Directions for questions 1 to 5: In each question given below there is a statement followed by two courses

of action numbered I and II. A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for
improvement, follow-up or further action with regard to the problem, policy etc. On the basis of the
information given in the statement, decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follows for
implementation.
(A) Only I follows.
(B) Only II follows.
(C) Either I or II follows.
(D) Neither I nor II follows.
(E) Both I and II follow.
1. Statement : There is going to be a severe shortage of potable water in the next decade all over the world.
Courses of action:
I. India should occupy other countries which have plenty of water.
II. Scientists should find ways to make sea water potable.
2. Statement : In a majority of the cases where families are ruined, the reason is excessive consumption of
alcohol.
Courses of action:
I. Government should pass a law banning alcohol in the country.
II. Awareness campaigns should be conducted on a large scale to warn people of the ills of alcohol
addition.
3. Statement: Three inmates of a juvenile rehabilitation camp are found to be missing.
Courses of action:
I. The warden of the camp should be dismissed.
II. All the inmates should be shifted to a jail.
4. Statement : Terrorism is playing havoc with tourism industry.
Courses of action:
I. Security measures at tourist spots should be beefed up.
II. Tourists should be advised of the care that they should take.
5. Statement: Hoarding of food grains is leading to rise in prices of food grains.
Courses of action:
I. The government should take steps to produce more food grains.
II. The government should form a special task force to locate and release the hoarded food grains
Directions for questions 6 to 10: In each question below is given a statement followed by some courses of
action.
A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow-up or further
action in regard to the problem, policy etc. given in the statement. Consider of the given everything in the
given statement to be true, and then decide which course(s) of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.
6. Statement: More and more working professionals are facing stress related health problems these days.
Courses of action:
I. Working hours in corporate offices should be reduced.
II. The organizations should introduce yoga and meditation classes as part of their employee’s daily
schedule.
III. The companies should recruit more people to reduce the work load.
(A) Only I (B) Only II
(C) Only III (D) Only I and II
(E) Only I and III
7. Statement: Sanjay has to reach the airport within the next half an hour but it takes him fifty minutes to
reach the airport by taxi.
Courses of action:
I. Sanjay should opt for the next flight.
II. Sanjay should get the flight delayed by giving a hoax bomb threat.
III. Sanjay should take a lift from his friend who can drive him to the airport in 20 minutes on his motor
cycle.
(A) Only I (B) Only II
(C) Only III (D) Only I and II
(E) Only II and III
8. Statement: The NREGA programme has helped a large number of rural people by creating employment
for them
Course of action:
I. The government should double the pay of the people working under NREGA.
II. The government should extend the scheme to more
villages, to increase its reach to more people.
III. The government should plan a similar programme for urban places to improve the condition of
slum dwellers.
(A) Only II
(B) Only I and II
(C) Only I and III
(D) Only II and III
(E) All the above
9. Statement: More than 30 Indian students living in Australia have been attacked in the last one month.
These attacks are claimed to be racial in majority of the cases.
Courses of action:
I. The Australian Government should take strict action against the attackers.
II. All the Indian students in Australia should come back to India.
III. The Indian government should take initiatives to address the cause of its citizens in Australia.
(A) Only I and III (B) Only II and III
(C) Only I and III (D) All the above
(E) None of the above
10. Statement: Priynka wants to buy a car and has only
`25 lakhs with her whreas after going to the showroom she liked only Audi R8 which costs `2 crores.
Courses of action:
I. Priyanka should take a loan from her friend who is ready to give her the money at 10% compound
interest.
II. Priyanka should wait till the price of R8 falls and she is able to afford it.
III. Priyanka should opt for a car which is cheaper.
(A) Only I (B) Only III
(C) Only II and III (D) Only I and II
(E) All the above

Directions for questions 11 to 15: In making decisions about important questions, it is desirable to be able
to distinguish between ‘strong’ arguments and ‘weak’ arguments. So far as they relate to the question,
‘strong’ arguments are those which are both important and directly related to the question. ‘Weak' arguments
are those which are of minor importance and also may not be directly related to the question or may be
related to a trivial aspect of the question.
Each question below is followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the
arguments is a ‘strong’ argument and which is a ‘weak’ argument.
(A) Only argument I is strong.
(B) Only argument II is strong.
(C) Either I or II is strong.
(D) Neither I nor II is strong.
(E) Both I and II are strong.
11. Statement: Should the minimum age for sending children to school, including play school, be five years?
Arguments:
I. Yes, only after five years of age the tender brain of child will be in a position to take any additional
strain.
II. Yes, this is what child rights protection organizations suggest.
12. Statement: Should all the government jobs in India be filled on contract basis, instead of permanent basis?
Arguments:
I. Yes, this is the pattern in most of the developed countries.
II. Yes, it weakens the strength of the union.
Statement: Should the film censor board be made up of only female members?
Arguments:
I. Yes, women are better critics than men.
II. No, men cannot take care of household chores.
13. Statement: Should the heads of different religions together form a global religion by scrapping all
existing religions?
Arguments:
I. No, it is very difficult.
II. Yes, people will stop fighting in the name of religion.
14. Statement: Should a new president for BCC be appointed?
Arguments:
I. Yes, the present president is very corrupt.
II. Yes, the present president has become physically unfit.
Directions for questions 16 to 20: In each question below an assertion is followed by two reasons
numbered RI and RII. Apply reasons to the assertion and mark your answers as:
(A) if only RI and not RII is a possible reason for the Assertion.
(B) if only RII and not RI is a possible reason for the Assertion.
(C) if either RI or RII is a possible reason for the Assertion.
(D) if neither RI nor RII can be a reason for the Assertion.
(E) if both RI and RII are possible reasons for the Assertion.
15. Assertion:
As part of its trade protectionist measures, the US government has decided to remove the tax benefits
to the companies that are outsourcing work.
RI : The US government wants these companies to create more employment in the US.
RII: The US government does not want other countries to register high growth rates.
16. Assertion:
The Maharashtra government has built the Bandra Worli sea link which is the first sea link in the
country.
RI : The government wants to earn money by collecting usage charges from the people who use it.
RII: The government wants to reduce the traffic and the travel time as it takes only 7 minutes to travel
instead of 45 minutes.
17. Assertion:
The Indian government is planning to buy nuclear reactors from Russia.
RI : India wants to generate nuclear energy using these reactors.
RII: There is shortage of power throughout the country.
18. Assertion:
Youngsters today show an attitude of apathy towards the elderly who need their love and support.
RI : Youngsters do not have time for the old.
RII: Youngsters today only believe in an eye for an eye response to deal with people.
19. Assertion:
Ajay is planning to buy a new house in the outskirts of the city.
RI : Ajay wants to live in a peaceful environment.
RII: Ajay wants to earn money by selling the house after a year.
Direction for questions 21 to 25: Given below are pairs of events ‘A’ and ‘B’. Read both the events ‘A’ and
‘B’ and decide the nature of relationship between them. Consider that the information given in ‘A’ and ‘B’ is
true and do not assume anything beyond the given information in deciding the answer.
(A) A is the effect and B is its immediate and principal cause.
(B) B is the effect and A is its immediate and principal cause.
(C) A is the effect and B is not its immediate and principal cause.
(D) B is the effect and A is not its immediate and principal cause.
(E) None of these
20. Event A: The farmers will be affected immensely
as they are unable to sow seeds for the new season.
Event B: India is facing a delayed monsoon this year.
21. Event A: Barack Obama is the first black to be
elected as the US President in the November’08 elections.
Event B: Racial discrimination is steadily decreasing in the US over the previous five years.
22. Event A: India has received information that
terrorists have planned an attack on India.
Event B: India is planning to implement a fool proof security system by spending
`5,000 crores against terrorist attacks.
23. Event A: An earthquake of magnitude 8.7 rocked
parts of China.
Event B: Many multistoried buildings collapsed in China.
24. Event A: Polar ice caps are melting owing to
Global warming.
Event B: The coastline in Maldivan Islands is decreasing steadily.
Direction for questions 26 to 30: Below in each question are given two events A and B. These events may be
either independent causes or may be the effects of independent causes. One of the events may be the effect
of the other event. Read both the events and decide which of the following answer choices correctly depict
the relationship between them.
(A) event (A) is the cause and event (B) is its effect.
(B) event (B) is the cause and event (A) is its effect.
(C) if both the events (A) and (B) are independent causes.
(D) if both the events (A) and (B) are effects of independent causes.
(E) if both the events are effects of some common cause.
25. Event A: The death of Michael Jackson has
saddened many people throughout the world.
Event B: Michael Jackson, had started his career at an early age of 10 with Jackson 5.
26. Event A: The Indian government has decided to
issue unique identification cards to all its citizens.
Event B: The Indian government has proposed the Food Security Act.
27. Event A: The US citizens did not save even a
small part of their income and spend a major portion of their income on food and pleasure
trips.
Event B: The banks in US have mishandled their credit port folio.
28. Event A: With a boom in the IT sector, a large
number of Indians are now willing to spend on luxury goods and branded items.
Event B: Enigma, a luxury brand has decided to set up 12 new outlets across the country in the next
one year.
29. Event A: The stars of the low budget movie
"Slumdog Millionaire" which is based on real issues, are in huge demand.
Event B: More number of bollywood directors are now looking forward to making low budget movies,
which are based on real issues.
Directions for questions 31 to 35: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.
30. A survey last year noted that the average life expectancy of the Japanese is 79 years whereas for
Indians it is 71 years. Therefore couples from India, who want their children to live longer should
begin their families in Japan and not in India.
 Which of the following, if true, strengthens the above argument?
(A) The long life of the Japanese has been attributed to genetically determined factors.
(B) The causes of the difference in life expectancies in Japan and India have not been completely
understood yet.
(C) The longevity of life in Japan has been ascribed to its environment alone.
(D) The number of children dying before the age of 5 is more in Japan than in India.
(E) None of these
31. Reetu Berry, a famous fashion designer, launched a new line of clothing for women last year and it broke
all the previous records in sales. She attributed the success to the new type of softsilk she has used.
Recently, Miss Berry announced that she is going to launch Cherry, a new style of clothing for men, and
asserted that the same silk variety will be used for a repeat of her last year’s feat.

Which of the following if true, weakens the above argument?

(A) Many other designers are also planning to introduce a new clothing line for men using the same
silk fabric.
(B) Psychologists assert that men’s psychology is different from women’s, which has an impact on their
preferences.
(C) The time required for making women’s clothing is far less than that required for men’s.
(D) The present day men are metrosexuals and generally like most things that women like.
(E) None of these

32. The management of a company decided to do away with the expenditure of maintaining large office
spaces and allowing its employees to work from home. Since most work in the office depends on the
P.C. and the internet, which can be had at home, the management reasoned that the work from-home
system will have better productivity as people tend to work better in the comfort of home.

Which of the following, if true, weakens the above argument?

(A) The atmosphere in the office is less work specific than that at home.
(B) Most of the work done by the employees requires frequent group discussions and interactions with
others.
(C) For the internet, there are different service providers, most of whom are not on par with what the
company requires.
(D) Some employees do not have their own PCs at home.
(E) None of these
33. The myth that women spend more time in the kitchen than men has been busted by a recent survey
conducted by a consumer research group. The survey revealed that 90% of the grocery items and
kitchen utensils purchased are done by men. Women all over expressed disbelief.
Which of the following, if true, weakens the above argument?
(A) A government survey reported that people who shop for products do not themselves necessarily
make use of those.
(B) The present day women are far too self- dependent to let men do what they themselves have
traditionally done.
(C) The consumer research group has been declared illegal by the government.
(D) Most other items are bought by women and not men.
(E) None of these
34. A newly discovered disease was thought to be caused by extreme cold. But, recent studies stated that a
virus which mostly thrives in cold climate was discovered in people with the disease. This simply
means that the virus is the actual culprit.
Which of the following, if true, strengthens the above argument?
(A) Most infections of common cold are caused primarily by a virus.
(B) The cold is brought about before the person is infected with the virus.
(C) The virus was discovered in people from temperate areas who were suffering from the disease.
(D) The virus is transferred from animals to humans by the ubiquitous mosquito, scientists said.
(E) None of these