Bachelor of
Business Administration/
Management Examination
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Dr. Lal & Jain
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Contents
● Previous Year’s Solved Paper
SECTION—I
Reasoning Ability ……………………………………………………………………… 1–148
Logical Reasoning ……………………………………………………………………… 1–64
SECTION—II
Business Aptitude ………………………………………………………………………
1–72
SECTION—III
Data Interpretation and Numerical Ability …………………………………………….. 1–152
SECTION—IV
Objective General Knowledge ……………………………………………………..…..
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1–96
1–16
SECTION—V
Reading Comprehension ……………………………………………………………….
1–48
BBA Entrance Exam., 2014 Solved Paper
General English
Directions—(Q. 1–3) Correct the expressions
in the inverted comma “ ” by choosing the correct
option.
1. As the gentleman did not want to be
disturbed, he left the “phone of hooks”.
(A) of hook
(B) for the hook
(C) off hooking
(D) off the hook
2. The principal was overburdened with work,
his daughter decided to “gave her hand.”
(A) giving hands
(B) gave her hand
(C) give her hand
(D) No correction required
3. Despite being busy, Radha has “keeps in
touches” with others.
(A) had kept in touch
(B) kept in touch
(C) is keeping touch
(D) are kept touched
Directions—(Q. 4 and 5) Choose the word
which is opposite in meaning.
4. Altruist
(A) Selfish
(B) Egoistic
(C) Helpful
(D) None of these
5. Misanthrope
(A) Loves people
(B) Hates people
(C) Can stand only a few people
(D) None of the above
Directions—(Q. 6–9) Choose the word which
is most nearly the same in meaning.
6. Low-Key
(A) Official
(B) Secret
(C) Subdued
(D) Complicated
7. Lot
(A) Right
(B) Folly
(C) Fate
(D) Oath
8. Glib
(A) Dull
(C) Weak
(B) Thin
(D) Fluent
9. Titular
(A) Nominal
(C) Putative
(B) Official
(D) Causative
Directions—(Q. 10–15) Pick the odd man
out from the options.
10. (A) Haughty
(B) Reticent
(C) Sociable
(D) Aloof
11. (A) Antediluvian
(C) Venerable
(B) Superannuated
(D) Beatific
12. (A) Cymbal
(C) Bonito
(B) Harp
(D) Bongo
13. (A) Squalid
(C) Membrane
(B) Gauze
(D) Mesh
14. (A) Assonance
(C) Cacophonous
(B) Euphony
(D) Consonance
15. (A) Swim
(C) Ablution
(B) Swill
(D) Bathe
Directions—(Q. 16 and 17) Choose the
correct option: Analogies.
16. Saturated : Wet :
(A) Acid : Acidic
(B) Distant : Faraway
(C) Damp : Drenched (D) Arid : Dry
17. Jester : Clowning
(A) Coquette : Flirtation
(B) Neophyte : Mentoring
(C) Termagant : Encomium
(D) Precocious : Innocuous
Directions—(Q. 18–20) Choose the correct
option.
18. Most journalistic writing could do with
……… of paragraphs to make the prose more
……… .
(A) suppression; legible
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(B) removal; argumentative
(C) simplification; abstruse
(D) deletion; succinct
19. Angered by the bureaucrat’s ……………
comments, the reporter insisted for a more
………… response.
(A) redundant; repetitive
(B) tactless; immediate
(C) circumlocutions; direct
(D) sarcastic; beneficial
20. One of the most productive research ………
in contemporary neurosciences is devoted to
………… maps of human consciousness.
(A) trajectories; reconnoitering
(B) designs; enunciating
(C) paradigms; elucidating
(D) declensions; obfuscating
Directions—(Q. 21–24) Fill in appropriate
Preposition.
21. Vegetables are good ……… you.
(A) at
(B) for
(C) Either could be used here
(D) None of the above
22. It was good ……… you to write to them.
(A) to
(B) of
(C) Either could be used here
(D) None of the above
23. It’s full ……… water.
(A) of
(B) for
(C) Either could be used here
(D) None of the above
24. I’m afraid ……… the dark.
(A) of
(B) for
(C) Either could be used here
(D) None of the above
Directions—(Q. 25 and 26) The first line (A)
of each question is fixed. Arrange the other four
lines in a logical sequence.
25. (a) As the recession deepens, people across
the ideological spectrum declare that
capitalism has failed.
(b) Yet, recessions are not aberrations of
capitalism, but an intrinsic part of it.
(c) A bust is an occasion for clearing out
deadwood and failed experiments and reinventing capitalism
(d) Almost every economic news report
carries Countries in recession words like
“crisis” and “disaster”
(e) Markets create boom and bust cycles
arising from human tendencies to swing
from euphoria to fear and back.
(A) ecdb
(B) edcb
(C) dbec
(D) becd
26. (a) But the problem is that politics is power,
religion has only peace love and the
experience of the divine.
(b) Religion has no mundancs power like
nuclear weapons and atom bombs and
guns its dimensions is totally different.
(c) It is just like a beautiful rose flower its
beauty poetry, its dance makes life worth
living, gives life meaning and significance
(d) Politics can easily interfere with religion
and it has been interfering all along to
such an extent that it has destroyed many
religious values which are absolutely
necessary for the survival of humanity
and life on this Earth.
(e) Religion is not a will to power, religion
is a search for truth. And the very search
makes the religious man humble, simple
and innocent.
(A) dbce
(B) edcb
(C) dbec
(D) bdec
Directions—(Q. 27 and 28) Correct the following sentences by choosing the appropriate
option—
27. If he was to decide to go to college, one
would recommend that he plan to go to IIM,
Ahmedabad—
(A) If he was to decide to go to college, one
would recommend that he plan to go to
IIM Ahmedabad
(B) If he were to decide to go to college, one
would recommend that he plan to go to
IIM Ahmedabad
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(C) Had he decided to go to college one
would recommend that plan to go to IIM
Ahamedabad
(D) In the event that he decides to go to
college one would recommend that plan
to go to IIM Ahmedabad
28. The entire cast and crew of the film enjoyed
splashing in the pool bathing in the ocean and
particularly to sun bathe on the shore—
(A) The entire cast and crew of the film
enjoyed splashing in the pool, bathing in
the ocean and particularly on sun bathe
on the shore
(B) The entire cast and crew of the film
enjoyed splashing in the pool to have a
bath in the ocean and particularly to sun
bathe on the shore
(C) The entire crew and cast of the film
enjoyed swimming in the pool to bathe in
the ocean and particularly sun bathing on
the shore
(D) The entire cast and crew of the film
enjoyed swimming in the pool bathing in
the ocean and particularly sun bathing on
the shore
Directions—(Q. 29–32) For each of the
following questions a part or the whole of the
original sentence has been bold. You have to find
the best way of writing the bold part of the
sentence.
29. The matter was referred back to the expert
committee since the solution to the problem
was different from the one proposed earlier.
(A) referred back to the expert committee
since the solution to the problem was
different from the one proposed earlier.
(B) referred to the expert committee since
the solution to the problem was different
from the one proposed earlier.
(C) referred back to the expert committee
since the solution to the problem was
different than the one proposed earlier.
(D) referred to committee since the solution
to the problem was different than the one
proposed earlier.
30. Many middle class South Asians find that
they cannot obtain good medical attention
despite the fact they need it badly.
(A) they need it badly
(B) they badly need it
(C) of they need it badly
(D) that they need it badly
31. The world today is totally different than we
have seen in the last century.
(A) than, we have seen
(B) from what we have seen
(C) from what we seen
(D) than what we seen
32. Mr. Singhania was perhaps the single most
effective executive within the country who
had succeeded without a degree, money and
without any logistic support.
(A) who had succeeded without a degree,
money and without any logistic support
(B) without whom a degree money or logistic
support succeeded
(C) who, without a degree money or logistic
support succeeded
(D) who, succeeded without a degree money
or logistic support
Directions—(Q. 33–40) Read the given
passage and answer the questions.
According to Inter Press Service, “On global
scale, women cultivate more than half of all the
food that is grown. In sub-Saharan Africa and the
Caribbean, they produce up to 80 per cent of basic
foodstuffs. In Asia, they account for around 50 per
cent of food production. In Latin America, they
are mainly engaged in subsistence farming,
horticulture, poultry and raising small livestock.”
Yet women often get little recognition for
that. In fact, many go unpaid. It is very difficult
for these women to get the financial resources
required to buy equipment etc., as many societies
still do not accept, or realize, that there is a change
in the “traditional” roles.
UNICEF’s 2007 report on state of the world’s
children focused on the discrimination and
disempowerment women face throughout their
lives and how that impacts children’s lives. In
regards to work and pay, they noted the following.
Reasons for such disparity include the fact
that women are generally underpaid and because
they often perform low-status jobs, compared to
men. UNICEF notes that the data isn’t always
perfect, and that generalizations such as the above
can hide wider fluctuations. “Brazil, for example,
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women under the age of 25 earn a higher average
hourly wage than their male counterparts.”
UNICEF’s main summary of equality in
employment included the following points :
For many women, un-paid work in and for the
household takes up the majority of their working
hours, with much less time spent in remunerative
employment. Even when they participate in the
labour market for paid employment, women still
undertake the majority of the housework.
When women work outside the household,
they earn, on average, far less than men. They are
also more likely to work in more precarious forms
of employment with low earnings, little financial
security and few or no social benefits.
Women not only earn less than men, but also
tend to own fewer assets. Smaller salaries and less
control over household income constrain their
ability to accumulate capital.
33. Women’s work is often—
(A) unnoticed
(B) unrecognized and unpaid
(C) appreciated
(D) paid
34. In sub Saharan and Caribbean region women
produced around ………… food.
(A) 50%
(B) 80%
(C) 70%
(D) 60%
35. Disempowerment of women affects—
(A) family life
(B) society
(C) offspring’s life (D) environment
36. Most of the part of women’s working hours is
often consumed by—
(A) child nurturing
(B) farming
(C) household responsibilities
(D) husband and family
37. The text talks about—
(A) women’s status in society
(B) women empowerment
(C) women’s subjugation
(D) children’s state in the society
38. Which of the following sentences is correct ?
(A) Age plays a vital role in the wages that
women get in some parts of the world
(B) Age does not play any role in the wages
that women get
(C) Age plays a vital role in the wages that
women get in one of the South American
countries
(D) Age plays a vital role in the wages that
women get in one of the North American
countries
39. It is difficult for women to become entrepreneurs because—
(A) they lack knowledge
(B) they lack skills
(C) they are short of money due to their
family responsibilities
(D) they lack funds to invest
40. UNICEF works in the field of—
(A) child welfare
(B) women empowerment
(C) environmental issues
(D) eradication of racism
Quantitative
41. At an examination in which maximum marks
are 500, a got 10% less than B, B got 25%
more than C, C got 20% less than D. If A got
360 marks, what % of marks was obtained by
D?
(A) 60
(B) 72
(C) 55
(D) 80
42. A positive number is by mistake divided by 6
instead of being multiplied by 6. What is the
% error on the basis of correct answer ?
(A) 3
(B) 97
(C) 17
(D) 83
43. The average temperature of the first three
days of a week is 27° C and of the next three
days is 29° C. If the weekly average is 28·5°C,
then the temperature of the last day is—
(A) 31·5° C
(B) 28° C
(C) 42° C
(D) 21° C
44. A mathematics teacher tabulated the marks
secured by 35 students of 8th cases. The
average of their marks was 72. If the mark
secured by Reema was written as 36 instead
of 86, then find the correct average marks up
to two decimal places—
(A) 73·41
(B) 74·31
(C) 72·43
(D) 73·43
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46. The ratio of two numbers is 3 : 8 and their
difference is 115. The greater number is—
(A) 69
(B) 115
(C) 184
(D) 230
47. If 3x = 8y and 5y = 9z, then x/z = ?
(A) 72/15
(B) 83/15
(C) 9/8
(D) 11/83
48. How much chicory at 4 a kg should be
added to 15 kg of coffee at 10 a kg so that
the mixture be worth 6·50 per kg ?
(A) 15 kg
(B) 18 kg
(C) 12 kg
(D) 21 kg
49. A mixture of a herbal liquid and a base oil
contains 45% herbal liquid by weight. Twenty
five grams of base oil is added to such 200
grams of mixture. What % of herbal liquid by
weight is there in the new mixture ?
(A) 25
(B) 60
(C) 80
(D) 40
50. A cube of 1 cc volume will have surface area
equal to—
(A) 1/12 sq cm
(B) 1/24 sq cm
(C) 6 sq cm
(D) 1/36 sq cm
Directions—(Q. 51–55) Production of Fertilizers by six major production units of India during
Apr-Aug (figures in Million Tonnes).
Month
Production Unit
52. In the month of June, how many of the given
units have a share of more than 25% of the
total production of fertilizers ?
(A) Two
(B) Three
(C) Four
(D) None of these
53. In the month of July, the production of which
unit shows the greatest percentage increase
over the previous month—
(A) I
(B) II
(C) IV
(D) V
54. In which month does the unit No II have a
contribution of approximately 15% in the
total fertilizer production ?
(A) April
(B) May
(C) June
(D) None of these
55. What was the approximate % increase in
fertilizer productions in Unit V in August,
over that in May ?
(A) 4·5%
(B) 3·5%
(C) 2·6%
(D) 36%
Directions—(Q. 56–60) Study the graph carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Failure Rates of Different Electronic
Components
Failure rate per thousand no.s
45. The average age of 24 boys in a class is 16. If
the teacher is included and one boy is
excluded from the group, the average
increases by one. The age of the teacher is—
(A) 41
(B) 32
(C) 45
(D) Data insufficient
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
30
15
16
33
40
20
Picture Signal Capacitors Integrated Printed Hybrid
Tubes Devices
Circuits Circuit Micro
Boards Circuits
Electric Components
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
April
310
180
169
137
140
120
May
318
179
177
162
140
122
June
320
160
188
173
135
130
July
326
167
187
180
146
130
August
327
150
185
178
145
128
51. In which unit was there a steady increase in
production over the months ?
(A) I
(B) II
(C) III
(D) V
56. Which of the following components has a
failure rate 25% more than that of signal
device ?
(A) Picture Tubes
(B) Capacitors
(C) Integrated Circuits
(D) Printed Circuit
57. The failure rate of printed circuit boards is
what per cent of that of capacitor ?
(A) 61
(B) 165
(C) 65
(D) 154
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