DPM 28
A to E
A. Words along with their meaning, Pronunciation and usage
Gerontocracy –(jer-uh n-tok-ruh-see, jeer-) noun
Government ruled by old people.
Looking at the Chief Ministers of all the states, we can say that gerontocracy rules
here.
Appease –( uh-peez)verb
To make quiet or calm.
The hotel manager tried to appease the disgruntled guest by offering him a free meal
coupon.
Abscond –(ab-skond) verb
- To go away suddenly ( to avoid arrest)The accused was absconding and the police
could not trace him.
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Poseur –( poh-zur) noun
-a person who attempts to impress by acting unlike himself.
A poseur never impresses others – a point he realizes much later.
Cryptic- ( krip-tik) adj
-secret with a hidden meaning.
The historian believed that the cryptic Mohen-jo-daro script held the clue to life in those
times.
Perjury – (pur-juh-ree )noun
- Willful false statement under oath, unlawful act.
By giving false testimony , the witness was liable to be charged of perjury.
Counterfeit – (koun-ter-fit )adj
- forgery.
The verisimilitude of the counterfeit notes fooled even the RBI governor.
Pungent- (puhn-juhnt) adj
-sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid.
-acutely distressing to the feelings or mind; poignant.
-caustic, biting, or sharply expressive.
The pungent flavour of the dish was liked by everyone in the family.
Indomitable - ( in-dom-i-tuh-buhl) – adj
- not easily discouraged or subdued.
The battalion’s indomitable spirit during the Kargil war was applauded by one and all.
Castigate- (kas-ti-geyt )– verb
- to give severe punishment.
The manager was castigated for the officious manner with which dealt with the guest.
B. RC Passage (with Link)
Article 1: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/04/the-man-who-thought-too-fast
Frank Ramsey—a philosopher, economist, and mathematician—was one of the greatest minds
of the last century. Born in a family belonging to intellectual aristocracy, the remarkable Ramsey’s
brilliant albeit very short life is profiled in this article. Several prominent thinkers of the time were
to experience the rather humbling “Ramsey effect.” It was said that one would make a thrilling
breakthrough only to find that Ramsey had got there first. Economists now study Ramsey pricing;
mathematicians ponder Ramsey numbers; philosophers talk about Ramsey sentences,
Ramseyfication, and the Ramsey test. The article is a fascinating account of his life and work.
Article 2: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/san-francisco-had-1918-flu-under-
control-then-it-lifted-n1191141
In the context of pressures everywhere to reopen and resume business as normal after a period
of lockdown due to the COVID-19 outbreak, this article takes us a century back—specifically to
how officials acted in cities such as San Francisco during the 1918 flu pandemic. It offers a
cautionary tale about the dangers of opening up too soon as was witnessed by the city whose
failure to take swift action and the decision to ease restrictions after only a few weeks had
catastrophic ramifications.
Article 3:Africa, in its Fullness
https://aeon.co/essays/liberating-the-precolonial-history-of-africa
BRIEF: For a long time, historians in the West have seen the Atlantic slave trade as shaping the
beginnings of West Africa’s engagement with Europe. There is no question that the slave trade
exerted a profound influence in many parts of Africa. However, to look at African history as the
history of slavery and the slave trade is no more accurate than to study the history of the Nazis
as the sum of the German past.
Article 4:Why You Should Not Always Trust Your Intuition: New study shows: Trusting your
intuition might have an unexpected dark side.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-asymmetric-brain/202004/why-you-should-not-
always-trust-your-intuition
Article 5: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200416105650.htm
A reanalysis of data from NASA's Kepler space telescope has revealed an Earth-size exoplanet
orbiting in its star's habitable zone, the area around a star where a rocky planet could support
liquid water.
C. RC Passage (with Questions)
The most important change in the world has been the rise of China. The increase in its average
annual GDP per head from around $300 to $6750 over the period has brought previously
unimagined prosperity to hundreds of millions of people. India's GDP per head was the same as
China's three decades ago. It is now a quarter of the size. Despite a couple of bouts of reform
and spurts of growth, India's economy has never achieved the momentum that has dragged
much of East Asia out of poverty. The human cost ,in terms of frustrated ,under-employed ,ill-
educated ,unhealthy ,hungry people ,has been immense. Government is at the heart of India's
failure . The few strong governments India has had - always dominated by the Congress
party ,a Nehru-Gandhi family fief - have had rotten economic agendas .That is partly because
India is an extraordinarily hard place to govern. Much power is devolved to the states; the
fissiparous nature of its polity means that deals have constantly to be done with a vast array of
regional and caste based parties ;and a colonial and socialist past has bequeathed India a
bureaucracy whose direction is hard to change. The former Prime Minister , Manmohan Singh ,
who was not much more than a Gandhi family retainer, had little chance of doing so . Now ,for
the first time ever ,India has a strong government whose priority is growth. Narendra Modi, who
leads the Bhartiya Janata party (BJP)has won a tremendous victory on the strength of promising
to make India's economy work. Mr. Modi by contrast ,has huge authority ,both within his party
and in the country. The BJP’s victory owes something to good organization but most to its
leader’s appeal. Not since Indira Gandhi was assassinated in 1984 has India had such a
powerful personality in charge. Mr. Modi has an outright majority -282 of the 543 seats in
Parliament's lower house. Only Congress has ever won a majority by itself before , and it has
not had one for 30 years. The combination of parliamentary clout and personal power means
that Mr. Modi has a better chance of getting state governments to go along with him than Mr.
Singh did. Congress, meanwhile, has been routed, retaining just 44 seats. The joke was that
until the parliamentary elections India had no government ,now it has no opposition. Mr. Modi
has a mandate for economic reform. Although his sport supporters are religious nationalists,
steeped in the glories of a Hindu past, it was the votes of the young, urban and educated that
won him the election. They were turned off by Congress’ s drift and venality, and its preference
for welfare handouts over fostering opportunity. They want the chance of self-advancement that
Mr. Modi, a tea seller's son, both represents and promises.
Q1) According to the passage India's GDP is most likely to be
(A) $300 (B) $3375 (C) $1687 (D)$5061
Q2) In the context of the passage, the word ‘fissiparous’ most likely means
(A) Divisive (B) Fragmented
(B) factious (D) unstable
Q3) According to the passage, which of the following presents the most serious impediment to
India’s chances of prosperity?
(A) A fragile economy.
(B) The rotting institutions in the country.
(C) The country’s complexity, overwhelmed by a combination of politics, bureaucracy
and corruption.
(D) Indians who want economic development and not feudal charity.
Q4) According to the passage, all of the following factors fortifies Mr. Modi’s potential to be a
game changer EXCEPT:
(A) Mr. Modi’s government committing itself to growth, and a population hungry for it.
(B) Mr. Modi winning the election by a margin almost nobody imagined possible ,which
should mean stable and decisive room.
(C) The BJP winning only the because of voters’ grumpiness at the national misrule of
Congress.
(D) Mr. Modi centralizing power ,thus his prime minister's office being mightier than its
recent predecessors.
D. Quantitative Aptitude
Q.1. A, B, C race in a triathlon-a race consisting of three legs -running, cycling and swimming.
A can cycle thrice as fast as he can run and swim one third as fast as he can run. B can cycle 4
times as fast as he can run and swim one-fourth as fast as he can run. C can swim half as fast
as he can run and cycle four times as fast as he can run. A can run 10% faster then B and 20%
faster then C. The length of running track is half of that of the cycling track and twice that of the
swimming track. Who is leading after the cycling is over?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) Both A and B
Q.2. A, B, C race in a triathlon-a race consisting of three legs -running, cycling and swimming.
A can cycle thrice as fast as he can run and swim one third as fast as he can run. B can cycle 4
times as fast as he can run and swim one-fourth as fast as he can run. C can swim half as fast
as he can run and cycle four times as fast as he can run. A can run 10% faster then B and 20%
faster then C. The length of running track is half of that of the cycling track and twice that of the
swimming track. If swimming track is more than 100 m long and C beats B by 100 m finally. Find
the length of the cycling track approximately.
(A) 1035 m (B) 777 m (C)518 m (D) 980 m
Q.3. A certain tank has 2 pipes A and B that can either fill it or empty it at the same respective
rates depending on the requirements. If pipe A only is used to fill the tank for the time that both
pipes together take to fill the tank, then 3/5th of the tank would be full. When the tank is empty,
pipe A is used to fill the tank while B is used to empty it. What percent of the tank will be empty
in half the time it takes to fill the tank by both pipes together when they are used for filling?
(A) 90% (B) 60% (C) 40% (D) 20%
Q.4. Two men simultaneously left from two places P and Q. One of them left P for Q and the
other left Q for P. Both travelled their entire journeys with their own uniform speed. After arriving
at their destinations, they immediately turned back and travelled to their respective starting
points. In this process, they met for the first time at a point 18 km from Q and for the second
time at a point 15 km from P. If the speed of the person starting from P is more than twice the
speed of the other person, what can be distance between P and Q?
(A) 39 km (B) 60 km (C) 45 km (D) 72 km
Q5. In a 56 digit number, N, all the digits in the odd places from the left are 5, and all the digits
in the even places except the 12th place are 4. What should be the digit in the 12th place so that
N is divisible by 11?
(A) 0 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) None
Q.6. A natural number N is of the form 1! + 2! + 3! +.........+n!. N is equal to the sum of the cubes
of all its digits. How many values of n will satisfy this?
Q.7. In base n, 32 * 45=2133. Express the number (424)10 in base n.
(A) 650 (B) 1144 (C) 521 (D) 1244
Q8. In how many ways can 20 identical coins be placed in 3 different boxes such that no box
contain less then 3 or more than 8 coins?
(A) 35 (B) 21 (C) 20 (D) 15
Q.9. How many ordered pairs of integers (x, y), where x>0, satisfy the equation
1 3 1
+ = ?
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(A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 12
Q.10. All possible six-digit numbers are formed using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 without
repetition. How many of the numbers thus formed are divisible by every factor of the digit
present in its units place?
(A) 234 (B) 412 (C) 700 (D) 648
E. DILR – 1 Set
Directions for Q.1 to Q.3- Agent 786 of India is given a task of picking up clues at countries
P,Q,R,S,T,U,V to locate 5 terrorist hideouts coded as 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, which are located in five
different countries which are not listed above . The preliminary and final clues for each of the
hideouts is available at the different countries as follows.
Hide out code Preliminary clue Final clue
1 P S
2 P T
3 Q U
4 Q, R U, V
5 R V
The agent should use exactly one name among Christy, Ahmed and Bhaskar while travelling
from one country to other. He gets caught if he uses the same name for two consecutive
journeys. Countries P, S U and T and countries where hideouts 2, 3 and 5 are located do not
allow people whose name start with A to the country but allows them to leave. Country Q and
countries where hideouts 1, 2, 5 are located do not allow people whose name starts with B to
enter the country but allows them to leave. Countries S and V and the countries where hideout 3
is located do not allow people whose name start with C to enter the country but allows them to
leave. The agent can collect the final clue of any hideout only after he collects its preliminary
clue. The agent should not travel through more than two countries before reaching the country
of hideout.
Q.1. Which name should the agent use while travelling from India to locate hideout 1?
(A) Ahmad (B) Bhashkar (C) Christy (D) Either (B) or (C)
Q.2. Which of the following hideouts cannot be located by the agent ?
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 2 (D) None of these
Q.3. If the agent uses name Bhaskar while travelling from India, which of the following hideouts
other than 2 cannot be located by him?
(A) 1,3,4 only (B) 1 and 3 only
(C) only 4 (D) only 1
