(3) A. When identity is thus ''defined by contrast'', divergence with the best Welcome central.
B. Indian religious literature such as the Bhagavad Gita or the Tantric texts, which are identified as differing from secular writings seen as ''western'', elicits much greater interest in the West than do other Indian writing, including India''s long history of heterodoxy.
C. There is a similar neglect of Indian writing on non-religious subjects, from mathematics, epistemology and natural science to economics and linguistics.
D. THrough selective emphasis that point up differences with the West, other civilizations can, in this way, be redefined in alien terms which can be exotic and charming, or else bizarre and terrifying, or simply strange and engaging.
E. The exception is the Kamasutra in which western readers have managed to cultivate an interest. | | A. BDACE | | B. DEABC | | C. BDECA | | D. BCEDA | ans: D | | | (2) A. Similarly, turning to caste, even though being lower caste in undoubtedly a separate cause of disparity, its impact is all the greater when the lower-caste families also happen to the poor.
B. Belonging to a privileged class can help a woman to overcome many barries that obstruct women from less thriving classes.
C. It is the interactive presence of thesetwo kinds of deprivation - being low class and being female - that massivelyimpoverishes women from the less privileged classes.
D. A congruence of class deprivation and gender discrimination can blight the lives of poorer women very severly.
E. Gender is certainly a contributor to societal inequality, but it dose not act independently of class. | | A. EABDC | | B. DEABC | | C. BDECA | | D. BCEDA | ans: B | | | (1) A. This is now orthodoxy to which I subscribe - up to a point.
B. It emerged from the mathematics of chance and statistics.
C. Therefore, the risk is measurable and manageable.
D. The fundamental concept : Prices are not predictable, but the mathematical laws of chance can describe their fluctuations.
E. This is how what business schools now call morden finance was born. | | A. ADCBE | | B. EBDCA | | C. ABDCE | | D. DCBEA | ans: B | | | (4) A. Large reductions in the ozone layer, which sits about 15-30 km above the Earth, take place each winter over the polar regions, especially the Antarctic, as low temperatures allow the formation of stratospheric clouds that assist chemical reactions breaking down ozone.
B. Industrial chemical containing chlorine and bromine have been blamed for thinning the layer because they attack the ozone molecules, making them to break apart.
C. Many of offending chemicals have now been banned.
D. It will still take several decades before these substances have disappeared from the atmosphere. | | A. D | | B. B & D | | C. A & D | | D. A & C | ans: C | | | (3) A. When virtuoso teams begin their work, individuals are in and group consensus is out.
B. As project progresses, however, the individual stars harness themselves to the product of the group.
C. Sooner or later, the members break through their own egocentrism and become a plurality with single-minded focus on the goal.
D. In short, they morph into a powerful team with a shared identity. | | A. A & C | | B. A & D | | C. B & D | | D. A,C & D | ans: B | | | (2) A. People have good reason to care about the welfare of animals.
B. Ever since Enlightenment, their treatment has been seen as a measure of mankind''s humanity.
C. It is no coincidence that William Wilberforce and Sir Thomas Foxwell Buxton, two leaders of the movement to abolish the slave trade, helped found the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in 1820s.
D. An increasing number of people go further: mankind has a duty not to cause pain to animals that have the capacity to sufer. | | A. A & D | | B. B | | C. A & C | | D. C & D | ans: A | | | (1) A. The balance of power will shift to the East as China and India evolve.
B. Rarely the economic ascent of two still relatively poor nations has been watch with such a mixture of awe, opportunism and trepidation.
C. Postwar era witnessed economic miracles in Japan and South Korea, but neither was populous enough to power worldwide growth or change thwe game in a complete spectum of industries.
D. China and India, by contrast, possess the weight and dynamism to transform the 21st-century global economy. | | A. A, B & C | | B. A & B | | C. C | | D. C & D | ans: B | | | | (4) Women squat, heads covered, beside huge piles of limp fodder and blunk oil lamps and just about all the cows in the three towns converge upon this spot. Sinners, supplicants and yes, even scallywags hand over a few coins for a crack at redemption and a handful of grass. | | A. shining | | B. bright | | C. sputtering | | D. effulgent | ans: C | | | | (3) Intelligent design derives from an early 19th-century explanation of the natural world given by an english clergyman,willy paley.paley was the populariser of the famous watchmaker analogy.proponenets of intelligent design are crupping paley''s argument with a new gloss from molecular biology. | | A. Destroying | | B. Testing | | C. Resurrecting | | D. Questioning | ans: C | | | | (2) Or there is most fingummy diplomatic note on record: when Philip of Macedon wrote to the Spartans that, if ha came within their borders, he woudl leave not one stone of their city, they wrote back the one word - "If". | | A. witty | | B. rude | | C. simple | | D. terse | ans: D | | | | It is klang to a sensitive traveler who walks through this great town, when he sees the streets the roads, and cabin doors crowed with beggars, mostly women, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags and importuning every passenger for alms. | | A. amusing | | B. irritating | | C. disgusting | | D. distressing | ans: D | | | | (4) Federer''s fifth grand slam win prompted a reported to ask whether he was the best ever. Federer is certainly not lacking in confidence, but he was''t about to proclaim himself the best ever. "The best player of this generation, yes", he said, "But nowhere close to ever. Just look at the records that some guys have. I''m a minnow." _______________________
| | A. His win against Agassi, a genius from the previous generation, contradicts that | | B. Sampras, the king of an earlier generation, was as humble | | C. He is more than a minnow to his contemporaries | | D. The difference between 'the best of this generation' and 'the best ever' is a matter of perception | ans: C | | | | (3) The audiences for crosswords and sudoku, understandably, overlap greatly, but there are differences, too. A crossword attracts a more literary person, while sudoku appeals to a keenly logical mind. Some crossword enthusiasts turn up their noses at sudoku because they feel it lacks depth. A good crossword requires vocabulary, knowledge, mental flexibility and sometimes even a sense of humar to complete. It touches numerous areas of life and provides an "Aha!" or two along the way. _____________ | | A. Sudoku, on the other hand, is just a logical exercise each one similar to the last. | | B. Sudoku, incidentally, is growing faster in popularity than crosswords, even among the literati | | C. Sudoku, on the other hand, can be attempted and enjoyed even by childern | | D. Sudoku, however, is not exciting in any sense of the term | ans: A | | | | (2) Most firms consider expert individuals to be too elitist, temperamental, egocentric and difficult to work with. Force such people to collaborate on a high-stakes project and they just might come to fisticult. Even the very notation of managing such a group seems unimaginable. So, most organizations fall into default mode, setting up project teams of people who get along nicely ______________
| | A. The result, however, is disastrous | | B. The result is mediocrity | | C. The result is creation of experts who then become elitists | | D. Naturally, they drive innvations. | ans: B | | | | (1) Thus the end of knowledge and the closing of the frontier that it symbolizes is not a looming crisis at all, but merely one many embarrasing fits of hubris in civilization''s long industry. In the end, it will pass away and be forgotten. Ours is not the first generation to struggle to understand the organization laws of the frontier, deceive itself that it has succeeded, and go to its grave having failed.__________ | | A. One would be wise to be humble | | B. But we might be the first generation to actully reach the frontier | | C. But we might be the first generation to deal with the crisis | | D. However, this time the success is not illusory | ans: A | | |  |
| Q.Q. In stock and shares brokerage is important to compute all except: | | A.A. number of shares for an investment | | B.B. effective rate of return on investment | | C.C. face value of the script | | D.D. none of these | ans: C | | | | Q.Read and write Capabilities are available in: | | A.ROM | | B.RAM | | C.Both ROM and RAM | | D.Neither ROM and RAM | ans: B | | | | Q.Which of the following is the minimum error code? | | A.Gray code | | B.Octal code | | C.Binary code | | D.None of these | ans: A | | | | Q.Find the odd-one out in the following: | | A.Apollo | | B.Mars | | C.Mercury | | D.Jupiter | ans: A | | | | Q.Write the number of the pair which is different from the others in the following | | A.Silent and quiet | | B.Rural and Urban | | C.Private and Public | | D.Odd and Even | ans: A | | | | Q.Write the number of the pair which is different from the others in the following | | A.Hospital and Medicine | | B.Garden and Flowers | | C.Forest and Trees | | D.Stadium and Volley ball | ans: D | | | | Q.Write the number of the pair which is different from the others in the following | | A.Round and Rifle | | B.Rocket and Launcher | | C.Gun and Shell | | D.Gun and Tank | ans: D | | | | Q.Write the number of the pair which is different from the others in the following | | A.Orange and Banana | | B.Knife and Mango | | C.Apple and Pear | | D.Plum and Leechi | ans: B | | | | Q.Pick out the dissimilar word | | A.Body | | B.Hand | | C.Leg | | D.Girl | ans: D | | | | Q.Find the odd-one out in the following | | A.Ring | | B.Bangle | | C.Socks | | D.Glove | ans: C | | | | Q.Find the odd-one out in the following | | A.Dog | | B.Snake | | C.Cat | | D.Monkey | ans: B | | | | Q.Find the odd-one out in the following | | A.Yellow | | B.Green | | C.Brown | | D.Violet | ans: A | | | | Q.Find the odd-one out in the following | | A.Pawn | | B.King | | C.Minister | | D.Rook | ans: C | | | | Q.Find the odd-one out in the following | | A.Ram | | B.Ravan | | C.Kansa | | D.Janak | ans: C | | | | Q.Find the odd-one out in the following | | A.Vijay Ghat | | B.Rajghat | | C.Dandi | | D.Sabarmati | ans: A | | | | READY FOR ONLINE TEST |
| Q. The annual salary of a person in the year2000 is 20% more than that of the year 1999.His annual salary is increased by Rs.36,000 in the year 2001 over that of the year 2,000.If the increase in the annual salary of the person in the year 2002 over the year 2001 is 5 percentage points less than the increase in year 2001 over year 2000,and his annual salary in the year 2002 is Rs.2,16,000,then what was his salary in the year 1999? | | A. Rs.1,00,000 | | B. Rs.1,20,000 | | C. Rs.1,25,000 | | D. Cannot be determined | ans: D | | | | Q. Steve Warne captained his team in 120 one day cricket matches with a success rate of 75%.For the first m matches,his success rate was 70%,55% for the next n matches and 90% for the last p matches.How many matches did he win in the first m + n matches he captained? | | A. 30 | | B. 36 | | C. 45 | | D. Cannot be determined | ans: B | | | | Q. The volume of a cubiod increase by 40.4%.The total length of all the edges is increased by 20% and the lateral surface area is increased by 13.4%.What is the percentage increase/decrease in the height of the cubiod,if the ratio of length,breadth and height is 3 : 2 : 1? | | A. 10% increase | | B. 10% decrease | | C. 20% increase | | D. 20% decrease | ans: B | | | | Q. Three times a number is 20% more than twice another number when increased by 105.If twice the first number increased by 36 is 20% less than three times of the second number,then what is the first number? | | A. 150 | | B. 162 | | C. 180 | | D. None of these | ans: B | | | | Q. In the year 2001,XYZ motors sold 50%,20%,30% of the total motorcycles sold in that year in the first 3 months,next 4 months and last 5 months respectively.In the year 2002,the increase in the number of motorcycles sold in the first 7 months is 40% over the same period of the previous year and increase in the number of motorcycles sold in the last 9 months is 20% over the corresponding period of the previous year.What is the minimum percentage increase in the number of motorcycles sold in year 2002 over 2001 if the increase in the number of motorcycles sold from April 2002 to July 2002 over the same 4 months of the previous year is not more than 100%? | | A. 18% | | B. 38% | | C. 58% | | D. None of these | ans: A | | | | Q. A,B and C contest an election from a particular constituency.A and B together got 50% more votes than C.The vote share of A and C together is 30 percentage points more than the vote share of B.Who won the election? | | A. A | | B. B | | C. C | | D. Cannot be determined | ans: C | | | | Q. P,Q and R scored 36%,41% and 51% respectively in a test.R passed the test and Q failed the test.If one of them failed by 21 marks and R passed by 39 marks,then what is the total marks in the test? | | A. 1,200 | | B. 600 | | C. 400 | | D. Cannot be determined | ans: D | | | | Q. A,B and C scored 28%,36% and 53% in an examination respectively.B and C passed the examination but A failed.One of them passed by 33 marks and A failed by 17 marks.What is the pass mark in the examination? | | A. 192 | | B. 73 | | C. 175 | | D. Cannot be determined | ans: A | | | | Q. A man divides Rs.9,000 into 3 unequal parts and invests them at 5%,6% and 8% per annum.At the end of one year he receives an interest of Rs.580 on his total investment.If he receives equal interest from two of his investments,how much did he invest at 6%,which is more than the investment at 5%? | | A. Rs. 3,500 | | B. Rs. 4,000 | | C. Rs. 3,000 | | D. Cannot be determined | ans: B | | | | Q. Instead of increasing the salary of a salesman twice successively by 20%,the employer has given a one-time 40% hike.What is the loss or gain for the employee if his original salary was Rs.1,000? | | A. Rs. 4 gain | | B. Rs. 40 loss | | C. Rs. 40 gain | | D. No loss,no gain | ans: B | | | | Q. The salary of a salesman is first increased twice succesively by 15% and then decreased twice successively by 15%.What is the approximate effective change in his original salary? | | A. 10% increase | | B. 5% decrease | | C. 19% decrease | | D. 25% increase | ans: B | | | | Q. in a city,20% of the total population is the student community,which is not employed.Of the remaining,56.25% are employed.If the number of non-students who are unemployed is 14,000,then find the population of the city. | | A. 56,000 | | B. 70,000 | | C. 40,000 | | D. 60,000 | ans: C | | | | Q. Three candidates A,B and C contest an assembly seat.A got as many more votes than B as B got more than C.If A won the election by a majority of 28,000 votes and C got 52,000 votes.find the percentage of votes polled to A.9All the votes polled are valid). | | A. 45% | | B. 36% | | C. 33.33% | | D. Data insufficient | ans: A | | | | Q. Some articles were sold at a certain sellingprice.When the price of each article was increased by 20%,the revenue from the sales decreased by 10% and became Rs.2,160.If the new price of each article is Rs.36 then find the number of articles sold at the original price. | | A. 75 | | B. 80 | | C. 60 | | D. 90 | ans: B | | | | Q. Out of four numbers,the second and the third numbers respectively are 50% and 150% more than the first number.If the fourth number is 25 more than the third number and five times the first number,then by what percentage is the scond number less than the fourth number? | | A. 38.46% | | B. 70% | | C. 60% | | D. 41.66% | ans: B | | | | READY FOR ONLINE TEST |
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