Verbal CommunicationDirections: In Question 1 carefully read the sentence given below and identify the grammatically INCORRECT option to fill in the blank.
Q. 1: This strategy has proved very successful for Nike, but to keep ahead of competition they must keep ___________ new factory sites and sourcing cheap workers.
(A) searching
(B) exploring
(C) surveying
(D) scrutinising
Directions: In Question 2, select the pair of words that best expresses a relationship SIMILAR to the pair in CAPITAL letters.
Q. 2: PROVINCIALISM : PAROCHIALISM
(A) Dilettante : Inexpert
(B) Miscegenation : Mitigation
(C) Meretricious : Sober
(D) Decadent : Resplendent
Directions: Question 3 consists of four groups of jumbled phrases, only ONE of which is grammatically correct. Identify the CORRECT option.
Q. 3: (A) matured, venture capital has undergone still another redefinition, returning / at least in part to its early roots in funding mature / now as the technology business has / businesses, in technology and in other segments as well
(B) energy and financial services / areas and has been a leading in information technology, media / the firm has invested across many industry / and communications, telecommunications, healthcare,
(C) in the area of new ventures that, I might one day return to help put / I left the Gaeltacht convinced that the way to / in place the very infrastructures needed to create a sustenable and thriving economy / save this island of Irish tradition is to work
(D) the consequence of that - in part - is / companies with good people that are just farther along / that have gone public in the past that are still good, / that their are a lot of orphans out there among companies
Directions: Questions 4 - 7 relate to the passage given below:
Visualisation is the three-dimensional, multicoloured, singing-and-dancing version of affirmations that enables the subconscious to prefigure future achievement or success. It is a basic and fundamental human attribute, and one that can literally be the difference between surviving and not surviving.
When Victor Frankl, the Freudian psychologist, was examining the discriminating factors that enabled him, and many like him, to survive in the hell of the Nazi concentration camps, the key factor was the ability to visualise. All survivors had a vision of something beyond their current suffering, something more worthwhile, and something worth hanging on for.
This underlines the importance of each individual having a vision of something, outside and larger than herself, that gives her life some meaning. The very existence of a mission lifts the eyes to something more meaningful and enduring - and in so doing provides something to live for - at times when quiet surrender could be an attractive option. Such a vision gives a further raison d'etre for integrity, by providing a purpose that binds together the core values that make up self-worth.
One of the most powerful - and difficult to achieve - applications of visualisation is to focus your mind daily on the person you intend to become. Create a clear mental picture of that person - and see it in full colour, and add sounds and smells, if they are appropriate. The emotional values you add to the visualisation are vital in making the full connection to your subconscious, which acts only on thoughts that are mixed with emotions. These techniques are, of course, widely validated in fields like sport and business, where the peak performers are nearly all visualisers. They all see, feel, and fully experience their success before they achieve it.
Q. 4: Which of the following statements, in the light of the above passage, is NOT correct?
(A) Visualisation is the affirmation of the subconscious
(B) Visualisation is three dimensional, multicoloured and auditory
(C) Visualisation is a basic and fundamental quality of human mind
(D) Visualisation can make a significant difference in terms of our very existence
Q. 5: The above passage DOES NOT deal with
(A) uses of visualization
(B) quality of visualization
(C) techniques of visualisation
(D) illustrations of visualisation
Q. 6: Which of the following observations CANNOT be directly inferred from the above passage?
(A) Concentration camp survivors visualized beyond their current suffering
(B) Emotional values help one's subconscious to connect to visualisation
(C) Visualisation involves the ability to focus on the person you want to become
(D) The existence of a goal beyond one's current situation gives one a sense of purpose
Q. 7: "Raison d'etre" as it is used in the above passage means
(A) the most important need
(B) the most important inference
(C) the most important consequence
(D) the most important reason
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