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Froot Inc. carried out an internet advertisement campaign for its new beverage CocoLoco. After the campaign, the director of the advertising company conducted a survey and found that the CocoLoco sales were higher than that of TenderJoos a competing product from Joos Inc. The agency concluded that the internet advertising campaign is more effective than advertising through other media. Which of the following statements could strengthen the conclusion above by the agency?

Your answerChoose one option.

A ₹2 discount was offered on CocoLoco during the campaign period.

CocoLoco sales were higher than those of TenderJoos before the internet campaign.

A newspaper advertisement campaign the previous year did not increase CocoLoco sales.

During the campaign for CocoLoco, Joos Inc. did not advertise TenderJoos at all.

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An e-commerce site offered a deal last month conditional on the customer spending a minimum of ₹500. Any customer who buys 2 kg of fresh fruit will receive a hand mixer and any customer who buys 2 kg of fresh vegetables will receive a vegetable chopper. Which of the following is NOT a possible outcome of the above?

Your answerChoose one option.

A customer purchased 3 kg of fresh fruit and did not receive a vegetable chopper.

A customer purchased items for ₹500 which included 1 kg of vegetables and received a hand mixer.

A customer purchased items for ₹500 which included 2 kg of vegetables and 1 kg of fruit and received a hand mixer.

A customer purchased items for ₹300 which included 2 kg of fruit and received neither a hand mixer nor a vegetable chopper.

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Writers of detective fiction often include an incompetent detective as a foil for the brilliant investigator-protagonist as they follow different paths in trying to solve the crime. In the individual accounts, the incompetent detective is frequently distracted by the culprit's careful plans, while the competent investigator solves the case after a final confrontation. Analysts of such fiction believe that the authors select this story-technique to provide readers with more complexities in the form of misleading clues, while figuring out the crime. Which of the following statements most logically follows from the passage above?

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A detective story is considered well-written if the brilliant investigator is accompanied by an incompetent detective.

Writers of detective fiction use the contrast of an incompetent detective to mainly show how complex the investigation is.

Writers of detective fiction never write stories where the incompetent detective solves the case.

Writers of detective fiction use two investigative accounts to make it difficult for the reader to figure out the outcome.

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The first (P1) and the last (P6) parts of a single sentence are given to you. The rest of the sentence is divided into four parts and labelled (L,M,N,O). Reorder these parts so that the sentence can be read through correctly and select one of the options given.

P1: Studies of several Sahitya Akademi award winners show that...

L: or encounter professional M: and invariably develop a strained relationship with other literary figures N: they often publish very little O: after winning the prize

P6: ...envy and rivalry.

The correct order is:

Your answerChoose one option.

NOLM

MLON

ONML

MOLN

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Gerrymandering refers to the targeted redrawing of election constituencies so as to benefit a particular party. This is especially important where the electoral system is “first past the post” in each constituency (i.e. one winner is selected in each constituency based on a majority of votes won) and where there is no other provision for proportional representation (as for example in the German system). For a simple illustration of gerrymandering, if a region consists of districts 1, 2, 3, ..., 9 with districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 favouring party P and 7, 8, 9 favouring party Q, then grouping of districts to constituencies as , , will give two seats to party P and one seat to party Q, whereas the grouping , , will give all three seats to party P, as they will secure a majority in each constituency. Which of these statements can be deduced from the above?

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Gerrymandering implies that constituency boundaries can sometimes be drawn to favour one party over the other.

Gerrymandering implies that proportional representation is impossible when districts are grouped to form constituencies.

To counteract gerrymandering political parties should concentrate on districts where they are favored.

The grouping of districts to constituencies has very little impact on proportional representation.

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X-ray examination of a recently discovered painting that some authorities judge to be a self-portrait by Michelangelo revealed an under-image of a woman's face. Either Michelangelo or some other artist must have painted over the first painting that had now been seen on the canvas. Because the woman's face also appears on other paintings by Michelangelo, this painting is determined to indeed be an authentic painting by Michelangelo. Which of the following assumptions must be made in reaching the conclusion above?

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When an already painted canvas of an artist is used, the second artist using that canvas for a new painting is usually influenced by the artistic style of the first.

Several painted canvases that art historians attribute to Michelangelo contain under-images that appear on at least one other of Michelangelo's paintings.

Subject or objects that appear in authenticated paintings of Michelangelo are rather unlikely to show up as under-images on painted canvases not attributed to Michelangelo.

No painted canvas can be attributed to a particular artist with certainty without an X-ray analysis.

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This season ______ tourists visited Ladakh than last season; however, ______ to be the biggest tourist destination in India. The tourism department explains that the number of tourists to India has ______ relative to the previous years, ______ have chosen to visit Ladakh. Select the correct sequence of phrases to fill in the blanks to complete the passage above.

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more / for the first time in many seasons it does not appear / increased / and it seems that most

fewer / as in the past, it appears / in fact decreased / but it seems that only a small proportion

fewer / for the first time in many seasons it appears / in fact decreased / but it seems that most

more / this season as well, it appears / in fact decreased / but it seems that a large proportion

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Reorder the sentences in (1) – (5) such that they form a coherent paragraph. (1) In fact, dozens of languages today have only one native speaker still living, and that person's death will mean the extinction of the language: It will no longer be spoken, or known, by anyone on earth. (2) Many languages are falling out of use and are being replaced by others that are more widely used in the region or nation, such as English in Australia or Portuguese in Brazil. (3) Many other languages are no longer being learned by new generations of children or by new adult speakers. (4) An endangered language is one that is likely to become extinct in the near future. (5) Unless the trends are reversed, these endangered languages will become extinct by the end of the century. (Adapted from What is an Endangered Language by A. Woodbury.)

Your answerChoose one option.

2 3 1 4 5

2 3 5 4 1

4 1 5 2 3

4 2 3 1 5

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The first (P1) and the last (P6) parts of a single sentence are given to you. The rest of the sentence is divided into four parts and labelled L, M, N, O. Reorder these parts so that the sentence can be read correctly and select one of the sequences below.

P1: For a little while…

L: it was a common belief

M: right after the treaty of Versailles

N: that Germany had caused World War I not just by her actions

O: held by analysts and politicians alike

P6: … but by also encouraging Italy in her own aggressions.

Your answerChoose one option.

LMNO

MLON

LNMO

MOLN

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According to the Path-Goal theory of leadership, a style of leadership in which the leader consults with subordinates, involving them in the decision making process is ____________.

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participative

directive

supportive

achievement oriented

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