XAT 2018 Question Paper

XAT 2018VARC · 26qDILR · 9qQA · 46qDM · 18q99 questions+1 / −0.25

Verbal Ability & RCQ1–Q26 · 26 questions

1

Reading ComprehensionMEDIUM

Based on the passage, which of the following options would be the most appropriate for citizens to learn history?

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2

Reading ComprehensionEASY

Which of the following options is the closest to the essence of the passage?

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3

Reading ComprehensionEASY

Read the following sentences:
1. A historian successfully predicted a political crisis based on similar events of the last century.
2. Using the latest technology, doctors could decipher the microbe causing the disease.
3. Students who prepared for an examination by perusing past 10 years' question papers did not do well in the examination.
4. A tribe in Andaman learns to predict epidemic outbreaks by listening to the stories of how their ancestors predicted the past outbreaks.
Which of the statement(s) above, if true would contradict the view of the author?

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4

Reading ComprehensionMEDIUM

According to Peirce, for a particular thought, which of the following statements will be correct?

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5

Reading ComprehensionHARD

"A candidate has applied for XAT". According to Peirce, it indicates that:

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6

Reading ComprehensionMEDIUM

Which of the following words is the closest in meaning to "dilettantism"?

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7

Reading ComprehensionMEDIUM

A person thinks that s/he has to keep awake for twenty hours in a day to score well in an examination, but is awake for only fifteen hours.
For the above statement, which of the following options will be right, according to Peirce?

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Reading ComprehensionHARD

Which of the following statements captures the essence of the passage?

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9

Reading ComprehensionHARD

Which of the following options would most likely be an example of the hard problem?

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10

Reading ComprehensionHARD

Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?

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11

Reading ComprehensionHARD

While labor is capital, it is poles apart from each other because:

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12

Reading ComprehensionMEDIUM

According to the passage, what does the working class subsists on?

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13

Reading ComprehensionMEDIUM

Which of the following statements will be true, according to the passage?

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14

Para JumblesMEDIUM

Read the Following statements and answer the question that follows:

1. But its most advanced formulation is called superstring theory, which even predicts the precise number of dimensions: ten.
2. However, the theory has already swept across the major physics research laboratories of the world and has irrevocably altered the scientific landscape of modern physics, generating a staggering number of research papers in the scientific literature (over 5,000 by one count).
3. Scientifically, the hyperspace theory goes by the names of Kaluza-Klein theory and supergravity.
4. The usual three dimensions of space (length, width, and breadth) and one of time are now extended by six more spatial dimensions.
5. We caution that the theory of hyperspace has not yet been experimentally confirmed and would, in fact, be exceedingly difficult to prove in the laboratory.
Rank the above five statements so as to make it a logical sequence:

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Para JumblesMEDIUM

Read the Following statements and answer the question that follows:

1. It is less appealing, but morally more urgent, to understand the actions of the perpetrators.
2. It is easy to sanctify policies or identities by the deaths of the victims.
3. The victims were people; a true identification with them would involve grasping their lives rather than grasping at their deaths.
4. The moral danger, after all, is never that one might become a victim but that one might be a perpetrator or a bystander.
5. By definition the victims are dead, and unable to defend themselves from the use that others make of their deaths.
Rank the above five statements so as to make it a logical sequence:

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Critical ReasoningEASY

Read the following paragraph and answer the question that follows:

Arti is planning for higher studies and her future goals include working as a manager of a non-profit organization designed to provide assistance to under-represented populations. Arti researched the mission statements of various colleges and discovered that college X, a small private college with a fee of Rs. 8 lakhs per year, was dedicated to producing compassionate and curious leaders. College Y, a large institute with a fee of Rs. 9 lakh per year, promoted itself as a leading research facility. Based on her research, she decided to apply to college X rather than College Y.

Which of the following options is the most likely explanation of Arti's decision?

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17

Para SummaryMEDIUM

Carefully read the following statement:

The payoff from ________ in education is so ______ and _______ that it is almost ________ as a predictor of economic change over a five to ten year period.

Fill in the blanks meaningfully, in the above statement, from the following options.

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Para SummaryMEDIUM

Carefully read the following paragraphs:

The Lannisters had ______ gold than the Tyrells until the Lannister army sacked Highgarden and took the Tyrell fortune to pay back the Iron Bank. On the other hand, the Northern army has ______ than 10,000 men and therefore, Jon needs to bend the knee to Daenerys. What happens in the story next is dependent on George R. Martin, the writer of the series. For ______, he has not written anything further and we hope George R. Martin will get around to finishing the book _______. But as it happens, ________, book releases are delayed.

Fill in the blanks meaningfully, in the above paragraph, from the following options.

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19

Grammar and Sentence CorrectionMEDIUM

Which of the following sentences contains correct and meaningful usage of the underlined words?

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20

Reading ComprehensionMEDIUM

How are the words "freewill", "fate" and "will" used in the poem above?

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21

Reading ComprehensionMEDIUM

Which of the following is the closest interpretation of "lovers have some secrets that they keep"?

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22

Critical ReasoningEASY

Read the following paragraph and answer the question that follows:

The size of oceanic waves is a function of the velocity of the wind and of fetch, the length of the surface of the water subject to those winds. The average impact of waves against a coastline is a function of the size of the waves and the shape of the sea bottom. The degree of erosion on coastline is a function of the average impact of waves and the geologic composition of the coastline.

According to the above paragraph, which of the following options will be true?

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23

Critical ReasoningMEDIUM

Read the following paragraph and answer the question that follows:

Indian religious and ethical space is different from that of the western countries. The Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, the Ramayana, and the Mahabharata etc. enrich Indian religious and social space. Details of the treatment of human values and Dharmas have a long tradition. They are often compared, contrasted and debated by the characters in the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. In the process, it has given birth to a tradition of dharma, which has been transferred from generation to generation. Ethical discourse was not a one-time affair. From time to time, religious leaders from various regions of India nourished and strengthened the Indian ethical arena. Tiruvalluvar (second century B.C.), Kabir from Uttar Pradesh (fifteenth century A.D.), Nanak from Punjab (fifteenth century A.D), Alvars and Nayanmars of Tamil Nadu (eighth century A.D.), Basaveswara of Karnataka (Twelfth century A.D.), Sri Chaitanya (Sixteenth century) were prominent.

Which of the following assumptions will make the above paragraph redundant?

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24

Critical ReasoningMEDIUM

Read the following statement:

A manager seeks approval for conducting a training programme on 'openness'. He puts forward the following arguments in favour of the program to his CEO.

Which of the following arguments is the least likely to have a logical fallacy?

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25

Critical ReasoningHARD

Read the following paragraph:

"Music probably does something interesting," explains neuropsychologist Catherine Loveday of the University of Westminster. "It stimulates the brain in a very powerful way, because of our emotional connection with it." Unlike brain-games, playing an instrument is a rich and complex experience. This is because it's integrating information from senses like vision, hearing, and touch, along with fine movements. This can result in long-lasting changes in the brain. This can also be applicable in the business world.

Go through the following statements:
1. Playing a musical instrument is a unique experience involving vision, hearing and touch.
2. Instrumental musicians are far more creative than vocalists.
3. Playing brain games does not integrate various senses and movements as much as playing a musical instrument.
4. Integrating the five senses is critical in the business world.

Which of the above statements can definitely be interpreted based on the passage above?

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Para SummaryMEDIUM

Carefully read the following statement:

Though he thought of himself as a/an ______ person, his boss's abusive behaviour made him talk back. However, as he engaged in a/an _______ with his boss, all he got in response was a/an _______, which only filled him with _____

Fill in the blanks meaningfully, in the above statement, from the following options:

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Data Interpretation & LRQ27–Q35 · 9 questions

27

SchedulingMEDIUM

What will be the minimum time required to deliver a parcel at Kharagpur office from Jamshedpur station and come back to Jamshedpur station?

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SchedulingHARD

An employee, starting from Howrah station, has to deliver one parcel at Kharagpur office and another parcel at Jamshedpur office. His task starts the moment he boards the train at Howrah station, and gets completed immediately after delivering the second parcel.

Which of the following trains should he board at Howrah station to minimize the time required to complete his task?

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SchedulingHARD

An employee, starting from Kharagpur station, has to deliver one parcel at Howrah office and another parcel at Jamshedpur office. His task starts the moment he boards the train at Kharagpur station, and gets completed immediately after delivering the second parcel.

Which of the following trains should he board at Kharagpur station to minimize the time required to complete the task?

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30

Games and TournamnentsMEDIUM

Which of the following matches are yet to be played?

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31

Games and TournamnentsMEDIUM

Which of the following score line is a possible outcome in the tournament?

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32

Games and TournamnentsMEDIUM

Which of the following score line is not a possible outcome in the tournament?

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33

ChartsMEDIUM

Which of the following, shows the maximum year to year percentage growth in feedback?

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34

ChartsMEDIUM

Count the number of instances in which "annual decreasing efforts in research" is accompanied with "annual increase in feedback"?

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35

ChartsMEDIUM

Research efficiency is the ratio of cumulative number of publication for a period of 3 years to the cumulative number of hours spent on research activity in those 3 years. Which of the following professors is the least efficient researcher for the period 2015 to 2017?

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Quantitative AbilityQ36–Q81 · 46 questions

36

Number SystemsEASY

Find the value of the expression: $10 + 10^3 + 10^6 + 10^9$

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37

Time and WorkEASY

Abdul, Bimal, Charlie and Dilbar can finish a task in 10, 12, 15 and 18 days respectively. They can either choose to work or remain absent on a particular day. If 50 percent of the total work gets completed after 3 days, then, which of the following options is possible?

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38

GeometryEASY

If the diagonals of a rhombus of side 15 cm are in the ratio 3:4, find the area of the rhombus.

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39

Profit and LossEASY

The price of a product is P. A shopkeeper raises its price by X% and then offers a discount of Y% on the raised price. The discounted price again becomes P. If Y is the difference between X and Y, then find X.

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40

Mixtures and SolutionsMEDIUM

A mixture comprises water and liquids A and B. The volume of water is 1/3rd of the total mixture and the volume of liquids A and B are in the ratio 5:3. To remove the water, the mixture is passed through a porous medium which completely absorbs the water and partially absorbs liquid A. Altogether this porous medium absorbs 200 ml of the initial mixture. If the ratio of volume of liquids A and B in the residual concentrated mixture becomes 7:9 then find the volume of water absorbed by the porous medium.

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Probability, CombinatoricsHARD

A coin of radius 3 cm is randomly dropped on a square floor full of square shaped tiles of side 10 cm each. What is the probability that the coin will land completely within a tile? In other words, the coin should not cross the edge of any tile.

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42

GeometryMEDIUM

It takes 2 liters to paint the surface of a solid sphere. If this solid sphere is sliced into 4 identical pieces, how many liters will be required to paint all the surfaces of these 4 pieces.

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43

Time, Speed and DistanceEASY

Every day a person walks at a constant speed, $V_1$ for 30 minutes. On a particular day, after walking for 10 minutes at $V_1$ , he rested for 5 minutes. He finished the remaining distance of his regular walk at a constant speed, $V_2$ , in another 30 minutes. On that day, find the ratio of $V_2$ and his average speed (i.e., total distance covered /total time taken including resting time).

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44

Time, Speed and DistanceMEDIUM

A boat, stationed at the North of a lighthouse, is making an angle of 30° with the top of the lighthouse. Simultaneously, another boat, stationed at the East of the same lighthouse, is making an angle of 45° with the top of the lighthouse. What will be the shortest distance between these two boats? The height of the lighthouse is 300 feet. Assume both the boats are of negligible dimensions.

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Quadratic EquationsMEDIUM

Two different quadratic equations have a common root. Let the three unique roots of the two equations be A, B and C - all of them are positive integers. If (A + B + C) = 41 and the product of the roots of one of the equations is 35, which of the following options is definitely correct?

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Number SystemsMEDIUM

An antique store has a collection of eight clocks. At a particular moment, the displayed times on seven of the eight clocks were as follows: 1:55 pm, 2:03 pm, 2:11 pm, 2:24 pm, 2:45 pm, 3:19 pm and 4:14 pm. If the displayed times of all eight clocks form a mathematical series, then what was the displayed time on the remaining clock?

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Averages, Ratio and ProportionEASY

The number of boys in a school was 30 more than the number of girls. Subsequently, a few more girls joined the same school. Consequently, the ratio of boys and girls became 3:5. Find the minimum number of girls, who joined subsequently.

Assume that there was at least one girl at the start.

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48

Time, Speed and DistanceMEDIUM

A girl travels along a straight line, from point A to B at a constant speed, $V_1$ meters/sec for T seconds. Next, she travels from point B to C along a straight line, at a constant speed of $V_2$ meters/sec for another T seconds. BC makes an angle 105° with AB. If CA makes an angle 30° with BC, how much time will she take to travel back from point C to A at a constant speed of $V_2$ meters/sec, if she travels along a straight line from C to A?

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49

Venn DiagramsHARD

In the final semester, an engineering college offers three elective courses and one mandatory course. A student has to register for exactly three courses: two electives and the mandatory course. The registration in three of the four courses is: 45, 55 and 70. What will be the number of students in the elective with the lowest registration?

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50

Number SystemsMEDIUM

X and Y are the digits at the unit's place of the numbers (408X) and (789Y) where X ≠ Y. However, the digits at the unit's place of the numbers $(408X)^{63}$ and $(789Y)^{85}$ are the same. What will be the possible value(s) of (X + Y)?

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51

InequalitiesHARD

If $2 \leq |x - 1| \times |y + 3| \leq 5$ and both $x$ and $y$ are negative integers, find the number of possible combinations of $x$ and $y$ .

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52

Number SystemsHARD

David has an interesting habit of spending money. He spends exactly £X on the Xth day of a month. For example, he spends exactly £5 on the 5th of any month. On a few days in a year, David noticed that his cumulative spending during the last 'four consecutive days' can be expressed as $2^N$ where N is a natural number. What can be the possible value(s) of N?

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53

GeometryMEDIUM

A cone of radius 4 cm with a slant height of 12 cm was sliced horizontally, resulting into a smaller cone (upper portion) and a frustum (lower portion). If the ratio of the curved surface area of the upper smaller cone and the lower frustum is 1:2, what will be the slant height of the frustum?

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54

GeometryHARD

Two circles with radius 2R and R $\sqrt{2}$ intersect each other at points A and B. The centers of both the circles are on the same side of AB. O is the center of the bigger circle and ∠AOB is 60°. Find the area of the common region between two circles.

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Data SufficiencyHARD

These statements provide data that may help answer the respective questions. Read the questions and the statements and determine if the data provided by the statements is sufficient or insufficient, on their own or together, to answer the questions. Accordingly, choose the appropriate option given below the questions.

A group of six friends noticed that the sum of their ages is the square of a prime number. What is the average age of the group?

Statement I: All members are between 50 and 85 years of age.
Statement II: The standard deviation of their ages is 4.6.

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Data SufficiencyMEDIUM

These statements provide data that may help answer the respective questions. Read the questions and the statements and determine if the data provided by the statements is sufficient or insufficient, on their own or together, to answer the questions. Accordingly, choose the appropriate option given below the questions.

Harry and Sunny have randomly picked 5 cards each from a pack of 10 cards, numbered from 1 to 10. Who has randomly picked the card with number 2 written on it?

Statement I: Sum of the numbers on the cards picked by Harry is 5 more than that of Sunny.
Statement II: One has exactly four even numbered cards while the other has exactly four odd numbered cards.

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57

EconomicsEASY

Which of the following is not a Cryptocurrency?

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58

People and AwardsHARD

Who won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2017?

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59

EconomicsMEDIUM

What is Showrooming?

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60

Politics and GovernanceHARD

Which of these have not been included in Government of India Act, 1935?

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61

Politics and GovernanceMEDIUM

What is Article 35 a: of Indian Constitution?

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62

GeographyHARD

Which of the following is not a landlocked country?

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Important OrganizationsMEDIUM

Which of the following options is the correct list of core industries as defined by IIP?

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64

International GKMEDIUM

Match the surnames of head of states (former or current) to the countries.

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65

GeographyHARD

Match the following Indus Valley sites to the states:

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Important OrganizationsHARD

Which of the following Indian business houses (conglomerate) started its operation with companies like Philips Carbon Black, Asian Cables, Agarpara Jute and Murphy(India)?

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67

GeographyHARD

Which of the following spacecrafts, in 2017, plunged into the planet it was exploring?

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68

Current AffairsHARD

The Time magazine’s person of the year 2017 is:

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69

GeographyHARD

Which of the following is NOT one of the World Heritage Sites?

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70

CultureHARD

Match the Music festivals to their states:

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71

EconomicsMEDIUM

If a company encourages its employees to use its own products to understand customers’ perception, then the company is engaging in:

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72

Banking Computer KnowledgeHARD

Which of the following is not a video streaming service?

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73

GeographyHARD

Which of the following is not a French overseas territory?

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74

International GKMEDIUM

Match the rockets/missions to their space agencies:

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75

Old Current AffairsHARD

Who is the independent athlete to win a gold medal at 2016 Summer Olympics?

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76

HeadquartersMEDIUM

Which of the following mobile manufacturing companies DOES NOT have its headquarters in China?

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77

People and AwardsHARD

Name the only Indian (or from Indian origin) to win Abel Prize?

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78

Banking AwarenessMEDIUM

What is a Hundi?

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79

Capitals and CurrenciesHARD

Windhoek, Suva and Ulaanbaatar are the capital cities of:

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80

Old Current AffairsMEDIUM

Which of the following is the most recent club to join ISL?

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81

Important OrganizationsMEDIUM

Match the brands with the companies:

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Decision MakingQ82–Q99 · 18 questions

82

Decision MakingMEDIUM

Sayed feared Palani's transfer may pull down the performance of the branch, as he felt Palani was transferred due to his poor performance in the previous branch.

Which of the following information will most likely assuage Sayed's fear?

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83

Decision MakingMEDIUM

Three months later, Palani submitted local travel bills to Satyender for reimbursement. Satyender realized that the bill amount was 30% higher than expected.

Which of the following options, if true, will enable Satyender take a decision that shall set a precedent, which is least likely to be misused in the future?

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84

Decision MakingEASY

Satyender is allocating territories to his subordinates for the coming financial year. So far, Palani's performance has been poor and this allocation will decide his future in the organization.

Which of the following information will be the least useful to Satyender in taking a fair allocation decision?

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85

Decision MakingEASY

Two years after the handing over, Sudarshan was concerned that none of the companies, except one, is profitable.

Which of the following information, if true, will most likely reduce Sudarshan's concerns?

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86

Decision MakingEASY

Some of the senior employees who left Lal & Sons in recent past have complained to Sudarshan that the long cherished values of the organization such as respect for elders, job security etc. are being compromised.

Which of the following options, if true, will indicate to Sudarshan that the employees are misleading him?

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87

Decision MakingEASY

Chhaganlal Jha, the CEO, was certain that someone in his leadership team was leaking information to Sudarshan Lal, well before Chhaganlal communicated.

Given the following options, how best should Chagganlal Jha respond to this situation?

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88

Decision MakingMEDIUM

Jonathan realized that he has limited arms and ammunition to fight on all the three fronts simultaneously. Therefore, he planned to double the arms and ammunition which will take a few years. When this news reached Emily and Rose they held a secret meeting to discuss the situation.

Which of the following actions, by Emily and Rose, will be the best suited to delay Jonathan's plan?

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89

Decision MakingHARD

Jonathan aims to invade and annex Kingdom K once and for all.

Which of the following options will best enable him to accomplish the ambition?

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90

Decision MakingEASY

King Summer Sault was growing tired of the warring tribes, who slowed down the overall economic development of Kingdom K.

Which of the following is the best option for King Summer Sault to focus on economic development?

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91

Decision MakingEASY

Post this public allegation, the share price of Ratan Brothers started falling.

Which of the following is the best option for Ava to immediately stem the falling stock prices?

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92

Decision MakingEASY

Under pressure from media and suppliers, Ava constituted a cross-functional committee of senior executives to investigate Dev and Sons' allegation against Bhushan. The committee exonerated Bhushan. However, rumors within the organization began to spread that the decision was influenced by nepotism.

Which of the following should be the best response from Ava?

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93

Decision MakingMEDIUM

A few months after the issue of Dev and Sons, a vigilance committee discovered some financial irregularities attributable to Bhushan in his earlier stint as a senior manager in marketing. The board of directors was concerned about this and demanded a response from the CEO.

Ava contemplated following responses:
1. Offer to resign from the post of CEO, since as the CEO she is ultimately responsible for everything in the organization.
2. Sack Bhushan immediately and make the reason public.
3. Have a town hall meeting with all the employees and deny any financial irregularities in the organization.
4. Communicate to the board that as the CEO, the organization's financial health is her top priority, on which she has delivered stellar performance in the last five years.
5. Inform the board that Bhushan was promoted because his initiatives helped the company immensely.

Which of the following sequence of actions is the most appropriate for Ava?

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94

Decision MakingEASY

All three approached a wise man for the settlement of the ownership dispute.

Which of the following is the best option available for the wise man?

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95

Decision MakingMEDIUM

Six months later, the three realized that the solution offered by the wise man in the previous question wasn't working to the satisfaction of all, because it did not help them find the appropriate value of resources. Therefore, they reverted to status quo ante. After one year, all three of them wanted to construct a house each, on their respective property. Three types of resources-1.Timber, 2.water and 3.stone & sand- were required to build a house. While each had one resource in abundance none of them had all the three in sufficient quantity. They still could not come to an agreement on how to fairly value and use each other's resources to construct the house. They again approached the wise man for advice.

The wise man studied the situation carefully and proposed the following actions:
1. The governing body of the United Federation of Islands, of which the island hill is a part, should take ownership of all the three properties and construct houses for the three.
2. Each person should own one third of each of the resources.
3. The three persons should arrive at the value of resources by trading the resources among them.
Which of the following is the most appropriate in the best interests of A, B and C?

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96

Decision MakingEASY

Ramesh formed a committee to look into this matter and the committee came up with the following suggestions:
1. Create a fund to take care of immediate family expenses.
2. Finance the school and college education of his children.
3. Sponsor the vocational education of his wife and subsequently help her find a job.
4. Purchase insurance for all the family members.
5. Request all employees of the organization to contribute towards the welfare of the family.

Which of the following options, from the above suggestions, will be the most sustainable for Pankaj's family?

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97

Decision MakingMEDIUM

Ramesh, along with senior managers, was in the process of designing a policy to deal with such issues in the future.

Which of the following policy statements will be the least amenable to misuse in the future?

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98

Decision MakingEASY

While Madhuri Apte's studio apartment gets good feedback on other aspects, many seem unhappy as they found the operation of the digital lock complicated.

Which of the following options is the best for Madhuri Apte in this context?

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99

Decision MakingMEDIUM

Madhuri's apartment received good feedback from the guests, except with respect to the operation of the digital lock. She decided to leave a spare physical key in the house for her guests. Recently some of the guests had forgotten to leave the key behind during checkout. Making a spare key will cost $500 and will take about 10 days to arrive. She was confused if she should continue leaving the spare key and was looking for a way out.

Which of the following would be the best way out for her?

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