SECTION 2 THIS SECTION CONSIST OF 25 QUESTIONS 26. The following question has a group of sentences marked A, B, C, D and E.

. Arrange these to form a logical sequence. A. Indias security apparatus responds well when beset by crisis. B. Potential targets must be secured as if terror strikes were imminent. C. Here the Indian systems record is appalling. D. Despite years of painful experience, sensitive government installations in New Delhi, including the headquarters of some of Indias key military organizations and covert services, are defended in a manner that would be considered unconscionably negligent in many parts of the world. E. However, successful security depends not on crisis-time creativity but on the disciplined and effective implementation of mundane, everyday protocols. (a) ABDEC (b) AEBCD (c) ADECB (d) ABEDC 27..The following question has a group of sentences marked A, B, C, D and E. Arrange these to form a logical sequence. A. On the Republican side, the lowa results have left the picture somewhat murkier. B. Mike Huckabee beat the putative front-runner, Mitt Romney, by a margin of 34.4 percent to 25.4 percent, but is not expected to carry the momentum forward into New Hampshire. C. Mr. Huckabees victory is attributable largely to the strong support he got from evangelical Christians who are estimated to make up as much as 60 percent of the caucus-goers. D. Social and religious conservatives will constitute only small proportion of voters, in which national security and fiscal concerns are expected to be the main issues. E. However, while Mr. Romney might be free of a Huckabee challenge in New Hampshire, he might be hard pressed to fend off John Mcain and Rudoph Guiliani, both of whom largely stayed out of the Iowa campaign. (a) ABCDE (b) AEBCD (c) ACDEB (d) ABCED 28. Identify the best way of writing the given sentence ensuring that the message being conveyed remains the same. When one reads the Hindi literature of the twentieth century, you find a striking contrast between the writings of Munshi Premchand and later day writers of popular Hindi fiction. (a) When you read the Hindi literature of the twentieth century, one finds a striking contrast between the writings of popular Hindi fiction. (b) When one reads the Hindi literature of the twentieth century, you find a striking contrast between the writings of Munshi Premchand and later day writers of popular Hindi fiction. (c) When one reads the Hindi literature of the twentieth century, one finds a striking contrast between the writings of Munshi Premchand and later day writers of popular Hindi fiction.

(d) If one reads the Hindi literature of the twentieth century, you find a striking contrast between the writings of Munshi Premchand and later day writers of popular Hindi fiction. 29. Identify the best way of writing the given sentence ensuring that the message being conveyed remains the same: The entire cast and crew of the film, enjoyed splashing in the pool, bathing in the ocean, and, particularly, to sun bathe on the shore. (a) The entire cast and crew of the film, enjoyed splashing in the pool; to have a bath in the ocean, and, particularly to sun bathe on the shore. (b) The entire cast and crew of the film, enjoyed splashing in the pool, bathing in the ocean, and, particularly, to sun bathe on the shore. (c) The entire cast and crew of the film, enjoyed swimming in the pool, to bathe in the ocean, and, particularly sun bathing on the shore. (d) The entire cast and crew of the film, enjoyed splashing in the pool, bathing in the ocean, and, particularly, sun bathing on the shore. 30. Identify the best way of writing the given sentence ensuring that the message being conveyed remains the same.Entertainment being recognized as an important factor in improving mental and physical health and thereby reducing human misery and poverty. (a) Recognizing entertainment as an important factor in improving mental and physical health and thereby reducing human misery and poverty. (b) Entertainment being recognized as an important factor in improving mental and physical health and thereby reducing human misery and poverty. (c) Recognition of it being an important factor in improving mental and physical health entertainment reduces human misery and poverty. (d) Entertainment is recognized as an important factor in improving mental and physical health and thereby reducing human misery and poverty. 31. Select the pair of words which exhibit the same relationship between each other as the capitalized pair of words. BEWILDERMENT : CONFUSION : (a) Fan: Nervousness (b) Bewitched : Alliteration (c) Bursa : Sack (d) Coracle : lodestar 32.There are two blanks in the following sentence. From the pairs of words given, choose the one that fills the blanks most appropriately. The first word in the pair should fill the first blank. Because of its tendency to _____ , most Indian art is _____ Japanese art, where symbols have been minimized and meaning has been conveyed by using the method of the merest suggestion. (a) overdraw, similar to (b) understate, reminiscent of (c) imitate, superior to (d) sentimentalise, supportive of There are two blanks in the following sentence. From the pairs of words given, choose the one that fills the blanks most appropriately. The first word in the pair should fill the first blank.

33. At the best of times, the _____ profile of the country undermines stability: the minorities-the Tajiks, the Hazaras and the Uzbeks dominate the North; the Pashtoons, on the other hand, are a ____majority in the South and East. (a) popular, gross (b) people, minute (c) demographic, gargantuan (d) leotard, motley 34. There are two blanks in the following sentence. From the pairs of words given, choose the one that fills the blanks most appropriately. The first word in the pair should fill the first blank. Urdu poetry has a/an _____ quality, which makes people explode with cries of Wah! even though they do not fully _____ what is being said (a) oblique, sing (b) pious, undervalue (c) surreptitious, hear (d) uncanny, comprehend 35. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase given in bold. The poet drew on his fancy not his knowledge of nature, when he wrote his poem on birds. (a) Used his imagination (b) Used his aptitude (c) Used his understanding (d) Used his skill 36. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase given in bold. Very ambitious people do not like to rest on their laurels. (a) Be impatient (b) Be motivated (c) Be unhappy (d) Be complacent 37. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase given in bold. They made no bones about acknowledging their debt to his genius. (a) Demanded compensation for (b) Did not have any faith in (c) Did not have any hesitation in (d) Had problems in 38. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase given in bold. During the last moments of his life, the criminal made a clean breast of everything he had done. (a) Confessed without reserve (b) Fought for (c) Showed his contempt to (d) Faced bravely 39. Read the following argument/passage carefully and answer the question that follows. A psychological scientist wanted to measure a subjective emotion- happiness. He wanted a rating scale with ratings from 1 to 6 to measure happiness by asking people question about their wellbeing. But this was difficult as somebodys five might be six for the other. He thought of a solution to this problem. He started thinking of his training days when some cheap thermometers that were not well calibrated were used to measure temperature. A few people with normal temperatures got readings other than 98.6, and occasionally two people with the same temperature used to get different readings. These inaccuracies caused people to seek medical treatment they didnt need or to miss getting treatment they needed. So buggy thermometers were sometimes a problembut not always. Some thermometers would underestimate, some would overestimate, but as long as enough people were measured, the inaccuracies would cancel themselves out. Even with poorly calibrated instruments, large groups of people could be compared. He thought rating scale is like a buggy thermometer. Its inaccuracies make it inappropriate for some exact measurements (for example, saying exactly how happy John was at 10:42 AM on July 3, 2010), but its appropriate for most of the measurements needed to measure happiness in a large group of people. What is the method of reasoning used by

the psychological scientist? (a) group study (b) thought and observation (c) analogy (d) inductive logic 40. Which of the following players recently announced his retirement from the Tennis? (a) Andy Murry (b) Rafael Nadal (c) Roger Federer (d) Andy Roddick ANSWERS 1) c 11) b 21) d 31) a

2)

12) b

22) b

32) a

3)

13) c

23) a

33) c

4)

14) b

24) b

34) d

5)

15) b

25) a

35) a

6)

16) b

26) b

36) d

7)

17) c

27) a

37) c

8)

18) d

28) c

38) a

9)

19) c

29) d

39) c

10) b

20) a

30) d

40) d