| Ques 211 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| What must have been the most-likely response/reaction of the New York audience to Spencer’s talk in 1882? |
| Option 1 : Vindication |
Option 2 : Surprise |
Option 3 : Happiness |
Option 4 : Depression |
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| Ques 212 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| Which people is the author referring to in the statement: “people who had limited interest in the finches of the Galápagos”? |
| Option 1 : People who were not interested in the bird finch |
Option 2 : People who were not interested in finches in particular from Galapagos. |
Option 3 : People who were not interested in animal species or natural evolution |
Option 4 : People who did not have interest in birds. |
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| Ques 213 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| What of the following is true about Christensen and Mead? |
| Option 1 : They are in complete disagreement |
Option 2 : They are in partial agreement |
Option 3 : They are in complete agreement |
Option 4 : None of these |
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| Ques 214 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| What best describes the statement: “Build a worse mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.” ? |
| Option 1 : Factual |
Option 2 : Celebratory |
Option 3 : Satirical |
Option 4 : Cynical |
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| Ques 215 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| Which of the statements is the author of the passage most likely to agree to? |
| Option 1 : Internet is a successful instance of Christensen’s innovation model. |
Option 2 : Internet is an instance of Christensen’s model of innovation, but unsuccessful. |
Option 3 : Internet is an instance of Mead’s type I innovation, but unsuccessful. |
Option 4 : Internet is an successful instance of Mead’s type I innovation. |
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| Ques 216 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| According to the author, what is the problem companies had with the internet? |
| Option 1 : It’s quality never improved. |
Option 2 : It helped the consumers. |
Option 3 : The companies could not make money with it. |
Option 4 : It was an instance of Mead’s Type II innovation. |
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| Ques 217 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| What does the author imply by the phrase thanks mainly to “The Innovator’s Dilemma,” in the first paragraph? |
| Option 1 : The author wants to thank Christenson for writing the book. |
Option 2 : The author is obliged to Christenson for writing the book. |
Option 3 : The author implies that the phrase “Build a worse…” comes from Christenson’s book |
Option 4 : The author is being sarcastic towards Christenson’s book. |
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| Ques 218 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| Which segment of society are initial users to Christensen’s “disruptive technology” and Type One innovation of Mead? |
| Option 1 : Economically high and low respectively |
Option 2 : Economically low and high respectively |
Option 3 : Both economically low |
Option 4 : Both economically high |
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| Ques 219 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| What does ‘giddy’ mean in context of it’s usage in the third paragraph of the passage? |
| Option 1 : Those suffering of vertigo |
Option 2 : Unhealthy |
Option 3 : Light-hearted |
Option 4 : Nervous |
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| Ques 220 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| What does the statement of Schumpeter imply? |
| Option 1 : One should make mail coaches instead of rail roads. |
Option 2 : One should make rail roads instead of mail coaches. |
Option 3 : Incremental changes cannot lead to an innovation |
Option 4 : Innovations are irreversible changes. |
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| Ques 221 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| What is the author of the passage most likely to agree to? |
| Option 1 : Social networking has benefited corporate sector to a large extent. |
Option 2 : Social networking is not useful for corporate sector. |
Option 3 : Social networking may benefit the corporate sector to some extent. |
Option 4 : None of these |
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| Ques 222 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| According to the author, how does social networking help recruitment? |
| Option 1 : By increasing the reach in a super-linear fashion. |
Option 2 : Making available a larger pool of passive candidates. |
Option 3 : Since enthusiastic teenagers are also on the network. |
Option 4 : None of these |
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| Ques 223 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| Which of the following is an appropriate title for the passage? |
| Option 1 : Social Networking and Business |
Option 2 : Social Networks |
Option 3 : Ethics of Social Networking in Business |
Option 4 : Social Networking: Pros and Cons |
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| Ques 224 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| Which of the following statements is Reid Hoffman most likely to agree to? |
| Option 1 : Social network is only useful for recruiting. |
Option 2 : Social networking has other uses apart from recruiting. |
Option 3 : Social networking has not impacted business much. |
Option 4 : The prime use of social networking is for Hedge funds. |
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| Ques 225 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| What meaning of avid could you infer from the passage? |
| Option 1 : Dormant |
Option 2 : Unprincipled |
Option 3 : Unwanted |
Option 4 : Enthusiastic |
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| Ques 226 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| What is the most probable context in which the author is talking about Pizza Hut? |
| Option 1 : Social networking did not benefit it. |
Option 2 : Social networking was a big success for it. |
Option 3 : Social networking created problems for it. |
Option 4 : None of these |
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| Ques 227 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| Why does the author call Lotus Connections a social software platform? |
| Option 1 : Because it is used for knowledge management. |
Option 2 : It has a feature to allow employees to interact and cooperate with each other. |
Option 3 : Because IBM developed it. |
Option 4 : Because the service team can get in touch with the right engineers using it. |
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| Ques 228 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| What are the hurdles that social networking has to overcome in order to benefit the business world? |
| Option 1 : Issue of confidentiality. |
Option 2 : Misalignment of interests. |
Option 3 : Misalignment of interests and confidentiality. |
Option 4 : None of these |
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| Ques 229 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| What is the author likely to agree to in the following? |
| Option 1 : Some cultures suffer corruptions while others do not. |
Option 2 : Social factors incline a society towards corruption. |
Option 3 : Bribery is not a cultural phenomena. |
Option 4 : None of these |
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| Ques 230 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| Which of the following the author does not identify as linguistic manifestation of corruption? |
| Option 1 : Asking for a favour. |
Option 2 : Use of double meanings. |
Option 3 : Use of quasi-official terminology. |
Option 4 : Relate to food item. |
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| Ques 231 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| What is bribe generally called in China? |
| Option 1 : Hand-over |
Option 2 : Refresco |
Option 3 : Envelopes |
Option 4 : Baksheesh |
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| Ques 232 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| In summary what does the passage primarily suggest and provide evidence for? |
| Option 1 : Corruption is always concealed in some way, both linguistically and in the process. |
Option 2 : Corruption exists only in developing economies. |
Option 3 : Corruption is an unethical practice. |
Option 4 : Corruption slows down GDP growth. |
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| Ques 233 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| What could be the meaning of the word dissimulation, as can be inferred from the context it is used in first line of the passage? |
| Option 1 : Hypocrisy |
Option 2 : Clarity |
Option 3 : Frankness |
Option 4 : Insult |
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| Ques 234 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| What best represents the author’s attitude towards the rich people in the West? |
| Option 1 : Appreciative |
Option 2 : Mildly critical |
Option 3 : Heavily critical |
Option 4 : Mildly appreciative |
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| Ques 235 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| What is the author most likely to agree to? |
| Option 1 : People generally do not try to hide money taken as bribe. |
Option 2 : People hide money taken as bribe primarily to avoid detection. |
Option 3 : People hide money taken as bribe from view even if detection possibility is low. |
Option 4 : None of these |
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| Ques 236 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| What could be the meaning of the word ‘obscurantist’ as inferred from the passage? |
| Option 1 : Clear |
Option 2 : Unclear |
Option 3 : Nasty |
Option 4 : Polite |
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| Ques 237 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| Why does the author calls ‘progress’ as peculiar? |
| Option 1 : Because Modern is good and traditional is bad. |
Option 2 : Because of its unbalanced nature. |
Option 3 : Because it differs politically and personally. |
Option 4 : None of these. |
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| Ques 238 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| What do you infer from the sentence -‘For some of us, life in ……but emotionally and intellectually’? |
| Option 1 : A person has one leg in one truck and the other in the second truck. |
Option 2 : A person meets with an accident. |
Option 3 : The nation is moving in two different directions. |
Option 4 : The nation is suffering from many road accidents |
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| Ques 239 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| How does the author feel about ‘Globalisation’ in India? |
| Option 1 : Curious |
Option 2 : Hopeless |
Option 3 : Enthusiastic |
Option 4 : Speculative |
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| Ques 240 : Select the correct answer option based on the passage. |
| What does the sentence “We greaten like the maturing head of a hammerhead shark with eyes looking in diametrically opposite directions.’ implies? |
| Option 1 : Indian people are barbaric in nature. |
Option 2 : We are progressing in some areas and regressing in the others. |
Option 3 : India has a diverse culture. |
Option 4 : Some people are modern while the others are traditional in approach. |
