Directions(1-10): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given beside it. The Guardian in 2013 cited one question that the entrance examination paper for a trainee program at Merrill Lynch in 1972 had: “When you meet a woman, what interests you most about her?” The correct answer was beauty. Those who thought intelligence, were given low marks. There was,…
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Directions: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow: Paragraph 1: Financial markets don’t much like uncertainty. Thanks to Italy’s politicians, in recent days they have had plenty. By May 30th some calm had returned: it seemed possible that a pair of populist parties, the Five Star Movement and the Northern League, would form a government after all. Markets…
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Directions(1-10): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Union government whether it is giving the over 40 lakh people, excluded from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, a “second chance” to gain citizenship by allowing them to produce fresh documents to prove their Indian legacy. The court…
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Directions(1-5): Read the passage and answer the questions that follow: Business news does not repeat itself but it sometimes rhymes. In 2007 Walmart, America’s biggest grocer, crowed that it would crack the coveted Indian market by being the first global retailer to set up shop there, pipping envious rivals in the process. On May 9th it announced much the same…
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Direction(1-9): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below. Some words are printed in bold in order to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. The catastrophic monsoon floods in Kerala and parts of Karnataka have revived the debate on whether political expediency trumped science. Seven years ago, the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel…
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Directions (Q.1-10): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain parts are given in bracket to answer some of the questions based on the passage. Most of the competitive examinations conducted for admission for higher education or job recruitments are objective in nature. They have several advantages over the subjective ones, for both the examining…
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Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follows. In the eighteenth century, Japan‘s feudal overlords, from the shogun to the humblest samurai, found themselves under financial stress. In part, this stress can be attributed to the overlords‘ failure to adjust to a rapidly expanding economy, but the stress was also due to factors beyond the overlords‘ control.…
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Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follows. Despite the best efforts of those responsible for preventing fraud, one inevitable reality remains: “fraud happens.” Because fraud and misconduct can occur at various levels in any organization, it is essential that appropriate preventive and detective techniques are in place. Although fraud prevention and detection are related concepts, they…
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Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follows. LOSING THE PRESIDENCY in 2016 to someone most Democratic activists consider unfit for the office even on a good day was terrifying, because it suggested they did not understand the country they aspired to govern. It was also a little exciting. Ever since the Reagan revolution, Democrats have had…
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Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follows. It is a niche market, but a big one, and it is increasingly dominated by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. On January 20th its reinsurance subsidiary, National Indemnity Company (NICO), agreed with American International Group (AIG), a big insurer, to acquire excess losses on old insurance policies. In one of…
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