XAT 2015 Previous Year Question Paper with Answer Key (PDF)

Six words are given below: I. Cacophonic II. Cacographic III. Calamitous IV. Catastrophic V. Contraindicative VI. Cataclysmic Which of the above words have similar meanings?

Read the four sentences given below: i. He is the most ______ of the speakers to address us today. ii. The belief in ______ justice is the essence of his talk. iii. This hall would have been full but for the _____ rain. iv. Many in the audience have achieved _____ in their respec…

The first and the last sentences of the paragraph are numbered 1 & 6. The others, labeled as P, Q, R and S, are given below: 1. The world of cinema is indeed a strange one and baffles many a critic. P. But there are incorrigible optimists who see a bright future. Q. The pundits s…

Which of the following is not a term of 'disapproval'?

Read the following sentences and choose the option that best arranges them in a logical order. I. It is certainly true that the critics - those persons whom the dictionary describes as "skilled in judging the qualities or merits of some class of things, especially of literary or…

In the traditions of many religions throughout the world (including Judaeo-Christian beliefs), there has long been a sustained belief that the Universe as we know it today did not exist forever in the past, and that there was a spontaneous act which gave birth to all that has bee…

It is a curious historical fact that modern quantum mechanics began with two quite different mathematical formulations: the differential equation of Schroedinger, and the matrix algebra of Heisenberg. The two, apparently dissimilar, approaches were proved to be mathematically equ…

Ranu is an ordinary sportsperson. In the last two university sprint events, her performances in the heats were pathetic. Which of the following, if true, weakens the above argument the most?