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Question 1

The following text is adapted from Carolyn Wells’s 1905 novel Patty in the City.

The dining-room, too, excited Ethelyn’s admiration. The soft thick carpets and daintily laid tables, each with its vase of flowers, seemed suddenly to her far more desirable than the well-appointed dining room in her own home at Villa Rosa. Ethelyn was of an envious disposition, and though she was indulged and petted by her parents, she always wanted the belongings of someone else. She determined right then and there to coax her father to close up Villa Rosa and come to New York for the winter, though she had little hope that he would do so.

According to the text, what is true about Ethelyn?

  1. She aspires to be more like her parents.
  2. She desires the possessions and belongings of others.
  3. Traveling to places is her preferred pastime.
  4. Winter is her preferred time of year.

Question 2

American abstract artist Richard ______ his installations to make passersby keenly aware of how one’s movements are affected by the physical features of one’s environment, assembles large-scale steel plates into sculptures that dominate the outdoor spaces they occupy.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  1. Serra is intending
  2. Serra, intends
  3. Serra, intending
  4. Serra intends

Question 3

Moderno explores the progression of interior design and its relation to daily ___________ also questioning how design reflected the political climate of the time.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  1. life, but
  2. life: but
  3. life, while
  4. life; while

Question 4

Many studies in psychology have shown that people seek out information even when they know in advance that they have no immediate use for it and that they won’t directly benefit from it. Such findings support the consensus view among researchers of curiosity: namely, that curiosity is not instrumental but instead represents a drive to acquire information for its own sake.

While acknowledging that acquiring information is a powerful motivator, Rachit Dubey and colleagues ran an experiment to test whether emphasizing the usefulness of scientific information could increase curiosity about it. They found that when research involving rats and fruit flies was presented as having medical applications for humans, participants expressed greater interest in learning about it than when the research was not presented as useful.

Based on the texts, how would Dubey and colleagues (Text 2) most likely respond to the consensus view discussed in Text 1?

A. He was carrying his jacket and walked with his head thrown back.

B. As Annette neared the lamp she saw a figure walking slowly.

C. For a while Michael walked on and she followed 20 paces behind.

D. With a mixture of terror and triumph of recognition she slackened her pace.

  1. By suggesting that curiosity may not be exclusively motivated by the desire to merely acquire information.
  2. By conceding that people may seek out information that serves no immediate purpose only because they think they can use it later.
  3. By pointing out that it is challenging to determine when information-seeking serves no goal beyond acquiring information.
  4. By disputing the idea that curiosity can help explain apparently purposeless information-seeking behaviors.

Question 5

The archaeologist’s hypothesis was initially met with skepticism, as it challenged long-held assumptions about early human migration patterns.

As used in the text, what does “challenged” most nearly mean?

  1. tested
  2. disputed
  3. delayed
  4. replaced

Question 1

If we subtract three from a number, it becomes a perfect square. The original number cannot end in which of the following?

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 7
  4. 0

Question 2

Convert decimal number to fraction: 6.424242....

  1. 636/9
  2. 636/99
  3. 642/99
  4. 642/999

Question 3

The greatest number of four digits which is divisible by 15, 25, 40 and 75 is:

  1. 9000
  2. 9400
  3. 9600
  4. 9800

Question 4

Ratio of boys and girl is 4:5, when 100 girl left, the ratio becomes 6:7, find number of boys

  1. 1200
  2. 600
  3. 800
  4. None of these

Question 5

The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs. 5050. The average monthly income of Q and R is Rs. 6250 and the average monthly income of P and R is Rs. 5200. The monthly income of P is:

  1. 3500
  2. 4000
  3. 4050
  4. 5000

Question 1

6, 9, 18, 45, 126, 369, ?

  1. 1059
  2. 1095
  3. 1080
  4. 1098

Question 2

In a class, 20 opted for Physics, 17 for Math, 5 for both and 10 for other subjects. The class contains how many students?

  1. 35
  2. 42
  3. 52
  4. 60

Question 3

One evening before sunset, two friends Jane and Jackie were talking facing each other. If Jacki’s shadow was exactly to his right side, which direction was Jane facing?

  1. North
  2. South
  3. East
  4. West

Question 4

PNLY : IGER :: USQO : ?

  1. HJLN
  2. LNJH
  3. NLJH
  4. JHNL

Question 5:

If BOMBAY is written as MYMYMY, how will TAMIL NADU be written in that code?

  1. YMNYMNYMN
  2. ABHABHABH
  3. ABCDABCDA
  4. MNUMNU