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MBA Sections Section 1 Language Comprehension

Directions for Questions 1: Identify the CORRECT sentence. 1) A) He said that he could neither speak for the senior management nor the employees. B) He said that neither could he speak for the senior management nor for the employees. C) He said that he could speak neither for the senior management nor for the employees. D) He said that neither could he speak for the senior management nor the employees. Directions for Questions 2: Fill in the blanks with the CORRECT options. 2) Each member ___________ which, the Management says, ___________________. A) Are expected to contribute their thoughts; are being compiled as feedback B) Is expected to contribute their thoughts; are being compiled as feedback C) Are expected to contribute their thoughts; is being compiled as feedback D) Is expected to contribute their thoughts; is being compiled as feedback Directions for Questions 3: Rearrange the fragments in each question as a meaningful sentence and choose the CORRECT sequence 3) a. One major reason for this is the nature of interventions. b. There is great skepticism about all attempts at educational reforms. c. With the kind of shortage of resources we face, even the well-thought out reform agenda fails to take off. d. These are centrally conceived, designed, developed and handed over for implementation to educational institutions. A) bdca Directions for Questions 4: Identify the CORRECT form of the underlined phrases in the following questions 4) My music system is new, but unlike yours, I dont keep it dirty. A) But unlike your, its not dirty C) But unlike yours, its not dirty B) But unlike your, I dont keep it dirty D) But unlike yours, I dont keep it dirty B) badc C) acdb D) cbda

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Directions for Questions 5: Read the passage & answer the questions that follow Being Brown in America By Shashi Tharoor Newsweek International October 29, 2001

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Last Saturday I delivered the keynote speech at a benefit concert of Indian music, held to raise funds from New Yorks Indian community for the victims of the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center. Wed be thrilled if youd wear Indian clothes, said one of the organizers of the event. But we wouldnt want you to try to hail a cab in the street dressed like that. Well send a car. Perhaps caution is wise. In the wake of the unspeakable horrors of Sept. 11, signs have emerged of a lesser casualty: multiculturalism. Americans had grown used to sharing their streets with men in flowing beards and turbans and women covered from head to toe; mosques and temples sprouted like organic plants across the land. It was all part of the new multiethnic mosaic called America. No more. Public hostility to the perpetrators of the Sept. 11 attacksbrown-skinned Muslimshas transformed difference into diffidence. The killing of a Sikh in Arizona because his turban reminded an ignoramus with a gun of Osama bin Ladens headgear sent a chilling signal to anyone who could be seen as Arab. Manly Sikhs, proud of their unshorn hair sheepishly hang their locks in drooping ponytails. Observant Muslims, bearded as the Prophet, take razors to their chins. Police patrols have doubled outside mosques and Muslim community centers. Despite calls for tolerance from President George W. Bush, the American public appears to have developed a sudden taste for racial profiling. Ask the Pakistani-American who missed his brothers wedding when he was pulled off a plane because the pilot felt uncomfortable having him onboard. Or the Muslim passenger who was taken off a flight, intensively grilled and then put back onboard, only to find some of his fellow passengers bursting into tears at the prospect of sharing a plane with him. Or the number of otherwise liberal, white Americans who tell me in all seriousness that they would never take a flight with an Arab on the passenger list. My 17-year-old son, walking home from school, was cursed at in the street as a terrorist and Arab scum. Nor need I mention the reports of Arab stores being vandalized, or shoppers being coolly advised to go back to their own country. Such incidents are still relatively rare, thankfully, and to a degree they are understandable in a nation gripped by a sense of peril from people who look Middle Eastern. But while Americans are taking a newfound interest in the rest of the world, so far fear and ignorance seem to be fueling prejudices. A Louisiana politicians diatribe about the need to crack down on people wearing diapers around their heads saw his popularity polls shoot up. Its not a great time to be brown in America. 5) The organizers of the music concert did not want the author to hail a cab because: A) It would be disrespectful to make their main speaker arrive in a taxi. B) They did not want his elegant Indian clothes to get dirty. C) They did not want him mistaken for a Muslim and be attacked. D) They had already made arrangements to pick him up in a private car

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Section 2 Mathematical Skills

6) There is a square field with side 500 m. You are given a 100 m of fencing material to construct a smaller triangular field in this area with the fence as one border and the sides of the outer square field as the other borders. What is the maximum possible area of such a field? A) 2,500 m2 B) 10,000 m2 C) 5,000 m2 D) 20,000 m2

7) What is the greatest number of three digits which when divided by 12, 15, 24 and 40 leaves 9, 12, 21 and 37 respectively as remainders? A) 757 B) 657 C) 857 D) 957

8) R and T are points on a straight line PQ on which PR = RT = TQ. What percent of PT is PQ? A) 1 1/2 % B) 50% C) 66 2/3% D) 150%

9) In a company, 15% of the employees are secretaries and 60% are sales people. If there are 45 other employees in the company, what is the total number of employees in the company? A) 160 B) 180 C) 190 D) 200

10) A and B start jogging from the same point, simultaneously and in the same direction on a circular path of circumference 1 km at 3 km/hr and 9 km/hr respectively. At how many points on the circle will they meet? A) 6 B) 3 C) 2 D) 4

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Section 3 Basic Aptitude

11) Which of the following equals ( A + AB ) B + AB + A? A) A ( B2 + B + 2 ) B) A ( 1 + B )2 C) 2AB ( 1 + B ) D) A2 ( 1 + B2 ) B

12) What is the name of the instrument used to measure blood pressure? A) Barometer B) Hygrometer C) Hydrometer D) Sphygmomanometer

13) If * stands for -, / stands for +, + stands for / and - stands for *, then 24/11*8+12-6=? A) 31 B) 9 C) -4 D) 11

14) What is the missing number in the following sequence? 1, 8, 27, 64, __, 216, 343 A) 125 Directions for Questions 15: In the following questions, three figures, that follow a certain sequence or pattern are given. Find the next figure in the sequence from the Answer choices provided below. 15) B) 200 C) 135 D) 150

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

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