Karnataka PGCET 2017 Question Paper MBA

POST GRADUATE COMMON ENTRANCE TEST-2017
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PA RT- I (SECTION-A) 25 QUESTIONS : 25 X i = 25; (SECTION-B) 25 QUESTIONS : 25 X I = 25
PART-2 • (SECTION-C) 25 QUESTIONS : 25 X I = 25: (SECTION-D) 25 QUESTIONS : 25 X I = 25

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PART — 1
SECTION — A
TEST OF PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Each question carries one mark

Direction (Q Nos. 1 to 5) : Each question is Direction (Q Nos. 6 to 9) : Select from the
followed by four alternatives. Select the alternatives the word which is opposite in
most appropriate one which is the closest in meaning to the word given in capital letters.
meaning to the given word.
6. DESCENDANT
1. HARBINGER
(A) Harrassment (A) Hindrance
(B) Forerunner (B) Appreciate
(C) Runner (C) Sufficient
(D) Harbour
(D) Ancestor
2. IMPROMPTU
(A) Offhand 7. CANDID
(B) Important (A) Devious
(C) Effective
(D) Prompt (B) Bluff
(C) Endless
3. VIGOROUS (D) Deprive
(A) Energetic
(B) Viral
(C) Gorgeous 8. AMENITY
(D) Obvious (A) Abnormal
(B) Mention
4. GRAVE
(A) Gracious (C) Amiable
(B) Sedative (D) Abomination
(C) Serious
(D) Bend
9. AMPLE
5. TEMPERATE (A) Simple
(A) Compensate (B) Measure
(B) Cooperation Scanty
(C)
(C) Extreme
(D) Moderate (D) Resume

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Direction (Q Nos. 10 to 13) : Out of four Direction (Q Nos. 14 to 17) : Choose the
given alternatives, choose the one which can alternative which best expresses the meaning
he substituted for the given words or phrase. of the idiom or phrase underlined.

10. Expert in dealing with mental, 14. Achilles heel
emotional and behavioural disorders
(A) Ageing
(A) Anthropologist
(B) Swollen heel
(B) Psychologist
(C) Running away from problems
(C) Feminist
(D) Weakness
(D) Psephologist

15. To tight tooth and nail
11. One who firmly believes in fate or
(A) Fighting with enemies
destiny
(B) Use lot of effort to oppose
(A) Fatalist someone
(B) Believer
(C) Long war
(C) Scientist
(D) Fighting with tooth
(D) Spiritualist

16. Be driven from pillar to post
12. Absence of the government
(A) Person who is fbrced to move
(A) Autocracy from one place to another
(B) Anarchy (B) Driving recklessly
(C) Diffusion (C) Going to post office
(D) Monarchy (D) Building pillar of a house

13. Attracting notice or attention 17. Ran amuck
(A) Attraction (A) Run about wildly.
(B) Obvious (B) Become annoyed
(C) Conspicuous (C) Become desperate
(D) Consolidation (D) Feel Disgusted

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Direction (Q Nos. 18 to 21) : Choose the Direction (Q. Nos. 22 to 25) : Fill in the
odd word from the following group of blank with appropriate alternative.
words.

22. Jane five pages when her
computer crashed.
18. (A) Flash memory
(A) had already typed
(B) RAM
(B) has typed
(C) Hard Disc (C) typed

(D) DVD (D) is typing

23. The examination was easy.
19. (A) Play
(A) surprise
(B) Comedian (B) surprises
(C) Exercise (C) surprisingly

(D) Amusement (D) surprised

24. The movie had a ending.
20. (A) Monarch
(A) tragically
(B) Crown (B) tragic
(C) Sceptre (C) tragedy
(D) tragedic
(D) Farmer

25. My aunt will go abroad as soon as she
21. (A) Fog her passport.
(A) get
(B) Rain
(B) got
(C) Mist
(C) getting
(D) Cloud (D) gets

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SECTION — B
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

26. In which year WTO came into
existence '? 30. Main source of India's National
income is
(A) 1980
(A) Industry
(B) 2000
(B) Agriculture
(C) 2006
(C) Services
(D) 1995 (D) Foreign Trade

27. The former name of State Bank of 31. Who is the author of 'Principles of
India is Economics"?
(A) Central Bank of India (A) Alfred Marshall
(B) People's Bank of India (B) Adam Smith
(C) United Bank of India (C) Casio Royale
(D) Imperial Bank of India (D) John Hicks

28. The artist who started his career as a 32. How many members the President of
painter is India can nominate to Rajya Sabha ?

(A) Satish Gujaral (A) 6

(B) Ganesh Pyne (B) 9
(C) 12
(C) M.F. Hussain
(D) 15
(D) Ravi Verma

33. The Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is
29. Inflation implies located in the state of
(A) Rise in prices of consumer goods (A) Assam
(B) Rise in money supply (B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Rise in general price index (C) Rajasthan
(D) Rise in budget deficit (D) West Bengal

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34. The heaviest planet revolving round 38. Consumer Protection Act, 1986 came
the Sun is into effect on
(A) Moon (A) 14`h July
(B) Jupiter (B) 15th June
(C) Neptune (C) 1' June
(D) .Pluto (D) 24th December

35. Rial is the currency of 39. What is the National Sports of China ?
(A) Romania (A) Table Tennis
(B) Iran (B) Carom
(C) Japan (C) Cricket
(D) Libya (D) Volleyball

36. The Constitution of India borrowed 40. Mahabharatha war lasted for
the scheme of Indian federation from days.
the Constitution of
(A) 18
(A) USA
(B) 21
(B) Canada
(C) 24
(C) Ireland
(D) 32
(D) U.K.

41. 'Grapevine' is the term used in
37. Which country is called the 'Land of relation to
Rising Sun' ?
(A) Formal communication
(A) China
(B) Informal communication •
(B) Japan
(C) Both formal and informal
(C) Korea communication
(D) Vietnam (D) Interpersonal communication

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42 The highest Gallantry award given in 46. Which one of the following is not
India is treated as part of the. Indian
Constitution ?
(A) Bhatnagar Award
(A) Preamble
(B) Arjuna Award (B) Fundamental Rights
(C) Vir Chakra (C) Directive Principles of State
Policy
(D) Param Vir Chakra (D) Fundamental Duties

47. Which of the following Union
.43. Reserve Bank of India is a Territories has its territorial areas
spread in three states ?
(A) Central Bank
(A) Chandigarh
(B) Commercial Bank (B) Delhi
(C) Co-operative Bank (C) Lakshadeep
(D) Puducherry
(D) Lead Bank
48. Study of earthquakes is called
44. The minimum age for being eligible to (A) Virology
become Prime Minister of India is (B) Oceanography
(C) Seismology
(A) 21 years
(D) Earthometry
(B) 25 years
(C) 35 years 49. What is the normal pulse rate per
minute of an adult human being ?
(D) 55 years (A) 70 times
(B) 72 times
(C) 68 times
45. From - which language the word
(D) 77 times
`ITIHAS' originated ?
(A) Sanskrit 50. World Health Day is observed on
(B) Hindi (A) June 5
(B) April 7
(C) Kannada (C) June 7
(D) English (D) July 11

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PART — 2
SECTION — C
TEST OF REASONING AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE

51. 1, 9, 25, 49, ?, 121. What will come in 56. Find the odd word out from the given
the place of question mark ? alternatives.
(A) 100 (B) 91 (A) Swimming (B) Sailing
(C) 64 (D) 81 (C) Diving (D) Driving

52. 10, 100, 200, 310, ? 57. Find the odd number from the given
(A) 430 (B) 420 alternatives.
(C) 410 (D) 400 (A) 626 (B) 841
(C) 962 (D) 1090
53. Find the missing character :
A D G 58. Which one set of - letters when
D N sequentially placed at the gaps in the
P given letter series shall complete it ?
(A) U (B) X a _ bbc _ aab _ cca _ bbcc
(C) W (D) Y (A) bacb (B) acba
(C) caba (D) abba
54. Find the missing number.
4 5 3 2 0 59. A is son of C while C and Q are the
sisters to one another. Z is the mother
7 3 4 4 21
of Q. If P is the son of Z. Which one
6 4 4 5 22 of the following statements is correct ?
9 6 5 5 ?? (A) Q is the grandson of A.
(A) 34 (B) 42 (B) P is the maternal uncle of A.
(C) 44 (D) 45 (C) P is the cousin of A.
(D) Z is the brother of C.
55. Find the missing; number.
4 8 20 60. A man said to a lady, "The son of your
9 3 15 only brother is the brother of my
6 6 ? wife". What is the lady to the man ?
(A) 16 (A) Mother
(B) 18 (B) Sister
(C) 12 (C) Sister of Father-in-law
(D) 36 (D) Grandfather

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61. A man walks I km to East and then he 66. B is twice as old as A but twice
-turns to South and walks 5 km. Again younger than F. C is half the age of A
he turns to East and walks 2 km. After but is twice older than D. Who is the
this he turns to North and walks 9 km. second oldest ?
Now, how far is lie from his stalling (A) B
point ? (B) F
(A) 3 km (B) 4 km (C) C
(C) 5 km (D) 7 km
(D) D
62. If South-East becomes North and
South becomes North-East and all the 67. In a certain code FIRE is coded as
other directions are changed in the DGPC. What will be the last letter of
same manner, then what will be the the coded word for SHOT ?
direction for West ? (A) Q
(A) North-East (B) R
(B) North-West (C) S
(C) South-East (D) P
(D) South-West
68. If MIND becomes KGLP and ARGUE
63. Insect : Disease : : War : 9 becomes YPESC, then what will
(A) Army DIAGRAM be in that code ?
(B) Defeat (A) BGYEPYK
(C) Arsenal (B) BGYPYEK
(D) Destruction
(C) GLPEYKB
(D) LKBGYPK
64. Interest : Money lender : : Salary : ?
(A) Employees
(B) Zamindar 69. While going on a scooter, you find
(C) Workers someone has beeri hurt by your
vehicle. What will you do in this
(D) Prisoners
situation ?
65. In a family there are several brothers (A) Try to run away from the spot
and sisters. Every 2 boys have brothers immediately.
as many as sisters and each girl has 2 (B) Stop your vehicle and Say 'I am
brothers less than twice as many sorry'.
brothers as sisters. What is the number (C) Take him to doctor and arrange
of boys and girls ? for his medical aid.
(A) 8, 6 (B) 6, 4 (D) Pay compensation for the injury
(C) 6, 8 (D) 12, 10 and solve the problem.

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70. Which one of the following is always 73. Statement : If you are a good artist,
associated with 'justice' '? then we have definetly a job for
(A) Hypocrisy you.
(B) Magnanimity Conclusion :
(C) Legitimate I. You are a good artist.
II. We are in need of a g6od
(D) Diminutiveness
artist.
(A) Only conclusion I follows.
71. Which is the best statement to achieve (B) Only conclusion II follows.
success in life '? (C) Neither I nor II follows.
(A) A person should be well (D) Both I and II follow.
educated.
(B) The person should be rich and Directions (Q. Nos. 74 and 75) : The
prosperous. proportion of male students and the
(C) The person should be honest, proportion of vegetarians in a school are
sincere and hard working. given below. The school has a total of 800
students, 80% of whom are in the secondary
(D) The person should be dreaming.
section and the remaining are equally
divided between class 11 and 12.
Directions (Q. Nos. 72 and 73) : In each of Male (M) Vegetarians (V)
the following questions, a statement is given Class 12 0.60
followed by two conclusions. Choose the Class 11 0.55 0.50
best answer from the given choices.
Secondary 0.55
Section
72. Statement : Any young man who Total 0.475 0.53
makes dowry as a condition for
marriage discredits himself and 74. What is the percentage of vegetarians
dishounours womanhood. in class 12
Conclusion : (A) 40
I. Those who take dowry in (B) 45
marriage should be (C) 50
condemned by the society. (D) 55
II. Those who do not take
dowry in marriage respect 75. What is the percentage of male
womanhood. students in secondary section'?
(A) Conclusion I follows. (A) 40
(B) Only conclusion II follows. (B) 45
(C) Either I or II follows. (C) 50
(D) Both I and II follow. (D) 55

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SECTION — D
TEST OF QUANTITATIVE ABILITY

76. If X = (122 + 132 + 142_ 152), when X 79. In a race of 800 metre, A can heat B
is divided by 50, the remainder is by 40 metre. In a race of 500 metre, B
can heat C by 5 metre. In a race of 200
(A) 44 metre, A will beat C by
(B) 24 (A) 12.7 m

(C) 54 (B) 11.9m
(C) 1.27 m
(D) 34
(D) 1.19 m

77. A is twice as fist as B and B is thrice
80. Three numbers A, B and C are in the
as fist as C. The journey covered by C
ratio of 12 : 15 : 25. If sum of there
in 54 minutes will be covered by B is
numbers is 315, the ratio between the
(A) 18 min difference of B and A and the
difference of C and B is
(B) 27 min
(A) 3:7
(C) 38 min (B) 10:3
(D) 9 min (C) 3:10
(D) 5:1

78. From 6 boys and 4 girls, 5 are to be
selected tbr admission for a particular 81. On dividing a number by 68, we get
course. In how many ways can this be 269 as dividend and 0 as remainder on
done if there must be exactly 2 girls ? dividing the same number by 67, what
will he the remainder ?
(A) 110
(A) 0
(B) 120
(B) 1
(C) 220 (C) 2
(D) 210 (D) 3

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82. The difference of the squares of two 3.6 x 0.48 x 2.50 .
consecutive odd integer is divisible by 85. The value of 0.12 x 0.09 x 0.5 is
which of the following integers ?
(A) 80
(A) 3 (B) 800

(B) 6 (C) 8000
(D) 80000
(C) 7

(D) 8 86. What is the -difference between the
biggest and the smallest fractiOn
among

83. If L stands for +, M stands for 234 5
N 74, 3 and z?
stands for x, P stands for ÷, then
14N10L42P2M8 = ?
(A) 67
(A) 153
1
(B) —
11
(B) 216

(C) 248 (C) 755-

(D) 251 1
(D) 3
— 0

0.009 87. A two digit number is such that the
84. 9 — 0.01 product of the digits is 8. When 18 is
added to the number then the digits are
(A) 0.0009 reversed, the number is
(A) 18
(B) 0.9
(B) 24
(C) 0.09 (C) 42

(D) 9 (D) 81

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88. If the seventh clay of a month is three 91. Ramesh borrowed Z 1,00,000 a, 8%
days earlier than Friday, what day will p.a., compound interest, interest being
it be on the nineteenth day of the compounded annually. How much
month ? should he repay at the end of the first
year so that by repaying Z 54,000 at
(A) Sunday the end of the second year he can clear
the loan ?
(B) Monday
(A) Z 46,000
(C) Wednesday
(B) Z 54,000
(D) Friday
(C) Z. 58,000

(D) : 50,000
89. A person standing in a que is I7`1' from
the first and 13'1 ' from the last. How
many people are standing in the que ? 92. If the diagonals of a rhombus are 8 cm
and 10 cm respectively, what will be
(A) 29 the area of the rhombus ?

(B) 33 (A) 35 sq cm

(C) 45 (B) 40 sq cm

(D) 26 (C) 30 sq cm

(D) 20 sq cm

90. If a car is depreciated on written down
value method, if the present value of 93. If the sum of the first 11 terms of an
the car is 6,00,000, What is its written arithmetic progression equals that of
down value after 4 years ? the first 19 terms, then what is the sum
of the first 30 terms ?
(A) Z 5,04,000
(A) 0
(B) Z 5,12,000
(B) —1
(C) Z 5,10,000 (C) 1
(D) Z 5,16,000 (D) None of these

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94. Milkman mixes 20 litres of water with 98. The next item in the series 13, 25, 51,
80 litres of milks. After selling one- 101, 203 is
fourth of this mixture, he adds water to
replenish the quantity that he has sold. (A) 405
What is the current proportion of water
to milk ? (B) 407
(A) 2:3
(C) 406
(B) 1:2
(C) 3:4 (D) 408
(D) 1:3

95. How many numbers are divisible by 9 99. At the end of a meeting, 10 people
between 1 and 300 ? prevent shake-hand with each other.
(A) 29 Totally, what is the number of shake-
(B) 33 hand ?

(C) 35 (A) 20
(D) 27
(B) 40
96. What is the square root of 729 ?
(C) 45
(A) 27
(B) 33 (D) 55
(C) 37
(D) 43
100. The sum of any four consecutive
number is always
97. When you write down all the numbers
from 1 to 100, how many times would-
you write 7 ? (A) even

(A) 18 (B) odd
(B) 19
(C) 20 (C) five
(D) 21
(D) seven

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