A recent survey of those entering the IIMs casts doubt on the generally accepted theory that most of the students accepted into IIMs were from engineering background instead it postulated that the people coming with 2 or more years of experience in industry constituted the majority of them. But a close scrutiny of the findings, demonstrated, with the trends indicating that about 75% of the new entrants among experienced professionals had come from engineering background.

Which of the following is a logical conclusion of the passage above?

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In the recent advertising industry awards, the Nirma washing powder campaign was awarded for being the best campaign ever undertaken in the Indian industry and owes its influence to its ability to reach the masses. The architect of this successful campaign said that the most important rule of advertising is, that it is rarely necessary to say something about the product being sold in an advertisement in order to boost sales. Rather, one only needs to attract the attention of the potential customer, memory does the rest.

Which of the following statements is assumed by the passage?

The judicial system should take a clue from thefollowing report and take urgent corrective measures. There has been a startling revelation in the recent report released by Amnesty International, which says that now the first time criminals who are sent to prison for cases of petty crimes are more likely to return to prison for more serious crimes than had been ever before.

Which of the following is the most reasonable conclusion that can be drawn from the statements above?

Ambulances may soon become a vehicle of past with the increasing incursion of helicopters in the area previously under domain of transferring of emergency cases safely and speedily from one place to another. Because of the utility of helicopters, many hospitals have decided to obtain them and use them instead of ambulances.

Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the rationale behind the hospitals' plan to procure helicopters?

The Constitution of the country says that any militant captured should be immediately handed over to the army for further investigation. The Police Act states that any person under its custody should be handed only after getting permission from the courts.

Which of the following conclusions can most properly be drawn from the information above?

The recent showdown between India and Pakistan as an aftermath of attack on Indian Parliament had an immense impact on the economies of the two countries. The total annual spending on arms by the two countries before the attack on parliament was about US$15 Billion and after the standoff at border it stood at a staggering US $35 Billon.

The argument above depends on which of the following assumptions?

In ancient Indian kingdoms, huge and magnificent temples were built with different scenes from the lives of gods presented in the form of paintings or carvings on the surface of the temples. Like religious books Ramayana and Mahabharata, they related stories of important events, depicted gods, and functioned as a record to present stories and actions of gods for general public who could not read the scriptures.

The author of this passage makes his point by

A kite is a decorated craft made of paper and cloth, and coloured stripes are used to make different designs on its surface. It is used as a pastime, with people of all age groups flying it. This particular kite was made in Gujarat. I know this for a fact since I bought it in the Gujarat Handicraft Emporium on my most recent trip to Ahmedabad.

Which of the following, if true, would lend strongest support to the conclusion that the author’s kite was made in Gujarat?

Although the phenomenon of global warming was previously thought to have been prevalent in Antarctic region only, but findings reported by an expedition of Russian scientists to Arctic region have found that there has been considerable decrease in the ice sheets in these parts of the world, which are mainly attributed to as a direct result of global warming. This can help us in concluding that even the Arctic Circle is now under the influence of global warming.

Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion of the argument above?

A well-known phrase says 'Best of the friends make the worst of the Enemies'.

Which of the following is the most reliable conclusion to be drawn from the above provided phrase?

In the year 2000, university students devoted more time to research work, per month, than they did in 1999. Undergraduate students, however, spent less time per month on their research work in 2000 than they did in 1999.

Which of the following can be validly concluded from the information above?

Nobody who wanted to buy tickets to the benefit concert had ever seen the Carnatic musician performance. Because of high demand, only people who had never seen the Carnatic musician performance were able to buy tickets for the benefit concert. So everyone who wanted to buy a ticket to the concert was able to

In order for this argument to be logically correct, it must also be true that

Red ants have evolved a sophisticated defense mechanisms against various predators that raid their colonies. For example, worker ants detect a raiding ant from a rival colony at the entrance to their colony, the worker ants release warning signals which cause other ants to swarm around and sting the intruder. This makes it difficult to understand why when a swallow, which sometimes eats red ants, is detected just at the entrance to colony, no swarm-inducing signal is produced.

Which of the following, if true, contributes most to an explanation of the behavior of red ants as it is described above?

In 1950, the population of Ludhiana city was about 75,000, with only about 1000 of its inhabitants being non-Punjabis. In recent census of 1991, however, it was found that population of the city has increased to over 20,00,000 with nearly three fourth of its inhabitants coming from outside Punjab.

If the statements above are true, all of the following statements concerning Ludhiana could also be true EXCEPT

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Historians have usually believed that the British introduced Christianity in India. But recent findings by archaeologists clearly show that the advent of Christianity possibly pre-dates the arrival of British in India.

Which of the following provides the best evidence for the author’s conclusion?

The National Electricity Grid Act, which comes into effect next May, will be good for state electricity boards because it will eliminate the electricity losses occurring due to existing problems in transfer of surplus electricity efficiently from one state to another. The act will also help streamline the tariff levied by National Grid Corporation on each of state electricity boards. Also as an incentive, government has announced a partial subsidy for the electricity being bought from National Grid by State Electricity Boards. This will lead to savings of 10 percent for each of the state electricity board. These savings can be passed along to customers, thereby promoting higher sales and profits.

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument that the National Electricity Grid Act will be good for State Electricity Boards?

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Archaeologists have discovered various paintings on the walls and ceiling of a cave found in the Andaman Islands. The entrance of the cave had been blocked by an earthquake in the 5^th century BC and was only recently cleared by another earthquake. Since someone had to paint the paintings, archeologists have concluded that people lived on these islands since time earlier than the 5^th century.

Which of the following pieces of additional evidence would most seriously weaken the archaeologists’ conclusion?

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What we call International law is simply the sum total of the treaties and unofficial agreements between countries. These agreements can be simply ignored at will by the parties involved. Laws are rules that are to be followed only when and where it is convenient to do so.

Which of the following assumptions is essential to the argument above?

Why stop students from cheating? For most of the students, cheating is just another part of their studies, which is not taught by the teachers, but which they learn by themselves. This view of children towards education is very bad and needs to be changed. The parents and the teachers should make it a point to discuss the ill effects of this practice with children. They should know that if cheating was promoted, no individuality or progress would have taken place. How would have new inventions and technologies been developed? Therefore, in order to make a successful long term career, children should refrain from cheating.

The point of the passage is made chiefly by

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Only an MP from XYZ region would oppose the bill for population control law that aims to help control the burgeoning population of the country. Mr. R. P. Singh cannot be the MP from that XYZ region because he supports the bill.

Which of the following statements points out why the conclusion is invalidly drawn?

Rashmi was born in 1989 and in 1998, she was nine years old. It is clear from this example that the last two digits of a person’s birth year will be the same as the last two digits of the year of that person’s 9^th birthday, except that the position of the digits will be reversed.

Which of the following is the best criticism of the assertions made?