CAM- 2nd March

A to D

A. Para -Based

Q1)
Throughout much of the eighteenth century and into the nineteenth, European chemists almost universally believed
that the elementary atoms of which all chemical species consisted were held together by forces of mutual affinity.
Thus, a lump of silver cohered because of the forces of affinity between silver corpuscles. On the same theory
silver dissolved in acid because the particles of acid attracted those of silver more strongly than particles of these
solutes attracted each other. Or again, copper would dissolve in the silver solution and precipitate silver, because
the copper-acid affinity was greater than the affinity of acid for silver.

Which of the following is a correct inference to be drawn from the passage?

(A) Salt dissolves in water because the particles of water are attracted to those of salt more strongly than they are
to themselves.

(B) Salt dissolves in water because the particles of salt are more attracted to themselves than to particles of
water.

(C) Salt dissolves in water because particles of water are equally attracted to themselves and salt particles

(D) Salt particles and water particles share mutual affinity

Q2)
In 1971, the psychologist B.F. Skinner expressed the hope that the vast, humanly created problems defacing our
beautiful planet (famines, wars, the threat of a nuclear holocaust) could all be solved by new "technologies of
behavior." The psychological school of behaviorism sought to replace the idea of human beings as autonomous
agents with the "scientific" view of them as biological organisms, responding to external stimuli, whose behavior
could be modified by altering their environment. Perhaps unsurprisingly, in 1964 Skinner's claims about potential
behavior modification had attracted funding from the CIA via a grant-making body called the Human Ecology
Society.

Which of the following about Skinner is not supported by the paragraph above? .

(A) Skinner thought our images of ourselves as free men had contributed to global ecological catastrophes.

(B) In Skinner's view of learning a person, or an animal for that matter, must first emit or demonstrate a specific
behavior that is subsequently reinforced and thus becomes learned.

(C) Skinner stressed the primacy of environmental influences on human behavior.

(D) Skinner was interested in understanding the human mind and its mental processes.
Q3)
When Charles Darwin introduced the theory of evolution through natural selection 143 years ago, the scientists of
the day argued over it fiercely, but the massing evidence from paleontology, genetics, zoology, molecular biology
and other fields gradually established evolution’s truth beyond reasonable doubt. Today that battle has been won
everywhere except in the public imagination.

Which of the following is the author least likely to agree with?

(A) Most people in the world today believe in the theory of evolution.

(B) The theory of evolution has gained widespread acceptance in may fields.

(C) The theory of evolution was controversial when it was first proposed.

(D) Evolution is an accepted truth among the cognoscenti today.

Q4)
Rice paddies rarely get mentioned in climate change discussions. Nevertheless, their impact on the atmosphere can
be surprisingly large, releasing between 25 and 100 million tonnes of methane annually — potentially as much as 17
percent of global methane emissions. With rice production likely to escalate over the coming decades to feed growing
populations, and methane up to 20 times more effective at trapping heat than carbon dioxide, that adds up to a
significant amount of warming from a simple bowl of rice.

Which of the following, if true, strengthens the above argument?

(A) The production of SUSIBA2, dubbed the world's first 'climate-friendly rice' has led to dramatically reduced
quantities of methane emitted by the paddies where it is grown.

(B) Rice is grown very widely and the warm, waterlogged soil of rice paddies provides ideal conditions for
methanogenesis.

(C) Methane breaks down in a brief eight years (unlike carbon dioxide, which takes more than 100).

(D) Huge amounts of greenhouse gases are emitted into the atmosphere through the combustion of fossil fuels and
various industrial and agricultural processes

Q5)
Myth is a story that can be retold by anyone. with infinite variation, and still be recognisable as itself. The outline of
surviving myth is re-recognised in the lives of each generation. It's an instrument by which people simplify.
rationalise and retell social complexities. It's a means to haul the abstract, the global and the relative into the realm
of the concrete. the local and the absolute. It's a way to lay claim to faith in certain values. If those who attempt to
interpret the world do so only through the prism of professional thinkers, and ignore the persistence of myth in
everyday thought and speech, the interpretations will be deficient.

Which of the following statements is best supported by the passage?

(A) The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest. but the myth,
persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.

(B) People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.

(C) Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.

(D) Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of
others.
Q6)
Americans who don't believe in global warming should visit the Miami Beach neighbourhood at high tide. when
Biscagne Bay surges through the storm drains and swamps the streets. The New York Times ran a photo of
sunny-day flooding outside the local drugstore, above an article headlined. Miami Finds Itself Ankle-Deep in
Climate Change Debate: Really. the debate should be over. Scientists have already documented 13 cm to 20
cm of sea-level rise around South Florida over the past 50 years. But a new global survey conducted about
attitudes toward energy and conservation illustrates that many Americans don't believe that climate change is
not some distant problem of the future but is a problem affecting Americans right now.

Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the conclusion of the survey?

(A) Global warming has the potential to singe us, but it could roast our kids and grand kids

(B) Americans have got bigger headaches than the monthly flooding in the nearby .grocery-store parking lot

(C) Americans were less concerned than the global average about higher sea levels and almost every other
climate change problem the pollsters asked except higher gas prices.

(D) Compared with citizens in other countries. Americans were among the least likely to turn off the lights when
leaving a room or power down their computer at night and by tar the least likely to walk or take public transit
instead of driving.

Q7)
The refugees coming by boat to Italy have already set a record this year. and it's only halfway through the season
of calm summer waters. The surge has resulted partly from the civil war in Syria. which has forced 3 million people
to flee their homeland. Europe. peaceful, affluent and comparatively close — is a natural destination. It's where the
desperate meets the developed. Often with the aid of reckless human traffickers, refugees attempt to cross these
waters in rubber dinghies or crumbling fishing boats that can capsize. plunging the occupants Into the sea. Which
of the following, if true, provides sufficient grounds to support the claim that asylum-seekers' lives are jeopardized
at sea''

(A) Italy cannot deal with the human tide of refugees alone.

(B) Hundreds of migrants have drowned at Europe's doorstep in the past year alone.

(C) The Italian navy sometimes rescues hundreds of refugees per day on the seas of the Mediterranean.

(D) European coastal patrols have started resorting to push-back operations. in which refugees are forced to
turn around before their boats leave international waters.

Q8)
There are few things as awesome as a U.S. aircraft Carrier — 100.000 tons of nuclear-powered steel towering 20
stories above the waterline and crammed with nearly 70 warplanes ready to do its nation's bidding. A carrier
reassures allies while giving pause to global trouble-makers. For more than a half-century. These 300-m flattops
and their 5.000-sailor crews have patrolled the seas with impunity. The Navy apparently believes they have a future
too. It is building two new ones. at a cost of nearly $15 billion each, with a third in the pipeline. Admirals like to call a
carner '4 V.1 acres of sovereign American territory.' But these mighty fighting machines may be losing some of their
invincibility.

Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest grounds for the prediction above?

(A) It is the U.S. - provided security that has nurtured economic growth and relative stability in weaker parts of the
world.

(B) The said carrier is a marriage of several existing military technologies that together could transform war.

(C) China has deployed a new kind of ballistic missile with the potential to change the balance of power in the
world.

(D) The U.S. Military has treated global oceans as its private pond since the end of World War
B. Quantitative Aptitude

Directions for Questions 1 and 2: These questions are based on the following data.

Smitha attempts all the questions in a management entrance test which has questions of three different levels of
difficulty - A, B and C. For the questions of various difficulty levels, the marks awarded for answering the questions
correctly and those deducted for answering the questions incorrectly are as follows:

Difficulty level Marks given for answering correctly Marks deducted for answering incorrectly

A 3 2

B 2 1

C 1 ½

No mark is deducted for unanswered questions.

There are 60 questions of A level, 60 questions of B level and 80 questions of C level in the test.

Q1)
If Smitha gets 60 marks on the whole and she answered 40 questions of C level difficulty correctly, what is the
maximum number of questions she could have answered incorrectly on the whole?

(A) 74 (B) 116 (C) 108 (D) 102

Q2)
In the same test, Rohit attempted the least number of questions but got 120 marks. If he attempted at least one
question of each level of difficulty, how many questions did he attempt?

(A) 40 (B) 41 (C) 45 (D) 48

Q3)
Sher Chand invests ₹19,000 in a 5% stock at 95.Sometime later, he sells it and invests the proceeds in a 6% stock at
80 so that his annual income increases by 200. At what price did he sell his stock?

(A) ₹90 (B) ₹95 (C) ₹80 (D) ₹75

Q4)
A rectangular floor of dimensions 36 ft x 24 ft has to be completely covered with identical square tiles. What is the
minimum number of square tiles required? (Assume that all tiles have the same integral dimensions, (in fts).

Q5)
A storekeeper had a stone weighing 31 pounds which he uses to weigh goods in 31-pound lots. One day it fell and
broke into 4 pieces. As he was about to throw them, he realized that the weights of the pieces were such that he
could weigh any whole number of pounds from 1 to 31. What are the weights of the pieces?

(A) 1, 4, 10, 16 (B) 1, 2, 3, 25 (C) 2, 3, 4, 22 (D) 1, 3, 9, 18

Q6)
A boat P which moves at a speed of 8 m/s in still water, starts from a jetty and travels downstream in a river. After 5
minutes another boat Q that moves at a speed of 3 m/s in still water starts and follows P. After 15 more minutes, two
passengers on P decide to board Q. They are left behind on a raft that floats along with the river to be picked up by
Q. If P can cover 6 m/s. upstream, then find approximately the time for which the passengers stayed on the raft.

(A) 42 min (B) 48½ min (C) 41 min (D) 45 min

Q7)
Doodhimal, the local milkman was notorious for the quality of milk that he used to sell. Initially, he had 60 Liters of
pure milk in his can. He removed one-third of it and replaced that with water. He then removed one-third of the
mixture and added water to it again. What is the least number of times this process should be repeated if Doodhimal
wants the concentration of milk to be below 20%?

Q8)
Mr. Bagicha Singh has a beautiful garden in the shape of the figure shown below. There are two circles intersecting
each other at A and B. if the radii are 50 m and 40 m and if AB is 60 m, find the longest distance between any two
points on his garden.

(A) 20 5 + 13 (B) 13(10 + 50) (C) 10(13 + 7) (D) 13(10 + 7)

Q9)
Let f: R → R defined by f(x) = x – 1 for x <-2.

= x for -2 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2

=1-2х for х>2

then the value of f (-2.5) + f (-1.5) + f(-3.5) =

C. DILR

Directions for questions 1 to 3: These questions based on the following information.

Out of a group of 280 tourists, 150 persons eat Chinese food. 140 persons eat Indian food and 130
persons eat European food. 30 persons eat all the three types and20 persons eat none of the three types
of food.

Q1)
The number of tourists who eat only Chinese and Indian food is same as those who eat

(A) only Indian food.

(B) only European food.

(C) only Chinese food.

(D) all the three types of food.

Q2)
What is the difference between the number of tourists who eat both Indian and European food to those
who eat only Chinese food?

(A) 25 (B) 15 (C) 20 (D) 10

Q3)
Of the persons who eat Chinese food, the persons who eat European food also is 20 more than the
persons who eat Indian food also, what is the difference between the number of tourists who eat only
Indian food and that who eat only European food?

(A) 10 (B) 20 (C) 30 (D) 40

Direction for Questions 4 to 8:

In a school there are 135 students who play at most three sports among cricket, football and hockey.
There is at least one student who plays all the three, at least one student who plays exactly two, and at
least one student who plays exactly one of the above mentioned sports.

Q4)
The number of students who play all the three sports is less than the number of students who play exactly
two and if the number of students who play cricket is more than those who play hockey which in turn is
more than those who play football, while the number of students who play football is more than those who
play exactly two sports, then what is the maximum number of students who do not play any of the given
sports?

(A) 123 (B) 124 (C) 125 (D) 127

Q5)
Using the data from the previous question, what is the maximum number of students who play all the
three sports?

(A) 30 (B) 61 (C) 66 (D) 67

Q6)
If the number of students who play the sports are as follows, only cricket < only hockey < only football <
exactly two sports < exactly three sports, then the maximum number of people who play exactly two
sports is__

(A) 64 (B) 65 (C) 66 (D) 67

Q7)
Using data from the previous question, the minimum number of people who play all the three sports is__

(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 28 (D) 29

Q8)
Using data from question 3, what is the maximum possible number of students playing cricket?

(A) 65 (B) 67 (C) 130 (D) 132