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VARDHAMAN MAHAVEER OPEN UNIVERSITY
MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME
MODEL QUESTION PAPER FOR THE MANAGEMENT ENTRANCE TEST (MET)

SECTION - I : READING COMPREHENSION
In this component a passage or more passages will be given. The candidate has to read the passage very carefully and answer the items that follow it. Some items are meant for testing an understanding of what is stated therein, some others for testing interpretation and analysis of what is read and yet some more for testing understanding of contextual meanings of the specific words/phrases.

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It is important to get through reading a sense of the principal ideas, organisation of the contents, information relating to ideas, attitudes, tone and general style of presentation before one attempts to answer the items. You should answer the item on the basis of what is in the passage and not on the basis of your personal opinion or knowledge. It would be
better to read all the options before you select your answer. Here is an example to illustrate:
Directions :(Q.Nos. 1 to 5) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it :
Our country is facing a severe environmental crisis. If it is not tackled on a war footing, it will certainly lead to socio-economic and ecological disaster, which will seriously affect the lives of millions of people, especially the poor. Government data usually underestimate the extent of environmental destruction. The recent satellite data have revealed that India
is losing millions of hectares of forest every year which is many times more than the annual rate of deforestation put out by the forest department :
1. Who will be affected by the environmental crisis :
(a) Rich Class (b) Poor Class
(c) Common Man (d) Middle Class
2. According to passage which is a better device to judge the environmental destruction:
(a) Survey by forest department (b) Satellite
(c) Official Statistics (d) Socio-economic factors
3. The latest data regarding loss of forests have been collected by :
(a) Satellite (b) Environmentalists
(c) Indian farmers (d) Government
4. If India’s environmental problem is not dealt with urgently, it will :
(a) Lead to war (b) Make people unemployed
(c) Create problems of poverty (d) Ruin the ecology of the country
5. The amount of environmental damage as indicated by official figure is :
(a) More than the actual damage (b) Much less than the actual one
(c) As much as it is (d) Very alarming

Directions : (Q. Nos. 6 to 10) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it :
A rich but ignorant man decided to learn good manners. He wanted to make a better impression of himself in the society. So he engaged a tutor who started teaching him good manners. After some days, he was invited to the celebration of a friend’s birthday. He asked his tutor what he should say there to be well mannered. “You must say - I wish you
a hundred such days as this”, he was told. When the rich man was on the way to celebration, he came across a funeral. To show his good manners, the rich man repeated his new learnt pharse to the relatives of deceased. They beat him. Going a few steps further, the rich man came across a wedding procession. “Heart felt condolences” he said to the new
weds. The wedding party lost their temper. He then came by a group of monks. “Good Health and Many Children”, he wished them. However, he was pardoned. Next a farmer punched him for one of his indecent phrases :
6. What is the objective of the story ?
(a) How to make money ?
(b) Money and manners are positively associated.
(c) There are different greetings for different occasions.
(d) One should never join a funeral.
7. The rich person repeated his new learnt phrase. What was the new learnt phrase?
(a) Many happy returns of the day (b) Heart felt condolences
(c) Wishing hundred such days (d) Good health and many children
8. Why did the wedding party lost their temper ?
(a) Wedding party was drunk.
(b) Group behaviour is different from individual behaviour.
(c) Rich man was the relative of deceased.
(d) Rich man was ill mannered.
9. Which is the correct order ?
(a) Tutor - funeral - monks (b) Tutor - funeral - marriage party
(c) Wedding party - funeral - monks (d) Tutor - monks - wedding party

SECTION - II : LOGICAL REASONING
Directions :
In these items, each of the two capitalized words have a certain relationship to each other. Following the capitalized words are other pairs of words. Select the correct pair wherein the words are related in the same way as the two capitalized words are related to each other and tick mark in the appropriate box in the response sheet.
1. EYES : VISUAL
(a) water : fountain (b) house : room
(c) face : facial (d) sorrowful : sorrow
2. KNIGHT : SHIELD
(a) fencer : saber (b) soldier : carbine
(c) welder : goggles (d) mechanic : screwdriver
3. VOLUME : DENSITY
(a) acceleration : force (b) resistance : current
(c) momentum : velocity (d) pitch : frequency
Directions :
In question 4, complete the series by indicating the next number to come in the series and tick mark in the appropriate box in the response sheet.
4. 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, .........
(a) 10 (b) 12
(c) 11 (d) 13
Directions :
In question 5 and 6, find the stranger in the groups of jumbled words and tick mark in the appropriate box in the response sheet.
5. (a) MABOYB (b) DSAARM
(c) LUTACTAC (d) ANTRI
6. (a) SEON (b) HUTOH
(c) HIFS (d) NASHD