Sentence Arrangement

512 Test of English Language
Chapter 18
Sentence Arrangement
Exercise-1
Directions: In each of the questions below four To start something= to begin someting from the
sentences are given which are denoted by A, B, C from scratch very beginning without advantage
and D By using all the four sentences you have or preparation, especially when
building or devel oping
to frame a meaningful para. The correct order of
something
the sentences is your answer. Choose from the Spectacular = impressive or extraordinary
five alternatives the one having the correct order 4. (A) They think that India will disintegrate like
of the sentences. the Soviet Union or Yugoslavia.
1. (A) It was with this invincible spirit that Netaji (B) What will be the exact shape of India in 2000
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opposed Wavells offer. AD can only be a matter of surmise.
(B) Japans surrender is not Indias surrender, (C) On the contrary, the blind patriots foresee a
he said. very bright future for India.
(C) The revolutionary spirit of Netaji was never (D) The prophets of doom say that the future of
dampened even after the surrender of Japan. India is doomed.
(D) He knew that a war of liberation demanded 1) BCDA 2) BDAC 3) DABC
great spirit, great sacrifice, courage and 4) DBAC 5) BCAD
patience. Surmise = a guess; guessing
1) BCDA 2) BCAD 3) CBAD Foresee = to predict something
4) DCBA 5) CBDA Doom = to cause somebody/something to
Invincible = too s trong to be overcome or suffer inevitable death destruction,
defeated failure etc
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Dampen = to make something less strong 5. (A) I wish I had more time, so that I could visit
2. (A) But all work is not education. the odd nooks and corners of India.
(B) In India, a majority of our people do hard (B) And yet I have not seen many parts of the
work, strenuous physical work, but all are country we love so much and seek to serve.
not educated. (C) Our own country is a little world by itself with
(C) It aims at concrete and objective realization an infinite variety and places for us to
of the ideas and is of great educative value. discover.
(D) Work is that activity of man which has a (D) I have travelled a great deal in this country
definite objective. and I have grown in years.
1) DCAB 2) BCDA 3) BACD 1) DCBA 2) DBCA 3) ADBC
4) DBCA 5) CBAD 4) CDBA 5) CBAD
Strenuous = requiring great effort or energy Every nook and corner = every part of a place;
Concrete = definite; positive everywhere
3. (A) Hari Prasad Nanda is one such person who A great deal = much; a lot
worked his way to the top from the scratch. 6. (A) By incre asing the se conne ctions the
(B) A few of them had a spark of proved adventure intelligence is also increased.
and their initiative, dedication and sincerity (B) Classical music has been proved to be very
brought them spectacular success. helpful in child development.
(C) The partition of India into India and Pakistan (C) Many doctors now a days use it for
made a numbe r of migrants to India therapeutic purposes which are based upon
penniless. the findings of this research.
(D) He rose to be come a first-ge ne ration (D) The research has demonstrated that listening
entrepreneur with the second largest complex to classical music increases the rate of
to his credit. nervous connections in brain.
1) ADBC 2) ADCB 3) CBAD 1) BDCA 2) DBAC 3) ACBD
4) CBDA 5) BCDA 4) BDAC 5) BCAD
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Nowadays = at the present time, in contrast with 10. (A) Their invention has been proved to be a boon
the past to the society since many diseases caused
Therapeutic = of or connected with healing; having by the microbes could be cured by these
a good general effect on the body or
antibiotics.
the mind
Demonstrate =to show something clearly by giving
(B) The scientists, therefore, face a continuous
proof or evidence challenge to keep inventing newer drugs to
7. (A) This right, however, comes along with the counter this problem.
responsibility which the press is forced to (C) A major hurdle in the use of antibiotics,
work with. howe ve r, is that the microbe s de ve lop
(B) It means that the pressmen have every right resistance to the antibiotics, thus rendering
to expose matters re lated to public and these ineffective.
national interest. (D) Antibiotics are chemical substances produced
(C) Such re sponsibilitie s include not by microbes which are capable of inhibiting
broadcasting matters related to national the growth of other microbes.
security and other sensitive issues. 1) BACD 2) CBAD 3) DABC
(D) Freedom of press is symbolic of democracy. 4) DACB 5) ABDC
1) DBCA 2s) DBAC 3) ABCD Boon = a thing that is good or helpful for
somebody; a benefit; an advantage
4) BDAC 5) BCDA
Microbe = a tiny living thing that can only be
8. (A) A popular example of this damage is the Taj seen under a microscope
Mahal, whose marble has been corroded due Render = to cause somebody/something to be
to acid rain. in a specific condition
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(B) It changes the acidic content of water bodies, Inhibit = to restrict or prevent a process or an
thus affecting the lives of the living organisms action
of this habitat. 11. (A) Goa is no exception.
(C) Acid rain has been a major factor responsible (B) Nevertheless, what has just transpired in the
for the degradation of the environment. state, le ading to the dissolution of the
(D) Along with affecting the living beings, it is asse mbly whe n its te rm was le ss than
also responsible for the corrosion of several halfway done, borders on the bizarre.
heritage buildings, thus causing irreparable (C) The country is used to receiving unusual
damages to them. political reports from states with small
1) CBAD 2) CDBA 3) BADC legislatures, mainly concerning defections
4) BDAC 5) CBDA that make it easy to change the colour of
Corrode = to destroy something sl owly, governments.
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especially by chemical action (D) Sensing that his game might be up, the chief
Habitat = the natural environment of an ministe r hurrie d to the gove rnor and
animal or a plant recommended the dissolution of the House.
Corrosion = the action of destroying something
1) ABCD 2) DCBA 3) CABD
slowly, especially by chemical action
Heritage = things such as works of art, cultural
4) BDCA 5) DABC
achievements and customs that Transpire = to become known; to prove to be so;
have been passed on from earlier to happen
generations Nevertheless = In spite of this; however; still
Bizarre = very strange; not at all logical
9. (A) Along with missing their education, these
12. (A) It has intensified patrolling in key areas and
children also face life-threatening dangers by
is keeping a close watch on rowdy elements.
working in hazardous chemical factories.
(B) The communally sensitive city has been
(B) Child labour has been interfering with the
largely peaceful, barring stray incidents.
education of millions of children across India.
(C) Amid the frenzy that has gripped Gujarat,
(C) However, there is a dire need to reinforce
Surat is an island of sanity.
these laws strictly throughout the country.
(D) However, the police does not want to take
(D) Many laws have been framed in order to curb
any chances.
this evil.
1) ADBC 2) DACB 3) BCDA
1) BADC 2) CBAD 3) DBAC
4) CBAD 5) CBDA
4) BDAC 5) BACD
Patrol = to go round an area to check that it
Vitally = extremely
is secure or safe and that there is
Hazar dous = dangerous; risky
no trouble
In dire need = extreme
Rowdy = creating a lot of noise and disorder
Reinforce = to cause a process to continue or
Stray = separated from a group; not in the
increase in intensity
right place
Curb = to restrain something; to prevent
Amid = in the middle of something; during
something from getting out of control
something, especially something
Dire = terrible; very serious or urgent
that causes excitement, alarm etc
Frenzy = a s tate of extreme excitement; (D) For the first time in so many years a broad
extreme and wil d activity or consensus has been achieved, across the
behaviour political spectrum, on the direction and pace
Sanity = the state of having a normal healthy
of economic reforms.
mind; the state of being sensible or
reasonable; good sound judgement
1) CBAD 2) ABCD 3) BDAC
13. (A) Those who conduct the poll surveys defend 4) ADBC 5) CBDA
Albeit = although
their predictions saying there is a slight
17. (A) A person living a totally worldly life is like a
permissible error up to two per cent.
line which is not a tangent.
(B) They only mislead the already confused
(B) The world we live in is like a limited size curve.
voters.
(C) He has no rules of living and follows a path
(C) But in the present era of close results, this
which suits him at a particular point of time.
is a big deviation which can tilt the whole
(D) In other words, he lives a directionless life.
predictions for some party.
1) ABCD 2) BACD 3) DCBA
(D) The results of the recent assembly elections
4) CDAB 5) DABC
have once again proved that poll surveys and
18. (A) Be it floods, cyclones, drought or deaths due
exit polls are highly unreliable.
to starvation, this state has witnessed them
1) DBAC 2) ACDB 3) ADBC
all.
4) DCBA 5) BCAD
Tilt = to move or make something move
(B) Ironically, whenever a calamity befalls the
into a sloping position state, things are given a political colour.
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14. (A) There is a need for reformation in Muslim (C) People of Orissa have a bizarre fate.
education and in the thought process of the (D) The state is prone to all kinds of natural
community. disasters.
(B) Prophet Mohammed said that if in acquiring 1) CDAB 2) DCBA 3) ABCD
knowledge one had to travel to the distant 4) CADB 5) BADC
land of Chin, one should do so. Starvation = suffering or death caused by lack of
food.
(C) The basic teachings of Islam, as emphasised
Calamity = an event that causes great harm or
in the Quran, state that knowledge wherever damage; a disaster
found should be acquired by the Muslims. Befall = to happen
(D) What he intended was that Muslims should Bizarre = very strange; not at all logical
acquire modern knowledge. Prone = likely to suffer from, do or get
1) ABCD 2) DCBA 3) ACDB something
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4) CDAB 5) ACBD 19. (A) But for a poor country like India, corruption
15. (A) They epitomise a peoples civilisation that is a matte r which vitally touche s the
goes back to the dawn of history. developmental process.
(B) The Himalayas have nurtured this land with (B) Existence of rampant corruption in carrying
life -sustaining wate r and e nable d a out the works of deve lopment is wide ly
civilisation to blossom. acknowledged.
(C) If these majestic mountains were not there, (C) In a wealthy country, corruption may be only
the rain clouds sweeping up from the Indian a moral issue.
Ocean would have passed over our sub- (D) So, there is an urgent need to root out this
contine nt into Central Asia, leaving it a evil from the system if we need to see a
burning desert. developed India.
(D) The Himalayas are not merely a geographical 1) ABCD 2) DCBA 3) BCAD
feature, a mere chain of mountain ranges. 4) BADC 5) CABD
1) ABCD 2) DCBA 3) CDBA Rampant = existing or spreading everywhere in
4) ACBD 5) DACB a way that cannot be controlled
Epitomise = to be a perfect example of Carry out = to do something as required or
something specified; to fulfil something; to
Dawn of something = the beginning or first sign of perform or conduct an experiment
something Root out = to f ind and destroy or remove
Nurture = to help the development of something completely
something 20. (A) If some step is not taken to check this trend,
16. (A) Albeit slowly, but things have started to move. only God knows what will be the fate of this
(B) The last decade has been a landmark of our country in coming years.
economy in more ways than one. (B) Every political party is responsible for playing
(C) New perspectives have emerged the New with the spirit of democracy by giving tickets
Agricultural Policy and the Disinvestment to law-breakers in elections.
formula, being the cases in point. (C) People with criminal records are finding easy
to win elections and enter into the power 25. (A) Although the Constitution provides for the
circle. removal of a judge through impeachment, it
(D) Criminalisation of politics has become a is silent on deviant behaviour not amounting
grave concern for our democracy today. to proven misbehaviour.
1) ABCD 2) DCBA 3) ADBC (B) It has been left to Parliament to decide on a
4) CBAD 5) BDAC case-to-case basis.
Grave = serious and important (C) The issue of disciplining the judges is, of
21. (A) Jesus wanted his followers to live like light. course, a tougher one.
(B) It is not meant to change a situation or a (D) But no laws have be en enacte d by the
person. Parliament for investigating misconduct of
(C) Light is that which when given, enables that judges.
which is already present to be recognised. 1) ABCD 2) DCBA 3) CDAB
(D) Light has no content. 4) BCAD 5) CABD
1) ADBC 2) DCBA 3) ABCD Impeach = to accuse a public official or politician
4) CBAD 5) BCDA of committing a serious crime.
Enable = to make soembody abl e to do Deviant = different in moral or social standards
s omething by giving them the from what is considered normal or
necessary authority or means acceptable
22. (A) The techniques and theories are many but 26. (A) A comparison with China is also irrelevant.
the aim is one to lead us to a non-dualistic (B) The apprehension of a slowdown is perhaps
state of mind where we feel one with our exaggerated.
Creator. (C) It is too early to say what impact the latest
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(B) Meditation is done to quieten the mind, to judgement will have on economic reforms.
control thoughts and to move on a path of (D) A de mocracy proceeds at its own pace,
higher consciousness. through the process of checks and balances.
(C) It generates tolerance, stillness in mind and 1) ABCD 2) DCBA 3) ACDB
a general feeling of well-being. 4) CDAB 5) CBAD
(D) It brings about an intimate feeling of oneness Apprehension = anxiety about something in the
with everyone and with the entire universe. future; fear that something will
be unpleas ant or that
1) ABDC 2) DABC 3) CADB
something unpl easant wil l
4) BCAD 5) CBAD happen.
Quieten = to become or make somebody/
27. (A) For the poor, the sick, the hungry, the
something less disturbed, noisy etc
homeless and the unemployed, peace is
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Bring about = to mike something happen
23. (A) One group of emotions makes us feel restless release from poverty, is healthcare, is a meal,
and uneasy, the other brings about balance is a roof, is a job.
and harmony. (B) It is now generally understood that peace is
(B) We label the two as positive and negative. much more than the absence of war.
(C) All emotions flow from two basic emotions (C) What is not as universally acknowledged is
love and fear. how much more, and how the essence of
(D) It also encourages us to accept the happy peace beyond war varies critically from person
ones and reject the others. to person.
1) ABCD 2) DCBA 3) BCAD (D) There is no peace, it is true, without freedom
4) CABD 5) BCDA from fear, but there is no peace without
24. (A) Also, the police needs to be more cooperative freedom from want.
and encourage people to come forward with 1) BCAD 2) ABCD 3) CBDA
information. 4) DBAC 5) ADBC
(B) We must remember that a pre dominant 28. (A) It is human to find fault with others.
section of the minority community has (B) The prejudices thus acquired blunt our power
nothing to do with nefarious activities, but to reason and we become less receptive to
unforunately keeps quiet out of fear or a false new thoughts and ideas.
sense of brotherhood. (C) We get conditioned unconsciously through
(C) Bomb blasts can only be controlled by a subtle environmental influence.
vigilant public which notices and reports (D) We also tend to give our own interpretation
suspicious activities. to doctrines.
(D) The people in the largely minority localities 1) DCBA 2) CBAD 3) BADC
need to be extra-vigilant. 4) ADCB 5) BCAD
Prejudice = dislike or distrust of a person, group,
1) ABCD 2) DACB 3) CBDA
custom etc that is based on fear or
4) ADBC 5) BADC false information rather than on
Nefarious = wicked; morally bad; evil
reas on or experience and that Heed = to pay attention to s omething/

inf luences ones attitude and somebody
behaviour towards them. 31. (A) However, the maxim does not apply to politics.
Blunt = to cause something to have less (B) This is the only way others with political
power or effect ambitions will learn a lesson about what they
Subtle = difficult to detect or describe; fine;
may or may not do after they have achieved
organised in a clever and complex
way
their targets.
Doctrine = a belief or set of beliefs held and (C) One must not hit a man when he is down.
taught by a church, a political party, (D) One has every justification to hit a politician
a group of scientists etc who has been toppled off his ministerial chair
29. (A) This is evident from the fact that there are for his misdeeds and cripple him till he can
parties which favour disinvestment in the never rise again.
states under their control while opposing it 1) ABCD 2) DCBA 3) CADB
at the Central level. 4) ACBD 5) DABC
(B) It is pity, though, that there is an element of Maxim = a well-known saying that expresses
dishonesty behind this rupture. a general truth or rule of conduct
(C) However, the earlie r agreements on the Topple = to cause somebody to lose their
position of power or authority
reforms process seem to have broken down
Misdid = a wicked act; crime
because of political compulsions. Cripple = to damage or harm somebody/
(D) It would obviously have been easier for the something seriously
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government if a consensus existed among the 32. (A) Nor was there a banner proclaiming mission
political partie s on the matte r of accomplished in the background.
disinvestment. (B) Only then did the world know that a US
1) ABCD 2) DCBA 3) CDAB President had paid the first-ever visit to Iraq.
4) BCAD 5) ACBD (C) Inste ad, he arrive d unannounce d in a
Rupture = An ending of friendly relations darkened Air Force One at Baghdad airport in
30. (A) In an ugly throwback to the dark decade of the midst of utmost secrecy and left two- and-
the 1980s, Assam is once more in the grip of a-half hours later.
an intense anti-immigrant frenzy. (D) President George W Bush wasnt wearing a
(B) With elements from the extremist outfits flight suit this time.
active ly aiding and abe tting the mass 1) CABD 2) BDCA 3) ACDB
violence, the situation on the ground has 4) CDAB 5) DACB
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rapidly spiralled out of control. Proclaim = to announce something
(C) Across large parts of the state, armed mobs Accomplish = to succeed in doing something;
have taken to the streets, targeting the life to compl ete something
and prope rty of the Hindi-spe aking s uccess full y; to achieve
community. something
(D) While the state government can legitimately In the midst of = while something is happening
or being done.
accuse the Centre of not sending in enough
Ut most = greatest; most extreme
forces to put down the violence, it has only
33. (A) Thus democratic elections do not remedy the
itself to blame for not heeding the danger
criminalisation of politics since all parties
signals early enough.
now are replete with criminals.
1) DCBA 2) ACBD 3) CDAB
(B) There was a time when voters used to vote
4) DBCA 5) BDAC
out politicians suspected of crimes, but not
Throwback = a person or thing that shows the
characteris tics of somebody/
any more.
something in the past. (C) People vote on the basis of caste and religion
Frenzy = a s tate of extreme excitement; regardless of the criminal re cord of the
extreme and wil d activity or candidates.
behaviour (D) Since politicians remain out of jail regardless
Outfit = a group of people working together; of how much they embezzle or even murder.
an organisation 1) ADBC 2) DABC 3) BDCA
Abet = to help or encourage somebody to
4) ADCB 5) DCBA
commit an offence or do something
Replete = wel l provided or supplied with
wrong
something; filled with something;
Spiral = to increase rapidly and continuously
very full of food
Legitimate = that can be defended; reasonable;
Embezzle = to use money placed in ones care
in accordance with the law or rule;
wrongly, especially so as to benefit
legal
oneself.
Put down = to stop or suppress something by
force
34. (A) So it neednt cause any moral outrage that (C) Just as bad money drives out good money,
cricket superstar Sachin should ask the bad politicians have very nearly cleared the
government to waive the roadworthiness test political arena of good politicians committed
for his new Ferrari. to moral principles and values.
(B) Fearing that the state-of-the-art car is not (D) Through the ir dubious ways, the y are
compatible to Indian road conditions, he has distorting and redefining morality.
sought to avoid the Indian road test. 1) DCBA 2) CDAB 3) BACD
(C) Earlier , a hue and cry was raised over his 4) ABCD 5) CABD
asking for a duty waiver for the same car, Compatible = that can exis t together without
gifted to him by auto giant, Fiat. problems or conflict
(D) Excellence must be rewarded, only then will Canard = false report or rumour
Propagate = to spread an idea, a belief , a
more people be inspired to excel.
knowledge etc more widely
1) ABCD 2) DABC 3) BCAD Vitiate = to spoil the quality or reduce the
4) CDAB 5) CABD force of something
Outrage = a strong feeling of anger and Arena = a place or scene of activity or conflict
shock Dubious = not certain and slightly suspicious
Waive = to choose not to insist on about something; doubtful
something in a particular case, Distort = to give a false account of something
even though one has a legal or 37. (A) A freedom that is limitless has no meaning
official right to do so.
the re can be no right without a
Roadworthy = fit to be driven on a public road
State-of-the-art = using the mos t modern or
corresponding duty.
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advanced techniques or (B) Also, a distinction needs to be made between
methods freedom and licence.
Compatible = suited; that can exist together (C) However, we have not evolved a corresponding
without problems or conflict; awareness about the value of restraint and
that can be used together self-control.
Hue and cry = a general alarm or loud public (D) We are all acutely conscious of our right to
protest
freedom.
Waiver = a document that records the
waiving of a legal right, etc.
1) DCAB 2) ABCD 3) CABD
35. (A) The womens reservation Bill continues to 4) BACD 5) BCDA
be stalled by almost all political parties. 38. (A) What is evidently needed is some criterion,
(B) And even when women have made it to the some test for determining the authenticity
top in politics, little is done to help other of a claim that any given political system is a
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women. democratic one.
(C) Though the overt reasons for doing so may (B) The very word democracy has acquired
differ from party to party, the net result universal prestige, something it did not
remains the same: keeping women out of possess a hundred years ago.
power. (C) Nearly every country in the world either
(D) Indian politics has yet again paid just lip- claims to be democratic or to be on the way
service to the cause of womens emancipation. to democracy.
1) CDAB 2) BCAD 3) CABD (D) But despite this general attachment to the
4) DACB 5) DBCA idea of democracy, there is clearly no general
Stall = to avoid giving a definite answer or agreement as to which political societies
taking action, in order to get more deserve to bear the name.
time; to delay 1) DABC 2) CBAD 3) BACD
Overt = done or shown openly or publicly; 4) CBDA 5) ABCD
not secret or hidden 39. (A) By contrast, our homes are often scenes of
Emancipate = to set somebody free especially from strife and rivalry.
political, legal or social restrictions
(B) So, it would be better for the sake of humanity
Lip-service (or give/pay lip-service
to something) = to say that one approves of or
if pace, harmony and divinity prevails on
supports something while not doing earth.
so in practice (C) It is easier to visualise God in the starry
36. (A) That politics and morality are not compatible heavens than in our own homes.
is a canard propagated deliberately by a few (D) The stars, so remote from our humdrum
who have come to dominate public life. earthly e xiste nce, suggest to our minds
(B) As a result, the entire social system and the infinite stillness, harmony and wisdom.
e nvironme nt is vitiate dre sulting in 1) ABCD 2) DCBA 3) CDAB
wide spre ad corruption and une thical 4) BCAD 5) ADCB
behaviour.
Strife = angry or violent disagreement; 1) ADCB 2 ) BDCA 3) DCBA

conflict 4) CDBA 5) CABD
Rivalry = competition between people Dialect = the form of a language used in a
wanting the same thing part of a country or by a class of
For the sake of = in order to help somebody/ people with grammar, words and
something or because one likes pronunciation that may be different
somebody/something f rom other forms of the s ame
Humdrum = lacking excitement or variety language
40. (A) Globalisation has led to openness in trade, Incarnation = a person or thing that strongly
investment and financial flows. displays a particular quality
(B) This asymmetry is neither an accident nor a Allegiance = support of or loyalty to government,
coincidence. ruler etc
(C) It also e xte nds to flows of se rvice s, At large = as a whole; in general
technology, information and ideas across 44. (A) We should judge and determine if our acts
national boundaries. are correct, whether they are appropriate
(D) But the cross-border movement of people is before the Lord who has granted us life.
highly restricted. (B) We should live in a manner that material
1) DCAB 2) ACDB 3) CDBA considerations and personal benefits dont
4) BCAD 5) CABD matter.
41. (A) One major issue is the de bate around (C) Every one of us should find the time for
foreigners, especially whether we can have meditation and communion with the Almighty.
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someone of foreign origin as leader of our (D) If we find we have acted properly, we should
country. fear no one.
(B) But as it shines across middle class, diasporic 1) DCBA 2) ABCD 3) CADB
culture, claiming that opportunity has found 4) ACBD 5) DACB
Communion = a group of people with the same
a ne w ge ography, one must look at its
religious beliefs
shadows.
45. (A) Therefore, all this breast-beating about the
(C) Packaged as an election issue, it hides more
few knocking advertisements that are being
fundame ntal proble ms of citize nship,
aired, taking potshots at our political leaders,
hospitality and history.
is needless.
(D) Shining India is now a fact of life.
(B) The right to information is the bedrock of a
1) ABCD 2) DCBA 3) BCDA
true democracy.
4) CBAD 5) DBAC
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(C) By the very fact that these politicians are in
Diaspora = the process by which people of a
particular nation become scattered
the public space and are seeking our mandate
and settled in other countries to represent us and rule this country for the
42. (A) At best, it has had one or two dangerous next five years, we have the right to know
bowlers in an attack of four. both their pluses and minuses.
(B) Except for a brief spell in the 1970s, India (D) What is not spelt out but is implicit in this
has never had a match-winning bowling right is that the information can be both
combination. negative as well as positive.
(C) But this comes as no surprise to those who 1) ABCD 2) DCBA 3) CDAB
have followed Indian cricket over the last 50 4) DABC 5) BDAC
years. Bedrock = basic facts or principles
Mandate = the authority to do something, given
(D) India has one of the worst bowling attacks in
to a government or other organization
the world. by the people who support it.
1) ABCD 2) DCBA 3) CDAB Implicit = implied, but not expressed directly
4) BCAD 5) CBAD 46. (A) An individuals decline begins with desire and
43. (A) Language, it was once said, is a dialect ends in misery.
backed by an army. (B) Animals take life as it comes, but when man
(B) De spite more than 50 ye ars of state fails to do a certain thing or to possess certain
sponsorship, neither Urdu nor Hindi, at least things, he gets angry and slips into mental
in its official incarnation, has gained the depression.
allegiance of the people at large. (C) To keep the mind happy, we have to learn to
(C) Yet, the history of national languages in the be content with minimum wants.
region tells a very different story. (D) Human beings are the only species in Gods
(D) On the face of it, this is perhaps more true creation who make an issue out of nothing.
of the Indian subcontinent than any other 1) BACD 2) DCBA 3) ABCD
part of the world. 4) DBAC 5) ACBD
47. (A) There are times in history when political Tout = to offer or propose somebody/
formations need to look beyond ideological something in the hope that people
strait-jackets. will believe or accept them/it
Lopsided = with one side lower, smaller etc than
(B) Such junctures demand imaginative reading
the other; not evenly balanced.
of the present political moment and a break
51. (A) On the contrary, the new states have been
from rehearsed responses.
successful in containing socially divisive
(C) It now needs to decide whether to be part of
tendencies by taking on board the interests
a ruling dispensation in New Delhi or not.
of hitherto marginalised sections of the
(D) Poll 2004 has place d be fore the Le ft a
population.
challenge that it had once refused to take
(B) The process needs to be encouraged.
on.
(C) This has led to a more equitable distribution
1) BDCA 2) DABC 3) CDAB
of political powe r as we ll as e conomic
4) ABDC 5) BCDA
resources.
Straitjacket = a thing that stops or restricts growth
or development
(D) There is no empirical evidence to suggest that
Juncture = at a particular, especially important, creation of new states has led to any increase
stage in a series of events in social tensions.
Rehearse = to give a list of things, especially 1) BACD 2) ACBD 3) CDAB
things that have been mentioned 4) BCDA 5) DACB
many times before On the contrary = (used at the begining of a clause
Dispensation = permission to do something that or sentence to emphasise) that
is not normally allowed what follows is true, and it is
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Take on = to accept opposite of what was said
48. (A) The be st option the n is to e ngage previously
constructively with the regimes and promote Contain = to prevent s omething f rom
democratic institutions. spreading in a harmful way and
(B) Democracy cannot be foisted on any society becomeing more serious
Take som ethi ng on board = to accept a
from the outside.
responsibility, etc; to
(C) Neither can such states be wished away. understand and appreciate
(D) No amount of external pressure can force something fully.
regimes to turn democratic, as is evident in Hitherto = until now; until a particular time
the case of China and Myanmar. Equitable = fair and just; reasonable
1) CABD 2) ABCD 3) BDCA Empirical = based on obs ervation or
4) DACB 5) CDAB experiment, not on theory
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Regime = a method or system of government 52. (A) Children in most schools are packed like
Foist (foist something on/upon sardines into dingy classrooms and spend
somebody) = to force somebody into accepting most of their time jostling for space instead
something that is not wanted of learning.
49. (A) It has been seen that illiterate people are (B) Education is not just about imparting
basically guided by emotions. literacy; it is about developing a well-rounded
(B) Emotions are the main motivating factor for personality in the child.
most people. (C) This has contributed to stress, lack of interest
(C) Hence it is important to counter this with a in le arning and othe r physical and
broad-based education system that is both psychological disorders.
scientific and spiritual. (D) This is difficult to achieve in todays crowded
(D) This is especially so when illiteracy is high. classrooms which have made learning a
1) ABCD 2) BDAC 3) BCDA joyless experience.
4) CABD 5) CDAB 1) DABC 2) CDAB 3) BDAC
50. (A) Independent statehood is touted as a remedy 4) ADBC 5) ADCB
for such lopsided development. ike sardine = pressed tightly together in a way
(B) With state governments according unequal that is uncomfortable or unpleasant
priority to different regions within a state, Dingy = dirty and dark; not cheerful or bright
some parts are inevitably neglected. Jost le = to compete with other people in a
(C) The principal argument in favour of smaller forceful manner in order to gain
something; to push roughly against
states is that of regional imbalance.
somebody usually in a crowd
(D) But there is little evidence to suggest that Impart = to give a quality to something
the creation of smaller states has actually 53. (A) If it were so, the one billion-plus and still
resolved the issue. growing population, overcrowded metros and
1) CBAD 2) DABC 3) BDAC schools would have by now led to a crisis,
4) DBCA 5) ADBC triggering regression.
(B) That hasnt happened. Inoculate = to inject a person or an animal with

(C) We continue to grow in numbers as well a mild form of a disease as a way of
as in terms of income per head and literacy preventing them/it catching the
disease itself.
levels.
57. (A) In a TV set an echo within the crystal is used
(D) In India, lack of space has never majorly
to set the timing for the electron beam that
deterred achievers.
scans the screen.
1) CABD 2) BCAD 3) ABCD
(B) Toshiro Higuchi and his colleagues at the
4) BADC 5) DABC
Regression = the process of returning to an earlier
Department of Precision Engineering at the
or less advanced form or state University of Tokyo built their motor using a
Deter = to make somebody decide not to do sliver of lithium niobate 60 millimetres long
something and 15 millimetres wide.
54. (A) The re are still two we eks to go for the (C) But when these waves bounce along the
American presidential election. surface of a crystal small objects on top will
(B) Our newspapers and TV channels are full of surf along with them.
Kerry-Bush debate. (D) Applying a small voltage to a piezoelectric
(C) But the kind of media attention it is attracting crystal flexes and stretches its atomic lattice,
in India, makes it appear as if India is creating a surface acoustic wave.
Americas 51st state. 1) ABCD 2) DBCA 3) ADCB
(D) Every statement and its implication has been 4) CDAB 5) DACB
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discussed threadbare. 58. (A) The name malaria itself has its origin from
1) ACBD 2) BACD 3) DACB mal air conveying foul air.
4) CBAD 5) DBCA (B) In those days malaria was considered a
Thr eadbare = not adequate or effective; old and mysterious scourge on mankind causing
worn thin untold havoc over centuries.
55. (A) It is only a means giving a fair chance to (C) No one knew its cause and how it spread.
those who have been discriminated against (D) Rather, it was widely believed, the disease
for centuries. was transmitted through a foul, poisonous
(B) The myth that reservations will bring doom gas known as Marsh Miasma.
to the private sector is being deliberately 1) ADCB 2) BCDA 3) CDBA
propagated. 4) ABDC 5) BACD
(C) Instead of lowering the cut-off percentage for Scourge = a person or thing that causes trouble
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the reserved categories, a large number of or suffering
scholarships should be made available to Untold = too many or too much to be counted,
them. measured etc
(D) Reservation does not mean employing the Foul = an act or a piece of play that is
against the rules of game; dirty and
incompetent.
smelling bad.
1) CDAB 2) BDAC 3) ADCB
59. (A) If there is a large problem that fits ESs, then
4) DCAB 5) CBAD
perhaps this is the approach to be followed.
Di scrim inati on = treating a person or group
differently (usually worse) than
(B) Many companie s choose to build large
others. systems which usually must be run on
Myth = a thing or person that is imaginary mainframe computers.
or not true (C) The benefits of large systems are that the
Doom = death or ruin; any terrible fate savings can be large.
Propagate = to spread an idea, a belief , (D) The downside to building large systems is
knowledge, etc more widely that they require special programmers to
56. (A) That is because all vaccines lose their ability build.
to provide protection against disease over a 1) ADCB 2) BDAC 3) CABD
period of time. 4) BCAD 5) ADBC
(B) Vaccines have saved millions of lives and vast Downside = a negative aspect; a disadvantage
sums of money have gone into preserving the or set of disadvantages
inoculations at low temperatures. 60. (A) Chemical reactions are about to become
(C) The loss of potency becomes quicker when easier to control, as German researchers have
they are exposed to high temperatures. built a laser that learns to direct them.
(D) In order to maintain their quality, they must (B) But chemists seldom know the energies of
be stored at the appropriate temperature from bonds well enough to tailor the laser for the
the time they are manufactured right up to task.
the moment of use. (C) Now the team has built the first working
1) DBCA 2) CDAB 3) ACDB system that relies on the feedback to find
4) BACD 5) CBDA the right laser pulse for the job.
(D) By exciting specific bonds, precisely shaped Log = to enter information in an official
laser pulses can split large molecules into written record.
desired products. Optimise = to make something as good or as
favourable as possible
1) ADBC 2) BCDA 3) DBAC
Nasty = painful; severe
4) DABC 5) BDAC
64. (A) And if one has more products one will have
Tailor = to make or adapt something for a
particular purpose, person or type
to forecast which market, which city, which
of person. shop and when they will need a particular
61. (A) A carbon crystal that might eventually be used brand and a particular size.
to make optical circuits (which use light (B) The focus of most CPG companies used to
beams instead of electric currents) has been be first to get the manufacturing right.
de ve lope d by an Ame rican e le ctronic (C) There are lots of issues around the supply
company. chain management side.
(B) They then chemically removed the gemstone, (D) Once the y achie ve this they go for the
leaving the carbon in a form they dub inverse distribution right.
opal. 1) CABD 2) CDBA 3) CBAD
(C) The resulting crystal can strongly diffract 4) ADBC 5) BDCA
visible light, a quality the researchers have 65. (A) Moreover, the anti-venom contains a mixture
exploited to build an optical switch. of fore ign prote ins and cause s alle rgic
(D) Researchers took a a synthetic version of the reactions in many patients.
gemstone opal and filled the spaces in its (B) Antibodies are then harve ste d from the
animals blood.
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lattice with carbon.
1) BCDA 2) ABCD 3) ADBC (C) Until now, anti-ve nom for neutralising
4) CDBA 5) DACB snakebite toxins has been made by injecting
62. (A) Dobsons conclusions, they contend, are a horses or sheep with small quantities of
stretch based on highly circumstantial venom to produce an immune reaction.
evidence and at odds with evolutionary (D) However, a single dose of anti-venom costs
biology. around $ 15 and several may be needed to
(B) We sometimes have to rock the boat, said treat each patient.
Dr Karl W Butze r, a ge ographe r at the 1) ABCD 2) DCBA 3) BADC
University of Texas at Austin. 4) CDAB 5) CBDA
(C) Pale ontologists who spe cialise in 66. (A) This result is reported in the October 16th
Neanderthal rese arch have raised sharp issue of Science.
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objections. (B) Antarctica is not shrinking according to a
(D) But some anthropologists and othe r report from the European Space Agency (ESA).
geographers said that the data see me d (C) The same investigation provides evidence that
impressive and that the inte rpretations one part of West Antarctica may be rapidly
should be taken seriously. losing its ice to the ocean.
1) ABCD 2) ABDC 3) CADB (D) A team of British, Dutch and Ame rican
4) BDCA 5) CABD scientists, led by Prof Duncan Wingham at
63. (A) Call monitoring features are useful in terms the University College, London, based the
of security, but also enable tracking of call findings on ERS (European Remote Sensing)
volume and logging of all connections so that satellites data collected over five years.
administrators can optimise the number of 1) CABD 2) BDAC 3) ACDB
ISDN lines ordered. 4) DBCA 5) CDBA
(B) Call monitoring is also an important element 67. (A) Storage of cadaver organs for transplant
of any ISDN data communications solution. re mains a pe re nnial proble m and is
(C) Given that ISDN costs are ofte n usage- influenced by legal, ethical and other issues.
related, this checking and recording also (B) The function of the organs must be protected
serves to prevent any nasty surprises that before and during procurement from the
user might receive with the monthly phone donor.
bill. (C) Organ transplant for end-stage disease is well
(D) At the same time, usage logs can provide accepted worldwide.
managers with the justification required to (D) The supply of organs from heart-beating dead
add ISDN lines as the need for additional donors is inade quate to mee t the total
bandwidth arises. demand.
1) ABDC 2) BACD 3) DABC 1) CADB 2) CBAD 3) BACD
4) DACB 5) ACDB 4) CDAB 5) ADCB
Cadaver = a persons dead body
Perennial = constantly occurring
68. (A) The remarkable point has been made in this 1) CADB 2) CABD 3) ADBC
context that language owes its origin to art. 4) DCBA 5) ABDC
(B) Both art and language involve symbols that Hitherto = until now; until a particular time
have some kind of socially shared meaning. Dev oi d of som et hi ng = without s omething;
(C) Dr Ian Tattersall of the American Museum of completely lacking in something
Scorching = very hot
Natural History in New York is quoted as
72. (A) Fallow condition of the land favours the loss
saying: Empathy, intuitive reasoning, and
of valuable top soil by water erosion during
future planning are impossible without
monsoon by run-off and loss of soil moisture
language.
by evaporation during dry periods.
(D) Art is symbolic representation, and a society
(B) This makes inter-culture operations difficult.
that indulged in art must have had a language.
(C) This favours weeds and harbours pests and
1) BDCA 2) CDAB 3) BADC
diseases.
4) BCAD 5) ADBC
Empathy = the ability to imagine and share
(D) Most of the farmers keep the land fallow up
another persons feel ings , to the bearing period.
experience etc 1) ABDC 2) CDBA 3) DCBA
Intuitive = of or coming from intuition 4) ACBD 5) CDAB
Indulge = to all ow oneself to enjoy the Fallow = that has been dug but then left
pleasure of something without crops being planted on it,
69. (A) And for good reason: Experts cannot seem to in order to allow essential chemical
agree, either. elements, etc to increase in it.
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(B) For example, the biomechanics laboratory at Harbour = to contain and allow something to
develop
Ce ntine la Hospital Me dical Ce ntre in
73. (A) The lesions are small, smooth, later enlarge
Inglewood, Calif., completed a study this year
and become slightly depressed.
comparing the effectiveness and safety of
(B) Phytopthora blight produce s diffe re nt
eight popular abdominal movements.
symptoms on affected plants, depending on
(C) Even the research is not definitive.
the age and the plant part affected.
(D) Exercisers are often confused about the best
(C) Initially, purple to dark necrotic lesions girdle
way to strengthen and tone up the midriff.
the basal portion of the stem and later occur
1) ACBD 2) DACB 3) BCDA
on the aerial parts of the seedlings.
4) DBCA 5) DABC
Midriff = the middle part of the human body,
(D) The seedling infection commences with the
onset of heavy rains during July-August.
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between the waist and the chest.
Tone up = to make ones body stronger, fitter 1) BDCA 2) DCBA 3) ADCB
etc 4) ABCA 5) CDBA
70. (A) There is significant variability in seedlings Lesion = a wound; an injury
raised through seeds. Blight = any plant disease
(B) Small cardamom, the queen of spices, enjoys Necrotic = adjective of Necrosis.
Necrosis = the death of most or all of the cells
a unique position in the spices market.
in an organ or tissue due to disease,
(C) Clonal multiplication and tissue culture injury, or failure of the blood supply.
method of propagation are advantageous for Girdle = to surround something
true-to-type and uniform crop. Aerial = existing or suspended in the air
(D) It is propagated through seeds and rhizomes. Onset = a beginning, especially of something
1) ACDB 2) CDBA 3) BDCA unpleasant.
4) CADB 5) ADBC 74. (A) It is de sirable that political partie s
Seedling = a young plant newly grown from a themselves develop a code of conduct that
seed will sustain the level playing field.
True to something = being or acting as one would (B) Any code should evolve more as a healthy
expect from something convention having the force of a statute.
71. (A) Bananas cultivated in the Cauvery delta have (C) It is said that conduct cannot always be laid
begun to develop severe salt injury. down by the law.
(B) The wetland tracts hitherto considered as (D) As regards giving statutory status to the
devoid of such problem have now shown signs model code, some have opposed it.
of salt injury by way of marginal scorching 1) ABCD 2) DCBA 3) BDCA
characterised by yellow lining. 4) CADB 5) ACBD
(C) The lower leaves get dried up at a faster rate 75. (A) Social attitudes sometimes lag behind social
and the number as well as the size of the realities in a period of transition.
leaves showed a decline. (B) Perhaps it is time for a fe w determined
(D) The scorching is so severe that the leaf area pushe s to be gin the first ste p of
gets reduced to even 50 per cent.
reconstructing social structures so that they system.

address modern needs. (C) This could be tolerated in the past but can
(C) The roles of the primary care-giver in a family be catastrophic in a nucle ar we apons
ne e ds to be re de fine d to include male environment.
members. (D) The Indian security system with its colonial
(D) If the social superstructure does not reflect structures is quite unsuited to manage the
the current needs then it has to be changed. de mands of de fe nce in strate gic and
1) ADCB 2) ACDB 3) BDCA operational terms.
4) BCDA 5) ABDC 1) ACBD 2) DBAC 3) CBAD
Lag behind = to go too slowly; to fail to go as fast 4) BCAD 5) CDBA
as others Prone = likely to suffer from
76. (A) A close integration in the working of nations Systemic = of or affecting the whole of the body
to achieve political and economic goals is only Catastrophic= a sudden great disaster
to be welcomed. Strategic = that gives an advantage in a war;
(B) It is as if a movement towards securing a forming part of a plan or an aim to
achieve a specific purpose or to gain
world vision is gradually gaining force.
an advantage
(C) The interaction between nations is greater
80. (A) Women had played a very active role in Irans
than it ever was.
Islamic revolution from the beginning.
(D) Today, the world is taking on the form of a
(B) It was more an imitation of western culture
global community.
than true freedom for women.
1) DACB 2) ABDC 3) DCBA
(C) However, these reforms were quite superficial
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4) CDAB 5) ABCD
as women had no freedom to participate in
Take on something = to begin to have a particular
characteris tic, quality or
political activities.
appearance; to ass ume (D) The Shah had imposed modern se cular
something reforms and had abolished the veil and
77. (A) The imagination paints many of these as western dress was encouraged.
unknown terrors. 1) DCBA 2) CBAD 3) BADC
(B) Outside this circle is a vast darkness that 4) ADCB 5) CBDA
holds many mysteries. Abolish = to end the existence of a law, a
(C) The earliest maps were rough sketches of an practice, an institution etc
Veil = a covering of fine net or other usual
unknown world made by the wisest of our
trans parent material worn,
ancestors. especially by women, to protect or
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(D) The geographer of those days was like a hide the face, or as a part of hat, etc.
traveller who stands at night in an unknown 81. (A) Perhaps this will take a long time as it is
place holding a flickering lantern that casts very difficult to get together equals and to
a little circle of light near his feet. decide who is primus inter pares.
1) ABCD 2) DCBA 3) CDAB (B) In this, China and India have to play major
4) CDBA 5) DCBA roles not to mention Japan and the ASEAN.
Flicker = to move backwards and forwards (C) But as a first step, we can have a cooperative
lightly and quickly
community structure embracing certain parts
78. (A) One of the great delusions of modern times
of China adjacent to India, north Myanmar,
is the prevailing belief that we are more
Bangladesh and the Seven sisters of the
civilised than our ancestors.
Northeast.
(B) At no other period in the history of mankind
(D) In the coming years, India should pave the
has the word civilisation been so often
way for an Asian Common Market like its
misused and misunderstood.
Europe counterpart.
(C) It is not in the abundance of material goods
1) DBAC 2) BCAD 3) CABD
alone that civilisation lies.
4) ACDB 5) BDCA
(D) Neither does it consist in the advance of To pave the way = to create a situation in which
scientific knowledge, however amazing it may somebody will be able to do
be. something or something can
1) BACD 2) CBAD 3) ACDB happen
4) BADC 5) ABCD 82. (A) But it has always been the other way round
Delusion = a false opinion or belief, especially for Indian participants who either lost their
one that may be a symptom of cool or are subjected to a sudden illness.
madness (B) Besides all these shortcomings, what is
79. (A) It has been prone to systemic failures. glaringly missing is the genuine government
(B) If it has retained substantial strength in the efforts.
tactical field, it is in spite of the slow moving
(C) The Government of India should concentrate have be e n major re asons for its
more on de ve loping the ne ce ssary backwardness.
infrastructure for Indian sportspersons to 1) BCAD 2) ACBD 3) CBAD
acquire skills to compete in international 4) DACB 5) CDAB
events. Skew = to change something from its usual
(D) It is important that any sports participant in position or direction
big events like Olympics should have a poised 86. (A) The number of HIV-positive is increasing at
mind besides being physically fit at least an alarming rate.
during the days of his or her stay in the sports (B) Eve n with crore s be ing spe nt on AIDS
venue. aware ne ss programme s, we see m to be
1) BCAD 2) CDBA 3) ACDB making little headway.
4) CBAD 5) DABC (C) It is obvious that prevention and control
The other way round = in the opposite position or strategies have been ineffective.
direction; the opposite of what is (D) According to reports, there are around 50
expected or supposed million HIV-positive in the world.
Shortcoming= a fault, eg in somebodys character, 1) DBAC 2) BACD 3) DCBA
a plan or a system; a defect 4) BADC 5) CABD
Glaring = bright in an unpleasant way; angry; Headway = progress, especially in difficult
fierce; that cannot or should not be circumstances
ignored; shocking
87. (A) It is the result of a long-drawn campaign by
Poised = in a state of balance; showing calm
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self-control; in a state of physical
disabled rights activists.
tension, ready for action. (B) It is only because of a sustained campaign
Glaringly = shockingly and the judiciarys pre ssure that the
83. (A) That is what health is all about not illness executive has finally given in.
and hospitals. (C) The move to open up non-technical A and B
(B) On the contrary, it is concerned with the category posts in the civil service to the
well-being and ability to perform tasks in a disabled is commendable.
vibrant society. (D) The judiciarys stand in this regard has also
(C) The word health is often misunderstood and been encouraging.
linke d with hospitals and tre atme nt by 1) DABC 2) CADB 3) BCAD
medical doctors. 4) ABCD 5) CDBA
(D) After all, staying healthy is the most important Commendable = deserving praise
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thing. 88. (A) The Indian governments response to post-
1) BACD 2) ACDB 3) DBAC election Iraq shows a new flexibility and
4) CBDA 5) CADB vibrancy in our foreign policy.
Vibrant = full of life and energy; exciting (B) The way India deals with Iraq can be used as
84. (A) In India, banking is the largest national a benchmark for future foreign policy.
instrument for socio-economic development. (C) An ability to react quickly is required today.
(B) The sure st way to e nsure that is to (D) As the geopolitical situation changes rapidly,
strengthen banks and professionalise their India cannot afford to have a rigid foreign
managements. policy.
(C) When banks fail, taking with them the money 1) ADCB 2) BCDA 3) CDAB
of depositors, confidence in the banking 4) DABC 5) CABD
sector slips and damages the investment 89. (A) What we should be worried about is the
climate. mismatch between the two.
(D) We need focussed and well-directed lending (B) Internal reforms are crucial to the long-term
to agriculture and industry; banks can and health of the Indian economy.
should play a crucial role in a growing (C) If the pace of internal reforms does not keep
economy. up with that of globalisation, it can ruin the
1) ABCD 2) DCBA 3) CABD kind of vibrancy that the Indian economy has
4) DABC 5) ADBC built for itself.
85. (A) Today it is arguably the most backward and (D) The quicker the speed of reforms at home,
under-developed state. the better chance we will have of integrating
(B) It gave the country leaders like Rajendra with the global economy.
Prasad and Jayaprakash Narayan. 1) DCBA 2) ADBC 3) BDAC
(C) In the early years of independence, Bihar was 4) ABCD 5) CBDA
one of the best-administered states. 90. (A) The fact that India is thinking of asking the
(D) Consistent neglect by the Centre in allocation US for frontline we apons is a positive
of funds and policies skewed against the state development.
(B) But the sum and substance of this (C) Only once after Independence did India grow
relationship has changed considerably over at above 7% in consecutive years in 1994-
the years. 95, 1995-96 and 1996-97, when industrial
(C) This is a major foreign policy shift and a delicensing spurred an increase in capacity.
we lcome change from the countrys (D) We are expected to round off the current fiscal
overdependence. with 6.9% growth in GDP, despite a mere
(D) The former Soviet Union and its successor 1.1% growth in agriculture.
have be e n Indias principal armaments 1) ADCB 2) BCDA 3) CABD
supplier for over 30 years. 4) DBCA 5) BACD
1) CBAD 2) DCAB 3) BCAD Invariably = always
4) CADB 5) ACDB Spur = to stimulate somebody/something;
Armament = weapons, especially large guns, to encourage or be a reason for
tanks etc. somebody to act or make an effort
91. (A) It was America which made Saddam Hussein, 94. (A) Drugs are big business after all.
once its blue-eyed boy, fight eight-year proxy (B) This is because pharmaceutical companies
war against Iran. do not actively promote generic drugs.
(B) But once its interests were served, the US (C) Several generic drugs are better than brand
saw him as a threat to the region. name drugs.
(C) It is ironical that the US is now training its (D) Yet doctors largely prescribe brand name
gun on Iran. drugs.
(D) It finally hounded him out of office on the 1) BACD 2) CABD 3) DBAC
4) CDBA 5) ADCB
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pretext of WMD.
1) ABCD 2) CABD 3) CDBA Generic = shared by or including a whole group
or class of things; not specific
4) BACD 5) DACB
Somebodys blue-eyed boy = a person treated with
95. (A) But as long as adve rtising achieves its
special favour by somebody objective it is effective.
Proxy = a person who is given the authority (B) People classify advertising as good or bad
to act on behalf of another. depending on how it appeals to them.
To hound somebody out (of something/....) = (C) In the ultimate analysis there is only effective
to force somebody to leave and ineffective advertising.
something/a place, especially by (D) The re is no such thing as good or bad
making their life there very difficult.
advertising.
Pretext = an excuse; a reason given for doing
something that is not the real reason
1) ACBD 2) DBAC 3) ABCD
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92. (A) For democracy to succeed, the urge has to 4) CABD 5) BCDA
come from the people. 96. (A) Private property rights alone enable the
(B) But despite democratic elections, peace will freedom of expression.
be elusive in Iraq as it is in J&K. (B) However, in reality, this is a completely
(C) The American leadership urged people to meaningless right.
appre ciate the gre at task the US has (C) Whe re these rights are non-e xistent, or
undertaken to introduce democracy in Iraq. flouted by the authorities, the freedom of
(D) The Iraq elections are being touted as a great expression disappears.
democratic success. (D) Journalists are the first to de fe nd the
1) ACBD 2) CDAB 3) ABCD 'freedom of expression'.
4) DCBA 5) BADC 1) BACD 2) CADB 3) ABCD
Ur ge = strong desire or impulse 4) BDCA 5) DBAC
Elusive = tending to escape or disappear; Flout = to show that one has no respect for
difficult to find or capture; difficult something by openly refusing to
to remember obey it.
To urge = to try hard to persuade somebody 97. (A) The system of nature set up by God already
to do something rests on the basis of peace.
Tout = to offer or propose somebody/ (B) Peace is no external factor to be artificially
something in the hope that people imposed upon man.
will believe or accept them/it. (C) Peace is inherent in nature itself.
93. (A) For arguably the first time ever, Indias (D) If this syste m is not disrupte d, it will
economy looks both buoyant and stable. continue to stay the course set for it by the
(B) In earlier decades, the occasional high-growth Almighty.
year meant very little, as it was invariably 1) DACB 2) ACBD 3) BCAD
preceded by a year of very low or negative 4) DBAC 5) ADCB
growth. Impose = to try forcefully to make somebody
accept an opinion, a belief etc
Inherent = existing as a natural or permanent (C) Besides, we do need proper price signals for
feature or quality of something/ everyday consumption, and fast.
somebody (D) It would summarily distort inve stme nt
Disrupt = to make it difficult for something to
decisions.
proceed eg by causing noise,
problems, interruptions etc
1) BDCA 2) DCAB 3) ADCB
98. (A) Which is why we need to promptly stop the 4) CABD 5) ABCD
Sheer = complete; nothing more than
ring-fencing of petro-product sales, and
Folly = a foolish or unwise act, idea or
thoroughly open up retailing. practice
(B) In a liberalising economy it is sheer folly to
provide sky-high protection for oil refining.
Exercise-2
Directions (Q. 1-5) : Rearrange the following (B) That rests with the judge, and it is ultimately
six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the for the judge to decide which side is right,
proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph. and how justice should prevail.
Then answer the questions given below them. (C) When he was asked what he thought of an
(A) While doing so, we may also correct any advocate supporting a cause which he knew
distortions that we may discern. to be bad, Johnsons answer was that the
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(B) With all our experie nce and insight, we advocate did not know it to be good or bad till
should be able to visualize them well in the judge determined it for him and for others.
advance. (D) But, he must do so fairly, and without
(C) The celebration of the 50th anniversary of concealing from it anything that it is his duty
the countrys independence is a historic to divulge.
moment. (E) There is a belief that an advocates function
(D) Also, it is a time to consolidate on the gains consists, for the most part, of showing white
that we have made. as black and black as white.
(E) But, most of all, it is a time to gear up for the (F) He is, after all, the clients mouthpiece, and
opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. he must put before the court all aspects of
(F) It is a time to introspect and evaluate what the case which are favourable to his client.
we have achieved in the last five decades. (G) The only answer that one can give to this
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1. Which of the following should be the FOURTH popular misconception is the famous answer
statement after rearrangement? that Johnson gave to Boswell.
1) E 2) D 3) C 4) B 5) A (H) But he is not concerned with the final result.
2. Which of the following should be the SIXTH 6. Which of the following will be the FIR ST
(LAST) statement after rearrangement? sentence in the passage?
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E 1) C 2) E 3) F 4) G 5) B
3. Which of the following should be the SECOND 7. Which of the following will be the FIF TH
statement after rearrangement? sentence in the passage?
1) F 2) E 3) D 4) C 5) B 1) F 2) G 3) D 4) C 5) H
4. Which of the following should be the THIRD 8. Which of the following will be the SECOND
statement after rearrangement? sentence in the passage?
1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F 1) C 2) A 3) F 4) G 5) E
5. Which of the following should be the FIRST 9. Which of the following will be the LAST sentence
statement after rearrangement? in the passage?
1) F 2) E 3) D 4) C 5) B 1) A 2) D 3) F 4) B 5) H
Distort = to give a false account of something 10. Which of the following will be the FOURTH
Discern = to perceive, know or f ind out sentence in the passage?
something 1) F 2) C 3) E 4) D 5) A
Introspect = to examine ones own thoughts,
11. Which of the following will be the SEVENTH
feelings and motives
sentence in the passage?
Directions (Q. 6-11): Rearrange the following
1) D 2) B 3) H 4) A 5) C
eight sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), and H
Prevail = to exist or happen generally; to be
in the proper sequence to form a meaningful widespread
paragraph; then answer the questions given below Divulge = to make s omething known,
them. especially a secret
(A) Therefore, the duty of the advocate is to do Mouthpiece = a person, newspaper etc that
his best for his client. expresses the opinions of others
Directions (Q. 12-16): Rearrange the following (D) The state exists for the citizens, not the
seven sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) in citizens for the state.
th e pr oper seq uence to for m a mean ingf ul (E) But it is a partnership of present with past
paragraph then answer the questions given below and future.
them. (F) It is also the trustee for its future.
(A) People thoroughly dedicated to social service (G) This is mainly be cause it is the
but not fulfilling the eligibility requirements representative and effective organ of the
would not be able to contest elections. largest and most inclusive community to
(B) Those who fulfil the stipulated criteria of age which he belongs.
and formal education may not be necessarily 17. Which sentence should be the FOURTH in the
devoted to social service. paragraph?
(C) This syste m has both advantage s and 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
disadvantages. 18. Which sentence should be the SIXTH in the
(D) The re fore , imposing such e ligibility paragraph?
re quire me nts is like ly to be counte r- 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
productive. 19. Which sentence should be the FIRST in the
(E) In certain democratic countries, elections paragraph?
can be contested by anybody. 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
(F) People would be deprived of the probable 20. Which sentence should be the SEVENTH (LAST)
benefit accrued from services of such people. in the paragraph?
(G) There are no eligibility requirements of formal 1) A 2) B 3) F 4) D 5) E
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education and upper age limit stipulated in 21. Which sentence should be the SECOND in the
their Constitution. paragraph?
12. Which sentence should be the FOURTH in the 1) A 2) B 3) G 4) D 5) E
paragraph? Allegiance = s upport of or l oyal ty to a
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E government, ruler, cause etc
13. Which sentence should be the LAST in the Fellowship = a group or society of people
sharing a common interest or
paragraph?
aim
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E Contemporary = belonging to the same time; a
14. Which sentence should be the FIRST in the person who lives or lived at the
paragraph? same time as another, usually
1) G 2) F 3) E 4) D 5) C being roughly the same age
15. Which sentence should be the SECOND in the Trustee = a country given responsibilities
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paragraph? f or governing a particular
1) G 2) F 3) E 4) D 5) C territory by the United Nations
Organisation
16. Which sentence should be the THIRD in the
paragraph?
six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
Stipulate = to state something clearly and firmly
proper sequence so as to make a meaningful
as a requirement paragraph, then answer the questions given below
Deprive of = to take something away f rom them.
somebody/something; to prevent (A) We feel these things are glorious because of
somebody/s omething f rom the splendid triumphs.
enjoying or using something (B) Because of these sacrifices we realise the
Accrue = to increase over a period of time; to victories of peace are even more glorious than
allow something to collect over a
victories of war.
period of time; to accumul ate
something
(C) The word victory is associated in our minds
Directions (Q. 17-21): Rearrange the following with war.
seven sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) in (D) We are impressed by their sacrifices.
the proper sequence so as to make a meaningful (E) It calls up visions of battles, bloodshed and
paragraph; then answer the questions given below conquests by force.
them. (F) But when we think of the philosophy of great
(A) The individual owes allegiance and obedience men, scholars, social reformers, scientists
to the state. and philanthropists we start thinking in a
(B) It is its organ for the present action, the different way.
custodian of its tradition. 22. Which sentence should be the FOURTH in the
(C) For, the nation is not only a fellowship of paragraph?
contemporaries. 1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
23. Which sentence should be the THIRD in the Fauna = all the animals of an area or a period
paragraph? of time
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E Expedition = an organised journey or voyage with
a particular aim
24. Which sentence should be the FIRST in the
Ornithology = the scientific study of birds
paragraph?
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
25. Which sentence should be the LAST (SIXTH) in
proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph;
the paragraph?
then answer the questions given below them.
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
(A) But all three have one focus individual
26. Which sentence should be the SECOND in the
performance improvement.
paragraph?
(B) The importance of each component will vary
1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
from organization to organization according
Splendid = magnificent; very impressive
Triumph = the state of feeling great satisfaction
to the complexity of the operations.
or joy as the result of success or (C) They are individual development, career
victory development and organizational development.
Conquest = the action or an instance of (D) Since individual performance improvement is
defeating somebody/something the heart of HRD programme, HRD can be
Philanthropist = a person who is concerned for the described as the area of congruence among
welfare or benefit of others and who the three components.
supports good causes especially by
(E) There are three fundamental component
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giving money
areas of human resource development.
(F) It will also vary according to the criticality of
human resources to organizational efficiency
and organizations commitment to improve
human resources.
(A) They collected plants, counted birds and
32. Which of the following will be the SIX TH
photographed the terrain and the fauna and
sentence?
made their recommendations.
1) C 2) F 3) B 4) D 5) A
(B) In spring of 1963, an alarmed King Hussain
33. Which of the following will be the FOURTH
invited a group of British scholars, scientists
sentence?
and naturalists.
1) F 2) C 3) D 4) B 5) A
(C) He also wanted them to cover the deserts to
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34. Which of the following will be the SECOND
the east of the mountains.
sentence?
(D) He wanted them to conduct an extensive
1) D 2) E 3) B 4) F 5) C
survey of the mountains on the eastern side
35. Which of the following will be the FIR ST
of the Dead Sea.
sentence?
(E) The problem of conservation of forests and
1) D 2) E 3) F 4) B 5) C
forest birds and nature in general was thus
Congruent = suitable or fitting for something
set rolling.
(F) Accordingly, an expedition of internationally
known e xpe rts in conservation, botany,
ornithology, etc went to Jordan.
27. Which of the following should be the FIFTH in
(A) The application of economic, environmental
the paragraph?
and consumer pressures have been on an
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
increase in recent years.
28. Which of the following should be the FIRST in
(B) As a result, our agro-food production and
the paragraph?
technology are amongst the most advanced
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
in the world.
29. Which of the following should be the LAST in
(C) They are thus able to provide expertise and
the paragraph?
technology to satisfy the needs of agro-food
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
production.
30. Which of the following should be the SECOND
(D) In turn, the support industrie s have
in the paragraph?
developed to an equally advanced state.
1) F 2) E 3) D 4) C 5) B
(E) They have also equipped themselves with the
31. Which of the following should be the FOURTH
ne ce ssary expe rtise to satisfy the most
in the paragraph?
e xacting re quire me nts of the ove rse as
1) F 2) E 3) D 4) C 5) B
markets.
Terrain = a stretch of land with regard to its
natural features
(F) The se have gre atly influe nce d the Directions (Q. 46-50): Rearrange the following
development of the agriculture and food seven sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) in
industries in our country. th e pr oper seq uence to for m a mean ingf ul
36. Which of the following should be the SECOND paragraph, then answer the questions given below
sentence after rearrangement? them.
1) F 2) E 3) D 4) C 5) B (A) The history of that system is, however, a
37. Which of the following should be the THIRD warning than a stimulus to reorganise a
sentence after rearrangement? similar scheme.
1) F 2) E 3) D 4) C 5) B (B) However, we cant resign ourselves merely
38. Which of the following should be the FOURTH because there are not data.
sentence after rearrangement? (C) One of the commone st risks which
1) F 2) E 3) D 4) C 5) B agricultural life is exposed to in this country
39. Which of the following should be the FIFTH is famine or failure of crops.
sentence after rearrangement? (D) There are, however, no reliable data on which
1) F 2) E 3) D 4) C 5) B such a scheme of insurance can be based.
40. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (E) A kind of Famine Insurance System was
(LAST) sentence after rearrangement? attempted by the British Government of India
1) F 2) E 3) D 4) C 5) B in the last century.
Expertise = expert knowledge or skill, especially (F) Still, the need for such a scheme to cover
in a particular field the losses due to famine, cattle plague, crop
Directions (Q. 41-45): Rearrange the following pests, etc cant be undermined.
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seven sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) in (G) It is obviously because of failure of rain and
th e pr oper seq uence to for m a mean ingf ul the consequence is starvation.
paragraph; then answer the question given below 46. Which of the following should be the fourth
them. sentence after rearrangement?
(A) In other words, floods and droughts are built 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
into the countries monsoonal ecology. 47. Which of the following should be the sixth
(B) It pours cats and dogs they said. sentence in the paragraph?
(C) In the remaining 8,660 hours there is hardly 1) E 2) D 3) B 4) C 5) A
any precipitation. 48. Which of the following should be there in the
(D) If the rain is not caught and stored, it will be third position in the paragraph?
impossible to live in this country. 1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
(E) But most of it pours down in a mere hundred 49. Which of the following should be the first
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hours. sentence after rearrangement?
(F) India gets more rain annually 1,100 mm, on 1) A 2) B 3) D 4) C 5) E
an average than any other part of the world. 50. Which of the following should be the second
(G) When the British came to India, they were sentence after rearrangement?
struck by the amount it rained here. 1) B 2) G 3) D 4) E 5) F
41. Which of the following will be the FIR ST Stimulus = a thing that encourages or excite
sentence? somebody/something to activity,
1) G 2) A 3) C 4) D 5) F greater effort etc
42. Which of the following will be the SECOND Undermine = to make s omething/s omebody
sentence? gradually weaker or less effective
Starvation = suffering or death caused by lack of
1) C 2) D 3) F 4) G 5) B
food
sentence?
1) B 2) C 3) E 4) F 5) D
44. Which of the following will be the FIF TH
sentence?
(A) Some people believe that at prese nt its
1) A 2) C 3) D 4) F 5) G
importance is decreasing because of rapid
45. Which of the following will be the LA ST
economic and social changes.
sentence?
(B) The extent of its importance may be slightly
1) D 2) E 3) F 4) A 5) C
le ss in citie s as compare d to rural
To rain cats and dogs = to rain very heavily
To be struck by = to be favourably impressed by
communities.
somebody/something; to like (C) Some even go to the extreme and say that it
somebody/s omething very will soon become obsolete because of these
much changes.
(D) The family is an important socialisation
agency both in rural and city communities.
(E) The difference in the degree of importance Dizzy = unable to balance; confused
does not matter much and therefore has no Prophecy = the power of s aying what wil l
significance. happen in the future
(F) There are others who believe that the family Directions (61-65): Rearrange the following six
has survived such storms in the past and it sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper
will do so in the future also. sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then
51. Which of the following should be the FIRST answer the questions given below them.
sentence after rearrangement? (A) We we re inte re ste d by contrast in
1) F 2) E 3) D 4) C 5) B understanding what lessons actual teams and
52. Which of the following should be the SIXTH non-teams had for others to choose to
(LAST) sentence after rearrangement? struggle with change and performance.
1) F 2) E 3) D 4) C 5) B (B) Still, we suspe cte d that most of the se
53. Which of the following should be the FIFTH focussed on persuading readers that teams
sentence after rearrangement? are important.
1) F 2) E 3) D 4) C 5) B (C) After all we thought teams are a well-known
54. Which of the following should be the THIRD subject and there must be a thousand books
sentence after rearrangement? on the subject already.
1) F 2) E 3) D 4) C 5) B (D) By going down this path we hoped to discover
55. Which of the following should be the SECOND something to say that was different from most
sentence after rearrangement? books on the subject.
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1) F 2) E 3) D 4) C 5) B (E) We approached the idea of a book on teams
Obsolete = no longer used; out of date cautiously.
Directions (Q. 56-60): Rearrange the following (F) Alternatively they focussed on providing you
five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper advice on building teams as an objective in
sequence to form a meaning paragraph; then itself.
answer the questions given below them. 61. Which of the following will be the se cond
(A) The reasons for formal education getting sentence?
nullified are that we teachers have limited 1) A 2) B 3) F 4) C 5) D
vision, our judgements about students are 62. Which of the following will be the first sentence?
hasty and we are more knowledge-centred 1) E 2) A 3) B 4) C 5) D
than student-centred. 63. Which of the following will be the third sentence?
(B) Life educates as nothing else does. 1) E 2) C 3) B 4) F 5) D
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(C) Churchill rose to dizzy heights despite his 64. Which of the following will be the fifth sentence?
teachers prophecies to the contrary. And 1) C 2) D 3) B 4) F 5) A
there are many more such examples. 65. Which of the following will be the last sentence?
(D) Lifes teachings sometimes supplement the 1) C 2) D 3) E 4) F 5) B
education received in the classroom and at Persuade = to make s omebody believe
something; to convince somebody
other times nullify it.
(E) Education re ce ive d in the classroom is
five sentences into a meaningful paragraph and
insignificant as compared to what life teaches
answer the questions given below:
us.
(A) However, with innovation coming into play
unit-linked/market-linked products have also
sentence?
found a place in insurance business after
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
privatisation.
57. Which of the following will be the THIRD
(B) It is also worth mentioning here that world
sentence?
over unit-linked products constitute quite a
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
substantial chunk of the total portfolio of
insurance companies.
sentence?
(C) There was a time when only traditional
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
insurance products used to dominate the
arena.
sentence?
(D) The emergence of these products of various
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
insurance companie s combine s the
characteristics of both endowment insurance
sentence?
policies and mutual funds.
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
Nullify = to make something lose its effect; to
(E) The insurance industry in India is evolving
act against something and assuming different proportion since it
Hasty = acting or deciding too quickly, was privatised.
without enough thought.
66. Which of the following will be the Fourth (A) The north is bordered by mountain ranges
sentence in the paragraph? while the remaining sides of Greece are
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E enclosed by the Mediterranean sea.
67. Which of the following will be the Second (B) The people there were called the Greeks.
sentence in the paragraph? (C) Greeks, therefore, became good navigators.
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E (D) The typical character of Greek civilisation is
68. Which of the following will be the Last sentence due to the geographic conditions prevailing
in the paragraph? there.
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E (E) The name Greece comes from one of the
69. Which of the following will be the First sentence islands to the south-east of Europe known
in the paragraph? as Graecia.
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E 76. Which of the following will be the THIRD
70. Which of the following will be the Third sentence sentence?
in the paragraph? 1) C 2) D 3) A 4) B 5) E
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E 77. Which of the following will be the FOURTH
Innovation= the process of making changes or sentence?
in-troducing new ideas methods etc 1) B 2) E 3) A 4) D 5) C
Chunk = a fairly large amount of something 78. Which of the following will be the SECOND
Arena = a place or scene of activity or conflict
sentence?
Endowment = money, property etc given to provide
an income.
1) A 2) E 3) D 4) C 5) B
Emerge = to develop or become noticeable 79. Which of the following will be the LA ST
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Directions (Q. 71-75): Rearrange the following sentence?
seven sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) in 1) C 2) D 3) B 4) E 5) A
th e pr oper seq uence to for m a mean ingf ul 80. Which of the following will be the FIR ST
paragraph; then answer the questions given below sentence?
them. 1) B 2) C 3) A 4) E 5) D
(A) Japanese toys, for instance, are in great Directions (Q. 81-85): Rearrange the following
demand despite the heavy import duty. sentences to form a meaningful paragraph and
(B) The toys that they produce are, almost without answer the questions given below:
exception, of inferior quality. (A) We must explore new methods of boosting
(C) The ir manufacture rs he re ne e d to be agricultural development and grow more food.
reminded of this. (B) The scientists should be e ncourage d to
(D) The two toy-libraries in Mumbai also rely contribute.
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largely on foreign-made toys. (C) Food can also be had by import.
(E) But making them is no childs play. (D) The most important factor in any planning
(F) Toys are meant for children. for Indias development and economic uplift
(G) Not surprisingly, many parents prefer to buy is that of turning a hungry, discontented
the imported variety even though these are people into a happy well-fed one.
usually much more expensive. (E) Whatever be the way and means, India must
71. Which of the following will be the THIRD feed its hungry millions.
sentence? (F) They should be given due scope for carrying
1) C 2) B 3) D 4) E 5) G on experiments and researches.
72. Which of the following will be the LA ST (G) The problem, therefore, reduces itself to one
sentence? of agricultural development.
1) C 2) D 3) B 4) E 5) G 81. Which of the following is the fourth sentence
73. Which of the following will be the FIR ST in the paragraph?
sentence? 1) A 2) D 3) E 4) G 5) F
1) E 2) G 3) A 4) F 5) B 82. Which of the following is fifth sentence in the
74. Which of the following will be the FOURTH paragraph?
sentence? 1) G 2) A 3) D 4) C 5) E
1) C 2) E 3) B 4) G 5) D 83. Which of the following is the third sentence in
75. Which of the following will be the SIX TH the paragraph?
sentence? 1) F 2) A 3) G 4) D 5) E
1) F 2) E 3) C 4) D 5) A 84. Which of the following is the last sentence in
Childs play = a thing that is very easy to do the paragraph?
Directions (Q. 76-80): Rearrange the following 1) F 2) C 3) D 4) B 5) G
five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper 85. Which of the following is the second sentence
sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then in the paragraph?
answer the questions given below them. 1) B 2) E 3) C 4) G 5) F
Explore = to examine something thoroughly in (D) Some rhymes can be traced to popular ballads,
order to test it or find out about it folk songs and games, political satire, ancient
Carry on = to continue doing something proverbs, cries of street vendors, real or
Directions (Q. 86-90): Rearrange the following legendary events.
seven sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) in (E) About twenty-five years later the book was
th e pr oper seq uence to for m a mean ingf ul reprinted in the United States in Worcester,
paragraph; then answer the questions given below Massachusetts.
them. (F) In fact, until the eighteenth century Mother
(A) It takes its recourse to progressive march Goose did not have a name in print in English
towards perfection. literature.
(B) But, one may conclude, while science is 91. Which of the following will be the last sentence?
inclined towards reason, spiritualism is the 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
essence of religion. 92. Which of the following will be the fourth
(C) In religion deviation from the set course is sentence?
permissible, though some more rationalistic I) F 2) E 3) D 4) C 5) B
religious leaders also allow questioning and 93. Which of the following will be the fifth sentence?
their satisfactory answers. 1) F 2) E 3) D 4) C 5) B
(D) Many people believe that science and religion 94. Which of the following will be the first sentence?
are contrary to each other. 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
(E) The tools of religion, on the other hand, are 95. Which of the following will be the se cond
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faith, intuition, and the spoken word of the sentence?
enlightened. 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
(F) The me thod of scie nce is obse rvation, To grow in something = to gain a larger amount of
experiment and experience. a particular quality or feeling
(G) There is no doubt that the methods of science Verse = a group of lines forming a unit in a
and religion are different. poem or song
86. Which of the following will be the SECOND Ballad = a simple song or poem especially
sentence? one that tells a story
Satire = the art or practice of mocking people,
1) F 2) E 3) D 4) B 5) G
institutions etc and making them
87. Which of the following will be the FOURTH appear ridiculous in order to show
sentence? how foolish, wicked or incompetent
1) B 2) A 3) D 4) F 5) C they are.
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88. Which of the following will be the LA ST Legendary = very wel l- known; f amous and
sentence? inspiring admiration
1) C 2) A 3) D 4) B 5) E Directions (Q. 96-100): Rearrange the following
89. Which of the following will be the FIR ST six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in a proper
sentence? sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph.
1) C 2) B 3) D 4) F 5) A Then answer the questions given below them.
90. Which of the following will be the SIX TH (A) The child will be taught that hard work is
sentence? necessary to bring about academic success,
1) C 2) F 3) A 4) G 5) D which is the forerunner to occupational
Recourse = a source of help in a diff icul t success.
situation, or the use of this (B) In the case of the city family educated to
Essence = the most important quality, feature professional standards, the process is likely
or characteristic of something to take a different form.
Enlightened = free from prejudice, false belief etc
(C) The rural family will transmit these values
to the child in order to prepare it for its future
role as an adult.
proper sequence so as to form a meaningful
(D) In the rural community emphasis will be
paragraph, then answer the questions given below
placed upon values such as group solidarity
them.
and the belief in the natural superiority of
(A) It was further revived by a Boston publishing
the male.
firm, and from that time Mothe r Goose
(E) The child is more likely to be taught the
continued and grew in fame and interest till
values necessary for success in a world
date.
dominated by individual achievement.
(B) The first collection of verses under her name
(F) Thus the child will grow up placing greater
was published in London in book form by John
value upon the family as a unit than upon
Newberry.
himself as an individual : more emphasis
(C) These were known long before they were
upon a segregation of the roles of husband
designated as Mother Goose rhymes.
and wife than upon equality, and so on.
96. Which of-the following will be FO UR TH Kinship = a family relationship; a close feeling
sentence? between people that develops as a
1) F 2) E 3) D 4) C 5) B result of common origins, attitudes
etc
Dir ection ( Q. 106-110): Rearran ge t he
sentence?
following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
(F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful
paragraph; then answer the questions given below
sentence?
them.
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
(A) We at Infoquicktech thus make sure that our
clients receive the best and the quickest
sentence?
services in the field of IT.
1) F 2) E 3) D 4) C 5) B
(B) Information Technology has transformed a lot
in this decade and this metamorphosis is
sentence?
exceedingly quick.
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
To bring something about = to make something
(C) The user can now get the desired information
happen in a fraction of a second.
Forerunner = a sign of what is to follow (D) Our newer packages now perform in a far
Solidarity = unity agreement and support better way than our clients used to get in
resulting from shared interests, the past.
feelings, actions, sympathies etc (E) Our search engines have been astoundingly
Segregation = the action of isolating people or powerful to process and fetch the required
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things or the state of being isolated
information to the user.
(F) These improvements perform a real magic,
five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper
in the true sense of the term, to facilitate
sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then
quicker access.
answer the questions given below them.
(A) The socialisation function of the family is a
sentence after rearrangement?
generalised one and is aimed at preparing us
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
for membership of kinship group and the
107. Which of the following will be the SIXTH (LAST)
community.
(B) The family is only one of the varieties of
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
agencies of socialisation.
(C) In other words, through the socialisation
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process we learn the basic facts necessary
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
for the performance of a variety of social roles
in the society in which we grow up.
(D) Socialisation is the process by which cultural,
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
social and moral values and be lie fs are
transmitted from one generation to the next.
(E) The way in which the process operates will
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) F
depend largely upon the views taken by the Metamorphosis = a change of form or nature
parents of what their children ought to be Astounding = extremely surprising
like when they are grown up. Fetch = to go and find and bring back
101. Which of the following should be the SECOND somebody/something
sentence after rearrangement? Directions (Q. 111-115): Rearrange the following
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5)E six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the
102. Which of the following should be the FOURTH proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph;
sentence after rearrangement? then answer the questions given below them.
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E (A) For other wishes, it enlists the help of those
103. Which of the following should be the FIRST who make or own what the child desires.
sentence after rearrangement? (B) It grants some wishes with its own funds
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E depending upon the availability of funds.
104. Which of the following should be the THIRD (C) I was deeply moved when I learnt about the
sentence after rearrangement? activity of Make-a-Wish Foundation.
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5)E (D) From parents, friends, or hospital attendants,
105. Which of following will be the FIFTH (LAST) the foundation learns about the childs wish
sentence after rearrangement? for anything from a special toy to a visit to
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E Disneyland.
(E) I am sure you also now must have been Invade = to enter a place in large numbers,
moved by the noble act of the foundation. especially so as to cause damage; to
(F) It grants the wishes of children who are crowd into something
C rab = a sea creature that has a hard shell
terminally ill.
and ten l egs two of which are
111. Which of the following should be the FOURTH pincers
sentence after rearrangement? Malignant = that cannot be controlled and is
1) F 2) E 3) D 4) C 5) B likely to prove fatal
112. Which of the following should be the SIXTH Directions (Q. 121-125): Rearrange the following
(LAST) sentence after rearrangement? six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the
1) F 2) E 3) D 4) C 5) B proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph;
113. Which of the following should be the SECOND then answer the questions given below them.
sentence after rearrangement? (A) Happiness, if at all found, is accompanied
1) F 2) E 3) D 4) C 5) B with sorrow.
114. Which of the following should be the THIRD (B) This attitude helps us to cope up with our
sentence after rearrangement? unhappiness.
1) F 2) E 3) D 4) C 5) B (C) The world is full of miseries, problems, risks
115. Which of the following should be the FIRST and discomfiture.
sentence after rearrangement? (D) It also helps us to be sympathetic to others
1) F 2) E 3) D 4) C 5) B who are more unhappy.
Directions (Q. 116-120): Rearrange the following (E) Therefore, it seems to be wise to compare
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six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the our lot with the lot of those who are less
proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; fortunate.
then answer the questions given below them. (F) None can find here perfect happiness.
(A) It is a general term used to describe over 200 121. Which of the following should be the FIRST
individual diseases. sentence after rearrangement?
(B) The abnormal cells grow without any control, 1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
invade through normal tissue barriers and 122. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
reproduce indefinitely. sentence after rearrangement?
(C) The word cancer comes from Latin, meaning 1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
a crab. 123. Which of the following should be the SIXTH
(D) These characteristics include development (LAST) sentence after rearrangement?
within any tissue of a malignant growth. 1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
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(E) A tumour was called cance r because of 124. Which of the following should be the SECOND
swollen veins around the area resembling a sentence after rearrangement?
crabs limbs. 1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
(F) These diseases progress differently over a 125. Which of the following should be the FOURTH
pe riod of time and share ce rtain sentence after rearrangement?
characteristics. 1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
116. Which of the following should be the SECOND Cope up with = to have the capacity to deal
sentence after rearrangement? with something successfully
1) A 2) B 3) C Discomfiture = noun of the verb discomfit.
4) D 5) E Discomfit = to confuse or embarras s
somebody
117. Which of the following should be the THIRD
seven sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) in
1) A 2) B 3) C
th e pr oper seq uence to for m a mean ingf ul
4) D 5) E
paragraph; then answer the questions given below
them.
(A) Equally, if you show disloyalty to your
1) A 2) B 3) C
company or colleagues, your manners will be
4) D 5) None of these
seen as unacceptable.
119. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
(B) Much of this book is concerned with this
golden rule.
1) A 2) B 3) C
(C) The other half is good manners invoke taking
positive action to make the other person feel
120. Which of the following should be the SIXTH
good about your relationship with him.
(LAST) sentence after rearrangement?
(D) They indicate to the person you are dealing
1) A 2) B 3) C
with whether you can be relied on to act
correctly and fairly when he does business
with you.
(E) Avoiding these negatives is only half the Directions (Q. 136-140): Rearrange the following
story. sentences into a meaningful paragraph and then
(F) Manners are the patterns of behaviour. answer the questions given below it.
(G) If he thinks that you are boorish, selfish or (A) Development of drought resistance could
undisciplined your relationship is unlikely to benefit large numbers of farmers.
be proper. (B) Hence the human race has no choice but to
126. Which of the following will be the SEVENTH adapt to these impacts.
sentence? (C) India has to be concerned about climatic
1) C 2) D 3) E 4) B 5) A changes.
127. Which of the following will be the FIR ST (D) This impact can run into de cade s and
sentence? centuries.
1) G 2) F 3) A 4) B 5) C (E) Environme nt day is thus an important
128. Which of the following will be the THIRD occasion to assess the past and our future.
sentence? (F) Since there is a possibility of adverse impact
1) G 2) E 3) F 4) B 5) A on agriculture which could deter growth.
129. Which of the following will be the FIF TH 136. Which is the THIRD sentence of the paragraph?
sentence? 1) A 2) D 3) B 4) C 5) E
1) A 2) G 3) E 4) F 5) D 137. Which is the LAST (SIXTH) sentence of the
130. Which of the following will be the SIX TH paragraph?
sentence? 1) C 2) B 3) F 4) D 5) E
1) B 2) D 3) F 4) A 5) C 138. Which is the FIRST sentence of the paragraph?
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Invoke = to ask, call, beg or pray for something 1) A 2) D 3) C 4) B 5) E
Boorish = of or like a rough or rude person 139. Which is the FIFTH sentence of the passage?
Directions (Q. 131-135): Rearrange the following 1) F 2) D 3) E 4) A 5) C
six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the 140. Which is the SECO ND se nte nce of the
proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; paragraph?
then answer the questions given below them. 1) B 2) D 3) F 4) C 5) E
(A) To propose the idea of becoming perfected is Adapt = to become adjusted to new
not the same as saying that we human beings condition; to make something
can be perfect. suitable for a new use, situation,
(B) It only means that we are capable of learning, etc.
changing and growing throughout the span Deter = to make somebody decide not to do
something
of our earthly life.
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(C) Learning is a process that begins at birth and
lasts till death.
(D) This development through understanding new
things, transforming and de ve loping
(A) Basic human needs also include a sense of
throughout may be conside re d as the
belongingness, a feeling of control over ones
perfection of soul.
life.
(E) Given that we are here to continually learn on
(B) Motivation and inspiration energise people
the journey of life, it seems that the ultimate
into action.
goal of learning is the perfection of our souls.
(C) Ability to live up to ones ideals besides all
(F) Nor that we should be perfect in everything.
these is also a fundamental need.
131. Which of the following should be the FIRST
(D) This is done not by pushing them in the right
statement after rearrangement?
direction as control mechanisms.
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
(E) Such feelings touch us deeply and elicit
powerful response.
(F) But it is done by satisfying basic human needs
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
for achievement.
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) F
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
134. Which of the following should be FOURTH
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) F
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
135. Which of the following should be the LAST
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
Earthly = of this world; not spiritual
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
144. Which of the following should be the FIFTH Directions (Q. 151-155): Rearrange the following
statement after rearrangement? sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then
145. Which of the following should be the SIXTH answer the questions given below it.
(LAST) statement after rearrangement? (A) Strict obedience to these rules is called
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E discipline.
Elicit = to draw facts, a response, etc from (B) In the same way, a society where rules are
s omebody, s ometimes with not followed cannot survive for long.
difficulty (C) Only then a society can be run in an orderly
To live up to something = to behave as well as or
fashion.
be as good as expected
(D) A society can exist properly only when men
living in it agree upon certain rules of conduct.
(E) For example, if the people on the road do not
obey traffic rules there will be complete
disorder and confusion.
(A) There are a number of items in the atomic
(F) Students must obey their teachers, children
energy programme which are being made
their parents, citizens the laws and so on
indigenously.
and so forth.
(B) Given the overall energy situation in India,
151. Which of the following is the FIFTH sentence?
the use of nuclear power in some measure is
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) E 5) F
inescapable even while thermal and hydro
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152. Which of the following is the SIXTH (LAST)
power continue to be the dominant elements.
sentence?
(C) However, commercial aspects of exploiting
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
nuclear capabilities, especially for power-
153. Which of the following is the SECOND sentence?
generation programmes, have been recently
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
given high priority.
154. Which of the following is the FIRST sentence?
(D) Atomic energy programmes have been subject
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
to se ve re re strictions for ve ry obvious
155. Which of the following is the THIRD sentence?
reasons as the Department of Atomic Energy
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) E 5) F
is becoming self-reliant in areas in which
And so for th; And so on ( and so fort h) =
only a few countries have such capability. used for indicating things additional
(E) Eve n to me e t the se nucle ar powe r to or s imil ar to thos e al ready
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requirements, India critically requires a mentioned
commercial-level power-generation capability, Directions (Q. 156-160): Rearrange the following
with its commensurate safety and nuclear six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the
waste management arrangements. proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph;
(F) Thus, in the Indian context energy security then answer the questions given below them.
is also crucial, perhaps much more than it is (A) To address these issues Indian corporates
for the USA, because India imports a good are increasingly turning eco-friendly.
part of its crude oil requirements, paying for (B) At present, however, there are only a dozen
it with precious foreign exchange. green buildings in the private sector.
146. Which of the following will be the FIF TH (C) However, though an eco-friendly building may
sentence after rearrangement? cost more upfront, it is cost-effective because
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E of lower operating costs in the long run.
147. Which of the following will be the THIRD (D) Today there is growing concern about global
sentence after rearrangement? warming, energy and water crises.
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E (E) The reason is the construction cost of an eco-
148. Which of the following will be the SECOND friendly building is 15% to 20% more than
sentence after rearrangement? putting up a conventional building.
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E (F) Planting trees, using energy-saving lighting
149. Which of the following will be the FIR ST systems and constructing eco-friendly green
sentence after rearrangement? buildings are some of the measures they are
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E taking.
150. Which of the following will be the FOURTH 156. Which of the following will be the FIR ST
sentence after rearrangement? sentence after rearrangement?
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
Commensurate = in the right proportion; 157. Which of the following will be the SECOND
appropriate sentence after rearrangement?
1) A 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
158. Which of the following will be the THIRD (F) However, from the basics of food, clothing
sentence after rearrangement? and shelter we gradually seek luxury cars and
1) B 2) D 3) C 4) E 5) F holidays.
159. Which of the following will be the FIF TH 166. Which of the following is the FIRST sentence
sentence after rearrangement? after rearrangement?
1) C 2) D 3) E 4) F 5) A 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
160. Which of the following will be the SIXTH (LAST) 167. Which of the following is the SIXTH (LAST)
sentence after rearrangement? sentence after rearrangement?
1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
Upfront = in advance; honest; open; frank 168. Which of the following is the FIFTH sentence
Directions (Q. 161-165): Rearrange the following after rearrangement?
six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) (F)
proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; 169. Which of the following is the SECOND sentence
then answer the questions given below them. after rearrangement?
(A) The re is ample justification for the 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
phenomenon of the description. 170. Which of the following is the THIRD sentence
(B) In the present era also, efforts are being after rearrangement?
made to rejuvenate Pali. 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
(C) A curious researcher can study them provided Directions (Q. 171-175): Rearrange the following
he has mastery over Pali language. six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the
(D) The Indian tradition describes Buddha as an proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph;
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advocate of analytical method. then answer the questions given below them.
(E) Pali was perhaps the most commonly used (A) Securitization Act provides teeth to banks to
language in those days. deal well with such defaulters.
(F) This justification is found in se ve ral (B) Therefore, the banks should first examine
discourses. thoroughly the genuineness of the clients and
161. Which of the following should be the FIRST prevent them from turning into defaulters.
sentence after rearrangement? (C) Recovery of loans from the borrowers is one
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E of the biggest problems of almost all of them.
162. Which of the following should be the SECOND (D) It is because most of them have a tendency
sentence after rearrangement? to misutilize the funds.
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E (E) Most banks these days have been facing a
163. Which of the following should be the FOURTH lot of different problems.
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sentence after rearrangement? (F) Most of the borrowers dont have money to
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E repay.
164. Which of the following should be the FIFTH 171. Which of the following should be the FOURTH
sentence after rearrangement? statement after rearrangement?
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
165. Which of the following should be the SIXTH 172. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
(LAST) sentence after rearrangement? statement after rearrangement?
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
Discourse = spoken or written language 173. Which of the following should be the SIXTH
Rejuvenate = to make somebody/something look (LAST) statement after rearrangement?
or feel younger or more lively
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
Advocate = a person who supports or speaks
in favour of a cause, policy etc
Directions (Q. 166-170): Rearrange the following statement after rearrangement?
sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) into a 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
meanin gful par agraph and t hen answer t he 175. Which of the following should be the FIRST
questions given below it. statement after rearrangement?
(A) According to conventional wisdom, no amount 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
Defaulter = a person who fails to do what he or
can suffice.
she supposed to do, eg to appear in
(B) In the process of seeking it is money which a law-court; a person who fails to
unfortunately gets a bad name. pay a debt etc
(C) How much money is enough? Directions (Q. 176-180): Rearrange the following
(D) The modern reasoning is that money coming six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the
in should cover our basic needs. proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph;
(E) The real culprit, however, is a living thing then answer the questions given below them.
called desire, which although it is difficult
to, can be controlled.
(A) Thus rapid development is still unable to 182. Which of the following should be the SECOND
meet demand. sentence after rearrangement?
(B) Surplus funds from hikes in passenger fares 1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) (F)
and cuts in staff have made this possible. 183. Which of the following should be the THIRD
(C) This de monstrate s that it has be e n sentence after rearrangement?
transformed into a modern high-standard 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
design and high-service reliable system. 184. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
(D) However, Chinas railways are not problem- sentence after rearrangement?
free. 1)A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) (F)
(E) Chinas railways have been able to generate 185. Which of the following should be the LAST
the funds needed for the construction of new (SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement?
railway lines internally. 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
(F) For example, at present about 2,80,000 cars Lure = to attract or tempt a person or an
are requested daily to transport goods but animal
only half the requests can be met. Directions (Q. 186-190): Rearrange the following
176. Which of the following is the FIFTH sentence six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the
after rearrangement? proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph;
1) A 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F then answer the questions given below them.
177. Which of the following is the SIXTH (LAST) (A) He then hid nearby to watch and see who
sentence after rearrangement? would remove it.
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1) A 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F (B) He saw a purse full of gold lying in the middle
178. Which of the following is the SECOND sentence of the road. It was the kings reward to the
after rearrangement? person who did something about the problem.
1) A 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F (C) The king was tire d of his subje cts only
179. Which of the following is the THIRD sentence complaining but doing nothing to solve their
after rearrangement? problems.
1) A 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F (D) A youth on his way to market saw the stone,
180. Which of the following is the FIRST sentence put down his produce and rolled the stone to
after rearrangement? the side of the road.
1) A 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F (E) Many people passed by but dodged their duty
Demonstrate = to show something clearly by of moving the stone instead of blaming the
giving proof or evidence king for not keeping the highways clear.
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Directions (Q. 181-185): Rearrange the following (F) One day he placed a heavy stone in the middle
sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) into a of the road.
meanin gful par agraph and t hen answer t he 186. Which of the following is the SECOND sentence
questions given below it. after rearrangement?
(A) Moreover salaries in public sector enterprises 1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
are not as competitive as those offered by 187. Which of the following is the SIXTH (LAST)
private or foreign corporates. sentence after rearrangement?
(B) This trend should be a wake-up call for 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
stakeholders to examine why employees are 188. Which of the following is the FIRST sentence
seeking better opportunities with private after rearrangement?
companies in India and abroad. 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) F
(C) Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) have been 189. Which of the following is the THIRD sentence
experiencing severe challenges in attracting, after rearrangement?
motivating and retaining their key staff. 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
(D) Having ide ntifie d the se as the re asons 190. Which of the following is the FIFTH sentence
employees leave PSEs, it is important to after rearrangement?
empower stakeholders to find ways to remedy 1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
the situation. Nearby = near in position; not far away; at a
(E) One reason is that young employees lured short distance from somebody/
away by private firms are more willing to something
undertake professional risks. Dodge = to move quickly and suddenly to one
side or out of the way in order to
(F) Employees in specialist roles especially have
avoid somebody/something
become increasingly difficult to retain.
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
(A) One of them said, I never buy imported 200. Which of the following should be the THIRD
goods. sentence in the paragraph?
(B) Patriotism was the topic of discussion. 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
(C) Well, said the third, I havent passed the Tap = to extract or obtain a supply of
foreign language ie English, since I started something from a source
my schooling. Directions (Q. 201-205): Rearrange the following
(D) Some stude nts we re discussing among six statements (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the
themselves. proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph;
(E) I never see foreign films, said another. then answer the questions given below them.
(F) In the discussion, everyone was trying to (A) Other factors are important in determining
prove how he was more patriotic than the whether a stock market decline causes an
rest of them. economic setback.
191. Which of the following will be the SECOND (B) We tend to associate a stock market crash
statement after rearrangement? with an economic slump.
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E (C) The two most important factors are the
192. Which of the following will be the FOURTH impact on the banking sector and policy
statement after rearrangement? response to the crash.
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E (D) That is because we have seen such a link
193. Which of the following will be the SIXTH (LAST) several times in the past.
statement after rearrangement ? (E) But there is no automatic link between the
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E stock marke t crash and the e conomic
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194. Which of the following will be the FIR ST downturn, say experts.
statement after rearrangement? (F) For example, the Great Depression followed
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E the Great Crash of 1929 in the US.
195. Which of the following will be the FIF TH 201. Which of the following should be the FIRST
statement after rearrangement? statement after rearrangement?
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
Directions (Q. 196-200): Rearrange the following 202. Which of the following should be the SECOND
six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the statement after rearrangement?
proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
then answer the questions given below them. 203. Which of the following should be the THIRD
(A) In fact, today, social entrepreneurship is no statement after rearrangement?
different from starting a profit-motivated 1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
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company. 204. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
(B) The major challenge they face is employee statement after rearrangement?
selection and retention. 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
(C) For decades social development in India 205. Which of the following should be the SIXTH
meant charity. (LAST) statement after rearrangement?
(D) However, the challenges social organisations 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
experience are tougher. Slump = a period when business is bad,
sales are few etc
(E) This is because while volunteering for social
Downturn = a reduction in economic or business
work is not new, attracting talented people activity
and tapping their potential at lower costs is Directions (Q. 206-210): Rearrange the following
difficult. six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the
(F) In recent years, however, economic changes proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph;
have brought busine ss se nse and then answer the questions given below them.
professionalism to the sector. (A) In this early period a good memory was a
196. Which of the following should be the FIFTH prerequisite for success and poets like Homer
sentence in the paraaraph? memorised their work before it was ever
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E written down.
197. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (B) If we have to remember everything will it not
(LAST) sentence in the paragraph? increase the feeling of stress?
1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F (C) Today memory is widely regarded as a useful
198. Which of the following should be the SECOND aid to survival.
sentence in the paragraph? (D) However, it is not what we grasp but what we
1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F fail toforgetting a file, key points at an
199. Which of the following should be the FIRST interview which causes stress.
sentence in the paragraph? (E) Some people, however, are of the view that
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
having an exceptional memory in a world of proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph;

high pressure working is a disadvantage. then answer the questions given below them.
(F) To our ancestors, though, in the absence of (A) Assuming that all these reasons are true,
the printing press it was much moreit was the fact remains that there is an urgent need
the slate on which history was recorded. to check the accelerated costs and initiate
206. Which of the following will be the THIRD suitable measures.
sentence after rearrangement ? (B) Some people attribute it to the increasing
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E greediness among the medicos.
207. Which of the following will be the FIR ST (C) The impact of these measures will be visible
sentence after rearrangement? only after a considerable passage of time.
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E (D) Healthcare costs have been sky-rocketing in
208. Which of the following will be the SECOND our country.
sentence after rearrangement? (E) The measures include yoga classes with
1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F emphasis on physical and mental exercises
209. Which of the following will be the SIXTH (LAST) and also change in food habits.
sentence after rearrangement? (F) Certain others feel that it is because of
1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F drastic changes in people's lifestyle and
210. Which of the following will be the FIF TH eating habits.
sentence after rearrangement? 216. Which of the following would be the FIRST
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E statement after rearrangement?
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Prerequisite = a thing required as a condition for 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
something to happen or exist 217. Which of the following would be the SECOND
Directions (Q. 211-215): Rearrange the following statement after rearrangement?
six sentences (A), (B), (C ), (D), (E) and (F) in the 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; 218. Which of the following would be the FOURTH
then answer the questions given below them. statement after rearrangement?
(A) It was a cycling race launched in 153, by Henri 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
Desgrange, a magazine editor in Paris. 219. Which of the following would be the FIFTH
(B) The Tour de France is a te st of human statement after rearrangement?
endurance. 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
(C) His idea worked and the magazine boomed. 220. Which of the following would be the SIXTH
(D) His aim was to boost the circulation of his (LAST) statement after rearrangement?
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magazine. 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
(E) He wanted to achieve this by covering every Attribute = to regard something as belonging
stage of the three-week-long, 3,500 kilometre- to, caused by or produced by
long cycling race. somebody/something
(F) Till today the race remains more popular than Medico = a medical student or doctor
he could ever have dreamed. Sky-rocket = to rise to a very high level
211. Which of the following should be the FIRST Directions (Q. 221-225): Rearrange the following
sentence after rearrangement? six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph;
212. Which of the following should be the SECOND then answer the questions given below them.
sentence after rearrangement? (A) If China is the worlds factory, India has
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E become the worlds outsourcing centre
213. Which of the following should be the THIRD keeping in line with this image.
sentence after rearrangement? (B) But Indias future depends crucially on its
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E ability to compe te fully in the Cre ative
214. Which of the following should be the FIFTH Economynot just in tech and software, but
sentence after rearrangement? across design and entrepreneurship; arts,
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) F culture and e nte rtainme nt; and the
215. Which of the following should be the SIXTH knowledge-based professions of medicine,
(LAST) sentence after rearrangement? finance and law.
1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F (C) While its creative assets outstrip those of
Endurance = the abiltiy or willingness to suffer other e merging competitors, India must
patiently and without complaining address several challenges to increase its
or to tolerate a difficult situation for international competitiveness as the world
a long time is in the midst of a sweeping transformation.
Directions (Q. 216-220): Rearrange the following (D) This transformation is evident in the fact that
six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the the world is moving from an industrial
e conomy to a Cre ative Economy that 226. Which of the following should be the LAST
generates wealth by harnessing intellectual (SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement?
labour, intangible goods and human creative 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) F
capabilities. 227. Which of the following should be the THIRD
(E) Its software industry is the worlds second- sentence after rearrangement?
largest, its tech outsourcing accounts for 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) F
more than half of the $300 billion global 228. Which of the following should be the FOURTH
industry, according to a technology expert. sentence after rearrangement?
(F) If the meeting of world leaders at Davos is 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
any indication, India is rapidly becoming an 229. Which of the following should be the SECOND
economic rock star. sentence after rearrangement?
216. Which of the following should be the SIXTH 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
(LAST) sentence after the rearrangement? 230. Which of the following should be the FIRST
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E sentence after rearrangement?
217. Which of the following should be the THIRD 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
sentence after the rearrangement? Irrevocable = that cannot be changed or altered;
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E final
218. Which of the following should be the FIFTH Directions (Q. 231-235): Rearrange the following
sentence after the rearrangement? six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) F 5) E proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph;
219. Which of the following should be the FIRST then answer the questions given below them.
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sentence after the rearrangement? (A) As a re sult the non-stop te nsions and
1) F 2) B 3) C 4) A 5) E anxieties at work often result in health-
220. Which of the following should be the SECOND related problems.
sentence after the rearrangement? (B) The truth is we cannot change the world of
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) F work.
Outstrip = to be f as ter, better or more (C) We spend at least half our waking hours at
successful than somebody you are work.
competing against; to become larger, (D) We have the re fore to take charge and
more important, etc than somebody/ transform the way in which we respond to
something our work environment.
In the midst of something = while something is
(E) So how can we control these problems and
happening or being done; while you
are doing something
perform at work?
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Sweeping = having an important effect on a (F) However, we can change the way we feel and
larger part of it deal with various situations.
Harness = to control and use the force or 231. Which of the following should be the LAST
strength of something to produce (SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement?
power or to achieve something 1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
Intangible = that does not exist as a physical 232. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
thing but is s till valuable to a
company
To account for something = to be the explanation
1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
or cause of something 233. Which of the following should be the SECOND
Directions (Q. 226-230): Rearrange the following sentence after rearrangement?
six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; 234. Which of the following should be the FIRST
then answer the questions given below them. sentence after rearrangement?
(A) Se ttle me nt in re al time me ans the 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
transaction is not subjected to any waiting 235. Which of the following should be the FOURTH
period. sentence after rearrangement?
(B) It is a funds transfer mechanism. 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
(C) Moreover, as the money transfer takes place Waking = the state of not being asleep
in the books of RBI it is final and irrevocable. Directions (Q. 236-240): Rearrange the following
(D) The acronym RTGS stands for Real Time six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the
Gross Settlement. proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph;
(E) While gross se ttle me nt' me ans the then answer the questions given below them.
transaction is settled without bunching it (A) Nobody likes to practise it, no matter how
with any other transaction. easy and how beneficial it is.
(F) The transfer of funds takes place on a real (B) An ounce of patience is worth, or at times
time and gross basis. even better than, a pound of brains.
(C) Patience, a virtue, is considered to be even Subtle = difficult to detect or describe

better than wisdom. Verse = a group of lines forming a unit in a
(D) This is the worst drawback in us, in our poem or song
Allusion = a brief or indirect reference
national character.
(E) Every one of us agrees with this fact in
five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper
principle, without reservation.
sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then
(F) But, unfortunate ly, whe n it come s to
answer the questions given below them.
practising patience, there is a problem.
(A) For instance , if we me asure the room
temperature continuously and plot its graph
with time on the X-axis and temperature on
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
the Y-axis, we get a continuous waveform,
which is an analog signal. Analog is always
continuous.
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
(B) The absence or presence of something can
be used to plot a digital signal.
(C) An analog signal is a continuously varying
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
signal, similar to a sinusoidal waveform.
(D) Any signal can be classified into one of the
two types: analog and digital.
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
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(E) In contrast, a digital signal takes the form of
240. Which of the following should be the SIXTH
pulses, where we have something or nothing.
(LAST) statement after rearrangement?
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
Ounce of something = a very small quantity of
something 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
At times = sometimes 247. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
Virtue = behaviour that shows high moral sentence after rearrangement?
standards; goodness 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
Directions (Q. 241-245): Rearrange the following 248. Which of the following should be the FOURTH
six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the sentence after rearrangement?
proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
then answer the questions given below them. 249. Which of the following should be the THIRD
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(A) In all varieties of humour, especially the sentence after rearrangement?
subtle ones, it is therefore what the reader 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
thinks which gives extra meaning to these 250. Which of the following should be the SECOND
verses. sentence after rearrangement?
(B) But such a verse may also be enjoyed at the 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
surface level. Directions (Q. 251-255): Rearrange the following
(C) Nonse nse ve rse is one of the most sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) to make a
sophisticated forms of literature. meanin gful par agraph and t hen answer t he
(D) This fulfils the authors main intention in questions which follow :
such a verse which is to give pleasure. (A) However while reading they would not know
(E) However, the reader who understands the when to pause and what to emphasise.
broad implications of the content and allusion (B) Since then their use has been regularised
finds greater pleasure. and the punctuation rules have been followed
(F) The reason being it requires the reader to by all.
supply a me aning be yond the surface (C) In earlier days, people learnt by reading out
meaning. loud.
241. Which of the following is the FIFTH sentence? (D) But not e ve rybody use d the same
1) D 2) E 3) B 4) C 5) A punctuations for the same thing.
242. Which of the following is the SIXTH (LAST) (E) To addre ss this proble m, various signs
sentence? de picting various punctuations we re
1) F 2) E 3) D 4) A 5) C introduced.
243. Which of the following is the FIRST sentence? (F) Thus firme r guide line s re garding
1) E 2) A 3) F 4) D 5) C punctuations were framed so that everyone
244. Which of the following is the SECOND sentence? used them in similar way.
1) A 2) E 3) F 4) B 5) C 251. Which of the following sentence should be the
245. Which of the following is the THIRD sentence? FIRST after rearrangement?
1) A 2) B 3) F 4) C 5) D 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
252. Which of the following sentence should be the (C) This means that it gives permission for the
SECOND after rearrangement? buyer to use its name and sell its products.
1) A 2) B 3) D 4) E 5) F (D) He pays money to the franchisor, and agrees
253. Which of the following sentence should be the to obey the rules the franchisor makes.
THIRD after rearrangement? (E) A franchising agreement includes two parties.
1) A 2) E 3) D 4) F 5) C (F) The franchisor is the business house/entity
254. Which of the following sentence should be the which grants the franchisee license.
FIFTH after rearrangement? 261. Which of the following should he the FOURTH
1) B 2) C 3) A 4) E 5) F sentence after rearrangement?
255. Which of the following sentence should be the 1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
SIXTH (LAST) after rearrangement? 262. Which of the following should be the LAST
1) C 2) E 3) D 4) B 5) F (SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement?
Directions (Q. 256-260): Rearrange the following 1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) to make a 263. Which of the following should be the SECOND
meaningful paragraph and then answer the sentence after rearrangement?
questions which follow: 1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
(A) Had it been not for them, Indian banks would 264. Which of the following should be the THIRD
have had their hands tied down. sentence after rearrangement?
(B) Today, almost all the countries are facing the 1) E 2) F 3) A 4) D 5) B
heat of recession. 265. Which of the following should be the FIRST
(C) One of these is the strict RBI and SEBI rules sentence after rearrangement?
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which re gulate d banking se ctor ve ry 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
efficiently. Directions (Q. 266-270): Rearrange the following
(D) This could have led to massive losses to sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) to make a
them, which could have percolated to other meanin gful par agraph and t hen answer t he
sectors as well. questions which follow:
(E) However, there are a few things which help (A) The only way in which this problem can be
India in bouncing back from the state of solved is by making artificial blood, which has
recession. remained a distant dream for science.
(F) Like others, India too has not remained (B) Donation of blood is considered to be the
immune to the epidemic. most noble of all the charities.
256. Which of the following sentences should be the (C) If they succeed, it would be noted as one of
THIRD after rearrangement? the most important inventions in the history
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1) A 2) E 3) D 4) F 5) C of mankind.
257. Which of the following sentences should be the (D) This is because this donated magic potion
FIRST after rearrangement? can give life to anothe r pe rson in an
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E emergency.
258. Which of the following sentences should be the (E) A group of scientists, however, has dedicated
SECOND after rearrangement? itself towards making this a reality.
1) A 2) B 3) D 4) E 5) F (F) A growing problem, however, is that the
259. Which of the following sentences should be the requirement for safe blood is increasing
SIXTH (LAST) after rearrangement? whereas the number of donors is decreasing.
1) A 2) E 3) D 4) B 5) F 266. Which of the following sentences should be the
260. Which of the following sentences should be the FIRST after rearrangement?
FIFTH after rearrangement? 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
1) B 2) C 3) A 4) E 5) F 267. Which of the following sentences should be the
Percolate = to move gradually through a surface SECOND after rearrangement?
containing tiny holes or spaces 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) F
Bounce back = to recover well after trouble, illness, 268. Which of the following sentence should be the
hardship etc
THIRD after rearrangement?
Epidemic = the rapid spread of a diseas e
among many people in the same
1) A 2) D 3) C 4) E 5) F
place 269. Which of the following sentences should be the
Directions (Q. 261-265): Rearrange the following FIFTH after rearrangement?
six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) E 5) F
proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; 270. Which of the following sentences should be the
then answer the questions given below them. SIXTH (LAST) after rearrangement?
(A) In turn, the buyer is called the franchisee. 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
(B) These two parties are called the franchisor
and franchisee.
Noble = having or showing very f ine (E) Without cheques, they are likely to keep large
personal qualities, eg honour and amounts of cash in their homes, making
honesty themselves vulnerable to theft.
Potion = a drink of medicine or poison, or a
(F) British banks have thus vote d to phase
liquid used in magic
cheques out in favour of these more modern
payment methods.
sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) to make a
276. Which of the following should be the LAST
meanin gful par agraph and t hen answer t he
(SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement?
questions which follow:
1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
(A) This de cision on which force is to be
maximised lies with every individual.
(B) This belief comes from the fact that science
1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
refle cts the social forces prevailing at a
particular time.
(C) We must maximise the constructive forces
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
of science and the destructive ones should
be minimised. . .
(D) Contrary to popular belief, the greatest enemy
1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
of mankind is not science but war.
(E) She/he must understand that science can
only help in providing ways to reach at either
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1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) F
war or peace and is actually not responsible
Elderly = rather old; past middle age
for causing these. Vulnerable = that can be hurt, harmed or attacked
(F) During peaceful times science is constructive easily especially because of being
and during war, science is perverted to small or weak
destructive ends. Phase something out = to withdraw or stop using
271. Which of the following sentences should be the something gradually or in stages.
SIXTH (LAST) after rearrangement? Directions (Q. 281-285): Rearrange the following
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) to make a
272. Which of the following sentences should be the meanin gful par agraph and t hen answer t he
THIRD after rearrangement? questions which follow:
1) A 2) E 3) F 4) D 5) C (A) According to it, organised retail stores are
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273. Which of the following sentences should be the not wolve s at the doors of frie ndly
FIFTH after rearrangement? neighbourhood grocery stores as there is room
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) E 5) F for expansion of both.
274. Which of the following sentences should be the (B) Many have been crying foul over the entry of
FIRST after rearrangement? organised retail stores expressing concern
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E over their impact on small store owners.
275. Which of the following sentences should be the (C) The final winner in the competition, however,
SECOND after rearrangement? is the common man who gets to choose
1) A 2) B 3) D 4) E 5) F between the most suitable options and in
Pervert = to make somebody, their mind, etc turn fights with the runaway inflation in prices
turn away from what is considered of essential commodities.
right or natural (D) In spite of this potential for expansion, it is
Directions (Q. 276-280): Rearrange the following doubtless that the small store owners face a
six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the decline in profit in initial years if organised
proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; retailers set up stores in the vicinity.
then answer the questions given below them. (E) But a study conducted over a period of two
(A) Howe ve r, if this happe ns it will cause years goes a long way towards allaying these
problems for the elderly who mainly use fears.
cheques. (F) This impact, however, wears off once they
(B) The use of cheques has fallen dramatically learn to take on the competition which in
in the past few years. turn enhances efficiency all around.
(C) Thus, cheques may be phased out gradually, 281. Which of the following sentences should be the
making sure that the needs of all consumers, FIRST after rearrangement?
including the elderly, are met. 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
(D) This is because more and more consumers 282. Which of the following sentences should be the
are transferring money electronically by direct THIRD after rearrangement?
debit or credit cards. 1) A 2) E 3) D 4) F 5) C
283. Which of the following sentences should be the 286. Which of the following sentences should be the
SIXTH (LAST) after rearrangement? FIFTH after rearrangement?
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) E 5) F 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) E 5) F
SECOND after rearrangement? THIRD after rearrangement?
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) E 5) F 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
FIFTH after rearrangement? FIRST after rearrangement?
1) D 2) B 3) C 4) E 5) F 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
Keep the wolf from = to have enough money to 289. Which of the following sentences should be the
the door avoid hunger and need SIXTH (LAST) after rearrangement?
Foul = very unpleasant; very bad; 1) A 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
terrible
290. Which of the following sentences should be the
Runaway = happening very rapidly or
easily
SECOND after rearrangement?
Vicinity = the area round a place 1) A 2) B 3) D 4) E 5) F
Allay = to make something less; to Stimulate = to make somebody/something more
relieve something active or al ert; to encourage
Wear something off = to disappear or remove somebody/something
something gradually. Turn-around = a complete change in a situation or
Take on = to assume something; to begin a trend, especially from bad to good
to have a particular Exorbitant = much too high or great;
characteris tic, quality or unreasonable
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appearance Abundance = a quantity that is more than enough;
Enhance = to increase or improve further a very large amount
the good qual ity, val ue or Overshadow = to dominate somebody/something;
status of somebody/ to make somebody something seem
something less important or noticeable
Directions (Q. 286-290): Rearrange the following Directions (Q. 291-295): Rearrange the following
sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) to make a six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the
meanin gful par agraph and t hen answer t he proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph;
questions which follow : then answer the questions given below.
(A) While these disadvantages of biofuels are (A) With all the bid information being available
serious, they are the only alternate energy and tracke d online , corruption has
source of the future and the sooner we find considerably reduced.
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solutions to these problems the faster we (B) Today, most, ie over ninety-five per cent,
will be able to solve the problems we are now households, in the city enjoy broadband
facing with gasoline. connection.
(B) This fuel can also help to stimulate jobs (C) All city contracts are now bid for online.
locally since they are also much safer to (D) Over twenty years ago the city government,
handle than gasoline and can thus have the Central Government and the private sector
potential to turn around a global economy. made a concerted effort to shift the economy
(C) These include dependence on fossil fuels for to include IT.
the machinery required to produce biofuel (E) As our cities do expand and become more
which ends up polluting as much as the complex, such a system will make governance
burning of fossil fue ls on roads and more manageable.
exorbitant cost of biofuels which makes it (F) This level of connectedness has changed not
very difficult for the common man to switch only the citys economy but also how it is
to this option. governed and how business is conducted.
(D) This turnaround can potentially help to bring 291. Which of the following should be the FIRST
world peace and end the need to depend on sentence after rearrangement?
foreign countries for energy requirements. 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
(E) Biofuels are made from plant sources and 292. Which of the following should be the SECOND
since the se source s are available in sentence after rearrangement?
abundance and can be reproduced on a 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) F
massive scale, they form an energy source 293. Which of the following should be the THIRD
that is potentially unlimited. sentence after rearrangement?
(F) However everything is not as green with the 1) A 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
biofuels as it seems as there are numerous 294. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
disadvantages involve d, which at time s sentence after rearrangement?
overshadow their positive impact. 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
295. Which of the following should be the LAST Deprive somebody/something of something =
(SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement? to take something away f rom
1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F somebody/something; to prevent
Bid = to offer a price in order to buy somebody/s omething f rom
something especially at an auction; enjoying or using something
a price offered in order to buy Directions (Q. 301-305): Rearrange the following
something at an auction or in sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) & (F) to make a
business meanin gful par agraph and t hen answer t he
Concerted = arranged or done together with questions which follow:
somebody (A) If tomorrows children meet these two crucial
Directions (Q. 296-300): Rearrange the following criteria they are likely to have the opportunity
sentences (A), (B), (C). (D), (E) and (F) to make a both to pursue work to fulfil their dreams
meanin gful par agraph and t hen answer t he and make an impact on the world around.
questions which follow: (B) In the 21st century, however, this no longer
(A) In fact, according to mainstream economists, holds true as the e xpe ctations of
it is inevitable and a necessary evil in any organisations have changed.
economy. (C) The concept of job in the 20th century was
(B) It is thus important for every nation to often equated with toil.
maintain this reserve of labour force to (D) In order to meet these changed expectations,
maintain an optimal level of unemployment. employees need commitment and access to
(C) Unemployment is popularly believed to be an continuous learning.
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index which measures the economic condition (E) Jobs were acquired, learned and performed
of a nation. until retirement and did not have to be
(D) This is because it helps avert inflation by rewarding.
providing a reserve army of labour which (F) They demand more creativity and expertise
keeps wages in check. and want employees to be responsible for both
(E) The problem, however, only emerges when outputs and outcomes.
gove rnme nts indire ctly facilitate 301. Which of the following should be the FIRST
unemployment in order to curb inflation sentence after rearrangement?
through various policies and frameworks, 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
de priving a large population of its 302. Which of the following should be the SECOND
fundamental rights. sentence after rearrangement?
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(F) But contrary to popular belief unemployment 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
is not always disadvantage ous to the 303. Which of the following should be the THIRD
economy of a state. sentence after rearrangement?
296. Which of the following sentences should be the 1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
SIXTH (LAST) after rearrangement? 304. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) E 5) F sentence after rearrangement?
297. Which of the following sentences should be the 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) F
FIRST after rearrangement? 305. Which of the following should be the LAST
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E (SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement?
298. Which of the following sentences should be the 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) F
FIFTH after rearrangement? Toil = work that is hard and makes one
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) E 5) F very tired
299. Which of the following sentences should be the Outcome = the effect or result of an action or
SECOND after rearrangement? event
1) A 2) B 3) D 4) E 5) F Output = the amount of something that a
pers on, a machine or an
300. Which of the following sentences should be the
organisation produces
THIRD after rearrangement?
1) A 2) E 3) D 4) F 5) C
Inevitable = certain to happen
Optimal = best or most favourable
Avert = to turn something away; to prevent then answer the questions given below them.
something; to avoid something (A) It is therefore a contributing factor to the
Emerge = to develop and become noticeable, growth of landfills and waterway pollution,
important or prominent both of which are costly and energy-intensive
Facilitate = to make something especially an to solve.
action or a process, easy or easier (B) Making an effort to use those resources and
Curb = to restrain something; to prevent
avoid polystyrene ones can help to decrease
something from getting out of
control
your environmental impact.
(C) Non-biodegradable essentially means that 311. Which of the following will be the THIRD
any polystyrene that makes its way into a sentence?
landfill will stay there indefinitely, never 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
breaking down and returning to the earth. 312. Which of the following will be the SECOND
(D) Polystyrene, as a product, is very convenient sentence?
to use, but it has some important effects we 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
should consider when making choices as 313. Which of the following will be the FOURTH
consumers, sentence?
(E) While recycling polystyrene material can 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
cushion the environmental blow of its use, 314. Which of the following will be the FIR ST
alternatives are available that are created sentence?
from renewable resources and biodegrade 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
more readily. 315. Which of the following will be the FIFTH (LAST)
(F) For example, while polystyrene has some sentence?
excellent uses and is technically recyclable, 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
it is not a substance that biodegrades. Ageing = the process of growing old
306. Which of the following should be the LAST Oblivious = not aware of or not noticing
(SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement? something
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E Directions (Q. 316-320): Rearrange the following
307. Which of the following should be the FOURTH six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the
sentence after rearrangement? proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph;
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1) E 2) F 3) A 4) D 5) B then answer the questions given below them.
308. Which of the following should be the FIRST (A) A legal framework is thus now available for
sentence after rearrangement? promoting energy efficiency in all sectors of
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E the economy.
309. Which of the following should be the SECOND (B) The increasing preference for commercial
sentence after rearrangement? energy has led to a sharp increase in the
1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F demand for electricity and fossil fuels.
310. Which of the following should be the FIFTH (C) There is still a considerable potential for
sentence after rearrangement? repairing such damage and reducing energy
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E consumption by adopting energy-efficiency
Landfill = an area of land where waste material measures at various sectors of our country.
is buried under layers of earth (D) This framework is nothing but the Energy
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Cushion = to soften the effect of an impact; to Conservation Act, 2001, the success of which
protect somebody/something from greatly depends on the people who take the
s omething harmf ul , sometimes lead in supporting this programme.
excessively. (E) This use of fossil fue ls has re sulted in
Directions (Q. 311-315): Rearrange the following emission of a huge quantity of carbon dioxide
five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper causing serious environmental damage.
sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then (F) These adopted measures will not only reduce
answer the questions given below them. the need to create new capacity requiring high
(A) During this ageing process, you had first investment, but also result in substantial
heard statements such as: You cant ride environmental benefits.
your bicycle until you are seven and, You 316. Which of the following should be the FIRST
cant drive a car until youre 18. sentence after rearrangement?
(B) But, you need to remember that part of you 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
has an ageless mind and is quite oblivious 317. Which of the following should be the FOURTH
to the physical ageing process you just sentence after rearrangement?
need to encourage it to overcome this excuse 1) E 2) F 3) A 4) D 5) B
of being old. 318. Which of the following should be the SECOND
(C) The age excuse of being too old comes from sentence after rearrangement?
an inclination to identify yourself with the 1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F
number of trips you have made around the 319. Which of the following should be the LAST
sun. (SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement?
(D) The age of your body can seem to be quite an 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
obstacle on the road to changing long-held 320. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
thinking habits. sentence after rearrangement?
(E) Then at some point you discovered that you 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
went from being not old enough to being too
old.
Directions (Q. 321-325): Rearrange the following (B) Speak to her, he said, Shes into books.
six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the (C) The friend who had brought me there noticed
proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; my noticing her.
then answer the questions given below them. (D) In late 2003, I was still paying taxes in
(A) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which had America, so it horrifie d me that the US
last intervened in the foreign exchange Consulate was hosting a Gallo drinking
market in June 2009, was seen buying dollars appreciation event.
to stem the rupees runaway appreciation. (E) Behind them, a pianist was playing old film
(B) The bank had for so long resisted a rate tunes, and a slim short woman was dancing
increase, but finally toed the line of other around him.
banks as its cost of funds has gone up. 326. Which of the following would be the FOURTH
(C) The local currency recently rose to a 25- sentence?
month high against the dollar on sustained 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
capital inflows. 327. Which of the following would be the FIRST
(D) Some interesting things have happened in sentence?
the Indian financial system in the past few 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
weeks. 328. Which of the following would be the FIFTH
(E) The RBI also announced a `12,000 crore buy- (LAST) sentence?
back of government bonds from the market 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
to infuse money into a liquidity-starved 329. Which of the following would be the SECOND
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banking system. sentence?
(F) Finally, the State Bank of India, the nations 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
large st lende r, has raise d its minimum 330. Which of the following would be the THIRD
lending rate, or base rate, by 10 basis points. sentence?
(One basis point is one-hundredth of a 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
percentage point) Directions (Q. 331-335): Rearrange the following
321. Which of the following would be the THIRD six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the
sentence? proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph;
1) B 2) A 3) D 4) E 5) F then answer the questions given below.
322. Which of the following would be the SIXTH (A) Ironically the same pare nts who are
(LAST) sentence? considered to be ignorant are thought to be
1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) A very enlightened in choosing private schools
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323. Which of the following would be the SECOND over state-run ones.
sentence? (B) This is all the more reason why we should
1) A 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F include the m during the planning and
324. Which of the following would be the FOURTH implementation of the system.
sentence? (C) This is apparent at every stage from policy
1) B 2) C 3) D 4) A 5) E making to imple me ntation as critical
325. Which of the following would be the FIRST decisions are made without the participation
sentence? of the stakeholders, an attitude that can only
1) B 2) C 3) D 4) E 5) F be de scribe d as e ithe r arrogance or
Intervene = to come or be between indifference.
To stem = to stop something which is (D) In reality, every parent decides which school
fl owing, s preading or is a good one, based on his/her own set of
increasing
values, perceptions and aspirations.
Runaway = happening very rapidly and
easily
(E) The root cause of most of the ills that plague
To toe the line = to obey the orders and express our e ducation syste m is the e normous
the opinions of ones group or distance that separates the power centres
party; to conform within the system and the schools where the
Infuse = to put a quality into somebody/ action takes place.
something; to fill somebody/ (F) It is often said in defense of such an approach
something with a quality that poor parents are too ignorant to be
Directions (Q. 326-330): Rearrange the following partners in a meaningful dialogue.
five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper 331. Which of the following should be the SIXTH
sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then (LAST) sentence after rearrangement?
answer the questions given below. 1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E
(A) What a waste of my tax money, I thought, 332. Which of the following should be the THIRD
walking past the pe ople having fre e sentence after rearrangement?
Californian Chardonnay. 1) A 2) B 2) C 3) D 5) F
333. Which of the following should be the SECOND Ignorant = rude through lack of knowledge of
sentence after rearrangement? or respect for good manners
1) F 2) D 3) C 4) E 5) A Enlightened = having or s howing an
understanding of what the current
situation requires , rather than
sentence after rearrangement? following conventional thought
1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) E Apparent = clearly seen or undrestood; obvious
335. Which of the following should be the FOURTH Arrogant = behaving in a proud and superior
sentence after rearrangement? manner; showing too much pride in
1) E 2) D 3) C 4) B 5) A oneself and too l ittl e
Ironically = it seems ironic that considerations for others
Ironic = happening in the opposite way to Indifference = a lack of interest, feeling or reaction
what is expected, and often causing towards somebody/something
amusement because of this Plague = to cause trouble or difficulty to
somebody/something especially
continually or repeatedly
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Exercise-1
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1. 5 2. 1 3. 3 4. 2 5. 4 51. 5 52. 3 53. 5 54. 1 55. 2
6. 4 7. 2 8. 5 9. 1 10. 4 56. 4 57. 5 58. 2 59. 4 60. 1
11. 3 12. 4 13. 3 14. 5 15. 2 61. 3 62. 3 63. 2 64. 5 65. 5
16. 3 17. 2 18. 1 19. 5 20. 2 66. 2 67. 1 68. 5 69. 2 70. 3
21. 1 22. 4 23. 4 24. 3 25. 5 71. 5 72. 3 73. 1 74. 2 75. 2
26. 5 27. 1 28. 4 29. 2 30. 2 76. 3 77. 4 78. 5 79. 2 80. 4
31. 3 32. 5 33. 3 34. 2 35. 4 81. 1 82. 5 83. 4 84. 5 85. 3
36. 4 37. 1 38. 4 39. 3 40. 2 86. 4 87. 2 88. 1 89. 3 90. 5
41. 5 42. 2 43. 1 44. 3 45. 5 91. 2 92. 4 93. 1 94. 4 95. 2
46. 4 47. 4 48. 3 49. 2 50. 1 96. 5 97. 3 98. 1
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Exercise-2
(1-5): C come s first be cause it is the only (22-26):
independent sentence. We then place the 22. 5 23. 1 24. 3 25. 2 26. 4
sentences having it is a time, the phrase (27-31):
that refers to C. Among three such sentences 27. 1 28. 2 29. 5 30. 3 31. 1
D, E and F , F comes first because of its (32-35): The sequence of the sentences: ECADBF
plain structure . Also in D makes it the 32. 2 33. 3 34. 5 35. 2
subsequent sentence. While most of all in E (36-40):
makes it the last among these three. Thus, 36. 1 37. 3 38. 2 39. 4 40. 5
our sentences are CFDE. (41-45):
Now, look at the words visualise them in B. 41. 5 42. 4 43. 3 44. 2 45. 1
These words are a clear reference to the words (46-50): The right sequence will be CGEAFDB.
in E: opportunities ... challenges ... ahead. 46. 1 47. 2 48. 4 49. 4 50. 2
Thus, E is followed by B. The remaining (51-55):
sentence, i.e. A, comes at the end. Thus, we 51. 3 52. 1 53. 4 54. 2 55. 5
have C F D E B A (56-60): Order of the sentences of the passage is
1. 1 2. 1 3. 1 4. 3 5. 4 BEDAC.
(6-11): The order of the sentences will be EGCAFDHB. 56. 5 57. 4 58. 2 59. 1 60. 3
6. 2 7. 1 8. 4 (61-65):
9. 4 10. 5 11. 3 61. 4 62. 1 63. 3 64. 5 65. 2
(12-16): (66-70): The right order of the sentences will be
12. 1 13. 4 14. 3 15. 1 16. 3 ECADB.
(17-21): 66. 4 67. 3 68. 2 69. 5 70. 1
17. 3 18. 2 19. 1 20. 3 21. 3 (71-75):
71. 1 72. 2 73. 4 74. 3 75. 5
(76-80): (181-185): The correct sequence of sentences will be

76. 2 77. 3 78. 5 79. 1 80. 4 CFBEAD.
(81-85): 181. 3 182. 5 183. 2 184. 1 185. 4
81. 1 82. 4 83. 3 84. 1 85. 2 (186-190): The correct sequence of sentences will be
(86-90): CFAEDB.
86. 5 87. 2 88. 4 89. 3 90. 1 186. 5 187. 2 188. 3 189. 1 190. 3
(91-95): Correct order of the sentence will be DCFBEA. (191-195): The correct sequence of sentences will be
91. 1 92. 5 93. 2 94. 4 95. 3 DBFAEC.
(96-100): Correct order of the se ntence will be 191. 2 192. 1 193. 3 194. 4 195. 5
DCFBEA (196-200): The correct sequence of sentences will be
96. 5 97. 4 98. 3 99. 2 100. 1 CFADBE.
(101-105): The arrangement should be DBACE. 196. 2 197. 4 198. 5 199. 3 200. 1
(106-110:): Correct order of the sentence will be BDFEAC.
BDEFCA. 201. 2 202. 4 203. 5 204. 1 205. 3
(111-115): Correct order of the sentence will be CFAEBD.
CFDBAE. 206. 1 207. 3 208. 5 209. 3 210. 2
(116-120): Correct order of the sentence will be BADECF.
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CEAFDB. 211. 2 212. 1 213. 4 214. 3 215. 5
(121-125): Correct order of the sentence will be DBFAEC
CFAEBD. 216. 4 217. 2 218. 1 219. 5 220. 3
(126-130); Correct order of the sentence will be FAEBCD
FDGAECB. 221. 4 222. 5 223. 3 224. 1 225. 1
(131-135):The correct sequence of sentences will be DBFAEC.
CEAFBD. 226. 3 227. 5 228. 1 229. 2 230. 4
(136-140): Correct sequence of the sentences will be CAEBFD.
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CFDBAE. 231. 3 232. 5 233. 1 234. 3 335. 2
(141-145): Correct sequence of the sentences will be CBEFAD.
BDFAEC. 236. 3 237. 2 238. 5 239. 1 240. 4
(146-150): The correct sequence of the sentences will CFBDEA.
be BDACEF. 241. 2 242. 4 243. 5 244. 3 245. 2
(151-155): The correct sequence of the sentences will DCAEB.
be. DEBAFC 246. 4 247. 2 248. 5 249. 1 250. 3
(156-160): Correct sequence of the sentences will be CAEDFB.
DAFBEC. 251. 3 252. 1 253. 2 254. 5 255. 4
156. 4 157. 1 158. 5 159. 3 160. 2 256-260: The correct sequence of sentences will be
(161-165): Correct sequence of the sentences will be BFECAD.
DAFCEB. 256. 2 257. 2 258. 5 259. 3 260. 3
(166-170): Correct sequence of the sentences will be EBFCAD.
CADFBE. 261. 2 262. 3 263. 1 264. 2 265. 5
166. 3 167. 5 168. 2 169. 1 170. 4 (266-270): The correct sequence of the sentence will
(171-175): The correct sequence of sentences will be be BDFAEC.
ECFDBA. 266. 2 267. 4 268. 5 269. 4 270. 3
(176-180): The correct sequence of sentences will be DBFCAE.
EBCDFA. 271. 5 272. 3 273. 1 274. 4 275. 2
176. 5 177. 1 178. 2 179. 3 180. 5
(276-280): The correct sequence of sentences will be (316-320): The correct sequence of sentences will be
BDFCAE. BECFAD.
276. 4 277. 5 278. 1 279. 1 280. 4 316. 2 317. 2 318. 4 319. 4 320. 1
(281-285): The correct sequence of sentences will be (321-325): The correct sequence of sentences will be
BEADFC. DCAEFB.
281. 2 9282. 1 283. 3 284. 4 285. 5 321. 2 322. 1 323. 2 324. 5 325. 3
(286-290): The correct sequence of sentences will be (326-330): he in sentence (B) is used for The friend
EBDFCA. in sentence (C). Hence (B) must follow (C). Playing
286. 3 287. 4 288. 5 289. 1 290. 2 piano and a dancing woman, as mentioned in sentence
(291-295): The correct sequence of sentences will be (E), is what the author thinks as a waste of his money
DBFCAE. state d in sente nce (A). Sentence (D) is giving the
291. 4 292. 2 293. 5 294. 1 295. 4 introduction of the topic. Hence the correct sequence
(296-300): The correct sequence of sentences will be is DAECB.
CFADBE. 326. 3 327. 4 328. 2 329. 1 330. 5
296. 4 297. 3 298. 2 299. 5 300. 1 (331-335): Every other sentence except (E) has a key
(301-305): The correct sequence of sentences will be connector in it, suggesting that (E) inde ed is the
CEBFDA. opening sentence. This in sentence (C) is used for the
301. 3 302. 5 303. 1 304. 4 305. 1 situation de scribe d in (E). He nce, (C) follows (E).
(306-310): The correct sequence of sentences will be Sentence (C) supports the sentence (B). Hence, (B)
DFCAEB. follows (C). (A) follows (F) because (A) is contradicting
306. 2 307. 3 308. 4 309. 5 310. 5 the condition mentioned in (F) using ironically. Hence,
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(311-315): The correct sequence of sentences will be the correct sequence is ECDBFA
DAECB. 331. 2 332. 5 333. 3 334. 5 335. 5
311. 5 312. 1 313. 3 314. 4 315. 2
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512 Test of English Language

reas on or experience and that Heed = to pay attention to s omething/

Strife = angry or violent disagreement; 1) ADCB 2 ) BDCA 3) DCBA

(B) That hasnt happened. Inoculate = to inject a person or an animal with

reconstructing social structures so that they system.

having an exceptional memory in a world of proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph;

(C) Patience, a virtue, is considered to be even Subtle = difficult to detect or describe

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(76-80): (181-185): The correct sequence of sentences will be

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