Direction (Question Nos. 1–2) : in the Following Questions, Each Word in Capital Letters Is Followed by Four Words Or Phrases
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MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SECTION – 1 LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION (1—25) Direction (Question Nos. 1–2) : In the following questions, each word in capital letters is followed by four words or phrases. Choose the one which is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word given in the capital letters. 1. PERTINENT : (A) Appropriate (B) Pleasant (C) Extraneous (D) Paltry 2. ASSET : (A) Credibility (B) Liability (C) Poverty (D) Prosperity 3. Choose the one closest meaning to the idiomatic expression given below : Dog in the manager. (A) A person who is not liked by others (B) A person who is hounder (C) A person who puts himself in a difficulty on account of other people (D) A person who prevents others from enjoying something useless to himself Direction (Question Nos. 4–5) : Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark that part with error as your answer. 4. (A) The best (B) idea can (C) come from the (D) newest persons. M-CL-18-MBA-C 1 P.T.O. 5. (A) by virtue of (B) how different these business is (C) all acquisitions have (D) different profit and revenue potential. Direction (Question No. 6–7) : In the given below sentences, a part of the sentence is underlined. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of phrasing the underlined part are indicated. Choose the best alternative. 6. We want the teacher to be him who has the best rapport with the students. (A) We want the teacher to be he (B) We want him to be the teacher (C) We desire that the teacher be him (D) We anticipate that the teacher will be him 7. The news of her employment soon circulated around the small town. (A) circulated round the small town (B) circulated in the small town (C) was circulating across the small town (D) was circulating within the small town Direction (Question Nos. 8–9) : Choose the word that cannot be coupled with the given word to form a new word. 8. Out : (A) shine (B) number (C) bug (D) run M-CL-18-MBA-C 2 9. News : (A) letter (B) week (C) stand (D) paper Direction (Question Nos. 10–11) : Which punctuation mark is missing in the following sentences ? 10. Part of Australia is known to the natives as The Outback. (A) inverted commas (B) semicolon (C) comma (D) hyphen 11. I know that you want to learn to drive Rima but you are too young. (A) inverted commas (B) semicolon (C) comma (D) hyphen 12. The plural of Virus is : (A) Viruses (B) Virare (C) Virii (D) Virus 13. Find the ODD one out from the group of words which are related in some way or the other : (A) din (B) cacophony (C) racket (D) cadence M-CL-18-MBA-C 3 P.T.O. Direction (Question Nos. 14–18) : Read the following passage carefully and then answer the questions based on what is stated or implied therein : Soft-bodied animals like caterpillars often fall a prey to voracious hunters like birds or reptiles. Despite having no means to ‘actively’ defend themselves, with weapons like claws or jaws, they have nevertheless, evolved other equally effective deterrents. A particular species of the caterpillar lives at an altitude over 2,500 metres in the Himalayas. It uses prominent color to inform would be predators of its inedibility. In the event that an inexperienced or adventurous bird did eat the caterpillar, it would probably vomit it soon after, and subsequently desist from attacking similar species in future. Though this would do the unfortunate victim no good, the species benefits. A rare example of the martyr among animals. 14. Caterpillars cannot defend themselves because : (A) are passive animals (B) are lazy (C) cannot acquire weapons (D) have no claws or jaws 15. The expression “others equally effective deterrents” means : (A) preventive weapons which have equal effect of others (B) mechanism which scares everyone equally well (C) preventive equipment which it is as effective as something that has been already mentioned in the passage (D) deterrents that are as powerful as those the caterpillars have M-CL-18-MBA-C 4 16. The Himalayan caterpillar uses prominent colours to : (A) warn the predator (B) attack the predator (C) reveal itself (D) defend itself 17. Experienced birds do not attack the Himalayan caterpillars because they are : (A) repulsive (B) very aggressive (C) inedible (D) diseased 18. In the context of this passage, a martyr is one who dies : (A) without putting up resistance (B) without any gain to oneself (C) while defending one’s homeland (D) to save others Direction (Question Nos. 19–23) : In the following passage some words have been left out, which have been numbered. Below the passage are four option for each blank. Choose the correct word to fill the blank. First, read the passage over and understand what it is about. Then, fill in the blanks with the alternatives chosen. This finding is very exciting…(19)…it means there is a certain potential for developing an...(20)…vaccine. The amounts of virus that are usually transmitted with semen and blood are quite small, much smaller than in…(21)… case of the hepatitis B virus,…(22)…example. If a vaccine can make the body produce…(23)…small amounts of antibodies, you will not get infected with the real virus when you meet it. 19. (A) although (B) ordinarily (C) though (D) because M-CL-18-MBA-C 5 P.T.O. 20. (A) effective (B) intensive (C) enduring (D) acceptable 21. (A) the (B) some (C) any (D) that 22. (A) an (B) for (C) as (D) small 23. (A) even (B) some (C) little (D) enough Direction (Question No. 24–25) : In the following questions, each word in capital letters is followed by four words or phrases. Choose the one which is similar in meaning to the word given in the capital letters. 24. COLLAPSE : (A) Rise (B) Failure (C) Rebirth (D) Debt 25. REVULSION : (A) Apathy (B) Violence (C) Disgust (D) Avenge M-CL-18-MBA-C 6 SECTION – 2 QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES AND DATA INTERPRETATION (26—50) Direction (Question Nos. 26–39) : The bar graph given below shows the percentage distribution of the total expenditures of a company under various expense heads during 2020. Percentage Distribution of Total Expenditure of a Company 26. The total amount of expenditures of the company is how many times of expenditure on research and development ? (A) 27 (B) 20 (C) 18 (D) 8 27. If the expenditure on advertisement is 2.10 crores then the difference between the expenditure on transport and taxes is : (A) Rs. 1.25 crores (B) Rs. 95 lakhs (C) Rs. 65 lakhs (D) Rs. 35 lakhs 28. What is the ratio of the total expenditure on infrastructure and transport to the total expenditure on taxes and interest on loans ? (A) 5 : 4 (B) 8 : 7 (C) 9 : 7 (D) 13 : 11 M-CL-18-MBA-C 7 P.T.O. 29. The expenditure on the interest on loans is by what per cent more than the expenditure on transport ? (A) 5% (B) 10% (C) 20% (D) 40% 30. The locus of the centres of the circles touching both the arms of an acute angle is : (A) a concentric circle (B) a parallelogram (C) a circle (D) a bisector of the angle 31. Ten turns of wire are helically wrapped around a cylindrical tube with outside circumference 4 inches and length 9 inches. The ends of the wire coincide with the ends of the same cylindrical element. Find the length of the wire. (A) 27 inches (B) 36 inches (C) 41 inches (D) 43 inches 32. A boy was asked to multiply a certain number by 25. He multiplied it by 52 and got his answer more by 324 than the correct answer. The number to be multiplied was : (A) 15 (B) 12 (C) 18 (D) 23 33. In a school drill, certain number of children are asked to stand in a circle. They are evenly spaced and the 6th child is diametrically opposite to the 16th child. How many children are made to stand in the circle ? (A) 16 (B) 20 (C) 22 (D) None of these M-CL-18-MBA-C 8 34. The number 311311311311311311311 is : (A) divisible by 3 but not by 11 (B) divisible by 11 but not by 3 (C) divisible by both 3 and 11 (D) neither divisible by 3 nor by 11 35. A ladder is lying against a wall which is 5 metres high. If the ladder slips 2 metres away from the wall, the top of the ladder touches the foot of the wall. The length of the ladder is : (A) 5 m (B) 5.25 m (C) 7.25 m (D) 4 m 36. Study the question and the statements given below. Decide whether any information provided in the statement(s) is redundant and/or can be dispensed with, to answer it. If 7 is added to numerator and denominator each of fraction a/b, will the new fraction be less than the original one ? Statement I : a = 73, b = 103 Statement II : The average of a and b is less than b Statement III : a – 5 is greater than b – 5 (A) II and either I or III (B) Only I or II (C) Any two of them (D) Any one of them 37. Sonali invests 15% of her monthly salary in insurance policies.