AILET Previous Year Question Paper - 2021 | CLAT Past Year Papers (2008-2024) PDF Download

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Date of Exam.   : 
Duration            : 90 Minutes
Max. Marks       : 150
Center's Name   : ________________
Roll No.              : ________________
OMR Sheet No. : ________________
Date of Birth      : ________________
 
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
 1. No clarification on the Question paper can be sought.  Answer the questions as 
they are.  
 2. There are 150 multiple choice objective type questions. Answer ALL the questions.
 3. Each question carries ONE mark. Total marks are 150. 
 4. There will be negative marking. 0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.
 5. Candidates have to indicate the most appropriate answer by darkening one of the four 
responses provided, with BLACk/BLUE BALL pOINT pEN in the OMR Answer Sheet.  
  Example : For the question, “Where is the Taj Mahal located ?” the correct answer is (b).
  (a)  Kolkata   (b) Agra   (c) Bhopal   (d) Delhi 
   Right Method          Wrong Methods
  ———————         ————————————————————— 
      a    b    c    d            a    b    c    d        a    b    c    d       a    b   c    d  
 6. Answering the question by any method other than the method indicated above shall 
be considered wrong answer.
 7. More than one response to a question shall be counted as wrong answer.
 8. The candidate shall not write anything on the OMR Answer Sheet other than the details 
required and in the spaces provide for.
 9. After the examination is over, the candidate can carry the test booklet along with 
candidate’s copy of the OMR, after handing over the original OMR to the invigilator.
 10. The use of any unfair means by any candidate shall result in the cancellation of his/her 
candidature.
	 11.	 Impersonation	 is	 an	 offence	 and	 the	 candid ate,	 apart	 from	 disqualification,	 may	 have	
to face criminal prosecution.
 12. Electronic gadgets like mobile phones, pagers or calculators etc. are strictly 
not permitted inside the Test Centre/Hall.
 13. The candidates shall not leave the hall before the end of the test.
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Date of Exam.   : 
Duration            : 90 Minutes
Max. Marks       : 150
Center's Name   : ________________
Roll No.              : ________________
OMR Sheet No. : ________________
Date of Birth      : ________________
 
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
 1. No clarification on the Question paper can be sought.  Answer the questions as 
they are.  
 2. There are 150 multiple choice objective type questions. Answer ALL the questions.
 3. Each question carries ONE mark. Total marks are 150. 
 4. There will be negative marking. 0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.
 5. Candidates have to indicate the most appropriate answer by darkening one of the four 
responses provided, with BLACk/BLUE BALL pOINT pEN in the OMR Answer Sheet.  
  Example : For the question, “Where is the Taj Mahal located ?” the correct answer is (b).
  (a)  Kolkata   (b) Agra   (c) Bhopal   (d) Delhi 
   Right Method          Wrong Methods
  ———————         ————————————————————— 
      a    b    c    d            a    b    c    d        a    b    c    d       a    b   c    d  
 6. Answering the question by any method other than the method indicated above shall 
be considered wrong answer.
 7. More than one response to a question shall be counted as wrong answer.
 8. The candidate shall not write anything on the OMR Answer Sheet other than the details 
required and in the spaces provide for.
 9. After the examination is over, the candidate can carry the test booklet along with 
candidate’s copy of the OMR, after handing over the original OMR to the invigilator.
 10. The use of any unfair means by any candidate shall result in the cancellation of his/her 
candidature.
	 11.	 Impersonation	 is	 an	 offence	 and	 the	 candid ate,	 apart	 from	 disqualification,	 may	 have	
to face criminal prosecution.
 12. Electronic gadgets like mobile phones, pagers or calculators etc. are strictly 
not permitted inside the Test Centre/Hall.
 13. The candidates shall not leave the hall before the end of the test.
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BREAk-Up OF MARkS
Section Subject Marks Q. No. Page No.
A English 35 1 – 35 3 – 8
B
General 
Knowledge
35 36 – 70 9 – 13
C Legal Aptitude 35 71 – 105 14 – 28
D Reasoning 35 106 – 140 29 – 36
E Mathematics 10 141 – 150 37 – 38
Total Marks                                       150
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Date of Exam.   : 
Duration            : 90 Minutes
Max. Marks       : 150
Center's Name   : ________________
Roll No.              : ________________
OMR Sheet No. : ________________
Date of Birth      : ________________
 
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
 1. No clarification on the Question paper can be sought.  Answer the questions as 
they are.  
 2. There are 150 multiple choice objective type questions. Answer ALL the questions.
 3. Each question carries ONE mark. Total marks are 150. 
 4. There will be negative marking. 0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.
 5. Candidates have to indicate the most appropriate answer by darkening one of the four 
responses provided, with BLACk/BLUE BALL pOINT pEN in the OMR Answer Sheet.  
  Example : For the question, “Where is the Taj Mahal located ?” the correct answer is (b).
  (a)  Kolkata   (b) Agra   (c) Bhopal   (d) Delhi 
   Right Method          Wrong Methods
  ———————         ————————————————————— 
      a    b    c    d            a    b    c    d        a    b    c    d       a    b   c    d  
 6. Answering the question by any method other than the method indicated above shall 
be considered wrong answer.
 7. More than one response to a question shall be counted as wrong answer.
 8. The candidate shall not write anything on the OMR Answer Sheet other than the details 
required and in the spaces provide for.
 9. After the examination is over, the candidate can carry the test booklet along with 
candidate’s copy of the OMR, after handing over the original OMR to the invigilator.
 10. The use of any unfair means by any candidate shall result in the cancellation of his/her 
candidature.
	 11.	 Impersonation	 is	 an	 offence	 and	 the	 candid ate,	 apart	 from	 disqualification,	 may	 have	
to face criminal prosecution.
 12. Electronic gadgets like mobile phones, pagers or calculators etc. are strictly 
not permitted inside the Test Centre/Hall.
 13. The candidates shall not leave the hall before the end of the test.
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BREAk-Up OF MARkS
Section Subject Marks Q. No. Page No.
A English 35 1 – 35 3 – 8
B
General 
Knowledge
35 36 – 70 9 – 13
C Legal Aptitude 35 71 – 105 14 – 28
D Reasoning 35 106 – 140 29 – 36
E Mathematics 10 141 – 150 37 – 38
Total Marks                                       150
  
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SECTION – A :  ENglISH
Questions 1 – 5 :  Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
 “The night I arrived in Delhi on a visit in January 1996, the elevator at the Maurya Sheraton 
took	 us	 up	 to	 the	 twelfth	 floor	 in	 a	 breath-taking	 six	 or	 seven	 seconds.	 “Remarkable,”	 I	
commented admiringly to the friendly hotel employee in a maroon sari and business-like 
pageboy haircut, who had draped a three-kilogram marigold garland around my neck as 
I stepped across the threshold. “We couldn’t have ascended faster in the U. S. of A.”
She took my praise in stride, as well she should have. Jet-lagged after an eighteen-hour 
journey from New York, I had failed to notice that this was not some superfast new elevator 
technology that the Maurya had brought to Delhi, but rather some highly creative labelling. 
W h e n 	 I 	 fi n a l l y 	 w o k e 	 u p 	 a n d 	 l o o k e d 	 o u t 	 m y 	 w i n d o w , 	 I 	 r e a l i z e d 	 t h a t 	 w h a t 	 t h e 	 e l e v a t o r 	 b u t t o n s	
had	 called	 the	 twelfth	 floor	 was	 in	 fact	 the	 second.	 The	 gleaming	 Maurya	 elevator	 had	
merely taken me for a ride – and a shorter ride I’d imagined.
I couldn’t help the accusatory tone out of my voice the next time I ran into the maroon 
sari.	 “Twelfth	 floor,	 huh	 ?”	 I	 said	 pointedly.	 “I	 didn’ t	 think	 liberalization	 meant	 being	 liberal	
with the facts.”
She was surprised that I had taken offense. “Our foreign visitors much prefer to think of 
themselves	 as	 being	 on	 eleventh	 and	 twelfth	 floors	 than	 the	 first	 or	 second,”	 she	 replied	
with wide-eyed innocence. “And they don’t look out of the windows that much.”
Welcome,	 I	 thought,	 to	 the	 new	 India.	 An	 India	 I	 was	 discovering	 for	 the	 first	 time:	 an	 India	
of	 five-star	 hotels,	 welco ming	 garlands,	 and	 smooth-talking	 hotel	 staff,	 where	 nothing	 is	
quite what it seems (not even the elevator buttons), where windows are not meant to be 
opened and appearances are the only reality.  [Shashi Tharoor, India : From Midnight to 
the Millennium and Beyond (Arcade Publishing, 1997) 275-276]
		 1.	 After	 reading	 the	 last	 line	 of	 the	 first	 paragraph,	 “We	 couldn’t	 have	 ascended	 faster	
in the U. S. of A.”, which of the options do you think the author is most likely to agree 
with ?
 (a) India never fails to surprise
 (b) Indians have been great innovators
 (c) Foreigners are turning to India’s technical advancement
	 (d)	 It’s	a	fact	that	India	hasn’t	made	significant	progress
 2.  As used in the third paragraph, the underlined word “accusatory” most nearly means 
all options, except 
 (a) denunciative    (b) criminate 
 (c) eulogistic    (d) censuring
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Date of Exam.   : 
Duration            : 90 Minutes
Max. Marks       : 150
Center's Name   : ________________
Roll No.              : ________________
OMR Sheet No. : ________________
Date of Birth      : ________________
 
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
 1. No clarification on the Question paper can be sought.  Answer the questions as 
they are.  
 2. There are 150 multiple choice objective type questions. Answer ALL the questions.
 3. Each question carries ONE mark. Total marks are 150. 
 4. There will be negative marking. 0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.
 5. Candidates have to indicate the most appropriate answer by darkening one of the four 
responses provided, with BLACk/BLUE BALL pOINT pEN in the OMR Answer Sheet.  
  Example : For the question, “Where is the Taj Mahal located ?” the correct answer is (b).
  (a)  Kolkata   (b) Agra   (c) Bhopal   (d) Delhi 
   Right Method          Wrong Methods
  ———————         ————————————————————— 
      a    b    c    d            a    b    c    d        a    b    c    d       a    b   c    d  
 6. Answering the question by any method other than the method indicated above shall 
be considered wrong answer.
 7. More than one response to a question shall be counted as wrong answer.
 8. The candidate shall not write anything on the OMR Answer Sheet other than the details 
required and in the spaces provide for.
 9. After the examination is over, the candidate can carry the test booklet along with 
candidate’s copy of the OMR, after handing over the original OMR to the invigilator.
 10. The use of any unfair means by any candidate shall result in the cancellation of his/her 
candidature.
	 11.	 Impersonation	 is	 an	 offence	 and	 the	 candid ate,	 apart	 from	 disqualification,	 may	 have	
to face criminal prosecution.
 12. Electronic gadgets like mobile phones, pagers or calculators etc. are strictly 
not permitted inside the Test Centre/Hall.
 13. The candidates shall not leave the hall before the end of the test.
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BREAk-Up OF MARkS
Section Subject Marks Q. No. Page No.
A English 35 1 – 35 3 – 8
B
General 
Knowledge
35 36 – 70 9 – 13
C Legal Aptitude 35 71 – 105 14 – 28
D Reasoning 35 106 – 140 29 – 36
E Mathematics 10 141 – 150 37 – 38
Total Marks                                       150
  
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SECTION – A :  ENglISH
Questions 1 – 5 :  Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
 “The night I arrived in Delhi on a visit in January 1996, the elevator at the Maurya Sheraton 
took	 us	 up	 to	 the	 twelfth	 floor	 in	 a	 breath-taking	 six	 or	 seven	 seconds.	 “Remarkable,”	 I	
commented admiringly to the friendly hotel employee in a maroon sari and business-like 
pageboy haircut, who had draped a three-kilogram marigold garland around my neck as 
I stepped across the threshold. “We couldn’t have ascended faster in the U. S. of A.”
She took my praise in stride, as well she should have. Jet-lagged after an eighteen-hour 
journey from New York, I had failed to notice that this was not some superfast new elevator 
technology that the Maurya had brought to Delhi, but rather some highly creative labelling. 
W h e n 	 I 	 fi n a l l y 	 w o k e 	 u p 	 a n d 	 l o o k e d 	 o u t 	 m y 	 w i n d o w , 	 I 	 r e a l i z e d 	 t h a t 	 w h a t 	 t h e 	 e l e v a t o r 	 b u t t o n s	
had	 called	 the	 twelfth	 floor	 was	 in	 fact	 the	 second.	 The	 gleaming	 Maurya	 elevator	 had	
merely taken me for a ride – and a shorter ride I’d imagined.
I couldn’t help the accusatory tone out of my voice the next time I ran into the maroon 
sari.	 “Twelfth	 floor,	 huh	 ?”	 I	 said	 pointedly.	 “I	 didn’ t	 think	 liberalization	 meant	 being	 liberal	
with the facts.”
She was surprised that I had taken offense. “Our foreign visitors much prefer to think of 
themselves	 as	 being	 on	 eleventh	 and	 twelfth	 floors	 than	 the	 first	 or	 second,”	 she	 replied	
with wide-eyed innocence. “And they don’t look out of the windows that much.”
Welcome,	 I	 thought,	 to	 the	 new	 India.	 An	 India	 I	 was	 discovering	 for	 the	 first	 time:	 an	 India	
of	 five-star	 hotels,	 welco ming	 garlands,	 and	 smooth-talking	 hotel	 staff,	 where	 nothing	 is	
quite what it seems (not even the elevator buttons), where windows are not meant to be 
opened and appearances are the only reality.  [Shashi Tharoor, India : From Midnight to 
the Millennium and Beyond (Arcade Publishing, 1997) 275-276]
		 1.	 After	 reading	 the	 last	 line	 of	 the	 first	 paragraph,	 “We	 couldn’t	 have	 ascended	 faster	
in the U. S. of A.”, which of the options do you think the author is most likely to agree 
with ?
 (a) India never fails to surprise
 (b) Indians have been great innovators
 (c) Foreigners are turning to India’s technical advancement
	 (d)	 It’s	a	fact	that	India	hasn’t	made	significant	progress
 2.  As used in the third paragraph, the underlined word “accusatory” most nearly means 
all options, except 
 (a) denunciative    (b) criminate 
 (c) eulogistic    (d) censuring
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 3. It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s impression 
 (a) transgresses from being proud to being even prouder
 (b) plummets from a sense of pride to a sense of disillusionment
 (c) trends from a level of disappointment to a level of condemnation
 (d) remains steadfast on the thought of being an Indian
 4. In the line, “…taken me for a ride – and a shorter ride I’d imagined”.  means
 (a) the elevator had taken them very swiftly
 (b) the hotel was treating its guests like royalties
 (c) technology had advanced in third world countries
 (d) people were being hoodwinked
 5. The tone of the passage could be summed up to be
 (a) pensive and remorseful 
 (b) matter of fact and sombre
	 (c)	 humorous	and	reflective	
	 (d)	 fiery	and	critical
Questions 6 – 11 :  Choose an appropriate word to fill in each blank space.
________ (6) are increasingly awarding large _________ (7) to plaintiffs who have 
experienced _________ (8) comments and harassment or been denied promotions and 
________ (9) because of their family responsibilities. These _________ (10) are more 
likely to prevail than other employment-related cases. _________ (11) suits on behalf of 
caregivers are on the rise as well.
  6. (a) Judge (b) Juries (c)  Prosecutors (d)  Defendants
 7.  (a) personal injuries (b) kickbacks (c)  rewards (d)  settlements
 8. (a)  derogatory (b) directive (c)  abusive (d)  adulatory
 9. (a)  perks (b) raises (c) rises (d)  reimbursements
 10. (a)  suits (b) complains  (c)  accusations (d)  remarks
 11. (a)  Torts                   (b) Act of Law (c)  Class Action (d)  Procedural Law
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Date of Exam.   : 
Duration            : 90 Minutes
Max. Marks       : 150
Center's Name   : ________________
Roll No.              : ________________
OMR Sheet No. : ________________
Date of Birth      : ________________
 
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
 1. No clarification on the Question paper can be sought.  Answer the questions as 
they are.  
 2. There are 150 multiple choice objective type questions. Answer ALL the questions.
 3. Each question carries ONE mark. Total marks are 150. 
 4. There will be negative marking. 0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.
 5. Candidates have to indicate the most appropriate answer by darkening one of the four 
responses provided, with BLACk/BLUE BALL pOINT pEN in the OMR Answer Sheet.  
  Example : For the question, “Where is the Taj Mahal located ?” the correct answer is (b).
  (a)  Kolkata   (b) Agra   (c) Bhopal   (d) Delhi 
   Right Method          Wrong Methods
  ———————         ————————————————————— 
      a    b    c    d            a    b    c    d        a    b    c    d       a    b   c    d  
 6. Answering the question by any method other than the method indicated above shall 
be considered wrong answer.
 7. More than one response to a question shall be counted as wrong answer.
 8. The candidate shall not write anything on the OMR Answer Sheet other than the details 
required and in the spaces provide for.
 9. After the examination is over, the candidate can carry the test booklet along with 
candidate’s copy of the OMR, after handing over the original OMR to the invigilator.
 10. The use of any unfair means by any candidate shall result in the cancellation of his/her 
candidature.
	 11.	 Impersonation	 is	 an	 offence	 and	 the	 candid ate,	 apart	 from	 disqualification,	 may	 have	
to face criminal prosecution.
 12. Electronic gadgets like mobile phones, pagers or calculators etc. are strictly 
not permitted inside the Test Centre/Hall.
 13. The candidates shall not leave the hall before the end of the test.
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BREAk-Up OF MARkS
Section Subject Marks Q. No. Page No.
A English 35 1 – 35 3 – 8
B
General 
Knowledge
35 36 – 70 9 – 13
C Legal Aptitude 35 71 – 105 14 – 28
D Reasoning 35 106 – 140 29 – 36
E Mathematics 10 141 – 150 37 – 38
Total Marks                                       150
  
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SECTION – A :  ENglISH
Questions 1 – 5 :  Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
 “The night I arrived in Delhi on a visit in January 1996, the elevator at the Maurya Sheraton 
took	 us	 up	 to	 the	 twelfth	 floor	 in	 a	 breath-taking	 six	 or	 seven	 seconds.	 “Remarkable,”	 I	
commented admiringly to the friendly hotel employee in a maroon sari and business-like 
pageboy haircut, who had draped a three-kilogram marigold garland around my neck as 
I stepped across the threshold. “We couldn’t have ascended faster in the U. S. of A.”
She took my praise in stride, as well she should have. Jet-lagged after an eighteen-hour 
journey from New York, I had failed to notice that this was not some superfast new elevator 
technology that the Maurya had brought to Delhi, but rather some highly creative labelling. 
W h e n 	 I 	 fi n a l l y 	 w o k e 	 u p 	 a n d 	 l o o k e d 	 o u t 	 m y 	 w i n d o w , 	 I 	 r e a l i z e d 	 t h a t 	 w h a t 	 t h e 	 e l e v a t o r 	 b u t t o n s	
had	 called	 the	 twelfth	 floor	 was	 in	 fact	 the	 second.	 The	 gleaming	 Maurya	 elevator	 had	
merely taken me for a ride – and a shorter ride I’d imagined.
I couldn’t help the accusatory tone out of my voice the next time I ran into the maroon 
sari.	 “Twelfth	 floor,	 huh	 ?”	 I	 said	 pointedly.	 “I	 didn’ t	 think	 liberalization	 meant	 being	 liberal	
with the facts.”
She was surprised that I had taken offense. “Our foreign visitors much prefer to think of 
themselves	 as	 being	 on	 eleventh	 and	 twelfth	 floors	 than	 the	 first	 or	 second,”	 she	 replied	
with wide-eyed innocence. “And they don’t look out of the windows that much.”
Welcome,	 I	 thought,	 to	 the	 new	 India.	 An	 India	 I	 was	 discovering	 for	 the	 first	 time:	 an	 India	
of	 five-star	 hotels,	 welco ming	 garlands,	 and	 smooth-talking	 hotel	 staff,	 where	 nothing	 is	
quite what it seems (not even the elevator buttons), where windows are not meant to be 
opened and appearances are the only reality.  [Shashi Tharoor, India : From Midnight to 
the Millennium and Beyond (Arcade Publishing, 1997) 275-276]
		 1.	 After	 reading	 the	 last	 line	 of	 the	 first	 paragraph,	 “We	 couldn’t	 have	 ascended	 faster	
in the U. S. of A.”, which of the options do you think the author is most likely to agree 
with ?
 (a) India never fails to surprise
 (b) Indians have been great innovators
 (c) Foreigners are turning to India’s technical advancement
	 (d)	 It’s	a	fact	that	India	hasn’t	made	significant	progress
 2.  As used in the third paragraph, the underlined word “accusatory” most nearly means 
all options, except 
 (a) denunciative    (b) criminate 
 (c) eulogistic    (d) censuring
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 3. It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s impression 
 (a) transgresses from being proud to being even prouder
 (b) plummets from a sense of pride to a sense of disillusionment
 (c) trends from a level of disappointment to a level of condemnation
 (d) remains steadfast on the thought of being an Indian
 4. In the line, “…taken me for a ride – and a shorter ride I’d imagined”.  means
 (a) the elevator had taken them very swiftly
 (b) the hotel was treating its guests like royalties
 (c) technology had advanced in third world countries
 (d) people were being hoodwinked
 5. The tone of the passage could be summed up to be
 (a) pensive and remorseful 
 (b) matter of fact and sombre
	 (c)	 humorous	and	reflective	
	 (d)	 fiery	and	critical
Questions 6 – 11 :  Choose an appropriate word to fill in each blank space.
________ (6) are increasingly awarding large _________ (7) to plaintiffs who have 
experienced _________ (8) comments and harassment or been denied promotions and 
________ (9) because of their family responsibilities. These _________ (10) are more 
likely to prevail than other employment-related cases. _________ (11) suits on behalf of 
caregivers are on the rise as well.
  6. (a) Judge (b) Juries (c)  Prosecutors (d)  Defendants
 7.  (a) personal injuries (b) kickbacks (c)  rewards (d)  settlements
 8. (a)  derogatory (b) directive (c)  abusive (d)  adulatory
 9. (a)  perks (b) raises (c) rises (d)  reimbursements
 10. (a)  suits (b) complains  (c)  accusations (d)  remarks
 11. (a)  Torts                   (b) Act of Law (c)  Class Action (d)  Procedural Law
  
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 For Questions 12 – 14 : Find the correct meaning of the highlighted word in each 
of the sentences from the choices given below.
 12.  Ravi was an impecunious student noted for his academic excellence.
 (a) brilliant and studious
 (b) rude and arrogant
 (c) shrewd and manipulative
 (d) having little or no money
  13.  The lady looked rather lugubrious.
 (a) sad and sorrowful
 (b) eager and anxious
 (c) happy and cheerful
 (d) high and energetic
 14.  She displayed a recalcitrant attitude.
 (a) enthusiastic
 (b) resisting authority or discipline
 (c) weak and frightened
 (d) hollow and insincere
 Questions 15 and 16 : Choose the most appropriate option that completes the 
given sentences.
 15. To be successful, managers must see themselves more as catalysts for problem 
solving than as problem solvers _____________.
 (a) per se (b) a priori (c) pro rata (d) faux pas
 16. The art of speaking or writing effectively is _____________
 (a) Rhetoric   (b) Brevity 
 (c) Garrulousness   (d) Verbosity
 17. What do we call someone who tries to “put something across”, good or bad and 
who	does	not	want	scrutiny	or	criticism,	but	a	specific	action	?
 (a) Enthusiast   
 (b) Sloganeer
 (c) Propagandist   
 (d) Zealot