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101. Fill in the blanks: Everyone will admit that swindling one's fellow beings is a necessary practice; upon it is based the really sound commercial success formula — ___.

102. Arrange sentences A, B, C and D between sentences 1 and 6 to form a logical sequence of six sentences.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 stream of events.6. In modern terminology, Buddhist doctrine is reductionist.

103. Arrange sentences A, B, C and D between sentences 1 and 6 to form a logical sequence of six sentences.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 problem 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.

104. Arrange sentences A, B, C and D between sentences 1 and 6 to form a logical sequence of six sentences.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, it 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.

105. Arrange sentences A, B, C and D between sentences 1 and 6 to form a logical sequence of six sentences.1. It is the success story of the Indian expatriate in the US which today hogs much of the media coverage in India.A. East and West, the twain have met quite comfortably in their person, thank you.B. Especially in its more recent romancing — the-NRI phase.C. Seldom does the price of getting there — more like not getting there — or what's going on behind those sunny smiles get so much media hype.D. Well groomed, with their perfect Colgate smiles, and hair in place, they appear the picture of confidence which comes from having arrived.6. The festival of feature films and documentaries made by Americans of Indian descent being screened this fortnight, goes a long way in filling those gaps.

106. Arrange sentences A, B, C and D between sentences 1 and 6 to form a logical sequence of six sentences.1. A market for Indian art has existed ever since the international art scene sprang to life.A. But interest in architectural conceits is an unanticipated fallout of the Festivals of India of the '80s, which were designed to increase exports of Indian crafts.B. Simultaneously, the Indian elite discarded their synthetic sarees and kitsch plastic furniture and a market came into being.C. Western dealers, unhappy in a market afflicted by violent price fluctuations and unpredictable profit margins, began to look East, and found cheap antiques with irresistible appeal.D. The fortunes of the Delhi supremos, the Jew Town dealers in Cochin and myriad others around the country were made.6. A chain of command was established, from the local contacts to the provincial dealers and up to the big boys, who entertain the Italians and the French, cutting deals worth lakhs in warehouses worth crores.

107. Arrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraphA. He was carrying his jacket and walked with his head thrown back.B. As Annette neared the lamp she saw a figure walking slowly.C. For a while Michael walked on and she followed 20 paces behind.D. With a mixture of terror and triumph of recognition she slackened her pace.

108. Arrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraphA. However, the real challenge today is in unlearning, which is much harder.B. But the new world of business behaves differently from the world in which we grew up.C. Learning is important for both people and organisations.D. Each of us has a 'mental model' that we've used over the years to make sense.

109. Arrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraphA. There was nothing quite like a heavy downpour of rain to make life worthwhile.B. We reached the field, soaked to the skin, and surrounded it.C. The wet, as far as he was concerned, was ideal.D. There, sure enough, stood Claudius, looking like a debauched Roman emperor under a shower.

110. Arrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraphA. Alex had never been happy with his Indian origins.B. He set about rectifying this grave injustice by making his house in his own image of a country manor.C. Fate had been unfair to him; if he had had his wish, he would have been a count or an Earl on some English estate, or a medieval monarch in a chateau in France.D. This illusion of misplaced grandeur, his wife felt, would be Alex's undoing.

111. Arrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraphA. The influence is reflected the most in beaded evening wear.B. Increasingly, the influence of India's colours and cuts can be seen on western styles.C. And even as Nehru jackets and Jodhpurs remain staples of the fashion world, designers such as Armani and McFadden have turned to the sleek silhouette of the churidar this year.D. Indian hot pink, paprika and saffron continue to be popular colours, year in and year out.

112. Arrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraphA. Such a national policy will surely divide and never unite the people.B. In fact, it suits the purpose of the politicians; they can drag the people into submission by appealing to them in the name of religion.C. In order to inculcate the unquestioning belief they condemn the other states, which do not follow their religion.D. The emergence of the theocratic states, where all types of crimes are committed in the name of religion, has revived the religion of the Middle Ages.

113. Arrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraphA. His left-hand concealed a blackjack, his right-hand groped for the torch in his pocket.B. The meeting was scheduled for 9 o'clock, and his watch showed the time to be a quarter to nine.C. The man lurked in the corner, away from the glare of light.D. His heart thumped in his chest, sweat beads formed themselves on his forehead, his mouth was dry.

114. Arrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraphA. The director walked into the room and took a look around the class.B. Mitch wanted to scream — the illogicality of the entire scene struck him dumb.C. The managers stared at him with the look of fear that no democratic country should tolerate in its people.D. He walked out of the room — it was his irrevocable protest against an insensible and insensitive situation.

115. Arrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraphA. The establishment of the Third Reich influenced events in American history by starting a chain of events which culminated in war between Germany and the United States.B. The Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1936 prohibited trade with any belligerents or loans to them.C. While speaking out against Hitler's atrocities, the American people generally favoured isolationist policies and neutrality.D. The complete destruction of democracy, the persecution of Jews, the war on religion, the cruelty and barbarism of the allies, caused great indignation in this country and brought on fear of another World War.

116. Arrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraphA. An essay which appeals chiefly to the intellect is Francis Bacon's Of Studies.B. His careful tripartite division of studies expressed succinctly in aphoristic prose demands the complete attention of the mind of the reader.C. He considers studies as they should be; for pleasure, for self-improvement, for business.D. He considers the evils of excess study: laziness, affectation, and preciosity.

117. Arrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraphA. By reasoning we mean the mental process of drawing an inference from two or more statements or going from the inference to the statements, which yield that inference.B. So logical reasoning covers those types of questions, which imply drawing an inference from the problems.C. Logic means, if we take its original meaning, the science of valid reasoning.D. Clearly, for understanding arguments and for drawing the inference correctly, it is necessary that we should understand the statements first.

118. Select the pair of sentences that relates logically to the given statement. Either Sita is sick or she is careless.A. Sita is not sick.B. Sita is not careless.C. Sita is sick.D. Sita is careless.

119. Select the pair of sentences that relates logically to the given statement. Ram gets a swollen nose whenever he eats hamburgers.A. Ram gets a swollen nose.B. Ram does not eat hamburgers.C. Ram does not get a swollen nose.D. Ram eats hamburgers.

120. Select the pair of sentences that relates logically to the given statement. Either the employees have no confidence in the management or they are hostile by nature.A. They are not hostile by nature.B. They are hostile by nature.C. They have confidence in the management.D. They have no confidence in the management.

121. Select the pair of sentences that relates logically to the given statement. Whenever Ram reads late into the night, his father beats him.A. His father does not beat Ram.B. Ram reads late into the night.C. Ram reads early in the morning.D. Ram's father beats him in the morning.

122. Select the pair of sentences that relates logically to the given statement. All irresponsible parents shout if their children do not cavort.A. All irresponsible parents do not shout.B. Children cavort.C. Children do not cavort.D. All irresponsible parents shout.

123. Choose the set in which the third statement is a logical conclusion of the first two.A. Some Xs are Ps. Some Ps are Ys. Some Xs are Ys.B. All Sonas are bright. Some bright are crazy. Some Sonas are crazy.C. No faith is strong. Only strong have biceps. No faith has biceps.D. All men are weak. Some weak are strong. Some strong are weak.

124. Choose the set in which the third statement is a logical conclusion of the first two.A. Some icicles are cycles. All cycles are men. Some icicles are men.B. All girls are teeth. No teeth is yellow. No girls are yellow.C. No hand is foot. Some foot are heads. Some hands are heads.D. Every man has a wife. All wives are devoted. No devoted has a husband.

125. Choose the set in which the third statement is a logical conclusion of the first two.A. No sun is not white. All moon is sun. All moon is white.B. All windows are open. No open space is allocated. All window is closed space.C. No German can fire. All Americans bombard. Both, Germans and Americans can fight.D. No X is Z. No Z is Y. No X is Y.

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