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Infosys mock test pattern - 4 5. Given following sequence, find the next term in the series:
3, 6, 13, 26, 33, 66, ___
Reasoning Aptitude(30 Questions in 20 minutes) a) 53
b) 52
Directions (Questions 1-10):Read the following questions and answer it accordingly:
c) 63
1.Three customers want haircut and a shave. In a saloon, two barbers operate at same
d) 62
speed. They take quarter of an hour for the haircut and 5 mins for the shave. How
quickly can they finish the haircut and shave of these three customers?
6. A ship went on a voyage after 180 miles a plane started with 10 times speed that of
a) 25 minutes
the ship. Find the distance when they meet from starting point.
b) 30 minutes
a) 100
c) 35 minutes
b) 140
d) 28.75 minutes
c) 220
2. Three friends divided some bullets equally. After all of them shot 4 bullets the total d) 200
no.of remaining bullets is equal to that of one has after division. Find the original
number divided. 7. The quarter of the time from midnight to present time added to the half of the time
a) 16 from the present to midnight gives the present time. What is the present time?
b) 18 a) 8hrs past 56 minutes AM
c) 20 b) 8hrs past 56 minutes PM
d) 19 c) 9hrs past 36 minutes AM
d) 9hrs past 36 minutes PM
3. Three different types of objects in a bucket. How many times does one need to select
object from the bucket to get atleast 3 objects of the same type? 8. In an Island the natives lie and visitors speak truth. A man wants to know whether a
a) 3 salesman beside him in a bar is a native or visitor. He asked him to ask a woman beside
b) 5 him whether she is a native or visitor. He replied "she says she is a visitor". Then he
c) 6 knew that the salesman is a native or visitor. salesman is in which category , native or
d) 7 visitor?
A. NATIVE
4. Given following sequence, find the next term in the series: B. VISITOR
0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 12, 20, 16, ____
a) 10 9. A man said he spent 1/6 of his as a child, 1/12 as salesman in a liquor shop, 1/7 and 5
b) 12 years as a politician and a good husband respectively. At that time Jim was born. Jim
c) 14 was elected as Alderman four years back.when he was half of his age. What is his age?
d) 16 (repeated from previous papers)

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 a) 70
b) 74 12. A certain straight corridor has four doors, A, B, C and D (in that order) leading off
c) 80 from the same side. How far apart are doors B and C?
d) 84 1.The distance between doors B and D is 10 meters.
2.The distance between A and C is 12 meters.
10. Alpha, Beta , gamma, delta and epsilon are friends and have birthdays on a) A
consecutive days though may not be in order. Gamma is as many days old to Alpha as b) B
Beta is younger to Epsilon. Delta is two days older then Epsilon. Gammas Birthday is c) C
on Wednesday. Whose birthday comes on Thursday? d) D
a) Alpha e) E
b) Beta
c) Gamma 13. Given that x and y are real numbers, what is the value of x + y ?
d) Delta 1.(x y) / (x-y) = 7
e) Epsilon 2.(x + y) = 49
Questions (11-15) :Each problem consists of a problem followed by two statements. a) A
Decide whether the data in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Select b) B
your answer according to whether: c) C
(A) statement 1 alone is sufficient, but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the d) D
question e) E
(B) statement 2 alone is sufficient, but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the
question 14. Two socks are to be picked at random from a drawer containing only black and
(C) both statements taken together are sufficient to answer the question, but neither white socks. What is the probability that both are white?
statement alone is sufficient 1.The probability of the first sock being black is 1/3.
(D) each statement alone is sufficient 2.There are 24 white socks in the drawer.
(E) statements 1 and 2 together are not sufficient, and additional data is needed to a) A
answer the question b) B
11. Is x > 0 ? c) C
1.-2x < 0 d) D
2.x > 0 e) E
a) A
b) B 15. A bucket was placed under a dripping tap which was dripping at a uniform rate. At
c) C what time was the bucket full?
d) D 1.The bucket was put in place at 2pm.
e) E 2.The bucket was half full at 6pm and three-quarters full at 8pm.
 a) A (4) 01 (5) 09
b) B
c) C 20) What is the code for I am not going?
d) D (1) 6749 (2) 7491 (3) 9741
e) E (4) 7640 (5) 4167

Directions for questions 16 to 20: These questions are based on the following Directions(Questions 21-26): Study the following table and answer the questions based
information. on it.
In the table given below, a group of words are written in column- I and their respective Number of Candidates Appeared, Qualified and Scheduled in a Competitive
codes are written in column- II against each group. Each word has a unique code. Examination from Five States Delhi, H.P, U.P, Punjab and Haryana Over the Years
Compare the group of words and their respective codes and answer the following 1994 to 1998
questions.

Column 1 Column - 2
(i) I am not coming. 7496
(ii) She is not going. 4321
(iii) We will be coming. 9058
(iv) I will be going. 6051

16) What is the code for coming?

(1) 4 (2) 9 (3) 6 21. For which state the average number of candidates selected over the years is the
(4) 5 (5) 7 maximum?

17) What is the code for I?

(1) 7 (2) 5 (3) 9
(4) 6 (5) 1

18) What is the code for going?

(1) 4 (2) 2 (3) 5
(4) 1 (5) 0

19) What is the code for Will be?

(1) 05 (2) 51 (3) 60
 a) Delhi a) 10%
b) H.P b) 11%
c) U.P c) 12%
d) Punjab d) 13%

22. The percentage of candidates qualified from Punjab over those appeared from Punjab is highest
Directions
in (Questions 27-30): In each of the following questions two statements are given.
the year? Which are followed by four conclusions (1), (2), (3) and (4). Choose the conclusions which
a) 1997 logically follow from the given statements.
b) 1998
c) 1999 27. Statements: No door is dog. All the dogs are cats.
d) 2000 Conclusions:
1. No door is cat.
23. In the year 1997, which state had the lowest percentage of candidates selected over the 2. No cat is door.
candidates appeared? 3. Some cats are dogs.
a) Delhi 4. All the cats are dogs.
b) H.P a) Only (2) and (4)
c) U.P b) Only (1) and (3)
d) Punjab c) Only (3) and (4)
d) Only (3)
24. The number of candidates selected from Haryana during the period under review is approximately whate)percent
All the four
of the number selected from Delhi during this period?
a) 79.5% 28. Statements: All green are blue. All blue are white.
b) 81% Conclusions:
c) 84.5% 1. Some blue are green.
d) 88.5% 2. Some white are green.
3. Some green are not white.
4. All white are blue.
25. The percentage of candidates selected from U.P over those qualified from U.P is highest in the year?
a) 1997 a) Only (1) and (2)
b) 1998 b) Only (1) and (3)
c) 1999 c) Only (1) and (4)
d) 2001 d) Only (2) and (4)

26. What is the approximate percentage of total number of candidates selected to the total 29. Statements: Some keys are staplers. Some staplers are stickers. All the stickers are
number of candidates qualified for all five stages together during the year 1999? pens.
 Conclusions: D. if you think the inference is ' probably false' though not definitely false in the light
1. Some pens are staplers. of the facts given; and
2. Some stickers are keys. E. if you think inference is ' definitely false' i,e , it contradicts the given facts.
3. No sticker is key. Passage I:
4. Some staplers are keys. More than a decade of erosion in budgetary support from the Union
a) Only (1) and (2) Government, has seriously affected Indian Railway's capacity to finance its plan
b) Only (2) and (4) expenditures. The situation has come to a pass where the railways must now think of
c) Only (2) and (3) innovative ways to get longer mileage from its investments. Significantly the resource
d) Only (1) and (4) and either (2) or (3) crunch has had grievous impact on the railways. As a result, it will not be in a position
30. Statements: All the goats are tigers. All the tigers are lions. to acquire necessary equipments and this will seriously affect the railway's capacity to
Conclusions: serve the needs of the economy in future.
1. All the goats are lions. 31. Railways had so far belived in traditional ways in generating income.
2. All the lions are goats. a) A
3. Some lions are goats. b) B
4. Some tigers are goats. c) C
a) All the four d) D
b) Only (1), (2) and (3) e) E
c) Only (1), (3) and (4) 32. Government has shifted its priority from railways to other areas.
d) Only (2), (3) and (4) a) A
b) B
II. Verbal Ability Test (40 Questions in 35 c) C
d) D
minutes)
e) E
Directions for (Questions from 31-38): In each question below is given a passage 33. The union government has reduced drastically the budgetary support to railways
followed by several inference. You have to examine each inference separately in the during the last decade.
context of the passage and decide upon its degree of truth or falsity. a) A
Mark your answer as : b) B
A. if the inference is ' definitely true' i.e. , it directly follows from the facts given in the c) C
passage d) D
B. if the inference is ' probably true' though not definitely true in the light of the facts e) E
given 34. The fiscal position of railways in the earlier plan period was better than the current
C. if you think the data are in adequate i.e., from the facts given you cannot say plan period
whether the inference is likely to be true or false a) A
b) B
 c) C D) final
d) D
e) E 39. During the Victorian age people believed that
35. During the current plan period, the railways will not be able to expand its network A) there would be unlimited freedom
a) A B) strife would increase
b) B C) peace would prevail and happiness would engulf the whole world.
c) C D) wars would be fought on a bigger scale
d) D
e) E 40.A brief interlude between past and future barbarism' can be interpreted as
A) a dramatic performance during wars
Passage II: B) an interval between cruel wars
The last half of my life has been lived in one of those painful epochs of human C) a short space of time between two great events
history during which the world is getting worse, and past victories which had seemed D) a short period of time between past and future acts of savagery.
to be definitive have turned out to be only temporary. When I was young, Victorian
optimism was taken for granted. It was thought that freedom and prosperity would Directions for Questions 41 to 45: The passage given below is followed by a set of five
speed gradually throughout the world by an orderly process, and it was hoped that questions. Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.
curelty, tyranny, and injustice would continually diminish. Hardly anyone was Language is not a cultural artifact that we learn the way we learn to tell time or how
haunted by the fear of great wars. Hardly anyone thought of thenineteenth century as a the federal government works. Instead, it is a distinct piece of the biological makeup of
brief interlude between past and future barbarism. our brains. Language is a complex, specialized skill, which develops in the child
36. The author feels and about the later part of his life because spontaneously, without conscious effort or formal instruction, is deployed without
A) The world had not become prosperous awareness of its underlying logic, is qualitatively the same in every individual, and is
B) he was nostalgic about his childhood. distinct from more general abilities to process information or behave intelligently. For
C) the world was painfully disturbed during that period of time. these reasons some cognitive scientists have described language as a psychological
D) the author had not won any further victories. faculty, a mental organ, a neural system, and a computational module. But I prefer the
37. The victories of the past admittedly quaint term "instinct." It conveys the idea that people know how to talk in
A) filled men with a sense of pessimism more or less the sense that spiders know how to spin webs. Web-spinning was not
B) proved to be temporary events invented by some unsung spider genius and does not depend on having had the right
C) ended, cruelty, tyranny, and injustice education or on having an aptitude for architecture or the construction trades. Rather,
D) brought permanent peace and security spiders spin spider webs because they have spider brains, which give them the urge to
spin and the competence to succeed. Although there are differences between webs and
38. The world 'definitive' as used in the passage means words, I will encourage you to see language in this way, for it helps to make sense of
A) incomplete the phenomena we will explore. Thinking of language as an instinct inverts the popular
B) defined wisdom, especially as it has been passed down in the canon of the humanities and social
C) temporary sciences. Language is no more a cultural invention than is upright posture. It is not a
manifestation of a general capacity to use -symbols: a three year old, we shall see, is a (5) Language is a psychological faculty.
grammatical genius, but is quite incompetent at the visual arts, religious iconography,
traffic signs, and the other staples of the semiotics curriculum. Though language is a 42. Which of the following can be used to replace the spiders know how to spin webs
magnificent ability unique to Homo sapiens among living species, it does not call for analogy as used by the author?
sequestering the study of humans from the domain of biology, for a magnificent ability (1) A kitten learning to jump over a wall
unique to a particular living species is far from unique in the animal kingdom. Some (2) Bees collecting nectar
kinds of bats home in on flying insects using Doppler sonar. Some kinds of migratory (3) A donkey carrying a load
birds navigate thousands of miles by calibrating the positions of the constellations (4) A horse running a Derby
against the time of day and year. In nature's talent show we are simply a species of (5) A pet dog protecting its owners property
primate with our own act, a knack for communicating information about who did what
to whom by modulating the sounds we make when we exhale Once you begin to look 43. According to the passage, which of the following is unique to human beings?
at language not as the ineffable essence of human uniqueness but as a biological (1) Ability to use symbols while communicating with one another.
adaption to communicate information, it is no longer as tempting to see language as an (2) Ability to communicate with each other through voice modulation.
insidious shaper of thought, and, we shall see, it is not. Moreover, seeing language as (3) Ability to communicate information to other members of the species.
one of natures engineering marvels an organ with that perfection of structure and (4) Ability to use sound as means of communication.
co-adaption which justly excites our admiration, in Darwins words give us a new (5) All of the above.
respect for your ordinary Joe and the much-maligned English language (or any
language). The complexity of language, from the scientists point of view, is part of our 44. According to the passage, complexity of language cannot be taught by parents or at
biological birthright; it is not something that parents teach their children or something school to children because
that must be elaborated in school as Oscar Wilde said, Education is an admirable (1) children instinctively know language.
thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing (2) children learn the language on their own.
can be taught. A preschoolers tacit knowledge of grammar is more sophisticated than (3) language is not amenable to teaching.
the thickest style manual or the most state-of-the-art computer language system, and (4) children know language better than their teachers or parents.
the same applies to all healthy human beings, even the notorious syntax-fracturing (5) children are born with the knowledge of semiotics.
professional athlete and the, you know, like, inarticulate teenage skateboarder. Finally,
since language is the product of a well-engineered biological instinct, we shall see that 45. Which of the following best summarizes the passage?
it is not nutty barrel of monkeys that entertainer-columnists make it out to be (1) Language is unique to Homo sapiens.
. (2) Language is neither learnt nor taught.
41. According to the passage, which of the following does not stem from popular (3) Language is not a cultural invention or artifact as it is made out.
wisdom on language? (4) Language is instinctive ability of human beings.
(1) Language is a cultural artifact. (5) Language is use of symbols unique to human beings.
(2) Language is a cultural invention.
(3) Language is learnt as we grow. Directions for Questions 46 to 50: The passage given below is followed by a set of five
(4) Language is unique to Homo sapiens questions. Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.
When I was little, children were bought two kinds of ice cream, sold from those white as Pinocchio was when he rejected the skin and the stalk. And parents who encouraged
wagons with the canopies made of silvery metal: either the two-cent cone or the four- this weakness, appropriate to little parvenus, were bringing up their children in the
cent ice cream pie. The two-cent cone was very small, in fact it could fit comfortably foolish theater of "I'd like to but I can't." They were preparing them to turn up at
into a child's hand, and it was made by taking the ice cream from its container with a tourist-class cheek-in with a fake Gucci bag bought from a street peddler on the beach
special scoop and piling it on the cone. Granny always suggested I eat only a part of the at Rimini
cone, then throw away the pointed end, because it had been touched by the vendor's Nowadays the moralist risks seeming at odds with morality, in a world where the
hand (though that was the best part, nice and crunchy, and it was regularly eaten in consumer civilization now wants even adults to be spoiled, and promises them always
secret, after a pretense of discarding it). The four-cent pie was made by a special little something more, from the wristwatch in the box of detergent to the bonus bangle
machine, also silvery, which pressed two disks of sweet biscuit against a cylindrical sheathed, with the magazine it accompanies, in a plastic envelope. Like the parents of
section of ice cream. First you had to thrust your tongue into the gap between the those ambidextrous gluttons I so envied, the consumer civilization pretends to give
biscuits until it touched the central nucleus of ice cream; then, gradually, you ate the more, but actually gives, for four cents, what is worth four cents. You will throw away
whole thing, the biscuit surfaces softening as they became soaked in creamy nectar. the old transistor radio to purchase the new one, that boasts an alarm clock as well, but
Granny had no advice to give here: in theory the pies had been touched only by the some inexplicable defect in the mechanism will guarantee that the radio lasts only a
machine; in practice, the vendor had held them against his hand while giving them to year. The new cheap car will have leather seats, double side mirrors adjustable from
us, but it was impossible to isolate the contaminated area. I was fascinated, however, by inside, and a paneled dashboard, but it will not last nearly so long as the glorious old
some of my peers, whose parents bought them not a four-cent pie but two two-cent Fiat 500, which, even when it broke down, could be started again with a kick. The
cones. These privileged children advanced proudly with one cone in their right hand morality of the old days made Spartans of us all, while today's morality wants all of us
and one in their left; and expertly moving their head from side to side, they licked first to be Sybarites.
one, then the other. This liturgy seemed to me so sumptuously enviable, that many
times I asked to be allowed to celebrate it. In vain. My elders were inflexible: a four- 46. Which of the following cannot be inferred from the passage?
cent ice, yes; but two two-cent ones, absolutely no. As anyone can see, neither (1) Todays society is more extravagant than the society of the 1930s.
mathematics nor economy nor dietetics justified this refusal. Nor did hygiene, assuming (2) The act of eating two ice cream cones is akin to a ceremonial process.
that in due course the tips of both cones were discarded. The pathetic, and obviously (3) Elders rightly suggested that a boy turning eyes from one cone to the other was
mendacious, justification was that a boy concerned with turning his eyes from one cone more likely to fall.
to the other was more inclined to stumble over stones, steps, or cracks in the pavement. (4) Despite seeming to promise more, the consumer civilization gives away exactly
I dimly sensed that there was another secret justification, cruelly pedagogical, but I was what the thing is worth.
unable to grasp it. Today, citizen and victim of a consumer society, a civilization of (5) The consumer civilization attempts to spoil children and adults alike.
excess and waste (which the society of the thirties was not), I realize that those dear
and now departed elders were right. Two two-cent cones instead of one at four cents 47. In the passage, the phrase little parvenus refers to
did not signify squandering, economically speaking, but symbolically they surely did. It (1) naughty midgets.
was for this precise reason, that I yearned for them: because two ice creams suggested (2) old hags.
excess. And this was precisely why they were denied me: because they looked indecent, (3) arrogant people.
an insult to poverty, a display of fictitious privilege, a boast of wealth. Only spoiled (4) young upstarts.
children ate two cones at once, those children who in fairy tales were rightly punished, (5) foolish kids.
 I would like your advice(A)/advise(B) on which job I should choose.
48. The author pined for two-cent cones instead of one four-cent pie because The last scene provided a climactic(A)/climatic(B) ending to the film.
(1) it made dietetic sense. Jeans that flair(A)/flare(B) at the bottom are in fashion these days.
(2) it suggested intemperance. (1) BABAA (2) BABAB (3) BAAAB (4)ABABA (5) BAABA
(3) it was more fun.
(4) it had a visual appeal. 52. The cake had lots of currents(A)/currants(B) and nuts in it.
(5) he was a glutton. If you engage in such exceptional(A)/exceptionable(B) behaviour, I will be forced to
punish you.
49. What does the author mean by nowadays the moralist risks seeming at odds with He has the same capacity as an adult to consent(A)/assent(B) to surgical treatment.
morality? The minister is obliged(A)/compelled(B) to report regularly to a parliamentary board.
(1) The moralist of yesterday have become immoral today. His analysis of the situation is far too sanguine(A)/genuine(B).
(2) The concept of morality has changed over the years. (1) BBABA (2) BBAAA (3) BBBBA (4) ABBAB (5) BABAB
(3) Consumerism is amoral.
(4) The risks associated with immorality have gone up. 53. She managed to bite back the ironic(A)/caustic(B) retort on the tip of her tongue.
(5) The purists view of morality is fast becoming popular. He gave an impassioned and valid(A)/cogent(B) plea for judicial reform.
I am not adverse(A)/averse(B) to helping out.
50. According to the author, the justification for refusal to let him eat two cones was The coupe(A)/coup(B) broke away as the train climbed the hill.
plausibly They heard the bells peeling(A)/pealing(B) far and wide.
(1) didactic. (1) BBABA (2) BBBAB (3) BAABB (4) ABBAA (5) BBBBA
(2) dietetic.
(3) dialectic. 54. We were not successful in defusing(A)/diffusing(B) the Gurus ideas.
(4) diatonic. The students baited(A)/bated(B) the instructor with irrelevant questions.
(5) diastolic. The hoard(A)/horde(B) rushed into the campus.
The prisoners interment(A)/internment(B) came to an end with his early release.
Directions for questions 51 to 54: In each question, there are five sentences. Each The hockey team could not deal with his unsociable(A)/unsocial(B) tendencies.
sentence has a pair of words that are italicized and highlighted. From the italicized and (1) BABBA (2) BBABB (3) BABAA (4) ABBAB (5) AABBA
highlighted words, select the most appropriate words (A or B) to form correct
sentences. The sentences are followed by options that indicate the words, which may
be selected to correctly complete the set of sentences. From the options given, choose Directions for questions 55 to 58: In each of the following questions there are sentences
the most appropriate one. that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are
correct in terms of grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical
51. Anita wore a beautiful broach (A)/brooch(B) on the lapel of her jacket. consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.
If you want to complain about the amenities in your neighbourhood, please meet your
councillor(A)/counselor(B). 55. A. In 1849, a poor Bavarian imigrant named Levi Strauss
B. landed in San Francisco, California, washing rhetoric, on something dark and interior to ___________ and perpetrators
C. at the invitation of his brother-in-law David Stern alike.
D. owner of dry goods business. (1) innovative; communicator (4) exigent; exploiters
E. This dry goods business would later become known as Levi Strauss & Company. (2) enchanting; leaders (5) tragic; sufferers
(1) B only (2) B and C (3) A and B (4) A only (5) A, B and D (3) disingenuous; victims

56. A. In response to the allegations and condemnation pouring in, 60. As navigators, calendar makers, and other_________ of the night sky accumulated
B. Nike implemented comprehensive changes in their labour policy. evidence to the contrary, ancient astronomers were forced to _________ that certain
C. Perhaps sensing the rising tide of global labour concerns, bodies might move in circles about points, which in turn moved in circles about the
D. from the public would become a prominent media issue, earth.
E. Nike sought to be a industry leader in employee relations. (1) scrutinizers; believe (4) observers; concede
(1) D and E (2) D only (3) A and E (4) A and D (5) B, C and E (2) observers; agree (5) students; conclude
(3) scrutinizers; suggest
57. A. Charges and counter charges mean nothing
B. to the few million who have lost their home. 61. Every human being, after the first few days of his life, is a product of two factors; on
C. The nightmare is far from over, for the government the one hand, there is his ______________endowment; and on the other hand, there is
D. is still unable to reach hundreds who are marooned. the effect of environment, including ___________.
E. The death count have just begun. (1) constitutional; weather (4) economic; learning
(1) A only (2) C only (3) A and C (4) A, C and D (5) D only (2) congenital; education (5) genetic; pedagogy
(3) personal; climate
58. A. I did not know what to make of you.
B. Because youd lived in India, I associate you more with my parents than with me. 62. Exhaustion of natural resources, destruction of individual initiative by
C. And yet you were unlike my cousins in Calcutta, who seem so innocent and governments, control over mens minds by central __________ of education and
obedient when I visited them. propaganda are some of the major evils which appear to be on the increase as a result of
D. You were not curious about me in the least. the impact of science upon minds suited by _________ to an earlier kind of world.
E. Although you did make effort to meet me. (1) tenets; fixation (4) organs; tradition
(1) A only (2) A and B (3) A and E (4) D only (5) A and D (2) aspects; inhibitions (5) departments; repulsion
(3) institutions; inhibitions
Directions for questions 59 to 62: Each of the following questions has a sentence with
two blanks. Given below each question are five pairs of words. Choose the pair that
best completes the sentence.

59. The genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda, apart from being mis-described in the most
sinister and ________ manner as ethnic cleansing, were also blamed, in further hand-
Directions for questions 63 to 66: In each of the questions a word has been used in that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way. 67. Most people at their first
sentences in five different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in consultation take a furtive look at the surgeons hands in the hope of reassurance.
which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate. Prospective patients look for delicacy, sensitivity, steadiness, perhaps unblemished
pallor. On this basis, Henry Perowne loses a number of cases each year. Generally, he
63. Run knows its about to happen before the patient does: the downward glance repeated, the
(1) I must run fast to catch up with him. prepared questions beginning to falter, the overemphatic thanks during the retreat to
(2) Our team scored a goal against the run of play. the door.
(3) You cant run over him like that. (1) Other people do not communicate due to their poor observation.
(4) The newly released book is enjoying a popular run. (2) Other patients dont like what they see but are ignorant of their right to go
(5) This film is a run-of-the-mill production. elsewhere.
(3) But Perowne himself is not concerned.
64. Round (4) But others will take their place, he thought.
(1) The police fired a round of tear gas shells. (5) These hands are steady enough, but they are large.
(2) The shop is located round the corner.
(3) We took a ride on the merry-go-round. 68. Trade protectionism, disguised as concern for the climate, is raising its head. Citing
(4) The doctor is on a hospital round. competitiveness concerns, powerful industrialized countries are holding out threats of a
(5) I shall proceed further only after you come around to admitting it. levy on imports of energy-intensive products from developing countries that refuse to
accept their demands. The actual source of protectionist sentiment in the OECD
65. Buckle countries is, of course, their current lackluster economic performance, combined with
(1) After the long hike our knees were beginning to buckle. the challenges posed by he rapid economic rise of China and India in that order.
(2) The horse suddenly broke into a buckle. (1) Climate change is evoked to bring trade protectionism through the back door.
(3) The accused did not buckle under police interrogation. (2) OECD countries are taking refuge in climate change issues to erect trade barriers
(4) Sometimes, an earthquake can make a bridge buckle. against these two countries.
(5) People should learn to buckle up as soon as they get into the car. (3) Climate change concerns have come as a convenient stick to beat the rising trade
power of China and India.
66. File (4) Defenders of the global economic status quo are posing as climate change
(1) You will find the paper in the file under C. champions.
(2) I need to file an insurance claim. (5) Todays climate change champions are the perpetrators of global economic inequity.
(3)The cadets were marching in a single file.
(4) File your nails before you apply nail polish. 69. Mattancherry is Indian Jewrys most famous settlement. Its pretty streets of pastel
(5) When the parade was on, a soldier broke the file. coloured houses, connected by first-floor passages and home to the last twelve saree-
and-sarong-wearing, white-skinned Indian Jews are visited by thousands of tourists
Directions for questions 67 to 70: Each of the following questions has a paragraph from each year. Its synagogue, built in 1568, with a floor of blue-and-white Chinese tiles, a
which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the sentence carpet given by Haile Selassie and the frosty Yaheh selling tickets at the door, stands as
an image of religious tolerance.
(1) Mattancherry represents, therefore, the perfect picture of peaceful co-existence.
(2) Indias Jews have almost never suffered discrimination, except for European
colonizers and each other.
(3) Jews in India were always tolerant.
(4) Religious tolerance has always been only a faade and nothing more.
(5) The pretty pastel streets are, thus, very popular with the tourists.

70. Given the cultural and intellectual interconnections, the question of what is
Western and what is Eastern (or Indian) is often hard to decide, and the issue can be
discussed only in more dialectical terms. The diagnosis of a thought as purely Western
or purely Indian can be very illusory.
(1) Thoughts are not the kind of things that can be easily categorized.
(2) Though occidentalism and orientalism as dichotomous concepts have found many
adherents.
(3) East is East and West is West has been a discredited notion for a long time now.
(4) Compartmentalizing thoughts is often desirable.
(5) The origin of a thought is not the kind of thing to which purity happens easily.