tiss.edu MA Entrance Test TISSNET 2018 Sample Question Paper : Tata Institute of Social Sciences

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Exam : TISSNET 2018 M.A. Entrance Test
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Category or Subject : M.A.
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TISS NET Question Paper

** Tiss Net 2018 Will Not Have Negative Marking For Any Programme Including Hrm. Candidates Who Have Applied For A Single Programme Or Multiple Programmes Will Be Attempting A Single Question Paper With 100 Questions For A Duration Of 100 Minutes, This Includes Candidates Who Have Chosen Hrm In Combination With Other Programme/ Programmes

Related : Tata Institute Of Social Sciences TISSNET General Awareness Sample Question Paper 2016 : www.pdfquestion.in/13036.html

Question Pattern

** This year General Awareness will consist of 40 marks, English Proficiency 30 marks, Maths and Logical Reasoning – 30 marks.

M.A. Entrance Test Sample Paper

General Awareness

The ozone layer is found in ______________.
Thermosphere
Exosphere
Stratosphere
Earth crust

The Sachar committee was formed in 2005 to report on the social, economic and educational conditions
of _________.
SC
ST
OBC
Muslims

Over the year, in the GDP of India which sector’s contribution increased significantly?
Manufacturing Industry
Agriculture
Service Sector
Mining

Who was the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh?
Zia-ur-Rahman
Mujib-ur-Rahman
Tajuddin Ahmad
Hasina Sheikh

Which is a regenerative organ in human body?
Pancreas
Kidney
Lever
Lungs

The dance form “Kathakalli” is from the state of _______.
Andhra Pradesh
Kerala
Tamilnadu
Maharashtra

Dipa Karmakar is an Indian sportswoman associated with the following sport:-
Gymnastics
Badminton
Cricket
Snooker

Voices Against 377 is a movement that addresses issues around:-
Sati
Acid attack victims
Homosexuality
Dowry

Rowlatt Act, also known as the Black Bill was passed in the year:-
1929
1919
1939
1909

Australian Antigen is related to ________.
Brain function
Kidney function
Hepatitis B
Lungs function

The case of Nitish Katara murder was adjudged by the trial court as a type of ________.
Burglary
Drug abuse
Child abuse
Honour killing

Logical Reasoning

All the members of a national club participate either in the Badminton or the Chess competition. 2100 members participate in the Chess, 1750 participate in the Badminton and 1100 participates in both the games. How many members does the national club have?
3250
2750
2200
3750

Set A is a collection of first 10 whole numbers. Set B is a collection of first 10 natural numbers. How many number/s is/are not common to both set A and set B?
3
2
0
1

Pushpa is the mother of Kamla. Kamla is the sister of Dilip. Dilip is the father of Jimmy. How is Pushpa related to Jimmy?
Aunt
Sister
Mother
Grand mother

In a certain group of families living together in a certain locality of Bangalore, 35% families own a smart television and 25% own a luxury hutch-back. 55% families own neither a smart television nor a luxury hutch-back. 15 families own both a smart television and a luxury hutch-back. How many families are there in the group?
133
100
120
150

Ajay: “Prajita occupies 7th position from the top in Economics test in our class”
Raju: “Yes, you are correct and Prajita also occupies 35th position from the bottom in the same test”
Ajay and Raju study in the same class with Prajita and “N” others. Find the total number of students in the class, other than Prajita, Raju and Ajay.
38
34
41
44

A cuboid of dimensions (8 cm. x 6 cm. x 5 cm.) is painted RED on the pair of opposite surfaces of dimensions (8 cm. x 6 cm.). Remaining two opposite surfaces of dimensions (8cm. x 5 cm.) are painted BLACK. And two surfaces of dimensions (6 cm. x 5 cm.) are painted with BLUE colors. Now the block is divided among smaller cubes of dimensions (1 cm. x 1 cm. x 1 cm.). In how many of the small cubes all the three colors appear?
16
48
22
8

In the question given below, statements are followed by inferential conclusions. The conclusion, which can be derived without supposing anything else, i.e. without adding anything extra to the statement (s), is your answer.

Very soon, there are chances that electricity tariff would be hiked. This proposal will bring about a sharp increase for the domestic consumers and marginal increase for the industrial consumers. If this proposal is accepted, then domestic output will get positively affected.

At present there is a disparity in the electricity tariff between the industrial and the domestic consumers.

After this hike, the electricity board will start making profits.
Domestic consumers consume more electricity than the industrial consumers, assuming that at the beginning tariffs for both sets of consumers is the same.

Mathematics

What is the average of the first 7 prime numbers?
10.71
6
8.28
8.58

Laika notices a right angled triangle and observes that one acute angle is half the size of the other one. In this case, the smallest angle would be:-
30°
15°
10°
25°

Anand sells a laptop on discount of 8% on the marked price and still makes a profit of 25%. How much did the laptop costs him, if the marked price is 40,000?
29,000
30,400
29,440
29,540

The average marks scored by Amit, Bimal and Candy in an examination is 84. If marks of Dorothy are now added, the average marks of the 4 students becomes 80. Ellora’s score is 3 more than Dorothy. If Ellora’s marks replace Amit’s marks, than the average marks scored by Bimal, Candy, Dorothy and Ellora is 79. What is the score of Amit?
71
75
68
77

ABC is an isosceles triangle with AB = AC. The vertex angle A measures eight times the measure of a base angle. AD is the angle bisector of vertex angle A. What is the measure of the angle BAD?
144°
81°
72°
42°

Atmaram distributed his property worth 78,00,000 among his three sons Ramdayal, Shyam and Krishna, such that the share of Ramdayal is 3/4th the share of Shyam and share of Shyam is 2/3rd of the share of Krishna. What is the difference between the amount received by Shyam and Krishna?
12,00,000
10,00,000
15,50,000
12,50,000

X is a number such that 65% of X is more than its 36% by 2900. What is 122% of the number X?
10000
11000
13420
12200

Data Interpretation

The bar-diagram given below shows the realization from exports of Product “AB”, in $ (Million) during different years from Year 1 to Year 7:
What is the ratio of the absolute difference in exports in the year 3 & year 7 and year 2 & year 6?
2 : 5
1 : 4
3 : 1
5 : 3

Read the following case and answer the following question.
Mr. Krishna has recently acquired four companies namely K – Tea, Kun – Tea, Sun-Tree and Ruk-Money. When the results of the companies for the year 2015-16 were placed before him, he found a few interesting things about them. While the total expenses of Sun-Tree were 5 times its profits, sales of Ruk- Money were three times its profits.While the profits of Sun-Tree and Ruk-Money were same, the sales of Sun-Tree were the same as those of Kun-Tea, profits of K-Tea were 10% of its sales, where as the profits of Kun-Tea were 20% of its sales. The total expenses of Sun-Tree were 100,000. The total expenses of K-Tea were 10% less than those of Sun-Tree. (Profits are defined as the difference between sales and total expenditure)
Q) What is the ratio of Expenses of Sun-Tree and Ruk-Money during the financial year 2015-16?
2 : 1
4 : 3
5 : 2
3 : 1

Verbal Ability

Replace the phrase in bold with the correct option given below. I am looking up my keys but I am unable to find them.
looking into
looking for
looking after
no correction

Fill in the blank.
A country that constitutionally ensures equal rights for all citizens is called ________.
an autocracy
a theocracy
a democracy
a dictatorship

Replace the phrase in bold with the correct option given below.
There are very few people in the world that doesn’t like ice cream.
people whom don’t
people who don’t
people which don’t
No correction

Fill in the blank and complete the idiom.
Aman: how do you solve this puzzle?
Bhumika: I don’t know. Your _________ is as good as mine.
Aim
Goal
Knowledge
Guess

What is the antonym of Precarious?
Dubious
Equivocal
Secure
Dicey