Business Schools Typically Test Applicants' Reading Comprehension

1 What is the next letter in the following series?

A Z C X F ?

2 A motorbike is travelling on a long, straight road. At 12 o'clock it passes a coach travelling in the same direction. The coach maintains a constant speed of 55mph while the motorbike travels (illegally) at 75mph. How far apart will they be at 4 o'clock?

a) 20 miles b) 40 miles c) 80 miles

d) 120 miles e) 150 miles

3 What is the next move in the following series?

4 An estate agent sells an average of 2 houses a month at an average cost of 45,000 per house. His basic salary is 15,000 per year plus a commission of 2% on monthly sales over a level of 30,000 per month. What is his expected annual income?

a) 19,600 b) 29,400 c) 33,000

d) 36,600 b) 39,400

5 The boat crew of a particular university have a tradition. At their annual dinner, if one of their oarsmen so much as lets slip a mention of a rival crew they force the culprit to drink a weinstock at one draught. This traditional vessel weighs 200 grams empty and is a perfect upright cylinder, inside and out, with an external diameter of 7cms, a base 7 cms thick and wall 0.5 cms thick. It was crafted from a rare opaline which weighs 0.25 grams per cubic centimetre. If wine costs 10 Euromarks per litre, approximately how much does it cost to fill the weinstock to the brim?

a) 8 Euromarks b) 10 Euromarks c) 12 Euromarks

c) 12 Euromarks d) 15 Euromarks e) 20 Euromarks

Prizes

* Every week for 20 weeks a return Economy ticket on Lufthansa to London

* Grand Prize (at the end of 20 weeks) two return tickets on Lufthansa to NewYork

Send your answers, together with your name and address, on an inland letter to

Lufthansa Mastering Management Competition Part XX,

Business Standard Ltd,

Pratap Bhavan,

5, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg,

New Delhi - 110 002

The closing date for receipt of entries is Friday, March 28, 1997

Terms & Conditions

1. The competition is open to Indians residing in India, aged 18 or over except employees of Business Standard Ltd, and its advertising agency Contract Advertising (India) Ltd and members of their families.

2. a) At the end of each week of prize draw the first entry drawn from the correct entries submitted will be awarded a return Economy class ticket on Lufthansa to London.

b) All non-winning correct entries throughout the whole 20 weeks will be entered into a final prize draw. The first entrant's name and address to be drawn will win a pair of return tickets to NewYork.

c) All winners will be notified by post within 14 days of the closing date of the competition and in the pages ofBusiness Standard.

3. Accommodation and expenses are not included within either the weekly prize or grand prize. Prize winners will be responsible for ensuring that he/she (and any travelling companion[s]) has a valid passport and for securing all necessary visas. No cash alternative to the prizes offered will be given in any circumstances. Business Standard shall not be liable for any act or cause beyond its reasonable control that prevents a winner taking up a prize.

4) The judges' decision is final in all matters concerning the competition.

5) Entries must be made on an inland letter, must be legibly written in English in ink or ball-point pen and clearly marked with the entrant's name and full address.Entries should be sent to Lufthansa Mastering Management Competition Part XX, Business Standard Ltd, Pratap Bhavan, 5, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110 002. Illegible entries and those received after the closing date will be disqualified. Only one entry per entrant per week will be permitted.

Proof of posting will not be accepted as proof of delivery and no responsibility will be accepted for lost, damaged, illegible or mislaid entries.