1. Directions: Answer the following questions based on the statements given below: (i) There are 3 poles on each side of the road. (ii) These six poles are labelled A - B - C - D - E and F. (iii) The poles are of diff erent colours namely golden - silver - metallic - black - bronze and white. (iv) The poles are of diff erent heights. (v) E - the tallest pole - is exactly opposite to the golden coloured pole. (vi) The shortest pole is exactly opposite to the metallic coloured pole. (vii) D - the black coloured polo - is located between A and D. (viii) C - the bronze coloured pole - is exactly opposite to A. (ix) B - the metallic coloured pole - is exactly opposite to F. (x) A - the white coloured pole - is taller than C but shorter than D and B. Which is the Second tallest pole?

2. In BC a jury in Athens condemned Socrates to death for impiety and corrupting the morals of the youth. Socrates' friends off ered to help him escape - but Socrates refused. Socrates argued that the fact that he had lived in Athens for so many years meant that he had committed himself to obeying its laws. It would therefore be wrong for him to break those very laws he was implicitly committed to obeying. Which one of the following claims constitutes the most plausible challenge to Socrates' argument?

3. Directions: Read the passage and answer the questions based on it.Instead of being concerned with what actually happens in practice ________ [economics] is increasingly reoccupied with developing pseudo mathematical formulas. These provide models of behavior which never quite fit what actually happens - in a way which resembles the physical sciences; one wrong: instead of equations describing reality - economics produces equations describing deal conditions and theoretical clarity of a type which never occurs in practice. Which of the following best summarizes the argument of this paragraph?

4. Directions: A principle/ principles and a fact Situation are given in the following questions. Decide only on the basis of the principle(s). Principles: Freedom consists in making choices out of two or more alternatives. Everyone has freedom to speak. Facts: X says his freedom to speech includes freedom not to speak. X's assertion is

5. Directions: Each question below two words are paired which have certain relationships. Choose the appropriate word from answer options.Botany: Flora:: Zoology:?

6. Directions: Each question contains six statements followed by four sets of combination of three. Choose the Set in which the statements are logically related. Statements: (i) All frogs are amphibians. (ii) All amphibians are not frogs. (iii) All amphibians are cold blooded. (iv) All frogs lay eggs. (v) All amphibians lay eggs. (vi) Frogs are cold blooded.

7. Directions: In each of the following questions two words are paired which have a certain relation. Select a correct option to substitute question-mark so as to make a Similar relational pair with the word given after double colon (::). Lok Sabha: Meira Kumar:: Rajya Sabha:?

8. Directions: In the following questions a question and two arguments are given. Arguments in relation to the question are either weak or strong. Use this key to given your responses. Question: Should private opera tors be allowed to operate pas senger train service in India? Argument I: No - private operators do not agree to operate on non profitable sectors. Argument II: Yes - it will improve the quality of Indian Railway Service.

9. Directions: In the following questions a question and two arguments are given. Arguments in relation to the question are either weak or strong. Use this key to given your responses. Question: Should there be com plete ban on manufacture of fire crackers in India? Argument I: No - This will render thousands of workers jobless. Argument II: Yes - the fire cracker manufacturers use child labour.

10. Directions: In each of the following questions a Statement is followed by two assumptions. These assumptions may or may not be implicit in the statement. Choose the appropriate answer option. Page | 126 Statement: The government has decided to reduce custom duty on computers. Assumption I: The government wants to make computer accessible to larger number of people. Assumption II: Prices in domestic market may go up in near future.

11. Directions: Answer the following questions based on the statements given below: (i) There are 3 poles on each side of the road. (ii) These six poles are labelled A - B - C - D - E and F. (iii) The poles are of diff erent colours namely golden - silver - metallic - black - bronze and white. (iv) The poles are of diff erent heights. (v) E - the tallest pole - is exactly opposite to the golden coloured pole. (vi) The shortest pole is exactly opposite to the metallic coloured pole. (vii) D - the black coloured polo - is located between A and D. (viii) C - the bronze coloured pole - is exactly opposite to A. (ix) B - the metallic coloured pole - is exactly opposite to F. (x) A - the white coloured pole - is taller than C but shorter than D and B. Which is the colour of the tallest pole? Page | 137

12. 'Perhaps the earliest work of Archimedes that we have is that on plane equilibrium. In this - some fundamental principles of mechanics are set forth as rigorous geometric propositions. The work opens with famous postulate equal weights at equal distances are in equilibrium; equal weights at unequal distances are not in equilibrium - but incline toward the weight at the greater distance' According to the above passage - which one of the following values can be assigned to the statement in equal weights at in equal distances are in disequilibrium?

13. Directions: Each question below are given one Statement and two assumptions I and II. Examine the Statements and shade the correct assumption which is implicit in the statement. Statement: 'To keep myself up-to-date - I always listen to 9.00 p.m - news on radio'. A candidate tells the interview board. Assumptions: I. The candidate does not read newspaper. II. Recent news are broadcast only on radio.

14. Directions: Each question below contains a Statement on relationship and a question regarding relationship based on the statement. Introducing a man - a woman said - 'he is the only son of my mother's mother'. How is the woman related to the man?

15. Directions: The following questions comprise of one or more statements. Answer the questions on the basis of the given statement(s). Accept the factual assumptions required by the question - even if you believe that the statement is false. Statement: I. Democrats are secularists. Which of the following statements - if true - would show that the above Statement is false?

16. Directions: Given below are some statements followed by two arguments. Read carefully and decide which of the arguments strongly support the statement. Statement: Should students' union in colleges and universities be abolished? Arguments: (i) Yes - it detracts students from academic and career development. (ii) No - all great leaders have been students' union leaders.

17. Directions: Each question below has two Statements followed by four conclusions I - II - III and IV. You have to accept the given statements to be true - even if they appear to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two statements: Statement I: All researchers are sociologists. Statement II: Some researchers are professors. Page | 136 Conclusions: I. All researchers are professors. II. Some researchers are professors. III. Some professors are sociologists. IV. Some sociologists are researchers.

18. Directions: In each of the following questions - two Statements are given. There may or may not be cause and effect relationship between the two statements. Statement I: Rate of crime is very low in this city. Statement II: The police is efficient in this city.

19. Directions: Each question below contains a Statement and two arguments I and II. Assume the Statement to be true and choose the strong argument from the given arguments. Statement: should the political parties be banned? Arguments: I. Yes. It is necessary to teach a lesson to the politicians. II. No. it will lead to an end of democracy.

20. Direction: The question contains two statements and two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and decide which of the given conclusion(s) logically follow(s) from the two given statements.

21. Directions: In each of the following questions - a related pair of words is followed by four pairs of words or phrases. Select the pair that best expresses a relationship Similar to the one expressed in the question pair. Sorrow: Misery

22. Directions: Given below is a pair of events I and II. You have to decide their nature of relationship. Assume that the given information is correct and final. I. Inflation rate in India has come down. II. Reserve Bank of India has increased interest-rate.

23. Utilitarians believe that the right action is that which produces the most happiness. Which of the following claims is incompatible with the utilitarian view?

24. Directions: Each question below are given one Statement and two assumptions I and II. Examine the Statements and shade the correct assumption which is implicit in the statement. Statement: The patient's condition would improve after operation. Assumptions: I. The patient's can be operated upon in this condition. II. The patient cannot be operated upon in this condition

25. Protagonists of human rights vehemently oppose capital punishment. Their opposition stems mainly from three reasons. Firstly - man cannot terminate what he cannot generate. Secondly - the function of punishment is to reform the culprit. Thirdly - a culprit should be given an opportunity to repent. Admittedly - death penalty fails on all three counts. A however - the defenders argue that a person is punished because he has to pay for his deeds. Reformation or repentance - according to them - is peripheral. Hence - death penalty is admissible. Which one of the following is the focus of this debate?