MSIT Program

Test 1

Test 2

VERBAL ABILITY

Sentence Completion:
Given below is a sentence with blanks, indicating that a part of the sentence is missing. The sentence is followed by five answer choices that consist of words. Select the answer choice that best completes the sentence.

One of the most productive research __________ in contemporary neuro-psychological science is devoted to _________ maps of human consciousness.
1. A) trajectories...reconnoitring
2. designs...enunciating
3. paradigms...elucidating
4. declinations...conjugating
5. declensions...obfuscating

Analogy:
Given below is a pair of words separated by a colon and followed by five answer choices. Choose the pair of the words in the answer choices that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.

NOCTURNAL : DIURNAL ::
1. NIGHTLY : DAILY
2. DARK : LIGHT
3. BLACK : WHITE
4. SUNSET : SUNRISE
5. OPALESCENT : IRIDESCENT

Reading Comprehension:
Here is a passage. At the end of the passage is a series of questions followed by answer choices. Read the passage carefully. Select the right answer to each question from among the options provided. Answers are based on the contents of the passage or on what the author implies in the passage.

Passage for Questions 3 and 4

The history of homosapiens dates back at least to the Triassic time. Development was retarded, however, until the sudden acceleration of evolutionary change that occurred in the oldest Paleocene. This led in Eocene time to an increase in average size, large mental capacity, and special adaptations for different modes of life. In the Oligocene Epoch, there was further improvement, with the appearance of some new lines and extinction of others.

The adaptation of homosapiens to almost all modes of life parallels that of reptiles in Mesozoic time, and except for greater intelligence, the homosapiens do not seem to have done much better than corresponding reptilian forms. The bat is doubtless a better flying animal than the pterosaur, but the dolphin and the whale are more fish like than the ichthyosaurs. Many swift-running homosapiens of the plains, like the horse and the antelope, must excel any of the dinosaurs. The tyranosaur was a more powerful carnivore than any flesh-eating mammal, but the lion or the tiger is probably a more efficient and dangerous beast of prey because of its superior brain. The significant point to observe is that different branches of homosapien gradually fitted themselves with all sorts of life, grazing on the plains and able to run swiftly (horse, deer, bison), living in rivers and swamps (hippopotamus, beaver), dwelling in trees (sloth, monkey), digging underground (mole, rodent), feeding on flesh in the forest (tiger) and on the plain (wolf), swimming in the sea (dolphin, whale, seal) and flying in the air (bat). Man is able by mechanical means to conquer the physical world and to adapt himself to almost any set of conditions.

Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the passage?
1. From Dinosaur to Man
2. Adaptation and Extinction
3. The Superiority of homosapiens
4. The Geologic Life Span
5. Man, Conqueror of the Physical World.
It can be inferred from the passage that the pterosaur
1. Resemble the bat
2. Was a Mesozoic mammal
3. Was a flying reptile
4. Lived in the sea
5. Evolved during the Miocene period

Antonyms:
Given below is a word. Each word is followed by five words or phrases. Choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters. Since some of the questions require you to distinguish fine shades of meaning, be sure to consider all the choices before deciding which one is best.

PROPITIOUS :
1. QUALIFIED
2. INAUSPICIOUS
3. PUNGENT
4. PRAGMATIC
5. INCHOATE

QUANTITATIVE ABILITY

Discrete Quantitative:
This series consists of a set of problems. Each problem is followed by a set of five options. Read the problem carefully and select the most appropriate answer from among the options provided.

400 mangoes were bought for Rs. 125 per hundred and were sold for a profit of Rs. 100. The selling price per dozen is
1. Rs. 16
2. Rs. 18
3. Rs. 15
4. Rs. 17
5. None of the above
The annual income of A is 10% less than that of B whose income is 20% more than C. if the monthly income of C is Rs. 200 what is the total annual income of A, B and C?
1. Rs. 6,492
2. Rs. 7,872
3. Rs. 7,000
4. Rs. 5,000
5. None of the above

Quantitative Comparison:
The following set of questions comprises two columns - column A and column B. Compare the two quantities indicated and answer the question that follows. The correct answer is one among the five options provided.

NOTE: Sometimes information about one or both quantities is centred above the two columns. If the same symbol appears in both columns, it represents the same thing each time.

Quantity A = 1.1 Quantity B = (12.1)1/2
1. Quantity A is greater
2. Quantity B is greater
3. Quantity A equals Quantity B
4. Relationship Indeterminate
5. None of the above
100 < y < 200 and 100 < z < 210 Quantity A = y Quantity B = z
1. Quantity A is greater
2. Quantity B is greater
3. Quantity A equals Quantity B
4. Relationship Indeterminate
5. None of the above
Quantity A = Measure of angle 1 + Measure of angle 4
Quantity B = 90o - Measure of angle 2
1. Quantity A is greater
2. Quantity B is greater
3. Quantity A equals Quantity B
4. Relationship Indeterminate
5. None of the above
Sets, Relations and Functions
Sets A and B have 3 and 6 elements each. What can be the minimum number of elements in AUB?

(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 18 (e) 24
If the relation R: A -> B where A= {1,2,3} and B={1,3,5} is defined by
R={ (x,y) : x < y , x Î A, y Î B }then
(a) R= { ( 1,3), (1,5), (2,3), (2,5), (3,5) }
(b) R= { ( 1,1), (1,5), (2,3), (3,5) }
(c) R-1 = { ( 3,1), (5,1), (3,2), (5,3) }
(d) R-1 = { ( 1,1), (5,1), (3,2), (5,3) }
(e) None of these
The functions f : R -> R is defined by

F(x)= 12x + 5 if x > 1
x – 4 if x £ 1

Which of the following is false?
(a) f (0) = -4 (b) f ( -½) = -9/2

(c) f (3) = 41 (d) f (-5) = 9 (e) none of these

ANALYTICAL & REASONING ABILITY

In this section, each set of questions is based on a short passage or a set of conditions. Sometimes, in answering these questions, you might want to make a table or diagram. For each question, choose the best answer from the five choices listed.

The electronic media is often accused of being willing to do anything for ratings. However, recent action by a television network indicates that the electronic media is sometimes guided by moral principles. This network has discovered, through polling voters, on the east coast that the candidate given the MP ticket had garnered enough votes to ensure victory before the polls closed on the west coast. However, the network withheld this information until the polls on the west coast closed so that the information would not affect the outcome of key electoral races.

Which one of the following most strengthens the argument?
1. The network had endorsed the MP candidate standing for the election.
2. The network expected its ratings to increase if it predicted the winner of the elections, and to decrease if did not predict the winner.
3. A rival network did predict a winner of the elections before the polls on the west coast closed.
4. The network believed that it would receive higher ratings by not predicting the winner of the elections.
5. The network feared that predicting the winner of the elections could so anger political party at the centre that it might enact legislation preventing all future polling outside of voting centers.
Staff members at the Delhi Detention Center (DDC) typically oversee (inmates) students' schedules and make all final decisions regarding the required activities in which students participate. Students are permitted, however, to make their own decisions regarding how they spend their free time. Therefore, students should be permitted to make their own decisions regarding the elective courses that they wish to take.

The conclusion above would be more reasonably drawn if which of the following were inserted into the argument as an additional premise?
1. Decisions regarding required activities are more important than decisions regarding the elective courses that students take.
2. Students are more willing to take elective courses than to participate in required Center activities.
3. Required activities contribute more to the students' rehabilitation than do their free-time activities.
4. Staff members at the DDC have found that elective courses are more beneficial for students than the available free-time activities.
5. When compared for decision-making purposes, elective courses are more like free-time activities than required activities.

Passage for Questions 3 to 5

If a person is lost he will increase his vocabulary. In doing so he will increase his speaking and writing power.

The argument is based on the assumption.
(M) Strong vocabulary is important for writing and speaking.
(N) People should read books containing unfamiliar words.
(O) The books to be read should be entertaining
1. M only
2. N only
3. M and N only
4. N and O only
5. M,N and O only
Which one of the following would weaken the argument?
1. Educated people can express their thoughts better.
2. Only a well-read person can make proper use of the English language.
3. The style of a person is coloured by the style of the authors he reads.
4. Those who passed vocabulary tests could not write well.
5. Entrance tests should be given for college admission.
Which will strengthen the argument?
(M). Slow readers cannot do well in competitive exams.
(N). Every one must study English
(O). In order to become a good lecturer in English one must increase one’s vocabulary.
1. M only
2. N only
3. O only
4. M and N only
5. M, N and O only

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