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1. Three airlines - IA, JA and SA - operate on the Delhi-Mumbai route. To increase the number of seats sold, SA

reduced its fares and this was emulated by IA and JAimmediately. The general belief was that the volume of air

travel between Delhi and Mumbai would increase as a

result. Which of the following, if true, would add credenceto the general belief?

A. A study that shows that as much as 80% of air travel in

India is company-sponsored.B. Increase in profitability of the three airlines.

C. A study that shows that air travellers in India are price-conscious.

D. Extension of the discount scheme to other routes.2. According to McNeill, a Brahmin priest was expected to

be able to recite at least one of the Vedas. The practice wasessential for several centuries when the Vedas had not yet

been written down. It must have had a selective effect,

since priests would have been recruited from those able orwilling to memorise long passages. It must have helped in

the dissemination of the work, since a memorised passagecan be duplicated many times. Which one of the following

can be inferred from the above passage?

A. McNeill studied the behaviour of Brahmin priestsB. Reciting the Vedas was a Brahmins obligation

C. Vedic hymns had not been scriptedD. The Vedic priest was like a recorded audio cassette

3. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word as givenbelow The Darwin who ___________ is most remarkable

for the way in which he _________the attributes of theworld class thinker and head of the household.

A. arises, addsB. appeared, combines

C. emerges, combinesD. comes, figure s

4. The sides of a rhombus ABCD measure 2 cm eachand thedifference between two angles is 90 then the areaof the

rhombus isA. 35 sq cm

B. 42 sq cmC. 22 sq cm

D. 2 sq cm5. 2/3rd of the balls in a bag are black, the rest are red. If

5/9th of the black balls and 7/8th of the red balls aredefective, find the total number of balls in the bag, if the

number of non-defective balls is 146.

A. 432B. 578

C. 216

D. 648

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6. When 3/4th of a units digit is added to the tens digit ofa 2-digit number, the sum of the digits becomes 10. If

1/4th of the tens digit added to the unit digit, then thesum of the digits is 1 less than previous. Find the number

A. 48

B. 94C. 88D. 84

7. Fill in the blanks with the options as specified in theoptions below Since her face was free of __________ there

was no way to __________ if she appreciated what hadhappened.

A. realization, appreciateB. expression, ascertain

C. make-up, realiseD. made up , think

8. Read the small description as below and answer the

question as follows A cube is divided into 4 equal cubes.Each of these cubes is further sub-divided into 4 equal

cubes What is the ratio of the surface area of the smallestcube as a percentage of the original cube?

A. 0.0625

B. 0.625C. 0.25

D. 0.01569. Three circles A, B and C have a common centre O.A is the

inner circle, B middle circle and C is outer circle. Theradiusof the outer circle C, OP cuts the inner circle at X andmiddle

circle at Y such that OX = XY = YP. The ratio of thearea ofthe region between the inner and middle circles tothe area

of the region between the middle and outer circleis:A. 13

B. 15C. 35

D. 25

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10. The companys coffee crop for 1998-99 totalled 8079tonnes, an all time record. The increase over the previous

years production of 5830 tonnes was 38.58%. Theprevious highest crop was 6089 tonnes in 1970-71. The

company had fixed a target of 8000 tonnes to be realisedby the year 2000-01, and this has been achieved two years

earlier, thanks to the emphasis laid on the key areas ofirrigation, replacement of unproductive coffee bushes,intensive refilling and improved agricultural practices. It is

now our endeavour to reach the target of 10000 tonnes in

the year 2001-02. Which one of the following wouldcontribute most to making the target of 10000 tonnes in

2001-02 unrealistic?A. The total company land under coffee has remained

constant since 1969 when an estate in the Nilgiri Hills wasacquired.

B. The target-setting procedures in the company have beenproved to the sound by the achievement of the 8000

tonne target.

C. The potential of the productivity enhancing measuresimplemented up to now has been exhausted.

D. The sensitivity of the crop to climatic factors makes

predictions about production uncertain.

11. Read the smnalll description as given below and answer

the questions as follow In a survey it was found that 80 %of viewers watched DD, 60% watched BBC and 75%

watched star plus What is the maximum %age ofrespondents watching DD or BBC but not star plus?

A. none of theseB. 40%

C. 25%D. 65%

12. In the game of picking the parcel, 4 players stand atthe corners of a square and a parcel is kept at the center of

the square. As soon as the signal goes up, a player has torun and pick up the parcel and proceed towards the

diagonally opposite corner. The parcel changes hand, and

the third player now runs with the parcel and taking aquarter-circular path lands at the spot vacated by the 1st

player. He then places the parcel at the center and second

player takes a quarter-circular path and passes the parcelto the player on his right returns of his spot. If the distance

between opposite corners is 14 m, what is the totaldistance traveled by the parcel?

A. 47mB. 36 m

C. 45mD. 44m

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13. The horizontal distance of a kite from the boy flyingit is30 m and 50 m of cord is out from the roll. If the

windmoves the kite horizontally at the rate of 5 km perhourdirectly away from the boy, how fast is the cord

beingreleased?A. 5 km per hour

B. 6 km per hourC. 3 km per hourD. 4 km per hour

14. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words from the

choices But ___________ are now regularly written todescribe well-established practices, organisations and

institutions, not all of which seem to be ________ away.A. stories, trading

B. reports, witheringC. obituaries, fading

D. books, dying15. Read the smnalll description as given below and answer

the questions as follow In a survey it was found that 80 %

of viewers watched DD, 60% watched BBC and 75%watched star plus What is the minimum %age of therespondents watching all the three channels?

A. 45%B. none of these

C. 15%D. 60%

16. Suppose S and T are sets of vectors, whereS = {(1,0,0),(0, 0, 5), (0, 3, 4)} and T = {(5, 2, 3), (5, 3, 4)}then

A. Neither S nor T is a set of linearly indepedent vectorsB. S and T both sets are linearly independent vectors

C. S is a set of linearly independent vector, but T is notD. T is a set of linearly independent vectors, but S is not