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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
tramp (P)/I was (Q)/ as free (R)/ as a (S) |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
scarcely touching (P)/ along (Q)/ he glides (R)/ the ground (S) |
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question_answer3)
DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
the narcissus (P)/ bloom (Q)/ is the (R)/ first to (S) |
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question_answer4)
DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
the first film (P)/he ever (Q) that is (R)/ saw (S) |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
see us (P)/ you must (Q)/ and (R)/ come (S) |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
P: an image of a person in meditative pose |
Q: surrounded by animal, wild and tame |
R: we have in the relics of Mohenjodaro |
S: with eyes closed and indrawn |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
P: by her indulgent parents |
Q: the child was so spoiled |
R: when she did not receive all of their attention |
S: that she pouted and became sullen |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
P: new members |
Q: and to raise money |
R: the purpose of the meeting |
S: is to introduce |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
P: for the future |
Q: and poses the major challenge |
R: commercial energy consumption |
S: shows an increasing trend |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
P: that |
Q: racialism |
R: should be wiped out |
S: people want |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
is (P)/ Hindu Sculpture (Q)/ movement (R)/full of (S) |
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question_answer12)
DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
to the total cost of the product (P)/ in reasonable proportion (Q)/ advertising cost are (R)/ no longer(S) |
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question_answer13)
DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
unsurpassed power (P)/ modem society (Q)/ in (R)/ women enjoy (S) |
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question_answer14)
DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
American (P)/ as men (Q)/ earn as much (R)/ working women (S) |
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question_answer15)
DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
Adventure Programmes (P)/ adult programmes (Q)/ more than (R)/ children watch (S) |
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question_answer16)
DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
P: checked regularly |
Q: you should have |
R: blood pressure |
S: your |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
P: she |
Q: his phone number |
R: didn't know |
S: she claimed |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
P: Indian |
Q: earn as much |
R: working women |
S: as men |
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question_answer19)
DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
P: in the budget is artificial |
Q: but there is some merit in it |
R: as distinct from consumption |
S: the bifurcation of plan and non-plan funds |
T: in so far as it focuses attention on development expenses |
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question_answer20)
DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
P: disintegrates some part of the old truths, and |
Q: there by upsets the way of men's thinking and |
R: science does not merely add new truths to the old ones, but |
S: sometimes the new truth it discovers |
T: the ways of their lives |
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question_answer21)
DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
P: he was highly sensitive and resentful |
Q: towards the country or to those |
R: when there was even implied discourtesy |
S: while he was extremely gentle and tolerant |
T: he held in honour |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
P: equality before law and the right |
Q: however money and all that money |
R: today political freedom assures people |
S: to elect their government |
T: can buy is not fairly distributed |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
P: a cycle of poor health that begins |
Q: in developing countries experience |
R: before they are born and |
S: many women |
T: persists through adulthood passing from generation to generation |
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question_answer24)
DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
P: the image dies as soon as it is seen |
Q: and based" on a delicate system of filming and recording |
R: its working does not consist in storing or recording an image |
S: the science of television is highly sophisticated |
T: it rather catches and reflects an image like a mirror |
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question_answer25)
DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
P: as time passed, the layer of sludge became very thick and covered with mud, |
Q: when they died, they sank "to the ocean bed and decayed into sludge |
R: the weight of water and mud pressing down on the sludge |
S: countless tiny sea animals lived in the ocean millions of years ago |
T: changed it into tiny drops of oil |
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question_answer26)
DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
P: the chief reason is that it is considered rude to differ with them |
Q: moreover, even agreeing with them completely is not considered good manners |
R: in England it is not easy to keep up conversation with women in company; |
S: nor can you ask them to give a reason for the opinion they profess; |
T: you are also afraid of imposing your views upon them |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R and S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence. |
P: and was at once convinced |
Q: he sent a few copies of the book to well- known poetry critics |
R: shaw read the first few lines of the volume |
S: and awaited their reaction |
T: that what he was reading was real poetry |
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DIRECTION: The questions that follow consist of groups of jumbled phrases. Only one of the four options, when unscrambled, can make a grammatically correct sentence. Disregarding punctuation errors, identify the correct options. |
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DIRECTION: The questions that follow consist of groups of jumbled phrases. Only one of the four options, when unscrambled, can make a grammatically correct sentence. Disregarding punctuation errors, identify the correct options. |
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DIRECTION: The questions that follow consist of groups of jumbled phrases. Only one of the four options, when unscrambled, can make a grammatically correct sentence. Disregarding punctuation errors, identify the correct options. |
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DIRECTION: The questions that follow consist of groups of jumbled phrases. Only one of the four options, when unscrambled, can make a grammatically correct sentence. Disregarding punctuation errors, identify the correct options. |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions, the sentences P, Q, R and S, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from amongst the four given choices so as to form a coherent paragraph. |
P: The computer took 45 hours of non-stop computation. Q: The computer was not allowed to learn from experience. R: This is not really surprising, because with eleven items of clothing the number of possible combinations is given by multiplying 11,10,9,8 and so on, which gives over 39 million combinations. S: Someone once used the IBM computer to work out the number of ways of getting dressed with eleven items of clothing. |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions, the sentences P, Q, R and S, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from amongst the four given choices so as to form a coherent paragraph. |
P: One day, a 17 - year old shepherd boy came to visit his brothers and asked, why don't you stand up and fight the giant" Q: We all know the story of David and Goliath, in which there was a giant who was bullying and harassing the children in the village. R: But David said. No, he is not too big to hit; he is too big to miss." S: The brothers were terrified and they replied, don't you see he is too big to hit?"
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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions, the sentences P, Q, R and S, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from amongst the four given choices so as to form a coherent paragraph. |
P: Businesses often feel that since they have a lot of market muscle and in such a dominant position, maintenance will be enough. |
Q: IBM has also suffered from lower priced clones when the mystique of computers was off and there was no longer a need for reassurance from the solidity of Big Blue. |
R: IBM fell behind on the concept of "connectivity" and has suffered as a result. |
S: In recent years, however, even mighty IBM found that market domination was not enough if you fall behind on concept. |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions, the sentences P, Q, R and S, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from amongst the four given choices so as to form a coherent paragraph. |
P: Of course, they have not made the blunders that some others have made, but neither did they grow. |
Q: The chief executive had done an excellent job in welding a group of motley and successful companies into one profitable company. |
R: It is not surprising that company had been sitting on a cash hoard of about 24 billion year after year without any attempt to use it for growth or development. |
S: The chief executive of the General Electric Company in England once told me that he was very happy when there were no problems in any of his many divisions. |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions, the sentences P, Q, R and S, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from amongst the four given choices so as to form a coherent paragraph. |
P: In the past, the customised tailoring units were localised to the township or city and catered exclusively to domestic demand. |
Q: Traditionally, Indians preferred custom- made clothing and the concept of ready- to-wear is a relatively recent one. |
R: Consumer awareness of styling issues and the convenience afforded by ready-to-wear helped RMG industry make small inroads into the domestic market in the 1980s. |
S: The customised tailoring outfits have always been a major source of clothing for domestic market. |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions, the sentences P, Q, R and S, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from amongst the four given choices so as to form a coherent paragraph. |
P: Such a system will help to identify and groom executives for positions of strategists. |
Q: Evaluation of performance is more often than not done for the purpose of reward or punishment for past performance. |
R: They must become an integral part of the executive system'. |
S: Even where the evaluation system is for one's promotion to assume higher responsibilities, it rarely includes terms that are a key for playing the role of strategist effectively, e.g., the skills of playing the role of change agent and creative problem solving. |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions, the sentences P, Q, R and S, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from amongst the four given choices so as to form a coherent paragraph. |
P: Participation involves more than the formal sharing of decisions. |
Q: Through anticipation individuals or organisations consider trends and make plans, shielding institutions from trauma of learning by shock. |
R: Innovative learning involves both anticipation and participation. |
S: It is an attitude characterised by the cooperation, dialogue and empathy. |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions, the sentences P, Q, R and S, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from amongst the four given choices so as to form a coherent paragraph. |
P: Michael Hofman, a poet and translator, accepts this sorry fact without approval. |
Q: But thanklessness and impossibility do not daunt him. |
R: He acknowledges too-infact, he returns to the point often-the best translators of poetry always fail at some level. |
S: Hofman feels passionately about his work and this is clear from his writings. |
T: In terms of the gap between worth and rewards, translators come somewhere near nurses and street cleaners. |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions, the sentences P, Q, R and S, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from amongst the four given choices so as to form a coherent paragraph. |
P: Almost a century ago, when the father of the modem automobile industry. Henry Ford, sold the first Model T car, he decided that only the best would do for his customers. Q: Today, it is committed to delivering the' finest quality with over six million vehicles a year in over 200 countries across the world. R: And for over 90 years, this philosophy has endured in the Ford Motor company. S: Thus a vehicle is ready for the customers only, if it passes the Ford 'Zero Defect Programme'. |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions, the sentences P, Q, R and S, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from amongst the four given choices so as to form a coherent paragraph. |
P: In a number of cases, the drivers have refused to carry passengers according to the meter-reading despite it being in working condition. |
Q: For instance, according to a complaint, the driver of an auto rickshaw not only misbehaved but also ran away with Rs. 500 from Dhaula Kuan on October 13. |
R: Refusal to carry commuters to their respective destinations is another common complaint which has been lodged with the call centres. |
S: What have been the most shocking are the complaints about misbehaviour by the rickshaw drivers with the passengers. |
T: Similarly, another driver ran away with the luggage of the passenger on the Karol Bagh-Paschim Vihar route. |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions, the sentences P, Q, R and S, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from amongst the four given choices so as to form a coherent paragraph. |
P: Finish specialists recommended a chewing gum containing xylitol-a natural sweetener present in birch, maple, corn and straw-to be used several times a day by young children. |
Q: Chewing gum is a new solution that "may work for parents whose children suffer from chronic ear infections. |
R: An experiment was conducted involving three hundred and six children between two and six years. |
S: After Finish studies showed that xylitol is effective in preventing cavities, a team of researchers decided to investigate its effects on a very similar type of bacteria which causes ear infections. |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of these questions, the sentences P, Q, R and S, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from amongst the four given choices so as to form a coherent paragraph. |
P: Such a national policy will surely divide and never unite the people. |
Q: Infact, it suites the purpose of the politicians, they can drag the people into submission by appealing to them in the name of religion. |
R: In order to inculcate, the unquestioning belief, they condemn the other states which do not follow their religion. |
S: The emergence of the theocratic states, where all types of crimes are committed in the name of religion of the middle Ages is dangerous. |
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DIRECTIONS: Arrange the sentences, A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6. |
1. The list of horrors goes on. |
And one in every five is malnourished. |
This is because local clinics, ill-equipped to deal with even small things, either don't work or simply don't exist. |
Nobody has been able to figure out a way to reduce the speed that is at the root of India's over-population problems: a baby born every second. |
There is such an acute shortage of treatment centers that premier hospitals are choked with patients who show up to treat their coughs and colds. |
6. Kalyan Banerjee, a consultant at the hospital is worried. |
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DIRECTIONS: Arrange the sentences, A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6. |
1. It was something I knew that it would give me a chance to be my own boss. |
I could have more except that supervision becomes difficult. |
Today I have 800 on my staff, office and members. |
The moment I announced I was starting a business, people started contacting me. |
I was sick of working for others. |
6. Our clients are well-known industrialists and organizations, many of whom were in touch with me when I was in the services. |
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DIRECTIONS: Arrange the sentences, A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6. |
1. Fire ripped through another pipeline in southern Nigeria, killing at least 40 people. |
The explosion was the third in two weeks. |
Police were deployed to stop villagers from stealing fuel from other pipelines. |
Local politicians have blamed this vandalism on cartels. |
Once the cartels have siphoned off fuel, impoverished locals move in to collect what they can for sale to passing motorists. |
6. But pipelines often explode, and the practice has left about 2000 people dead in the past two years. |
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1. Reservation should not exceed 50% for the civil services for want of balance and efficiency. |
If reservation is 50% it is adequate for aspirants from reserved category and even unreserved category to get an equal opportunity. |
The number of aspirants to the civil services in India is very large and they come from various socioeconomic backgrounds. |
These aspirants come from both reserved and unreserved category. |
But if reservation were to exceed 50% mark, a lot of deserving candidates from unreserved category would be deprived of a chance. |
6. Thus to achieve optimum efficiency, it is essential to maintain a maximum of 50% reservation." |
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DIRECTIONS: Arrange the sentences, A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6. |
1. This is a company that prides itself on its carefully matured extensive distribution blocks and mentor network. |
The company also plans a foray into the service sector by setting up a chain of launderettes across the country. |
Yet today, pre-cooked chapatis and ready- made mixes are a big market. |
And that's not all. |
Today the idea may appear a trifle ambitious but remember that it was not so long ago that the same things were said about the market for ready-to-eat foods and branded cereals. |
6. Disposable incomes are rising in the metres and big cities and time is at a premium. |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of the questions below four sentences are given which are denoted by (A), (B), (C) and (D). By using all the four sentences you have to frame a meaningful paragraph. Choose the correct order of the sentences from the four alternatives. |
You would be very surprised indeed to find it hot. |
Cold, of course. |
And yet that was what I found when I visited North Island, the northern part of New Zealand. |
When you go bathing in a river or a pond, do you expect the water to be hot or cold? |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of the questions below four sentences are given which are denoted by (A), (B), (C) and (D). By using all the four sentences you have to frame a meaningful paragraph. Choose the correct order of the sentences from the four alternatives. |
Because, if the manager's subordinates are inefficient and ineffective and are not helped to increase their efficiency and effectiveness, the task may not be achieved. |
This must be just as true as the responsibility for achieving his prescribed tasks. |
If it is achieved it is at too great a cost, or at the risk of other effects, many of which are less obvious. |
It is often and that one of the prime responsibilities of a manager is the training and development of his staff. |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of the questions below four sentences are given which are denoted by (A), (B), (C) and (D). By using all the four sentences you have to frame a meaningful paragraph. Choose the correct order of the sentences from the four alternatives. |
Modem research, however, has proved that there were invaders even before the Aryans poured into this land. |
It was thought that they came to a country which was Uncivilized and barbarian. |
They had evolved a civilization higher than that of the Aryan hordes who came in their wake. |
Till recently the Aryans were regarded as the earliest invaders of the land. |
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DIRECTIONS: In each of the questions below four sentences are given which are denoted by (A), (B), (C) and (D). By using all the four sentences you have to frame a meaningful paragraph. Choose the correct order of the sentences from the four alternatives. |
Organizations today are becoming increasingly populated by youthful, highly skilled, highly educated workers. |
Two of the most prevalent and provocative organizational dynamics of our time are the themes of participation and change. |
These demands for participation are creating pressures for internal organizational change which are matched only by external environmental pressures for organizational change. |
These young, skilled and educated workers bring with them demands for a voice in the determination of their own organizational destiny-a chance to participate in those decisions which affect their organizational lives. |
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DIRECTIONS: Each question has a group of sentences marked A, B, C, and D. Arrange these to form a logical sequence. |
A. We tend to see the similarity within a category as being more important, and the similarity between different categories as being less important, that either actually is. |
B. Given a small amount of information about a person, we are ready to classify them as a member of a particular group, and then to infer all kinds of additional facts about them, as if all members of the group were the same in most respects. |
C. Our tendency to classify and label everything can lead us into the error of seeing the world as made up of only those categories for which we have names. |
D. Expecting too much of the descriptive power of languages is itself a serious cause of distorted thinking. |
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DIRECTIONS: Each question has a group of sentences marked A, B, C, and D. Arrange these to form a logical sequence. |
A. Some of us, as a result, gain an overall impression of people as either all good or all bad, making farther assumptions on this basis. |
B. An example of the assumption some patients make that doctors with a good "bedside manner" are also more technically competent as others who do not relate as well to their patients. |
C. This is what the psychologists refer to as halo effect. |
D. We have a strong tendency of associate positive attributes with other positive attributes and negative ones with each other. |
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DIRECTIONS: Each question has a group of sentences marked A, B, C, and D. Arrange these to form a logical sequence. |
A. In the past, the customized tailoring units were localized to the township or city and catered exclusively to domestic demand. |
B. Traditionally, Indian preferred custom made clothing and the concept of ready to wear is a relatively recent one. |
C. Consumer awareness of styling issues and the convenience afforded by ready to wear helped the RMG industry makes small inroads into the domestic market in the 1980s, |
D. The customized tailoring outfits have always been a major source of clothing for domestic market. |
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DIRECTIONS: Each question has a group of sentences marked A, B, C, and D. Arrange these to form a logical sequence. |
A. Participation involves more than the formal sharing of decisions. |
B. Through anticipation, individuals or organizations consider trends and make plans, shielding institutions from trauma of learning by shock. |
C. Innovative learning involves both anticipation and participation. |
D. It is an attitude characterized by the co-operation, dialogue and empathy. |
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DIRECTIONS: Choose the order of the sentences marked A, B, C, D and E to form a logical paragraph. |
A. The Naga groups, assuming they are serious about negotiations, should make a realistic reassessment of how far the Indian State can go to meet their demands. |
B. The government on its part should show both sincerity and flexibility in Grafting a solution that will assure the Naga people a life of peace, dignity, and self-respect recognizing the uniqueness of Naga history. |
C. The government should also do everything possible to remove the suspicion that it has been encouraging certain Naga groups. |
D. No solution can be found through bloodshed. |
E. Growing internecine violence among them is a worry. |
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DIRECTIONS: Choose the order of the sentences marked A, B, C, D and E to form a logical paragraph. |
A. The latest decline draws attention to a fairly well-known fact that stock exchanges in India take their cues as much from developments overseas as from domestic ones. |
B. While such reaction is an inevitable consequence of globalisation, it is the magnitude of the reaction that has come as a surprise. |
C. The stock indices the world over tumbled on the back of some pessimistic news from the United States credit market, especially its home loan segment. |
D. Fears over the failure of risky sub-prime mortgages seem to have spilled over to other closely watched sectors of the economy such as sales of new homes and consumer durables. |
E. Last week the Dow recorded its highest fall since February, dragging the European bourses down. |
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DIRECTIONS: Choose the order of the sentences marked A, B, C, D and E to form a logical paragraph. |
A. Moreover, it was felt that leaders elected by villagers themselves would find it easier to implement central government policies regarding taxes and family planning. B. Since 1998, elections to village councils, which comprise between three and seven members, have been institutionalized and are now carried out every three years. C. The council's main responsibilities lie in deciding the allocation and use of communal land, the running of village enterprises, and the implementation of family planning directives. D. Councils can also decide local matters like village subscription -to newspapers, the renovation of a school building, or the installation of cable television. E. Following the collapse of the village commune system after the economic liberalization initiated in 1978, certain leaders within the Communist Party began pushing for village self-governance as a means to counter political apathy and violent rebellion by creating mechanisms of participation and conflict resolution. |
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DIRECTIONS: Choose the order of the sentences marked A, B, C, D and E to form a logical paragraph. |
A. The U.S. market will continue to be the dominant one in the foreseeable future. The rupee could become even stronger. |
B. A greater recourse to hedging as well as striving for multi-currency revenue streams automatically suggests itself. |
C. Already one company, TCS, by resorting to these methods extensively has turned in an above average performance during the first quarter. |
D. Most IT companies have been grappling with more mundane problems such as a high level of attrition amidst rising wage costs and inability to secure the right type and number of American visas. |
E. The BPO industry and many medium-sized software exporters are reportedly operating on thin margins. |
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DIRECTIONS: Each question has a group of sentences marked A, B, C, D and E. Arrange these to form a logical sequence. |
A. It will take extraordinary political commitment and liberal public funding during the 11th Plan for affordable housing to become a credible goal. |
B. The National Urban Housing and Habitat Policy of the United Progressive Alliance Government seeks to make access to housing, long acknowledged as a fundamental right, a reality for all. |
C. The task is staggering even if we go by conservative estimates. |
D. The housing shortage to be met during the Plan is 26.53 million units, which include the backlog from the 10th Plan. |
E. If the existing stock of poor quality dwellings and the growing urbanization- driven demand are taken into account, the real deficit will be even higher. [Feb. 2008] |
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A. The upsurge of public activism against the setting up of Special Economic Zones, which eventually forced the State Government to announce the scrapping of all 15 such projects, is an impressive case in point. |
B. Early last year, a similar agitation coerced the government into calling for a revision of the Goa Regional Plan 2011, a controversial document that opened up large swathes of land, including green belts and coastal stretches, for construction. |
C. The broad-based agitation against SEZs has demonstrated the power of popular protest in the State. |
D. Those opposed to the projects had questioned the propriety of the government acquiring large tracts of land and then selling them to promoters at low prices. |
E. A coastal State with an area of 3,700 square kilometers and a population of about 1.4 million, Goa has always been extremely sensitive to the impact of unrestrained economic development. |
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DIRECTIONS: Each question has a group of sentences marked A, B, C, D and E. Arrange these to form a logical sequence. |
A. India's security apparatus responds well when beset by crisis. However, successful security depends not on crisis. |
B. Potential targets must be secured as if terror strikes were imminent. |
C. Here the Indian system's record is appalling. |
D. Despite years of painful experience, sensitive government installations in New Delhi, including the headquarters of some of India's key military organizations and covert services, are defended in a manner that would be considered unconscionable negligent in many parts of the world. |
E. However, successful security depends not on crisis-time creativity but on the disciplined and effective implementation of mundane, everyday protocols. |
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DIRECTIONS: Each question has a group of sentences marked A, B, C, D and E. Arrange these to form a logical sequence. |
A. On the Republican side, the Iowa results have left the picture somewhat murkier. |
B. Mike Huckabee beat the putative front- runner, Mitt Romney, by a margin of 34.4 per cent to 25.4 per cent, but is not expected to carry the momentum forward into New Hampshire. |
C. Mr. Huckabee's victory is attributable largely to the strong support he got from evangelical Christians who are estimated to make up as much as 60 per cent of the caucus - goers. |
D. Social and religious conservatives, will constitute only small proportion of voters, in which national security and fiscal concerns are expected to be the main issues. |
E. However, while Mr. Romney might be free of a Huckabee challenge in New Hampshire, he might be hard pressed to fend off John McCain and Rudolph Guiliani, both of whom largely stayed out of the Iowa campaign. |
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A. Using biofuels made from corn, sugarcane and soya could have a greater environmental impact than burning fossil fuels, according to experts. |
B. Although the fuels themselves emit fewer greenhouse gases, they all have higher costs in terms of biodiversity loss and destruction of farmland. |
C. The EU has proposed that 10% of all fuel used in transport should come from biofuels by 2020 and the emerging global market is expected to be worth billions of dollars a year. |
D. But the new fuels have attracted controversy. |
E. The problems of climate change and the rising cost of oil have led to a race to develop environment-friendly biofuels, such as palm oil or ethanol derived from corn and sugar cane. |
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DIRECTIONS: Choose the order of the sentences marked A, B, C, D, and E that forms a logical paragraph. |
A. The precision with which the crucial operation was executed has unequivocally demonstrated ISRO's capability to take up the more complex deep space mission as distinct from numerous near-earth missions in the past. |
B. The achievement has put India in the exclusive club of space-faring nations that have ventured beyond the sphere of the earth's gravitational influence. |
C. That ISRO brought this off in its first attempt is all the more commendable. |
D. The successful critical manoeuver on November 8 that put Chandrayaan-I in an orbit around the moon marked the completion of the most important phase of the Indian lunar mission. |
E. The rest of the mission involves only standard orbit manoeuvers, the likes of which the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is quite used to, and the performance of the on-board scientific instruments during the mission life of two years. |
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DIRECTIONS: Choose the order of the sentences marked A, B, C, D, and E that forms a logical paragraph. |
A. To the joy of tens of millions of cricket fans, it established itself as the only team in this era to consistently challenge?and not infrequently master?Australia both at home and away. B. In fact, since the turn of the millennium India has transformed itself into an all- round cricketing power capable of winning in varying conditions anywhere. C. Over the last decade, Australia and India have set up Test cricket's most absorbing rivalry. D. Every champion needs a counterpoint; legacies, defined referentially, draw from the dynamic between world-beater and contender. E. India, thanks to its natural style of calm aggressive cricket, its distinctive ability to play at the level of the opposition, and the confluence of some of the finest cricketers in the contemporary game, fulfilled this role of contender. |
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DIRECTIONS: Choose the order of the sentences marked A, B, C, D, and E that forms a logical paragraph. |
A. A nation has gone against its historical record. |
B. Risen above its worst prejudices in one, emotional incandescent moment. |
C. Well, at least partly, and for a while Americans have voted in larger numbers than they have in decades, perhaps ever. |
D. Millions of younger voters have been fired by the youthful senator they have chosen to send to the White House. |
E. The African-American President-elect did far better with white male voters than fellow-Democrat John Kerry did four years ago. |
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DIRECTIONS: Choose the order of the sentences marked A, B, C, D, and E that forms a logical paragraph. |
A. Few men have commanded greater respect from comrade and opponent alike; nobody has won more tests for India. |
B. For all the weight of his achievements? greater than any other Indian bowler, and among the finest in the world-Kumble tended to be under-rated. |
C. This was partly because he had to share the stage with Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan, whose big spin wizardry and world-beating success struck a chord with the lay fan. |
D. Kumble's rigour and nuance demanded a more discerning taste. |
E. Anil Kumble's retirement from test cricket brings to an end a sporting career of high distinction. |
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A. 'It's a tricky business', says Allan H. Meltzer, an economist at Carnegie Mellon University and a former economic adviser to President Reagan. |
B. Some policy- makers are focused on staving off the opposite problem- deflation, or falling prices, as demand weakens to the point that goods pile up without buyers, sending prices down and reducing the incentive for businesses to invest. |
C. That could shrink demand further and perhaps even deliver the sort of downward spiral that pinned Japan in the weeds of stagnant growth during the 1990s. |
D. "There's no math model that tells us when to do it or how." |
E. But that, as most economists see it, is a worry for another day. |
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DIRECTIONS: Choose the order of the sentences marked A, B, C, D and E to form a logical paragraph. |
A. Early in August, as his jeep wound its way through the piles of burning tyres that angry protestors had used to barricade the road from Srinagar airport into the city, former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, turned to a journalist sitting next to him with a smile on his face. B. "So," he said, "are you here to write another article about how I don't know how to run a government?" C. Having emerged as the single largest party in the J&K Assembly, with 28 seats in a house of 87, the National Conference has the undeniable right to form and lead the government. D. To do so, however, it will need the support of the Congress, which has picked up 17 seats. E. More likely than not, Dr. Abdullah's leadership - or that of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President, his son Omar Abdullah- will soon be put to the test. |
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