NMAT LR English 1 Class

1. A company sells two types of mobile phones – A and B.
The total sales of these

two phones increased by 24% between 2010 and 2015. In the same period,
however, the sales of ‘B’ type mobile phones, most of which were sold from the
company’s exclusive outlets, grew by just 6%.
Which of the following conclusions about the company’s sales from 2010–15 is
best supported by the statements above?
(A) Buyers were more likely to buy type ‘A’ mobile phones when they went to
multi-brand phone sellers.
(B) The prices of mobile phones purchased at the company’s exclusive stores
were higher than those phones that were purchased elsewhere.
(C) The sales of type ‘A’ mobile phones increased by more than 24% during this
period.
(D) A majority of type ‘B’ mobile phones were purchased by corporate buyers
who tend to make bulk purchases.
(E) The number of people who bought mobile phones from multi-brand sellers
increased during this period.
2. Use of credit has both advantages and disadvantages. While one can buy
goods through credit option, many consumers may buy things they do not really
require or can even afford. But it also allows them to take advantage of bargains
when they are short of cash. Anyone who takes advantage of this latter
possibility saves money by buying on credit.
Which of the following is an assumption made in the passage above?
(A) Anyone who wants can buy goods through credit option at no extra cost for
which there is no point in using such a facility.
(B) It is difficult for anyone to show restraint while buying goods through the
credit option. However, these goods are usually available on a bargain as well.
(C) The cost of credit does not exceed the saving on purchases that credit makes
possible.
(D) All purchases made on credit are unnecessary purchases for which using such
a facility is a waste of money.
(E) A buyer who buys goods through the credit option will make use of this
facility to even buy goods which have absolutely no utility for him or her.
3. Statement: A very reputed non-banking finance company has launched a loan
scheme for buying new agricultural tools. The farmers have responded well to
the scheme and it has become successful as it has brought prosperity among the
farmers.
Which of the following assumptions is implicit in the above statements?
(A) The prosperity of farmers is the only measure of the success of a loan
scheme.
(B) Only tools are important for farmers to enhance farm activities.
(C) Earlier there was no such loan scheme available for farmers.
(D) Farmers do not prefer taking loans for buying agricultural tools on their own.
(E) The prosperity of farmers is an important indicator for the success of a loan
scheme.
4. Ravi: “Our clothes sell so well because of their tenacity. They are not only
durable, but also come in a large variety and are available in all sizes. So, we do
not need to do any advertising as our product speaks for itself.”
While saying this, which of the following must Ravi have assumed?
(A) Advertisements do not have a large readership.
(B) High quality products do not need to be advertised in order to be sold.
(C) He does not have an advertising budget and hence he wants to avoid
advertising.
(D) If a product is tenacious, has variety and is available in all sizes, it will attract
customers.
(E) Spending money on product improvement is better than spending money on
advertising them.
5. I think that evil begets stupidity. An organisation that wins by exercising power
starts to lose the ability to win by doing better work. And it’s not fun for a smart
person to work in a place where the best ideas aren’t the ones that win, and so
evil organisations start losing their smartest employees. I think the reason
Google embraced the motto ‘Don’t be evil’ so eagerly was not so much to
impress the outside world as to inoculate themselves against arrogance.
Which of the following is a basic assumption made in this argument?
(A) Google is not an evil organisation.
(B) An organisation that abuses its power is an evil one.
(C) Smart employees prefer not to work in evil organisations.
(D) Stupid employees do not mind working in evil organisations.
(E) Adopting mottos helps an organisation avoid being evil.
6. ‘When women stop reading, the novel will be dead,’ declared Ian McEwan in
the Guardian last year. He reached this rather dire conclusion after venturing into
a nearby park in an attempt to give away free novels. The result? Only one
‘sensitive male soul’ took up his offer, while every woman he approached was
‘eager and grateful’ to do the same. Unscientific as McEwan’s experiment may
be, its thesis is borne out by a number of surveys conducted in Britain, the United
States and Canada, where men account for a paltry 20 percent of the market for
fiction. Unlike the gods of the literary establishment who remain predominantly
male—both as writers and critics—their humble readers are overwhelmingly
female.
Which of the following most weakens the argument made in this paragraph?
(A) The people in one park are not a good representative of the entire readership
of novels.
(B) The number of men reading novels may be fewer than the number of women,
but men read more novels per capita.
(C) Men read a variety of books, including plenty of non-fiction, while women
read more fiction than non-fiction.
(D) The male readership of novels is significantly higher than the female
readership in places other than Britain, the United States and Canada.
(E) Men like reading books-the world has always had more male writers than
female writers.
7. Hosting a high-profile sporting event like the Olympic Games or the World Cup
can generate significant intangible benefits for the host city or region, whose
residents are likely to derive appreciable pride and sense of community from
hosting the event. Their homes are the focus of the world’s attention for a brief
but intense period. The planning and work required to host the event take
significant time and effort—much of which is done by volunteers—and engender
a considerable local and national sense of accomplishment. These factors are
both important and valuable, even though researchers find it difficult to place a
dollar value on them.
Which of the following, if true, does NOT weaken the argument made in this
paragraph?
(A) Research shows that cities in which such events are hosted have fewer
instances of communal or societal tensions as compared to cities that have never
hosted such events.
(B) The sense of community and accomplishment last only as long as the event
itself lasts, which may be just a few days, and have no long-term effects.
(C) The kind of attention garnered by the host city or region may be more
negative than positive, i.e., the rest of the world may feel itself licenced to
criticise the local politics and culture.
(D) There are several cheaper ways in which a sense of community and
camaraderie can be promoted.
(E) People already have a sense of community by virtue of living in a particular
place for a long time.
8. A popular talk show host has been regularly making fun of a new movie on his
programme for the past few days. The director of the movie attributes the poor
performance of the movie to this fact.
Which of the following options most seriously weakens the above argument?
(A) Several other film makers have also accused the talk show host of talking
poorly about their movies.
(B) There has been no change in the ticket prices at movie theatres in the past
few months.
(C) The talk show host has also made fun of several other movies and TV
programmes on his talk show during this period.
(D) The talk show host makes fun of only those movies that perform poorly at
the box office.
(E) The movie has been criticised by some sections of the media too for being
overly long and having a clichéd storyline.
9. In the last one month, more than a dozen children have been attacked by
Rottweilers (a large dog breed) when they stepped out of their house to play.
Thus, it is unsafe to keep dogs as pets in neighbourhoods with a large population
of children.
Which of the following options most strengthens the above argument?
(A) Rottweilers have also occasionally attacked adults accompanying the children
and even other dogs.
(B) The Rottweiler is known to be a particularly ferocious dog breed that can
attack at the slightest of provocations.
(C) Small dog breeds like the Pug are very friendly towards children and can be
safely kept in neighbourhoods with a large population of children.
(D) Children need to be taught not to tease dogs or run when a dog comes
towards them.
(E) The behaviour exhibited by Rottweilers towards children is representative of
the behaviour of all dogs in general.
10. It is sometimes mooted that there can be democracy in a two-party system.
That would be correct if politics were a game like cricket or football; but politics
is not sport.
Which of the following would strengthen the argument?
(A) Two party system is practiced in the maximum number of democracies in the world.
(B) Politics is a dirty game.
(C) Two political parties limit the choice of the voters.

(D) Sports, just like politics needs to be fair.
(E) A two-party system is a waste of time and energy.

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1. A company sells two types of mobile phones – A and B.

The total sales of these

(C) Two political parties limit the choice of the voters.

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