Set 1:

A. 1971 war changed the political geography of the subcontinent B. Despite the significance of the event . there has been no serious book about the conflict C. Surrender at Dacca aims to fill this gap D. It also profoundly altered the geo-strategic situation in South-East Asia

1] ACBD 2] CADB 3] BADC 4] ADBC

A. Thus begins the search for relief: painkillers, ice, yoga, herbs, even surgery B. Most computer users develop disorders because they ignore warnings like tingling fingers, a numb hand or a sore shoulder C. They keep pointing and dragging until tendons chafe and scar tissue forms, along with bad habits that are almost impossible to chage D. But cures are elusive , because repetetive stree injuries present a bag of ills that often defy easy disgnosis.

1] BDAC 2] BADC 3] BCAD 4] ABCD

A. If you are used to having your stimulation come in from outside, your mind never develops its own habits of thinking and reflecting B. Marx thought that religion was the opiate, because it soothed people's pain and suffering and prevented them from rising in rebellion C. If Karl Marx was alive today, he would say that television is the opiate of the people. D. Television and similar entertainments are even more of an opiate because of their addictive tendencies.

1] BACD 2] ADBC 3] BDCA 4] CBDA

A. Then two astronomers-the German, Johannes Kepler, and the Italian, Galileo Galilei-started publicly to support the Copernican theory, despite the fact that the orbits it predicted did not quite match the ones observed. B. His idea was that the sun was stationary at the centre and that the earth and the planets move in circular orbits around the sun. C. A simple model was proposed in 1514 by a Polish priest, Nicholas Copernicus. D. Nearly a century passed before this idea was taken seriously.

1] CDBA 2] CBDA 3] BCAD 4] CADB

A. By the time he got to Linjeflug four years later, he had learned many lessons, in fact, he began his second stint as top dog by calling the entire company together in a hanger and asking for help, a far cry from his barking out commands just 48 months back. B. At SAS, he arrived at a time crisis. C. This book is chock-a-block full of intrusive stories and practical advice, describing Carton's activities at Vingresor (where he assumed his first presidency at age 32), Linjeflug, and SAS in particular. D. He began at Vingresor as an order giver, not a listener - neither to his people nor to his customers and made every mistake in the book.

1] BADC 2] BACD 3] CBAD 4] CDAB

Set 2 : a)ptolemy I laid the foundation for the ancient library in alexander is 288 b.c b)the new library of alexandria in egypt ,known as 'bibliotheca alexandria ' is dedicated to recapturing the sprit of the ancient library of alexandria . c)the ancient library in its first centuries served as a cultural centre and meeting place for scholars ,scientist ,men of letters ,philosiphers and intellectuals from all over the world d)it was a melting pot of different civilisations and cultures ,hellenistic roman and egyptions.

e)alexander of macedonia conqured egypt in 332 b.c and established the ptolemic rule . 1)cbead 2)beadc 3)eabdc 4)eacbd

2..The interview is an essential part of a successful hiring program because, with it, job applicants who have personalities that are unsuited to the requirements of the job will be eliminated from consideration. i. Apart from relevant qualification and experience, a candidate who is hired for a job should ideally have a personality that matches the demands of the job for him or her to perform effectively. ii. In a recent case where a senior executive in a Fortune 500 company was hired and fired within a short span of time it was found that the executive had been hired without having undergone a formal interview. iii. Different jobs call for different personalities the aggressive go-getter, the pensive deliberator, the quick thinking decision-maker and so on. iv. These days many companies are outsourcing the recruitment of their personnel to professional hiring agencies who are experienced in modern recruitment practices. (1) badc (2) bacd (3) acbd (4) abcd (5) cbad

4.61.) Multiculturalism is best understood neither as a political doctrine with a programmatic content nor a philosophical school with a distinct theory of mans place in the world but as a perspective on or a way of viewing human life. B. This does not mean that they are determined by their culture in the sense of being unable to rise above its categories of thought and critically evaluate its values and system of meaning. C. Rather that they are deeply shaped by it and can overcome some but not all of its influences. They necessarily view the world from within a culture, be it the one they have inherited and uncritically accepted or reflectively revised or, in rare cases, one they have consciously adopted. D. Its central insights are sometimes misinterpreted by its advocates and needs to be carefully reformulated if it is to carry conviction. E. Human beings are culturally embedded in the sense that they grow up and live within a culturally structured world and organize their lives and social relations in terms of a culturally derived system of meaning and significance. (1) EDCB (2) DBEC (3) EBCD (4) DEBC (5) BCDE

1.61)A. Many animals possess protective markings to avoid predation, including patterns to reduce the risk of detection, to indicate that the animal is toxic or inedible, or to mimic another animal or object. B. Many eyespots are effective in startling or intimidating predators, and can help to prevent or stop an attack. C. In addition, many creatures such as butterflies, moths, and fish possess two or more pairs of circular markings, often referred to as eyespots. D. However, recent work by zoologists indicates that this widely-held hypothesis has no experimental support. E. For the past 150 years it has been assumed that this is because they mimic the eyes of the predators own enemies. (1) CBED (2) EBDC (3) BCDE (4) CDBE (5) EDBC

1.67 They came, they spoke, and now they are gone. (A) But was it wrong for the Indian government, industry, and even Bollywood to celebrate non resident Indian ? (B) We are, after all, your brothersit is almost as if we want them to be guilty for having left us behind, literally and figuratively. (C) India and its problems are back to square one. (D) No. Whats wrong, however is this : in wooing the NRI what we are doing in effect is telling them, We envy you for all your wealth and success, wont you please share some of it with us ? 6. We are chasing the NRI dollar because we want investments despite our problems, and not because we think we can deliver on the promise that is India.

Set 3 Q1. A. Laughter, thus, stands for different phenomena in narration. B. Narrators can underline the standpoint in the narrative in many ways, such as direct comments, embedding of evaluation, style of telling, metaphors, strong adjectives and facial expression and gestures. C. It communicates emotions both in a concealing and a revealing way. D. One way of studying this in narration is by analysing the use of humour, irony and paralinguistic devices such as chuckles, laughter, pauses, or changes of tempo. E. Laughter is thus one stylistic device to mark a standpoint in narration. (a) CEDB (b) CEBD (c) DBCE (d) CBDE Q2. A. Despite arguments that it is unethical to conduct research on vulnerable populations caught in conflict,health research is essential to achieving the goals of promoting and enhancing the delivery of lifesaving interventions. B. This implies training for humanitarian actors engaged in research methods, and greater collaboration with experts to support the design and analysis, and potentially also the implementation of research. C. There is much scope to improve the quality of research methodologies implemented in conflict settings through validation of survey tools, the establishment of clear protocols, and training in a broader use or research methodologies that can be applied. D. Those engaged in research should first reflect on the necessity of conducting research in such settings, and the feasibility of seeing the research through to completion. E. Conflict settings are characterized by instability and rapidly change in circumstances and pose major challenges to the conduct of research. (a) DCBE (b) EDCB (c) BCDE (d) EBDC

66.67.4 (A) Not surprisingly, Agro Techs Sen Gupta claims Shunu was one of the main architects of the HLL approach to marketing and branding. (B) He wanted all managers to have a common brand vision, vocabulary ..... essentially be in the same boat, says HCLs Adhikari. (C) Pant, and several other managers still remember the Brand Management Forums Shunu organised in HLLs boardroom. (D) He taught us the ABC of marketing, says Muktesh Pant, a one-time Shunu protege. (1) ADCB (2) CDBA (3) ABCD (4) DCBA

6.2 (A) According to estimates, its mobile services fetched about Rs.25 lakh a month in 2002. (B) The question, however, is this : will the Indian market ever be big enough for the 600-pound gorilla of the internet ? (C) The only area where things have clicked for the company is in internet to mobile services, where it has a range of clients, including new ones such as Airtel and RPG. (D) In this segment, Yahoo India offers news, SMS, and downloads of ringtones and screensavers. (E) This may well grow, given that mobile subscriber base in India is clipping and at last count had crossed the marginal 10-million mark. (1) ADCEB (2) CDAEB (3) DCAEB (4) CEDAB

A) The end of the Cold War had a triple significance for world affairs : the defeat of one power by another, the triumph of one political ideology over another, and the discrediting of one economic model in favour of another. All three have now been attenuated. (B) The struggle for power and influence between them was global, leaving no corner of the world untouched or uncontested. (C) The Cold War was a global and transcendental struggle centred on and led by the Soviet Union and the United States. (D) And it was transcendental because of competing ideologies that could not tolerate each others existence but were committed to eventual destruction of the other. (E) They were able to structure the pattern of international relations because of the qualitative discrepancy between their power capacity and influence, on the one hand, and that of everyone else, on the other. (1) CDBE (2) CEBD (3) CBED (4) CBDE (5) CDEB

68.4 1. It was Indias first biotech company, boasts of global leadership (a 25 per cent share) in select industrial enzymes such as Pectinases, Tea Tannases, is profit-making and has ambitions of being one of worlds top 10 biopharmaceutical companies by 2010. (A) You dont need more reasons to buy into biotechs first IPO. (B) Simultaneously, it is exploiting opportunities in contract research. (C) To do that, Biocon plans to raise Rs. 150200 crore shortly. (D) Says Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairperson and Managing Director, Biocon Group: In the next three years, we will be one of the largest human insulin and statin producers in the world. 6. In fact, the success and failure of Biocon may well determine the future of Indias biotech industry. (1) BDCA (2) CDBA (3) DCBA (4) ADCB

SET a1 P. The overall fluctuations in the yield of pulse crops as estimated

through coefficient of variation was lower because of a marginal increase in yield. Q. The coefficient of variation as measured from downward variation from the trend yield was, therefore, considered to be appropriate measure of risk and was higher in case of pulses than that of rice, wheat as well as groundnut and mustard. R. The higher risk associated with cultivation of pulses is a major constraint to the production of pulses. S. The yield of pulses does not remain stable and fluctuates clue to high susceptibility to pests and rain fed situations. (1) PQRS (2) PQSR (3) QPRS (4) RSPQ

Set 3 4.69 a) Moreover, there are very basic differences between the two tripartite theories. b) Plato had given aggression a more honorable status as a spirited element, thus revealing the importance of war in the greek world and the honorable status Athenians gave to warriors. c) Plato's concept of the bodily appetites may be compared with Freud's concept of the id, which is, however, a very much more complex concept. d ) Freud demoted aggression, a part of Plato's spirited element , to one of the drives or instincts. the options are: 1) cbda 2) acbd 3) acdb 4) cabd 5) acbd

set-4
A. Experts such as Larry Bums, head of research at GM, reckon that only such a full hearted leap will allow the world to cope with the mass motorisation that will one day come to China or India. B. But once hydrogen is being produced from biomass or extracted from underground coal or made from water, using nuclear or renewable electricity, the way will be open for a huge reduction in carbon emissions from the whole system. C. In theory, once all the bugs have been sorted out, fuel cells should deliver better total fuel economy than any existing engines. D. That is twice as good as the internal combustion engine, but only five percentage points better than a diesel hybrid. E. Allowing for the resources needed to extract hydrogen from hydrocarbon, oil, coal or gas, the fuel cell has an efficiency of 30%. 1. CEDBA 2. CEBDA 3. AEDBC 4. ACEBD 120. A. But this does not mean that death was the Egyptians' only preoccupation. B. Even papyri come mainly from pyramid temples. C. Most of our traditional sources of information about the Old Kingdom are monuments of the rich like pyramids and tombs. D. Houses in which ordinary Egyptians lived have not been preserved, and when most people died they were buried in simple graves. E. We know infinitely more about the wealthy people of Egypt than

we do about the ordinary people, as most monuments were made for the rich. 1. CDBEA 2. ECDAB 3. EDCBA 4. DECAB

Set 5 89.2 A. It is difficult to date the epics. B. Evidently many authors have written them or added to them in successive periods. C. The Ramayana is an epic poem with a certain unity of treatment; the Mahabharta is a vast & miscellaneous collection of ancient lore. D. They deal with remote periods when the Arayans were still in the process of setting down & consolidating themselves in India. Options:- 1. CDBA 2. ADBC 3. DCBA 4 ABCD

Set 6 90.2 The free market often seems better at recognizing and promoting leaders than large organizations. A. most of the job growth in the US this decade has come from small companies, according to cognetics, a research organization. B. Bill gates and howard schiltz stand out as heroes at a time when bluechips seem to be losing ground to entrepenurial companies. C. executives of some large corporations, trying to recapture some of that dynamism, know that their staffs must become more entreprenurial so that furture leader can be spotted early and supported D. a theory called emergent leadership, which introduces some of the dynamics of the free market system to corporate management, may help 6.it tries to eliminate the office politics and an uneven power distribution that can distort corporate operation. a)CDAB b)ABCD c)DBAC d)BACD Set 7 A. Even as Indian leftists think Bill Clinton is coming to take over India, Indian companies are preparing to take over American ones on a gargantuan scale. B. Now Infosys and Wipro propose takeovers of Rs. 44,000 crore each. C. To put this in perspective, recall that when Ramesh Chauhan sold his Parle brands to Coca-Cola amidst much swadesi wringing hands, he got a reported Rs. 180 crore. D. Infosys and Wipro, our two most glamorous infotech companies, both want automatic permission from FIPB to take over foreign companies worth-hold your breath-$10 billion each. a. BCDA b. ADCB c. ACDB d. BDAC e. ACBD

Set 8 A. Of course, they have not made the blunders some others have made, but neither did they grow. B. The chief executive has done an excellent job in welding a group of motley and successful companies into one profitable company.

C. It is not surprising that the company has been sitting on a cash hoard of about $24 billion years after years without any attempt to use it for growth or development. D. 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. a. BADC b. DABC c. CBDA d. DCAB e. DBAC

SET 9 a)The overwhelming majority prefer to return to their native land than to emigrate to a foreign one. b)Despite the toll the war and subsequent fighting have taken on their country, very few have applied for permission to emigrate. c)Although statistics and definitions are inexact, educated guesses put the number of refugees worldwide at well over 10 million. d)The millions of refugees from Afghanistan are sufficient proof 1.ADBC 2.CDAB 3.BADC 4.CADB 5.BDCA

PJ SET 10 Q1) (A) This is now orthodoxy to which I subscribe - up to a point. (B) It emerged from the mathematics of chance and statistics. (C) Therefore the risk is measurable and manageable. (D) The fundamental concept: Prices are not predictable, but the mathematical laws of chance can describe their fluctuations. (E) This is how what business schools now call modem finance was born. 1.ADCBE 2.EBDCA 3.ABDCE 4.DCBEA Q2) (A) Similarly, turning to caste, even though being lower caste is undoubtedly a separate cause of disparity, its impact is all the greater when the lower-caste families also happen to be poor. (B) Belonging to a privileged class can help a woman to overcome many barriers that obstruct women from less thriving classes. (C) It is the interactive presence of these two kinds of deprivation -- being low class and being female-- that massively impoverishes women from the less privileged classes. (D) A congruence of class deprivation and gender discrimination can blight the lives of poorer women very severely. . (E) Gender is certainly a contributor to societal inequality, but it does not act independently of class.

1. 2. 3. 4.

EABDC EBDCA DAEBC BECDA

Q3) (A) When identity is thus 'defined by contrast', divergence with the West becomes central. (B) Indian religious literature such as the Bhagavad Gita or the Tantric texts, which are identified as differing from secular writings seen as 'western', elicits much greater interest in the West than do other Indian writings, including India's long history of heterodoxy. (C) There is a similar neglect of Indian writing on non-religious subjects, from mathematics, epistemology and natural science to economics and linguistics. (D) Through selective emphasis that point up differences with the West, other civilizations can, in this way, be redefined in alien terms, which can be exotic and charming, or else bizarre and terrifying, or simply strange and engaging. (E) The exception is the Kamasutra in which western readers have managed to cultivate an interest. 1. BDACE 2. DEABC 3. BDECA 4. BCEDA

SET 11 A. 1971 war changed the political geography of the subcontinent B. Despite the significance of the event . there has been no serious book about the conflict C. Surrender at Dacca aims to fill this gap D. It also profoundly altered the geo-strategic situation in South-East Asia 1] ACBD 2] CADB 3] BADC 4] ADBC

SET 12 SOME FRESH ONES 1. a)you can improve your memory by repeating over and over to yourself (either out loud or subvocally) the information you wish to remember. b)The brain is often likened to a muscle, c)A bodybuilder can strengthen his biceps by repeatedly lifting weights and so, the argument goes, d)the suggestion being that if you exercise it, its function will improve. a) ADCB B)CBAD C)CABD D)BDCA E)ACBD 2. a)"Our memory is our coherence," wrote the surrealist Spanish-born film-maker, Luis Buuel b)And, for better or worse, your remembered life story is a pretty good guide to what you will do tomorrow.

c)To know who you are as a person, you need to have some idea of who you have been. d)Memory is our past and future. A)CBAD B)DCBA C)CBDA D)ACBD E)DACB

SET 13 1. a)The world had entered a very difficult phase characterised by significant downside risks and fragility b)but said governments should be preparing for a downturn as bad as that which followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 c)The bank lowered its forecast for global growth in 2012 from 3.4% to 2.5% d)In its half-yearly health check on the global economy the Washington-based institution said a) ACDB B)DCAB C)DCBA D)DACB E) DABC 2. a)The Bank of Korea made two major gold purchases - 25 metric tonnes in June and a further 15 metric tonnes in November b)Central bank purchases are estimated to have jumped to 430 tonnes last year c)Volatile financial markets have prompted countries around the world to step up their gold purchases d)The first time it had bought gold since the 1997-1998 Asian financial crises e)Which also encouraged private sector investment a)ADECB B)CBEAD C)CADEB D)BEADC E)CADBE

SET 14 Lets try some lengthy one 1. a)While the couple eventually reconciled, O'Connor confirmed on Friday "it is now [completely] over". b)It's been about two months since O'Connor married her fourth husband, drugs counsellor Barry Herridge, in Las Vegas. c)Among other problems, she blamed their split on the behaviour of the gossip-seeking Irish press. d)"I will never again associate myself romantically with anyone," she wrote on her website, "as I could not bear to see these things done again to someone I love." e)Their relationship quickly ran into trouble: the marriage was "kyboshed" within three hours of the wedding, she wrote in late December,and they decided to divorce. a)ADEBC B)BECDA C)BEADC D)BAEDC 2. A)The latest issue of Q magazine opens its review of the new Maccabees album with the rhetorical question: "Has there ever been a worse musical climate to be a guitar band in Britain?" B)The genre's big performers on the evening will be Blur and Noel Gallagher, a pairing that will evoke memories of the 1995 ceremony C)When Britpop swept the old guard away, and thus highlight the contrast with the current state of play.

D)The past is another country. The British public buys guitar music there. E)This year's Brit awards will be a melancholy experience for indie fans. A)ADEBC B)EBCDA C)EBDCA D)EBCAD

SET 15 A. Its cargo consisted of 38 sacks of spices and Magellan himself had been hacked to pieces on the beach of Mactan in the Phillipines B. So contrary to popular beliefe it was the crew of the Victoria who were the first men to have sailed around the globe C. In spetembre 1522 Victoria , the sole survivor of the Armada, limped into the spanish port San Lucar , manned by a skeleton crew of 15, so weak they could not talk D. In septembre 1519 the Armada de Molucca of five ships and 250 sailors has set out from San lucar de Barrameda under the command of Fernando de Magellan E. It was to sail to the spice islands of the Malayan Archipelago where they were to excahnge an assortemnt of bells , mirrors , and scissors for cinnamon and cloves. 1] DECAB 2] AEDCB 3] CDEAB 4] DEABC

SET 16 A)The people of Kosala were happy, contented and virtuous. B)He had fought on the side of the Devas, and his fame spread in the three worlds. C)The land was protected by a mighty army, and no enemy could come anywhere near. D)King Dasaratha ruled the kingdom Kosala from the capital city of Ayodhya. E)He was the equal of Indra and Kubera. A)DEBCA B)ACDBE C)ACDEB D)DBECA E)DBEAC 2. A)Calm and phlegmatic, with a clear eye, Mr. Fogg seemed a perfect type of that English composure which Angelica Kauffmann has so skilfully represented on canvas. B)His countenance possessed in the highest degree what physiognomists call repose in action, a quality of those who act rather than talk. C)He appeared to be a man about forty years of age, with fine, handsome features, and a tall, wellshaped figure. D)During his brief interview with Mr. Fogg, Passepartout had been carefully observing him. E)His hair and whiskers were light, his forehead compact and unwrinkled, his face rather pale, his teeth magnificent. A)ACEDB B)DBCEA C)DCEBA D)ADBCE E)DACEB

SET 17 :1) A. Images of the core of NGC 4150, taken in near-ultraviolet light with the sharp-eyed Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), reveal streamers of dust and gas and clumps of young, blue stars that are

significantly less than a billion years old. B. Elliptical galaxies were once thought to be aging star cities whose star-making heyday was billions of years ago. C. Evidence shows that the star birth was sparked by a merger with a dwarf galaxy. D. But new observations with NASAs Hubble Space Telescope are helping to show that elliptical galaxies still have some youthful vigor left, thanks to encounters with smaller galaxies. E. The new study helps bolster the emerging view that most elliptical galaxies have young stars, bringing new life to old galaxies. (a) ADECB (b) BDEAC (c) BDACE (d) ACDBE 2) A. A smattering of do-gooders plead for reform. B. But it is hard to figure out exactly what sets them into motion or brings them to success. C. Vast moral revolutions do take place once in a while. D. A high-minded prophet in some part of the world denounces an old and dreadful social custom. E. The reform in question appears, at a glance, to be impractical, unpopular, and unlikely. (a) CBDAE (b) ABDEC (c) DACBE (d) ABCDE

Set 18 :1) A. This may mean breaking up old relationships to create more positive and productive ones. B. Relationships can be developed from and determined by politics. C. Any assessment performed to change an organizations environment should include possible political ramifications of transformation. D. Individual and organizational performance can be affected by myriad political influences, which can come from both internal and external sources. E. Changing an organizations environment should coincide with changing problematic political practices. (a) EABDC (b) DBEAC (c) BADCE (d) BEACD 2) A. Earth has experienced climate change in the past without help from humanity. B. The chemical make-up of the ice provides clues to the average global temperature. C. For example, bubbles of air in glacial ice trap tiny samples of Earths atmosphere, giving scientists a history of greenhouse gases that stretches back more than 800,000 years. D. Using this ancient evidence, scientists have built a record of Earths past climates, or paleoclimates. E. We know about past climates because of evidence left in tree rings, layers of ice in glaciers, ocean sediments, coral reefs, and layers of sedimentary rocks. (a) ACDEB (b) EACBD (c) BDCEA (d) AECBD 3) A. Thus, employee and manager alike may resist attempts to uproot established company traditions or fiddle with untried, risky procedures. B. The truth is if you want to learn to do it better, youve got to try a lot of things, many of which wont work. C. Their responses to creativity initiatives may in fact take shape vigorously, adamantly and fearfully. D. With society officially downgrading the idea of creativity so strongly, it becomes problematic for businesses to get their managers and other employees thinking truly freely and out of the box. E. Also, genuine creativity, by definition, subverts the status quo by facing down long-held assumptions and uncorking new ways of approaching things. (a) DEBAC (b) DEACB (c) DBEAC (d) ACBED

Set - 19 1 I knew we were right, Neil Simon thought to himself as the steward brought him a glass of Cardhu single malt. A. Simon, the Director in charge of international franchise operations at Smith & Robin, a $8-billion marquee garment retailer, had arrived in India exactly seven days back with mixed feelings. B. The whiskey felt good after a week when he was allowed to drink nothing but champagne by his hosts in India. C. Simon signaled to the steward that hed like a refill he planned to take his time over the second one and thought about the week that had been. D. Ah, but then they had had a reason to celebrate. E. Hed been at S & R less than eight months he had been hired when the company decided to abandon its twenty-year-old strategy of expanding geographically through owned outlets as against franchised ones but he knew the India trip was one of those things that could make or break his career. 1] ABCDE 2] CDAEB 3] ECBDA 4] BDCAE 2 A.Whats a jarwal? B. The jarwal stared at her malevolently; saliva dripping from its gaping jaws, making its fearsome teeth glistens in the harsh winter sunlight. C. I dont know. D. A bit like in Alien, only more like the maggot. E. Something fierce and nasty. F. A huge maggot-like beastie with a ferocious temper and huge teeth. 1] ACEBDF 2] AECBDF 2] BACEDF 4] BACEFD 3 A.They soon learnt the sad inadequacy of bow and arrow and examples of successful resistance are rare. B. They were too close to the main communications between North and South C. Over the centuries the fringes of tribal territory have steadily receded. D. On their western extremities in Maharashtra and Rajasthan the Bhil people still occasionally waylay travelers though they are now largely settled and Hinduised. E. The sensitive, good-natured and gentle tribals were no match for the crusading incursions of Rajputs, Muslims and Marathas. 1) DCAEB 2) CEADB 3) CAEDB 4) CBDEA 4 (A) And this because it doesnt want to be dubbed a spoilsport in the region. (B) If you stop griming and bearing it, you would be declared a loser, says a source, throwing up his hands in absolute exasperation. (C) There are many takers for this line of argument. (D) But, ironically, say many government sources, the very political class that lambastes Pakistan for

sponsoring terrorism is shying away from matching its rhetoric with act. (E) It is like being in a popularity contest. (1) DCAEB (2) ADCEB (3) CBADE (4) EBCDA

5 A) Malignancies were diagnosed in three family members on the basis of this abnormality and then surgically removed. B) It appears to be the first instance in which this specific abnormality - in this case an exchange of material between the chromosomes number three and eight in all cells of the person's body - has been traced from generation to generation and thus permitted identification of cancer patients before they had any symptoms. C) An inherited genetic abnormality has been linked to a specific type of kidney cancer in a family in which ten members were affected over three generations. D) The discovery by scientists at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, USA, provides a potentially important clue to the origin of at least some cancers. 1) DCAB 2) CBDA 3) ABCD 4) DABC

Set-20 1.1. The human society is plagued with environmental crisis. A. over population, depleting ozone layer, global warming, deforestation, soil erosion, depletion of non-renewable energy sources etc. are the issues haunting our minds. B. The plunder of environment since times immemorial is fast reaching a point of no return. C. it is an irony that human being as soon as he appeared on the earth, took everything including the nature for granted. D. The list of ecological mishaps is growing longer each day. 6. The prestigious world watch institute had forewarned in 1992 that, we have only four decades to gain control over the major environmental problems to arrest the irreversible changes. 1]ABCD 2] DACB 3] CBAD 4] BADC 2. A. A curved titanium plate with five tiny screws would hold the bone in place and help reform the damaged margin of the eye. B. Deftly, he replaced the wedge of bone in Tenneh's face. C. Intravenous antibiotics would take care of any lingering infection. D. When he'd eliminated most of the diseased tissue, he stopped. 1] ABCD 2] DCAB 3] DCBA 4] ACBD 3. 1. He came finally to a road from which he could see in the distance dark and agitated bodies of troops, smoke-fringed. A. The wounded men were cursing, groaning, and wailing in the air, always was a mighty swell of sound that it seemed could sway the earth. B. With the courageous words of the artillery and the spiteful sentences of the musketry mingled red cheers. C. And from this region of noises came the steady current of the maimed; one of the wounded men had a shoeful of blood. D. There was a blood-stained crowd streaming to the rear.

6. He hopped like a schoolboy in a game; he was laughing hysterically. 1] ADBC 2]CBDA 3] DABC 4] ABCD 4. A It is not with pessimism that one confronts man with the truth of this suffering B. Buddhism is however a reminder that even when all the suffering that is rooted in social maladjustment has been done away with, man will still be confronted with the problem of his destiny, of decay and death, and of the evanescence of everything that he tries to change desperately C. The smile on the Buddha's face indeed carries the promise that if man strives hard enough, he can even conquer this suffering D. There is much suffering in the world which is socially conditioned and which demands social cures 1] BACD 2] DBAC 3] CDBA 4] ABCD 5. A.This fact was established in the 1730s by French survey expenditions to Equador near the Equator and Lapland in the Arctic, which found that around the middle of the earth the arc was about a kilometer shorter. B. One of the unsettled scientific questions in the late 18th century was that exact nature of the shape of the earth. C. The length of one-degree arc would be less near the equatorial latitudes than at the poles. D. One way of doing that is to determine the length of the arc along a chosen longitude or Meridian at one degree latitude separation. E. While it was generally known that the earth was not a sphere but an 'oblate spheroid', more curved at the equator and flatter at the poles, the question of 'how much more' was yet to be established. 1] BECAD 2] BEDCA 3] EDACB 4] EBDCA

Set-21 1. A.As officials, their vision of a country shouldn't run too far beyond that of the local people with whom they have to deal. B. Ambassadors have to choose their words. C. To say what they feel they have to say, they appear to be denying or ignoring part of what they know. D. So, with ambassadors as with other expatriates in black Africa, there appears at a first Meeting a kind of ambivalence. E. They do a specialized job and it is necessary for them to live ceremonial lives. 1.BCEDA 2.BEDAC 3.BEADC 4.BCDEA 2. A. most people, walking for pleasure, contemplate for three minutes; when B. a couple will stand there talking for half an hour on a fine afternoon C. some one is always looking into the river near Waterloo Bridge D. having compared the occasion with other occasions, or made some sentence, they pass on 1.ABDC 2.CADB 3.BCAD 4.CBAD 3. 1.The advice from the others on Mr. Sterns team is just as diverse A. Mr. Stern does not say B. Not all the money managers he wanted to see wanted to see him. C How many of the nine have beaten S & P 500 over, say, the past 20 years and by how much exactly? D. But which of them is the most successful? 6. And he rewards those who granted him an interview with uncritical acclaim

1.CBAD 2.DCAB 3.CDAB 4.DBCA 4. 1. After eight miserable years during which she had written nothing that satisfied her, she soon established the pattern of her day. A. Here she revised her early novels and wrote the later ones. B. Emma, Mansfield Park and Persuasion C. By now she knew the reality of being a poor relation, of the little snubs and disappointments that went with life as a spinster. D. Rising early to practice the piano and prepare breakfast, she then settled down to write in the ground-floor parlour. 6. Yet she did not lose her sense of comedy while continuing to satirize the social inequalities she observed. 1.DACB 2.DCBA 3.BDAC 4.DABC

5. A. So if determination were true, we would be trapped by the past and free will would be an illusion. B. Wouldn't our choices just be one more outcome determined by the past? C. Many philosophers hold that determinism is at odds with free will. D. According to determinism, we can't just decide to disobey the immutable laws that govern the universe. E. After all, if everything that happens is completely determined by the past, how can our choices be free? 1. CBDAE 2. CEBDA 3. DEBCA 4. ACEBD

Set - 22 1. A.Therefore, the second one aims at undercutting the strength factors in the first. B. Or it might stem simply from the overconfidence of being a leader. C. While offensive principle one emphasizes on the strength of the leader's position, which makes it a leader. D. Offensive principle two is about finding the weakness in the strength of the leader. E .The weakness of the leader may lie in a point which is overlooked as unimportant. 1. CADBE 2. CDBEA 3. CADEB 4. CDAEB 2. 1. Buybacks are a more tax-efficient form of cash distribution to the firm than dividends A. However, there are some concerns that need to be addressed in the currently uncertain economic climate in India B. Furthermore, they create value through changes in capital structure. C. And will the tax shield be fully utilized? D. Taxable income in India can be highly cyclical if the economy continues to nose-dive 6. In the absence of clear answers, a case for increased valuation due to changes in capital structure

on account of buybacks remains tenuous. 1. ABDC 2. BADC 3.DBAC 4.BCDA 3. 1. Some business executives have adapted a 'wait and see' attitude. A. Like a driver changing a tyre in the middle o f the highway they hope an oncoming vehicle will not hit them before their work is done. B. Discussions with several executives in both situations show that they recognize the danger is not applying them to understanding the shape of future. C. Others are too busy bailing themselves out of troubles already caused by the changes that have taken place around them to have any time to reflect on the future. D. Like deer caught in the headlights of an oncoming truck, they risk being turn over. 6. Traditional ways of forecasting and strategic planning are not effective any longer. 1. DCAB 2.ADCB 3.DABC 4.ACDB 4. 1. People today are indifferent to the aesthetic products of the past. A. And it has no value for the human species at large. B That is the position of both the industrial magnate, trade unionist or communist. C. They are suspicious of them; decline to receive them, until thay have been disinfected in Russia. D. In England, still the abode of private enterprises, indifference predominates. 6. As a rule I am afraid to bore them with it lest I lose their acquaintance. 1. ABDC 2. DABC 3. BCDA 4. CADB 5. A. This will ensure that MBA graduates will be more socially committed. B. Aspirants have to humane, sensitive and caring. C. Now it takes more than business sense to secure admission to Harvard Business School. D. The idea is to reshape the MBA experience from admission to job finding. 1. CDAB 2. CBDA 3. ACBD 4. BACD

Set 23 Q 1) A. Ignorance is the opposite of knowledge, i.e., want of knowledge. B. To deal with uncertainty and ignorance economists have recognized the entrepreneur as possessing this non-rational form of knowledge. C. Like some ancient priest-king, the entrepreneur knows the future and leads his people. D. Entrepreneurial knowledge is essentially intuitive. E. It involves seeing and realizing a vision of future markets, products and/or other opportunities. 1)CBADE 2) DCABE 3)ABDEC 4)DEABC 5)BCEDA Q 2) A. Wonder is marvellous, but it is also cruel, cruel, cruel. B. We have paid a terrible price for our education, such as it is. C. Of course, wonder is costly because it is the antithesis of the anxiously worshipped security. D. The Magian World View, in so far as it exists, has taken flight into science. E. We have educated ourselves into a world from which wonder has been banished.

1)BDECA 2)EDACB 3)ACBDE 4)DCBAE 5)CABED Q 3) A. In effect, labour becomes warm hot bodies applying muscle not brains. B. Education and training adds to the stock of human capital. C. In conventional terms, labour refers to the physical and mental effort of a human being applied to the production of goods and services. D. Labour, unlike capital, has been subject to definitional reduction through time rather than expansion. E. Similarly, entrepreneurship and management have become detached from labour 1)BEDCA 2)CDBEA 3)CDEAB 4)ACBED 5)ECDAB

Set 24

Q1 A .The inner self provides us with a touchstone to evaluate our interface in nature. B. There is hierarchy of consciousness C. Stones, Planets, fish and human beings represent consecutively higher levels of consciousness. D. Interface with nature, which leads to the growth of higher consciousness, is desirable.

a) DABC b) BCAD c) DBCA d) ABCD

Q2 A. Senior Management is usually overwhelmed by the complexity of budget setting. B. They are rather bored by the budget process C. It is a misconception that the budget is set by the senior management D. Senior managers jump at a chance to accept a budget analysis recommendation for budget changes

A) CDAB B) CABD C)ABDC D) ABCD

Q3 A. Risk stemming from fluctuation in exchange rate loans hover constantly on the horizon of foreign investment B. In view of higher risk, a firm contemplating foreign investment would naturally expect a higher rate of return C. A multinational company may be accused of profiteering, even when it may simply be following the sound financial practice of asking a high rate of return commensurate with risks charactering the project D. In addition, foreign investment is subject to discriminatory treatment and selection control in various forms

A) ADBC B) CDBA C) ACBD D) BACD

Q4 1. Jinnah initially tried to win British support for a seat in the House of Commons but failed. A. He finally accepted fervent appeals from Muslim friends to return home and help them to revitalize the demoralized leaderless Muslim league. B. He was reelected to the expanded national assembly, which met for the first time in Delhi in January 1924. C. The khilafat movement launched by Gandhi in 1920 had by then collapsed and so had the final phase of Satyagraha in Gujarat. D. Most congress leaders remained in prison cells, while Jinnah reorganized his Muslim league as its president, and won the respect of ram say MacDonald 6. Jinnah advised MacDonald as soon as he became prime minister to draft a constitution for what Jinnah still hoped would emerge as a single nation-state of independent India, with safeguards and separate electorates for its Muslims and other minorities a) ADCB b)BCDA c)DBAC d)ABCD

Q5 1. vertical solutions are customized to the needs of a particular customer A. cross industry solutions can be customized to the industry, and then to the customer that they are installed with B. it can be said that this set of procedures and the data structures that are maintained by them became the back bone of the business C. once either of these is in place, they literally define the way the business will be operated D.data relationship must be maintained 6.processes for updating the data need to be rigorously adhered to.

a)ABCD b)DBAC c)ACDB d)BDAC

Set 25....Easy peasy 1. A. The Supreme Court in various judgements in the last 25 years has further emphasized this. B. The Right to Information is derived from Article 19 of the Constitution. C. The RTI Act was passed in May 2005 and came into force in October 2005. D. It is intended to give relevant information about the government and its institutions. E. This Act enables citizens to obtain information without going to court each time.

set 26.

BDACE ABDCE BDECA CEBAD

a)Foreign firms, including research and development (R&D ) centres, have increased their dependence on all-Indians teams-a trend reflected in recent years. b)After lagging for years, India has now taken a lead in the business of ideas. c)The study 'Foreign R&D Centres in India: An Analysis of their Size, Structure and Implications' measures the contribution of multinational companies in the generation of innovations from India d)The trend suggests maturing of Indian researchers and the fact that local researchers are the most important sources of ideas for R&D projects for foreign companies in India e)Over 50% of total patents filed for industrial innovations in the US have Indian brains behind them, says a study by Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A ). takes: a)bcead b)beacd c)cadbe d)cabed

Set 27 1 1. The free market often seems better at recognizing and promoting leaders than large organizations. A. most of the job growth in the US this decade has come from small companies, according to cognetics, a research organization. B. Bill gates and Howard Schlitz stand out as heroes at a time when blue chips seem to be losing ground to entrepreneurial companies. C. executives of some large corporations, trying to recapture some of that dynamism, know that their staffs must become more entrepreneurial so that future leader can be spotted early and supported D. a theory called emergent leadership, which introduces some of the dynamics of the free market system to corporate management, may help 6.it tries to eliminate the office politics and an uneven power distribution that can distort corporate operation. a)CDAB b)ABCD c)DBAC d)BACD 2 A. A good budget is one which makes a sincere attempt to change the policy environment. B. Government finances are terminally impaired with uncontrollable fiscal deficits C. There are big gaps in perception and capability of managers D. Industry too is not ready to deliver growth, should even the government pursue the right policies. E. The current reforms pace is too slow. F. The fiscal deficit has deteriorated A)ABCDEF B)BADCEF C)FEDCBA D)EABCDF 3 A. Reporting is all about back breaking work, long and very irregular hours and work pressure. B. Most reporters join the profession with a dream of changing the world. C. The truth is that reporters are usually passionate about their work and get their kicks from D. almost non-stop excitement and, of course, seeing their names in print. D. A few years later may seem to resign to the fact to the fact that reporting is unlikely to do that. E. Adding to that fact threat journalist the world over complains of being poorly paid in comparison to other professional F. and you wonder, why? A) ACBDEF B) ABDEFC C) BDAEFC D) BADCEF 4 1. The world population Day has come and gone, accompanied by the usual hysteria and Malthusian prophesies: A billion strong and so little to go around. A. True, many Indians are barred by circumstances of birth and socio- economic position from realizing their full potential. B. Yet, the lament about the lack of resources is patently specious. C. Fact is, India has abundant resources: it is the skewed distribution system which has caused inequalities. D. As our population has grown, so has our productivity and, today, we are in a position to export food to other countries. 6. But for every Indian who performs below par, there is another who makes up, it is on the strength of India's millions that we lay claim to being a great world power in the making. (1) DBAC (2) CBAD (3) BDCA (4) ACBD

5 1. Oil spills that contaminate the soil around petrol stations could soon be cleaned up more easily using sound waves. A. Researchers have been trying out sound waves to break up the droplets containing these heavier fractions so they can be washed out. B. The longer, heavier hydrocarbons often stay trapped in large droplets between the grains of the soil C. Techniques that clean the soil in situ tend to remove only the shorter hydrocarbon chains which are more soluble in ground water D. At the moment, the dirty soil must be dug up and replaced. 6. Initial results show that this may provide an effective solution to the problem 1.DCBA 2.BACD 3. DCAB 4.BADC

SET-28 1) A. Surrendered, or captured, combatants cannot be incarcerated in razor wire cages; this war has a dubious legality. B. How can then one characterize a conflict to be waged against a phenomenon as war? C. The phrase war against terror, which has passed into the common lexicon, is a huge misnomer. D. Besides, war has a juridical meaning in international law, which has confided the laws of war, imbuing them with a humanitarian content. E. Terror is a phenomenon, not an entity either State or non-State. [1] ECDBA [2] BECDA [3] EBCAD [4] CEBDA 2)A. I am much more intolerant of a human beings shortcomings than I am of an animals, but in this respect I have been lucky, for most of the people I have come across have been charming. B. Then you come across the unpleasant human animal the District Officer who drawled, We chaps are here to help you chaps, and then proceeded to be as obstructive as possible. C. In these cases of course, the fact that you are an animal collector helps; people always seem delighted to meet someone with such an unusual occupation and go out of their way to assist you. D. Fortunately, these types are rare, and the pleasant ones I have met more than compensated for them but even so, I think I will stick to animals. E. When you travel round the world collecting animals you also, of necessity, collect human beings. [1] EACBD [2] ABDCE [3] ECBDA [4] ACBDE 3)A. Four days later, Oracle announced its own bid for PeopleSoft, and invited the firm's board to a discussion. B. Furious that his own plans had been endangered, PeopleSoft's boss, Craig Conway, called Oracle's offer "diabolical", and its boss, Larry Ellison, a sociopath". C. In early June, PeopleSoft said that it would buy J .D. Edwards, a smaller rival. D. Moreover, said Mr. Conway, he could imagine no price nor combination of price and other conditions to recommend accepting the offer." E. On June 12th, PeopleSoft turned Oracle down. [1] CABDE [2] CADBE [3] CEDAB [4] CAEBD 4)

A. A few months ago I went to Princeton University to see what the young people who are going to be running our country in a few decades are like. B. I would go to sleep in my hotel room around midnight each night, and when I awoke, my mailbox would be full of repliessent at 1:15 a.m., 2:59 a.m., 3:23 a.m. C. One senior told me that she went to bed around two and woke up each morning at seven; she could afford that much rest because she had learned to supplement her full day of work by studying in her sleep. D. Faculty members gave me the names of a few dozen articulate students, and I sent them emails,inviting them out to lunch or dinner in small groups. E. As she was falling asleep she would recite a math problem or a paper topic to herself; she would then sometimes dream about it, and when she woke up, the problem might be solved. [1] DABCE [2] DACEB [3] ADBCE [4]AECBD 5) A. To avoid this, the QWERTY layout put the keys most likely to be hit in rapid succession on opposite sides. This made the keyboard slow, the story goes, but that was the idea. B. A different layout, which had been patented by August Dvorak in 1936, was shown to be much faster. C. The QWERTY design (patented by Christopher Sholes in 1868 and sold to Remington in 1873) aimed to solve a mechanical problem of early typewriters. D. Yet the Dvorak layout has never been widely adopted, even though (with electric typewriters and then PCs) the anti-jamming rationale for QWERTY has been defunct for years. E. When certain combinations of keys were struck quickly, the type bars often jammed. [1] BDACE [2] CEABD [3] BCDEA [4] CAEBD

Set 29 1 1.I knew we were right, Neil Simon thought to himself as the steward brought him a glass of Cardhu single malt. A. Simon, the Director in charge of international franchise operations at Smith & Robin, a $8-billion marquee garment retailer, had arrived in India exactly seven days back with mixed feelings. B. The whiskey felt good after a week when he was allowed to drink nothing but champagne by his hosts in India. C. Simon signaled to the steward that he'd like a refill he planned to take his time over the second one and thought about the week that had been. D. Ah, but then they had had a reason to celebrate. E. He'd been at S & R less than eight months he had been hired when the company decided to abandon its twenty-year-old strategy of expanding geographically through owned outlets as against franchised ones but he knew the India trip was one of those things that could make or break his career. 1] ABCDE 2] CDAEB 3] ECBDA 4] BDCAE 2 A.What's a jarwal? B. The jarwal stared at her malevolently; saliva dripping from its gaping jaws, making its fearsome teeth glistens in the harsh winter sunlight. C. I don't know.

D. A bit like in Alien, only more like the maggot. E. Something fierce and nasty. F. A huge maggot-like beastie with a ferocious temper and huge teeth. 1] ACEBDF 2] AECBDE 2] BACEDF 4] BACEFD A.They soon learnt the sad inadequacy of bow and arrow and examples of successful resistance are rare. B. They were too close to the main communications between North and South C. Over the centuries the fringes of tribal territory have steadily receded. D. On their western extremities in Maharashtra and Rajasthan the Bhil people still occasionally waylay travelers though they are now largely settled and Hinduised. E. The sensitive, good-natured and gentle tribals were no match for the crusading incursions of Rajputs, Muslims and Marathas. 1) DCAEB 2) CEADB 3) CAEDB 4) CBDEA 4 A) And this because it doesn't want to be dubbed a spoilsport in the region. (B) If you stop griming and bearing it, you would be declared a loser," says a source, throwing up his hands in absolute exasperation. (C) There are many takers for this line of argument. (D) But, ironically, say many government sources, the very political class that lambastes Pakistan for sponsoring terrorism is shying away from matching its rhetoric with act. (E) It is like being in a popularity contest. (1) DCAEB (2) ADAEB (3) CBADE (4) EBCDA 5 A) Malignancies were diagnosed in three family members on the basis of this abnormality and then surgically removed. B) It appears to be the first instance in which this specific abnormality - in this case an exchange of material between the chromosomes number three and eight in all cells of the person's body - has been traced from generation to generation and thus permitted identification of cancer patients before they had any symptoms. C) An inherited genetic abnormality has been linked to a specific type of kidney cancer in a family in which ten members were affected over three generations. D) The discovery by scientists at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, USA, provides a potentially important clue to the origin of at least some cancers. 1) DCAB 2) CBDA 3) ABCD 4) DABC b

Set 30 1 1. The human society is plagued with environmental crisis. A. over population, depleting ozone layer, global warming, deforestation, soil erosion, depletion of non-renewable energy sources etc. are the issues haunting our minds. B. The plunder of environment since times immemorial is fast reaching a point of no return. C. it is an irony that human being as soon as he appeared on the earth, took everything including the nature for granted. D. The list of ecological mishaps is growing longer each day. 6. The prestigious world watch institute had forewarned in 1992 that, we have only four decades to

gain control over the major environmental problems to arrest the irreversible changes. (1)ABCD (2) DACB (3) CBAD (4) BADC 2 A curved titanium plate with five tiny screws would hold the bone in place and help reform the damaged margin of the eye. B. Deftly, he replaced the wedge of bone in Tenneh's face. C. Intravenous antibiotics would take care of any lingering infection. D. When he'd eliminated most of the diseased tissue, he stopped. 1) ABCD 2) DCAB 3) DCBA 4) ACBD 3 1. He came finally to a road from which he could see in the distance dark and agitated bodies of troops, smoke-fringed. A. The wounded men were cursing, groaning, and wailing in the air, always was a mighty swell of sound that it seemed could sway the earth. B. With the courageous words of the artillery and the spiteful sentences of the musketry mingled red cheers. C. And from this region of noises came the steady current of the maimed; one of the wounded men had a shoeful of blood. D. There was a blood-stained crowd streaming to the rear. 6. He hopped like a schoolboy in a game; he was laughing hysterically. 1] ADBC 2]CBDA 3] DABC 4] ABCD 4 A It is not with pessimism that one confronts man with the truth of this suffering B. Buddhism is however a reminder that even when all the suffering that is rooted in social maladjustment has been done away with, man will still be confronted with the problem of his destiny, of decay and death, and of the evanescence of everything that he tries to change desperately C. The smile on the Buddha's face indeed carries the promise that if man strives hard enough, he can even conquer this suffering D. There is much suffering in the world which is socially conditioned and which demands social cures 1) BACD 2) DBAC 3) CDBA 3) ABCD 5 A.This fact was established in the 1730s by French survey expenditions to Equador near the Equator and Lapland in the Arctic, which found that around the middle of the earth the arc was about a kilometer shorter. B. One of the unsettled scientific questions in the late 18th century was that exact nature of the shape of the earth. C. The length of one-degree arc would be less near the equatorial latitudes than at the poles. D. One way of doing that is to determine the length of the arc along a chosen longitude or Meridian at one degree latitude separation. E. While it was generally known that the earth was not a sphere but an 'oblate spheroid', more curved at the equator and flatter at the poles, the question of 'how much more' was yet to be established. a. BECAD b. BEDCA c. EDACB d. EBDCA

set 31 1 a)The government regulates rates of diesel, domestic LPG and kerosene to keep inflation under check b) The government has asked upstream oil firms like Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) to give about Rs 36,900 crore in fuel subsidy during April to December 2011, an official said today c) "Of this, the upstream companies have been asked to make good 37.91 per cent or Rs 36,894 crore," the official said. d) Fuel retailers Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) and Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) lost Rs 97,300 crore in revenue on selling diesel, LPG and kerosene at government controlled rates e)The revenue loss incurred by retailers on selling fuel below cost is split between the government and the oil companies. takes decab abced bdcae badce 2 a)Gilani said with four wars already fought on Kashmir issue, the region still was a flashpoint. b)Pakistan and India have had armed conflicts in 1947-48, 1965, 1971 and 1999. c)"We want to resolve the issues through dialogue, diplomacy, prudent policy and national consensus," the prime minister said. d)"But in this 21st century, we cannot afford wars", Associated Press of Pakistan quoted him as saying on Sunday. e) Pakistan and India have fought four wars on the Kashmir issue but can't afford any more in "this 21st century", Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said while calling for resolving issues takes eadbc eabdc eacdb beacd

Set 32 1 A. As officials, their vision of a country shouldn't run too far beyond that of the local people with whom they have to deal. B. Ambassadors have to choose their words. C. To say what they feel they have to say, they appear to be denying or ignoring part of what they know. D. So, with ambassadors as with other expatriates in black Africa, there appears at a first Meeting a kind of ambivalence. E. They do a specialized job and it is necessary for them to live ceremonial lives. a.BCEDA b.BEDAC c.BEADC d.BCDEA 2 A. most people, walking for pleasure, contemplate for three minutes; when B. a couple will stand there talking for half an hour on a fine afternoon C. some one is always looking into the river near Waterloo Bridge D. having compared the occasion with other occasions, or made some sentence, they pass on 1)ABDC 2)CADB 3)BCAD 4)CBAD 3 1. 1.The advice from the others on Mr. Stern's team is just as diverse A. Mr. Stern does not say B. Not all the money managers he wanted to see wanted to see him.

C How many of the nine have beaten S & P 500 over, say, the past 20 years and by how much exactly? D. But which of them is the most successful? 6. And he rewards those who granted him an interview with uncritical acclaim 1)CBAD 2)DCAB 3)CDAB 3)DBCA 4 1. After eight miserable years during which she had written nothing that satisfied her, she soon established the pattern of her day. A. Here she revised her early novels and wrote the later ones. B. Emma, Mansfield Park and Persuasion C. By now she knew the reality of being a poor relation, of the little snubs and disappointments that went with life as a spinster. D. Rising early to practice the piano and prepare breakfast, she then settled down to write in the ground-floor parlour. 6. Yet she did not lose her sense of comedy while continuing to satirize the social inequalities she observed. 1)DACB 2)DCBA 3)BDAC 4)DABC 5 A. So if determination were true, we would be trapped by the past and free will would be an illusion. B. Wouldn't our choices just be one more outcome determined by the past? C. Many philosophers hold that determinism is at odds with free will. D. According to determinism, we can't just decide to disobey the immutable laws that govern the universe. E. After all, if everything that happens is completely determined by the past, how can our choices be free? 1. CBDAE 2. CEBDA 3. DEBCA 4. ACEBD

Set 33 1 A. Although there are large regional variations, it is not infrequent to find a large number of people sitting here together and doing nothing. B. Once in office, they receive friends and relatives who feel free to call any time without prior appointment. C. While working, one is struck by the slow and clumsy actions and reactions, indifferent attitudes. Procedure rather than outcome orientation, and the lack of consideration for others. D. Even those who are employed often come late to the office and leave early unless they are forced to be punctual. E. Work is not intrinsically valued in India . F. Quite often people visit ailing friends and relatives or go out of their way to help them in their personal matters even during office hours . ( a) ECADBF ( b) EADCFB ( c) EADBFC ( d) ABFCBE 2 A. The situations in which violence occurs and the nature of that violence tends to be clearly defined at least in theory, as in the proverbial Irisman's question: 'Is this a private fight or can anyone join in?' B. So the actual risk to outsiders, though no doubt higher than our societies, is calculable. C. Probably the only uncontrolled applications of force are those of social superiors to social inferiors and even here there are probably some rules. D. However, binding the obligation to kill, members or feuding families engaged in mutual massacre will be genuinely appalled if by some mischance a bystander or outsider is killed.

( a) DABC ( b) ACDB ( c) CBAD ( d) DBAC 3 1. Buddhism is a way to salvation. A. But Buddhism is more severely analytical. B. In the Christian tradition there is also a concern for the fate of human society conceived as a whole, rather than merely as a sum or network of individuals. C. Salvation is a property, or achievement of individuals. D. Not only does it dissolve society into individuals, the individual in turn is dissolved into component parts and instants, a steam of events. 6. In modern terminology, Buddhist doctrine is reductionist. [1] ABCD [2] CBAD [3] BDAC[4] ABCD 4 1. The problem of improving Indian agriculture is both a sociological and an administrative one. A. It also appears that there is a direct relationship between the size of a state and development. B. The issues of Indian development, and the problems of India 's agricultural sector, will remain with us long into the next century. C. Without improving Indian agriculture, no liberalisation and delicensing will be able to help India. D. At the end of the day, there has to be a ferment and movement of life and action in the vast segment of rural India. 6. When it starts marching, India will fly. [1] DABC [2] CDBA [3] ACDB [4] ABCD 5 1. Good literary magazines have always been good because of their editors. A. Furthermore, to edit by committee, as it were, would prevent any magazine from finding its own identity. B. The more quirky and idiosyncratic they have been, the better the magazine is, at least as a general rule. C. But the number of editors one can have for a magazine should also be determined by the number of contributions to it. D. To have four editors for an issue that contains only seven contributions is a bit silly to start with. 6. However, in spite of this anomaly, the magazine does acquire merit in its attempt to give a comprehensive view of the Indian literary scene as it is today. [1] ABCD [2] BCDA [3] ABDC [4] CBAD