MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SECTION – 1 LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION (1—25) Direction (Question No. 1–2) : 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. 1. 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 2. 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. 3–4) : Choose the word that cannot be coupled with the given word to form a new word. 3. Out : (A) shine (B) number (C) bug (D) run M-CL-18-MBA-D 1 P.T.O. 4. News : (A) letter (B) week (C) stand (D) paper Direction (Question Nos. 5–6) : Which punctuation mark is missing in the following sentences ? 5. Part of Australia is known to the natives as The Outback. (A) inverted commas (B) semicolon (C) comma (D) hyphen 6. I know that you want to learn to drive Rima but you are too young. (A) inverted commas (B) semicolon (C) comma (D) hyphen 7. The plural of Virus is : (A) Viruses (B) Virare (C) Virii (D) Virus 8. 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-D 2 Direction (Question Nos. 9–13) : 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. 9. Caterpillars cannot defend themselves because : (A) are passive animals (B) are lazy (C) cannot acquire weapons (D) have no claws or jaws 10. 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 11. The Himalayan caterpillar uses prominent colours to : (A) warn the predator (B) attack the predator (C) reveal itself (D) defend itself M-CL-18-MBA-D 3 P.T.O. 12. Experienced birds do not attack the Himalayan caterpillars because they are : (A) repulsive (B) very aggressive (C) inedible (D) diseased 13. 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. 14–18) : 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…(14)…it means there is a certain potential for developing an...(15)…vaccine. The amounts of virus that are usually transmitted with semen and blood are quite small, much smaller than in…(16)… case of the hepatitis B virus,…(17)…example. If a vaccine can make the body produce…(18)…small amounts of antibodies, you will not get infected with the real virus when you meet it. 14. (A) although (B) ordinarily (C) though (D) because 15. (A) effective (B) intensive (C) enduring (D) acceptable M-CL-18-MBA-D 4 16. (A) the (B) some (C) any (D) that 17. (A) an (B) for (C) as (D) small 18. (A) even (B) some (C) little (D) enough Direction (Question No. 19–20) : 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. 19. COLLAPSE : (A) Rise (B) Failure (C) Rebirth (D) Debt 20. REVULSION : (A) Apathy (B) Violence (C) Disgust (D) Avenge M-CL-18-MBA-D 5 P.T.O. Direction (Question Nos. 21–22) : 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. 21. PERTINENT : (A) Appropriate (B) Pleasant (C) Extraneous (D) Paltry 22. ASSET : (A) Credibility (B) Liability (C) Poverty (D) Prosperity 23. 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. 24–25) : 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. 24. (A) The best (B) idea can (C) come from the (D) newest persons. 25. (A) by virtue of (B) how different these business is (C) all acquisitions have (D) different profit and revenue potential. M-CL-18-MBA-D 6 SECTION – 2 QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES AND DATA INTERPRETATION (26—50) 26. 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 27. 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 28. 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 29. 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 (C) Rs. 40,000 (D) Rs. 35,500 M-CL-18-MBA-D 7 P.T.O. 30. If ax = b, by = c and cz = a, then xyz is equal to : (A) 0 (B) –1 (C) 1 (D) a + b + c 31. 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 (C) 2 : 1 : 3 (D) 1 : 3 : 2 32. If 1.125 × 10k = 0.001125, then the value of k is : (A) – 4 (B) – 3 (C) – 2 (D) – 1 33. 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 (C) 3 : 4 (D) 3 : 5 M-CL-18-MBA-D 8 34. If 10% of x = 20% of y, then x : y is equal to : (A) 1 : 2 (B) 2 : 1 (C) 5 : 1 (D) 10 : 1 35. 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 (C) Rs. 24,000 (D) Rs. 28,000 36. 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 (C) 7 days (D) 5 days 37.