Sample MICA Admissions Test (MICAT) - 1

Name:

Permanent IMS No. :

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Date:

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2010

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Instructions :
This test booklet is divided into 2 Parts. Part I is further divided into four sections - A, B, C
& D. Each section contains different types of questions. Please read the instructions carefully
before you start responding to questions in any section.
The test is of overall 135 minutes duration.
Part I: Sections A, B, C and D contain multiple choice questions.
In this part there is 1/4 negative marking for incorrect reponse, however, no mark would be deducted
for not attempting the question.
Section A - Reasoning
Section B - General Awareness
Section C - Quantitative Ability & LR-DI
Section D - Verbal Ability
Part II: This is the writing ability test. It comprises 2 exercises.Since this is a descriptive
area, there is not negative marking.

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Part-1
SECTION-A
DIRECTIONS for questions 1 to 15: Each question consists of four clues and against the set of
four clues, five alternatives are given. Amongst all these five alternatives, there is only one alternative
that is associated with all the four clues in some manner. This alternative is the right answer.

1.

(I)
(II)
(III)
(IV)

Clues
Distinctions
Rank
Room
Status

(I)
(II)
(III)
(IV)

Clues
Screen
Assist
Cry
Home

(I)
(II)
(III)
(IV)

Clues
Crest
Goodbye
Hair
Emotion

(I)
(II)
(III)
(IV)

Clues
Cushion
Photograph
Body
Pieces

2.

3.

4.

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Alternatives
Jargon
Class
Process
Fetid
Airy

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Alternatives
Promotion
Build
Far
Stone
Help

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Alternatives
Gold
Honour
Colour
Wave
Kiss

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Alternatives
Shard
Picture
Blow
Part
Frame

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5.

6.

7.

(I)
(II)
(III)
(IV)

Clues
Nose
Teeth
Gap
Swing

(I)
(II)
(III)
(IV)

Clues
Rot
Press
Cheque
Pit

(I)
(II)
(III)
(IV)

Clues
Linen
Swallow
Thin layer
Drawing

(I)
(II)
8.

(III)
(IV)

(I)
(II)
9.

(III)
(IV)

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Clues
Roaring
Balanced
situation
Fair
Route

Clues
Dog
Spray
Important
person
Smoking

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Alternatives
Smile
Bridge
Bastion
Bed
Hump

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Alternatives
Stop
Blank
Cock
Tank
Room

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Alternatives
Clothes
Consume
Wash
Hand
Film

(A)

Alternatives
Trade

(B)

Way

(C)
(D)
(E)

Sixties
Poise
Direct

(A)
(B)

Alternatives
Cigar
Gun

(C)

Liquid

(D)
(E)

Animal
Poor

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10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

(I)
(II)
(III)
(IV)

Clues
Cell
Develop
Watch
Word

(I)
(II)
(III)
(IV)

Clues
Change
Meat
Quickly
Jobless

(I)
(II)
(III)
(IV)

Clues
Palate
Furnishing
Easy to attack
Drugs

(I)
(II)
(III)
(IV)

Clues
Shaft
Brake
Year
Pale

(I)
(II)
(III)
(IV)

Clues
Scrape
Run
Truth
Care

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Alternatives
Body
Language
Form
Origin
Stem

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Alternatives
Annex
Axe
Chop
Stalk
Support

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Alternatives
Soft
Army
Weak
Medicine
Palliative

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Alternatives
Inform
Light
Time
Skin
Car

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Alternatives
Trial
Home
Old
Drive
Dry

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15.

(I)
(II)
(III)
(IV)

Clues
Soft
Oars or blades
Nest
Achievement

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Alternatives
Bird
Cotton
Boat
Feather
Proud

DIRECTIONS for questions 16 to 18: If all the three statements marked (i), (ii), and (iii) are
true, then which one of the following deductions, marked (A), (B), (C) and (D) can be most
logically deduced.
16.

i) When a customer walks in, the detector sends a signal to the bell.
ii) The bell rings when it receives a signal.
iii) When the bell sounds, the store manager comes to the counter.
(A) The store manager comes to the counter when a customer walks in.
(B) The store manager comes to the counter only when a customer walks in.
(C) If a customer doesn't walk in, the store manager doesn't come to the counter.
(D) If the bell doesn't sound, the store manager won't come to the counter.

17.

i) Hitting a six means you are taking a risk.

ii) Twenty20 cricket requires a lot of risk taking.
iii) Sixes are also hit in test cricket.
(A) Test cricket is not as risky as Twenty20.
(B) Fewer sixes are hit in test cricket.
(C) Risks are present in both forms of the game.
(D) Test cricket requires a lot of risk taking.

18.

i) If you study well enough you will become a good engineer.

ii) Not studying well enough results in poor marks.
iii) If you're a good engineer you will command a high salary.
(A) Getting good marks means you will command a high salary.
(B) If you get poor marks you are a bad engineer.
(C) If you're a bad engineer you cannot command a high salary.
(D) If you study well enough you will command a high salary.

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DIRECTIONS for questions 19 and 20: Each question has two statements. You have to take the
statements to be facts even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Which
of the given three conclusions can then be logically concluded from both the given facts?
19.

Statements:
1. Some politicians are corrupt people.
2. Everybody hates corrupt people.
Conclusions:
I. Some hated people are corrupt
II. Everybody hates some politicians.
III. Some people hate all politicians.
(A) I and II
(B) II only

20.

(C) III only

(D) I, II and III

Statements:
1. No more than two girls can sit on the same bench.
2. More than three people cannot occupy the bench.
Conclusions:
I. There has to be at least one boy sitting on the bench.
II. The bench cannot be empty.
III. Two boys cannot sit on the same bench.
(A) I and II
(B) II only
(C) I, II and III
(D) None of the above.

DIRECTIONS for questions 21 to 25: Each question is followed by two statements I and II. Answer
each question using the following instructions.
Mark [1], if the question can be answered by using one statement but not by using the other.
Mark [2], if the question can be answered by either of the statements alone.
Mark [3], if the question can be answered by using both the statements together, but cannot be
answered by either of the statements alone.
Mark [4], if more data is required to answer the question.
21.

Did each person carry 10 kgs of luggage?

I. One person carried twice as much of each of the other nineteen people.
II. The average weight carried by twenty people is 5.25 kg.

22.

There is a line L and a plane P. Does plane P contain the line L?

I. L and P intersect at a single point O.
II. L is paralled to line X which is parallel to plane P.

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23.

If

ABCD is not a square, then is it a rhombus?

I. BD is a perpendicular bisector of AC.

II. m D = 90 o
24.

What is Rams age 1 year hence?

I. His age was twice that of Shyams age a year ago.
II. Shyam is seventeen years younger to Rams twin brother.

25.

How is A related to B?
I.
II.

C is the brother of Ds mother and D is Bs son.

A is the sister of E, who is the brother of C.

DIRECTIONS for questions 26 and 27: Each question below has seven figures out of which five
are marked 1 to 5. Choose the figure that does not fit in with the series.
26.

[X]
27.

1]

a C
a

C
[X]

b b
1]

2]

3]

a C

2]

4]

[Y]

b
a
3]

b C
4]

b
C
[Y]

DIRECTIONS for questions 28 and 29: Each question below contains a master figure [X] divided
into four sections one of which is missing. Choose from options [1] to [5] to best complete the
figure [X].
28.

1]

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3]

4]

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29.

1]

2]

3]

4]

DIRECTIONS for questions 30 and 31: Choose the cube from the options that will unfold to give
the figure in [X].

30.
1]

2]

3]

4]

31.

1]

2]

3]

4]

DIRECTIONS for questions 32 to 35: Choose the alternative that will best continue the series.
32.

?
1]

2]

3]

4]

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33.

?
1]

2]

3]

4]

34.

1]

2]

3]

4]

1]

2]

3]

4]

35.

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SECTION-B
36.

Who is the author of the book Nehru: A Tryst With Destiny?

(A) Arun Shourie
(B) Stanley Wolpert
(C) Howard Gardner
(D) Georgy Vladimov

37.

How many autobiographies did Abraham Lincoln write?

(A) 1

38.

(C) 3

(D) 4

The headquarters of Bank of America are in:

(A) North Carolina

39.

(B) 2

(B) Illinois

(C) New York

(D) Minnesota

Kalibangan, one of the main sites of Indus Valley Civilization, is in:

(A) Gujarat

(B) Rajasthan

(C) Punjab

(D) Haryana

40.

Renault has moved out of the Logan pact with Mahindra and the company will launch its first
SUV called:
(A) Captiva
(B) Duster
(C) Storme
(D) Ertiga

41.

Who is the author of Indica who came to India in the court of Chandragupta Maurya?
(A) Deimachus

42.

(B) Eudemus

(C) Megasthenese

(D) Peithon

Stalemate is associated with which sport?

(A) Bridge

(B) Chess

(C) Boxing

(D) Squash

43.

Who has been declared the CEAT International Cricketer of the Year 2011?
(A) Shane Watson
(B) Gautam Gambhir
(C) Ricky Ponting
(D) Jonathan Trott

44.

The speed of the sound is maximum in:

(A) Air

45.

(C) Water

(D) Wood

Ruth Dreifuss was the is the First Female President of:

(A) Iran

46.

(B) Glass

(B) Argentina

(C) Mongolia

(D) Switzerland

Demand for Gorakhaland as a separate state is made out of the state of:
(A) Assam

(B) Meghalaya

(C) West Bengal

(D) Arunachal Pradesh

47.

Zakhumi, the green haired leopard, was the mascot of:

(A) Olympic 2010
(B) FIFA World Cup 2010
(C) SAARC Games 2010
(D) Commonwealth Games 2010

48.

The Chief Information Commissioner of India is:

(A) Kiran Bedi
(B) K. Rehman Khan
(C) Shailesh Gandhi
(D) Satyananda Mishra

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49.

Who won the Best Actress Award at 58th National Film Awards (2011)?
(A) Divya Dutta
(B) Priyamani
(C) Ananya Chatterjee
(D) Saranya Povannan

50.

The new rupee symbol was designed by:

(A) Y. Ramesh
(C) Anant Naag

(B) Keith Dsouza

(D) D Udaya Kumar

51.

The Communist Manifesto was written by Karl Marx and __________.

(A) Karl Schapper
(B) Freidrich Engels
(C) Maxim Gorky
(D) Arthur Schopenhauer

52.

Kim Clijsters who won Austarlian Open Womens Singles 2011 is from:
(A) England

(B) Germany

(C) Belgium

(D) Switzerland

53.

Ramakant Gundecha and Umakant Gundecha have been are honoured with:
(A) Padma Bhushan 2012
(B) Padmashree 2012
(C) Padma Vibhushan 2012
(D) Arjuna Award 2012

54.

Which country was the largest consumer of Gold in 2011?

(A) India

55.

(D) 20

(B) Goa

(C) Pune

(D) New Delhi

(B) Buena Vista

(C) Asia Net

(D) Sahara India

(B) The Hindu

(C) The Statesman

(D) The Times of India

Which Indian state is nicknamed Dev Bhoomi (Land of the Gods)?

(A) Kerala

60.

(C) 16

Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. started publishing a newspaper more than 150 years ago. What
is the name of the newspaper?
(A) The Pioneer

59.

(B) 12

Bindass is the TV channel of:

(A) UTV Network

58.

(D) U. S. A.

The 41 st International Film Festival of India was held in:

(A) Mumbai

57.

(C) South Africa

What is the existing number of Navaratna companies in India?

(A) 24

56.

(B) China

(B) Bihar

(C) Uttaranchal

(D) Haryana

Who was declared the Best Actor in 84 th Oscar ceremony held in 2012?
(A) Colin Firth
(B) Jean Dujardin
(C) Jeremy Renner
(D) Jeff Bridges

END OF SECTION-B

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SECTION-C
DIRECTION for 61 to 63: Refer to the data below and answer the questions that follow.
A company Fincorp has a total of 600 employees out of which 60 % employees are at the executive
level and the rest are in Grade I or grade II.There are an equal number of employees in Grade
I and Grade II.
The table below shows the proportion of Female Employees and the number of Post Graduates
in a Company.

Level
Grade I
Grade II
Executive
Total
61.

(C) 30%

(B) 38.33 %

(C) 45.8 %

(B) 55%

(C) 60%

(B) (1, 6)

(C) (-3, 1)

If f -1(x) is inverse of function f(x), then f-1(x) of f(x) =

(A)
66.

(B) 50%

(D) 20%

(D) 31.67 %

(D) 40%

If f(x) = x2 x + 6 and g(x) = x + 3. find the range of values of x such that, f(x)
> g(x).
(A) (4, 5)

65.

0.45

The number of postgraduates in Grade I forms what percentage of the number of male employees
in Grade II?
(A) 35%

64.

0.5
0.65
0.55

What is the percentage of Female employees at the executive level?

(A) 26.1%

63.

Post
Graduates

What is the percentage of employees in Grade I who are post graduates?

(A) 40%

62.

Female
Employees
0.6
0.5

x -1
x +1

(B)

x +1
x -1

(C)

1- x
1+ x

(D) (3, 5)
, x 1 is,

(D)

1+ x
1- x

If a three digit number is chosen at random, the probability that the number is divisible by
5 is
(A) 0.4

(B) 0.33

(C) 0.2

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67.

Two towers A and B of same height on the same side of a man standing at a point M make
angles of 45 0 and 30 0 respectively at the foot of the man. What is the distance between the
towers if the height of the towers is 100 ft?
(A) 100 ft

68.

(D) 100( 3 - 1) ft

A man takes a loan of Rs. 10000 at the rate of 20% per annum simple interest for 4 years
which is to be paid in 4 installments. He pays a sum of Rs. 2500 each in the first three installments.
What amount he has to pay in the fourth installment in order to clear the loan?
(A) Rs 4500

69.

(C) 100( 3 + 1) ft

(B) 100 3 ft

(B) Rs 3300

(C) Rs 5200

(D) Rs 2700

A cylindrical tank of radius 10 cm and height 15 cm is filled with water. How many containers
of conical shape having the base radius and the height as that of the cylindrical tank respectively,
can be filled by the water contained in the cylindrical vessel?
(A) 4

(B) 6

(C) 2

(D) 3

DIRECTIONS for 70 and 71: Refer to the data below and answer the questions that follow.
A factory has to make 100 equipments. There are three machines for manufacturing these equipments.
35% of the equipments were manufactured by machine A, 40% were by machine B and the remaining
by machine C. The chances that the equipments manufactured by the machines A, B and C are
defective are 4%, 5% and 6% respectively. Equipment picked at random was found to be defective.
70. What is the probability that the equipment picked was manufactured by either A or C?
(A) 0.35
71.

(B) 0.21

(C) 0.17

(D) 0.29

What is the probability that equipment picked was manufactured by A?

(A) 0.14

(B) 0.23

(C) 0.33

(D) 0.29

DIRECTIONS for 72 and 73: Refer to the data below and answer the questions that follow.
A survey on the students of a school having classes from Std. 5 th to Std. 10 th were classified
according to the sports and there class as shown in the table below.

Class

Cricket

Sports
Football Badminton

Carom

5th Std. and 6th Std.

30

15

10

7th Std. and 8th Std.

35

10

20

15

40

20

10

10

th

th

9 Std. and 10 Std.

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72.

What is the probability that a randomly selected student is playing Badminton and is a student
of either 7 th Std. or 8 th Std.?
(A) 0.1

73.

(B) 0.05

(C) 0.091

(D) 0.04

What is the probability that randomly selected Cricket player is from either 9 th Std. or 10 th
Std.?
(A) 0.231

(B) 0.182

(C) 0.345

(D) 0.29

DIRECTIONS for 74 and 75: Refer to the data below and answer the questions that follow.
A bank offers 4% compound interest calculated on half-yearly basis and credited to the account
on 30 th June and 31 st December of every year. A customer deposits Rs. 5000 each on 1 st January,
1 st July and 1 st December of a year.
74. At the end of the year, what is the total amount lying in the account?
(A) Rs. 10302
75.

(B) Rs. 15302

(C) Rs. 10402

(D) Rs. 15402

How much he would have gained by way of interest?

(A) Rs. 301

(B) Rs. 302

(C) Rs. 401

(D) Rs. 402

DIRECTIONS for 76 and 77: Refer to the data below and answer the questions that follow.
Two friends Abhay and Abhijeet started a company. Abhay invested Rs. 12000 for one year and
Abhijeet invested a sum of Rs. 8000 for one year and 8000 again after 6 months. At the end
of a year the company earned a profit of Rs. 100,000.
76.

What is the ratio of the profits earned by Abhay and Abhijeet?

(A) 2 : 3

77.

(B) 1 : 1

(C) 3 : 2

(D) 2 : 1

If Abhay also invested a sum of Rs. 4000 after 6 months what would be his share of profit?
(A) 2 : 5

(B) 5 : 7

(C) 7 : 6

(D) 3 : 4

DIRECTIONS for 78 and 79: Refer to the data below and answer the questions that follow.
In a container shown below, the base radius of the conical part is R and the radius of the cylindrical
part is r. The height of the conical part is h and the length of the cylindrical part is l.

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78.

79.

80.

What is the volume of the container?

(A)

ph 2
( R + r 2 + Rr ) + pr 2 l
3

(B)

(C)

h 2
2
R + r l
3

(D) None of these

What is the surface area of the container, if L1 is the slant height of the frustum of the conical
part?
(A) p ( R + r ) L1 + pR 2 + 2prl + pr 2

(B) pRL1 + R 2 + 2 r 2

(C) (R + r )L 1 + R 2 + 2 rl + 2 r 2

(D) None of these

In a network marketing company having 255 employees and various levels according to the
designation of the employees. The system is such that each person on any level controls two
persons from the level below his/her level. Also, each employee, except the CEO who is at
the topmost level, is controlled by exactly one employee from the level above his/her level.
What is the number of levels the company is divided into?
(A) 8

81.

ph 2
( R + r 2 ) + r 2 l
3

(B) 12

(C) 6

(D) 9

Three friends A, B and C are doing a certain task. The following table exhibits the time taken
by them to complete the different tasks.

Completion Time (No. of days)

A
B
C

Task 1
4
10
8

Task 2
5
8
6

Task 3
8
12
10

What will be the minimum number of days required to complete all the tasks?
(A) 10
82.

(B) 8

(C) 6

(D) 5

Find the value of k such that the following set of equations has a unique solution.
X+Y+Z = 2
X+2Z = k
10X+4Y+22Z = 2k 2
(A) 2

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DIRECTIONS for questions 83 and 84: Refer to the data below and answer the questions that
follow.
Two functions f 1 and f 2 are given by f 1 = 60 3x 1 and f 2 = 90 3x 2 .
83.

If f1 is equal to f2, then what is the value of x 1 x 2?

(A) 10

84.

(C) 10

(D) None of these

(B) 176

(C) 192

(D) 158

(B) 4 hours

(C) 5 hours

(D) 3.5 hours

A train running at 108 kmph crosses a stationary train in 30 seconds and a man in 15 seconds.
What is the length of the stationary train?
(A) 450 m

88.

(B) 30

A car covers a distance of 530 kms in 7 hrs. It travels certain distance at 70 km/hr and
the remaining distance at 80 km/hr. For how many hours it travels at the speed of 80 km/
hr?
(A) 3 hours

87.

(C) 20

A book has 1000 pages numbered from 1 to 1000, how many times the digit 0 will appear
in the numbering?
(A) 220

86.

(C) 20

What is the value of 2x1 x 2 if 2f1 = f2?

(A) 20

85.

(B) 10

(B) 550 m

(C) 400 m

(D) 500 m

A man starting from Mumbai has to reach Pune at 12:00 pm. Assuming that the distance between
Mumbai and Pune via Express Highway is 100 kms, at what time should he leave from Mumbai?
Given that his average speed is 80 kmph and 15 minutes more would be required due to traffic.
Also assume that the time taken due to traffic is not considered for the calculation of the
average speed.
(A) 10:00 am

(B) 10:30 am

(C) 9:45 am

(D) 10:15 am

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SECTION-D
DIRECTIONS for questions 89 to 92: Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
I have always fancied being bored on a huge and stylish scale. I'm talking Great Gatsby boredom,
with everyone lying around in white clothes and floppy hats, sipping long drinks with cooling
names, and being utterly and divinely bored. How sophisticated can one get, goes my thinking,
that even when surrounded by the best things in life, it's not enough? Boredom wins through.
There's something exquisite about boredom. Like melancholy and its darker cousin sadness, boredom
is related to emptiness and meaninglessness, but in a perfectly enjoyable way. It's like wandering
though the National Gallery, being surrounded by all those great works of art, and deciding not
to look at them because it's a pleasure just walking from room to room enjoying the squeak of
your soles on the polished floor. Boredom is the no-signal sound on a blank television, the closeddown monotone of a radio in the middle of the night. It's an uninterrupted straight line.
Actually, my idea of boredom has little to do with wealthy surroundings. It's about a certain mindset.
Perfect boredom is the enjoyment of the moment of stasis that comes between slowing down
and speeding up - like sitting at a traffic light for a particularly long time. It's at the cusp of
action, because however enjoyable it may be, boredom is really not a long-term aspiration. It's
for an afternoon before a sociable evening. It marks that point in a holiday when you've shrugged
off all the concerns of work and home, explored the hotel and got used to the swimming pool,
and everything has become totally familiar. 'I'm bored' just pops into your mind one morning as
you're laying your towel over the sun lounger before breakfast, and then you think 'How lovely'.
It's about the stillness and familiarity of that precise moment before the inevitable anxiety about
packing up and heading back to God-knows-what.
89.

The passage does not:

(A) talk about the pleasures of boredom.
(B) discuss the ill-effects of boredom.
(C) illustrate some instances of boredom.
(D) compare boredom and melancholy.

90.

Which of the following can be the most appropriate title for the passage?
(A) Boredom: A Truly Enjoyable Emotion
(B) Boredom: Our Silent Companion
(C) The Truth About Boredom
(D) Boredom: A Sophisticated Pleasure

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91.

Which of the following can be deduced from the passage?

(A) That
(B) That
(C) That
(D) That

92.

the author recommends the benefits of boredom

the author sarcastically talks about boredom
melancholy and sadness are a stage of painful emptiness
Great Gatsby's sophistication saved him from boredom

As per the passage, which of the following situations is not mentioned in the context of the
cause of boredom?
(A) Great Gatsby kind of sophistication
(B) Familiarity of a setting or thing
(C) Waiting at a signal for a long time
(D) A trip to the National Gallery

DIRECTIONS for questions 93 and 94: Identify the grammatically correct option.
93.

(A) Writing was invented only about 5,000 years ago but humans have been around for about
150,000 years.
(B) Writing was invented only about 5,000 years ago but humans were around for about 150,000
years.
(C) Writing has been invented only about 5,000 years ago but humans were around for about
150,000 years.
(D) Writing has been invented only about 5,000 years ago but humans have been around for
about 150,000 years.

94.

(A) While these flightless birds were important food sources for the initial colonists, but most
of them were soon exterminated, because they were easy to hunt down.
(B) While these flightless birds were important food sources for the initial colonists, but most
of them soon exterminated, because they were easy to hunt down.
(C) While these flightless birds were important food sources for the initial colonists, most
of them soon exterminated, because they were easy to hunt down.
(D) While these flightless birds were important food sources for the initial colonists, most
of them were soon exterminated, because they were easy to hunt down.

DIRECTIONS for questions 95 and 96: In the options given below, identify the one sentence which
has an incorrect spelling.
95.

(A) Or for a less fanciful example, turn to the disconcerting fact that there are many more
parasitic creatures alive today.
(B) As observed by scientist, endogenous retroviruses and mitochondria are either benign or
downright beneficient.
(C) The nature of human morality is increasingly being questioned and scrutinized by the natural
sciences.
(D) At 13, Franklin was apprenticed to his brother as a printer, and moved immediately into
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96.

(A) According to the archaeological evidence, the area seems to have been inhabited as early
as 3000 B.C.
(B) The most important aspect of this idea is the counterintuitive light it sheds on one of
our most intense cultural preoccupations.
(C) The current socioeconomic trends have had a collossal impact on employee engagement.
(D) For centuries, translating a text signified that it was essential, worthy of preservation and
dissemination.

DIRECTIONS for questions 97 and 98: Identify the grammatically correct option.
97.

(A) Though a professional writer on music myself, I have somehow managed to get by without
bothering to learn how the human ear works.
(B) Though a professional writer on music myself, I have somehow manage to get by without
bothering to learn how the human ear works.
(C) Though a professional writer on music myself, I have somehow managed to get down
without bothering to learn how the human ear works.
(D) Though a professional writer on music myself, I have somewhere managed to get by
without bothering to learn how human ear works.

98.

(A) Despite the fact that her leg had to be amputated from the knee down, she remain dexterous
in the clandestine work behind enemy lines.
(B) Despite the fact that her leg had to be amputated from the knee down, she was dexterous
in the clandestine work behind enemy lines.
(C) Despite the fact her leg had to be amputated from the knee down, she was dexterous
in the clandestine work behind enemy lines.
(D) Despite the fact that her leg had to be amputate from the knee down, she was dexterous
in the clandestine work behind enemy lines.

DIRECTIONS for questions 99 to 102: Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
Why do people believe in God? For most people the answer is still some version of the ancient Argument
from Design. We look about us at the beauty and intricacy of the world - at the delicacy of flowers
and of the butterflies that fertilize them, through a microscope at the teeming life in every drop of
pond water. We reflect on the electronic complexity and optical perfection of our own eyes that do
the looking. If we have any imagination, these things drive us to a sense of awe and reverence. Moreover,
we cannot fail to be struck by the obvious resemblance of living organs to the carefully planned designs
of human engineers. The argument was most famously expressed in the watchmaker analogy of the
eighteenth-century priest William Paley. Even if you didn't know what a watch was, the obviously designed
character of its cogs and springs and of how they mesh together for a purpose would force you to
conclude that the watch must have had a maker. If this is true of a comparatively simple watch, how
much the more so is it true of the eye, ear, kidney, elbow joint, brain? These beautiful, complex, intricate
and obviously purpose-built structures must have had their own designer, their own watchmaker - God.
So ran Paley's argument, and it is an argument that nearly all thoughtful and sensitive people discover
for themselves at some stage in their childhood. Throughout most of history it must have seemed
utterly convincing, self-evidently true. And yet, as the result of one of the most astonishing intellectual
revolutions in history, we now know that it is wrong, or at least superfluous. We now know
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different process, a process that works without the need for any designer and one that is a consequence
of basically very simple laws of physics. This is the process of evolution by natural selection,
discovered by Charles Darwin and, independently, by Alfred Russel Wallace.
What do all objects that look as if they must have had a designer have in common? The answer is
statistical improbability. If we find a transparent pebble washed into the shape of a crude lens by the
sea, we do not conclude that it must have been designed by an optician: the unaided laws of physics
are capable of achieving this result; it is not too improbable to have just 'happened'. But if we find
an elaborate compound lens, carefully corrected against spherical and chromatic aberration, coated against
glare, and with 'Carl Zeiss' engraved on the rim, we know that it could not have just happened by
chance.
Similarly, we can conclude that living bodies are billions of times too complicated - too statistically
improbable - to have come into being by sheer chance. How, then, did they come into being? The
answer is that chance enters into the story, but not a single, monolithic act of chance. Instead, a
whole series of tiny chance steps, each one small enough to be a believable product of its predecessor,
occurred one after the other in sequence. These small steps of chance are caused by genetic mutations,
random changes - mistakes really - in the genetic material. They give rise to changes in the existing
bodily structure. Most of these changes are deleterious and lead to death. A minority of them turn
out to be slight improvements, leading to increased survival and reproduction. By this process of
natural selection, those random changes that turn out to be beneficial eventually spread through the
species and become the norm. The stage is now set for the next small change in the evolutionary
process. After, say, a thousand of these small changes in series, each change providing the basis
for the next, the end result has become, by a process of accumulation, far too complex to have
come about in a single act of chance.
99.

What is the point of the example of the two types of lenses?

(A) A crude lens could have come about naturally through chance, but an elaborate one could not
have.
(B) Transparent pebbles that look like crude lenses can be found in nature, but elaborate lenses
are not.
(C) Crude lenses can be found occurring naturally, but elaborate ones need to be manufactured
by opticians.
(D) It is impossible that objects that have been designed - i.e., crude or elaborate lenses could occur naturally.

100. Which of the following statements about evolution is not true as per the passage?
(A) Evolution is the result of the working of simple laws of physics.
(B) Evolution is driven by accidental mistakes in the genetic material.
(C) The idea of evolution can be considered an intellectual revolution in history.
(D) Evolution was discovered by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace working together.
101. Which one of the following statements can be deduced from the passage?
(A) According to William Paley, watches were designed by God.
(B) At this point in history, we can say that Paley's views are wrong.
(C) The Argument from Design was first thought of by William Paley in the eighteenth century.
(D) Living bodies are too complex for chance to have anything to do with their coming into
being.

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102. The most appropriate title for the passage would be:
(A) The Argument from Design
(B) Not Design but Evolution
(C) The Role of Chance in Evolution
(D) Evolution by Natural Selection
DIRECTIONS for questions 103 and 104: Fill in the blanks with the option that has the most
appropriate set of words.
103. The markers would need to be designed to ______ multiple levels of information, ranging from
the ______ to the more complex.
(A) import, intermediary
(B) impart, rudimentary
(C) imply, auxiliary
(D) imprint, elementary
104. Indian English is a rapidly growing English ______: Indian writing is increasingly reflecting
______ varieties of English.
(A) idiom, indigent
(B) vernacular, ingenuous
(C) alphabet, ingenious
(D) dialect, indigenous
DIRECTIONS for question 105: Choose the option which does not have a similar meaning to
the sentence given below.
105. The American movie hero who once so impressed the world that he personified heroism
for people far beyond our borders has been missing in action for decades.
(A) American heroes have gone missing, as there are no more heroes who can personify heroism
and impress the world.
(B) The once-held image of the American movie hero, which the world found impressive owing
to it personifying heroism, has been missing in action for decades.
(C) Since the last few decades, the American movie hero, who impressed the world by personifying
heroism, has been missing in action.
(D) For decades the American movie hero, who personified heroism and impressed the world,
has been missing in action.
DIRECTIONS for question 106: Choose the option that is closest in meaning to the sentence given
below.
106. The idea that journalism is not literature is such a deeply entrenched prejudice that even writers
and editors speak as if what they write and edit is not literature.
(A) Writers and editors do not call journalism literature and this has resulted in the prevalent
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(B) Even writers and editors do not call their work of writing and editing literature, as
they too are influenced by the deep-rooted prejudice that journalism is not literature.
(C) The prejudice against literature and journalism has resulted in even writers and editors not
associating themselves with literature.
(D) Journalism not being literature has become a prejudice and writers and editors too are
adding to this dissociation.
DIRECTIONS for question 107 to 112: The sentences given below when properly sequenced form
a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is numbered. Select the logical order of sentences in each
case.
107. (i) DNA is inherited from our parents, with half coming from the mother, and the other half
from the father.
(ii) The process is relatively simple in that the final DNA profile of the child is composed
of a series of bands which can only come from the two parents.
(iii) If the mother's bands are deducted from the child profile the remainder must come from
the biological father.
(iv) This pattern of inheritance allows the opportunity where the mother of the child is not
disputed, to produce a putative DNA profile of the biological father.
(A) (iv)-(iii)-(ii)-(i)

(B) (iv)-(ii)-(iii)-(i)

(C) (i)-(iv)-(ii)-(iii)

(D) (i)-(ii)-(iii)-(iv)

108. (i) A carbon footprint is the overall amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by
an organization, product, or an entity.
(ii) The term "carbon footprint" has become very important at least in the present context.
(iii) Carbon footprints are reversed with the aid of a process called carbon offsetting, mainly
through the development of alternative projects such as solar or wind energy, or reforestation.
(iv) Carbon footprint is quite often expressed in terms of the amount of carbon dioxide, or
its equivalent of other GHGs, emitted.
(A) (iv)-(iii)-(ii)-(i)

(B) (ii)-(i)-(iv)-(iii)

(C) (iv)-(i)-(iii)-(ii)

(D) (i)-(ii)-(iii)-(iv)

109. (i) One solution that many families are embracing is home schooling.
(ii) They simply do not have excess funds available to send their children to private schools.
(iii) An ever growing number of thoughtful parents are concerned about the status of public
schools in many cites across North America.
(iv) At the same time, a good number of families are struggling to make ends meet.
(A) (iii)-(iv)-(ii)-(i)

(B) (iv)-(ii)-(iii)-(i)

(C) (i)-(ii)-(iv)-(iii)

(D) (ii)-(i)-(iii)-(iv)

110. (i) In particular, they feel that advanced industrial nations have used their power not to help,
but to exploit and plunder the weak.
(ii) Nonetheless, the gains made by the more precocious industrializing countries incited other,
slower nations to imitate and emulate.
(iii) In this scenario, success and empire are forces for evil.
(iv) Poorer areas see the gap between rich and poor as the fault of the rich; they see their
own weaknesses and shortcomings as someone else's doing.
(A) (iii)-(i)-(iv)-(ii)
(B) (i)-(iv)-(iii)-(ii)
(C) (iv)-(i)-(ii)-(iii)
(D) (iv)-(i)-(iii)-(ii)

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111. (i) Faced with pretentious, eager, and greedy barbarians, the Chinese did badly, nursing feelings
of superiority that blinded them to opportunity.
(ii) China was once the richest and proudest of civilizations.
(iii) British economist Angus Maddison has shown that as late as 1400 China's GDP per capita
outpaced that of Western Europe.
(iv) By 1820, however, the trend had been turned on its head, with China's GDP per capita
less than half of Western Europe's.
(A) (ii)-(i)-(iv)-(iii)
(B) (ii)-(i)-(iii)-(iv)
(C) (i)-(iii)-(iv)-(ii)
(D) (iii)-(i)-(ii)-(iv)
112. (i) Even more vexing is the cultural conquest and destruction that accompany material triumphs:
the cinema, the music, the art and architecture, the heroes and heroines, the styles, furnishings,
fast-food cuisine and manners.
(ii) Many, if not most, Third World countries see globalization as a device or pretext for
imposing post-imperialist domination and exploitation by the West of the Rest.
(iii) As the Lebanese journalist Abbas Beydoun has put it, globalization swallows all, leaving
no place for those outside it.
(iv) This must be true, for the gap is apparently growing, and who else could be responsible?
(A) (ii)-(iii)-(iv)-(i)
(B) (iii)-(iv)-(i)-(ii)
(C) (ii)-(iv)-(i)-(iii)
(D) (iv)-(i)-(ii)-(iii)
DIRECTIONS for question 113: Choose the correct option for the phrase "as a lawyer comments",
to make a grammatically correct sequel to the phrase given below.
113. There is a rapid increase in divorce rates in India.
(A) As a lawyer comments, this was triggered by western influence.
(B) This is triggered, as a lawyer comments, by western influence.
(C) This western trend is there to stay, as a lawyer comments.
(D) As a lawyer comments, this is the end of marriages.
DIRECTIONS for question 114: Choose the correct option for the word "nevertheless", to make
a grammatically correct sequel to the phrase given below.
114. In Shakespeare's Julius Ceasar, Brutus feels that if he kills Mark Antony along with Caesar,
their course will seem too bloody.
(A) Nevertheless, his decision not to kill Antony eventually will lead to his own death.
(B) His decision not to kill Antony eventually will, nevertheless, lead to his own death.
(C) His decision, nevertheless, not to kill Antony eventually will lead to his own death.
(D) Nevertheless, Antony will bring about Brutus' death.

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DIRECTIONS for questions 115 to 118: Fill in the blanks with the option that has the most appropriate
set of words.
115. The modern psychologist teaches that each human being possesses, besides a/an ______ personality,
a 'sub-liminal self', an unconscious counterpart, as it were, of the active intelligence, which
______ makes a record of sights and sounds, impressions and conversations.
(A) ocular, arduously
(C) stupendous, surreptitiously

(B) conscious, unobtrusively

(D) lachrymose, subconsciously

116. Our day-to-day ________________ reality is a network of stories, part ___________ and part
factual.
(A) suspended, fantastical
(B) apprehended, fictional
(C) hovering, mythical
(D) disturbed, documentary
117. Casual __________ to his namesake deity by his grandmother and her stories, led Hanuman
to a/an __________of having supernatural powers; which later turned into a __________ when
he started believing that he could fly.
(A) delusion, allusion, illusion
(C) illusion, allusion, delusion

(B) allusion, delusion illusion

(D) allusion, illusion, delusion

118. ____________ also helps us in ___________ others, as ___________ memories of past experiences
allow newly __________ memories to bloom, much as _________ leaves allow for new growth.
(A) Fading, forgetting, forming, forgiving, decaying
(B) Forgiving, forgetting, forming, decaying fading
(C) Forgetting, forgiving, decaying fading, forming
(D) Forgetting, forgiving, fading, forming, decaying

Part-II
Exercise-I
DIRECTIONS: Given below is a topic. Read it carefully and give your opinions/arguments both
for and against the topic. Finally, give your own opinion on the topic in not more than 100
words.
TOPIC: Open Access Journals

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Exercise-II
DIRECTIONS: Arrange the given pictures in such a manner that you can construct a story from
them. Then write a story in 350 to 400 words based on them.

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