QUESTIONS: 41
TIME:
75 MINUTES
DIRECTIONS for Sentence Correction questions: This question
presents a sentence, part of which or all of
which is underlined. Beneath the
sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first
of
these repeat the original; the other four are different. If you think the
original is best, choose the first answer;
otherwise choose one of the
others.
These questions test correctness and effectiveness of expression.
In choosing your answer, follow the
requirements of standard written English;
that is, pay attention to grammar, choice of words and sentence
construction.
Choose the answer that produces the most effective sentence; this answer should
be clear and
exact, without awkwardness, ambiguity, redundancy or grammatical
error.
DIRECTIONS for Critical Reasoning questions: For these questions
the best of the answer choices given.
DIRECTIONS for Reading
Comprehension questions: The questions in this group are based on the content of
a passage. After reading the passage, choose the best answer to each
question. Answer all questions
following the passage on the basis of
what is stated or implied in the passage.
1. Like that of Haydn
Schubert also wrote a great deal for the stage, but he is remembered principally
for his
concert-hall and chamber music.
(A) Like that of Haydn
(B) Like Haydn’s music
(C) Similar
to Haydn’s music (D) Similar to Haydn
(E) Like Haydn
2. An agrarian society such as the United
States at the close of the eighteenth century could produce the
food needed
so they could themselves not the tools for advancement and compete with other
nations.
a) Needed so that they could sustain themselves, but not
the tools for advancement and competition
b) Needed for sustaining
themselves, but not produce the tools for advancement and competition
c)
Necessary to sustain themselves, but not the tools to advance and
compete
d) Necessary to sustain itself, but not the tools to advance
and compete
e) Necessary for it to sustain itself, but not produce
the tools to advance and compete
.If love is a product of
shared growth, however, and we are to measure success in marriage by the degree
to
which matched development occurs, it becomes possible to make a strong and
ominous prediction about the
future.
3. If the prediction is one of
progressively shorter time spans for marriages in art, which of the
following
factors may actually weaken the basis on which the prediction is
based?
a) An extremely fast moving society.
b) Life
expectancy has gone up.
c) People are being less and less career
minded.
d) Men and women are becoming more and more
competitive.
e) (b) and (c).
Questions
4-10
For years now, critics of United States cities have pictured city
centers as empty places, devoid of life.
Fortunately, a recent trend in urban
development is making some cities lively. One example of this trend
is
Baltimore’s Harbor place, a stunning waterfront complex of one hundred
shops set in glass pavilions. Not long
ago, Baltimore’s dockland
5
area, like clock areas in other older cities, was a collection of abandoned
warehouses. Now the area is
expected to add thirty million dollars to
Baltimore’s annual tax base and to draw home buyers back to the city
and away
from the nearby Washington, DC area.
Baltimore has long been a pioneer in
urban renewal, not only building from scratch, as at Harbor place,
but
preserving and restoring buildings throughout the town center.
Although
10 few cities show this much care for their old residential
areas, the officials of many cities are starting to
believe that central
districts ought to be sufficiently attractive to draw permanent residents to
them. Several
other cities built around water are also exploiting their
easily accessible waterfront areas. San Francisco, in its
Ghirardelli Square
project, converted an old factory at the edge of the bay into a labyrinth of
boutiques. St.
Louis
15 Savannah, Louisville, and Portland all have
“riverside malls” in progress, while Boston’s Quincy Market also
on the
waterfront , is expected to bring in 1.5 million dollars in city taxes
annually.
This trend reflects an important change in social attitudes in
the United States, brought on by new economic
factors. In the 1960’s, the
availability of low-cost housing beyond
20 city limits caused many cities
in the east and Midwest to lose residents, thus leaving city centers
relatively
empty of life. In the southwest a different phenomenon ,the
relentless impetus of cities like TU Houston, and
Phoenix to extend their
orders across the desert, has had much the same effect: centers full of
skyscrapers
and streets that are empty after five o’clock ,for years it
seemed that the “ideal” home was tranquil suburban
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residence.
But recently, the rise in gas prices has made long automobile
journeys to work less tolerable. Trips of fifty miles
are not uncommon for
the suburban commuter. In addition, suburban property taxes have risen sharply
as
utility lines are stretched ever farther from central sources.
30
The rise in house prices has increased the differential between city and
suburban property; now it is
generally cheaper to buy an old urban house than
a newer suburban one. Young working people, usually
without children, are the
most likely purchasers of urban homes. Following these people are huge
projects
including apartments, offices, and shops, all embracing the
increasingly attractive belief that people should live,
work, and shop
within
35 as little traveling distance as possible.
4.
According to the passage, the officials of Baltimore expect the Harbor
place complex to help solve which
of the following problems?
I.
The lack of creation facilities in Baltimore.
II.
Draw homebuyers back to the city.
III.
The high rate of unemployment among employees of Baltimore’s
shipping industries.
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) I and II only
(D) I and III only
(E) I, II and III
5. According to the
passage, Baltimore differs from most other cities in the United States because
it
A) Shows particular care for its old residential
sections.
B) Competes with another major city for the home-buying
market.
C) Concentrates most of its development projects in areas
that are located away from its waterfront area.
D) Has failed in
its efforts to strengthen its tax base through major urban renewal
projects.
E) Has developed urban renewal plans that emphasize the
needs of suburbanites shopping in the city
rather than those of city
residents.
6. According to the author, Ghirardelli Square differs
from Harbor place in that the Ghirardelli Square project
A) Lacks
the accessibility of Harbor place.
B) Was developed cooperatively
with a nearby city.
C) Has not significantly affected the shopping
habits of city residents.
D) Includes a building that was already
standing when the project began.
E) Is more successful at
attracting homebuyers to its vicinity.
7. The author suggests that,
in the United States, southwestern cities can be distinguished from
eastern
cities by the fact that
A) Cities in the southwest have
declined at a different rate than have cities in the east.
B)
Officials in southwestern cities have shown less interest in revitalizing
their city centers than have
officials in eastern cities.
C)
Southwestern cities have had more success than have eastern cities in
attracting new homebuyers.
D) Southwestern cities tend to be
smaller than eastern cities and thus have fewer buildings that need to
be
maintained.
E) The centers of southwestern cities have lost
residents for different reasons than have the centers of
eastern
cities.
8. The author most likely puts the word “ideal” in quotation
marks because he
A) Is quoting directly from another published
source on a similar subject.
B) Is quoting directly from a
homeowner he interviewed.
C) Believes that the ideal has changed in
response to social aid economic factors.
D) Believes that the ideal
is only attainable in the United States.
E) Believes that most
people who held this ideal never attained it.
9. The author suggests
that critics of United States cities have done which of the following?
A)
Misunderstood the causes of the decline of the cities after the
1960’s.
B) Created much needless public resistance to urban
development projects.
C) Made irresponsible predictions about the
cost of revitalizing major cities.
D) Held views that no longer
reflect actual conditions in many major cities.
E) Overemphasized
the problems of northern cities and under emphasized the problems of southern
cities.
10. This passage is most likely an excerpt from
A)
a study of population shifts between cities and suburbs before
1960.
B) a study of housing prices in the northeastern United
States.
C) an article promoting tourism in the northeastern United
States.
D) an article describing new places to shop in the centers
of cities.
E) an article on recent innovations in cities in the
United States.
11. President Carter urged that women as well as men be
required to register for the draft.
A) As well as men be
B) As well as men are to
be
C) Just as men ought to be D) Like men
should be
E) Like men are to be
12. World oil prices would have
to rise before companies could recover the costs of extracting Alaskan
natural
gas, transportation to the Alaska coast, where it will go to
processing plants there, and shipping it to markets in
the lower United
States.
A) Transportation to the Alaska coast, where it will go to
processing plants there.
B) Transportation to Alaska coast
processing plants
C) of transportation to processing plants on the
Alaska coast
D) Transporting it to the Alaska coast, where it will
go to processing plants there
E) Transporting it to processing
plants on the Alaska coast
13. Baseball is unique for the major sports
because it is the only ball game in which no team does not have
possession of
the ball on offense
A) For the major sports because it is the only
ball game in which team does not have possession of the
ball on
offense.
B) For the major sports in that it is the only ball game
that the team on offense does not have possession
of the ball.
C)
Among major sports as the only ball game that the team on offense does not
have possession of the
ball.
D) Among major sports in that it is
the only ball game in which the team on offense does not have
possession of
the ball.
E) Among the major sports by belongs the only ball game
in which the team does not have possession of
the ball on
offense.
Despite its extraordinary success and achievement in art,
science, intellectual, moral and political life, the
United States is a
nation in which tens of thousands of young people flee reality by opting for
drug-induced
lassitude; a nation in which millions of their parents retreat
into video-induced stupor or alcoholic haze; a nation
in which legions of
elderly folk vegetate and die in loneliness; in which the flight from family and
occupational
responsibility has become an exodus. Such a nation, whether it
knows it or not, is suffering from future shock.
14. The sharp contrast
drawn in the paragraph can be viewed as a comparison between
A)
The young and the old.
B) The achievements of a few
vis-à-vis the failures of a generation.
C) The present versus the
future.
D) The energetic versus the dull.
E) The
individual in comparison to the family.
Crossword Puzzles seem to be one
of the most popular pastimes these days. The popularity seems even
more
pronounced when you compare the increase in the number of
cruciverbalists (ardent crossword puzzle
enthusiasts) taking part in prize
money competition is these days as opposed to, say, the number a few
years
ago.
15. Which of the statements is likely to weaker the above
argument?
A) Studies have shown that lateral thinking, a vital
ingredient for effective crossword puzzle solving,
actually improves
analytical process and logical thinking.
B) Most crossword puzzle
enthusiasts see competitions as natural outlets for emphasizing
competitive
edge, a vital feature of today’s life.
C) Crossword
Puzzles take up just the kind of time that most office goers have due to
increase in luncheon
hours.
D) Analyses have shown that material
well-being is rated very high and priorities of most individuals these
days,
a tact reflected in the gradual rise in prize money of crossword puzzle
contests.
E) Crossword puzzles has been introduced as optional
“subjects” in secondary schools.
16. To Adam Smith economics much to
each about the creation of wealth but relatively little about
its
distribution.
A) To Adam Smith, economics was thought to
have
B) To Adam Smith’s belief, economics has
C) Adam
Smith believed that economics had
D) To Adam Smith’s belief,
economics had
E) Economics, to Adam Smith’s belief, has
17.
The versions of Spanish spoken in Madrid and in Buenos Aires are as distinct
one from the other as the
kinds of English spoken in Edinburgh and in
Atlanta.
A) As distinct one from the other as B) As distinct
from each other as
C) Distinctive from one another as are D)
Distinctive from each other as are
E) As distinctive one from the other
as
Questions 18 – 24
With the development of modern theoretical
astrophysics, astronomers are able to explain data collected by
early
observers and to amass data about previously unknown phenomena in extragalactic
optical astronomy.
Despite our lack of understanding of these new phenomena,
the data is being used for a variety of purposes.
In certain cases it is
possible, by
5 application of known physical laws, to make theoretical
predictions that are subject to observational tests. The
prediction of
neutron stars is a classic example of the use of this type of theory for
purposes of prediction.
Another
is to be found in the field of
cosmology.
Much of the current activity in extragalactic astronomy is
directed towards deciding which if any, of the
theoretical models of the
universe is the most accurate .Starting from Einstein’s
10
MISS,that
15 proposed a radically different approach – the steady-state
theory of the universe. This cosmology
dispensed with the idea of a
primordial singularity demanded by Hubble’s theory and substituted the concept
of
continuous creation of matter, which would maintain approximately constant
mean density. It is largely within the
context of these two theory models
that observational work has found both its inspiration and its
justification.
Theoretical
20 predictions of the type outlined above
are of particular importance to astronomy, which is an observational
rather
than an experimental science. Predictive theory that is concerned with the
consequences of physical
laws is thus immensely productive in an astronomical
context and can lead to lively interaction with the
observational aspects of
the subject.
It would, however, be unfair to suggest that theory usually
plays such a guiding role
25 in astronomical endeavor. Indeed, more
often, theories are motivated by discoveries. As a result the second
major
role of theory in astronomy is that of interpretation. In the field of stellar
evolution, for example, the
general features of the Hertzprung-Russell
diagram (essentially a plot of luminosity versus temperature) had
been known
for many years before a theoretical interpretation in terms of nuclear
processing in unmixed stars
could be given.
30 This quantitative
explanation opened the way to the development of a method for using the results
iof stellar-
evolution calculations to provide us with quantitative
information about stars. In principle, this method can be
used to determine
the approximate stellar abundances of the chemical elements, stellar masses, and
hence
stellar ages. Indeed, stellar-evolution theory provides us with the
only widely applicable method of dating stellar
systems
18. The
primary purpose of the passage is to
A) Elucidate ways in which
astronomy differs from other sciences.
B) Discuss the roles of
observation and theory in astronomy.
C) Present two conflicting
views of the origin of the universe.
D) Demonstrate how the laws of
physics apply to astronomy.
E) Explain the importance of
stellar-evolution theory.
19. Which of the following represents a
methodological handicap in the field of astronomy?
A) The
difficulty of formulating predictive theories.
B) The impossibility
of evaluating data collected by early observers.
C) The difficulty
of correlating observed data with theoretical predictions.
D) The
theoretical problem of reconciling the laws of astronomy with known laws of
physics.
E) The difficulty of testing hypotheses through
experimentation.
20. It can be inferred that the author considers
predictive theory to be important in astronomy because it
A) Can
be easily verified on the basis of objective data.
B) May provide a
framework for further astronomical observation.
C) May result in
confirmation of known physical laws.
D) Confirms the validity of
data on the origins of the universe.
E) Often contributes to the
advancement of other sciences.
21. The passage would be most likely to
appear in which of the following.
A) A specialized monograph on
astrophysics and its methods.
B) A newspaper article discussing
cosmology.
C) A popular discussion of basic physical
laws.
D) A theoretical essay on chemical elements in the
universe.
E) A popular article on techniques of optical
observation.
22. With which of the following statements concerning both
the predictive and the interpretive roles of
astronomical theory would the
author be most likely to agree?
A) Both stimulate new research and
provide a background against which astrophysical phenomena can
be
understood.
B) Both focus on discovering which model of the
universe is correct.
C) Both are useful for validating information
collected by observation as well as for testing the application of
known
physical laws.
D) Both have contributed about equally to every
advance in astronomy and physics.
E) Both have as their primary
objectives the formulation of new hypotheses.
23. The author uses the
example of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram in order to illustrate which of the
following
assertions?
A) Theory plays an important role in
providing explanations for existing data.
B) Qualitative theory
sometimes leads to the collection of quantitative information.
C)
Quantitative data can provide an explanation for nuclear processing in
unmixed stars.
D) There is a mathematical relationship between
luminosity and temperature in stars.
E) Quantitative methods can be
used to determine the mass and age of any star.
24. The author regards
theoretical speculation on the origins of the universe with
A) Mild
skepticism. B) Restrained enthusiasm C) Anxious
concern.
D) Cool indifference. E) Objective
detachment.
Cologne has witnessed a large exodus to its suburbs. Social
scientists have attributed this to increasing noise
and environment
pollution. Statistics reveal, while a number of cars and other four wheelers
went up by a
staggering 256,000 in the period between 1983 and 1986 ,the
corresponding period increase ten years ago
was only 44,000.
25.
Which of the following factors, as a complement to the above, may go against
the conclusion drawn in the
second line of the paragraph above?
A)
Several job opportunities have sprung up for people in the heart of
Cologne.
B) As real estate prices have soared in Cologne, going way
above real incomes, housing has become a
major problem for the middle and
lower income groups.
C) Several cases of lung cancer have been
reported in the heart of the city.
D) Anti-pollution measures are
being affected over the city.
E) Several countries have expressed
their desire to set up joint sector collaborations in Cologne
Certified
Public Accountants are not as fancied as their MBA counterparts (CPA + MBA) when
it comes to
recruitment in their first year after the degree.
26. All
of the following statements substantiate the above EXCEPT
A) This
year most multinationals preferred post-graduates with two degrees, Certified
Public and Business
Administration, compared to only Certified Public
Accountants.
B) Two thirds of all CPA’s were placed with companies
within three months of their graduation compared to
their counter parts from
Management Colleges, who on an average, had jobs per person within three months
of
their graduation.
C) CPA’s are viewed as specialists, while
MBA’s, being Jack-of-all-trades, have far less chances of sticking
to their
first job.
D) CPA's are viewed as biased, bookish individuals
whose inflexibility compared to the average MBA makes
them less capable of
handling managerial slots.
E) MBA’s tend to be quick on the uptake
while CPA’s tend to derive solace from books rather than their
innate
intuitive abilities.
27. In the Ann Arbor court case, the
parents of fifteen Black children successfully brought slogans against the
school system for, first of all, failing to take the children’s vernacular
into account in teaching them, and
secondary their failure that the
children did not learn to speak Standard English.
A) Secondary, for
their failure that the children did no learn
B) Secondly, that their
failure to teach the children
C) Secondly, that they failed and the
children did not learn
D) Second, that they failed to teach the
children
E) Second, failing to teach the children
28. The
rate of metabolism reactions of an organism of a complex nature is limited by
the rate at which waste
products are removed through the animal’s specialized
circulatory and excretory system.
A) The rate of metabolism
reactions of an organism of a complex nature is limited by rate at
which
B) The rate of metabolic reactions in a complex organism is
limited by the rate at which
C) The rate of metabolism reactions in
a complex organism are limited by the rate which
D) A complex
organism’s rate of metabolic reactions are limited by the rate at
which
E) A complex organism’s rate of metabolism reactions is
limited by the rate at which
29. Millions of workers have jobs that are
able to be done as well at home as at the offices, instead of
consuming the
gasoline used to get to work.
A) Millions of workers have jobs
that are able to be done as well at home as at the office, instead
of
consuming the gasoline used to get to work.
B) Millions of
workers have jobs that can be done as well at home as the office, rather than
consume the
gasoline they must use to get to work.
C) Instead of
consuming the gasoline used to get to work, millions of workers have jobs that
are able to be
done as well at home as at the office.
D) Rather
than consume the gasoline used to get to work, millions of workers can do their
jobs as well at
home as the office.
E) Instead of using gasoline
to get to work, millions of workers could do their jobs as well at home as at
the
office.
Questions 30 - 32
The issue of women, art, and feminism
has been most urgently raised by a number of women artists.
Several
approaches to the problem of defining feminist art have evolved and
are being discussed and developed within
the feminist art movement. One
particular approach has suggested that some sort of female aesthetic
or
sensibility exists, involving an imagery and formal style specific to
women. Proponents insist that an authentic
artistic language is being
created, corresponding to the distinct social experience of women, independent
of
“male-defined” art, and essentially liberating. Others argue that the
theory of a female aesthetic really restricts
women in that it limits them to
certain “feminine” shapes, colors, forms, and images. In other words, the
female
aesthetic seems possibly to be no more than a rehabilitated artistic
ghetto, furbished with less than satisfactory
answers to the hard question of
how to define feminist art. Moreover, some see the rise of a trendy
“feminine
sensibility“ as clearly opportunist. They point, for example, to
the odd coincidence that the so-called female
aesthetic is strangely
reminiscent of the conventions of much currently fashionable art, and they
predict further
shifts in the aesthetic as art-world fashions
change.
The theory of a female sensibility seems to be based on two
equally extreme premises, implicit and not explicit.
First, it assumes that
an individual’s experience is primarily and perhaps completely determined by
gender.
Women and men are held to inhabit utterly separate worlds, and
variations of social or ethnic experience are
considered clearly subordinate
to gender distinctions. Its second assumption is that whatever exists today
must
be essentially unchangeable as the battle of the sexes is eternal and
historical. It follows, then, that the only way
women artists can
operate is to accept these terms and develop their own artistic strengths,
autonomously and
in opposition to men.
Another approach, both balanced
and sensible, would argue for a more transcendental view of social
experience
and of art. Such a point of view corresponds to the opinion within some sectors
of the women’s
movement that the meaning of one’s personhood and the nature
of relationships between the sexes are an
evolving phenomena that can be
grasped and acted upon. Pat Mainardi has outlined one interpretation of
what
this might mean for women artists: “The only feminine aesthetic worthy
of the name is that women artists must
be free to explore the entire range of
art possibilities. We who have been labeled, stereotyped, and
gerrymandered
out of the very definition of art must be free to define art, not to pick up the
crumbs from the
Man’s table ... We must begin to define women’s art as
what women (artists) do, not try to slip and squeeze
ourselves through
the loophole of the male art world.”
30. Which of the following the best
describes the content of the passage?
A) The Impact of the Women’s
Art Movement on Aesthetic Theory.
B) The Female Aesthetic: Its
impact on Artistic Conventions.
C) An Examination of the Principles
and Assumptions of the Theory of a Female Aesthetic.
D) Feminism,
Women’s Liberation, and Aesthetic Theory: Social Change and Women’s
Art.
E) The Uniqueness of Women’s Art in the Male Art
World.
31. The primary purpose of the passage is to
A)
Initiate a debate.
B) Summarize related points of
view.
C) Define terms and illustrate their applications.
D)
Criticize an approach and suggest an alternative one
E)
Criticize competing theories.
32. It can be inferred from the
passage that the author would most probably agree with which of the
following
statements about relationships between men and women?
A)
Women can develop their own talents most successfully by working
completely independent of men.
B) Women and men share no common
ground of personal experience.
C) The contemporary relationships
between men and women should not affect the work of women artists.
D)
Relationships between men and women are not static and can be influenced
by new ideas about women’
s identities.
E) A consequence of
the nature of relationships between men and women is that women can develop
their
art only by seeing men as opponents.
33. History has
not beer kind to Sara Teasdale, but she won a Pulitzer award and saw a book of
her verse or
the best-seller list, a feat none of the poets of today will
likely duplicate.
A) None of the poets of today will likely
duplicate.
B) No poet today is likely to duplicate.
C)
No poet today will likely duplicate.
D) Poets of today are
not likely to reduplicate
E) Likely to be unduplicated by poets of
today.
34. According to a government study, the lush swamps and marshes
of the Mississippi ,one among the finest
wetlands in the world, are vanishing
at a rate of 39 square miles a year, as fast as two and a half times the
rate
that was previously thought.
A) As fast as two and a half
times the rate that was
B) Two and a half times as fast as it had
been
C) Two and a half times faster than
D) A rate two
and a half times as fast as
E) Which is a rate two and a half times
faster than had been
35. When scrap steel is recycled, energy is saved
in die fining, transportation, and processing of not only but
also of coal
and limestone
A) Processing of not only iron ore but also of coal
and limestone.
B) Processing not only of iron ore but also of coal
and limestone.
C) Processing not only of iron ore but also coal and
limestone.
D) The processing of not only iron ore but of coal and
limestone as well.
E) The processing of not iron ore only but of
coal and limestone as well.
Even as the cloth market continues to rule
easy, there has been of late, an unexpected firmness in gray cloth
prices.
Consequently, speculative interest has risen in gray cloth trading.
36.
All the following may possibly explain the upward movement of gray cloth prices
with the exception of.
A) A view to garnering support of the
weavers in the forthcoming elections , money is being poured in by
the ruling
party.
B) Several export deals have been concluded with Russia,
which has set off large orders from the continent
as well.
C)
The gray cloth production in the current year is expected to far out-strip
the local demand.
D) Several mills, which have been stricken by
cash crush, are believed to be trading in gray cloth.
E) Production
prices of gray cloth have been on the up since last year and increasing mill
overheads are
likely to keep the trend that way.
A spider spins a web
of amazing intricacy using delicate silk with the strength of high tensile
nylon. Yet it
performs this feat of engineering without ever having a single
lesion.
37. Which of the following can be concluded from the
passage?
A) Spider are nature’s engineers.
B) Nylon
is made from spider silk.
C) Spiders learn spinning from
observation.
D) A spider’s spinning is controlled by
instinct.
E) Observing spiders inspired the discovery of
nylon.
38. The Mormons interest in genealogy stems from belief as to
family relationship being intended to remain
eternal.
A) A
belief as to family relationships being intended to remain
B)
Beliefs that family relationships are intended that they be
C)
A belief that family relationships are intended to be
D)
Their believing that family relationships intend to remain
E)
In family relationships intended to be
One of the most unusual
ceremonies ever held must surely be the mass wedding that took place in mid-air
between Tokyo and Bangkok in 1972. This was a publicity stunt organized
by the German airline Lufthansa to
launch the first commercial jumbo
jet flight of a Euro airline. Inviting Japanese couples to take part in a jumbo
wedding, the airline found besieged by eager applicants. 20 couples
were selected and on this appointed day
they flew across the tarmac of
Tokyo airport led by a Shinto priest.
39. Which of the following can one
infer?
A) The wedding ceremony was a mere publicity stunt and none
of the marriages were to be conducted.
B) Lufthansa was the first
airline to fly the jumbo jet from Japan.
C) The publicity stunt was
a success.
D) The couples truly reached the “height” of wedded
bliss.
E) Japanese youth are very impressionable and
malleable.
40. Corporate finance committees do not plan the detailed
activities of the various divisions in a large firm, out
by their allocation
or investment funds they make strategic judgment as to where the firm should
expand.
A) By their allocation of investment funds they make
strategic judgments as to where firm should expand.
B) When they
allocate investment funds, they make strategic judgments about where firm might
be
expanding.
C) They make strategic judgments on where the firm
should expand when they allocate investment funds.
D) By allocating
investment funds, they will make strategic judgments about where the firm be
expanding.
E) Allocation of investments funds as to where the firm
should expand as a strategic
judgment.
ANSWER
KEY
1. The use of like that of’ at the beginning of
the sentence is erroneous. Hence, (A) is ruled out Again
‘similar to’ is the
wrong usage in this type of sentence structure hence (C) and (D) are ruled out.
(E) is a better
usage than (B). Hence, (E).
2. Necessary’ is a
better choice of word than ‘needed’ — this rules out (A) and (B). ‘Necessary
sustain
themselves’ is grammatically wrong as ‘themselves’ does not go with
‘an agrarian society’ Therefore, (C) is also
ruled out. In option (E), the
sentence structure is not correct. Hence, (D)
3. The prediction is
based on a negative “matched development”. (D) is however ruled out as men
and
women are said to become more competitive — this cannot lead to a
positive development However, if both are
becoming less career minded, then
it weakens the negative impact. Hence, C
4. See the last sentence of
paragraph one. Also, second paragraph elaborates on this and cites example
of
other cities following suit. Hence, (B).
5. See second
paragraph, “although few cities show this much care for their old residential
areas.”, Hence,
(A).
6. See second paragraph, where an old
factory is said to have been converted into a labyrinth of boutiques.
Hence,
(D).
7. The low cost housing beyond city limits in the east and the
impetus to extend city orders across the
desert in the western cities are the
reasons. Refer the third paragraph. Hence, (E).
8. The concept of
the ‘ideal; has changed with changing socio-economic factors. Hence,
(C)
9. The premise in sentence 1 is immediately undercut by the
second sentence of the passage. Hence, (D).
10. Since the passage deals
with the urban centers, and new trends housing, (E) is the most likely
choice.
Hence, (E).
11. The sentence does not mean to compare men and
women. Hence, options (C), (D) and E are ruled out.
Option (B) is
ungrammatical Hence, (A).
12. Land shipping it should give you the clue
that the option can be either (D) or (E). The supporting clause
should
maintain the parallel construction. The structure of option (D) is not correct.
Hence, (E).
13. ‘for the major’ is the wrong usage in the sentence —
therefore (A) and (B) are easily ruled out. (C) can
also be cancelled as “the
only ball game that ...‘. grammatically wrong. Again in (E), ‘by being’ is
grammatically
incorrect. Only (D) is correct. Hence, (D).
14. The
paragraph comments on the failures of the young ‘adults, and the elderly in
America despite the
‘success’ of the nation in certain spheres. Hence,
(B).
15. If people’s interest in material well being, has increased
along with the raise in prize-money, it could explain
the greater number of
participants in puzzle games. Hence, (D).
16. ‘To Adam Smith’s belief’
is ungrammatical. ‘the possible option would be either(C) or (E). (C) is a
better
choice as it simplifies the construction. Hence, (C).
17. (C),
(D) and (E) can be easily ruled out as ‘distinctive’ does not fit here. (B) is
the grammatically correct
answer. Hence, (B).
18. The entire passage
underlines the importance of observation and theorizing of observable data.
Hence,
(B).
19. Experimentation in the field of astronomy is indeed
difficult, as conditions are difficult to duplicate and
control.
Hence, (E).
20. See the first sentence of para 3.
Hence, (B).
21. The article uses the jargon of science in technical way.
Hence, (A).
22. See paragraph 3. Hence, (A).
23. See sentences
3-4 of paragraph 3. Hence, (A).
24. Science deals with objective truths.
Hence, (E).
25. (B) might be the reason for all the exodus. It is the
only option, which goes against the logic of pollution
being the reason for
the exodus. Hence, (B).
26. The passage says that “CPAs are not as
fancied as their MBA counterparts”. So in the option, we have to
look for
something that says that CPA’s have a better chance of recruitment over MBA’s.
If (C) is true, then
CPAs
would be preferred over MBA’s for
recruitment after their degree. Hence,(C).
27. The underlined phrase
should have the same structure as that of ‘failing to take ... them’. Hence,
(E).
28. Always try to look for the error in the sentence before you
look at the options. ‘Metabolism reactions’ is
wrong usage. Only (B) is
grammatically correct keeping the meaning of the sentence intact. Hence,
(B).
29. ‘Able to be done’ is ungrammatical. Thus, (A) and (C) are ruled
out. ‘As the office’ is also incorrect. Option
(E) avoids both these errors.
Hence, (E).
30. The passage highlights the problems with the concept of
female aesthetic. The very first paragraph
establishes the theme. The second
paragraph then focuses on the loopholes of the concept of female
aesthetic.
Hence, C
31. Read the first paragraph in conjunction with the first
few lines of paragraph 3. Hence, (D).
32. This can be inferred from the
second sentence of the last paragraph Hence, (D).
33. Since the sentence
is in the present tense, ‘will likely’ is grammatically incorrect. Hence, (A)
and (C) are
ruled out. In (D) and (E), ‘reduplicate’ and induplicate are
wrong usages. Hence, (B) is the correct option.
34. ‘previously thought’
should give you the clue. It suggests a certain vanishing trait. The present
rate is
compared with the previously-thought rate. Hence, ‘two and a half
times faster than’ is grammatically correct.
(E) is unnecessarily wordy,
though it is grammatically correct. Hence, (C).
35. Not only’ should
precede ‘of ..‘ and not follow it. Hence, (B).
36. If there is more
cloth than the demand warrants, price would fall, Hence, (C).
37. The
passage talks of how spiders spin their webs without having a single lesion.
This means that they
learn by instinct. (D) therefore the right choice. No
evidence of (B) is given in the passage. The strength of
spider silk is
merely compared to that of nylon. (C) contradicts the passage. The passage
describes spinning
as a feat of engineering. It does not follow that spiders
are nature’s engineers. There is no evidence of (E) in
the passage. The
answer is (D).
38. The second part of this sentence should have a clause
construction. Hence, (C).
39. The publicity stunt was the conduction of
weddings on flight - not a mere sham. (A) therefore is wrong.
We are only
given that Lufthansa was the first European airline to fly the jumbo jet
commercially. It is possible
that some other airline may have been the
first to do so. (B) is incorrect. The fact that the airline was inundated
with responses indicates that their publicity stunt was a success. They
were certainly noticed. (C) therefore can
be rightly inferred. In
reality, the couples certainly reached a “high”, but we cannot comment whether
they did
so metaphorically in their marriages or not. (D) is wrong. (E)
cannot be inferred. An enthusiastic response to
this scheme cannot be
the basis for passing such a generic and broad statement. The answer is
(C).
40. The sentence is error-free. If we look at other options, then
we find that (B) breaks up the simple structure
of the original underlined
part. (C) uses too many conjunctions (‘where’, ‘when’), thus makes it a
convoluted
sentence. Same is the case with (D). (E) complicates the sentence
structure by using ‘allocations of investments
funds as to where’
and ‘are their exercise ...‘. Hence, (A)
