Four of the following five are alike in a certain way andhence form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the gorup?
Directions (Question: Following six questions) : Study the following information to answer the givenquestions:
Twelve people are sitting in two parallel rows containing six people each such that they are equidistant from each other. In row I : P, Q, R, S, T and V are seated and all of them arc facing South. In row 2: A, B, C, D, E and F are seated and all of them are facing North. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement, each member seated in a row faces another member of the other row. S sits third to the right of Q. Either S or Q sits at an extreme end of the line. The one who faces Q sits second to the right of E. Two people sit between B and F. Neither B nor F sits at an extreme end of the line. The immediate neighbour of B faces the person who sits third to the left of P. R and T are immediate neighbours. C sits second to the left of A.T does not face the immediate neighbour of D.
Who amongst the following sit at the extreme ends of the rows?
Who amongst the following faces S?
How many persons are seated between Vand R?
P is related to A in the same way as S is related to B based on the given arrangement. which of the following is T related to, following the same pattern?
Which of the following is true regarding T?
Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group ?
Directions (Question: Following five questions) : Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and give answer
1) if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement 11 alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
2) if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
3) if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.
4) if the data even in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.
5) if the data in both statements I and 11 together are necessary to answer the question.
Which bag amongst P, Q, R S and Tis the heaviest? I.Bag Q is heavier than R and S. Bag T is heavier than only bag P. II.Only three bags are lighter than R. The weight of bag Q is 50 kg, which is 2 kg more than bag R.
Are all the five friends viz. A, B, C, D and E who are seated around a circular table facing the centre? I.A sits to the left of B. B faces the centre. D and E are immediate neighbours of each other. C sits second to the right of E. II.D sits second to the right of C. C faces the centre. Both E and A are immediate neighbours of D. B sits second to the right of A
In a college five different subjects, viz. Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology and Mathematics are taught on five different days of the same week, starting from Monday and ending on Friday. Is Chemistry taught on Wednesday?
I. Two subjects are taught between Zoology and Mathematics. Mathematics is taught before Zoology. Chemistry is taught on the day immediately next to the day when Physics is taught. Botany is not taught on Friday.
II. Three lectures are scheduled between the lectures of Botany and Zoology.Mathematics is taught immediately before Physics.
Is it 9 O' clock now?
I. After half an hour, the minute and the hour hands of the clock will make an angle of exactly 90° with each other.
II. Exactly 15 minutes ago, the hour and the minute's hand of the clock coincided with each other.
Is F granddaughter of B? I. B is the father of M. M is the sister of T. T is the mother of F. II. S is the son of F. V is the daughter of F. R is the brother of T.
Directions (Question: Following three questions) : Study the following information to answer the given questions:
A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement. (All the numbers are two-digit numbers and are arranged as per some logic based on the value of the number.)
Input : win 56 32 93 bat for 46 him 28 I I give chance
Step I : 93 56 32 bat for 46 him 28 I I give chance win
Step II : 11 93 56 32 bat for 46 28 give chance win him
Step III : 56 11 93 32 bat for 46 28 chance win him give
Step IV : 28 56 11 93 32 bat 46 chance win him give for
Step V : 46 28 56 11 93 32 bat win him give for chance
Step VI : 32 46 28 56 11 93 win him give for chance bat
Step VI is the last step of the arrangement the above input.
As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate steps for the given input. Input for the questions:
Input: fun 89 at the 28 16 base camp 35 53 here 68
(All the numbers given in the arrangement are two-digit numbers.)
Which of the following would be the Step II?
Which word/ number would be at 7th position from the left in Step IV?
Which step number would be the following output?
53 28 68 16 89 at 35 the here fun camp base
Directions (Question: Following five questions) : Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:
Eight colleagues A. B, C; E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them holds a different post viz. Manager. Company Secretary, Chairman, President, Vice-President, Group Leader, Financial Advisor and Managing Director.
A sits third to right of the Managing Director. Only two people sit between the Managing Director and H. The Vice President and the Company Secretary are immediate neighbours. Neither A nor H is a Vice President or a Company Secretary. Vice President is not an immediate neighbour of the Managing Director. Manager sits second to left of E. E is not an immediate neighbour of H. The Manager is an immediate neighbour of both Group Leader and the Financial Advisor. Financial Advisor sits third to right of B. B is not the Vice President. C sits on the immediate right of the Chairman. A is not the Chairman. F is not an immediate neighbour of A. G is not an immediate neighbour of the Manager.
Who amongst the following sits third to the left of E?
Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
Who among the following is the President of the Company
Which of the following is true with respect to the given seating arrangement?
Which of the following posts does B hold in the company?
Who among the following sits exactly between the Managing Director and H?
Who amongst the following is the Group Leader?
Directions (Question: Following four questions) : Read the following information and the sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) given below it carefully and answer the questions which follow:
A host of foreign companies are in talks with the Indian government for selling B150, a tough, short-haul plane ideal for connectivity of smaller towns which is lacking in India at present.
(A) B150 planes have not only low operating costs than competing planes like Cezana but also a much better track record in terms of safety and efficiency.
(B) The profit margin of road transport operators in the smaller towns connected by B 150 planes has been reduced substantially as a majority of people prefer air transport over other means of transport.
(C) Smaller towns, at present, are better connected by roads and railways as compared to flight services.
(D) BI50 planes are capable of operating in sectors where large airlines cannot fly due to challenging conditions such as mist, short runways, etc. Such planes can also double up as cargo planes and charter flights for the rich and the elite.
(E) B 150 planes need to operate in the existing airports which are situated in bigger cities only and are poorly connected to the smaller cities.
Which of the statements (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) can be inferred from the facts/information given in the statement?(An inference is something which is not directly stated but can be inferred from the given facts.)
Which of the statements (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) mentioned above would weaken the offer made by the foreign companies for selling B 150 planes to Indiangovernment?
Which of the statements (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) mentioned above represents a possible consequence of the success of B 150 planes in smaller cities?
Which of the statements (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) would favour the foreign companies bid to sell B 150 planes in India?
Directions (Question: Following six questions) : Study the following information to answer the given questions:
In a certain code,'always create new ideas' is written as 'ba ri sha gi','ideas and new thoughts' iswritten as 'fa gi ma ri','create thoughts and insights' is written as 'ma jo ba fa' and'new and better solutions' is written as 'ki ri to fa'
What is the code for 'ideas'?
What does 'fa' stand for?
'fa lo ba' could be a code for which of the following?
What is the code for 'new'?
Which of the following may represent 'insights always better'?
What is the code for 'thoughts'?
Read the following information carefully and answer the question which follows.
All existing and upcoming hotels within a 5 km radius of national parks and sanctuaries in India will have to pay 30% of their annual turnover as tax to the government.
Which of the following statements can be inferred from the facts/information given in the above statement?
Read the following paragraph and answer the question which follows.
Tenants' associations have demanded a 'vacancy tax' on all vacant and unsold flats in Mumbai.
Which of the following would support the demand made by the tenants association?
Directions (Question: Following six questions) : In each question below are given two/three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer
I) if only conclusion 1 follows.
2) if only conclusion II follows.
3) if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.
4) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.
5) if both conclusion I and conclusion II follow.
Statements:All rings are circles.All squares are rings.No ellipse is a circle. Conclusions:I.Some rings being ellipses is a possibility.II.At least some circles are squares
Statements:No house is an apartment.Some bungalows are apartments. Conclusions:I.No house is a bungalow.II.All bungalows are houses
Statements:
Some gases are liquids.
All liquids are water.
Conclusions:
I. All gases being water is a possibility.
II. All such gases which are not water can never be liquids.
All minutes are seconds.
All seconds are hours.
No second is a day.
Conclusios:
I. No day is an hour.
II. At least some hours are minutes.
Some teachers are professors.
Some lecturers are teachers
Conclusions:I.
All teachers as well as all professors being lecturers is a possibility.
II. All those teachers who are lectures are also professors
Some lecturers are teachers.
No professor is a lecturer.
II.All lecturers being professors is a possibility.
Directions (Question: Following five questions) : In each of the questions given below which one the fiveanswer figures on the right should come after the problem figures on the left, ifthe sequence were continued?
Given below which one the five answer figures on the right should come after the problem figures on the left, if the sequence were continued?
Given below which one the fiveanswer figures on the right should come after the problem figures on the left, ifthe sequence were continued?
32.05 % of 259.99= ?
1/8 of 2/3 of 3/5 of 1715 = ?
25.05 x 123.95 + 388.999 x 15.001= ?
561÷35.05 x 19.99 =?
(15.01)2x √730 =?
A number series is given. In each series, only one number is wrong. Find out the wrong number.
3601 3602 1803 604 154 36 12
4 12 42 196 1005 6066 42511
2 8 12 20 30 42 56
32 16 24 65 210 945 5197.5
7 13 25 49 97 194 385
Mr X invested a certain amount in Debt and Equity Funds in the ratio of 4 : 5. At the end of one year. he earned a total dividend of 3094 on his investment. After one year, he reinvested the amount including the dividend in the ratio of 6 : 7 in Debt and Equity Funds. If the amount reinvested in Equity Funds was Rs 94,500, what was the original amount invested in Equity Funds?
The age of the father is 30 years more than the son's age. Ten years hence, the father's age will become three times the son's age that time. What is the son's present age in years?
It the length of a rectangular field is increased by 20% and the breadth is reduced by 20%, the area of the rectangle will be
192 m2. What is the area of the original rectangle?
The product of one-third of a number and 150% of another number is what percent of the product of the original numbers?
Inside a square plot, a circular garden is developed which exactly fits in the square plot and the diameter of the garden is equal to the side of the square plot which is 28 metres. What is the area of the space left out in the square plot after developing the garden?
Amit and Sujit together can complete an assignment of data entry in five days. Sujit's speed is 80% of Amit's speed and the total key depressions in the assignment are 5,76,000. What is Amit's speed in key depressions per hour if they work for 8 hours a day?
Out of five girls and three boys. four children are to be randomly selected for a quiz contest. What is the probability that all the selected children are girls?
Profit earned by an organisation is distributed among officers and clerks in the ratio of 5:3. If the number of officers is 45 and the number of clerks is 80 and the amount received by each officer is Rs 25,000, what was the total amount of profit earned?
A shopkeeper labelled the price of his articles so as to earn a profit of 30% on the cost price, He then sold the articles by offering a discount of 10% on the labelled price. What is the actual percent profit earned in the deal?
Mr Shamin's salary increases every year by 10% in June. If there is no other increase or reduction in the salary and his salary in June 201 I was Rs 22,385. what was his salary in June 2009?
Directions (Question: Following five questions) : In each of these questions, one question is given followed by data in three statements 1.11 and III. You have to study the question and the data in statements and decide the question can he answered with data in which of the statements and mark your answer accordingly.
What is the rate of interest per annum?
1.The difference between the compound interest and simple interest earned in two years on the amount invested is Rs I00.
11. The amount becomes Rs I9,500 in three years on simple interest.
111. Thc simple interest accrued in two years on the same amount at the same rate of interest is Rs3.000.
What is the speed of the train in kmph?
1.The train crosses an 'x' metre-long platform in 'n' seconds.
11.The length of the train is 'y' metres.
111.The train crosses a signal pole in 'm' seconds.
How many students passed in first class?
1. 85% of the students who appeared in examination have passed either in first class or in second class or in pass class.
11.750 students have passed in second class.
111.The number of students who passed in pass class is 28% of those passed in second class.
What is the amount invested in Scheme 'B'?
I. The amounts invested in Schemes 'A' and 'B' are in the ratio of 2:3.
11.The amount invested in Scheme 'A' is 40% of the total amount invested.
111.The amount invested in Scheme 'A' is Rs 45,000.
What is the cost of flooring a rectangular hall?
1.The length of the rectangle is 6 metres.
11.The breadth of the rectangle is two-thirds of its length.
111.The cost of flooring the area of 100 cm2 is Rs 45.
Directions (Question: Following eight questions) : Study the following graph carefully to answer these questions.
Percent profit earned by two companies producing electronic goods over the years
% Profit = =Profit Earned /Total Investment x 100
Profit earned=Total income-Total investment in the year
If the profit earned in 2006 by Company B was Rs 8,12,500, what was the total income of the company in that year?
If the amount invested by the two companies in 2005 was equal, what was the ratio of the total income of the Company A to that of B in 2005?
If the total amount invested by the two companies in 2009 was Rs 27 lakh, while the amount invested by Company B was 50% of the amount invested by Company A, what was the total profit earned by the two companies together?
If the income of Company A in 2007 and that in 2008 were equal and the amount invested in 2007 was Rs12 lakh, what was the amount invested in 2008?
If the amount of profit earned by Company A in 2006 was Rs 10.15 lakh, what was the total investment?
If the amount invested by Company B in 2004 is Rs I2 lakh and the income of 2004 is equal to the investment in 2005, what is the amount of profit earned in 2005 by Company B?
If the investments of Company A in 2007 and 2008 were equal, what is the difference between the profits earned in the two years if the income in 2008 was Rs 24 lakh?
If each of the companies A and B invested Rs 25 Iakh in 2010, what was the average profit earned by the two companies?
Directions (Question: Following seven questions) : Study the following table carefully and answer the questions which follow. Number of Candidates found Eligible and the Number of Candidates Short listed for Interview for a recent Recruitment Process for Six Posts from Different States.
E-Eligible S-Short listed
From State B. which post had the highest percentage of candidates short listed?
What is the average number of candidates (approximately) found eligible for Post 111 from all states?
What is the overall percentage (rounded off to one digit after decimal) of candidates short listed over the total number of candidates eligible for Post I from all the States together?
What is the ratio of the total number of candidates shortlisted for all the posts together from State E to that from state G?
The total number of candidates found eligible for Post I from all states together is approximately what percent of the total number of candidates found eligible for Post VI from all States together?
Which state had the lowest percentage of candidates shortlisted with respect to candidate eligible for Post IV?
What is the ratio of the total number of candidates shortlisted for post V to that for post VI from all states together?
Directions (Question: Following five questions) : These questions arebased on the following data. Study it carefully and answer the questions that follow.
In a school having 400 students, boys and girls are in the ratio of 3 : 5. The students speak Hindi, English or both the languages. 12% of the boys speak only Hindi. 22% of the girls speak only English. 24% of the total students speak only Hindi and the number of boys speaking both the languages is six times the number of boys speaking only Hindi.
How many boys speak Hindi?
How many girls speak only Hindi?
How many students speak English?
The number of girls speaking only Hindi is what percent of the total number of students speaking only Hindi?
What is the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls speaking both the languages?
Directions (Question: Following five questions) : Study the information given in each of these questions and then answer the questions.
The area of the circle is 616 cm2. What is the area of the rectangle? (• or 'dot' or indicates centre of the circle the.)
What is the average female population in million?
What is the percent rise in production in 2007 from 2006? (Round off two digits after decimal)
Out of a total 550 students,how many students did not prefer Maths or Economics?
Break-up of students having preference for each subject
What is the difference(in Rs lakh) between the average salary and the lowest salary?
A major Public Sector Bank raised interest rates on loans by 25 basis points - was news in some major financial newspapers recently. This means the bank has raised interest by 25 basis points of
The Finance Minister of India in one of his press conferences said that inflationary pressure is likely to continue following recent increase in rates of some commodities in international markets. Which of the following commodities was he referring to as it gets frequent increase at international levels and disturbs our Home Economy substantially ?
Immediately prior to change in the measure of Food Inflation, which of the following indexes was being used for measuring it?
What is the full form of 'FINO', a term we see frequently in financial newspapers?
Which of the following is/are commodity/ies on which subsidy is given to farmers/poor in India?
(A) Fertilizer (B) Kerosene (C)LPG
'Bhagyam Oilfields', which were recently in news, are located in which of the following states in India?
The Finance Minister of India recently decided to review the position of 'Bad Debts' in priority sector. Which of the following is/are the reason(s) owing to which CM took this dccision?
(A) Bad Debt in agriculture is still rising substantially every year despite special treatment to it.
(B) Bad Debt in other areas of priority sector is almost nil now.
(C) Govt is planning to disburse another instalment of Rs 1,60,000 crore, which will bring 'Bad Debts' almost at 'Nil level' and no special treatment will be needed in next fiscal year
Which amongst the following countries is NOT a member of thc TAPI pipeline project, which was in news recently?
An agreement on Arms Reduction popularly known as 'START' is one of the major issues in the way of smooth relations between which of the following two countries?
The International WWW Conference-201 I was organized in which of the following places in March 201I?
Which of the following international agencies/ organizations had initiated an 'International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance'. which came into effect recently?
'BRIC' which was the organisation of 4 nations, namely Brazil, Russia, India and China has now become 'BRICS'. Which is the fifth nation included in it?
The process of acquisition of agricultural land and its compensation to farmers recently came up as a major issue in which of the following states?(It also created law and order problem in the State.)
What does the letter 'L' denote in the term 'LAF' as referred every now and then in relation to monetary policy of the RBI?
BP Plc, which was in news recently, is a major international company in the field of
Who amongst the following has been appointed the new coach of the Indian Cricket team for a period of two years?
Why was Kanishtha Dhankhar's name in news recently?
K Balachander, who was awarded prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2010, is basically a/an
Banks and other financial institutions in India are required to maintain a certain amount of liquid assets like cash, precious metals and other short-term securities as a reserve all the time. In Banking World this is known as
Which of the following space agencies recently launched three satellites and placed them into Polar Sun Synchronous Orbit successfully?
As per the decision taken by the Govt of India recently, "Bamboo is a liberated item now". What does it really mean?
(A) Bamboo, henceforth, will be treated as a minor forest produce only.
(B) Now villagers are free to sell bamboo in their community forest areas.
(C) Gram Sabha has been given right to issue transport passes to legally transport the produce.
Union Cabinet recently passed a Rs 7000-crore project to clean up which of the following rivers in India?
As per estimates of the Planning Commission of India, the target growth rate of 12th Five Year Plan is set at
Goodluck Jonathan was recently reelected the President of
Which of the following schemes has NOT been launched by the Ministry of Rural Development, Govt of India?
Where are you likely to find an embedded operating system?
An online discussion group that allows direct "live" communication is known as
Which of the following is a program that uses a variety of different approaches to identify and eliminate spam?
Connection or link to other documents or Web Pages that contain related information is called
Which of the following is a programming language for creating special programs like applets?
The system unit
System software
Computer and communication technology, such as communication links to the Internet, that provide help and understanding to the end user is known as
Which of the following is contained on chips connected to the system board and is a holding area for data instructions and information? (processed data waiting to be output to secondary storage)
Microsoft's Messenger allows users to
Portable computer, also known as laptop computer, weighting between 4 and 10 pounds is called
The main circuit-board of the system unit is the
Which of the following is billionth of a second?
Online Marketing is the function of which of the following?
Customisation is useful for
The key challenge to market-driven strategy is
Effective selling skills depends on
Generation of sales leads can be improved by
A Market Plan is
Marketing channels mean
Social Marketing means
Service Marketing is the same as
Market-driven strategies include
Innovation in marketing is same as
Personal Loans can be canvassed among
Directions (Question: Following ten questions) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in Bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Jagir Singh has sold red onions at a market in south Delhi every day for the past half-century. Perched on an upturned crate, wrapped tight against the chill air, he offers pyaz a staple for much Indian cooking, for 60 rupees a kilo, the most he can remember. Business is brisk but most customers pick up only a small handful of onions. That is just as well. Wholesale supplies are tight, he says, and the quality is poor.
As India's economy grows by some 9% a year, food prices are soaring. In late December, the commerce ministry judged that food inflation had reached 18.3%, with pricey vegetables mostly to blame. Officials have made some attempts to temper the rise in the past month—scrapping import taxes for onions, banning their export and ordering low-priced sales at government-run shops. But there is no quick fix.
Heavy rain in the west of India brought a rctten harvest. Vegetables from farther afield—including a politically sensitive delivery from a neighbouring country—are costly to move on India's crowded, pot-holed roads. Few refrigerated lorries and poor logistics mean that much of each harvest is wasted. Newspapers allege hoarders are cashing in.
The biggest problems are structural. Food producers, hampered by land restrictions, archaic retail networks and bad infrastructure, fail to meet extra demand from consumers. It was estimated in October that a 39% rise in income per person in the previous five years might have created an extra 220 million regular consumers of milk, eggs, meat and fish. Supplies have not kept up with this potential demand.
The broader inflation rate may be a less eye-watering problem than the onions suggest. The central bank has lifted interest rates steadily in the past year and is expected to do so again later this month. Headline inflation fell to 7.5% in November, down by just over a percentage point from October, though it is still above the central bank's forecast of 5.5% for March.
What is responsible for the increased demand of certain food items amongst consumers?
Which of the following is not true in the context of the passage?
Which of the following is/are the reason/s for increase in food/vegetable prices?
(A) Bad weather
(B) Land restrictions
(C) Poor infrastructure for storage and transportation
Which of the following is/are TRUE in the context of the passage?
(A) Interest rates are being raised in India.
(B) India is witnessing a steady economic growth.
(C) It has been proven that the food inflation is mainly because of hoarding.
Which of the following is possibly the most appropriate title for the passage?
What can be said about the sale of onions at present as given in the passage?
The usage of the phrase 'cashing in' in the passage can possibly mean
Which of the following is most similar in meaning to the word 'tight' as used in the passage?
Which of the following is most similar in meaning to the word 'temper' as used in the passage?
Which of the following is most opposite in meaning of the word 'archaic' as uscd in the passage?
Directions (Question: Following five questions) : Which of the phrases 1), 2), 3) and 4) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? if the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required, mark 5) as the answer.
Seeing that there was an ongoing sale in one of her favourite stores, Seeta made a bee line for it immediately after entering the mall.
Sharon made it to work in the nicks of times, or else she would have missed the meeting.
Varun was on cloud nine after having stood first in his class.
Vithal had a habit of pass the buck when it came to important issues at work.
Puneet raked his brains and tried to find an answer to a tricky question given in the paper but couldn't find one.
Directions (Question: Following five questions) : Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Find out which option can be used to fill up the blank in the sentence in the same sequence to make it meaningfully complete.
The water transport project on the west coast is _______ to get a shot in the arm with a new plan in which the Road Development Corporation will build the infrastructure and _______ a private party to operate the service.
As the weekend finally rolled around, the city folk were only _______ happy to settle down and laugh their cares _______ .
The flood of brilliant ideas has not only _____ us, but has also encouraged us to _____ the last date for submission of entries.
_______ about prolonged power cuts in urban areas, the authorities have decided to _______ over to more reliable and eco-friendly systems to run its pumps.
The high cutoff marks this year have _____ college admission-seekers to either _____ for lesser known colleges or change their subject preferences.
Directions (Question: Following eight questions) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in hold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
India is rushing headlong towards economic success and modernisation, counting on high-tech industries such as information technology and biotechnology to propel the nation to prosperity. India's recent announcement that it would no longer produce unlicensed inexpensive generic pharmaceuticals bowed to the realities of the World Trade Organisation while at the same time challenging the domestic drug industry to compete with the multinational firms. Unfortunately, its weak higher education sector constitutes the Achilles' heel of this strategy. Its systematic disinvestment in higher education in recent years has yielded neither world-class research nor very many highly trained scholars, scientists or managers to sustain high-tech development.
India's main competitors-especially China, but also Singapore, Taiwan, and South Korea—are investing in large and differentiated higher education systems. They are providing access to a large number of students at the bottom of the academic system while at the same time building some research-based universities that are able to compete with the world's best institutions. The recent London Times Higher Education Supplement ranking of the world's top 200 universities included three in China, three in Hong Kong, three in South Korea, one in Taiwan, and one in India. These countries are positioning themselves for leadership in the knowledge-based economies of the coming era.
There was a time when countries could achieve economic success with cheap labour and low-tech manufacturing. Low wages still help, but contemporary large-scale development requires a sophisticated and at least partly knowledge-based economy. India has chosen that path, but will find a major stumbling block in its university system.
India has significant advantages in the 21st century knowledge race. It has a large higher education sector—the third largest in the world in terms of number of students, after China and the United States. It uses English as a primary language of higher education and research It has a long academic tradition. Academic freedom is respected. There are a small number of high-quality institutions, departments, and centres that can form the basis of quality sector in higher education. The fact that the States, rather than the Central Government, exercise major responsibility for higher education creates a rather cumbersome structure, but the system allows for a variety of policies and approaches.
Yet the weaknesses far outweigh the strengths. India educates approximately 10 per cent of its young people in higher education compared to more than half in the major industrialised countries and 15 per cent in China. Almost all of the world's academic systems resemble a pyramid, with a small, high-quality tier at the top and a massive sector at the bottom. India has a tiny top tier. None of its universities occupies a solid position at the top. A few of the best universities have some excellent departments and centres, and there are a small number of outstanding undergraduate colleges. The University Grants Commission's recent major support to five universities to build on their recognised strength is a step towards recognising a differentiated academic system and fostering excellence. These universities, combined, enrol well under one percent of the student population.
Which of the following is TRUE in the context of the passage?
What does the phrase 'Achilles' heel' mean as used in the passage?
Which of the following is/are India's strength/s in terms of higher education?
(a) Its system of higher education allows variations.
(b) Medium of instruction for most higher learning is English.
(c) It has the paraphernalia, albeit small in number, to build a high-quality higher educational sector.
What are the Asian countries, other than India, doing to head towards a knowledge-based economy?
(a) Building competitive research-based universities
(b) Investing in diverse higher education systems
(c) Providing access to higher education to select few students
What did India agree to do at the behest of the World Trade Organisation?
Which of the following is/are India's weakness/es when it comes to higher education?
(A) Indian universities do not have the requisite teaching faculty to cater to the needs of the higher education sector.
(B) Only five Indian universities occupy the top position very strongly in the academic pyramid when it comes to higher education.
(C) India has the least percentage of young population taking to higher education as compared to the rest of the comparable countries
Which of the following, according to the passage. is/are needed for the economic success of a country?
(a) Cheap labour
(b) Educated employees
(c) Research institutions to cater to the needs of development
Directions (Question: Following four questions) : Choose the word of words which is most similar in meaning to the word of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
Choose the word of words which is most similar in meaning to the word of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
FOSTERING
PROPEL
MASSIVE
STUMBLING BLOCK
Directions (Question: Following three questions) : Choose the word/group of words which is most opposite in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
Choose the word/group of words which is most opposite in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.
CUMBERSOME
RESEMBLE
DIFFERENTIATED
Directions (Question: Following five questions) : Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(A)Its prevalence reflects very badly on a society that is not able to stop this evil.
(B) Though elimination of child labour is an impossible task considering the current socio-economic scenario of these poor families, the Indian government is committed to the task of ensuring that no child remains illiterate, hungry and without medical care.
(C) Therefore, unless the socio-economic status of the poor families is improved. India has to live with child labour.
(D) The members of these households have to send their children to work, even if the future of these innocent children is ruined, as that is the only choice open for them to survive in this world.
(E) Child labour is, no doubt, an evil that should be done away with at the earliest.
(F) But in a society where many households may have to suffer the pangs of hunger if the children are withdrawn from work, beggars can't be choosers.
Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement?
Directions (Question: Following ten questions) : In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Around the world, forests are being (191) at a rate of about thirteen million hectares a year and deforestation accounts for an estimated 17%-20% of all global emissions. In addition, forests and other terrestrial carbon sinks play a (192) role in preventing runaway climate change soaking up a full 2.6 Gt of atmospheric carbon every year. The destruction of forests, therefore, not only emits carbon—a staggering I.6 G t a year, which severely (193) forests' capacity to absorb emissions from other sources—but also drastically (194) the amount of forested land available to act as a carbon sink in the future.
However, the effects of deforestation extend beyond carbon. Rainforests (195) a wide variety of ecosystems services, from regulating rainfall to purifying groundwater and keeping fertile soil from (196); deforestation in one area can seriously damage food production and (197) to clean water in an entire region. The value of global ecosystem services has been estimated at 33 trillion USD each year (almost half of global GDP), but these services have been taken for granted without a mechanism to make the market reflect their value. Rainforests are also a home and (198) of income for a huge number of people in Africa, Asia, and South America. (199) this, economic pressures frequently drive both local communities and national governments in the developing world to(200) these forests in ways that are unsustainable, clear-cutting vast areas for fuel, timber, mining, or agricultural land.
Read the above passage, five words are suggested in the following, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
