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QUESTIONS: 1 – 45 TIME: 80 MINUTES

1. Out of 9 persons, 8 persons spent Rs. 30 each for their meals. The ninth one spent Rs. 20
more than the average expenditure of all the nine. The total money spent by all of them was:
A. 292.5
B. 297.5
C. 298
D. 298.5

2. 405 sweets were distributed equally among children in such a way that the number of
sweets received by each child is 20% of the total number of children. How many sweets did
each child recieve?
A. 9
B. 10
C. 11
D. 12

3. A train covers a distance in 50 minutes, if it runs at a speed of 48kmph on an

average. Find the speed at which the train must run to reduce the time of journey to
40 minutes.
A. 50 Km/h
B. 60 km/h
C. 65 km/h
D. 70 km/h

4. Let !(#) = (# ! − 3# " + 2#)#$ . The domain of f(x) includes which of the following?
I. 1
II. 2
III. –1

A. I ONLY
B. I AND II
C. III ONLY
D. I, II, AND III

5. If 4 (x – y) = 64 and 4 (x + y) = 1024, then find the value of x.

A. 3
B. 1
C. 6
D. 4

6. If 20 men can build a wall 56 meters long in 6 days, what length of a similar wall can be
built by 35 men in 3 days?
A. 46
B. 47
C. 48
D. 49

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7. The current of a stream at 1 kmph. A motorboat goes 35 km upstream and back to the
starting point in 12 hours. The speed of the motorboat in still water is?
A. 8 kmph
B. 6 kmph
C. 7.5 kmph
D. 5.5 kmph

8. A number when divided by 779 gives a remainder 47. By dividing the same number by 19,
what would be the remainder?
A. 9
B. 10
C. 11
D. 12

9. A student has to obtain 33% of the total marks to pass. He got 125 marks and failed by 40
marks. The maximum marks are:
A. 500
B. 600
C. 800
D. 1000

10. A thief goes away with a MARUTHI car at a speed of 40 kmph. The theft has been
discovered after half an hour and the owner sets off in a bike at 50 kmph when will the owner
over take the thief from the start?
A. 2 hours 10 mins
B. 2 hours
C. 2 hours 5 mins
D. 2 hours 30 mins

11. Given that 100.48 = x, 100.70 = y and (# % ) = y2, then the value of z is close to:
A. 1.45
B. 1.88
C. 2.9
D. 3.7

12. If the point (-5, -12) is reflected across the x-axis and then across y-axis, then what are the
coordinates of the resulting point?
A. (5, -12)
B. (-12, -5)
C. (-12, 5)
D. (5, 12)

13. The number of degrees that the hour hand of a clock moves through between noon and
2.30 in the afternoon of the same day is
A. 720
B. 180
C. 75
D. 65

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14. Bhavesh sells his books in the flea market. He makes a flat profit of Rs. 2 per book, but
he is required to pay a monthly rent of Rs. 4 per month to the owner of the shop. How many
books should Bhavesh sell so that could at least make Rs. 120 per month?
A. 62
B. 64
C. 66
D. 68

15. 3 pumps working 8 hours a day, can empty a tank in 2 days. How many hours a day must
4 pumps work to empty the tank in 1 day?
A. 9
B. 10
C. 11
D. 12

16. (0.04)-1.5 =?
A. 25
B. 125
C. 250
D. 625

17. A person takes 20 minutes more to cover a certain distance by decreasing his speed by
20%. What is the time taken to cover the distance at his original speed?
A. 1 hour
B. 1 hour 20 mins
C. 1 hour 10 mins
D. 1 hour 5 mins

18. The sum of the two numbers is 12 and their product is 35. What is the sum of the
reciprocals of these numbers?
A. 12/35
B. 1/35
C. 35/8
D. 7/32

19. A man spends 35% of his income on food, 25% on children's education and 80% of the
remaining on house rent. What percent of his income he is left with?
A. 6%
B. 8%
C. 10%
D. 12%

20. Shaym wants to buy elephants, and for every elephant, he needs to buy 2 acres of land. If
there are 16 acres of land already available to him how many elephants can he buy? Describe
it in inequality equation.
A. b < 18
B. b > 18

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C. b ≤ 16
D. 2b ≤ 16

21. What least number must be subtracted from 13601, so that the remainder is divisible by
87?
A. 23
B. 31
C. 29
D. 37

22. How many terms are in the G.P. 3, 6, 12, 24, ......., 384?
A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11

23. If the pice of sugar rises from Rs. 6 per kg to Rs. 7.50 per kg, a person, to have no
increase in his expenditure on sugar, will have to reduce his consumpion of sugar by
A. 15%
B. 20%
C. 25%
D. 30%

24. A mixture contains alcohol and water in the ratio 4 : 3. If 5 liters of water is added to the
mixture, the ratio becomes 4: 5. Find the quantity of alcohol in the given mixture.
A. 10
B. 12
C. 15
D. 18

25. Out of 7 consonants and 4 vowels, how many words of 3 consonants and 2 vowels can
be formed?
A. 25200
B. 52000
C. 120
D. 24400
$
26. If 10& = "
, then 10#(& =?
$
A. ")*
B. 16
C. 80
D. 256

27. Two dice are thrown together. What is the probability that the sum of the number on the
two faces is divided by 4 or 6.
A. 7/18
B. 14/35
C. 8/18
D. 7/35

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28. A bag contains 50 P, 25 P and 10 P coins in the ratio 5: 9: 4, amounting to Rs. 206. Find
the number of coins of each type respectively.
A. 360, 160, 200
B. 160, 360, 200
C. 200, 360, 160
D. 200, 360, 250

29. The difference between the squares of two consecutive odd integers is always divisible
by?
A. 8
B. 2
C. 6
D. 4

30. What is the smallest number by which 2880 must be divided in order to make it into a
perfect square?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

31. If the length of the diagonal of a square is 20cm, then its perimeter must be
A. .40√21
B. .30√21
C. 10
D. .15√21

32. A dog takes 3 leaps for every 5 leaps of a hare. If one leap of the dog is equal to 3 leaps of
the hare, the ratio of the speed of the dog to that of the hare is:
A. 9:5
B. 2:3
C. 4:7
D. 5:6

33. A piece of ribbon 4 yards long is used to make bows requiring 15 inches of ribbon for
each. What is the maximum number of bows that can be made?
A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11

34. The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to second is 2 : 3 and that of the
second to the third is 5 : 8, then the second number is:
A. 10
B. 20
C. 30
D. 40

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35. What is the greatest of 3 consecutive integers whose sum is 24?
A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9

36. The average of 7 consecutive numbers is 20. The largest of these numbers is:
A. 21
B. 22
C. 23
D. 24

37. A and B can do a piece of work in 40 and 50 days. If they work at it an alternate days
with A beginning in how many days, the work will be finished?
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A. 344 )4days
B. 44 days
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C. 344 )4days
D. 45 days

38. If the diagonal of a rectangle is 17cm long and its perimeter is 46 cm. Find the area of the
rectangle.
A. 110
B. 120
C. 130
D. 140

39. The average age of a husband and his wife was 23 years at the time of their marriage.
After five years they have a one-year old child. The average age of the family now is:
A. 25
B. 23
C. 19
D. 18

40. The area of the largest circle that can be drawn inside a rectangle with sides 18cm by
14cm is
A. 49
B. 154
C. 378
D. 1078

41. A tank is 25m long 12m wide and 6m deep. The cost of plastering its walls and bottom at
75 paise per sq m is
A. 258
B. 358
C. 458
D. 558

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42. P can complete a work in 12 days working 8 hours a day.Q can complete the same work
in 8 days working 10 hours a day. If both p and Q work together,working 8 hours a day,in
how many days can they complete the work?
A. 60/11
B. 61/11
C. 71/11
D. 72/11

43. 3 men, 4 women and 6 children can complete a work in 7 days. A woman does double the
work a man does and a child does half the work a man does. How many women alone can
complete this work in 7 days?
A. 6
B. 9
C. 5
D. 7

44. The average salary of all the workers in a workshop is Rs. 8000. The average salary of 7
technicians is Rs. 12000 and the average salary of the rest is Rs. 6000. The total number of
workers in the workshop is:
A. 20
B. 21
C. 23
D. 24

45. A, B, and C can do a piece of work in 24 days, 30 days and 40 days respectively. They
began the work together but C left 4 days before the completion of the work. In how many
days was the work completed?
A. 11 days
B. 12 days
C. 13 days
D. 14 days

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 ENGLISH
QUESTIONS: 1 – 45 TIME: 55 MINUTES

Passage No.1

Questions 1-11 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.
This passage is adapted from Francis J. Flynn and Gabrielle S. Adams, "Money Can't
Buy Love: Asymmetric Beliefs about Gift Price and Feelings of Appreciation." ©2008
by Elsevier Inc.

Every day, millions of shoppers hit the stores in full force—both online and on foot—
searching frantically for the perfect gift. Last year, Americans spent over $30 billion
at retail stores in the month of December alone. Aside from purchasing holiday gifts,
5 most people regularly buy presents for other occasions throughout the year,
including weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, and baby showers. This
frequent experience of gift-giving can engender ambivalent feelings in gift-givers.
Many relish the opportunity to buy presents because gift-giving offers a powerful
means to build stronger bonds with one’s closest peers. At the same time, many
10 dread the thought of buying gifts; they worry that their purchases will disappoint
rather than delight the intended recipients. Anthropologists describe gift-giving as a
positive social process, serving various political, religious, and psychological
functions. Economists, however, offer a less favorable view. According to Waldfogel
(1993), gift-giving represents an objective waste of resources. People buy gifts that
15 recipients would not choose to buy on their own, or at least not spend as much
money to purchase (a phenomenon referred to as ‘‘the deadweight loss of
Christmas”). To wit, givers are likely to spend $100 to purchase a gift that receivers
would spend only $80 to buy themselves. This ‘‘deadweight loss” suggests that gift-
givers are not very good at predicting what gifts others will appreciate. That in itself
20 is not surprising to social psychologists. Research has found that people often
struggle to take account of others’ perspectives— their insights are subject to
egocentrism, social projection, and multiple attribution errors. What is surprising is
that gift-givers have considerable experience acting as both gift-givers and gift-
recipients, but nevertheless tend to overspend each time they set out to purchase a
25 meaningful gift. In the present research, we propose a unique psychological
explanation for this overspending problem—i.e., that gift-givers equate how much
they.

spend with how much recipients will appreciate the gift (the more expensive the gift,
30 the stronger a gift-recipient’s feelings of appreciation). Although a link between gift
price and feelings of appreciation might seem intuitive to gift-givers, such an
assumption may be unfounded. Indeed, we propose that gift-recipients will be less
inclined to base their feelings of appreciation on the magnitude of a gift than givers
assume. Why do gift-givers assume that gift price is closely linked to gift-recipients’
35 feelings of appreciation? Perhaps givers believe that bigger (i.e., more expensive)
gifts convey stronger signals of thoughtfulness and consideration. According to
Camerer (1988) and others, gift-giving represents a symbolic ritual, whereby gift-
givers attempt to signal their positive attitudes toward the intended recipient and
their willingness to invest resources in a future relationship. In this sense, gift-givers

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40 may be motivated to spend more money on a gift in order to send a “stronger signal”
to their intended recipient. As for gift-recipients, they may not construe smaller and
larger gifts as representing smaller and larger signals of thoughtfulness and
consideration. The notion of gift-givers and gift-recipients being unable to account
for the other party’s perspective seems puzzling because people slip in and out of
45 these roles every day, and, in some cases, multiple times in the course of the same
day. Yet, despite the extensive experience that people have as both givers and
receivers, they often struggle to transfer information gained from one role (e.g., as a
giver) and apply it in another, complementary role (e.g., as a receiver). In theoretical
terms, people fail to utilize information about their own preferences and experiences
50 in order to produce more efficient outcomes in their exchange relations. In practical
terms, people spend hundreds of dollars each year on gifts, but somehow never
learn to calibrate their gift expenditures according to personal insight.

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1. The authors most likely use the examples in lines 1-9 of the passage
(“Every... showers”) to highlight the
A) regularity with which people shop for gifts.
B) recent increase in the amount of money spent on gifts.
C) anxiety gift shopping causes for consumers.
D) number of special occasions involving gift-giving.

2. In line 6, the word “ambivalent” most nearly means

A) unrealistic.
B) conflicted.
C) apprehensive.
D) supportive.

3. The authors indicate that people value gift-giving because they feel it
A) functions as a form of self-expression.
B) is an inexpensive way to show appreciation.
C) requires the gift-recipient to reciprocate.
D) can serve to strengthen a relationship.

4. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous
question?
A) Lines 6-8 (“Many... peers”)
B) Lines 13-14 (“People... own”)
C) Lines 18-19 (“Research... perspectives”)
D) Lines 26-28 (“Although... unfounded”)

5. The “social psychologists” mentioned in paragraph 2 would likely describe

the “deadweight loss” phenomenon as
A) predictable.
B) questionable.
C) disturbing.
D) unprecedented.

6. The passage indicates that the assumption made by gift-givers in lines may
be
A) insincere.
B) unreasonable.
C) incorrect.
D) substantiated.

7. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous
question?
A) Lines 31-32 (“Perhaps... consideration”)
B) Lines 32-35 (“According... relationship”)
C) Lines 36-38 (“As... consideration”)
D) Lines 44-46 (“In... relations”)

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8. As it is used in line 31, “convey” most nearly means
A) transport.
B) counteract.
C) exchange.
D) communicate.

9. The authors refer to work by Camerer and others in order to

A) offer an explanation.
B) introduce an argument.
C) question a motive.
D) support a conclusion.

10. The graph following the passage offers evidence that gift-givers base their
predictions of how much a gift will be appreciated on
A) the appreciation level of the gift-recipients.
B) the monetary value of the gift.
C) their own desires for the gifts they purchase.
D) their relationship with the gift-recipients.

11. The authors would likely attribute the differences in gift-giver and recipient
mean appreciation as represented in the graph to
A) an inability to shift perspective.
B) an increasingly materialistic culture.
C) a growing opposition to gift-giving.
D) a misunderstanding of intentions.

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“Promises Like Pie-Crust”
Christina Georgina Rossetti

Promise me no promises,
So will I not promise you:
Keep we both our liberties,
Never false and never true:
Let us hold the die uncast,
Free to come as free to go:
For I cannot know your past,
And of mine what can you know?

You, so warm, may once have been

Warmer towards another one:
I, so cold, may once have seen
Sunlight, once have felt the sun:
Who shall show us if it was
Thus indeed in time of old?
Fades the image from the glass,
And the fortune is not told.

If you promised, you might grieve

For lost liberty again:
If I promised, I believe
I should fret to break the chain.
Let us be the friends we were,
Nothing more but nothing less:
Many thrive on frugal fare
Who would perish of excess.

12. The promises referred to in the poem are

(A) pledges to share one another”s innermost secrets(B) articles of incorporation

(C) items in a prenuptial agreement

(D) resolution never to see one another again

(E) marriage vows

13. In the second stanza, the speaker reveals that

(A) she yearns for the love of someone who is oblivious to her

(B) the listener has expressed more ardent sentiments toward her than she has
expressed toward him

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(C) the listener does not reciprocate her feelings

(D) she is incapable of deep emotional attachment

(E) she is heartbroken over the end of a previous relationship

14. The speaker compares her current relationship with the person to whom the
poem is addressed to

(A) one between strangers

(B) a roll of the dice

(C) one governed by reciprocal obligations

(D) a restrained diet of plain food

(E) an image in a crystal ball

15. . “Sunlight” (line 12) is used as a symbol for

(A) innocence

(B) genuine mutual love

(C) purity

(D) absolute confidence in the rightness of a decision

(E) perfect understanding

16. Which of the following is NOT implied in the poem as a reason to avoid entering
into promises?

(A) One person can never fully know another.

(B) A promise can be broken without the person to whom the promise was made ever
knowing.

(C) To make a promise denies one of a degree of personal liberty.

(D) One cannot be judged faithful or unfaithful to a commitment that has not been
promised.

(E) One can never fully know the situations or feelings of those who made successful
and binding promises in the past.

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17. In context, “fret” (line 20) most nearly means

(A) irritate

(B) chafe

(C) agitate

(D) worry

(E) corrode

18. Which of the following best expresses the meaning of the last two lines of the
poem?

(A) Some people are not meant to enjoy the richness of life, just as some cannot digest
rich food.

(B) When it comes to relationships, something is better than nothing.

(C) For some people, the potential of happiness is more satisfying than the reality of
happiness because the potential cannot be diminished over time.

(D) Not every relationship is worth the risk entailed to the participants.

(E) Some relationships are better when they are not too serious.

19. The tone of the poem as a whole can best be

described as

(A) delicate but firm

(B) disappointed but unapologetic

(C) ambivalent but patronizing

(D) world-weary and vague

(E) harsh and unyielding

20. The simile of the title is apt because

(A) both promises and pie-crust are sweet

(B) both promises and pie-crust are meant to be filled

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(C) both promises and pie-crust are easily broken

(D) the speaker has overindulged in rich food

(E) the speaker denies herself all pleasures in life

The Mower to the Glow-Worms

BY ANDREW MARVELL

Ye living lamps, by whose dear light

The nightingale does sit so late,
And studying all the summer night,
Her matchless songs does meditate;

Ye country comets, that portend

No war nor prince’s funeral,
Shining unto no higher end
Than to presage the grass’s fall;

Ye glow-worms, whose officious flame

To wand’ring mowers shows the way,
That in the night have lost their aim,
And after foolish fires do stray;

Your courteous lights in vain you waste,

Since Juliana here is come,
For she my mind hath so displac’d
That I shall never find my home.

21. The speaker of the poem first addresses the glowworms by epithets that draw
attention to the insects” natural

(A) intelligence

(B) tranquility

(C) luminosity

(D) inconsequence

(E) mortality

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22. The speaker of the poem describes glowworms as providing assistance to

I. nightingales

II. princes

III. mowers

(A) I only

(B) II only

(C) III only

(D) I and III only

(E) I, II, and III

23. In its context, the word “portend” (line 5) means

(A) “predict,” and alludes to the superstition that the motion of glowworms could be
interpreted to foretell future events

(B) “predict,” and alludes to the superstition that comets, meteors, and other natural
phenomena were omens of evil

(C) “forecast,” and alludes to the fact that the behavior of insects can be used to predict
the next day”s weather

(D) “imitate,” and suggests that glowworms mimic the cyclical flight of comets

(E) “weigh,” and makes clear that glowworms are oblivious to the dramatic upheavals
of human life

24. Which of the following best expresses the meaning of “higher end” (line 7) ?

(A) brighter level

(B) greater distance off the ground

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(C) further boundary

(D) secret intention

(E) nobler purpose

25. Which of the following is the closest synonym for “officious,” as it is used in
line 9?

(A) helpful

(B) dim

(C) wandering

(D) bureaucratic

(E) meddlesome

26. The speaker implies that, without the glowworms, mowers who have “lost their
aim” (line 11) would be likely to

(A) mow the wrong fields

(B) conduct themselves disgracefully

(C) fall in love

(D) be distracted by other, mysterious sources of light

(E) never find their way home

27. Which of the following is the best paraphrase for the last line of the poem?

(A) I am blinded by my resentment toward her.

(B) I will continue wandering forever.

(C) I will never be myself again.

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(D) I will never go home without her.

(E) I will never go to heaven.

28. The main verb in the sentence that states the

overall theme of the poem is

(A) “sit” (line 2)

(B) “waste” (line 13)

(C) “come” (line 14)

(D) “displaced” (line 15)

(E) “find” (line 16)

29. “The Mower to the Glowworms” could most reasonably be considered

(A) a celebration of fireflies

(B) an elaborate compliment to a woman

(C) an analysis of love at first sight

(D) an allegory about the Holy Spirit

(E) a commentary on the foolishness of mowers

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Questions 30-41 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.

A Life in Traffic

A subway system is expanded to provide service to a growing suburb. A bike-

sharing program is adopted to encourage nonmotorized transportation. 30 To
alleviate rush hour traffic jams in a congested downtown area, stoplight timing is
coordinated. When any one of these changes 31 occur, it is likely the result of careful
analysis conducted by transportation planners.

The work of transportation planners generally includes evaluating current

transportation needs, assessing the effectiveness of existing facilities, and
improving those facilities or 32 they design new ones. Most transportation planners
work in or near cities, 33 but some are employed in rural areas. Say, for example, a
large factory is built on the outskirts of a small town. Traffic to and from that
location would increase at the beginning and end of work shifts. The transportation 5
34 planner’s job, might involve conducting a traffic count to determine the daily
number of vehicles traveling on the road to the new factory. If analysis of the traffic
count indicates that there is more traffic than the 35 current road as it is designed at
this time can efficiently accommodate, the transportation planner might recommend
widening the road to add another lane.

Transportation planners work closely with a number of community stakeholders,

such as government officials and other interested organizations and individuals. 36
Next, representatives from the local public health department might provide input in
designing a network of trails and sidewalks to encourage people to walk more. 37
According to the American Heart Association, walking provides numerous benefits
related to health and well-being. Members of the Chamber of Commerce might share
suggestions about designing transportation and parking facilities to support local
businesses.

38 People who pursue careers in transportation planning have a wide variety of

educational backgrounds. A two-year degree in transportation technology may be
sufficient for some entry-level jobs in the field. Most jobs, however, require at least a

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bachelor’s degree; majors of transportation planners are 39 varied, including fields
such as urban studies, civil engineering, geography, or transportation and logistics
management. For many positions in the field, a master’s degree is required.

Transportation planners perform critical work within the broader field of urban and
regional planning. As of 2010, there were approximately 40,300 urban and regional
planners employed in the United States. The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
forecasts steady job growth in this field, 40 projecting that 16 percent of new jobs in
all occupations will be related to urban and regional planning. Population growth and
concerns about environmental sustainability are expected to spur the need for
transportation planning professionals.

Adapted from United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections

Program. "All Occpuations" includes all occupations in the United States economy.

30. Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the
paragraph?
A. NO CHANGE
B. Coordinating stoplight timing can help alleviate rush hour traffic jams in a
congested downtown area.
C. Stoplight timing is coordinated to alleviate rush hour traffic jams in a
congested downtown area.
D. In a congested downtown area, stoplight timing is coordinated to alleviate
rush hour traffic jams.

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31. Go to the referred part in the passage

A. NO CHANGE
B. occur, they are
C. occurs, they are
D. occurs, it is

32.

A. NO CHANGE
B. to design
C. designing
D. Design

33. Which choice results in the most effective transition to the information that
follows in the paragraph?

A. NO CHANGE
B. where job opportunities are more plentiful.
C. and the majority are employed by government agencies.
D. DELETE the underlined portion and end the sentence with a period.

34. Go to the referred part in the passage

A. NO CHANGE
B. planner’s job
C. planners job,
D. planners job

35.

A. NO CHANGE
B. current design of the road right now
C. road as it is now currently designed
D. current design of the road

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36. Go to the referred part in the passage

A. NO CHANGE
B. For instance,
C. Furthermore,
D. Similarly,

37. The writer is considering deleting the underlined sentence. Should the sentence
be kept or deleted?

A. Kept, because it provides supporting evidence about the benefits of walking.

B. Kept, because it provides an additional example of a community stakeholder
with whom transportation planners work.
C. Deleted, because it blurs the paragraph’s focus on the community
stakeholders with whom transportation planners work.
D. Deleted, because it doesn’t provide specific examples of what the numerous
benefits of walking are.

38.

A. NO CHANGE
B. People, who pursue careers in transportation planning,
C. People who pursue careers, in transportation planning,
D. People who pursue careers in transportation planning,

39.

A. NO CHANGE
B. varied, and including
C. varied and which include
D. varied, which include

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40. Which choice completes the sentence with accurate data based on the graph?

A. NO CHANGE
B. warning, however, that job growth in urban and regional planning will slow to
14 percent by 2020.
C. predicting that employment of urban and regional planners will increase 16
percent between 2010 and 2020.
D. indicating that 14 to 18 percent of urban and regional planning positions will
remain unfilled.

41. Shannon used coercion to get Justin to help her finish the huge project that she
had procrastinated on even though he had to finish his own assignment.
In the passage above, ''coercion'' most closely means

C. alignment
A. persuasion
D. motivation
B. innovation

42. The new style of teaching hindered the students' progress in the class greatly.
In the context of this sentence, ''hindered'' could be replaced with which of the
following words?

C. stopped
A. impeded
D. thwarted
B. arrested

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43. The government officials needed to confer prior to deciding which of the plans
they liked best.
As it is used in this sentence, which of the following is most closely related to the
word ''confer''?

C. study
A. talk
D. think
B. bestow

44. Blatant segregation, especially in southern states of the US, was a prominent
issue. Participants in the Civil Rights Movement's insistence for equality among all
races began societal changes in the United States.
In the passage above, ''insistence'' most closely means

C. emphasis
A. perseverance
D. attention
B. demand

45. The crumbs on the child's face was a salient indication that he had eaten a
cookie even though his mother had told him not to eat any more sweets before
dinnertime.
Which of the following is most closely related to the word, ''salient'', in this sentence?

A. conspicuous C. conclusive

B. suspicious D. questionable

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