Organisation : XLRI Xavier School Of Management
Exam : XAT 2014
Document Type : Sample Question Paper
Year : 2014
Website : http://www.xlri.ac.in/
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XAT Sample Question Paper 2014 :
Part – 1 :
Section A — Verbal Ability :
Directions for question nos. 1-6: Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate option that follows :
I. The defense proposes to show that the incident that the prosecution so rejects as did indeed take place.
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A. blithely, undesirable
B. cavalierly, apocryphal
C. vehemently, factual
D. persuasively, pointless
E. convincingly, inevitable
2. Not just the absence of , but also the presence of and honesty is required to bind up the nation’s wound.
A. retribution, camaraderie
B. guilt, religion
C. crime, religion
D. love, austerity
E. recrimination, insight
3. In many cases in physics, one has to deal simultaneously with collective and single-particle excitations of the system. The collective excitations are usually bosonic in nature while the single-particle excitations are often fermionic. One is therefore led to consider a system which includes bosons and fermions. Hence, Which of the following options is most likely to follow the paragraph given above?
A. in this book, we discuss application of bosonic particles and their consequences on physics.
B. in this book, we discuss applications of a general algebraic theory of mixed Bose- Fermi systems to atomic nuclei.
C. in this book, we discuss excitations of collective and single particles separately.
D. in this book, we prove how collective excitations are bosonic and singular excitation are fermionic.
E. in this book, we prove that collective and singular excitation cannot exist together.
4. Peter has suggested to me that the planning techniques may have led to a substantial to happen in the future, and thus to a the part of the modern corporations.
A. progressive development, exact, decline, decrease, tiny
B. progress deterioration, exact, increase, decrease, tiny
C. progressive development, precise, improvement, reduction, large
D. progressive development, precise, increase, decrease, large
E. gradual growth, exact, increase, decline, large
5. Clinical practitioners integrated mindfulness treatment of host of emotional and behavioral disorders, borderline personality disorder, major depression, chronic pain, or eating disorders. Number of such practitioners increased substantially.
A. have, in the, a, such as, has
B. have, in the, the, like, have
C. were, for, a, like, has
D have, for, a, like, has
E. could, in the, the, such as, have
6. Ontologics are equated with taxonomic hierarchies of classes, class definitions, and subsumption relation, ontologies need not be limited to forms.
A. often, a, but, such
B. often, the, yet, such
C. frequently, a, yet, such
D. often, a, yet, these
E. often, the, but, these
7. The MBA (I) is hardly a prerequisite for success, but II (2) certainly helps (3), and it has been getting more important (4) in recent years. Most (5) MBA programs equip their graduates to understand how (6) to deal with many of the important questions that their organizations will need to tackle (7) over time, and (8) that they will face in their careers.
The above italicized numbered words will he correctly represented by the following parts of speech –
A. I -Noun, 2-Pronoun, 3-Adverb, 4-Adjective, 5-Adjective, 8-Conjunction
B. I-Noun, 3-Adjective, 4-Adjective, 6-Adverb, 7-Adverb, 8-Article
C. 1-Noun, 2-Pronoun, 4-Adjective, 7-Adverb, 8-Conjunction
D. 2-Pronoun, 3-Verb, 4-Adverb, 6-Adverb, 8-Article
E. 2-Pronoun, 3-Verb, 4-Adjective, 7-Verb, 8-Conjunction
8. Which of the following would the author agree the most with?
A. Char Dhams were most affected by Uttarakhand disaster.
B. Entire catchment of rivers flowing in Uttarakhand was affected.
C.Media attention was on Char Dhams but the entire catchment area of rivers flowing in Uttarakhand was affected.
D. Media cannot be trusted as it focuses only on important places and events.
E. Voluntary organizations are better than media in reaching out to the affected people.
9. Which of the following is the correct form of expression for the “underlined part of the sentence below? Patna is not only the capital of Bihar, but it is also one of the oldest cities in the world and the largest city in the state.
A. capital of Bihar, but it is also one of the oldest capital of Bihar, nevertheless also one of the oldest
C. Bihar’s capital city, and it is also one of the older
D. Bihar’s capital, but it is also one of the older
E. capital of Bihar, but it is also one of the older