ETHNUS - Diagnostic Test - Verbal Ability

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ETHNUS DIAGNOSTIC TEST - VA

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Directions for questions numbering 1 - 5:

In each of the following sentences, a part of thesentence is underlined. Beneath each sentence,four different ways of phrasing the underlined partare indicated. Choose the best alternative fromamong the four.

1. Gyms and spas are sprouting shoots in all

metropolitan cities; health is the buzzword.A) Fast dotting the landscapeB) Arising all over the citiesC) Blooming in all metropolitan citiesD) Sprouting the metropolitan cities

2. Rahul Bajajhas pioneered the business empire to

new heights but it is high time he let go off the reins.A) He permitted others to take over.B) He let matters go out of his hand.C) He let matters blow over his head.D) He let go of the reins.

3. The urbane white collared male has a wide range oflabels to choose from, Versace to Christian Dior.

A) The urban white collar maleB) The city males who wearing whitesC) The urban who do not wear colourful clothesD) The city men, having to wear

4. Casablanca apart from being one of Bogartsmostcompelling performances, was adjudged a trivial film.

A) Was criticised as a trivial film.B) Was also an outstanding film.C) Was thumbed down by the critics.D) Was rejected by the audience.

5. Love is, perhaps, more important for life than foodand drink because of its replacing the other two.

A) Because without life we neither eat nor drink.B) Love is more important than food.C) Food and drink are important for life.D) Because it gives us a reason for the other two.

Directions for questions 6 - 15:In each of the following sentences, part/parts of thesentence is/are left blank. Beneath each sentencefour different ways of completing the sentence areindicated. Choose the best alternative from amongthe four.6. In pursuance of their decision to resist what theysaw as anti-labour policies, the company employeesunion launched agitation to________

A) Show their virilityB) Reaffirm their commitment to the companyC) Bring down the governmentD) Demonstrate their strength

7. The safest general characterisation of theEuropean philosophical tradition as it has developedup to now, with all its diverse proponents, is that is

consists of a__________ Plato.A) Series of footnotes toB) Set of prologues toC) Collection of chapters on

D) String of commentaries to

8. The interest generated by the soccer World Cupis__________ compared to the way cricket ________the nation

A) Milder, fascinatesB) Lukewarm, electrifies.

C) Tepid, inspiresD) Unusual, grips

9. No doubt, it was our own government but it wasbeing run on borrowed ideas, using __________solutions.

A) Worn out B) second handC) Impractical D) appropriate

10. The telephone symbolises that awkward___________ in all communication technologies;while it ________ to bring us together, it keeps usapart.

A) Paradox, needs B) irony, intendsC) Paradox, tries D) irony, wishes

11.A positive emotion like love is said to be not only agreat stress - buster __________

A) It also drains you emotionally.B) But also a contributor in improving our immunesystem.C) But also decreases our life span.D) It leads to cardio-vascular dysfunctioning.

12. Running and workouts may not affect non -asthmatics but ____________

A) May aggravate the condition among those sufferingfrom the disease.B) May alleviate the condition among asthmaticpatients.C) May neutralise the condition among asthmatics.D) May have no impact on people who suffer from thedisease.

13. Dominating husbands are egoistic and considerthemselves __________

A) Inferior to and less intelligent than their spouses.B) On par with and equal to their spouses.C) Overwhelmed by their emotions.

D) Superior to and more intelligent than their spouses.

14. World energy consumption will increase by morethan one third by 2010, even if ________.

A) Oil prices decrease.B) Oil prices rise and people conserve more energy.C) People do not conserve energy.D) Oil price is checked.

15. Bank employees, who were opposed to automationtill recently, appear __________

A) To have finally rejected the proposal.B) No say in the matter whatsoever.

C) To have reconciled to the needs of computerization.D) To have turned down the idea for computerization.


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Directions for questions 16 - 20:Each question has a set of four statements. Eachstatement has three segments. Choose thealternative where the third segment can belogically deduced from the preceding two.

16. 1. Some apples are sour; this fruit is an apple:

This fruit is sour.2. Seta is a nurse: All nurses are tall women: Gita is atall women.3. Army officers are smart; Air force officers aresmart: Military officers are smart.4. No animal likes fire; Aardvarks are animals:

Aardvarks do not like fire.A) 2 only B) 3 only C) 4 only D) None

17.1. No S is P; All X is S; No X is P.2. No S is P; All X is S; All X is P.3. Some S is not P; Some X is S; Some X is not P.4. Some S is not P; All X is S; All X is not P.

A) 1 only B) 1 and2C) 3 only D) 4 only

18. 1. All black is red; all red is yellow; all black isyellow.2. All boys in this group speak Spanish; some boys inthis group speak French; some boys in this groupspeak French and Spanish.3. No girl is a lady; Sheela is a lady; Sheela may be agirl.4. P is less than Q; Q is more than S; S is more thanQ.

A) Only 3 B) 1 and 2C) Only 4 D) only 1

19. 1.Lenin is a communist; Mao is a communist; Marxis a communist.2. No woman cries; Riya is a woman; Riya never cries.3. Summer follows winter; spring precedes winter;spring is between summer and winter.4. No animal hibernates; squirrel is an animal; squirrelcan hibernate.

A) Only 3 B) Only4

C) Only 1 D) Only 2

20. 1. Flightless birds live on land; duck lives in water;duck is flightless.2. Milk provides energy; cereals provide energy; cerealis milk.3. Men like what women dislike; women do not likeracing; men like racing.4. Tom is a chef; some chefs wear hat; Tom alwayswears a hat.

A) 2 only B) only4C) 2 and 3 D) only 3

Directions for questions numbering 21 - 25:Each question has a main statement followed byfour statements labelled a, b, c, and d. Choose theordered pair of statements where the first

statement implies the second and the twostatements are logically consistent with the mainstatement.21. He either sings or acts.a. He does not act b. He singsc. He acts d. He doesnt sing.

A) dc B) ca C) db D) ac

22. X is neither P nor Q.a. X is not Q b. X is Pc. X is Q d. X is not P

A) ab B) da C) dc D) ba

23. F accompanies G when I is with H.

a. F is with I b. H is with Ic. F is not with G d. G is with F

A) db B) ac C) bd D) ca

24. DEFG is selected in that order if I precedes Ha. GFED is selected. b. I precedes H.

c. DEFG is selected. d. H follows I.A) ab B) ba C) db D) dc

25. She feels tired whenever she doesnt take anaspirin.a. She doesnt feel tired.b. She took an aspirin.c. She feels tired.d. She didnt take an aspirin.

A) ca B) cb C) cd D) db

Directions for questions 26 - 30:Read the passage and answer the following questions

The story begins as the European pioneerscrossed the Alleghenies and started to settle in theMidwest. The land they found was covered withforests. With incredible effort they felled the trees,pulled the stumps and planted their crops in the rich,loamy soil. When they finally reached the western edgeof the place we now call Indiana, the forest stoppedand ahead lay a thousand miles of the great grassprairie. The Europeans were puzzled by this newenvironment. Some even called it the Great Desert:. Itseemed untillable. The earth was often very wet and itwas covered with centuries of tangled and mattedgrasses. With their cast iron plows, the settlers found

that the prairie sod could not be cut and the wet earthstuck to their plowshares. Even a team of the best oxenbogged down after a few years of tugging. The ironplow was a useless tool to farm the prairie soil. Thepioneers were stymied for nearly two decades. Theirwestern march was halted and they filled in the easternregions of the Midwest.

In 1837, a blacksmith in the town of Grand Detour,Illinois, invented a new tool. His name was John Deereand the tool was a plow made of steel. It was sharpenough to cut through matted grasses and smoothenough to cast off the mud. It was a simple tool, thesod buster that opened the great prairies to

agricultural development.Sauk County, Wisconsin is the part of that prairie

where I have a home. It is named after the SaukIndians. In 1673. Father Marquette was the first


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European to lay his eyes upon their land. He found avillage laid out in regular patterns on a plain beside theWisconsin River. He called the place Prairie du Sac.The village was surrounded by fields that had providedmaize, beans and squash for the Sauk people forgenerations reaching back into the unrecorded time.

When the European settlers arrived at the Sauk

prairie in 1837, the government forced the native Saukpeople west of the Mississippi River. The settlers camewith John Deeres new invention and used the tool toopen the area to a new kind of agriculture. Theyignored the traditional ways of the Sauk Indians andused their sod-busting tool for planting wheat. Initially,the soil was generous and the farmers thrived.However, each year the soil lost more of its nurturingpower. It was only thirty years after the Europeansarrived with their new technology that the land wasdepleted. Wheat farming became uneconomic andtens of thousands of farmers left Wisconsin seekingnew land with sod to bust.

It took the Europeans and their new technologyjust one generation to make their homeland into adesert. The Sauk Indians who knew how to sustainthemselves on the Sauk prairie land were banished toanother kind of desert called a reservation. And theyeven forgot about the techniques and tools that hadsustained them on the prairie for generationsunrecorded. And that is how it was that three deserts

were createdWisconsin, the reservation and thememories of a people. A century later, the land of theSauks is now populated by the children of a secondwave of European farmers who learned to replenishthe soil through the regenerative powers of dairying,

ground cover crops and animal manures. These thirdand fourth generation farmers and townspeople do notrealise, however, that a new settler is coming soon withan invention as powerful as John Deeres plow.

The new technology is called bereavementcounselling. It is a tool forged at the great stateuniversity, an innovative technique to meet the needsof those experiencing the death of a loved one, a toolthat can process the grief of the people who now liveon the Prairies of the Sauk. As one can imagine thefinal days of the village of the Sauk Indians before thearrival of the settlers with John Deeres plow, one canalso imagine these final days before the arrival of the

first bereavement counsellor at Prairie du Sac. In thesefinal days, the farmers and the townspeople mourn atthe death of a mother, brother, son or friend. Thebereaved is joined by neighbours and kin. They meetgrief together in lamentation, prayer and song. Theycall upon the words of the clergy and surroundthemselves in community.

It is in these ways that they grieve and then go onwith life. Through their mourning they are assured ofthe bonds between them and renewed in theknowledge that this death is a part of the Prairie of theSauk. Their grief is common property, an anguish fromwhich the community draws strength and gives the

bereaved the courage to move ahead.It is into this prairie community that the

bereavement counsellor arrives with the new grieftechnology. The counsellor calls the invention a

service and assures the prairie folk of its effectivenessand superiority by invoking the name of the greatuniversity while displaying a diploma and certificate. Afirst, we can imagine that the local people will bepuzzled by the bereavement counsellors claim.However, the counsellor will tell a few of them that thenew technique is merely to assist the bereaveds

community at the time of death. To some other prairiefolk who are isolated or forgotten, the counsellor willapproach the County Board and advocate the right totreatment for these unfortunate souls. This right will beguaranteed by the Boards decision to reimburse thosetoo poor to pay for counselling services. There will beothers, schooled to believe in the innovative new toolscertified by universities and medical centres, who willseek out the bereavement counsellor by force of habit.

And one of these people will tell a bereaved neighbourwho is unschooled that unless his grief is processed bya counsellor, he will probably have major psychologicalproblems in later life. Several people will begin to use

the bereavement counsellor because, since theCounty Board now taxes them to insure access to thetechnology, they will feel that to fail to be counselled isto waste their money, and to be denied a benefit, oreven a right.

Finally, one day, the aged father of a Saukwoman will die. And the next door neighbour will notdrop by because he doesnt want to interrupt thebereavement counsellor. The womans kin will stayhome because they will have learned that only thebereavement counsellor knows how to process griefthe proper way. The local clergy will seek technicalassistance from the bereavement counsellor to learn

the correct form of service to deal with guilt and grief.And the grieving daughter will know that it is thebereavement counsellor who really cares for herbecause only the bereavement counsellor comeswhen death visits this family on the Prairie of the Sauk.

It will be only one generation between thebereavement counsellor arrives and the community ofmourners disappears. The counsellors new tool willcut through the social fabric, throwing aside kinship,care, neighbourly obligations and community ways ofcoming together and going on. Like John Deeres plow,the tools of bereavement counselling will create adesert where a community once flourished. And finally,

even the bereavement counsellor will see theimpossibility of restoring hope in clients once they aregenuinely alone with nothing but a service forconsolation. In the inevitable failure of the service, thebereavement counsellor will find the deserts even inherself.

26. According to the passage, bereavement handlingtraditionally involves:

A) The community bereavement counsellors workingwith the bereaved to help him/her overcome grief.B) The neighbours and kin joining the bereaved andmeeting grief together in mourning and prayer.

C) Using techniques developed systematically informal institutions of learning, a trained counsellorhelping the bereaved cope with grief.


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D) The Sauk Indian Chief leading the community withrituals and rites to help lessen the grief of thebereaved.27. Due to which of the following reasons, according tothe author, will the bereavement counsellor find thedeserts even in herself?

A) Over a period of time, working with Sauk Indians

who have lost their kinship and relationship, shebecomes one of them.B) She is working in an environment where thedisappearance of community mourners makes herwork place a social desert.C) Her efforts at grief processing with the bereaved willfail as no amount of professional service can make upfor the loss due to the disappearance of communitymourners.D) She has been working with people who have settledfor a long time in the Great Desert.

28. According to the author, the bereavement

counsellor is:A) A friend of the bereaved helping him or her handlegrief.B) An advocate of the right to treatment for thecommunity.C) A kin of the bereaved helping him/her handle grief.D) A formally trained person helping the bereavedhandle grief.

29. The Prairie was a great puzzlement for theEuropean pioneers because:

A) It was covered with thick, untillable layers of grassover a vast stretch.

B) It was a large desert immediately next to lushforests.C) It was rich cultivable land left fallow for centuries.D) It could be easily tilled with iron plows.

30. Which of the following does the desert in thepassage refer to?

A) Prairie soil depleted by cultivation of wheat.B) Reservations in which native Indians were resettled.C) Absence of, and emptiness in, community kinshipand relationships.D) All of the above.

Directions for questions 31 - 40:Choose the most logical order of sentences fromamong the four given choices to construct acoherent paragraph.31.A. However, the real challenge today isunlearning, which is much harder.B. But the new world of business behaves differentlyfrom the world in which we grew up.C. Learning is important for both people andorganisations.D. Each of us has a mental model that weve usedover the years to make sense.

A) DBCA B) CADB C) DACB D) CBDA

32. A. A large number of intellectuals believe that the

North is using its military and economic powers to

force unequal contracts on the South.

B. The make-believe ethical issue of the sanctity of

law camouflages the unethicality of the entire

transaction, which is a travesty of the ethical concept

of the greatest good for the greatest number.

C. Once these contracts are made, the North usesthe facade of legality and ethics to pin- down theSouth.D. Thus it suffers from the flaw that the law one of theuseful means to implement ethics-has fouled theethicality of the ends.

A) DACB B) CBDA C) ACBD D) BDAC

33.A. The fact that he could find absolutely nothing tosubstantiate their wild claims made no difference.

B. We always gave the poor man a cup of tea, and hegrew quite fond of some of the animals.C. The neighbours, now thoroughly indignant, keptbombarding the local health authorities.D. On an average, twice a week, the poor inspectorwas forced to come up to the house.

A) DBAC B) CDAB C) ADBC D) CADB

34.A. How times change.B. Lakme once bestrode the Indian cosmetic scene.C. Today, international cosmetic giants are givingIndian women wider choice.D. Time was when you found the worlds best

cosmetics only in the suitcases of flights to India.A) BCAD B) CBAD C) DABC D) DBCA

35.A. Surrender at Dhaka aims to fill this gap.

B. Despite the importance of the event, there is noserious book about the conflict.C. It also majorly altered the geographic equations inSouth Asia.D. The 1971 war changed the political geography ofthe sub-continent.

A) BDCA B) DCBA C) ADBC D) CBAD

36.A. There was a twist - the notes were all as tattered

as notes could get.B. What came out was a large garland made ofcurrency notes.C. When the RBI governor came to inaugurate the newprinting press, the local politicians gave him a gift-wrapped box.D. The unsuspecting governor opened the box in fullview of the gathering.

A) CDBA B) BDCA C) ABDC D) BCAD

37. A .Most computer users develop disordersbecause they ignore warnings like a sore shoulder.B. Thus begins a search for relief: ice, yoga, herbs.

C. They keep panting and dragging until scar tissueforms.D. But cures are elusive.

A) DBCA B) DABC C) BDCA D) ACBD


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38.A. It was a hot afternoon and the accountant wasfanning himself breathlessly.B. All right he said give me two of them.C. A salesman became very enthusiastic about thecapabilities of a new micro-computer.

D. This led him to claim to a public accountant that the

machine would do half his work for him.A) BDCA B) BCAD C) CDAB D) CBAD

39.A. This is a fair question to ask people sellingfinancial advice.B. If youre so smart, why arent you rich?C. The question would not stymie Jay Leno, who hasachieved success both as an anchor and as a businessperson.D. It is a fair question to put to the economists too.

A) BADC B) DCAB C) BDAC D) CBAD

40.A. What if anything, awaits beyond the grave?

B. To hope for life in the hereafter is a part of humannature.C. Easter at its essence is about a belief in the victoryof life over death.D. It is one faiths response to the mystery that hashaunted mankind since our first ancestor gazed intothe abyss of death.

A) BDAC B) CDAB C) BCAD D) CABD

Directions for questions 41 - 50:

Answer the questions after reading the shortpassages.

41.At present people in Bangalore spend around twothousand rupees a year on entertainment, eight

hundred rupees more than in 1990. This increase isbecause people between the age group 16 and 40have accounted for an increase in population.

It can be inferred from the passage that

A) More than forty percent of Bangalore population isbetween the ages 16 and 40.

B) The population has increased since 1990.

C) Before 1990 children below the age 16 were morein number than those above 16.

D) People between the ages 16 and 40 spent more onentertainment than do other age groups.

42. It is believed that people who live in the coastal

regions of India live longer due to the inclusion of fishin their daily diet. But recent studies show that peoplein certain other regions who do not consume fish at allalso live longer. Which of the following can be inferredfrom the passage?

A) People in non-coastal areas may be taking asubstitute for fish.

B) It is difficult to compare dietary habits of people.

C) Intake of fish may not be attributed to longevity.

D) Objectivity is almost impossible in comparativestudies.

43. Infosys goes beyond resumes and conducts groupdiscussions in its search for personnel for top jobs. Thegroup discussion technique extends the validity of theselection process.

It can be inferred from the passage that

A) Group discussion has emerged as a key techniquein selection processes.

B) Resumes are not sufficient enough to judge apersons worth.C) Comparison between interviews is possible only ingroup discussions.D) Qualitative variations are not evident in resumes.

44. Mindless criticism in literary circles is not a new

phenomenon. Objective analysis is a far dream unlessa literary critic is an author himself.It can be inferred from the passage that

A) Harsh criticism is a phenomenon only in literaryfields.B) Objective analysis of literary works is possible only

when critics are not prejudiced.C) A critic who is an author himself can give moreobjective criticism.D) Attitude toward literary works vary from critic tocritic.

45. Students say they are tired of essay tests. They

believe that the grading is entirely based on theteachers perception and opinion.It can be inferred from the passage that

A) Essay tests are considered as a primitive form ofevaluation.B) Essay tests are criticised for the subjectivityinvolved.C) These tests are characterized by objectivity.D) It is difficult to assess student achievement throughthese tests.

46. Twenty years ago university students opted mainlyfor sciences and arts. Now the trend is engineering andmanagement courses, as these are lucrativeprofessions. Students will again opt for sciences andarts if these disciplines are as remunerative as theothers.The argument above is based on

A) An attempt to refute generalisation.B) An appeal to set values and beliefs.C) An analogy between past and the future.D) A hypothesis that is least verifiable.

47. If John is elected as the union president of thecollege, he must be a final year student.It can be inferred from the passage that

A) Only John can be elected as union president.B) Only final year students can be elected as unionpresident.C) Some final year students must be selected to theunion.D) John did not refuse to serve the union.

48. Analysing quantified data qualitatively has begunto generate major breakthroughs in social science


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research, which brings us to Prof. Raos fascinatingdoctoral thesis on joint family system.Which of the following can be properly inferred from thepassage?

A) Quantified data are the most important source insocial science research.

B) Prof Rao is the first researcher to carry out

qualitative analysis.C) Social science researchers are contributingimmensely to quantitative analyses.D) Prof. Raos thesis offers new insights into itssubject, based on qualitative analysis of quantifieddata.

49.Statistics reveal that during the past two years, anincreasing number of youth between seventeen andtwenty five years of age have been injured or killed inBangalore road accidents. Ninety percent of these menwere riding 100 cc motor bikes.It can be inferred from the passage that people would

most likely favour legislation that prohibitedA) Young men belonging to the given age group riding100 cc bikes.B) Young men under the age of seventeen riding twowheelers.C) Young men riding two wheelers on highways.D) Young men riding powerful bikes at peak hours.

50.In the near future, blood banks will start screeningdonors for HIV virus. The screening test disqualifiesnearly 8 percent of donors.It can be inferred from the statements that

A) The incidence of HIV positive cases will go up toeight percent.B) The demand for blood from banks will fluctuate.C) Donations are likely to become less frequent.D) The blood supply in blood banks is likely to go down.

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