DESIZN CIRCLE – NIFT MFM MOCK TEST 06-02-2015 DURATION: 3hrs MAX. MARKS: 150 Q1. What is the GDP of India ?

A) 1.877 Trillion B) 2.1 Trillion C) 1.77 Trillion D) 1.65 Trillion

Q2. What is the rank of India in World in terms of GDP ?

A) 10 B) 04 C) 08 D) 19

Q3. BOMBAY stock exchange was established in the year ?

A) 1875 B) 1890 C) 1947 D) 1951

Q4. India’s largest nuclear reactor is located at ? A) Kudankulam B) Tarapur C) Kaiga D) Narora Q5. Which one of them is the permanent member of UN Security council ?

A) FRANCE B) GERMANY C) THILAND D) BRAZIL

Q6. Who is the CEO of Pantaloons group ?

A) Kishore Biyani B) Anand Mahindra C) Aditya Birla D) Cyrus Mistry

Q7. Who is the CEO of airtel co ?

A) Gopal Vittal B) Sunil Bharti Mittal C) Aditya Birla D) Cyrus Mystry

Q8. Where is the head office of Wardhaman Textiles ? A)Ludhiana B)Mumbai C)Bangalore D) Faridabad Q9. Who is the chairman of BOMBAY DYEING ? A)Nusli Wadia B) Ness Wadia C) Gautam Singhania D) Kisore Biyani’

Q10. Which company has bought Skype ? A)Microsoft B)GOOGLE C)Facebook D)Yahoo Q11.Which company has purchased Motorola Mobility ?

A) Google B) Microsoft C) Nokia D) Samsung

Q12. By revenue which of them is the largest company in the world ? A)Sinopec Group B)Apple Inc C) Wall Mart D) British Petroleum Q13. Who is the richest Individual in world ? A)Bill Gates B) Carlos Slim C)David Coach D)Jim Walton Q14. Who is the Textile Minister of India ?

A) Santosh Kumar Gangwar B) Ravi Shankar C) Uma Bharti D) Rajnath Singh

Q15. Sanganer is in which state ? A)Rajasthan B) Karnataka C)Madhya Pradesh D) Bihar Q16. Who is the brand ambassador of the state Telangana ? A)Sania Mirza B)Saina Nehwal C) Chiranjeevi D) Chandra Babu Naidu Q17. Who is the brand Ambassador of Maruti Ciaz ?

A) Ranveer Singh B) Farhan Akhtar C) Deepika Padukone D) None of these

Q18. Who is the brand ambassador of Kalyan Jewelers ? A)Amitabh Bachchan B)Shahrukh Khan C) Kareena Kapoor D) Priyanka Chopra Q19. Who is brand ambassador of Rado ? A)Hritik Roshan

B) Saif Ali Khan C) Shahid Kapoor D) None of these Q20. Tanishq is the brand of ? A)TITAN B)KALYAN C)D’DMAS D)PC JWELLERS Q21. Ritcher scale is used to measure the A) velocity of wind B) depth of an ocean C) velocity of Earth’s rotation D) intensity of an Earthquake Q22. Plaster of Paris is A) CaSO4 B) CaSO4.2H2O C) CaSO4.1/2 H2O D) CaSO4.H2O Q23. Pears is the product of A) Colgate Palmolive India Ltd. B) Hindustan Lever Ltd. C) Dabur D) Marico Industries Q24. Soaps are prepared from A) fats and alchohols B) fats and alkalis C) fats and acids D) fats and water Q25. Which among the following is more elastic? A) Plastic B) Rubber C) Copper D) Steel DIRECTIONS(26-30): In the questions below some parts of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of each sentence has an error and mark accordingly. Q26. The teacher made the boys(a)/to do the sum(b)/all over again.(c)/no error(d) Q27. The law should specifically(a)/ provide a clause(b)/ to protect animals from poachers(c)/ no error(d) Q28. What kind(a)/of a man(b)/you are? (c) no error(d)? Q29. The way to increase the production of the food (a)/ is to bring more land(b)/ under cultivation. (c)/No error(d) Q30. The girls watched intently(a)/ as the model applied her make-up(b)/ with a practiced hand.(c)/No error(d) INSTRUCTIONS(31-35): Fill in the blanks with the most suitable words given below. Q31. She will …………… fail in the C.B.S.E because she does not study at all. A) purely B) surely C) justly D) certainly Q32) He has done the work………. A) almost B) yet C) always D) already

Q33. If I …. youI would not stand this humiliation. A) am B) was C) were D) be Q34. It is the newspaper that ……………. Us news. A) give B) is giving C) gives D) has given Q35. The police ………… on duty. A) is B) have C) are D) was INSTRUCTIONS(36-40): Improve the underlined part if needed. Q36. Sonam as well as Kiran is leaving for Canada tonight. A) were leaving B) are leaving C) have been leaving D) no improvement Q37. He asked me whether I will help him. A) whether I could B) whether I would C) whether I shall D) no improvement Q38. She has been demanding a lot more marks doesn’t she? A) hasn’t she B) isn’t she C) isn’t it D) no improvement Q39. Yesterday I have received a legal notice from the bank for repayment of the loan. A) I had received B) I did receive C) I received D) no improvement Q40. The Sun set before we reached the village. A) had set B) would set C) have been set D) no improvement INSTRUCTIONS(41-45): One word substitution. Q41. An apartment building in which each apartment is owned separately by the people living in it, but also containing shared area. A) Condominium B) Multiplex C) Duplex D) Society Q42. A group of three powerful people. A) Trio B) Tritium C) Trivet D) Triumvirate Q43. A collection of poems A) Oncology B) Pedology C) Pathology D) Anthology Q44. A person who writes decoratively A) Calligrapher B) Collier C) Choreographer D) Cartographer Q45. Pertaining to cattle A) Canine B) Feline C) Bovine D) Verminous INSTRUCTIONS(46-50): Choose the correct synonym. Q46. Flaunt A) Cut B) Deceive C) Exhibit D) Blame Q47. Parsimony A) Expenditure B) Bankruptcy C) Bribery D) Miserliness

Q48. Tribulation A) Palpitation B) Suffering C) Weakness D) Stimulation Q49. Literal A) Idealistic B) Outdated C) Verbatim D) Formal Q50. Intricate A) Complicated B) Assertive C) Puzzling D) Illusive INSTRUCTIONS(51-55): Find out the correctly spelt word. Q51. A) Conivance B) Connivanse C) Connivance D) Conivence Q52. A) Maintennance B) Mainteinance C) Maintenance D) Mentenance Q53. A)Atendance B) Attandance C) Atendence D) Attendance Q54. A) Apparrel B) Aparell C) Aparel D) Apparel Q55. A) Ebullient B) Jubilent C) Eminent D) Tolerant INSTRUCTIONS(56-60): Choose the meaning of the given Idioms/Phrases. Q56. What egged you on to become a social worker? A) urged B) dampened C) hindered D) discouraged Q57. Many politicians in India are not fit to hold a candle to Mahatma Gandhi. A) superior B) equal C) inferior D) indifferent Q58. The project is carried over to this year and we need to keep the ball rolling. A) to continue B) more information C) to do better D) new strategies Q59. The host team bore the palm in the league matches. A) played quite well B) was victorious C) was defeated D) played a boring match Q60. The teachers announcement to conduct a snap test came as a bolt from the blue to many students. A) imaginary B) unexpected C) forbidden D) heavenly INSTRUCTIONS(61-64): Choose the correct arrangement. Q61. 1. A dictionary P. arranged words Q. about which information R. containing alphabetically S. is a book 6. is given. A) RPQS B) QRPS C) SRPQ D) SPRQ Q62. 1. Agriculture P. cotton for our clothes Q. raw materials like jute R. and sugarcane for our industries S. gives us food 6. and food for cattle. A) SRQP B) RQPS C) QPRS D) SPQR

Q63. 1. Today political freedom P. and the right Q. however money and all that money R. assures people equality before law S. to elect their government 6. can buy is not fairly distributed. A) SPRQ B) RPSQ C) QRSP D) PSRQ Q64. 1. During the reign of the Emperor Tiberius P. called Phaedrus Q. an Augustan story teller R. translated Aesop’s Fables into Latin S. in ancient Rome 6. and also added some tables of his own. A) QRPS B) PQRS C) SQPR D) RSPQ Some people think that “Silence is Golden”. Words they must use, but they have no love for them. Speech is to them a danger, a device for entangling men. They feel that all may be understood so long as nothing is said; that only in silence can reach out to mind and the heart be known. In the exchange of words their personalities do not expand but contract; they see the lovely procession of thought and feeling turn into a dusty and disorderly crowd of words and phrases.They see the talkers with mingled fear and contempt, stripping themselves in public, like exhibitionists. The talkers cannot understand the silent; nor can the silent explain their attitude, except in speech. This illuminates the weakness of their belief, that they must convince us the uselessness of speech by means of speech. 65. The central idea of the passage is

A. Silence is Golden B. The Silent do not like Talkers C. Speech is dangerous D. The silent wrongly believe that Speech is dangerous.

66. The silent look upon speech

A. With passion B. With defiance C. With fear D. As a device to entangle men

67. One weakness of the attitude of the silent is

A. They can confuse people B. Their words are disorderly C. They can’t practice what they preach D. Their personalities shrink

68. Special Meaning of silence according to the passage is A. Silence preserves energy B. Silence contracts personality C. Silence is natural D. There can be a communication between mind and heart only when a person is

silent

69. An appropriate title of the passage is A. The silent B. The Speakers C. Wrong belief of the silent D. Silence is Golden

PASSAGE II Chumley was a full-grown Chimpanzee; his owner, a district officer, was finding the ape’s large size rather awkward, and he wanted to send him to London Zoo as a present, so that he could visit the animal when he was back in England on leave. He wrote asking us if we would mind taking Chumley back with us when we left, and depositing him at his new home in London and we replied that we would not mind at all. I don’t think that either John or myself had the least idea how big Chumley was; I know that I visualized and ape which was about three years old, standing about three feet high. I got a rude shock when Chumley moved in.

70. The author A. Was sure that the animal was very strong B. Never thought about the animal for a moment C. Knew that the animal was small and delicate D. Was in the dark about the animal’s size

71. The district officer wanted to visit Chumley when

A. He felt awkward B. He went home on leave C. The animal fell sick D. He has no one else to call on

72. To the district officer’s proposal, the author

A. Replied in the affirmative B. Gave a vague reaction C. Expressed disagreement D. Agreed reluctantly

73. Chumley’s appearance gave the author a shock because of

A. Its ungainly shape B. Its large proportion C. Its unkempt looks D. Its menacing movement

The workshop of Edison’s was an astonishingly busy centre of industry as far as activity and hours of labor were concerned. Edison never asked his men to do anything that he would not do himself; his one order was ‘follow me’ and that meant working with him through endless hours. It is said that on one occasion he even locked himself and his men in, until a difficult piece of work was done – sixty hours on end. Generally the men are employed on piece-work and the longer and the more skillfully they worked the more they earned.

74. According to the passage, Edison’s workshop A. Was marked by din and squalor B. Remained often closed owing to lack of orders C. Was affected by labor unrest D. Was a scene of intense activity

75. Following Edison would mean

A. Working by fits and starts B. Working without thoughts of safety C. Working without interruption D. Working willfully

76. In an examination, 35% if the candidates failed in Mathematics and 25% failed in

English. If 10% failed in both, then how many passed in both the subjects?

A.) 50% B.) 55% C.) 57% D.) 60%

77. A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H and I are sitting around a circle facing the centre.

D is third to the left of H, who is second to the left of B.

A is fourth to the left of E, who is second to right of D.

C is third to the right of H.

I is not an immediate neighbor of D.

G is not an immediate neighbor of E.

In which of the following pairs, the first person is sitting to the immediate right of the second. A.) DF B.) FE C.) GD D.)None of the above

78. If 15 + 23 = 11 and 22 + 32 = 10, then 42 + 36 = ?

A.) 26 B.) 28 C.) 33 D.) 24

79. In a certain language, POPULAR is coded as QPQVMBS, which word would be coded as

GBNPVT ?

A.) FARMER B.) FAMOUS C.) FRAMES D.) FARMES

80. If ‘AIR’ is called ‘GREEN’, ‘GREEN’ is ‘BLUE’, ‘BLUE’ is ‘SKY’, ‘SKY’ is ‘YELLOW’, ‘YELLOW’ is

‘WATER’, and ‘WATER’ is ‘PINK’ then what is the color of clear sky ?

A.) BLUE B.) SKY C.) YELLOW D.) WATER

81. In a certain language, ‘123’ means ‘bright little boy’, ‘145’ means ‘tall big boy’, and ’637’

means ‘beautiful little flower’. Which of the following digits means ‘bright’?

A.) 1 B.) 2 C.) 3 D.) 4

82. Pointing to a photograph, Arun said, “ She is the mother of my son’s wife’s daughter”. How

is Arun related to the person in the photograph?

A.) UNCLE B.) COUSIN C.) DAUGHTER-IN-LAW D.) NONE OF THE ABOVE

83. ‘A + B’ means ‘ A is the daughter of B’ , ‘A-B’ means ‘ A is the husband of B’, ‘AxB’ means ‘A is

the brother of B’. Then, P + Q – R means that:

A.) R is the mother of P B.) R is the sister-in-law of P C.) R is the aunt of P D.) R is the mother-in-law of P

84. From a point ‘P’, Samir started walking towards south and walked 40m. he then turned

towards his left and walked 30Km and reached a point Q. The point Q is at what minimum

distance and at what direction from point P ?

A.) 50m S-W B.) 50m S-E C.) 45m S-W D.) 45m S-E

85. If H = 8, HE = 13, then HEN = ?

A.) 22 B.) 24 C.) 25 D.) 27

86. SQUARE : DIAMOND : : CIRCLE : ?

A.) SMOOTH B.)ROUND C.)OVAL D.) BALL

87. AMNESIA : MEMORY :: PARALYSIS : ?

A.) MOVEMENT B.) LIMBS C.)HANDICAPPED D.) LEGS

88. MILK : EMULSION : : BUTTER : ?

A.) AEROSOL B.) SUSPENSION C.) SOL D.) GEL

89. INDIA : PRESIDENT : : STATE : ?

A.) PM B.)GOVERNOR C.)CM D.)MAYOR

(90-93): All faces of a cube having edges 8cm are colored red. Now the cube is cut into several

equal, smaller cubes of edges 2cm each. Find the number of cubes having:

Q90. Zero colored face

A) 8 B) 12 C) 16 D) none of these

Q91. Only one colored face

A) 48 B) 16 C) 24 D) none of these

Q92. Only two colored faces

A) 16 B) 24 C) 48 D) None of these

Q93. Only three colored faces

A) 6 B) 8 C) 12 D) None of these

Q94. If Ms. Q is appointed as the CEO of XYZ corporation, then at least one of the following two

things will happen: i) the stock prize of XYZ corporation will appreciate, ii) the employee

union will not call a strike. Then the following may be deducted

A) If Ms. Q is appointed as the CEO of XYZ corporation and the stock price of the company

appreciates, then the employees will call a strike.

B) If Ms. Q is appointed as the CEO of XYZ corporation and employee union calls a strike, then

the stock price of the company will appreciate.

C) If Ms. Q is appointed as the CEO of XYZ corporation and the stock price of the company does

not appreciate, then the employees union will call a strike.

D) If Ms. Q is appointed as the CEO of XYZ corporation and the employee union does not call a

strike, then the stock price will not appreciate.

Q95. Asha remembers that her mother’s birthday falls between 14th and 17th March, whereas

her brother remembers that it falls between 15th and 19th March. Which date is their mother’s

birthday?

A) 15th B) 16th C) 17th D) Data inadequate

Q96-99: Study the series and answer the questions.

3527143617325142472365325

Q96. How many 2s have 5 as their immediate neighbors?

A) 2 B) 3 C)4 D) None of these

Q97. If the alternate numbers starting from 3 were added together and the sum of the

remaining numbers was subtracted from the set, the result would be

A) 3 B) -7 C)1 D) None of these

Q98. How many sets of three numbers add up to 10? One number may be used more than

once.

A) 6 B) 7 C) 8 D) None of these

Q99. How many numbers are followed by their usual next or preceding numbers?

A) 5 B) 4 C) 6 D) None of these

Q100. Some Cats are Cows. Some Cows are Dogs.

I: Some Dogs are cats.

II: No Dog is cat.

A) Only I follows B) Only II follows C) Either I or II follows D) None follows

Q101. A train 300m long crossed a platform 900m in 1 min12sec. The speed of the train in

km/hr is:

A) 60 B) 50 C) 24 D) 42

Q102. Walking at ¾ of his usual speed, a man is late by 2 ½ hours. The usual time would have

been

A) 5 ½ h B) 2/3 h C) 7 ½ h D) 6h

Q103. What % of 7.2kg is 18g?

A) 25 B)2.5 C) 2/5 D) 0.25

Q104. A man can row upstream at 6km/hr and downstream at 8km/hr. Find the man’s rate in

still water.

A) 6 B)7 C) 8 D) 10

Q105. The difference between the circumference and the radius if a circle is 37cm. The area of

the circle is

A) 154 B) 148 C) 259 D) 182

Q106. Average of two numbers is 52 and their difference is 40. They are

A) 23 and 72 B) 32 and 62 C) 67 and 27 D) 32 and 72

Q107. Five oranges and four mangoes cost as much as three oranges and seven mangoes do.

The ratio of the cost of one orange to that of one mango is

A) 3:2 B) 2:3 C) 3:1 D) 2:1

Q108. If a person received an annual income of Rs.88,000, which is 10% more than the

previous year’s. What was his income last year?

A) 76,000 B) 80,000 C) 96,000 D) 72,000

Q109. A shopkeeper marks his good 50% above the cost price and allows a discount of 25%

on the marked price. What is his gain percent?

A) 10% B) 12.5% C) 25% D) None of these

Q110. If the father is 5 times older to his son and after 4 years, the sum of their ages would be

44yrs, then the son’s age at present is

A) 5yr B) 6yr C) 7yr D) None of these

VIKALPA I

On November 26, 1993, the airport police caught a youth, Sravan Kumar, trying to smuggle 98

dried bear gall bladders out of the country. They looked like shriveled black mangoes, and no

one but an expert could say that the weird looking things came from an animal. Even experts

could falter in identifying the species of the animal the gall bladders came from. Thus, if the

gall bladders came from the Himalayan brown bear as the airport police suspected, then

Sravan Kumar should have been prosecuted under law. Actually7, drugs made from bear gall

bladder are used in Tibetian medicine as cures for various ailments including joint aches,

rheumatism, cataracts, gall stones, cancer and even as aphrodisiacs. Since these drugs are

highly reputed theintact gall bladders of bear sell in the international markets at phenomenal

rates. This has caused poaching of bears and the consequent fall in bear population.

Sravan Kumar understood that he had been caught red-handed. The best wat to circumvent

the law was to deny that these wear bear gall bladders. Consequently he asserted that the gall

bladders had been taken out from pigs and not from bears. Since pig is not protected species

in the Act, Sravan Kumar could go scot free. He banked upon the fact that the gall bladders of

large mammals look quite alike and are extremely difficult to distinguish from other. In effect,

the question belonged to pigs or to bears. It was at this stage that the airport authority asked

for my help.

Despite common belief, forensic science doesn’t enter solving murders, killings or

assassinations. Forensic science is the application of scientific knowledge to solve any legal

dispute. Since here the police did face a legal dilemma, forensic science could come to their

rescue.

During recent years, the law enforcement agencies involved in protecting wildlife are

increasingly turning to forensic sciences to bring the culprits to book. Protected animals are

killed either because of false beliefs in the curative powers of medicines made from their body

part or because of their vulnerable furs or hides or sometimes just for fun. Poaching of

elephants for ivory is a common problem. But ivory comes from a number of sources and

often the criminals find it convenient to assert that ivory is not illegal; trading in the ivory of

now extinct mammoths and mastodons is totally illegal, since mammoths and mastodons are

already extinct. There is synthetic ivory too, which is plastic like material. Whenever

smugglers are caught with ivory, their standard answer is that the ivory is from a mammoth

which is completely legal.

Forensic science once again comes to the rescue of wildlife officers. It helps in differentiating

ivory coming from various sources. Mammoth ivory is usually darker than elephant ivory,

since it contains traces of iron which has oxidized over time, but that is not always the case.

The best way ivory from various sources can be distinguished is by observing what are known

as Schreyer lines. Ivory is criss-crossed by dentinal tubules, which can be seen under a

scanning electron microscope as straight lines. Schreger, after whom these lines are named.

These Schreger lines form a unique pattern in each species. For instance, in elephants, these

lines always meet at an angle greater than 110 degrees. This forms a very convenient. This

forms a very convenient basis for differentiating between the ivories of mammoth and

elephant.

Q111. What was the question that turned up during the investigations that followed the

confiscation of gall bladders?

A) can experts easily distinguish between animals gall bladders and shriveled up mangoes?

B) can experts easily distinguish between the gall bladders of bear and those of pigs?

C) Is it a matter of experience or of medical expertise that enables doctor to identify the

species of the animals to which the gall bladders belong?

D) Is the police force better than doctor at identifying the species of the animals to which the

gall bladders belong?

Q112. Why did Sravan Kumar say that the gall bladders had been taken out of the pigs?

1. Because pigs do not figure among the five schedules in the Indian Wildlife Protection Act of

1973.

2. Because he wanted to avoid prosecution.

3. Because he did not consider it morally wrong to say so.

4. Because he has bribed a forensic scientist to support his statements.

A) I only B) I and II only C) I, II and III D) II and III only

Q. 113. What did Sravan Kumar base his hopes on?

A) The lack of expertise in the field of forensic science

B) The fact the gall bladders had been taken from bears and not pigs.

C) The fact that the gall bladders of large mammals look quite alike.

D) The fact that intact gall bladders sell in the international market.

Q114. Why did the airport police seek the author’s help?

A) Because he is a detective

B) He is an expert in the field of forensic science

C) Because he is a foreigner, settled in India

D) Because he is a great champion of wildlife protection in India.

Q115. What was the legal dilemma?

A) Whether to prosecute Sravan Kumar or to let him go scot free?

B) To determine whether the gall bladders belonged to pigs or bears.

C) To decide whether the bear is an endangered species.

D) To decide whether the pig is an endangered species.

DIRECTIONS(116-120): MARK

A: If the inference is ‘DEFINITELY TRUE’

B. If the inference is ‘PROBABLY TRUE’ though not ‘DEFINITELY TRUE’ IN THE LIGHT OF THE

FACTS GIVEN

C) If the facts are inadequate.

D) If the inference is ‘DEFINITELY FALSE’.

India constitutes 2 percent of World’s geographical area. It has only 1 % of the World’s forest

cover and 0.5 percent of the World’s pasture land. However, it has to support 18% of the

world’s human population and 15% of the global population of livestock. The productivity of

India’s forests is among the lowest; 0.7 cubic metre per hectare as compared to the world

average of 2.1 cubic meters.

116. India is not densely populated.

117. The productivity of world’s forests is thrice that of India’s forests.

118. More than half of India is under forest cover.

119. The number of livestock population in India exceeds that of human population

120. In terms of livestock population, India exceeds the six largest countries in the world.

Each problem contains a question and two statements, which give certain data. You have to select the correct answer from (a) to (d) depending on the sufficiency of the data given in the statements to answer the questions. Mark (a) : If statement A alone is sufficient to answer the question and statement B alone is not sufficient to answer the question. Mark (b) : If statement B alone is sufficient to answer the question and statement A alone is not sufficient to answer the question. Mark (c) : If statements A and B together are sufficient to answer the question but neither statement alone is sufficient. Mark (d) : If statements A and B together are not sufficient to answer the question and additional data specific to the problem are needed. 121. Which direction does Pavan face now? (A) Pavan turned two times to his right. (B) before that Pavan was facing East 122. Find the cost of six chairs and four tables (A) The cost of two chairs and three tables is Rs. 360. (B) The cost of two tables and three chairs is Rs. 540. 123. How many apples are left out in the magic basket? (A) In the basket the numbers of apples increases by three in the first hour and in the next hour two apples disappear from the basket. (B) There are initially 20 apples in the basket. 124. Is x the daughter of y (A) z, who is y's husband is x's father. (B) w, who is x's sister is the daughter of y and z.

Satish Vrati’s New Year resolution for the past three years has been the same; to buy a new house in New Delhi at the earliest. With every hike in salary, he would scramble through newspapers to find out good properties and housing loans. Meanwhile, he received conflicting advice about the pros and cons of owning a flat. If one friend pointed out the risk involved in leasing out the property. Another would say his money was being locked up without good returns. Vrati became indecisive. With the cut in Cash Reserve Ration (CRR) by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), many banks decided to trim interest rates for housing loans. But Vrati still wondered whether real estate was a safe investment. “With the entry of corporate sector, the real estate sector has become reliable”, says Rajendra Varshney, chartered accountant and real estate adviser. “Today” it can compete with any available investment option.” 125. Which of the following is true according to the situation? (a) Newspapers carry information regarding real estate. (b) New Year resolutions seldom get realised (c) People are biased about buying property (d) CRR is the amount that banks have to keep with the RBI

126. The situation assumes that I. New Year resolutions are the most reliable ones II. A hike in salary leads to an urge to invest money III. We must not seek other’s advice while purchasing property (a) Only II (b) Only III (c) Only I and II (d) I, II and III 127. How would you describe Vrati’s friend’s response to his idea of buying a house? (a) Enthusiastic (b) Mixed (c) Cold (d) Conflicting 128. According to the situation, who is responsible for the interest on the housing loans given by the bank? (a) The customers (b) The government (c) The Reserve Bank of India (d) The banks themselves 129. Which of following is not true according to the situation? (a) Satish Vrati is a well-to-do man (b) Leasing out a house is not an advisable proposition in every circumstance (c) Interest rates are linked to CRR. (d) The attractive rates have now convinced Vrati to buy a flat

Just how big was Abraham Lincoln’s big toe? After years of academic sleuthing, Professor Gabor Boritt now believes he has the answer to one of American history’s lest asked questions. Lincoln’s big toe was big, the historian concludes, but probability not much bigger than the average big toe of someone who wears size-14 shoe. A larger question is this: Why would the professor spend a decade searching for the answer, which he himself describes as a mere ‘foot note to history’. ‘Yes’, Boritt agrees, ‘on the one hand, it is utter trivial; but on the other hand, it is a time part of something important.’ The professor chose the 125th anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, to report the discovery of the only known outline of the President’s feet. The drawing he says, provides one piece of a historical puzzle. Was Lincoln the embodiment of the American Dream, rising on his own merit from a log cabin to the White House? Or was his greatness the result of Marfan’s syndrome, a rare genetic disorder characterized not only by long limbs and elongated big toes but also, in many cases, by superior intelligence. The six Lincoln portraits, in Boritt’s Gettsburg College office signal where he stands on the greatness issue. He believes Lincoln and the American Dream. ‘I might be a better scholar if I like him less,’ Boritt says, ‘But, then, I never have pursued this foot question.’ Actually, Boritt ranks as a leading Lincoln expert. In 1988, the University of Illinois Press published his fourth book. The Historian’s Lincoln, a volume of essays he edited. What sets him apart from his colleagues is his perspective. He stated life 49 years ago as a ‘war baby’ in Hungary. After Soviet tanks turned his Budapest home into rubble in the 1956 Hungarian revolt, he fled to South Dakota where he scrubbed barns, bagged groceries, and developed an intense love for America. At 18, he wrote for a free government pamphlet on Lincoln, ‘I read it and was symbol of America, and I set out to learn all I could about him.’ Initially, Boritt’s quest focused on Lincoln’s mind. With Ph.D from Boston University, Borritt pioneered studies of Lincoln’s ‘right to rise’ economic views a philosophy the President summed up in these words: ‘I always thought that the man who made the corn should ear the corn’. It was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, that Boritt began wondering about Lincoln’s big toe. Piquing his curiosity was a revival of medical-journal arguments that Lincoln had Marfan’s syndrome. Everyone knew that the 1.92 meter tall, 82-kilogram heavy President was uncommonly bony. A new claim asserted that his big toes were protruding form the cover on his deathbed. Boritt was skeptical. The artist had drawn the sketch form another man’s account somewhere, Boritt felt, there had to be a more reliable likeness. He realised seeing a shoemaker’s outline of Lincoln’s feet in a picture book. He found the book, called the

author and asked where the original outline might be. The author didn’t know. Borrit called museums and libraries across the United States. The didn’t know either. The Professor then tried to learn more about the shoemaker. From old clippings, he pieced together the story of Peter Kahler, a German immigrant who had settled in Scranton, Pennsylvania. ‘News papers are bandying it about that Lincoln had sore feet, that he walked around in his slippers because boot wouldn’t fit him,’ says Boritt. ‘Kahler went to the White House and told Lincoln’s people he made better boots than anyone. Lincoln sent out a note saying, ‘Let this man come right in’. Kahler shipped Lincoln a pair of

calfskin boots, apparently the ones he was wearing a fateful few weeks later in Ford’s Theatre.

(Kahler later moved to New York City, where he made a fortune as ‘the President’s

shoemaker’. Boritt knew the boots were on display at Ford’s Theatre, but the outline Kahler

used to make them was missing. Then, in a Lincoln library in Indiana, Boritt came across a

folder marked LINCOLN’S FEET. In it, he found a 1945 clip reporting that an outline of the

President’s feet was on display in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett

Blumenstine. Mrs. Blumenstine, a widow then nearing 90, still had the drawing. She gave the

historian a sheet of brown paper bearing a Lincoln autograph and the outlines of two feet, one

30.5 centimeters long, the other 31 centimeters.

After seven days of checking with historians and foot experts, Boritt pronounced the sketch

authentic. ‘The Blumenstine got it from a Kahler employee. The paper is right. The signature is

good’. It is not the same outline Boritt saw in the picture book that says, was a copy that

Kahler’s shoemaker son did for a 190e foot-care flier. ‘The feet in the original are much wider.

I suspect he made the feet in the flier look normal so he could sell shoes.’ The Kahler motto:

‘IT IS A GREAT FEAT TO FIT FEET’.

130. The question of the size of Abraham Lincoln’s toe was so important because: (a) It could be solved only by a detective (b) It was related to the question of Lincoln’s greatness (c) The answer to it was released on the occasion of the 128th anniversary for Lincoln’s Gettysburg address. (d) None of the above 131. Boritt identifies Lincoln with (a) the unreality of America (b) a historical puzzle (c) the White House (d) the lofty ideals of the American ethos 132. Boritt scrubbed barns and bagged groceries because (a) he had an intense love for America (b) he was a refugee who had fled from Budapest to South Dakota (c) he had yet to learn all he could about Lincoln (d) he was not old enough to write for a free government pamphlet 133. The foot question first arose in Boritt’s mind (a) in 1956 (b) when he was 18 (c) when he was awarded doctorate from Boston University (d) about the time he pioneered studies of Lincoln ‘right to rise’ philosophy 134. Boritt was doubtful about the authority of the sketch because (a) he admired Lincoln (b) Lincoln weighed 82 kilograms (c) It was a sketch of Lincoln on the death bed (d) The artist had drawn it from another person’s account 135. Which of these statement is correct?

(a) ‘The Historian’s Lincoln’ was a fictious record of Lincoln’s life (b) Boritt sought refuge in Budapest (c) Boritt accepted the theory of Lincoln’s extraordinary long toe (d) Boritt opened up avenue for the studies of Lincoln’s ‘right to rise’ economic views 136. Boritt was finally able to trace the drawing (a) When he called and libraries across the United States (b) When he got in touch with the author of the picture book (c) When he visited Ford’s Theatre (d) When he came across a folder in a library 137. . Kahler went to the White House (i) because he had heard about Lincoln’s trouble with boots (ii) to offer the boots he made (iii) to find out if Lincoln suffered form Marfan’s syndrome (iv) because he hoped to make a fortune as the President’s shoe maker (a) i & iv only (b) i & ii only (c) i, ii, & iii only (d) i, ii, iv only 138.. The boots were on display at ‘Fords’ theatre because (a) Kahler had made them (b) They had been shipped (c) Lincoln had been wearing them when he was assassinated (d) One of them was slightly bigger than the other 139.. The purpose of Boritt’s research was to show

(a) that the size of toe is hardly of any importance

(b) that an average big toe is not necessarily an indication of Marfan’s syndrome

(c) that it was unlikely that Lincoln could have been suffering form Marfan’s syndrome

(d) none of the above

At times when we look around, we find people unhappy-irrespective of the huge material possessions that they have aggrandized all through their lives and are in the pink of health. In such cases, it would seem as if the fault lies with a wrong theory as to how to live. Perhaps, we imagine ourselves more different than we actually are. For example-animals live on impulse and would be content as long as their habitat is congenial and favorable. They would not crave for more. A pet puppy would enjoy its life if it got food and love of its owners. The puppy would not look for anything else in life. But our needs are more complex than those of a puppy. After accumulating wealth, a rich man would, perhaps, love to harry his subordinates and other people to imitate his own example. In civilized societies-the web of needs is even more intricate that entangles the whole life of a person. People commit themselves to the achievement of a particular objective and restrain all their impulses that do not minister to it. A businessman may be so anxious to grow rich that to this end he sacrifices his sleep, his family life and the freedom of thoughts. And eventually, when he accumulates considerable wealth, no pleasure remains to him except harrying the other people by exhortations to imitate his noble example. If we look around at the men and women we call really happy-those who have a content soul, we will find one thing in common-an activity which at most times is enjoyable on its own account and which , in addition, gradually builds up something that we are glad to see coming into existence. The simple joys of life come from the little things like working in the kitchen garden on a fresh Sunday morning, and reap the fruits of this voluntary and unremunerated toil when the spring comes. Or may be, spending a weekend with your family and cuddling with the little kids. It is actually the simple things that really matter-the complex we want to make our lives, the more complex they become. If a man delights in his wife and children, satisfaction in his current job, finds pleasure in watching the star studded sky, listens to the songs of the birds in the morning- then there can be no other joy sweeter than that. It’s actually in the fact-how much he can notice and enjoy the small,

unnoticeable and sweet things of life. 140. According to the first paragraph: (a) we have descended from animals (b) we are superior to animals. (c) we are not different in any sense from animals (d) we are not as different from animals as we think we are 141. According to the passage, the habit that really gratifies a rich man is: (a) to mint more and more money (b) to coerce people around (c) to watch the sunset (d) to make the other people imitate his own example 142. To achieve the desired milestones in life, people even: (a) Harass other people (b) Sacrifice everything else in life (c) Don’t notice the small and sweet moments that life offers (d) don’t appreciate nature 143. In the given context, the word “aggrandizes” means: (a) Multiply (b) increase (c) divide (d) distribute 144. It has been observed that the animals: (a) Would rather enjoy food and warmth than freedom (b) Feel happy in times of congenial and favorable physical conditions. (c) They are devoid of emotions that the human beings have. (d) They don’t want their lives to be complex. 145. The happiness of a man actually depends upon: (a) The fact that he notices even the small and sweet moments of life. (b) Spends time with wife and children (c) Works in his kitchen garden in the morning (d) Listens to the songs of the birds. DIRECTIONS: Q146-150. READ THE PASSAGE AND MARK A: MAJOR OBJECTIVE B: MAJOR FACTOR C: MINOR FACTOR D: MAJOR ASSUMPTION West Bengal based microfinance institution, Village Financial Services (VFS), plans to expand its operations to cover all districts of the state and parts of Jharkhand and Orissa by the next couple of years, and to reach out to 1.5 million poor households by March 2012, according to a press statement issued by the MFI. “ This year we will follow a rapid expansion plan across the State and expand our footprints into Jharkhand and Orissa”,said Mr. Kuldip Maity, MD and CEO, VFS. The company currently has presence in 11 districts of the State and is hopeful of covering the entire State by the end of December 2010. Over 1 lakh poor households across these 3 states do not have proper access to financial services, he said and added, “ to meet their financial needs they are mostly dependent on moneylenders to whom they pay a monthly interest of about 8 per cent.” Loan disbursal The company, Mr. Maity said, will aim to extend Rs.1000cr loans to 1.5 million households by March 2012. VFS, which started its operations in 2005, currently has a membership base of 2.5 lakh poor households and has disbursed close to Rs.392 cr with a repayment rate of 99.82%, he said. It has 51 branch offices across the State covering almost 3000 villages and slums and a staff strength of 500.”To meet our growth targets, we are looking at increasing our staff strength to 1500”, he added. 146. Explaining operation to cover all districts of WB, and parts of Jharkhand and Orissa 147. One lakh poor households across the three states do not have proper access to financial services. 148. Plan to attract social investor. 149. Increasing staff strength will ensure meeting growth targets. 150. Launching new product and other services such as health insurance.