Gauhati University 2009 Model test for IIFT - Question Paper

- then which product is most

Maximum Production - Minimum Production

stable?

A.    Product P

B.    Product Q

C.    Product R

D.    Product S

68.    If four products P, Q, R and S shown in the graph are sold at price of Rs.9, Rs.4, Rs.13 and Rs.3 respectively during 1990-1995, then the total revenue of all the products is lowest in which year?

A.    1991

B.    1992

C.    1993

D.    None of the above

69.    Individual revenue of P, Q, R and S for the entire period (1990-1995) is calculated based on the price of Rs.9, Rs.4, Rs.13 and Rs.3 respectively. Which product fetches the lowest revenue?

A.    Product P

B.    Product Q

C.    Product R

D.    Product S

70.    Four products P, Q, R and S shown in the graph are sold at price of Rs.9, Rs.4, Rs.13 and Rs.3 respectively during 1990-1995. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.    Product R fetches second highest revenue across products in 1991.

B.    Sum of revenue of P, Q and S is more than the revenue of R in 1994.

C.    Cumulative revenue of P and Q is more than the revenue of S in 1993.

D.    None of the above

71. Mark the HIGHEST FDI inflow growth rate among the following:

A.    Annual FDI inflow growth rate in Gujarat in 2006.

B.    Annual FDI inflow growth rate in Kerala in 2004.

C.    Annual FDI inflow growth rate in Haryana in 2007.

D.    Annual FDI inflow growth rate in Punjab in 2004.

72.    Mark the LOWEST FDI inflow growth rate among the following:

A.    Annual FDI inflow growth rate in West Bengal in 2001.

B.    Annual FDI inflow growth rate in Kerala in 2002.

C.    Annual FDI inflow growth rate in Maharashtra in 2004.

D.    Annual FDI inflow growth rate in Haryana in 2005.

73.    Mark the TRUE statement:

A.    The decline in annual FDI growth rate for Gujarat in 2001 was smaller than the corresponding figure for Karnataka in 2005.

B.    The annual growth rate of FDI in Kerala in 2001 was greater than the corresponding figure for Uttar Pradesh in 2004.

C.    The annual growth rate of FDI in Kerala in 2005 was greater than the corresponding figure for Punjab in 2007.

D.    None of the above.

74.    Mark the FALSE statement:

A.    The absolute annual increase in FDI inflow in Bihar in 2001 is lower than the corresponding figure for Rajasthan in 2007.

B.    The annual FDI growth rate in West Bengal in 2006 was higher than the corresponding figure for Uttar Pradesh in 2003.

C.    The absolute annual increase in FDI inflow in Madhya Pradesh in 2004 is lower than the corresponding figure for Maharashtra in 2005.

D.    None of the above.

75.    Mark the TRUE statement:

A.    The absolute annual increase in FDI inflow in Haryana in 2006 is lower than the corresponding figure for Punjab in 2007.

B.    Among all States, in 2003 the absolute annual increase in FDI inflow was maximum for Madhya Pradesh.

C.    The absolute annual increase in FDI inflow in Bihar in 2003 is higher than the corresponding figure for Karnataka in 2001.

D.    The FDI inflow in Kerala over 2002 to 2007 was consistently the lowest across all the states.

76.    Mark the LOWEST percentage among the following:

A.    Export from Canada expressed as a proportion of export from North America in 2000.

B.    Export from Germany expressed as a proportion of export from Europe in 2004.

C.    Export from China expressed as a proportion of export from Asia in 2004.

D.    Export from Japan expressed as a proportion of export from Asia in 2003.

77.    Identify the TRUE statement:

A.    The annual export growth rate of Argentina in 2003 was lower than the corresponding figure for US in 2006.

B.    The annual export growth rate of Africa in 2004 was lower than the corresponding figure for Latin America during the same period.

C.    The annual export growth rate of US in 2004 was lower than the corresponding figure for Canada in 2005.

D.    None of the above.

78.    Mark the HIGHEST annual growth rate among the following:

A.    Annual growth rate of World export in 2005.

B.    Annual growth rate of North American export in 2004.

C.    Annual growth rate of Indias export in 2002.

D.    Annual growth rate of Japans export in 2003.

79.    Mark the FALSE statement:

A.    The exports from Argentina expressed as a proportion of export from Latin America in 2001 was greater than the exports from Nigeria expressed as a proportion of exports from Africa in 2004.

B.    The exports from UK expressed as a proportion of exports from Europe in 2000 is lower than the exports from Argentina expressed as a proportion of export from Latin America in 2005.

C.    The annual export growth rate of Argentina in 2004 was higher than the corresponding figure for Asia in 2005.

D.    The exports from South Africa in 2001 expressed as a proportion of exports from Africa is lower than the exports from China expressed as a proportion of exports from Asia in 2003.

80.    Mark the FALSE statement:

A.    The absolute annual increase in exports from Asia in 2003 was less than the corresponding figure in 2006.

B.    The absolute annual increase in exports from Germany in 2001 was higher than the corresponding figure for US in 2003.

C.    The absolute annual increase in exports from Brazil in 2005 was higher than the corresponding figure for Japan in 2002.

D.    None of the above.

Direction for the questions 81 - 85: Answer the questions based on the following two graphs, assuming that there is no fixed cost component and all the units produced are sold in the same year.

A.    2002

B.    2001

C.    2005

D.    2007

82.    What is the approximate average quantity sold during the period 2000-2010?

A.    64 units

B.    70 units

C.    77 units

D.    81 units

83.    If    volatility of a variable during 2000-2010 is defined as

Maximum Value - Minimum Value .    . ._rTTTT_

-, then which of the following is TRUE?

Average Value

A.    Price per unit has highest volatility

B.    Cost per unit has highest volatility

C.    Total profit has highest volatility

D.    Revenue has highest volatility

84.    If the price per unit decreases by 20% during 2000- 2004 and cost per unit increases by 20 % during 2005-2010, then during how many number of years there is a loss?

A.    3 years

B.    4 years

C.    5 years

D.    7 years

85.    If the price per unit decreases by 20% during 2000- 2004 and cost per unit increases by 20 % during 2005-2010, then the cumulative profit for the entire period 2000-2010 decreases by:

Direction for questions 86 - 97: Read the three passages carefully and answer the questions given at the end of each passage:

Passage - 1

Turning the business around involved more than segmenting and pulling out of retail. It also meant maximizing every strength we had in order to boost our profit margins. In reexamining the direct model, we realized that inventory management was not just a core strength; it could be an incredible opportunity for us, and one that had not yet been discovered by any of our competitors.

In Version 1.0 of the direct model, we eliminated the reseller, thereby eliminating the markup and the cost of maintaining a store. In Version 1.1, we went one step further to reduce inventory inefficiencies. Traditionally, a long chain of partners was involved in getting a product to the customer. Lets say you have a factory building a PC well call model #4000. The system is then sent to the distributor, which sends it to the warehouse, which sends it to the dealer, who eventually pushes it on to the consumer by advertising, ''Ive got model #4000. Come and buy it." If the consumer says, "But I want model #8000," the dealer replies, "Sorry, I only have model #4000." Meanwhile, the factory keeps building model #4000s and pushing the inventory into the channel.

The result is a glut of model #4000s that nobody wants. Inevitably, someone ends up with too much inventory, and you see big price corrections. The retailer cant sell it at the suggested retail price, so the manufacturer loses money on price protection (a practice common in our industry of compensating dealers for reductions in suggested selling price). Companies with long, multi-step distribution systems will often fill their distribution channels with products in an attempt to clear out older technologies or meet their financial targets. This dangerous and inefficient practice is called channel stuffing. Worst of all, the customer ends up paying for it by purchasing systems that are already out of date.

Because we were building directly to fill our customers orders, we didnt have finished goods inventory devaluing on a daily basis. Because we aligned our suppliers to deliver components as we used them, we were able to minimize raw material inventory. Reductions in component costs could be passed on to our customers quickly, which made them happier and improved our competitive advantage. It also allowed us to deliver the latest technology to our customers faster than our competitors.

The direct model turns conventional manufacturing inside out. Conventional manufacturing dictates that you should always have a stockpile of raw materials, because if you run out, your plant cant keep going. But if you dont know what you need to build because of dramatic changes in demand, you run the risk of ending up with terrific amounts of excess and obsolete inventory. That is not the goal. The concept behind the direct model has nothing to do with stockpiling and everything to do with information. The quality of your information is inversely proportional to the amount of assets required, in this case excess inventory. With less information about

customer needs, you need massive amounts of inventory. So, if you have great information - that is, you know exactly what people want and how much - you need that much less inventory. Less inventory, of course, corresponds to less inventory depreciation. In the computer industry, component prices are always falling as suppliers introduce faster chips, bigger disk drives, and modems with ever-greater bandwidth. Lets say that Dell has six days of inventory. Compare that to an indirect competitor who has twenty-five days of inventory with another thirty in their distribution channel. Thats a difference of forty-nine days, and in forty-nine days, the cost of materials will decline about 6 percent.

Then theres the threat of getting stuck with obsolete inventory if youre caught in a transition to a next-generation product, as we were with those memory chips in 1989. As the product approaches the end of its life, the manufacturer has to worry about whether it has too much in the channel and whether a competitor will dump products, destroying profit margins for everyone. This is a perpetual problem in the computer industry, but with the direct model, we have virtually eliminated it. We know when our customers are ready to move on technologically, and we can get out of the market before its most precarious time. We dont have to subsidize our losses by charging higher prices for other products.

And ultimately, our customer wins. Optimal inventory management really starts with the design process. You want to design the product so that the entire product supply chain, as well as the manufacturing process, is oriented not just for speed but for what we call velocity. Speed means being fast in the first place. Velocity means squeezing time out of every step in the process.

Inventory velocity has become a passion for us. To achieve maximum velocity, you have to design your products in a way that covers the largest part of the market with the fewest number of parts. For example, you dont need nine different disk drives when you can serve 98 percent of the market with only four. We also learned to take into account the variability of low-cost and high-cost components. Systems were reconfigured to allow for a greater variety of low-cost parts and a limited variety of expensive parts. The goal was to decrease the number of components to manage, which increased the velocity, which decreased the risk of inventory depreciation, which increased the overall health of our business system.

We were also able to reduce inventory well below the levels anyone thought possible by constantly challenging and surprising ourselves with the results. We had our internal skeptics when we first started pushing for ever-lower levels of inventory. I remember the head of our procurement group telling me that this was like "flying low to the ground 300 knots." He was worried that we wouldnt see the trees.

In 1993, we had $2.9 billion in sales and $220 million in inventory. Four years later, we posted $12.3 billion in sales and had inventory of 33 million. Were now down to six days of inventory and were starting to measure it in hours instead of days. Once you reduce your inventory while maintaining your growth rate, a significant amount of risk comes from the transition from one generation of product to the next. Without traditional stockpiles of inventory, it is critical to precisely time the discontinuance of the older product line with the ramp-up in customer demand for the newer one. Since we were introducing new products all the time, it became imperative to avoid the huge drag effect from mistakes made during transitions. E&O - short for excess and obsolete - became taboo at Dell. We would debate about whether our E&O was 30 or 50 cents per PC. Since anything less than $20 per PC is not bad, when youre down in the cents range, youre approaching stellar performance.

In effect, we got stronger with each transition and more competitive with each turn of the crank. We were increasing our productivity and improving our cash flow in a broader range of products in larger and larger markets. Unlike that period in 1993, when every day the news got a little worse, now, finally, every day the news was better and better.

86.    Find out the TRUE statement:

A.    According to the passage, the working of the direct model was being heavily exploited by all players in the software business.

B.    Analysis of the supply chain of the product reveals that the product is sent to the warehouse by the dealer, and any delay at that stage leads to an obvious increase in cost.

C.    The nature of the computer industry is such that the production decision at factory level is usually undertaken after getting the customer demand feedback from the distributors.

D.    Whenever the production of some old-fashioned model of a product by a company exceeds the existing demand, the market forces create a downward pressure on its prices.

87.    Find out the FALSE statement:

A.    The company mentioned in the passage could attain efficiency on raw material inventory management because they were procuring components only in line with their timely requirement.

B.    Generally the more the amount of quality information about the consumer needs and the market a firm possess, the less is its inventory requirement.

C.    In order to serve the market more efficiently, the firm mentioned here reconfigured their computers with increased proportion of low-cost parts and a fewer types of high-priced parts.

D.    The conventional manufacturing system always ensured that no competitor can lower prices to reduce profit margins for everybody.

88.    Choose the option which best matches the following sets:

A.    1-iv, 2-ii, 3-i, 4-iii

B.    1-iii, 2-i, 3-iv, 4-ii

C.    1-iv, 2-iii, 3-ii, 4-i

D.    1-iii, 2-ii, 3-iv, 4-i

A.    Having less amount of inventory is better in the computer industry as with time better quality components with enhanced capacity reach the market with lower price.

B.    Before improving the inventory management system under the direct model, the firm first removed the reseller from its marketing model, which contributed in its cost-cutting attempt.

C.    The efficient inventory management allowed the firm to enhance productivity as well as the flexibility to enter or exit a market.

D.    The companies with long distribution network incorporate information-gathering process within their systems which enable them to market products with latest available technologies.

Passage - 2

My comrade and I had been quartered in Jamaica, and from there we had been drafted off to the British settlement of Belize, lying away West and North of the Mosquito coast. At Belize there had been great alarm of one cruel gang of pirates (there were always more pirates than enough in those Caribbean Seas), and as they got the better of our English cruisers by running into out-of-the-way creeks and shallows, and taking the land when they were hotly pressed, the governor of Belize had received orders from home to keep a sharp look-out for them along shore. Now, there was an armed sloop came once a year from Port Royal, Jamaica, to the Island, laden with all manner of necessaries, to eat, and to drink, and to wear, and to use in various ways; and it was aboard of that sloop which had touched at Belize, that I was standing, leaning over the bulwarks.

The Island was occupied by a very small English colony. It had been given the name of Silver-Store. The reason of its being so called, was, that the English colony owned and worked a silver-mine over on the mainland, in Honduras, and used this Island as a safe and convenient place to store their silver in, until it was annually fetched away by the sloop. It was brought down from the mine to the coast on the backs of mules, attended by friendly local people and guarded by white men; from thence it was conveyed over to Silver-Store, when the weather was fair, in the canoes of that country; from Silver-Store, it was carried to Jamaica by the armed sloop once a-year, as I have already mentioned; from Jamaica, it went, of course, all over the world.

How I came to be aboard the armed sloop, is easily told. Four-and-twenty marines under command of a lieutenant - that officers name was Linderwood - had been told off at Belize, to proceed to Silver-Store, in aid of boats and seamen stationed there for the chase of the Pirates. The Island was considered a good post of observation against the pirates, both by land and sea; neither the pirate ship nor yet her boats had been seen by any of us, but they had been so much heard of, that the reinforcement was sent. Of that party, I was one. It included a corporal and a sergeant. Charker was corporal, and the sergeants name was Drooce. He was the most tyrannical non-commissioned officer in His Majestys service.

The night came on, soon after I had had the foregoing words with Charker. All the wonderful bright colours went out of the sea and sky in a few minutes, and all the stars in the Heavens seemed to shine out together, and to look down at themselves in the sea, over one anothers shoulders, millions deep.

Next morning, we cast anchor off the Island. There was a snug harbour within a little reef; there was a sandy beach; there were cocoa-nut trees with high straight stems, quite bare, and foliage at the top like plumes of magnificent green feathers; there were all the objects that are usually seen in those parts, and I am not going to describe them, having something else to tell about.

Great rejoicings, to be sure, were made on our arrival. All the flags in the place were hoisted, all the guns in the place were fired, and all the people in the place came down to look at us. One of the local people had come off outside the reef, to pilot us in, and remained on board after we had let go our anchor.

My officer, Lieutenant Linderwood, was as ill as the captain of the sloop, and was carried ashore, too. They were both young men of about my age, who had been delicate in the West India climate. I thought I was much fitter for the work than they were, and that if all of us had our deserts, I should be both of them rolled into one. (It may be imagined what sort of an officer of marines I should have made, without the power of reading a written order. And as to any knowledge how to command the sloop--Lord! I should have sunk her in a quarter of an hour!)

However, such were my reflections; and when we men were ashore and dismissed, I strolled about the place along with Charker, making my observations in a similar spirit.

It was a pretty place: in all its arrangements partly South American and partly English, and very agreeable to look at on that account, being like a bit of home that had got chipped off and had floated away to that spot, accommodating itself to circumstances as it drifted along. The huts of the local people, to the number of five-and-twenty, perhaps, were down by the beach to the left of the anchorage. On the right was a sort of barrack, with a South American Flag and the Union Jack, flying from the same staff, where the little English colony could all come together, if they saw occasion. It was a walled square of building, with a sort of pleasure-ground inside, and inside that again a sunken block like a powder magazine, with a little square trench round it, and steps down to the door.

Charker and I were looking in at the gate, which was not guarded; and I had said to Charker, in reference to the bit like a powder magazine, "Thats where they keep the silver you see;" and Charker had said to me, after thinking it over, "And silver aint gold. Is it, Gill?"

A.    During the time of the narration, the total number of pirates at Belize was much more than the same in the Caribbean Seas.

B.    From the accounts presented here, when the narrator of the passage made the journey he already happened to be an experienced sailor with considerable navigating experiences.

C.    The author and his friends used to consider Drooce as the most authoritarian non-commissioned officer in Her Majesty's service.

D.    While walking with Charker, the narrator came across a barrack like structure where all the English settlers could assemble and stay together, if there was any necessity for doing so.

91.    Find out the FALSE statement:

A.    According to the passage, the silver that was being stored in the place where the author went to was being mined in Honduras.

B.    The narrator noted that the silver was being transported from the mine to the coast on the backs of mules, after which it was being sent to Jamaica in a sloop, from where it was reaching various destinations.

C.    Although the sea-voyage near Belize was being threatened by the presence of one notorious pirate fleet, the captain of the patrolling ship was accompanied by less than thirty soldiers.

D.    The Island the author talks here about was considered to be a good point for surveillance against the pirates both by land and sea.

92.    Find out the TRUE Statement:

A.    The author was initially staying in Jamaica, which is located in the West and North of the Mosquito coast.

B.    A casual review of the place by the narrator revealed that the store for keeping the silver was heavily guarded, fearing a possible pirate attack anytime.

C.    The narrator and his companion noticed the South American Flag and the Union Jack flying on the port office.

D.    When the ship entered the harbour, both its Captain and Lieutenant Linderwood was unwell as the West Indian climate was not suiting them.

93.    Mark the FALSE statement:

A.    It was being difficult to capture the pirates because they either used to hide in uncommon waters whenever the patrolling ships were pursuing them or used to disembark and flee whenever severely chased.

B.    The local canoes were employed by the miners to bring the silver from the coast to the island during favourable climatic condition.

C.    The lifestyle of the island was not exactly British as it had to adjust itself with the local South American culture, but the same seemed quite delightful for the narrator and his company.

D.    When Corporal Charker and Sergent Gill were walking around the harbour, they noticed that the size of the settlement of the local people was not very large.

We now come to the second part of our journey under the sea. The first ended with the moving scene in the coral cemetery which left a deep impression on my mind. I could no longer content myself with the theory which satisfied Conseil. That worthy fellow persisted in seeing in the Commander of the Nautilus one of those unknown servants who return mankind contempt for indifference. For him, he was a misunderstood genius who, tired of earths deceptions, had taken refuge in this inaccessible medium, where he might follow his instincts freely. To my mind, this explains but one side of Captain Nemos character. Indeed, the mystery of that last night during which we had been chained in prison, the sleep, and the precaution so violently taken by the Captain of snatching from my eyes the glass I had raised to sweep the horizon, the mortal wound of the man, due to an unaccountable shock of the Nautilus, all put me on a new track. No; Captain Nemo was not satisfied with shunning man. His formidable apparatus not only suited his instinct of freedom, but perhaps also the design of some terrible retaliation.

That day, at noon, the second officer came to take the altitude of the sun. I mounted the platform, and watched the operation. As he was taking observations with the sextant, one of the sailors of the Nautilus (the strong man who had accompanied us on our first submarine excursion to the Island of Crespo) came to clean the glasses of the lantern. I examined the fittings of the apparatus, the strength of which was increased a hundredfold by lenticular rings, placed similar to those in a lighthouse, and which projected their brilliance in a horizontal plane. The electric lamp was combined in such a way as to give its most powerful light. Indeed, it was produced in vacuo, which insured both its steadiness and its intensity. This vacuum economised the graphite points between which the luminous arc was developed - an important point of economy for Captain Nemo, who could not easily have replaced them; and under these conditions their waste was imperceptible. When the Nautilus was ready to continue its submarine journey, I went down to the saloon. The panel was closed, and the course marked direct west.

We were furrowing the waters of the Indian Ocean, a vast liquid plain, with a surface of 1,200,000,000 of acres, and whose waters are so clear and transparent that any one leaning over them would turn giddy. The Nautilus usually floated between fifty and a hundred fathoms deep. We went on so for some days. To anyone but myself, who had a great love for the sea, the hours would have seemed long and monotonous; but the daily walks on the platform, when I steeped myself in the reviving air of the ocean, the sight of the rich waters through the windows of the saloon, the books in the library, the compiling of my memoirs, took up all my time, and left me not a moment of ennui or weariness.

From the 21st to the 23rd of January the Nautilus went at the rate of two hundred and fifty leagues in twenty-four hours, being five hundred and forty miles, or twenty-two miles an hour. If we recognized so many different varieties of fish, it was because, attracted by the electric light, they tried to follow us; the greater part, however, were soon distanced by our speed, though some kept their place in the waters of the Nautilus for a time. The morning of the 24th, we observed Keeling Island, a coral formation, planted with magnificent cocos, and which had been visited

by Mr. Darwin and Captain Fitzroy. The Nautilus skirted the shores of this desert island for a little distance. Soon Keeling Island disappeared from the horizon, and our course was directed to the north-west in the direction of the Indian Peninsula.

From Keeling Island our course was slower and more variable, often taking us into great depths. Several times they made use of the inclined planes, which certain internal levers placed obliquely to the waterline. I observed that in the upper regions the water was always colder in the high levels than at the surface of the sea. On the 25th of January the ocean was entirely deserted; the Nautilus passed the day on the surface, beating the waves with its powerful screw and making them rebound to a great height. Three parts of this day I spent on the platform. I watched the sea. Nothing on the horizon, till about four oclock a steamer running west on our counter. Her masts were visible for an instant, but she could not see the Nautilus, being too low in the water. I fancied this steamboat belonged to the P.O. Company, which runs from Ceylon to Sydney, touching at King Georges Point and Melbourne.

At five oclock in the evening, before that fleeting twilight which binds night to day in tropical zones, Conseil and I were astonished by a curious spectacle. It was a shoal of argonauts traveling along on the surface of the ocean. We could count several hundreds. These graceful molluscs moved backwards by means of their locomotive tube, through which they propelled the water already drawn in. Of their eight tentacles, six were elongated, and stretched out floating on the water, whilst the other two, rolled up flat, were spread to the wing like a light sail. I saw their spiral-shaped and fluted shells, which Cuvier justly compares to an elegant skiff. For nearly an hour the Nautilus floated in the midst of this shoal of molluscs.

The next day, 26th of January, we cut the equator at the eighty-second meridian and entered the northern hemisphere. During the day a formidable troop of sharks accompanied us. They were cestracio philippi sharks, with brown backs and whitish bellies, armed with eleven rows of teeth, their throat being marked with a large black spot surrounded with white like an eye. There were also some Isabella sharks, with rounded snouts marked with dark spots. These powerful creatures often hurled themselves at the windows of the saloon with such violence as to make us feel very insecure. But the Nautilus, accelerating her speed, easily left the most rapid of them behind.

About seven oclock in the evening, the Nautilus, half-immersed, was sailing in a sea of milk. At first sight the ocean seemed lactified. Was it the effect of the lunar rays? No; for the moon, scarcely two days old, was still lying hidden under the horizon in the rays of the sun. The whole sky, though lit by the sidereal rays, seemed black by contrast with the whiteness of the waters. Conseil could not believe his eyes, and questioned me as to the cause of this strange phenomenon. Happily I was able to answer him.

It is called a milk sea," I explained. A large extent of white wavelets often to be seen on the coasts of Amboyna, and in these parts of the sea.

But, sir," said Conseil, "can you tell me what causes such an effect? For I suppose the water is not really turned into milk.

No, my boy; and the whiteness which surprises you is caused only by the presence of myriads of luminous little worm, gelatinous and without colour, of the thickness of a hair, and whose length is not more than seven-thousandths of an inch. These insects adhere to one another sometimes for several leagues.

Several leagues! exclaimed Conseil.

Yes, my boy; and you need not try to compute the number of these infusoria. You will not be able, for, if I am not mistaken, ships have floated on these milk seas for more than forty miles.

Towards midnight the sea suddenly resumed its usual colour; but behind us, even to the limits of the horizon, the sky reflected the whitened waves, and for a long time seemed impregnated with the vague glimmerings of an aurora borealis.

94.    Find the TRUE Sentence:

A.    According to the narrator, the above-mentioned journey was taking place during full moon period.

B.    According to Conseil, the Captain of the Nautilus in which they were traveling was really a brilliant person, a fact which had been corroborated by many people.

C.    It is implied from the passage that although the author was witnessing many interesting events during their journey, he was not always having his way.

D.    From the chronicle, it is understood that the Nautilus was in the vicinity of the Island of Crespo on the 25^th of January.

95.    Find the FALSE sentence:

A.    After entering the Northern Hemisphere, the narrator witnessed several sea creatures, including several varieties of sharks, who kept bumping on the windows of the submarine.

B.    On 25^th January, the second officer of Nautilus came to the platform for measuring the altitude of the sun and for that purpose took observations with the sextant.

C.    After January 24, Nautilus started traveling at a relatively reduced speed, and some of the time it was going further away from the sea-surface.

D.    The course of Nautilus took them near the Keeling Island, which had earlier been visited by Mr. Darwin and Captain Fitzroy.

A.    1-ii, 2-iv, 3-i, 4-iii

B.    1-iii, 2-i, 3-iv, 4-ii

C.    1-iv, 2-iii, 3-ii, 4-i

D.    1-iii, 2-ii, 3-iv, 4-i

97. Find the TRUE statement:

A.    During 22^nd to 24^th of January, Nautilus was traveling at the rate of two hundred and fifty leagues in twenty-four hours, which means a speed of twenty-two miles an hour.

B.    On 26^th January for approximately an hour the narrator witnessed a shoal of mollusks, and he enjoyed watching their spiral-shaped and fluted shells.

C.    On the 25^th of January the narrator came across a steamboat, which was owned by P.O. Company, which travels between Ceylon to Sydney.

D.    The electric lamp of the submarine was an example of efficiency and effective fixture.

Direction for questions 98 - 100: Find the most appropriate word from the given choices which is described by the meaning provided in the question.

98.    Meaning: a bowl-shaped drinking vessel

A.    rumble

B.    fracas

C.    aquifer

D.    chalice

99.    Meaning: definition of a substance, especially a strong acid; erosive; mordant.

A.    vitriolic

B.    briny

C.    puerile

D.    prophylactic

100.    Meaning: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); rise; raise; climb; upgrade.

A.    maelstrom

B.    acclivity

C.    alacrity

D.    slighting

Direction for questions 101 - 104: Select the most appropriate word(s) from the given choices to fill the blank (s).

101.    Justice Minister Bola Ige, confronted with the general incivility of local police,

make big holes in their pockets."

A.    malediction

B.    sanction

C.    proscription

D.    plea

102.    I_i_that he will pass his exam and get a good job.

I will make a_ii_. There will be a new government in less than a year.

A.    i. prophecy    ii. prophesy

B.    i. prophesy    ii. prophecy

C.    i. prophecy    ii. prophecy

D.    i. prophesy    ii. prophesy

103.    Imagine an_public figure attacked by press and public, who is facing an

inquiry into allegations of having obtained money by deception.

A.    empowered

B.    endangered

C.    embattled

D.    engrossed

A.    lugubrious,    suffered

B.    bitter,    smarted

C.    lugubrious,    smiled

D.    trenchant,    winced

Directions for questions 105 - 108: In each of the following sentences, part or all of the sentence is underlined. The answer-choices offer four ways of phrasing the underlined part. If you think the original sentence is better than the alternatives, choose A, which merely repeats the underlined part; otherwise choose one of the alternatives.

105.    Had the Presidents Administration not lost the vote on the budget reduction package, his first year in office would have been rated an A.

A.    Had the Presidents Administration not lost the vote on the budget reduction package, his first year in office would have been rated an A.

B.    Had the Presidents Administration not lost the vote on the budget reduction package, it would have been rated an A in the first year.

C.    If the President had not lost the vote on the budget reduction package, the Administrations first year in office would have been rated an A.

D.    Had the Presidents Administration not lost the vote on its budget reduction package, his first year in office would have been rated an A.

106.    The rise in negative attitudes toward foreigners indicate that the country is becoming less tolerant, and therefore that the opportunities are ripe for extremist groups to exploit the illegal immigration problem.

A.    indicate that the country is becoming less tolerant, and therefore that

B.    indicates that the country is becoming less tolerant, and therefore

C.    indicates that the country is becoming less tolerant, and therefore that

D.    indicates that the country has become less tolerant, and therefore

107.    This century began with war brewing in Europe, the industrial revolution well-established, and a nascent communication age.

A.    war brewing in Europe, the industrial revolution well-established, and a nascent communication age.

B.    war brewing in Europe, the industrial revolution surging, and a nascent communication age.

C.    war brewing in Europe, the industrial revolution well-established, and the communication age beginning.

D.    war brewing in Europe, the industrial revolution well-established, and saw the birth of the communication age.

108. Due to the chemical spill, the commute into the city will be delayed by as much as 2 hours.

A.    Due to the chemical spill, the commute into the city will be delayed by as much as 2 hours.

2 hours.

C.    Due to the chemical spill, the commute into the city had been delayed by as much as 2 hours.

D.    Because of the chemical spill, the commute into the city will be delayed by as much as 2 hours.

Direction for questions 109 - 112: Select the option which is having similar analogy vis-a-vis the analogy given in the question.

109.    TRAVESTY: PARAGON::

A.    autonomy : subordination

B.    disqualification : ineptitude

C.    sentinel : creed

D.    conundrum : accountability

110.    CONTRITE : OBDURATE ::

A.    grievous : lamentable

B.    aphoristic : esoteric

C.    sophisticated : cultured

D.    favorable : assenting

111.    PECCADILLO : FLAW::

A.    clandestine : openness

B.    nick : score

C.    forensics : judiciary

D.    invasion : putsch

112.    MUTTER : INDISTINCT ::

A.    define : easy

B.    blunder : polished

C.    articulate : well-spoken

D.    expedite : completed

Direction for questions 113 - 115: Select the most OPPOSITE of the given word from the given choices.

113.    REQUIEM

A.    Humility

B.    Prerequisite

C.    Resolution

D.    Reign

114.    ASPERSION

A.    Infamy

B.    Restriction

C.    Tradition

D.    Obeisance

115.    STOLIDITY

A.    Posterity

B.    Proximity

C.    Agility

D.    Sobriety

Directions for questions 116 - 118: A number of sentences are given below which, when properly sequenced, form a COHERENT PARAGRAPH. Choose the most LOGICAL ORDER of sentences from the choices given to construct a COHERENT PARAGRAPH.

116.

I. The economy's performance in expenditure terms was even poorer, with real GDP contracting by 0.6% after a gain of 0.5% in the October-December quarter.

II. On an output basisthe government's preferred measure because it is less volatile than expenditure-based GDPthe economy contracted by 0.3% in real terms from the previous quarter.

III.    Data from Statistics New Zealand, a government agency, published on June 27th show an almost uniformly abysmal economic performance in January-March 2008.

IV.    This was the first contraction since late 2005, made worse by the fact that the previous quarter's growth rate was revised down from 1% to 0.8%.

A.    III, IV, II, I

B.    I, II, III, IV

C.    III, II, IV, I

D.    I, III, II, IV

I. Matti Meri, a teacher-trainer at Helsinki University, was a teacher at the time.

II. By the time comprehensives reached the more populous south, teachers were eager to join in what was clearly a roaring success.

III.    Grammar-school teachers were quite afraid of the reforms, he recalls.

IV.    They used to teach only one-third of the students. But the comprehensive schools used almost the same curriculum as the grammar schools hadand we discovered that the two-thirds were mostly able to cope with it.

V.    Comprehensive schools were introduced in 1972 in the sparsely populated north, and then over the next four years in the rest of the country.

A.    V, I, III, IV, II

B.    I, II, III, IV, V

C.    V, II, IV, I, III

D.    I, III, II, IV, V

118.

I. It is a clear illustration of the major role played by diet and culture on your risk of chronic disorders, he says.

II. Little is known about its effects, but changing its levels, possibly through diet or with different gut bacteria, might help to control high blood pressure.

III.    Chinese and Japanese people are very similar at a genetic level, but Dr Nicholson found big differences in the type and variety of metabolites in their blood and urine.

IV.    Metabolomics can provide very specific pointers as to what is going wrong and new ways of intervening.

V.    For instance, he found an unexpected metabolic marker, called formate, that seems to have a role in regulating blood pressure.

A.    III, II, IV, I, V

B.    III, IV, V, I, II

C.    II, III, IV, I, V

D.    III, I, IV, V, II

119. There are four sentences S1, S2, S3, S4 where the underlined word is used either correctly or incorrectly. Choose the option which lists the sentences, where the underlined word is used correctly.

51.    Only 22% of the people voted. The rest were totally disinterested.

52.    The management and the union asked a completely disinterested party to mediate between them.

53.    I dont know why he didnt go to the exhibition. Perhaps he was too busy or just disinterested.

54.    Frances intervention in the dispute was not entirely disinterested. It gave her increased power and influence in the area.

A.    S1, S2, S4.

B.    S2, S3, S4.

C.    S1, S4.

D.    S2, S4.

120. There are four sentences S1, S2, S3, S4 where the underlined phrase is used either correctly or incorrectly. Choose the option which lists the sentences, where the underlined phrase is used correctly.

51.    Good Lord, Im not rich! on the contrary, Im constantly in debt.

52.    Shes very intelligent, but on the contrary shes apt to be impatient.

53.    Yes, its a very cosmopolitan city. On the contrary, its very expensive.

54.    I dont think hell pass the exam. On the contrary, I think hell almost certainly fail.

121.    Which of the following country is not a member of G8 group of countries?

A.    United Kingdom

B.    China

C.    Germany

D.    Canada

122.    Which prominent intergovernmental organization launched the movement, Education For All (EFA):

A.    UNCTAD

B.    UNIDO

C.    UNDP

D.    UNESCO

123.    Which of the following country is a member of OECD group?

A.    Venezuela

B.    Brazil

C.    Mexico

D.    South Africa

124.    Select the correct Year - Olympic host cities match:

A.    1-ii, 2-iii, 3-iv, 4-i

B.    1-iii, 2-i, 3-iv, 4-ii

C.    1-iv, 2-ii, 3-i, 4-iii

D.    1-iii, 2-iv, 3-ii, 4-i

125. Select the correct IPL Franchise - Owner match:

A.    1-ii, 2-iii, 3-iv, 4-i

B.    1-iii, 2-i, 3-iv, 4-ii

C.    1-iv, 2-ii, 3-i, 4-iii

D.    1-iii, 2-iv, 3-ii, 4-i

A.    Belarus

B.    Malta

C.    Turkey

D.    Albania

127. Select the correct Bharat Ratna recipient -Year match:

A.    1-ii, 2-iii, 3-iv, 4-i

B.    1-iii, 2-i, 3-iv, 4-ii

C.    1-iv, 2-ii, 3-i, 4-iii

D.    1-iii, 2-iv, 3-ii, 4-i

128. Select the WRONG Country-River - Currency match:

129. Select the WRONG International Organization - Location of Headquarter -Country match:

132. Select the WRONG Country - Name of Parliament match:

133.    Which one of the following books has been authored by P. Chidambaram?

A.    View from the outside: Why good economics works for everyone

B.    Propelling India from Socialist Stagnation to Global Power

C.    Interpreting the Indian Economy

D.    Strategic consequences of India's economic performance

134.    Which of the treaty was signed amongst the European nations for entering into the monetary union?

A.    Treaty of Nice

B.    Treaty of Versailles

C.    Maastricht Treaty

D.    Treaty of Paris

135.    Which of the following Indian automobile major has a tie-up with a German insurer?

A.    Hindustan Motors

B.    Maruti

C.    Bajaj

D.    Ashok Leyland

136.    Which Indian company has acquired General Chemical Industrial Products Inc. of USA in 2008?

A.    Tata Chemicals

B.    Mody Chemical Industries

C.    Gujarat Heavy Chemicals Ltd

D.    Hindustan Chemicals.

137.    Which of the following is not part of the Central Police Forces under the Union Government of India?

A.    Sashashatra Seema Ball

B.    Assam Rifles

C.    National Security Guard

D.    Anti-Naxalite Force

138.    In descending order, which of the following group of countries is correct about the length of Indias land borders with its neighbors?

A.    Bangladesh, Pakistan, China, Myanmar, Nepal

B.    China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal

C.    China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar

D.    Bangladesh, China, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar

139.    Chronologically which one of the following is correct?

A.    (1) Indias first nuclear test, (2) Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty comes to force, (3) France and China sign Non Proliferation Treaty

B.    (1) India conducts its second nuclear test -1998, (2) N. Korea conducts test of nuclear weapon, (3) Chernobyl nuclear power station accident in Ukraine

C.    (1) International Atomic Energy Agency set up, (2) France conducts first nuclear test, (3) China conducts its first nuclear test

D.    (1) France and China sign Non Proliferation Treaty, (2) India conducts its second nuclear test, (3) France conducts first nuclear test

140.    Which of the following mountain peak is not located in India?

A.    Daulagiri

B.    Mt. Kamet

C.    Saltoro Kangri

D.    Nanga Parbat (Diamir)

141.    Select the correct Organization - Purpose match:

A.    1-ii, 2-i, 3-iv, 4-iii

B.    1-iii, 2-i, 3-iv, 4-ii

C.    1-ii, 2-iii, 3-iv, 4-i

D.    1-iii, 2-iv, 3-ii, 4-i

142.    In descending order, which one of the following is the correct sex ratio of states in India?

A.    Kerala, Chhatisgargh, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa

B.    Kerala, Chhatisgargh, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh

C.    Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu

D.    Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Chhatisgargh, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh

143.    Select the correct Artists - Instruments match:

A.    i-c, ii-b, iii-d, iv-a

B.    i-b, ii-a, iii-d, iv-c

C.    i-d, ii-a, iii-b, iv-c

D.    i-c, ii-d, iii-b, iv-a

144. Select the correct Sobriquets - Primary Names match:

A.    i-b, ii-d, iii-c, iv-a

B.    i-c, ii-d, iii-a, iv-b

C.    i-b, ii-a, iii-d, iv-c

D.    i-c, ii-a, iii-d, iv-b

145.    Which of the following is an incorrect Award - Person match?

A.    Indra Nooyi - Padma Shri

B.    M Sukumaran - Sahitya Academy Award

C.    Dr. Jagannath Prasad Das - Saraswati Samman

D.    Rahman Rahi - Jnanpith Award

146.    The antibiotic penicillin is obtained from:

A.    a bacterium

B.    fungus

C.    synthetic means

D.    virus-infected cells

A.    i-c, ii-b, iii-d, iv-a

B.    i-a, ii-d, iii-b, iv-c

C.    i-a, ii-b, iii-c, iv-d

D.    i-c, ii-a, iii-d, iv-b

148. Select the correct Inventions/Discoveries - Inventors/ Discoverers match:

A.    i-a, ii-b, iii-c, iv-d

B.    i-b, ii-a, iii-d, iv-c

C.    i-c, ii-a, iii-b, iv-d

D.    i-a, ii-b, iii-d, iv-c

149. Select the correct Diseases - Plants affected match:

A.    i-a, ii-b, iii-d, iv-c

B.    i-d, ii-c, iii-b, iv-a

C.    i-b, ii-c, iii-a, iv-d

D.    i-a, ii-b, iii-c, iv-d

150. In April 2008 ISRO launched the following satellite form Sriharikota:

A.    KITSAT-3

B.    CARTOSAT-2A

C.    HAMSAT

D.    INSAT-4CR

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