Q1. Statements In a highly centralised power structure in which even senior cabinet ministers are prepared to reduce themselves to pathetic countries or yesmen airing views that are primarily intended to anticipate or reflect the Prime Minister s own performances there can be no place for any consensus that is quite different from real or contrived unanimity of opinion expressed through a well orchestrated endorsement of the leader s actions Conclusions The Ministers play safe by not giving anti government views The Prime Minister does not encourage his colleagues to render their own views

Q2. Statements Women s organisations in India have welcomed the amendment of the Industrial Employment Rules 1946 to curb sexual harassment at the work place Conclusions Sexual harassment of women at work place is more prevalent in India as compared to other developed countries Many organisations in India will stop recruiting women to avoid such problems

Q3. Statements The percentage of the national income shared by the top 10 per cent of households in India is 35 Conclusions When an economy grows fast concentration of wealth in certain pockets of population takes place The national income is unevenly distributed in India

Q4. Directions In the question given below a passage is given followed by three statements that may or may not be concluded from the passage Select the correct combination of statements that can be concluded Improving education is a slow arduous long term undertaking everywhere and nowhere more so than in Africa where tight economic constraints often prevent sustained investment in human capital Too often though expedient approaches prove shortsighted and fail to engage local leaders who hold the keys to economic and social progress Too often grassroots level voices reflecting firsthand experience addressing their communities problems are ignored When global leaders gather in Hamburg this week for the G20 summit the new G20 Africa Partnership will take center stage But those committed to helping Africa should focus squarely on the nuts and bolts of aid and development and that means investing in local leadership I Engaging local leaders is essential to improve education in Africa II Economic constraints have hampered the growth of the education sector in Africa III Local leadership does not affect education

Q5. The following question has one statement followed by two conclusions Read and understand them carefully and then select your answer option as given below Statement Bureaucrats marry only intelligent girls Gudiya is very intelligent Conclusions Gudiya will marry a bureaucrat Gudiya will not marry a bureaucrat