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3. “On a wing and a prayer the Indian team landed in Heathrow to take on their formidable oppenents”. From the above sentence it can be inferred that the Indian team was
4. It _____________ not look like a great deal today, but back then it was a coup: no man before ___________ to import tea directly into Ireland. The option that will best fill the blanks in the above sentences would be:
5. “It was AC Milan’s success in Europe in the sixties that introduced the ‘libero’ as the Italian default and, a quarter of a century later, it was AC Milan’s success in Europe that killed it off.” Which of the following was not implied in the above sentence?
6. The 2001 census showed a sharp fall in the litreacy rate compared to 1991, but an increase in the litreacy rate by 2006 suggests that between 1991 and 2006 India progressed in terms of litreacy rate. Which of the following statements, if true, best refutes the above argument?
8. Read the sentences and choose the option that best arrange them in a logical order. A. Some of these are tangible while others are not. B. The micro factors look at brand building, product development, competition, pricing, decision making within organizations etc. C. Another way to classify these factors is to distinguish which of them are macro in nature and which of them are micro. D. The macro factors comprise government policies, state of the economy, changing demographics etc. E.The factors influencing forecasts include social, technological, economic, political, religious, ethnic, governmental, and natural factors.
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Read the following passage and provide appropriate answers for the questionsThere is an essential and irreducible ‘duality’ in the normative conceptualization of an individual person. We can see the person in terms of his or her ‘agency’, recognizing and respecting his or her ability to form goals, commitments, values, etc., and we can also see the person in terms of his or her ‘well-being’. This dichotomy is lost in a model of exclusively self- interested motivation, in which a person’s agency must be entirely geared to his or her own well-being. But once that straitjacket of self-interested motivation is removed, it becomes possible to recognize the indisputable fact that the person’s agency can well be geared to considerations not covered - or at least not fully covered - by his or her own well-being. Agency may be seen as important (not just instrumentally for the pursuit of well-being, but also intrinsically), but that still leaves open the question as to how that agency is to be evaluated and appraised. Even though the use of one’s agency is a matter for oneself to judge, the need for careful assessment of aims, objective, allegiances, etc., and the conception of the good, may be important and exacting. To recognize the distinction between the ‘agency aspect’ and the ‘well-being aspect’ of a person does not require us to take the view that the person’s success as an agent must be independent, or completely separable from, his or her success in terms of well-being. A person may well feel happier and better off as a result of achieving what he or she wanted to achieve - perhaps for his or her family, or community, or class, or party, or some other cause. Also it is quite possible that a person’s well-being will go down as a result of frustration if there is some failure to achieve what he or she wanted to achieve as an agent, even though those achievements are not directly concerned with his or her well-being. There is really no sound basis for demanding that the agency aspect and the well-being aspect of a person should be independent of each other, and it is, I suppose, even possible that every change in one will affect the other as well. However, the point at issue is not the plausibility of their independence, but the sustainability and relevance of the distinction. The fact that two variables may be so related that one cannot change without the other, does not imply that they are the same variable, or that they will have the same values, or that the value of one can be obtained from the other on basis of some simple transformation. The importance of an agency achievement does not rest entirely on the enhancement of well-being that it may indirectly cause. The agency achievement and well-being achievement, both of which have some distinct importance, may be casually linked with each other, but this fact does not compromise the specific importance of either. In so far as utility - based welfare calculations concentrate only on the well- being of the person, ignoring the agency aspect, or actually fails to distinguish between the agency aspect and well-being aspect altogether, something of real importance is lost.According to the ideas in the passage, the following are not true expect:
10. In the case of Japan, there is a strong empirical evidence to suggest that systematic departure from self-interested behavior, in the direction of duty, loyalty and goodwill have played a substantial part in industrial success.Which of the following in closest to the ideas presented in the passage?
11. Of the options presented below, which one is the best example for the ideas propounded in the passage?
12. Read the sentences given below and choose the option that is best in accordance with the ideas in the passage. I.There is a need to distinguish between the agency aspect and the well-being aspect of a person. II.A person can be conceptualized in terms of either agency or well-being. III.A person is important, not just instrumentally, for the pursuit of well-being
15. Alfredo, Diego and Argentinean football. Lionel are discussing Alfredo: Argentina was a football powerhouse. Diego: Argentina is a football powerhouse. Lionel: Argentina will be a football powerhouse. Which of the following cannot be inferred from the above conversation?
17. Ethologists, people who study animal behavior, have traditionally divided an organism’s actions into two categories: learned behavior (based on experience) and instinctive behavior (based on genotype). Some current scholars reject this distinction, claiming that all behavior is a predictable interaction of experience and genotype. Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the arguments made in the sentence above?
18. The benefits of psychotherapy result not only from the advice the therapist gives but also from the supportive relationship offered to the patient. Even though this relationship may cost large amounts of money over many years, most patients interpret the therapist’s concern for them as genuine and identify this caring relationship as the primary factor in improving their mental health. However, recent studies have found that only eight percent of therapist/patient relationships continue after the patient terminates formal paid visits. Which of the following is in accordance with the ideas contained in the passage? Choose the best option.
19. Most of the Asian countries have trade-deficit with China. Bangladesh’s trade deficit with China this year has increased by 35%. Despite large increases in exports to China, Indonesia’s trade deficit with China continues to increase. So does that of South Korea, home of Samsung Electronics, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of electronic gadgets. Which of the following, if true, would be most inconsistent with the above passage?
20. All who studied commerce enjoy sports. No tax consultant enjoys sports. All those who enjoy sports love classical music. If the above sentences are true, which of the following also must be true?
21. The head ___________ was annoyed to see a _________ in the soup. The option that would best fill the blanks in the above sentence would be:
23. Read the sentences and choose the option that best arranges them in a logical order. (1 mark) A. In fact, it is considered as a dumping ground for unwanted people in quite a few organizations. B. In many parts of the country, traditional castes such as Kothari, Kotwal, Bhandari and Bhandarkar have for generations been dealing in procuring, stocking, distributing goods and merchandise. C. This is due to the fact that Indian traders have been trading with many parts of the world. D. However, though the concept of warehousing has been prevalent for over 2000 years, the warehouse has not yet obtained due recognition in modern times. E. The concept of warehousing or stores function is not new in India.
25. Read the sentences and choose the option that best arranges them in a logical order. i. All it has to do is to drive up the inflation rate-examples are the damage Lyndon Johnson’s inflationary policies did to the US economy and the damage which consistently pro-inflationary policies have done to the economy of Italy. ii.It is easy, the record shows, for a government to do harm to its domestic economy. iii.Contrary to what economists confidently promised forty years ago, business cycles have not been abolished. iv.They still operate pretty much the way they have been operating for the past 150 years v.But there is not the slightest evidence that any government policy to stimulate the economy has impact, whether that policy be Keynesian, monetarist, supply - side or neoclassical.
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