedence over the grades 180. What does the author mean by
purpose in life through a unique edu- he/she scores. the term "tracking a student" ?
cational experience. The basics of read- (B) Improving the educational (1) Analyzing the strengths and
ing, writing and arithmetic will not be syllabus would become easi- weaknesses of a student and
taught as much as they will be discov- er. designing an educational syl-
ered and used. Learning will become a (C) Teachers would be able to labus accordingly
reciprocal experience between the devote more time to teaching. (2) Assessing whether a student
teacher, the student and the machine. is paying due attention to the
(2) All (A). (B) and (C)
existing curriculum offered
(3) Only (B) and (C)
by an institute of learning
(4) Only (A) and (B)
(3) Analyzing the positives and
(5) Only (A)
negatives of an educational
177. Which of the following is/are true institute and modifying it
in the context of the passage ? suit-ably to cater to
(C) In the presence of technolo-gy industrial re-quirements
each student would re-quire (4) Following a student to the
constant monitoring by other educational institute that he
individuals to maximize learning.
visits frequently in order 'to
estimate the time he spends
(B) Educational philosophy is there
based on the belief of tailor- (5) None of these
(l)Only(C)
Under a standardized platform,
each of these three participants will
have a role to play. The teacher will be
the facilitator, assisting the develop-
ment of the curriculum and inspiring
the direction the student takes. The
student will be the user, gathering re-
sources, skills and knowledge in an
efficient and measured sequence. The
machine will do the work of data gath-
ering and analysis, which will assist
the teacher and student in refining the
curriculum. This data gathering work
of the machine will also free the teach-
181. According to the author, why is 184. RECIPROCAL (1) would hit panicky buttons
the current education provided (1) interactive (2) unresponsive (2) would hit the panic button
not satisfactory ? (3) reverse (4) regular (3) will be hitting panic buttons
(1) The teachers providing edu- (4) have hit panicky button
(5) inverse
cation are not qualified enough
185. PARADIGM (5) No correction required
to emphasize on quality
(1) change (2) shift 193. Alarm to declining marriage fig-
(2) Quality of education provided
(3) future (4) mode! ures and increasing divorce rates,
is not uniform across the
the government has come up with
globe and individual assess- (5) diagnosis
a novel way to tackle the issue.
ment is subjective 186. AUTONOMOUS
(1) Aiamiingly on
(3) The educational sector is (1) single (2) independent
fraught with corrupt practic- (3) governed (4) forceful (2) Alarming as
es and thus does not produce (3) Alarms with
(5) insufficient
the desired result (4) Alarmed by
187. DELEGATED
(4) The education system is not (5) No correction required
(1) taxed
guided by technology and 194. The two sisters dropped in to
hence the pace of learning is (2) demoted
watch the film with none other
slow (3) input
than their father.
(5) There are too many schools (4) authorized
(1) dropping in for
in the country which cannot (5) assigned (2) dropped by as
be monitored effectively Directions (188-190): Choose
o (3) drop on to
182. What is the author's vision re- the word which is most opposite in
garding the integration of tech- meaning to the word printed in boM (4) dropped in for
nology with education ? a u ed in the passage. (5) No correction required
(A) A substantial database con- 188. INEQUITABLE 195. The researchers found that chil-
m
sisting of each student's (1) abundant (2) complete dren with lung disease are at in-
learning curve would be readi- (3) unequal (4) fair crease risk for developing a sec-
ly available. s ond type of pneumonia.
(5) sufficient
(B) An error would activate a soft- • (1) were at increased risk
ware which would encourage 189. LANGUISH
o
(2) is increasingly risking
learning rather than auto - cor- (1) ripen (2) hasten
(3) is increased risky '
(C)
recting.
Experimentation in academ-
k (3) flourish
(5) climb
(4) weaken
(4) are increasingly risky
I 190. ARBITRARY (5) No correction required
ics would be encouraged. Directions (196-200) : Each
(1) Only(C) (1) objective (2) deliberate question below has two blanks, each
(2) Only (A) and (B) (3) random (4) transparent blank indicating that something has
(3) A11(A),(B) and(C) (5) lawful been omitted. Choose the set. of words
(4) Only (A) and (C) Directions (191-195): Which of for each blank which best fits the
(5) None of these the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given mean-ing of the sentence as a whole.
below each sentence should replace the 196. What goes into making a marriage
183. How has the author defined the
phrase given in bold in the following can only be by trial and error
term 'user' ?
sentence to make the sentence gram-
(1) One who invests in the latest and couples are best left to
matically meaningful and correct. If the
technology even when it is sentence is correct as it is and 'No cor- out what works.
beyond his/her means (1) discovered, translate
rection is required', mark (5) as the
(2) One who uses available tech- answer. (2) regulated, find
nology to the maximum and (3) learnt, figure
191. After enjoying one of the biggest
for the longest period (4) seen, thrash
successes of Indian cinema, the
(3) One who freely and actively (5) experienced, judge
actor is pulled the brakes on his
participates in acquiring
career. 197. The producer is known to with
skills and knowledge in a sys-
(1) has putting brake new stars and fresh talent, and
tematic manner
(2) has pulled the brakes though there have been a few hits
(4) Anyone who invests in tech-
and misses, this filmmaker
nology as per his/her require- (3) is braking
totally for the new breed.
ment and wherewithal (4) is put brakes
(1) try, demands
(5) None of these (5) No correction required
(2) experiment, vouches
Directions (184-187) : Choose 192. Many of our tinsel town beauties
the word which is most similar in will bit the panic button if they (3) sign, goes
meaning to the word printed in bold didn't have at least one movie in (4) produce, promises
as used in the passage. hand. (5) work, supports
198. The Government stated that it 201. Which of the following should be 210. He is one of the first film pro-
had the right to use as much the FOURTH sentence after re- ducers (1)/ to actually take the
force as was necessary to regain arrangement ? much needed step (2)/ against
control of areas by terror- (1) E (2) F stars putting up information
ists. (3) A (4) D about (3)/ under-production
(1) free, marked (5) B films on social networking
(2) practical, left 202. Which of the following should be websites. (4)/ No error (5)
(3) fundamental, infest the FIRST sentence after rear- 211. It was an evening of (1)/ fun and
(4) basic, undertaken rangement ? frolic as the city's glitterati (2)1
(5) legitimate, dominated (1) A (2) B and high-profile businessmen
199. Obesity and alcohol __ togeth-er (3) C (4) D made sure (3)/ that they didn't
to ; the risk of liver dis-ease in (5) E miss the show. (4)/ No error (5)
both men and women. 203. Which of the following should be 212. Results founding that boys not
(1) act, increase the LAST (SIXTH) sentence af- only (1) / play more than girls,
(2) result, aggravate ter rearrangement ? but (2)/ they start earlier, an
(3) taken, arrest outcome that (3)/ could be
(1) A (2) B
(4) put, heighten clearly related to a cultural
(3) C (4) D
(5) mix, lower influence. (4)/ No error (5)
(5) E
200. There were screams, chills and 213. Videogames may not (1)/ neces-
204. Which of the f ll wing should be
thrills at the discotheque the sarily adversely affect (2)/ the
the SECOND sentence after re-
other night as the director along academic results in children (3)/
arrange ent ?
with the producers hosted a party contrary to most parents's per-
(1) B (2) C
to the success of their lat- ception. (4)/ No error (5)
(3) D (4) E
est horror flick. 214. Celebrities showed their childlike
(5) F
(1) combined, downplay side (1)/ yesterday, as most of
205. Which of the following should be
(2) alike, mourn them turn up wearing (2)/ car-
the FIFTH sentence after rear-
(3) experiences, mark toon T-shirts for the screening of
rangement ?
(4) galore, celebrate (3)/ the latest animated film in
(1) A (2) B town. (4)/ No error (5)
(5) risen, generate t
(3) C (4) D 215. The study focusing exclusively to
Directions (201- 205) : Rear- (5) E
range the following six sentences (A), (1)/ critically ill children found that
Directions (206- 215) : Read children with chronic illness-es,
(B), (C), (D). (E) and (F) in the proper each sentence to find out whether (2)/especially respiratoiy ill-nesses,
sequence to form a meaningful para- there is any grammatical error in it. are most likely, (3)/ to develop
graph; then answer the questions giv- The er-ror if any will be in one part of influenza that requires critical
en below them. the sentence, the number of that part care. (4)/ No error (5)
(A) However, many people may not will be the answer. If there is no error, Directions (216-225) : In the
be aware of the numerous oth- the answer is (5). i.e. 'No error'. (Ignore
er areas where it has been ap- following passage there are blanks,
the errors of punctuation, if any.)
plied. each of which has been numbered.
206. Human babies whose mothers These numbers are printed below the
(B) Today, even, those who have (1)/ have had the flu while preg-
little knowledge about the pro- passage and against each, five words
nant may (2)/ have a greater risk are suggested, one of which fits the
duction of virtual reality are of developing (3)/ schizophrenia
now most likely aware of its blanks appropriately. Find out the ap-
lately in life. (4)/ No e.iror {u) propriate word in each case.
use in video games.
207. Six women achievei s, who con- Prior to independence the health-
(C) Similarly, medical students
tinue (1)/ to inspire the younger care sector in India was in a (216) with a
have substituted a cadaver for
lot, were honoured (2)/ with their large number of deaths and rampant
a fiberglass mould of a body
contributions in their chouen spread of infectious diseases. After
and a headset when training to
fields (3) / on the occasion of independence the Government of In-dia
perform surgery.
wom-en's day. (4)/ No error (5) laid (217) on primary healthcare and
(D) Virtual reality was an unfamil-
208. All Indians know that they are India has put in sustained efforts to
iar concept to many people till (1)/ superior in all respects not
the early 90's. better the healthcare system (2181 the
only to (2)/ those unfortunately country, The government initiative was
(E) Introducirigvirtual reality to the
beings called foreigners, but (3)/ not enough to meet the demands of a
real world, thus, has already
also that they are superior to all growing population be it in prima-ry,
proven to be beneficial for ev-
other Indians. (4)/ No error (5) secondary or tertiary healthcare.
V ery industry it encounters. 209. While the handsome actor was Alternate sources of finance were crit-ical
9 For example, astronaut' train- busy (1)/ belting out one-liners,
In 1 ees have recently used virtual for the sustainability of the health sector.
his (2)/ graceful co-star was a
reality to simulate a trip to (3)/ i_. mplele imagery of woman Till about 20 years ago, private
pow-er. (4)/ No e.rcr (5)
sector ventures in the healthcare see-
lit space.
tor (219) of only solo practitioners, small
hospitals and nursing homes. The qual-
ity of service provided was excellent
especially in the hospitals run by char-
itable trusts and religious foundations.
In 1980's realizing that the government
on its own would not be able to {220) for
health care, the government allowed the
entry of private sector to reduce the
(221) between supply and demand for
healthcare. The establishment of the
private sector has resulted in the (222}
of opportunities in terms of medical
equipment, information technology in
health services. BPO, telemedicine and
medical tourism.
Large companies and (223) indi-
viduals have now started five star hos-
pitals which dominate the space for
the high end market. The private
sector has made (2241 progress, but
on the flip side it is also responsible
for in-creasing (225) in the healthcare
sec-tor. The private sector should be m
re socially relevant and effort must be
made to make private sector accessi-
ble to the weaker sections of society.
216. (1) shambles (2) failure
(3) demand (4) prosperity
(5) ruined
217. (1) bricks (2) emphasize
(3) request (4) stress
(5) important
218. (1) through (2) across
(3) sharing (4) with "
(5) on
219. (l)made (2) comprise
(3) consisted (4) is
(5) contained
220. (1) cater (2) provide
(3) manage (4) survive
(5) give
221. (l)gap (2) position
(3) distance (4) length
(5) thought
222. (1) reduction (2) sea
(3) cropping (4) disabling
(5) emergence
223. (1) needy (2) destitute
(3) bigger (4) affluent
(5) much
224. (1) slowly (2) improve
(3) many (4) improvised
(5) tremendous
225. (1) speed (2) pace
(3) inequality (4) uniformity
(5) seriousness