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Entrance Examination-2015
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Max. Marks: 60 Time: 2 Hours
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
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Answer all the questions in the OMR sheet only.

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All questions carry equal negative marks. 0.33 marks will be subtracted for every wrong answer.


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I.General Media Awareness (25Xl=25 Marks)

. Enter the correct answer in the OMR Sheet.
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'The Substance and the Shadow' is the autobiography of Rajesh Khanna Dilip Kumar C)Amitabh Bachchan D)Vinod Khanna

2.
Gadgil Committee Report deals with conservation of Himalayan Pine Forests Tropical Rain Forests of Assam Eastern Ghats Western Ghats

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Ifa money bill is rejected by Rajya Sabha It is annulled automatically It should be reconsidered by Lok Sabha It is still deemed to have passed None of the above

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The capital of Emperor Ashoka was? Ujjain Hastinapura Pataliputra Taxila

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Which among the following actors has recently been appointed the UN Women's Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia? FarhanAkhtar Shahrukh Khan Sonakshi Sinha Aamir Khan

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Who succeeded Steve Jobs as the CEO ofApple Inc in 2011? Tim Cook Steve Wozniak Jeff Bezos Bob Mansfield

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Which TV channel telecasts the Reality Show "B(qg Boss"? Star Plus TV Colors TV Zee TV Sony TV

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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 was given for inventing Blue LED Higgs Boson Particle Spiral CFL High precision lasers

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The internet channel that spoofs Indian journalism journalists is Tl;le Hoot Newslaundry Media Crooks Media Watch


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10. Who is the current chairperson ofthe Press Council of India?
GN Ray Markandeya Katju Chandramauli K. Prasad Jayachandra Reddy

'11. Who among the following is credited with the invention ofnewsprint? Joseph Pulitzer William Rap.dolph Hearst Charles Johannes Gutenberg
12.Which ofthefollowingmagazines conducts thepoll Person oftheYear? TIME The New Yorker America Magazine The Week
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Which among the following cricketers is referred to as "The Don"? Vivian Richard Donald Bradman Gary Sobers Wasim Akram

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Who is the author of 'Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Sheryl Sandberg Marissa Mayer Tina Fey Meg Whitman

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The controversial 969 movement originated Nepal Myanmar Bhutan Srilanka

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The recent dips in global crude prices have been attributed to? Shale gas production in the US New reserves found in Venezuela Increasing use of renewable energy sources Lower demand from India and China

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Who is the Chairman of Prasar Bharati? Justice Markandey Katju Ms. Vijaya Laxmi Chabbra A. Surya Prakash Justice K.G.Balakrisnan

18.
Rajdeep Sardesai shifted from CNN-IBN to become the"Consulting Editor of


Times Group India Today Group
Hindustan Times Anand Bazar Patrika Group

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19.
Who is the captain of the national women's cricket team of India? Mithali Raj Diana Eduljee Soniya Dabir Ekta Bisht

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In which year was Colour Television introduced in India? 1980 1981 1982 1983

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Who is the Defence Minister of India? Arun Jaitley ManoharParrikar Ravi Shankar Prasad Nitin Gadkari

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Who is the current Prime Minister of Fiji? Sitiveni Rabuka Frank Bainimarama Kamisese Mara Mahendra Chaudhry

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What is the healthy target blood pressure? About 80/60 Less than 150/100 About 120/80 Less than 140/100

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Who is the editor of the magazine Caravan?

Krishna Prasad Vinod K. Jose
Siddharth Varadarajan Arnab Goswami


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Who founded Amazon?



Johnny Depp Mark Zukerberg Will Smith Jeff Bezos
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II. Language Competence
This section is designed to test your ability to work with the English language in terms of reading, analYZing information and understanding correct usage.
Enter the correct answer in the OMR Sheet.
Section VERBAL ABILITY (10X1=10 MARKS)
In eachofthequestions below, one ofthepairsdoes notfall into the samecategory or conceptualgroup as the rest Pick out the odd one in each set ofpairs.
26. spectacles/frame
dress/design
27. dog/bark
buffalo/horn
28. handloom/weaver
building/architect
29. research/finding
exploration/discovery
30. tap/water
shelf/books
31. film/editor
university/vic e-chancellor
32. arm/sleeve
foot/sock
33. speed/fast
light/bright
34. prize/competition
doubt/raise
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35. to be/was
to lie/lay

page/margin


book/cover


cat/mew


cock/crow


company/worker


furniture/carpenter


experiment/invention


trialjerror


horn/sound


lamp/light


school/principal


company/director


head/hair


eyes/goggles


sound/loud


taste/good


question/ask


problem/pose


to have/had


to drink/drunk


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Section ENGLISH USAGE GRAMMAR (10Xl= 10 MARKS)
Select the appropriate word/phrase from the options to fill in the blank in each of
the given sentences. Enter the correct answer in the OMR Sheet.

36.I triedto callhimbuthislinewas engaged occupied taken connected
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Nobody can fool me. never in.
giving taken taking given


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Coal is still in Bellary.
manufactured grown built mined



39.Come to myparty················Fridaynight.
A)in B)on C)at 0)off

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It has been four years since I last German. have spoken spoken spoke was speaking

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You mustalwaystell__truth!
A)the is C)by O)a



42.She like football very much.
hasn't B)doesn't C)wasn't O)not
43.Water turns ice.
a B)in C)into O)of
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do not want to ·depend my parents.
for B)in C)to O)on


45.
was restored, and the judge proceeded with the case.
Quiet Quite Quest Quit,



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Section WORD USE AND ABUSE (10Xl= 10 MARKS)
In thefollowing sentences, choose the correct wordfrom the options provided. Enter the·correct answer in the OMR Sheet.
46. She worked harder she had ever worked before. then than there their
47."All animals, except man, know that the __business oflife is to enjoy it." principle principal pressure price
The professor was given materials in the research library. excess B)access axis O)excuse
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The police threatened to faulty goods. cease cess seize excise

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I ordered__eventhoughIwas alreadyfull. dessert desert dipper dissertation

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The future is said the scientist. black bleak bloke broke

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The clothes were in purple colour. died dyed dried dyeing

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The students were in no mood to the teacher's argument. access accept except acquire

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"Tall of leaders don't fill stomachs, providing work does," said the philosopher. statutes stature status statues

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Atypeofcorniscalled
haze daze maze maize



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III: READING COMPREHENSION (5Xl=5 MARKS)
Read thefollowing textcarefully and answer the questions thatfollow} selecting the most appropriate option from the list provided. Enter the correct answer in the


Today in Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi -in any big city in India -people, old, young and in­between, are everywhere chatting on cell phones or mobiles. The ring tones that chime constantly from every conceivable nook and cranny are ubiquitous, adding it the general cacophony of a modern South Asian street scene. The sound of portable phones is the most recent addition to the hodgepodge of noises one might hear, intermingling with loudspeakers playing music from the latest Bollywood hits, car and bus horns blaring, vendors of food and others shouting out their wares, temple bells being struck, and the calling of Muslims to prayer. The new telecommunication technologies allow a person in Bangalore or Hyderabad to answer the questions of a customer of a multinational corporation calling from North America, while TV networks based in the West such as MTV, BBC, and CNN are now broadcast throughout the Indian subcontinent. Meanwhile, the Western pop culture transmitted to other parts of the globe is more and more permeated with influences from South Asia: Nora Jones, the daughter of world famous sitarist Ravi Shankar, is among the best selling artists of the early 2000s; the voice of the late Nusrat Ali Khan serves as a backdrop to the hit film Dead Man Walking; and the grocer Apu figures on the long-running animated TV show, The Simpsons. Cultural influences across national and regional people have exchanged ideas, technologies, and goods with different societies since the beginning of human history.
The food served at any good Indian restaurant offers a useful illustration of just how much the culture of each region of the world is indebted to others. Kabobs, keema, and korma are all derived from the cuisines of the Middle East and Central Asia; these areas also contributed the rich, creamy sauces that are so prominent in Indian restaurant fare abroad. Many items long considered staples of the Indian diet such as chili peppers, potatoes, and tomatoes were introduced from the New World beginning in the sixteenth century, as were fruits like pineapple and papaya. Other popular Indian foods like cauliflower and cabbage, of European origin were not grown in the subcontinent until after 1850. South Asia, in its turn, contributed the cucumber, black pepper, cinnamon, and possibly also the sweet orange and eggplant to the world; it also transmitted rice, sugarcane, citrus fruits, tea, and cotton to the lands lying to its west.
Although cross-cultural interaction has always been a factor in the history of South Asia, as in the history of every region of Eurasia, it was particularly significant during the period covered in this book, the years from 1200 to 1750. Beginning in 1200, much of North India came under the control of warriors whose family origins lay in Afghanistan or Central Asia. They were not large in number, but their political importance encouraged an influx of educated immigrants from the Islamic world and closer ties between South Asia and the regions to its west. The Central Asian ethnic heritage, Persian cultural orientation, and Islamic religious affiliation of this ruling class introduced many novel elements political ideologies and practices, and techniques of warfare. Muslim scholars, mystics, and institutions also received much patronage from these new political elite, leading eventually to the presence of a sizeable Muslim population in the subcontinent. The already pluralistic human landscape of South Asia was enriched as a consequence and, over time, a composite culture developed that drew on both the Indic and Perso-Islamic traditions. This is especially visible in the material culture of South Asia today, where forms of dress like the salwar-kamiz (tunics worn over long, loose pants) worn by many urban women, textile designs like paisley or the enameled and filigreed patterns on metal objects owe their inspiration largely to contact with the Islamic world.

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56. According to the first paragraph, cultural influences across national and regional boundaries seem to be now more pervasive than ever before. In the historical past, were these influences less obvious on the Indian sub continent?
Yes Partially true Partially untrue Fully True
57. The food served in any good Indian restaurant display:
monolithic cuisine composite cuisine· tasteless cuisine tasteful cuisine
58. Indian cuisine uses vegetables and fruits that are not of native origin. In which case, the thing called Indian cuisine is:
an unfinished project
constantly evolving
a fiction
None of the above

59. Between 1200 to 1750, cross cultural interaction became more pronounced in Northern India. The major cultural influences that shaped the Indian subcontinent were:
Central Asia
Persian contact
Islamic contact
O)All of the above

60. According to the authors, the history of Indian nation cannot be studied without reference to:
foreign influences
political and military conquests
.positive cultural influences
all ofthe above


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