PT Education and Training Services Ltd. (PTETSL), All rights reserved. Reproduction of this booklet, in part or in whole, through any means, is prohibited. PTETSL, Narayan Kothi, Race Course Road, Indore. (MP) 452003 Ph: 731-5002855, 5002866 Fax : 731-5003844 Email: pinnacle@ptindia.com Web : www.ptindia.com IIPS MMS Entrance Test May 30, 2004 We are pleased to present the analysis of the IIPS MMS entrance test that was held on May 30,2004. A bird s eye view : Total Number of Questions : 75 Total Time : 90 minutes The Marking Scheme : For each correct answer : 3 marks. For each incorrect answer : 1 mark Total Marks : 225 Sectional Breakup : Section No. Topic Number of Questions Marks for each Questions I English Usage 15 15 3 = 45 II Quantitative Aptitude 15 15 3 = 45 III Data Interpretation 15 15 3 = 45 IV Logical Reasoning and General Intelligence 15 15 3 = 45 V General Knowledge 15 15 3 = 45 Expected Cut off : IIPS, Indore : 190 + marks Disclaimer: All these questions have been memorised by PT students. We are merely reproducing a few of them here in fragments to ensure that the huge community of students eagerly waiting to see an objective comparison of their performance gets the right picture. (1) of (12) Item Code : PT TO IIPS MMS
Section I English Usage DIRECTIONS : In each of the following questions is given a CAPITALIZED word followed by four options. Mark the one that is CLOSEST in meaning. 1. INDISCREET (1) Honest (2) Prudent (3) Stupid (4) Reliable (5) Valuable 2. EMACIATED (1) Corpulent (2) Fatigued (3) Slender (4) Knotty 3. PETULANT (1) Genial (2) Crusty (3) Querulous (4) Cross 4. CHEAP (1) Profit (2) Reasonable (3) Dear (4) Expensive 5. EGOISM (1) Selfish (2) Altruistism (3) To think great of himself (4) Lazy (5) None of thee DIRECTIONS : In each of the following questions is given a CAPITALIZED word followed by four options. Mark the one that is OPPOSITE in meaning. 6. PROHIBIT (1) Happy (2) Forbid (3) Permit (4) Allow 7. ASSENT (1) Go down (2) Consent (3) Deserve (4) Climb 8. PREMATURE (1) precocious (2) Abstract (3) Rhetorical (4) Primogeniture Item Code : PT TO IIPS MMS (2) of (12)
9. PONDER (1) Think (2) Evaluate (3) Anticipate (4) Increase (5) postpone 10. PRETENSIONS (1) Calms (2) Access (3) Apathy (4) Permissiveness DIRECTIONS : For each of the following questions, choose the option that most logically completes the given sentence. 11. Will he... the station before trains leaves. (1) not reach (2) going to (3) sit (4) got in 12. You... a new car last week. (1) paid (2) brought (3) bought (4) conducted 13. The overthrow of totalitarian regime by the people is truly the triumph of.... (1) imperialism (2) democracy (3) dictatorship (4) communalism 14. The hated smoking and cigarettes were strictly... in his presence. (1) unwanted (2) restricted (3) outlisted (4) taboo 15. He is by temperament an... and does not mix with people. (1) Ascetic (2) invertible (3) expatriate (4) introvert (3) of (12) Item Code : PT TO IIPS MMS
Section II Quantitative Aptitude DIRECTIONS : For the following questions five options are given. Choose the correct option. 16. If x 3 1 + = 52, then the value of x + 1 is 3 x x (1) 4 (2) 3 (3) 6 (4) 13 17. 20 litres of mixture contains milk and water in ratio 5 : 3. If 4 litre of this mixture is replaced by 4 litre of milk, then the ratio of milk and water in new mixture will be (1) 2 :1 (2) 6 : 2 (3) 7 : 3 (4) 8 : 3 (5) 10 : 3 18. Mukesh, Suresh, Rani rented a video CD for 1 week at a rent of Rs.350. If they used it for 6 hours, 10 hours and 12 hours respectively. What is the rent to be paid by Rani? (1) Rs.35 (2) Rs.75 (3) Rs.125 (4) Rs.150 (5) Rs.175 19. If 20 mangoes are bought at Rs.5 each and 15 mangoes are at price of Rs.4.50 each. Afterwards 15 more mangoes were bought at Rs.4.00 each. All of the mangoes were sold to gain 1/5th of cost price. What is the average selling price of a mango? (1) Rs.4.55 (2) Rs.5.46 (3) 4.66 (4) Rs.4.75 20. A shopkeeper offered discount of 5% and if he offers discount of 8% he earns Rs.18 less. The marked price is (1) 600 (2) 500 (3) 900 (4) 80 (5) 1000 21. If A s money as to B s money is 4 : 5 and B s money as to C s money is 2 : 3. If A has Rs. 800, C has (1) Rs. 1000 (2) Rs. 1200 (3) Rs. 1500 (4) Rs. 2000 (5) Rs. 2400 22. Ramu can do a work in 15 days and Shyam can do in 10 days. Shyam works for 5 days and leaves the work. Ramu alone can complete it in (1) 6.5 days (2) 7.5 days (3) 8 days (4) 9 days (5) 10 days 23. If one train is 180 m long and other is 270 m long tell the time taken by 2 trains to cross each other if they are running at speeds of 46 kmph and 54 kmph. (consider both cases of motion) (1) 202.5 sec., 16.2 sec. (2) 160 sec., 100 sec. (3) 108.45 sec., 15.6 sec. (4) 204.5 sec., 14.8 sec Item Code : PT TO IIPS MMS (4) of (12)
24. The surface area of a hemisphere is numerically equal to its volume. It diameter is (1) 4.5 units (2) 7.5 units (3) 9 units (4) 6 units (5) 11.5 units 25. The angles of pentagon are x, x + 20, x + 40, x + 60, x + 80. The smallest angle of pentagon will be (1) 65 (2) 70 (3) 68 (4) 60 (5) 75 26. 100 students appeared for 2 exams. 60 passed first exam and 50 passed second exam and 30 students passed both the exams. How many students failed in both? (1) 20 (2) 24 (3) 30 (4) 36 (5) 42 27. The compound interest on a sum for 2 years is Rs. 832 and the simple interest on the same amount for same time is Rs. 800. The difference between compound and simple interest for 3 years will be (1) Rs. 48 (2) Rs. 66.56 (3) Rs. 98.56 (4) Rs. 96.48 (5) Rs.101.56 28. The angles of depressions of 2 objects are 45 and 60 respectively of the same side of a tower of 300 m high. The distance between the objects is (1) 126.8 m (2) 216.4 m (3) 111.6 m (4) 473.2 m (5) 347.7 m 29. A class has 20 boys and 30 girls. The average age of boy is 11 years and that of girl is 12 years. What is the average age of entire class? (1) 11.6 years (2) 12 years (3) 11.2 years (4) 11.4 years (5) 11.7 years 30. There are two exam halls P and Q. If 10 student are shifted from P to Q then the number of students in each hall is the same. If 20 students are shifted from Q to P. Thus the number of students in P is double of that in Q. The number of student in P and Q are (1) 100, 80 (2) 80, 60 (3) 70, 50 (4) 60, 40 (5) 40, 20 (5) of (12) Item Code : PT TO IIPS MMS
Section III Data Interpretation DIRECTION : Study the following table and answer the questions. Domestic Sale of Scooters (figures given are in thousands) Year Manufacture 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 A 440 480 470 500 520 510 B 400 410 415 415 420 430 C 380 390 390 400 420 495 D 360 380 400 415 440 500 E 480 440 440 420 425 435 31. Considering the entire period, the domestic sale of which manufacture is the highest? (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) E 32. What is the approximate share of domestic sale of scooters of the manufacturer B during 1989? (1) 10.5% (2) 15.5% (3) 19.5% (4) 25.5% (5) 29.5% 33. During 1993, the sale of which manufacturer has shown the maximum increase over the previous year? (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (5) E 34. What is the ratio of the minimum sale to the maximum sale of scooters during 1991? (1) 0.9 (2) 0.8 (3) 0.6 (4) 0.5 (5) 0.7 35. Which of the following combinations has the highest sale of scooters? (1) D-1993 (2) A-1991 (3) A-1993 (4) A-1992 Item Code : PT TO IIPS MMS (6) of (12)
DIRECTIONS : Study the following table carefully and answer the questions given below. Lok Sabha Year Female Members Percentage of Female Members First 1952 22 4.41 Second 1957 27 5.4 Third 1962 34 6.76 Fourth 1967 31 5.92 Fifth 1971 22 4.22 Sixth 1977 19 3.49 Seventh 1980 28 5.15 Eighth 1984 44 8.1 Ninth 1989 27 5.22 Tenth 1991 39 7.16 36. Which Lok Sabha had the minimum number of total seats? (1) First (2) Second (3) Third (4) Fourth 37. What is the total number of seats in the ninth Lok Sabha? (1) 521 (2) 544 (3) 517 (4) 500 38. In how many years was the number of seats in Lok Sabha equal to those in 1991? (1) One (2) Two (3) Three (4) Four 39. During which year, the number of male members in the Lok Sabha was least? (1) 1977 (2) 1962 (3) 1984 (4) 1952 40. What was the ratio of male members to female members in the fourth Lok Sabha? (1) 17.8 (2) 16.8 (3) 15.9 (4) 12.8 (7) of (12) Item Code : PT TO IIPS MMS
DIRECTIONS : Refer to the following line graph and answer the questions that follow. No. of Students 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Year 41. In which year, the percentage change in the number of students is maximum over the previous year? (1) 1992 (2) 1993 (3) 1994 (4) 1995 42. In which year, the percentage change in the number of students is minimum over the previous year? (1) 1992 (2) 1993 (3) 1994 (4) 1995 43. The average annual percentage growth rate of the number of students for the given period is (1) 13% (2) 25% (3) 62.5% (4) 90% (5) 80% 44. For how many years is the number of students more than the average number of students during the years given (1) One (2) Two (3) Three (4) Four 45. If 60% of the students pass every year, number of students passing in 1995 differs from those not passing in 1991 by (1) 140 (2) 190 (3) 230 (4) 170 Item Code : PT TO IIPS MMS (8) of (12)
Section IV Logical Reasoning and General Intelligence DIRECTIONS : In the following questions 5 options are given. In which four are same in any meaning. Find the odd one out. 46. (1) Melting pot (2) USA (3) Russia (4) Cowboys 47. (1) Ring (2) Shoulder (3) Finger (4) Write 48. (1) Equestrian (2) Neigh (3) Derby (4) Bark 49. (1) Darwin (2) Einstein (3) Alfred Nobel (4) Galileo 50. (1) Doctor (2) Disease (3) Medicine (4) Sowing DIRECTIONS : In each of the following questions, a matrix of certain characters is given. These characters follow a certain trend, row-wise or column-wise. Find out the trend and choose the missing character accordingly. 51. 4 5 6 2 3 7 1 8 3 21 98? (1) 94 (2) 76 (3) 73 (4) 60 (5) 35 52. 1 2 3 11 7 5 120 45? (1) 19 (2) 17 (3) 16 (4) 15 (5) 21 (9) of (12) Item Code : PT TO IIPS MMS
DIRECTIONS : For the following questions five options are given. Choose the correct option. 53. Which word can be formed from the letters a a d e f g r s u? (1) Stagnation (2) Safeguard (3) Pseudo-grade (4) Grandson 54. Which word can be formed from the letters a a b c i l l n o o o r t? (1) Collapsible (2) Locomotive (3) Colourfulness (4) Collaboration 55. The letters n u m k i p p are in disorder. If they are arranged in a proper order, they from a name of a vegetable. Its last letter is (1) p (2) n (3) m (4) u 56. The letters n a b m o d i n t are in disorder. If they are arranged in a proper order, they from a name of a game. Its first and last letter is (1) a, d (2) m, t (3) b, n (4) a, d 57. If meaningful word can be formed using u s c a l a, the first letter would be the answer. If no such word came be formed the answer is x (1) c (2) s (3) a (4) x DIRECTIONS : Fill + or to make the following conditions true. 58. 15 2 6 5 11 = 17 (1) + + (2) + + + (3) + + (4) + + 59. 14 7 16 19 23 = 27 (1) + + (2) + + + (3) + + (4) + + 60. 18 14 15 29 8 = 26 (1) + + (2) + + + (3) + + (4) + + Item Code : PT TO IIPS MMS (10) of (12)
Section IV General Knowledge DIRECTIONS : For the following questions five options are given. Choose the correct option 61. Dry ice is (1) Solid H 2 O (2) Solid CO 2 (3) Solid HO 2 (4) Hard ice 62. Boilling point of water is (1) 100 C (2) 90 C (3) 273 C (4) 80.9 C (4) None of these 63. India become republic on (1) 15 August 1947 (2) 26 August 1947 (3) 26 January 1950 (4) 15 January 1950 (5) 1 January 1947 64. Columbus discovered (1) America (2) Russia (3) Portugal (4) India (5) Europe 65. Supreme Court of India is located (1) Chennai (2) Kolkata (3) Mumbai (4) Delhi 66. One hour =... sec. (1) 3600 (2) 4600 (3) 600 (4) 7200 (5) 360 67. Arunthati Roy is (1) Nobel laureate (2) Painter (3) Politician (4) Social worker 68. Which of the following state has special provision laid down in 370C regarding the governance (1) J & K (2) Sikkim (3) Arunachal Pradesh (4) Madhya pradesh (5) Assam 69. Who is author of Ramayana (1) Tulsi das (2) Kabir das (3) Soor das (4) Meera bai (5) Vedvyas (11) of (12) Item Code : PT TO IIPS MMS
70. White House is located at (1) Washington DC (2) Chicago (3) New York (4) Paris 71. Thermometer measures (1) temperature (2) pressure (3) volume (4) wind direction 72. The Enzyme present in Saliva is 73. HIV causes 74. Kwashiorkor is caused by 75. Indore University was established in Item Code : PT TO IIPS MMS (12) of (12)