Read the short passages and answer the questions that follow each passage. Key in your answer using the virtual keyboard provided below.
Fabulous food is as ubiquitous in Bangkok as terrible traffic. At any time of day or night, mouthwatering Thai meals are available just about everywhere: at streetside restaurants, market stalls, trendy cafes and five-star hotels. Despite the infinite scope of excellent eats, visitors often end up with bellies full of insipid Pseudo-Thai fare that locals woundn't go near. Which of the following, if true, best explains the situation?
1] Thai food only looks appealing but tastes bland.
2] Following complaints about chillies, the plates dished out to foreigners by local shops are devoid of any spices.
3] Only locals know what to order for from Thai foodstalls.
An advertisement for cell phones runs: There are no lower airtime rates than Command has to offer. Following the advertisement, users actually flocked to Command mobile phones. In the passage, what is the assumption made by the mobile phone company to attract customers?
1] Lower airtime rates means fewer bills to pay.
2] People first look for a phone with lower airtime rates before considering other features.
3] Lower airtime rates are always a good advertisement gimmick.
4] People prefer a good phone and features like lower airtime rates is even better.
A. Mosaic is the art of decorating a surface - particularly a floor - with tesserae, tiny, often coloured, purposefully cut bits of stone, glass or the like.
B. While unique in technique, the medium has been frequently imitative in content, whether it was copying great (now lost) paintings, rugs (or other textiles) or architectural elements.
C. Indeed, the motivation for creating tesserae was likely in order to achieve the fineness of detail that allowed for the copying of paintings or painterly effects.
D. There's something inherently illusionistic in this plagiaristic intent behind early mosaics.
A. To my eyes, the closest equivalent to the Rowling phenomenon, regarding both the dispersion of the work worldwide, as well as its sheer popularity, was Agatha Christie.
B. She was another competent - but really very basic - writer, but brilliant storyteller (note: plotting is not writing).
C. In a Christie novel, everything is subordinate to the plot/puzzle du jour, and every book is brought to a conclusive ending.
D. For that matter, it appears that one of the main pillars of the original Mystery genre, the classic 'puzzler', died with Christie, for very few later authors appear to have attempted it since her death.
A. In this era of bardolatry, it was shocking to learn that 17th-century writer John Dryden felt himself to be qualitatively superior to Shakespeare, Jonson and Fletcher.
B. Dryden also believed himself to be so much superior in talent and taste to John Milton, his older contemporary, that he felt compelled to re-write Paradise Lost in dramatic form.
C. Not all of Dryden's contemporaries agreed with his assessment of his own abilities and accomplishments.
D. One prominent dissenter was Andrew Marvell, who wrote a poem which was published at the beginning of the second edition of Paradise Lost (1674).
Each question is a logical sequence of statements with a missing link, the location of which is shown by a blank. From the four choices available, choose the one which best fits the sequence logically. Key in your answer using the virtual keyboard provided below.
For most people, typing is not the ideal way to interface with computers. If we could speak to our machines, even the most confirmed luddite would use them more enthusiastically. ______ Why?
1] Nonetheless, computers remain more or less deaf and mute.
2] There will be more people buying more computers and using them.
3] However, some resistance to using computers will always remain.
4] It is almost certain that new technologies that permit us to communicate with computers will be available within a decade.
Each question is a logical sequence of statements with a missing link, the location of which is shown by a blank. From the four choices available, choose the one which best fits the sequence logically. Key in your answer using the virtual keyboard provided below.
______ Were the charge fair, it would be reassuring, since ancient Hinduism was tolerant in its own way. But the BJP has no desire to go back to ancient Hinduism. Many of its leaders belong to the Arya Samaj sect that eschews idol worship and castigates traditional Hinduism.
1] The BJP's leaders are embroiled in corruption cases.
2] The BJP has been accused of religious fundamentalism.
3] Unlike other large political parties, which blow with the prevailing wind, the BJP has been known to take a hard and unyielding stand on religious matters.
4] The BJP has been charged with stirring up religious controversies for political advantage.
Each question is a logical sequence of statements with a missing link, the location of which is shown by a blank. From the four choices available, choose the one which best fits the sequence logically. Key in your answer using the virtual keyboard provided below.
Travelling by train or bus in the West and in India can give one fascinating glimpses of cultural differences. In the West, it is impolite to ask the stranger who happens to be sitting next to you personal questions. So you make inane conversation about the weather. ______ It shows that you are being standoffish.
1] In India, on the other hand, family is important.
2] You cannot speak about anything else.
3] In India, it is in fact impolite not to ask personal questions.
4] In India, too, personal questions are frowned upon.
Each question is a logical sequence of statements with a missing link, the location of which is shown by a blank. From the four choices available, choose the one which best fits the sequence logically. Key in your answer using the virtual keyboard provided below.
Contrary to its typical fast-food incarnation, Mexican cuisine is not necessarily spicy or greasy. Its form usually depends on the region it comes from and the food crops that are locally available. ______ New Mexican cuisine is the oldest.
1] Cultural taxonomists acknowledge at least four major varieties.
2] It takes several generations of selective cross-breeding to come up with a new class of pepper.
3] The acceptance of chili pepper has been rising as the virtues of this vegetable are uncovered.
4] The fiery heat of the cuisine appeals to thrill-seekers, the sporting parallel being bungee-jumping.
A. Some Indian companies have emerged to be among the world's most competitive entities and, therefore, they strategize synergies between the domestic units and foreign acquisitions.
B. Some of the few high-profile bids made recently by Indian entrepreneurs have, no doubt, demonstrated their confidence and ambition.
C. The growing economic upsurge in the present times may compel India to intensify its global quest.
D. The rapid growth in large developing countries - prominently India and China - can be a growing cause of concern about shortfall of key resources and inputs for their economic expansion.
I feel sometimes mocks set RCs like a logical reasoning question. Like every word is a variable, which will solve the puzzle. if you miss any word, basss, gone.. 3 marks gone, or maybe more.. Instead of testing the overall comprehension level of a student, I don't know what are they testing.
Dr. Chavvi Bhargava Sharma, Dean, Faculty of Management Studies, Manav Rachna International University discusses the changing landscape of management education.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7zv-sF9A-4