Direction (Question Nos. 1–2) : in the Following Questions, Each Word in Capital Letters Is Followed by Four Words Or Phrases

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

(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

(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

(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

M-CL-18-MBA-C 2 9. News :

(A) letter (B) week

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

(D) hyphen

11. I know that you want to learn to drive Rima but you are too young.

(A) inverted commas (B) semicolon

12. The plural of Virus is :

(A) Viruses (B) Virare

13. Find the ODD one out from the group of words which are related in some way or the other :

(A) din

(B) cacophony

(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

(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

(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

17. Experienced birds do not attack the Himalayan caterpillars because they are :

(A) repulsive (B) very aggressive

18. In the context of this passage, a martyr is one who dies :

(A) without putting up resistance

(B) without any gain to oneself

(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

M-CL-18-MBA-C 5 P.T.O. 20. (A) effective (B) intensive

21. (A) the (B) some

22. (A) an (B) for

23. (A) even (B) some

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

25. REVULSION :

(A) Apathy

(B) Violence

(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%

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

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

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

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

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. She spends 55% of her monthly salary in shopping and on household expenses. She saves the remaining amount of Rs. 12,750. What is Sonali’s monthly income ? (A) Rs. 42,500 (B) Rs. 38,800

M-CL-18-MBA-C 9 P.T.O. 38. If ax = b, by = c and cz = a, then xyz is equal to :

(A) 0

(B) –1

(D) a + b + c

39. A right circular cone and a right circular cylinder have a circle of the same radius

as their base and their heights are equal to the radius itself. If a hemisphere has

the same radius, then their volumes are in the proportion of :

(A) 1 : 2 : 3 (B) 3 : 2 : 1

40. If 1.125 × 10k = 0.001125, then the value of k is :

(A) – 4 (B) – 3

41. The average age of students of a class is 15.8 years. The average age of boys in

the class is 16.4 years and that of the girls is 15.4 years. The ratio of the number

of boys to the number of girls in the class is :

(A) 1 : 2 (B) 2 : 3

M-CL-18-MBA-C 10 42. If 10% of x = 20% of y, then x : y is equal to :

(A) 1 : 2 (B) 2 : 1

43. A and B started a business jointly. A’s investment was thrice the investment of B

and the period of his investment was two times the period of investment of B. If

received Rs. 4,000 as profit, then their total profit is :

(A) Rs. 16,000 (B) Rs. 20,000

44. If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 26 men and 48 boys

can do the same in 2 days, what is time taken by 15 men and 20 boys ?

(A) 4 days (B) 6 days

45. A train which is moving at an average speed of 40 kmph, reaches its destination

on time. When its average speed reduces to 5 kmph, then it reaches its destination

15 minutes late. The distance travelled by the train is :

(A) 30 km

(B) 40 km

(D) 80 km

M-CL-18-MBA-C 11 P.T.O. 46. 8 litres are drawn from a cask full of wine and is then filled with water. This operation is performed three more times. The ratio of the quantity of wine now left in cask to that of the water is 16 : 65. How much wine the cask hold originally ? (A) 18 litres (B) 24 litres (C) 32 litres (D) 42 litres

47. What annual instalment will discharge a debt of Rs. 6,450 due in 4 years at 5% simple interest ? (A) Rs. 1,400 (B) Rs. 1,500 (C) Rs. 1,550 (D) Rs. 1,600

48. The compound interest on a certain sum for 2 years at 10% per annum is Rs. 525. The simple interest on the same for double the time at half the rate per cent per annum is : (A) Rs. 400 (B) Rs. 500 (C) Rs. 600 (D) Rs. 800

49. In how many ways can a group of 5 men and 2 women be made out of a total of 7 men and 3 women ? (A) 63 (B) 90 (C) 126 (D) 45

50. Tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and then a ticket is drawn at random. What is the probability that the ticket drawn has a number which is a multiple of 3 or 5 ? (A) 1/2 (B) 2/5 (C) 8/15 (D) 9/20

M-CL-18-MBA-C 12 SECTION – 3

LOGICAL REASONING (51—75)

51. Pick up the appropriate analogy. birth : dirge (A) sunset : sunrise (B) security check : arrival (C) marriage : alimony (D) welcome address : vote of thanks

52. Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the argument concerning overall consumer legal costs ? (A) The state is unlikely to remove all of the restrictions that apply solely to the advertising of legal services. (B) Lawyers who do not advertise generally provide legal services of the same quality as those provided by lawyers who do advertise. (C) Most lawyers who now specify fee arrangements in their advertisements would continue to do so even if the specifications were not required. (D) Most lawyers who advertise specific services do not lower their fees for those services when they begin to advertise.

Direction (Question No. 53–54) : Study the information given below carefully and answer the questions : a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, and i are nine houses. c is 2 km east of b. a is 1 km north of b and h is 2 km south of a. g is 1 km west of h while d is 3 km east of g and f is 2 km north of g. i is situated just in the middle of b and c while e is just in the middle of h and d.

53. The distance between e and g is : (A) 2 km (B) 1 km (C) 5 km (D) 1.5 km

M-CL-18-MBA-C 13 P.T.O. 54. The distance between e and i is :

(A) 2 km (B) 1 km

Direction (Question Nos. 55–57) : Five persons are standing in a queue. One of the two persons at the extreme ends is a Professor and the other is a Businessman. An

Advocate is standing to the right of a Student. An Author is to the left of the

Businessman. The Student is between the Professor and the Advocate.

55. Counting from the left and the Author is at which place ?

(A) First (B) Second

56. Which of the following is in the middle of the queue ?

(A) Professor (B) Advocate

57. If Advocate and the Businessman exchange their positions, also the Author and

the Student, then who will be standing to the left of the Student ?

(A) Author

(B) Businessman

(D) Advocate

M-CL-18-MBA-C 14 58. Find out the missing number in the series given below :

2, 9, 28, 65, ?

(A) 121 (B) 195

Direction (Question Nos. 59–61) : Adhir Mishra has three children - Urmila, Raghu and Sumit. Sumit married to Rama, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mohan. Mr.

Mohan married their youngest daughter to the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Sharma and they had two children Sandeep and Shaifali. Mr. Mohan have two more children,

Roshan and Bimla, both elder to Sheila. Sohan and Shivendra are sons of Sumit and

Roma. Leela is the daughter of Sandeep.

59. How is Mrs. Mohan related to Sumit ?

(A) Aunt (B) Mother-in-law

60. What is the surname of Sohan ?

(A) Sharma (B) Mohan

61. How is Shivendra related to Roma's father ?

(A) Son-in-law (B) Cousin

M-CL-18-MBA-C 15 P.T.O. Direction (Question Nos. 62–63) : Two statements are given followed by two conclusions I and II. Consider both the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusion (s)is/are definitely drawn from the given statements.

62. Statements : When it rains, usually X does not go out. X has gone out.

Conclusions : I. It is not raining.

II. X has some urgent business to transact.

(A) Only I follows

(B) Only II follows

(D) Both I and II follow

63. Statements : If all players play to their full potential, we will win the match.

We have won the match.

Conclusions : I. All players played to their full potential.

II. Some players did not play to their full potential.

(A) Only I follows

(B) Only II follows

(D) Both I and II follow

M-CL-18-MBA-C 16 64. 60 employees in an office were asked about their preference for tea and coffee.

It was observed that for every 3 people who prefer tea, there are 2 who prefer

coffee. For every 6 people who prefer tea, there are 2 who drink both of tea and

coffee. The number of people who drink both is the same as those who drink

neither. How many people drink both tea and coffee ?

(A) 10

(B) 12

(D) 16

65. Find the missing number in the following set :

2 4 6 8 10 2 14 34 ?? 98

(A) 30 (B) 62

66. Ramaswami was studying for his examinations and the lights went off. It was around 1 : 00 a.m. He lighted two uniform candles of equal length but one thicker than the other. The thick candle is supposed to last six hours and the thin one two

hours less. When he finally went to sleep, the thick candle was twice as long as the thin one. For how long did Ramaswami study in candle light ?

(A) 2 hours (B) 3 hours

M-CL-18-MBA-C 17 P.T.O. 67. The numerator and denominator of a fraction are in the ratio 2 : 3. If 6 are

subtracted from the numerator the value of the fraction becomes 2/3 of the

original fraction. The numerator of the original fraction is :

(A) 16 (B) 21

68. Assume that each one of these statements is individually true. Each of the four

choices consists of a subset of these statements. Choose the subset as your answer

where the statements therein are logically consistent among themselves.

(i) Only if the water level in the coastal areas rises, then the people change

their lifestyle.

(ii) People change their lifestyle only if they are rewarded.

(iii) If people are rewarded, then they will not change their lifestyle.

(iv) If the temperature rises, then the water level in the coastal areas rises.

(v) Whenever the water level in the coastal areas rises, then the temperature rises.

(vi) Unless the people change their lifestyle, temperature rises.

(vii) People are rewarded.

(viii)Water level in the coastal area does not rise.

(A) (iii), (iv), (vi), (vii) and (viii)

(B) (vii), (vi), (iv), (ii) and (viii)

(D) None of the above

M-CL-18-MBA-C 18 69. ‘Captain’ is related to ‘Soldier’ in the same way as ‘Leader’ is related to :

(A) Chair (B) Follower

70. ‘Parliament’ is related to ‘Great Britain’ in the same way as ‘Congress’ is related to :

(A) Japan (B) India

Direction (Question Nos. 71–74) : Read the information given below and answer the questions. The age and height of six children in a class are as follows :

(i) Amit is taller and older than Tanu but shorter and younger than Shruti.

(ii) Bharat is taller than Chander who is not as tall as Tanu.

(iii) The oldest is the shortest.

(iv) The youngest would be fourth if the children stood in a line according to their height one started counting from the tallest.

(v) Bharat is younger than Ritu but older than Chander who is older than Shruti.

71. Who among them is the tallest ?

(A) Tanu (B) Chander

72. Who is older than Tanu but younger than Shruti ?

(A) Ritu (B) Bharat

M-CL-18-MBA-C 19 P.T.O. 73. Which of the following statements is definitely true ?

(A) Bharat is the most old person

(B) Tanu has the maximum height

(D) None of the above

74. Whose Rank in height cannot be positioned definitely ?

(A) Tanu (B) Bharat

75. Assume that each one of these statements is individually true. Each of the four choices consists of a subset of these statements. Choose the subset as your answer where the statements therein are logically consistent among themselves :

(i) If Kumar sings, then the audience sleep.

(ii) If Kumar sings, then the audience dances.

(iii) Unless audience do not dance, the concert will be successful.

(iv) Only if audience dances, the concert will be successful.

(v) If Vina dances, then Kumar sings.

(vi) Kumar sings, only if Vina dances.

(vii) Vina dances.

(viii)The concert is successful.

(A) (iii), (vi), (vii), (ii) and (viii)

(B) (i), (iii), (vi), (vii) and (viii)

(D) Both (B) and (C) M-CL-18-MBA-C 20 SECTION – 4

GENERAL AWARENESS (76—100)

76. Which of the following pairs is incorrect ? (A) Pasteur : Bacteriology (B) Newton : Law of Gravitation (C) Roentgen : X-rays (D) Faraday : Diffusion of Gases

77. Threat of global warming is increasing due to increasing concentration of : (A) Nitrous Oxide (B) Ozone (C) Sulphur Dioxide (D) Carbon Dioxide

78. The Headquarters of World Trade Organization (WTO) is located in : (A) Paris (B) Geneva (C) New York (D) Canberra

79. Who is the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature ? (A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Jawahar Lal Nehru (C) Rabindranath Tagore (D) Sarojini Naidu

80. Who among the following has written the book ‘Wings of Fire : An Autobiography’ ? (A) Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (B) Shobha De (C) Atal Bihari Vajpayee (D) R. R. Narayanan

81. The International Women’s Day is observed on : (A) 28th February (B) 3rd March (C) 5th March (D) 8th March

M-CL-18-MBA-C 21 P.T.O. 82. Who is the first Indian batsman to score a triple century in Test Cricket ? (A) V. V. S. Laxman (B) Rahul Dravid (C) Sachin Tendulkar (D) None of these

83. SEZ stands for : (A) Southern Economic Zone (B) South European Zone (C) Special Economic Zone (D) Special Eastern Zone 84. The late Palestinian leader Mr. Yasser Arafat was buried in : (A) Ramallah (B) Paris (C) Cairo (D) Jerusalem

85. Of which university is the Kellog School of Management a part ? (A) Columbia University (B) North-Western University (C) New York University (D) None of these

86. Which Asian country was declared Malaria-Free by the World Health Organisation recently ? (A) Bangladesh (B) Thailand (C) China (D) Nepal

87. K417N mutation is associated with which classification of SARS-CoV-2 virus ? (A) Alpha (B) Beta (C) Delta (D) Delta Plus

88. What is the name of the new generation nuclear capable missile tested by the DRDO ? (A) Agni-P (Prime) (B) Bhim

M-CL-18-MBA-C 22 89. In which State are the Ajanta and Ellora caves situated ?

(A) Rajasthan (B) Gujarat

90. Hindi is written in the Devanagri Script. In which of the following scripts is

Punjabi written ?

(A) Sanskrit (B) Indo-Iranian

91. Which city is known for its chicken embroidery ?

(A) Ujjain (B) Lucknow

92. Which of the following is not a neighboring State of Jharkhand ?

(A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Bihar

93. Who was the first woman prime minister in the world ?

(A) Indira Gandhi (B) Srimavo Bandaranaike

94. Who is the Chief Election Commissioner of India at present ?

(A) M. S. Gill (B) Om Prakash Rawat

M-CL-18-MBA-C 23 P.T.O. 95. Recession in the market implies : (A) Slump in trade and industry due to fall in demand (B) Increase in trade and industry due to rise in demand (C) No change in trade and industry due to stability in demand (D) None of the above

96. In India, National Income is estimated by : (A) Central Statistical Organization (B) Planning Commission (C) Indian Statistical Institute (D) National Sample Survey Organization

97. The gas leak at which company’s plant in Bhopal had caused an environmental disaster ? (A) Reliance Industries (B) Union Carbide (C) Enron (D) Indian Oil

98. Which Indian Business family owns the brand ‘Hero Cycles’ – the largest manufacturers of cycles in the world ? (A) Jindal (B) Lohia (C) Munjal (D) Ambani

99. ‘Octavia’ brand belongs to which car manufacturer ? (A) Ford (B) Skoda (C) BMW (D) None of these

100. Which of the following does a TV remote control unit use to operate a TV set ? (A) Light waves (B) Sound waves (C) Microwaves (D) Radio waves

M-CL-18-MBA-C 24 GENERAL APTITUDE

101. How many triangles are there in the following figure ?

(A) 38 (B) 44 (C) 46 (D) 54

102. Directions : From the given options, select a figure in which the Question Figure is hidden/embedded :

(A) (B)

M-CL-18-MBA-C 25 P.T.O. 103. In each of the questions below, a statement followed by two courses of action

numbered I and II.

Statement : According to the latest census report, the gender ratio has fallen

further in India.

Courses of action :

I. The government should conduct another census to verify the results.

II. The government should immediately start an awareness campaign through

its public relations department about the effects of low gender ratio and

encourage them to improve it.

(A) Only course of action I follows

(B) Only course of action II follows

(D) Neither course of action I nor course of action II follows

104. SOOT : GRIMY

(A) Frost : Transparent

(B) Sunshine : Fruitless

(D) Pall : Gaudy

M-CL-18-MBA-C 26 105. Study the following informations carefully and answer the question given below :

Eight friends J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q are sitting around a circular table facing

the centre. J is not the neighbour of N. L is the third to right of K. Q is second

to the left of N, who is the next to the right of L. O is not the neighbour of N

or K and is to the immediate left of the P.

Which of the following is the correct position of L ?

(A) To the immediate right of the N

(B) To the immediate right of Q

(D) To the immediate LEFT of the Q

106. Find out the missing number in the following number series :

3, 5, 9, 16, 22, 30, 41, ?

(A) 51 (B) 52

107. Direction : Study the following arrangements carefully and answer the question :

H 8 & 5 T O 9 # V 6 P $ 7 W F * 1 N L 4 ? 3 / C Q U ! A 2 > J

Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and thus form a group.

Which of the following does not belong to the group ?

(A) C!3 (B) FN7

M-CL-18-MBA-C 27 P.T.O. 108. Ashmit introduces Rohan as the son of the only brother of his father’s wife. How is Ashmit’s mother related to Rohan ?

(A) Daughter (B) Sister

109. Study the following informations carefully and answer the question given below : J, K, L, M, N, O, P and R are eight huts. L is 2 km east of K. J is 1 km north of K and Q is 2 km south of J. P is 1 km west of Q while M is 3 km east of P and O is 2 km north of P. R is situated right in the middle of K and L while N is just in the middle of Q and M. The distance between K and P is :

(A) 1.0 km (B) 1.23 km

110. Study the following informations to answer the given question : In a certain code language, ‘security watch against about’ is written as ‘cl sa nk jo’, ‘Strike series inbox price’ is written as ‘ha fa rs da’, ‘about price watch Strike’ is written as ‘sa rs cl da’ and ‘security about inbox Strike’ is written as ‘cl fa jo da’. What is the code for ‘series’ in the given code language ?

(A) ha

(B) fa

(D) da

M-CL-18-MBA-C 28 GENERAL ENGLISH

111. In the following sentence, there are blank space/s. Find out which word or pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the sequence to make it grammatically correct : There are real possibilities of ensuring a modicum of nutritional...... and economic security to all...... households.

(A) stop, secure (B) support, vulnerable

112. Read to find out whether there is any grammatical mistake/error. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the letter of that part with error as your answer.

(A) the fruits of peace are limited

(B) to the revival of economic activity

(D) of the minority remains.

113. Fill in the blanks : What you say has hardly any bearing...... the lives of tribals.

(A) on (B) for

114. Rearrange the following sentences in the proper sequences so as to form a meaningful paragraph, and then answer the question given below them :

(a) The next day Shiva appeared at Raghu’s house and spotted a metal chest on the rooftop which had all the money and ornaments that Raghu owned.

M-CL-18-MBA-C 29 P.T.O. (b) When Raghu arrived at Shiva’s house, Shiva asked him to guess what fruit it was, saying that if Raghu failed him (Shiva) would carry one thing out of Raghu’s house and if Raghu guessed correctly then Raghu could carry one thing out of Shiva’s house.

(d) One day Shiva hatched a plan to outwit Raghu. He plucked a mango and wrapped it well in a piece of cloth.

(e) ‘Oh ho!’ you thought that you’d hide all your wealth from me said Shiva going into Raghu’s house and bring out a ladder began to climb up into the roof.

(f) But Raghu’s guesses were incorrect.

Which one of the following is the second sentence after the rearrangement ?

(A) (a) (B) (d)

115. Find the synonym of QUIBBLE :

(A) to deny (B) to tremble

116. Direction : In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word :

SALUBRIOUS

(A) Salty (B) Bloody

M-CL-18-MBA-C 30 117. Owing to the acute power shortage, the people of our locality have decided to :

(A) dispense with other non-conventional energy sources

(B) resort to abundant use of electricity for illumination

(D) resort to use of electricity only when it is inevitable

118. Directions : In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence, group of words or clauses : The art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals with life like effect

(A) Percussionist (B) Oncologist

119. Idiom and Phrase : Pass the buck

(A) Refuse to accept responsibility

(B) Make some quick money.

(D) Exchange

120. Which one of the following words is correctly spelt ?

(A) Brethoren (B) Brothren

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