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13.
Ranjan Tuglak, the youngest cabinet minister of the newly elected coalition, glanced through the notes prepared by his secretary regarding the recent controversies on racket, the most popular game of the country. While International Racket Association (IRC) has agreed to implement Drug Testing Code (DTC) promoted by World Athletic and Gamer Federation, Racket Club which controls the entire racket related activities (unlike any other sports and games of the country) had some reservations regarding the initiative. Majority of the citizens waited for the international competitions eagerly and were fanatical about their country's participation in them. As a result of the popularity of the game.70% of the total revenue associated with the game originates from the country. Hence Racket Club has high bargaining power with IRC and can change any decision that is not aligned with its interests. Three most popular and senior players, including the captain, are against the application of DTC citing security reasons. A decision against the interests of these players may result in law and order problems throughout the country. Other players support the decision of their senior colleagues and if Racket Club refuses to agree, players may support Counter Racket Club, a new national level initiative. Counter Racket Club may threaten the monopoly of Racket Club, if it succeeds to attract some popular racket players.
Ranjan's father had been forced to resign from politics due to alleged corruption charges. Ranjan had completed his entire education from abroad before returning to join politics. He is a great soccer player and has major reservations against racket. According to him, racket has negative influence on the country's youth and diverts their attention from productive work. He also considers drug testing as an essential feature for any sports and games across the world. As the new cabinet minister for Youth and Sports he needs to take some important decisions on this controversial issue.
[1] If the objective of Ranjan is to (i) create a good image of himself as a politician and (ii) create a long lasting positive impact, the best decision he should take is :
(1) Force Racket Club to accept all modifications related to drug testing.
(2) Provide adequate security protection to the satisfaction of players nominated by Racket Club before enforcing drug testing.
(3) Align with Counter Racket Club.
(4) Popularise soccer in country through endorsements by the popular players of racket.
(5) Ban racket.[2] Identify the best rationale that may force Ranjan as a politician to take a decision in favour of IRC.
(1) President of Racket Club and Ranjan belong to different political coalitions and he can use Counter Racket Club against the opponent.
(2) Next World cup is scheduled to be held in a country which has adopted DTC as the guiding.
(3) Ranjan is interested in reducing the popularity of racket in country.
(4) As the cabinet minister, Ranjan has the power to take such a decision.
(5) Top three international teams (and respective national clubs) are keen to implement DTC.
[3] According to DTC, each athlete/sportsperson need to submit a schedule for three months (in advance) that specifies an hour each day when they can be randomly tested for drugs. DTC also assured the confidentiality of the submitted schedule by (i) limiting the access of player-supplied information to two senior officers, (ii) these officers will have the internet based access only to the schedule of those sports persons who are randomly selected for testing (and not of everyone) and (iii) introducing similar security features for DTC database as in case of financial institutions. Top three popular players realize that no reason other than security can help them to get a favourable decision from Ranjan. Hence during discussions they should focus on all options except:
(1) Any clue related to their private schedules may also result in huge public gathering and it will make the job of security agencies very difficult.
(2) Popular racket players are included in the hit list of terrorist organisations.
(3) Recent report by World Bank rate their country among the top five nations with maximum amount of internet based data stealing.
(4) It is difficult to provide adequate security coverage in large stadiums where racket is played.
(5) DTC is not willing to share the details of two senior officers involved in drug testing with the security agencies of the country for background study.asked in XAT
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Guruji's guidance
Bhola, an avid nature lover, wanted to be an entrepreneur. He dreamt of establishing a chain of huts in Chatpur region to cater to tourists, who came attracted by the beauty and splendour of the Himalayas.
However, he was appalled by current degradation of the Himalayan environment. He remembered the early times when everything was so green, clean and peaceful. Now, greenery was replaced by buildings, peace was shattered by honking of vehicles and flocking of tourists, and cleanliness was replaced by heaps of plastics.
Bhola had a strong sense of right and wrong. On speaking to few locals about the issue, he realized that the locals were aware of these issues. However, they pointed out the benefits of development: pucca houses for locals, higher disposable income and with that, ability to send their children to better schools and colleges, better road connectivity, and access to latest technology in agriculture. Most locals wanted the development to continue.
Saddened by the lack of support from the locals, Bhola took up the issue with the government. He met the chief minister of the state to find out if government could regulate the developmental activities to prevent environmental degradation. However, the chief minister told Bhola that such an action would slow down the economic progress. That also meant loss of substantial tax revenues for the government.
Bhola needed to resolve the dilemma. Bhola always wanted to be an entrepreneur, who could contribute to the society and earn money as well. However, his business would also be responsible for destroying environment. If he did not set up us business, he would not be able to earn money and contribute to the society.
After mulling over the issues, he went to his mentor "Guruji". Guruji realized that it was really a difficult puzzle: if one saves the environment, there seems to be no development and if the people and the government sought development, the environment and hence future of this planet and human beings was at stake. After careful thought, he felt that dilemma could be resolved. He fixed up a meeting with Bhola to answer Bhola's queries.
[1] Should Bhola still think of doing business?
(1) Yes, where there is a will, there is a way.
(2) No, saving the Earth for our children is more important than earning money.
(3) Yes, Bhola should do business while ensuring no environmental damage is done.
(4) Yes, but only if the government puts strict environment regulations in place.
(5) Bhola should stop thinking about such a dilemma.
[2] Bhola wanted to advise the government about the new tourism policy. Bhola had developed a few alternatives as given below. Choose the best alternative.
(1) Stop environmental degradation by stopping the developmental activities.
(2) Forget about the environment: think about the people as they are the vote banks for politician to come back to power.
(3) Suggest that the government should try to promote eco-tourism, which would be controlled and regulated by the government, as the government could think about the welfare of majority of stakeholders.
(4) Suggest that the government should promote eco-tourism with public private partnership with the involvement of NGO’s, so that there are checks and balances for inefficiencies and promotion for synergetic efforts between government and private entrepreneurs.
(5) Involvement of impartial entities like NGO’s who would provide a fair assessment of the policies.[3] Bhola wished he was heading the government. He had listed down five concrete measures he would take if he were to head the government. Choose the best alternative.
(1) Charge environmental cess from all businesses operating out of Himalayas.
(2) Charge cess from anyone who pollutes the environment, it be citizens or industries and reward those who have contributed to afforestation the most.
(3) All profit making organizations have to take responsibility of afforestation proportionate to their profitability.
(4) Think about maximising the revenues and forget about the environment.
(5) Institute a Green Valley Reward, which would be given to businesses highly active in afforestation efforts.[4] Visualising he was heading the state government, Bhola thought of a likely problematic situation. Five years have passed. In these five years, Bhola has initiated a lot of pro-environment steps, including making people aware of the fact that it was this pristine environment which brought in tourists in the first place. Now he faced state elections. The opposition accused him of stopping development and causing unemployment under the guise of environment protection. If Bhola were to consider this accusation as a short-term battle, which option would Guruji suggest to Bhola to score a quick win?
(1) Accuse the opposition of having vested interests as the opposition leaders were denied licences for opening new hotels.
(2) Point out the improvement in environment since the implementation of pro-environment policies.
(3) Compare the unemployment levels since the implementation of the pro environment policies and if they are less, accuse the opposition of making baseless charges.
(4) Point out that this government had initiated a regular cleaning-up drive and the opposition did not consider the data regarding the people who were employed in that drive.
(5) Call the charges as baseless accusations being used to malign the good work he had done.asked in XAT
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A BPO has assigned duty to nine operators - Abdulla, Ballal, Chandan, Dogra, Eshita, Falguni, Ganguli, Henri and Indra - on Monday, January 05, 2009 from 00:00 hours. Each operator commences duty at any of the following hours: 00:00 hrs. 04:00 hrs, 08:00 hrs, 12:00 hrs, 16:00 hrs and 20:00 hrs. At any point in time, at least one operator is required, to take clients' calls. Each operator work continuously for eight hours. All operators located at any single location start work simultaneously. The operators took training in five different colleges - Abhiman College, Sutanama College, Gutakal College, Barala College and Khatanama College. These colleges are located in the cities Jamshedpur, Pune, Noida, Hyderabad and Mangalore, not necessarily in that order. The operators operate from the cities where their respective colleges are located.
Indra operates alone from a city other than Mangalore and Jamshedpur. Operator(s) trained in Abhiman College will start working at 12:00 hrs. Only Dogra and Falguni operate from Pune, but they are not trained in Gutakal College. Three of the operators took training from Sutanama College, and they operate from Noida. The operator(s) from Jamshedpur will start working at 0:00 hrs. Abdulla and Henri operate together as a two member team from a single location. They do not operate from Mangalore. No operator(s) will join at 20:00 hrs. Ballal, who alone operates from his location, was not trained in Barala College, and will commence his duty four hours after the operator(s) trained in Gutakal College. The operator(s) trained in Barala College operate from Hyderabad. The number of operator(s) trained in Khatanama College is same as the number of operator(s) trained in Barala College.
[1] Which of the following statements must be true?
(1) Dogra and Henri took training from Khatanama College
(2) Indra took training from Barala College
(3) Dogra and Falguni took training from Barala College
(4) Indra took training from Ahiman College
(5) Ballal took training from Abhiman College[2] Which of the following can be true for the operators operating from 20:00 hrs (of January 05, 2009) to 00:00 hrs (of January 06, 2009)?
(1) Operators took training from Khatanama College and operate from Mangalore.
(2) Operators took training from Barala College and operate from Pune.
(3) Operators took training from Sutanama College and operate from Noida.
(4) Operators took training from Gutakal College and operate from Mangalore.
(5) Operators took training from Abhiman College and operate from Pune.[3] Which of the following statements must be true for the operator(s) trained in Gutakal College?
(1) They are Abdulla and Henri, and work from Jamshedpur.
(2) They are Dogra and Falguni, and work from Pune.
(3) She is Eshita, and works from Mangalore.
(4) She is Indra, and works from Pune.
(5) They are Chandan and Ganguli, and work from Jamshedpur.[4] Which of the following is not definitely true?
(1) At least three operators will be working between 04:00 hrs to 08:00 hrs.
(2) At most five operators will be working between 04:00 hrs to 08:00 hrs.
(3) At most five operators will be working between 12:00 hrs to 16:00 hrs.
(4) At most six operators will be working between 16:00 hrs to 20:00 hrs.
(5) At least three operators will be working between 16:00 hrs to 20:00 hrs.[5] If five operators are working between 16:00 hrs and 20:00 hrs, which of the following must be true?
(1) The only operator working between 8:00 hrs and 12:00 hrs is Ballal.
(2) The operators working between 12:00 hrs and 16:00 hrs are Ballal, Dogra and Falguni.
(3) The operators working between 12:00 hrs and 16:00 hrs are Dogra, Henri and Falguni.
(4) The operators working between 16:00 hrs and 20:00 hrs are Indra, Dogra, Falguni, Chandan and Ganguli.
(5) The operators working between 20:00 hrs and 0:00 hrs are Chandan Ganguli and Eshita.asked in XAT
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Seven bands were scheduled to perform during the weeklong music festival at XLRI. The festival began on a Monday evening and ended on the Sunday evening. Each day only one band performed. Each band performed only once. The organizing committee had the task of scheduling the performances of the seven bands - Cactus, Axis, Enigma, Boom, Fish, Dhoom and Bodhi Tree. The festival schedule followed the following conditions: the performance of Bodhi Tree, the home band of XLRI, did not precede the performance of any other band. Among the visiting bands three were rock bands and the other three were fusion bands. All three bands of the same genre were not allowed to perform consecutively. Boom, which was a rock band, refused to perform immediately before or after Fish. Meet, who was a lead vocalist with a rock band, refused to perform after Angelina. Angelina, the only female lead vocalist in the music fest besides Bony, was with the band Enigma. Angelina refused to perform after Thursday citing personal reasons. Ali, who was the lead vocalist of a rock band, was not with the band Dhoom, and did not perform on Saturday. Sid, the lead vocalist of the rock band Cactus, could perform only on Monday. Rupam, the only male among the lead vocalists of the fusion bands, was with Fish and performed on Wednesday. None of the bands performed in absence of their lead vocalist.
[1] All of the following statements can be true except:
(1) If Meet was the lead vocalist of Axis then Ali was the lead vocalist of Boom.
(2) If Meet was the lead vocalist of Dhoom then Bony was the lead vocalist of Axis.
(3) If Bony was the lead vocalist of Dhoom then Meet was the lead vocalist of Axis.
(4) If Ali was the lead vocalist of Boom then Meet was the lead vocalist of Dhoom.
(5) If Bony was the lead vocalist of Axis then Meet was the lead vocalist of Boom.[2] Which of the following must be true?
(1) Ali performed on Saturday and Enigma performed on Thursday.
(2) Dhoom performed on Thursday and Angelina performed on Tuesday.
(3) Boom performed on Friday and Meet performed on Tuesday.
(4) Ali performed on Friday and Enigma performed on Tuesday.
(5) Bony performed on Saturday and Axis performed on Thursday.[3] Which of the following is a plausible performance sequence?
(1) Cactus, Enigma, Fish, Dhoom, Boom, Axis
(2) Cactus, Dhoom, Fish, Boom, Enigma, Axis
(3) Cactus, Axis, Fish, Boom, Enigma, Dhoom
(4) Cactus, Axis, Fish, Enigma, Boom, Dhoom
(5) Cactus, Boom, Fish, Axis, Enigma, Dhoomasked in XAT
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Five colleagues pooled their efforts during the office lunch-hour to solve the crossword in the daily paper.
Colleagues: Mr. Bineet, Mr. Easwar, Ms. Elsie, Ms. Sheela, Ms. Titli.
Answers: Burden, Barely, Baadshah, Rosebud. Silence.
Numbers: 4 down, 8 across, 15 across, 15 down, 21 across.
Order: First, second, third, fourth, fifth.
1. Titli produced the answer to 8 across, which had the same number of letters as the previous answer to be inserted, and one more than the subsequent answer which was produced by one of the men.
2. It was not Bineet who solved the clue to ‘Burden’, and Easwar did not solve 4 down.
3. The answers to 15 across and 15 down did not have the same number of letters.
4. 'Silence', which was not the third word to be inserted, was the answer to an across clue.
5. 'Barely' was the first word to be entered in the grid, but 'Baadshah' was not the second answer to be found.
6. Elsie's word was longer than Bineet's; Sheela was neither the first nor the last lo come up with an answer.
7. Fifth one to be worked out was an answer to an across clue.
[1] What was Sheela’s word?
(1) Baadshah
(2) Silence
(3) Rosebud
(4) Barely
(5) Burden[2] What could be Titli’s answer?
(1) Baadshah
(2) Silence
(3) Rosebud
(4) Barely
(5) Burden[3] What was Titli’s order?
(1) First
(2) Second
(3) Third
(4) Fourth
(5) Fifth[4] What was Easwar’s number?
(1) 4 down
(2) 21 across
(3) 8 across
(4) 15 down
(5) 15 across[5] What was Bineet’s word?
(1) Barely
(2) Burden
(3) Silence
(4) Rosebud
(5) Baadshahasked in XAT
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An audit unearthed a financial scam in NWC Corporation. One or more among the 9 financial accountants of NWC Corporation arc suspected to have fudged the accounts. Following are the statements made by the nine suspects.
Shrinivas: Nagraj fudged the accounts
Datta: Shrinivas did not fudge the accounts
Nagraj: Datta is lying and I did not fudge accounts
Jose: Shrinivas is telling the truth
Samuel: Exactly three of the suspects are telling the truth
Ejaz: Datta is lying and Shrinivas fudged the accounts
Chaudhary: Datta fudged the accounts
Ganeshan: Datta is lying and Shrinivas is telling the truth
Panda: Samuel is lying[1] If Samuel is telling the truth, which of the following statements is true?
(1) Chaudhury and Datta are telling the truth
(2) Nagraj fudged the accounts
(3) Chaudhury and Jose are telling the truth
(4) Shrinivas and Datta are telling the truth
(5) Shrinivas fudged the account[2] If Panda is lying, which of the following statements cannot be true?
(1) Nagraj, Ganeshan and Ejaz are all lying
(2) Datta fudged the accounts
(3) Shrinivas did not fudge the accounts
(4) Jose and Shrinivas are telling the truth
(5) Nagraj fudged the accountsasked in XAT
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