Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K) 2006 JT - Question Paper

JMET 2006 (10.12.2006)
ques. Paper with Solutions
part 1: VERBAL COMMUNICATION (Questions 1-40)
Directions: In ques. one and 2, fill in the blanks with the choice containing the MOST
improper set of words.
Q.l This will require a culture of_________and should allow diversity to _________
(A) sympathy, display (B) stamina, flaunt
(C) resilience, brandish (D) tolerance, flourish
Q.2 We are more likely to believe a story told by someone we consider ________ than someone we have
learnt not to trust, so the reputation of the narrator ________ the story.
(A) spurious, negates (B) honest, validates
(C) objective, officiates (D) adorable, dominates
Solutions to Q. 1-2:
1. The ans is (D). A culture would require tolerance for diversity, and diversity can only lead to it
flourishing (expanding) and not brandishing, flaunting (showing off) or displaying. Hence only (D)
can be the ans.
2. The ans is (B). A contrast to someone we have not learnt to trust would only be someone we
consider honest, and that can only lead to the narrator validating the story. Hence (B) is the ans.
Directions: ques. three - six relate to the passage provided below:
Visualisation is the three-dimensional, multicoloured, singing-and-dancing version of affirmations that
enables the subconscious to prefigure future achievement or success. It is a basic and fundamental human
attribute, and 1 that can literally be the difference ranging from surviving and not surviving.
When Victor Frankl, the Freudian psychologist, was examining the discriminating factors that enabled him,
and many like him, to survive in the hell of the Nazi concentration camps, the key factor was the ability to
visualize. All survivors had a vision of something beyond their current suffering, something more
worthwhile, and something worth hanging on for.
This underlines the importance of every individual having a vision of something, outside and larger than
herself, that provide her life a few meaning. The very existence of a mission lifts the eyes to something more
worthwhile and enduring — and in so doing provides something to live for — at times when quiet surrender
could be an attractive choice. Such a vision provide a further raison d ‘etre for integrity, by providing a purpose
that binds together the core values that make up self-worth.
One of the most powerful — and difficult to achieve — applications of visualization is to focus your mind
daily on the person you intend to become. Create a clear mental picture of that person — and see it in full
color, and add sounds and smells, if they are improper. The emotional values you add to the visualization
are vital in making the full connection to your subconscious, which acts only on thoughts that are mixed with

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