1. Directions: Each question below is followed by arguments. Choose the most appropriate choice from the options given. Question: Should E-Governance be introduced at every level of public administration? Argument I: Yes - it will reduce corruption. Argument II: No - it will lead to unemployment.

2. 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 girls are students. Statement II: All doctors are students. Conclusions: I. All girls are students. II. Some students are girls. III. Some students are doctors. IV. All doctors are girls.

3. 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?

4. Gym - hymn - lynx - pygmy - rhythm Which of the following words does not belong to the above set?

5. Directions: Read the following information carefully and then Answer the questions. Four friends W - X - Y and Z are students of Class 10th. W and X are good in Hindi but poor in English. W and Y are good in Science but poor in Mathematics. Y and Z are good in English but poor in Social Studies. Z and X are good in Mathematics as well as in Science. Which of the following pairs of friends are good - both in English and Science?

6. Directions: Each question below contains a Statement on relationship and a question regarding relationship based on the statement. Introducing a man to her husband - a woman said - 'his brother's father is the only son of my grandfather'. How is the woman related to his man?

7. Directions: Given below are some statements followed by two arguments. Read carefully and decide which of the arguments strongly support the statement. Statement: Should military training be students? Arguments: (i) Yes - this will develop in them a sense of punctuality and discipline. (ii) No - military training should be given only students who are physically fit.

8. 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. Financial Institutions are largely unregulated. II. Today - world is passing through a serious phase of economic crisis.

9. Statement 1: All pingos are Byronic. Statement 2: Shalisto is Byronic. Statement 3: Therefore ________. Fill in the blank.

10. Instructions: Each question below consists of one Assertion (A) and one Reason (R). Examine them and Select the correct answers. A: The life expectancy in European countries is very high. R: European countries have low mortality rate.

11. 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.

12. 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 the system of reservation of posts for sche duled castes be introduced in private Sector? Argument I: Yes - this would give more opportunity of deve lopment to these groups. Argument II: No - this would eff ect merit.

13. Directions: Given below are some statements followed by two arguments. Read carefully and decide which of the arguments strongly support the statement. Statement: Should a strong institution of ombudsman be created in India? Arguments: (i) Yes - this will bring transparency and accountability in the administration. (ii) No - this will develop lack of initiative and flexibility in the administration.

14. Directions: Each question below contains a Statement and two arguments I and II. Assume the Page | 122 Statement to be true and choose the strong argument from the given arguments. Statement: Should government jobs in rural areas have more incentives? Arguments: I. Yes. Incentives are essential for attracting government servants there. II. No. Rural areas are already cheaper - healthier and less complex than big. So - why off er extra incentives!

15. Political turmoil in a country is mainly caused by widespread violence and flawed economic policies of Successive governments. If at all this has to be crushed - it can be achieved only by a dictatorial government which rules with iron hand. Therefore - the need of the hour is to elect a government which imposes fresh set of stringent legislations. The alternatives suggested (not necessarily all) - if true - considerably weaken the argument however - one of them is most forceful. Identify the same.

16. Pramesh is heavier than Jairam but lighter than Gulab. Anand is heavier than Gulab. Mohan is lighter than Jairam. Who among them is the heaviest? Page | 124

17. 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 (::). President of India: 35:: Member Parliament (Rajya Sabha):?

18. Directions: Each question below two words are paired which have certain relationships. Choose the appropriate word from answer options.Governor: President:: Chief Minster:?

19. Direction: Question consists of five statements followed by options consisting of three statements put together in a specific order. Choose the best option which indicates a valid argument - that is - where the third statement is a conclusion drawn from the preceding two statements. A. Traffic congestion increases carbon monoxide in the environment. B. Increase in carbon monoxide is hazardous to wealth. C. Traffic congestion is hazardous to health. D. Some traffic congestion does not cause increase carbon monoxide E. Some traffic congestion is not hazardous to health.

20. Does our soviet need reservation in job? Before we defend reservation - we must consider some issues. Why do we need reservation? Obviously - reservation is required to lift the downtrodden and thereby achieve equality. How do you achieve this? Every individual - without exception - has a right t receive quality education. It is more so in the case of downtrodden people. Only a good-” natured meritorious teacher can impart quality. Suppose that a person who is neither good natured nor meritorious becomes a teacher thanks to reservation suffer.

21. Directions: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below: The head of a newly formed Government desires to appoint five of the six elected ministers P - Q - R - S - T and U to portfolios of Foreign - Industry and Commerce - Agriculture - Rural Development and Human Resources. U does not want any portfolio if S gets one of the five. R wants either Foreign or Human Resources or no portfolio. Q says that if S gets Industry and Commerce or Rural Development then she must get the other one. T insists on a portfolio if P gets one. If P gets Foreign and R gets Human Resources - then which is not a valid assignment of Agriculture and Rural Development?

22. Directions: The following six questions comprise of one or more statements. Please answer the questions on the basis of the given statements. Please make the factual assumptions required by the question even if you believe the statement is false. Suleiman: All Communists are atheists. Sheeba: That is not true. Which of the following - if true - would make Sheeba's reply the most convincing?

23. Directions: Each question below two words are paired which have certain relationships. Choose the appropriate word from answer options.Laugh: Happy:: Cry:?

24. Instructions: Each question below consists of one Assertion (A) and one Reason (R). Examine them and Select the correct answers. A: The nomadic herders Slaughter their animals for meat. R: Animals form the chief Source of food and livelihood for nomadic herders.

25. It is said that in his strongly worded reaction to quantum physics - Einstein remarks 'God does not play dice' to which Bohr - another great Physicist - reacted saying 'Do not tell God what to do' Bohr earlier had argued that we can never known what the properties of an isolated quantum system - though we can know the properties of macrocosmic objects. Which one of the following is the focus of their debate?