Entrance 2012
(CggnitiveSeience)'and
Ph.D. (Cognitive Science)

Marks: 75.
Time: 2.00 hours

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1.
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2.
. Read carefully the following instruCtions

a.
This QtiestionPaperhas Two· Sections :8ection.. A· and Section ... B.

b.
Section'-A consists'of25objectivetypequestions ofonemarkeach. There .isa 'negative markfugfor thissectioil. Bach wrong answer carries -0.33 mark.





c.
-Section -Bconsists of 50 objective type questions ofone mark each. There is no . negative marIangin this Section.

d.
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e.
Calculators are permitted. Logarltbmicmbles are not allowed.

f.
AU queStions are to be answered.

g.
Hand over both question booklet and the OMR' Sheet at the end' of the examination.



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SECTION A
Directions: Each question below consists offour words. Choose the word that is closest in meaning to the phrase in italics:
1. Ready to occur
A. Imminent
B. Docent
C. Reticent
D. Adherent
2. Cooperation between two different organisms
A. Surmise
B. Heinous
C. Motif
D. Symbiosis
3. Flexible; easily bent or twist
A. Pliant
B. Decent
C. Supplant
D. Adamant
4. The arrival or coming of
A. Adherent
B. Advent
C. Adept
D. Assent
5. Contradiction in terms; combination oftwo opposite words, such as "bittersweet"
A. Redeploy
B. Accrue
C. Oxymoron
D. Motif

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6. injustice
A. Opaque
B. Innuendo
C. Pliant
D. Iniquity
7. To harm by adding impurities
A. Calibrate
B. Adulterate
C. Adumbrate
D. Perpetrate
8. A supporter ofa cause
A. Serene
B. Addle
C. Adept
D. Adherent
Five persons are sitting in a row. One of the two persons, at the farthest ends, is sharp, the other one is fair. An overweight person is sitting to the right of a feeble person. A tall person is to the left of the fair person and the feeble person is sitting between the sharp and overweight persons. Answer the question 9-13.
9. If people sitting in the row count their position from their right, at which position is the tall person?
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Fourth
10. Which ofthe following depicts the person to the left offeeble person?
A. Sharp
B. Overweight
C. Fair
D. Tall

11. Which ofthe following persons is sitting in the middle?
A. Fair
B. Feeble
C. Sharp
D. Overweight
12. To whose left is the overweight person sitting?
A. Fair
B. Sharp
C. Tall
D. Feeble
13. Ifthe fair person and overweight person swap positions, so also the tall and the feeble, then who will be sitting to the left ofthe feeble person?
A. Tall
B. Fair
C. Overweight
D. Sharp
14. Leelavati had a triangle in mind. Its longest side has length 20 and another one of its sides has length 10. Its area is 80. What is the exact length ofits third side?
A. .J270
B. .J250
C. .J240
D. .J260
15. A red light flashes 3 times per minute and a green light flashes 5 times in two minutes at regular intervals. Ifboth lights start flashing at the same time, how many times do they flash together in each hour?
A.30
B.34
C.20
D.60
16. If d -3n which ofthe following statements describes d in terms of
7n-d
A. d is 5 times n.
B. dis 4 more than n.
C. dis lofn.
7

D. d is 4 less than n.
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17. If q and r are positive integers which ofthe following is assured to be a positive odd integer?
A.2q+l
B.2r+q

C. q-r
D.q+r+l

18. Louder sound has
A. Larger wavelength
B. Larger amplitude
C. Higher frequency
D. Larger phase shift
19. The following statement about energy production in living cells is false
A. Yeast can produce energy without oxygen
B. Glucose is the main source ofenergy present in the blood.
C. Human muscles can produce energy without oxygen
D. Oxygen is required for producing energy in living cells
20. An iron nail is dipped in a solution of copper sulphate in water. This solution is blue in color. The chemical reaction that takes place is, Fe(solid) CuS04(aqueous) FeS04(aqueous) +Cu(solid). After some time the solution loses its blue color. What is the color ofthe nail at this time?
A. Green tinged blue
B. Blue tinged Black
C. Reddish brown
D. Shiny steel color
21. An electric bulb is rated 220 V and 200 W. When it is operated on 110 the power consumed will be
A.lOOW
B. 75W
C.50W
D.25W


22. A gene whose specific mutation can cause a genetic disease that is fatal in the childhood is X-linkedandrecessive. Ifthegenefollows Mendelianpattern ofinheritancethen
A. Mother can be carrier
B. Father can be carrier
C. Father and Mother can be carrier
D. Carriers cannot exist
23. Solution ofan alkali in water is conductive because
A. Water is conductive
B. Alkali produces ions in water
C. Alkali is hydrophobic
D. Alkali produces OIr ions in water
24. The figure below shows the graph ofthe function/in the xy-plane. What is the value of
y



I r V
0 1


x
A.-2
B.
c.O
D.1


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25. You want to add a strip ofcopper on the circular wall ofyour experimental setup such that it fits the field ofview ofthe subject at the centre ofthe room. The field ofview of the subject is 45 degrees and radius ofthe room is 4m. What should be the length ofthe strip you should use?
A.n
B. 2n
C.2
D.1
SECTION B
In each ofthe following sets ofsentences (questions 26-27) choose the one that is ungrammatical.
26.
A. My friend is having a lot ofmoney.
B. You had better leave as soon as possible.
C. Who do you think will win the race?
D. This is the kind of English that I will not put up with.
27.
A. Every boy in the neighbourhood, except John, goes to school every day.
B. All the girls in the neighbourhood, except Savita, goes to school every day.
C. The literati assembled at the reception.
D. The elephant is a very intelligent animal.
Choose the most appropriate filler for the gaps for questions 28-31:
28. Dark: light:: voluble:
A. Docile
B. Perturbed
C. Small
D. Reticent
29. Muscle: tendon: neuron:
A. Nucleus
B. Nerve
C.Axon

D. Cellulose
p-lod

30. Light: levity: sorry:
A.Pain
B. Sorrow
C. Malady
D.Pain

31. Justice: equity: scruple:
A. Compunction
B. Inability
C. Abstraction
D. Unwillingness
32. The nursing shortage in this country is a fake one, caused by the concentration of nurses in the geographical regions with the highest paid and most generous fringe benefits for nurses. In addition, the Indian Nursing Association has artificially worsened the shortage by encouraging nursing colleges to keep enrolments low in order to boost nurses' salaries to even higher levels.
All ofthe following statements, iftrue, would tend to weaken the argument above
except:

A. Although nurses are paid less in Uttar Pradesh than in Kerala, there are 35% more nurses in Uttar Pradesh than in Kerala.
B. Nationwide, the salaries ofnurses have risen at a slower rate than inflation over the last ten years.
C. The number ofstudents who earned degrees in nursing last year was almost double the number six years ago.
D. Those areas ofthe country with the highest pay for nurses also have correspondingly higher living costs.
33. It is important to teach students to use computers effectively. Therefore, students should be taught computer programming in school.
Which ofthe following, if true, most weakens the above argument.
A. Only people who use computers effectively are skilled at computer programming.
B. Only people skilled at computer programming use computers effectively.
C. Some people who use computers effectively cannot write computer programs.
D. Most people who are able to program computers use computers effectively.


For the following questions 34-41 fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.
34. Dominant interests often benefit most from of governmental interference in business, since they are able to take care ofthemselves ifleft alone.
A. Intensification
B. Authorization
C. Centralization
D. Elimination
35. Kagan maintains that an infant's reactions to its first stressful experiences are part ofa natural process of development, not harbingers of childhood unhappiness or signs ofadolescent anxiety.
A. Prophetic
B. Normal
C. Virtual
D. Typical
36. An investigation that is can occasionally yield new facts, even notable ones, but typically the appearance ofsuch facts is the result of a search in a definite direCtion.
A. Timely
B. Unguided
C. Consistent
D. Uncomplicated
37. As my eyesight began to I spent a lot oftime writing about it -both poems and "eye journals" -describing what I saw as I looked out through damaged eyes.
A. Deteriorate
B. Decline
C. Recover
D.Adjust

38. The judge's standing in the legal community, though shaken by phony allegations of wrong doing, emerged, at long last,
A. Unqualified
B. Undiminished
C. Undamaged
D. Unprincipled


A-too

39. Modem agricultural practices have been extremely successful in increasing the productivity ofmajor food crops, yet despite heavy use ofpesticides, losses to diseases and insect pests are sustained each year.
A. Incongruous
B. Significant
C. Considerable
D. Fortuitous
40. Ever a demanding reader ofthe fiction ofothers, the novelist Chase was likewise often the object of analyses by his contemporaries.
A. Exacting
B. Respectful
C. Scathing
D. Meticulous
41. Her should not be confused with miserliness; as long as I have known her, she has always been willing to assist those who are in need.
A. Diffidence
B. Frugality
C. Intolerance
D. Thrift
Directions: Study the data and answer the questions 42-44.
Six sculptures and H to be exhibited in rooms and 3 of an art gallery. Sculptures C and E may not be exhibited in the same room. Sculptures D and G must be exhibited in the same room. If sculptures E and F are exhibited in the same room, no other sculpture may be exhibited in that room. At least one sculpture must be exhibited in each room, and no more than three sculptures may be exhibited in any room.
42. If sculpture D is exhibited in room 1 and sculptures E and F are exhibited in room which ofthe following must be true?
A. Sculpture C must be exhibited in room 1
B. Sculpture H must be exhibited in room 3
C. Sculpture G must be exhibited in room 1
D. Sculpture H must be exhibited in room 2
43. If sculptures C and G are exhibited in room which ofthe following may NOT be a complete list ofthe sculpture(s) exhibited in room
A. Sculpture D
B. Sculpture E
C. Sculpture F
D. Sculptures E and H
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44. Ifsculpture D is exhibited in room 3 and sculptures E and F are exhibited in room
which ofthe following may be true?

A. Sculpture C is exhibited in room 1
B. Sculpture H is exhibited in room 1
C. Sculpture G is exhibited in room 2
D. Sculptures C and H are exhibited in the same room
45. In a certain language, SIKKIM is written as THLJJL how is TRAINING written in that code?
A.SQBHOHOH
B. UQBHOHOF
C. UQBJOHHO
D.UQBJOHOH

46. Sound in a medium has a frequency of2Hz and a wavelength of 100m. How long does it take for it to travel 200m?
A.40sec
B. 1/4sec
C.lsec
D.4sec

47. We cannot see infrared electromagnetic radiation because
A. It does not have color
B. Our eyes do not have appropriate sensors
C. Infrared is heat
D. None ofthe above
48. In a myopic eye the image is formed
A. on the retina but is dim
B. in front ofthe retina
C. behind the retina
D. in front ofthe iris
49. A single celled organism does not have nervous system and liver because
A. The whole cell is in contact with its environment
B. The single celled organisms are not sophisticated enough to requires such functions
C. They depend on other organisms to do these functions
D. The single cell organisms live within other organisms

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50. You apply the same force on a knife and it cuts through some material while a thick rod does not. This is because
A. Knife applies greater pressure compared to the rod
B. Knife is meant for cutting
C. Knife applies greater total force
D. Knife is narrower on one side compared to the other side
51. What is the value of the constant in degrees such that the pair plotted on X-Y graph by varying from 0 through 360 degrees produces a circle?
A.180
B.90
C.O
D.45
52. Which ofthe following is equal to
3 b3
A.a_
B.a3-b3+2ab

C.
(a2 2ab

D.
a3-2ab+b3


53. When an electrical current moves through a straight conductor, it produces
A. A magnetic field around the conductor
B. An electric field around the conductor
C. Both electric and magnetic fields around the conductor
D. No field ofany kind around the conductor
54. A rainbow is formed because the sunlight
A. is reflected from dust particles in the atmosphere
B. is reflected from rain drops suspended in the atmosphere
C. is refracted from rain drops suspended in the atmosphere
D. both refracted and internally reflected from rain drops
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Answer questions 55-58 are based on the infonnation contained in the following passage.
After months oftaIent searching for an administrative assistant to the president of the college the field of applicants has been narrowed down to five and E). It was announced that the finalist would be chosen after a series ofall-day group personal interviews were held. The examining committee agreed upon the following procedure:
1.
The interviews will be held once a week.

2.
Three candidates will appear at any all-day interview session.

3.
Each candidate will appear at least once.

4.
If it becomes necessary to call applicants for additional interviews, no more than one such applicant should be asked to appear the next week.

5.
Because of a detail in the written applications, it was agreed that whenever candidate B appears, A should also be present.

6.
Because oftravel difficulties, it was agreed that C will appear for only one interview.


55.
At the first interview, the following candidates appear: and D. Which of the following combinations can be called for the interview to be held the next week?

A.BCD
B.CDE
C.ABE
D.ABC


56.
Which ofthe following is a possible sequence of combinations for interviews in two successive weeks?


A.ABC,BDE
B.ABD,ABE
C.BDE,ACD

D. ADE, ABC


57. IfA, and D appear at the interview and D is called for an additional interview the following week, which two candidates may be asked to appear with
I. A
II. B
III. C
IV.E
A. I and II
B. I and III only
C. II and IV only
D. III and IV only
58. Which ofthe following statement(s) is/are in agreement with the procedure followed by the search committee?
I. After the second interview, all applicants have appeared at least once.
II. The committee sees each applicant a second time.
III. If a third session is held it is possible for all applicants to appear at least twice.
A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I and III only
59. Those who oppose the new water project claim to have the best interests of this community at heart. Yet they are the same people who, only three years ago, opposed the building of the new outer ring road, which now provides five lakh commuters with fast, easy motoring every day. What could be a better argument in favour ofthe water project?
Which ofthe following statementsis most like the argument above?
A. Those who oppose nuclear power are unable or simply unwilling to recognise the fact that the nuclear energy industry has a safety record unparalleled by that ofany other industry.
B. We must fight the proposed antipornography law, for its principal sponsors have voted against every major piece ofwomen's rights legislation introduced in the last ten years.
C. The so-called tax reform bill now before the parliament must be opposed; its only beneficiaries would be the wealthy corporations, which already pay too little in taxes.
D. The new Lokpal bill introduced in the parliament is a misguided and dangerous proposal, which has been denounced by every politician, government official and industry leaders in the country

60. Three labelled boxes containing red and white cricket balls are all mislabelled. It is known that one of the boxes contains only white balls and one only red balls. The third contains a mixture of red and white balls. You are required to correctly label the boxes with the labels red, white, and red and white by picking a sample of one ball from only one box. What is the label on the box you should sample?
A. White
B.Red

C. Red and White
D. Not possible to determine from a sample ofone ball
61. The image we see in a mirror is formed
A. in front ofthe mirror and is real
B. behind the mirror and is real
C. in front ofthe mirror but is virtual
D. behind the mirror and is virtual
62. A train was moving at a constant velocity of x m/s for 2 hours from its start. Then it starts accelerating at y m/sec2 for 2 hrs. What is the final velocity?
A. 2x+4y m/sec
B. 2+2y m/sec
C. 2y m/sec
D. x+4y m/sec
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63. Which value will the series 4 2.. -2.. ... converge to?
8 16 32

4

4

2

3
64. What does the number 0I00 in binary system number system in base stand for in the decimal system?
A.2000
B. 500
C.8
D.4

65. If you draw a card randomly from a full deck of 52 cards what is the probability that you will not draw a queen?
A. 12
13

4

52
0.2:.­
52
66. If is greater than then Y is
Y zx
z
A. greater than
Y
B. lesser than
Y
C. equal to z
Y
O. indeterminate
67. The highest common factor of6, 72, and 120 is,
A.360
B.6
C. 120
0.12
68. A weight of 13kgs is to be broken into three parts such that using these, all the weights from Ikg to 13kg can be measured. What can be the values ofthe three weights?
A.2kg, 3kg, 8kg
B. 1kg, 3kg, 9kg
C.2kg,5kg,6kg

D. Ikg, 4kg, 8kg
69. Consider the following multiplication:

The result ofthe multiplication
A. is equal to 0
B. has at least one term whose denominator is ABeD...Z
C. has at least one term which is equal to I.
D. cannot be determined.

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70.At x=-1andx 4 the polynomial x2-3x-4 has
A.Maxima
B. Minima
C. Zeros
D. Both zeros and minima
71. Thelength ofaladderexactlyequalstheheight ofawall. Iftheladderisplaced ona2 feet tall stool placed 10 feet away from the wall then its tip can just touch the top ofthe wall. What is the height ofthe wall (in feet)?
A.IS
B.26
C. 28
D.32
72. Which ofthe following is proportional to the forc.e exerted by an egg ofmass z kg on earth if the mass of earth is M kg.
A.zM
B.zM2
C.z2M
D.z2
73. In the correctly worked out multiplication problem below, each letter represents a different digit. What is the value ofM?
LL
X LM
MM
LL
L3M
A.I
B.2
C.4



74. Consider the five points comprising the vertices of a square and the intersection point of its diagonals. How many triangles can be formed using these points (choose the best answer)?
A.4
B.6
C.8
D.I0

75. By weight, liquid A makes up 8 percent of solution R and 18 percent of solution S. If 3 grams of solution R are mixed with 7 grams ofsolution then liquid A accounts for what percentofthe weight oftheresultingsolution?
A.IO%
B. 13%
C.15%
D.19%