set 142

a.(2) BDAC
b.(2) BDAC
c.(1) DBCA

1
1
4

vyomconfused Says

Bimbom bhai explanations?:biggrin:

1)4
1 opens the paragraph with information on what we are
going to read here all about embroidery. The second sentence,
A, tells us how the process is undertaken. D informs us why
the backing process (mentioned in the previous sentence) is necessary. C gives us information on how the garment is
protected and B cites examples of fabric that dont require
backing. We conclude 6, which further adds to the information
on ways to add stability to the garment.

2. 2
The opening sentence informs us that this paragraph deals
with Venice. B tells us who was responsible for the sinking
(as mentioned in the first sentence) nature and man.
D continues with the fact that although man has destroyed,
he is also trying to save it. A informs us of how man has tried
to save it. C further states that Venice is a concern for Europe,
not only the Italian Government. The author concludes by
stating that The European Council has not yet done anything
to save Venice. Thus the mandatory pair here is BD.

3. 1
The opening sentence informs us that the paragraph deals
with Meridian where the author spent his summer. D continues
to tell us where exactly he stayed while he was in town.
B gives details of the place, where he stayed, and with whom.
C continues with the type of person the author was living
with and A supports the previous sentence by giving more
details about the doctor and it is followed by 6 which further
adds to these details. Thus, the mandatory pair is BC.

:grin::grin:

SET 142

OA

1)4
2)2
1)1
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Bimbom bhai explanations?:biggrin:

SET 142

OA

1)4
2)2
1)1
:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

SET 142

4
2
1

:)

set 140
A
B
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B
3
1
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1
2
1

SET 143

1. (c) DCBEA

2. (b) CBEDA

3. (b) CABDE

SET 142

A)
1. When you compare costs embroidery backing is a minute investment sent to buying sewing
machinery, but choosing the right backing for each project can mean the difference between a
product customers will want to buy and one they wont.
A. Backing is a non-woven material placed behind the garment to be embroidered that stabilizes the fabric and keeps it from moving or stretching during the embroidery process.
B. Although there are some fabrics that dont necessarily require backing before embroidery, like heavy canvas or some woven shirt materials, most do.
C. The garment is protected from pressure and friction of the thread and bobbin as it is sewn.
D. A good backing prolongs the life of the embroidery and enhances its appearance.
6. It adds stability to the fabric and gives stitches more dimensions as thread has more to hold on to as it is sewn.
(1) BCAD (2) BDAC (3) DBCA (4) ADCB (5) DCBA
B)
1. Man and nature were the culprits as Venice sank hopelessly or so it seemed - into the 177 canals on which the city is built.
A. The sinking has been arrested and Venice should start rising again, like an oceanic phoenix from the canals.
B. While natures work took ages, mans work was much quicker and more brutal.
C . The saving of Venice is the problem of the Italian Government, of course, but Venice is also a concern for Europe.
D. But now man is using his ingenuity to save what he had destroyed.
6. And it happened that in the second half of 1975 Italy was in the chair of the European Council of Ministers, but the EC as such has no program for the salvation of Venice.
(1) CADB (2) BDAC (3) DBAC (4) BADC (5) ADBC

C)
1. Last summer, I went to pass the hot weather season in the town of Meridian.
A. His practice, never very extensive, had after a few years been given up entirely.
B. After some difficulty I succeeded in renting a vacant lot that had been occupied by an eccentric doctor of the name of Mannering, who had gone away years before, no one knew where, not even his agent.
C. He had built the house himself and had lived in it with an old servant for about ten years.
D. The relative at whose home I had intended to stay was ill, so I sought other quarters.
6. Not only so, he had also withdrawn himself almost altogether from social life and become a recluse.
(1) DBCA (2) ABCD (3) DCBA (4) CDBA (5) CBAD

my takes in bold

Set 142

1. (5) dcba

2. (2) bdac

3. (1) dbca

set 142:

5
2
1

set 142: 4, 2, 1

My take
A)4
B)2
C)1

cna we have the OA please.

Set 142
1)3 DBCA
2)2 BDAC
3)1 DBCA

can u pls explain why u marked 1)3 DBCA coz i marked 4) ADCB

I though since backing is being talked about in Header/starter sentence, next sentence should be the one that identifies what a backing is, which A does .
Rest of the sequence also fits in.

As this is the only difference i found in other people's answers as well, pls join in with ur reasons for Q1 atleast.

Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical
order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate
one.
A. The repercussions of that 1967 conflict set the backdrop for the seemingly never-ending Israeli-
Palestinian conflict.
B. In other words, peace could ultimately be kept only if those on either side of the conflict found it
in their interest.
C. Moreover, the blue-helmeted soldiers who were stationed on the western part of the Sinai Peninsula
could be told to leave by their host country, Egypt, at any moment.
D. Its job was not to resolve the deeper sources of the conflict or enforce a permanent settlement.
E. A decade after the Suez conflict the Egyptians asked UNEF peacekeepers to leave on the eve
of the Six-Day War.
(a) ABCDE (b) EABCD (c) DCBEA (d) BCDEA
44. Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical
order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate
one.
A. This, of course, is a classical contraposition - Jorge Luis Borges, brings it up in his book using
as an example the historical meeting between the Bactrian King Menander and the Buddhist
sage Nagasena.
B. The self-conquest recipe seemed to me too extreme, given that striving for better life is so
central to human nature.
C. Is there a middle way to happiness that avoids conquest of any kind?
D. Moreover, I could not help thinking of it as a kind of cop-out: giving up worldly life is only meaningful
if you can first show that youre capable of living it.
E. At the same time, the all-out world conquest idea is too extreme in another, obvious sense.
(a) ABDEC (b) CBEDA (c) ACBDE (d) BEDAC
45. Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical
order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate
one.
A. The broken politics in New Delhi means that its almost impossible for Manmohan Singhs
government to take coherent policy decisions.
B. Beijings sweet reasonableness in 2012 is therefore welcome.
C. China anticipates this year to be a rough ride with bumps on the economy and a leadership
transition.
D. For India too, its important to not build an adversarial position vis-a-vis China.
E. India must remember though, that sweetness is not their default position.
(a) DABCE (b) CABDE (c) BCEDA (d) CBEAD

Lets name this as SET143.

Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical
order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate
one.
A. The repercussions of that 1967 conflict set the backdrop for the seemingly never-ending Israeli-
Palestinian conflict.
B. In other words, peace could ultimately be kept only if those on either side of the conflict found it
in their interest.
C. Moreover, the blue-helmeted soldiers who were stationed on the western part of the Sinai Peninsula
could be told to leave by their host country, Egypt, at any moment.
D. Its job was not to resolve the deeper sources of the conflict or enforce a permanent settlement.
E. A decade after the Suez conflict the Egyptians asked UNEF peacekeepers to leave on the eve
of the Six-Day War.
(a) ABCDE (b) EABCD (c) DCBEA (d) BCDEA
44. Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical
order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate
one.
A. This, of course, is a classical contraposition - Jorge Luis Borges, brings it up in his book using
as an example the historical meeting between the Bactrian King Menander and the Buddhist
sage Nagasena.
B. The self-conquest recipe seemed to me too extreme, given that striving for better life is so
central to human nature.
C. Is there a middle way to happiness that avoids conquest of any kind?
D. Moreover, I could not help thinking of it as a kind of cop-out: giving up worldly life is only meaningful
if you can first show that you're capable of living it.
E. At the same time, the all-out world conquest idea is too extreme in another, obvious sense.
(a) ABDEC (b) CBEDA (c) ACBDE (d) BEDAC
45. Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical
order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate
one.
A. The broken politics in New Delhi means that it's almost impossible for Manmohan Singh's
government to take coherent policy decisions.
B. Beijing's sweet reasonableness in 2012 is therefore welcome.
C. China anticipates this year to be a rough ride with bumps on the economy and a leadership
transition.
D. For India too, it's important to not build an adversarial position vis-a-vis China.
E. India must remember though, that "sweetness is not their default position."
(a) DABCE (b) CABDE (c) BCEDA (d) CBEAD

SET 142

A)
1. When you compare costs embroidery backing is a minute investment sent to buying sewing
machinery, but choosing the right backing for each project can mean the difference between a
product customers will want to buy and one they wont.
A. Backing is a non-woven material placed behind the garment to be embroidered that stabilizes the fabric and keeps it from moving or stretching during the embroidery process.
B. Although there are some fabrics that dont necessarily require backing before embroidery, like heavy canvas or some woven shirt materials, most do.
C. The garment is protected from pressure and friction of the thread and bobbin as it is sewn.
D. A good backing prolongs the life of the embroidery and enhances its appearance.
6. It adds stability to the fabric and gives stitches more dimensions as thread has more to hold on to as it is sewn.
(1) BCAD (2) BDAC (3) DBCA (4) ADCB (5) DCBA
B)
1. Man and nature were the culprits as Venice sank hopelessly or so it seemed - into the 177 canals on which the city is built.
A. The sinking has been arrested and Venice should start rising again, like an oceanic phoenix from the canals.
B. While natures work took ages, mans work was much quicker and more brutal.
C . The saving of Venice is the problem of the Italian Government, of course, but Venice is also a concern for Europe.
D. But now man is using his ingenuity to save what he had destroyed.
6. And it happened that in the second half of 1975 Italy was in the chair of the European Council of Ministers, but the EC as such has no program for the salvation of Venice.
(1) CADB (2) BDAC (3) DBAC (4) BADC (5) ADBC

C)
1. Last summer, I went to pass the hot weather season in the town of Meridian.
A. His practice, never very extensive, had after a few years been given up entirely.
B. After some difficulty I succeeded in renting a vacant lot that had been occupied by an eccentric doctor of the name of Mannering, who had gone away years before, no one knew where, not even his agent.
C. He had built the house himself and had lived in it with an old servant for about ten years.
D. The relative at whose home I had intended to stay was ill, so I sought other quarters.
6. Not only so, he had also withdrawn himself almost altogether from social life and become a recluse.
(1) DBCA (2) ABCD (3) DCBA (4) CDBA (5) CBAD
my take in red

Set 141
1
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.
1. CDBA 2. ADBC 3. DCBA 4 ABCD
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
1)The concept of a nation state assumes a complete correspondence between the boundaries of the nation and the boundaries of those who live in a specific state.
A) then there r members of national collectives who live in other countries, making a mockery of the concept.
B) there r always people living in particular states who r not considered to be (and often do not consider themselves to be members of the hegemonic nation.
C) even worse, ther r nations which never had a state or which r divided across several states.
D) this, of course, has been subject to severe criticism and is virtually everywhere a fiction.
6) however, the fiction has been, and continuous to be, at the basis of nationalist ideologies.
1)DBAC 2)ABCD 3)BACD 4)DACB
4
1) Will mtnl's latest offer of cell phones at a monthly rental of Rs.100 revolutionaize the market for cell phones the way sachets revolutionized the market for shampoos.
A).in market like ours where purchasing power is limited but aspirations are unlimited companies have realized that the trick is to package things in small affordable packs.
B).the best example of this is , perhaps , in the cosmetic market.
C).Just look around.
D)Or, more recently, the way the Rs. 5 -a-bottle coke took the soft drinks market by storm?quite possible.
6)Lipsticks,nail varnishes,deodorents,shampoos,you name it,almost every product is available in small packs that are ,at best,good for just a few cases.
1)cabd 2)cadb 3)dbac 4)dabc
5
(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 lambasts 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) DACEB (3) CBADE (4) EBCDA

Set 142

My Take

1)3 DBCA
2)2 BDAC
3)1 DBCA

Set 142

4
2
1

SET 142

My take
A)4
B)2
C)1

set 142

4
2
1

Set 142
1)3 DBCA
2)2 BDAC
3)1 DBCA

SET 142

A)
1. When you compare costs embroidery backing is a minute investment sent to buying sewing
machinery, but choosing the right backing for each project can mean the difference between a
product customers will want to buy and one they won't.
A. Backing is a non-woven material placed behind the garment to be embroidered that stabilizes the fabric and keeps it from moving or stretching during the embroidery process.
B. Although there are some fabrics that don't necessarily require backing before embroidery, like heavy canvas or some woven shirt materials, most do.
C. The garment is protected from pressure and friction of the thread and bobbin as it is sewn.
D. A good backing prolongs the life of the embroidery and enhances its appearance.
6. It adds stability to the fabric and gives stitches more dimensions as thread has more to hold on to as it is sewn.
(1) BCAD (2) BDAC (3) DBCA (4) ADCB (5) DCBA
B)
1. Man and nature were the culprits as Venice sank hopelessly - or so it seemed - into the 177 canals on which the city is built.
A. The sinking has been arrested and Venice should start rising again, like an oceanic phoenix from the canals.
B. While nature's work took ages, man's work was much quicker and more brutal.
C . The saving of Venice is the problem of the Italian Government, of course, but Venice is also a concern for Europe.
D. But now man is using his ingenuity to save what he had destroyed.
6. And it happened that in the second half of 1975 Italy was in the chair of the European Council of Ministers, but the EC as such has no program for the salvation of Venice.
(1) CADB (2) BDAC (3) DBAC (4) BADC (5) ADBC

C)
1. Last summer, I went to pass the hot weather season in the town of Meridian.
A. His practice, never very extensive, had after a few years been given up entirely.
B. After some difficulty I succeeded in renting a vacant lot that had been occupied by an eccentric doctor of the name of Mannering, who had gone away years before, no one knew where, not even his agent.
C. He had built the house himself and had lived in it with an old servant for about ten years.
D. The relative at whose home I had intended to stay was ill, so I sought other quarters.
6. Not only so, he had also withdrawn himself almost altogether from social life and become a recluse.
(1) DBCA (2) ABCD (3) DCBA (4) CDBA (5) CBAD

Set 140
My take
1-> d
2-> b

Set 141
4
C
2
4
2

Set 141
1
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.
1. CDBA 2. ADBC 3. DCBA 4 ABCD
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
1)The concept of a nation state assumes a complete correspondence between the boundaries of the nation and the boundaries of those who live in a specific state.
A) then there r members of national collectives who live in other countries, making a mockery of the concept.
B) there r always people living in particular states who r not considered to be (and often do not consider themselves to be members of the hegemonic nation.
C) even worse, ther r nations which never had a state or which r divided across several states.
D) this, of course, has been subject to severe criticism and is virtually everywhere a fiction.
6) however, the fiction has been, and continuous to be, at the basis of nationalist ideologies.
1)DBAC 2)ABCD 3)BACD 4)DACB
4
1) Will mtnl's latest offer of cell phones at a monthly rental of Rs.100 revolutionaize the market for cell phones the way sachets revolutionized the market for shampoos.
A).in market like ours where purchasing power is limited but aspirations are unlimited companies have realized that the trick is to package things in small affordable packs.
B).the best example of this is , perhaps , in the cosmetic market.
C).Just look around.
D)Or, more recently, the way the Rs. 5 -a-bottle coke took the soft drinks market by storm?quite possible.
6)Lipsticks,nail varnishes,deodorents,shampoos,you name it,almost every product is available in small packs that are ,at best,good for just a few cases.
1)cabd 2)cadb 3)dbac 4)dabc
5
(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 lambasts 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) DACEB (3) CBADE (4) EBCDA


PS:
This question was in 2011 thread but no ans was posted....
I know its exasperating not 2 have OA's and solve question...Bt we can discuss it here and get the best out of this question...

1) 4
2) B
3) 3
4) 3
5) 2
Please confirm.

Set 136


1. Nothing so marks a man as imaginative expression.
A. Imaginative minds cling to their images, and do not wish them to be rashly rendered into prose reality.
B. How often has a phrase of this kind made a reputation!
C. A figurative statement arrests attention, and is remembered and repeated.
D. Pythagoras' golden sayings were similar to those of Socrates' and Mirabai's.
6. It is like children resenting your showing them that their doll Cinderella is nothing but pine wood and rags.

Dcab
Bcda
Acbd
Cbda

Set 135

1. You cannot avoid the interplay of politics within an orthodox religion.
A. Power struggle permeates the training, education and disciplining of the orthodox community.
B. They must face that ultimate internal question - to risk sacrificing themselves for the sake of the orthodox ethic.
C. Because of this pressure, the leaders of the orthodox religion are always in a fix.
D. To succumb to complete opportunism as the price for maintaining their rule is the other choice.
6. They are not able to reconcile these two contradictory goals.
ABCD
DBCA
ACBD
BCAD


my take in red

SET 137
1
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

2
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

3
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

4
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 Jinnahstill 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


my take in red

SET 138

1.
A. In an age of globalisation and the internet they have retained their mystique.
B. How can you not love watching Russia?
C. In an age of homogeneity they remain unique
D. In England we know some of the players but we don't truly recognise them
E. The Andriy Arshavin, Roman Pavlyuchenko and Yuri Zhirkov who play for Russia are barely distant cousins of the Andriy Arshavin, Roman Pavlyuchenko and Yuri Zhirkov who flopped in the Premier League.

1)BACDE
2)DEBAC
3)BCADE
4)DCAEB
5)EACBD

2.
A.Netherlands are in a do-or-die situation after an unexpected loss to Denmark. They must win this match. Germany, meanwhile, have won their first outing against Portugal.
B.The second match for both teams in the Group stage of the Euros is expected to showcase some memorable moments.
C.The 2010 World Cup runners-up will take on the semi-finalists.
D.Though it was by just one goal, it ensured Die Mannschaft earned all three points from their opener
E.Today the world shall witness the clash of the giants at the Metalist Stadium.

1)ADECB
2)ECBAD
3)EADBC
4)CBADE
5)BADEC


my take in red.

Set 139
1
1. Fine, Hyderabad has an efficient administration and is the capital of a state that has a laptop toting power point friendly Chief Minister, but for a long time, barring an odd Microsoft or two, that was all it had.
(A) Oracle, for instance, is acquiring 7.5 acres of land to build its largest campus outside the USan official at the state IT department says the 8,00,000 sq ft centre will dwarf the companys 2,50,000 sq ft one in Bangalore.
(B) Now, circa 2003, the city may finally be able to live up to the hype that was built around it.
(C) Now, theres talk of Boeing and Bombardier exploring options of touching down in erstwhile Hyderabad; Oracle and Dell are hitting the city soon; and Hyderabad has emerged a favorite destination of IT-enabled services companies.
(D) In January this year, Infosys opened a 30-acre facility, (3,11,000 square ft of built up space in the city.
6. And Dells ITes operations will soon start in Hyderabads HiTec city. There are some other big names, says Col M. Vijay Kumar, the Hyderabad Director of the Software Technology Parks of India, displaying a reticence that is uncharacteristic of the city.
(1) BDAC (2) BCDA (3) DCBA (4) CBDA
2
(A) But over the years, as clients turned the screws on their advertising budgets, expecting an ever-increasing bang from their ad buck, the person who is helping put the most effective advertising together is the researcher.
(B) And when screw-ups happen, its usually because the consumer has not been researched adequately.
(C) For instance, at her employer WPP Media World Wide, where Byfield heads consumer insight, theres more than $16 billion (Rs.76,464 crore) of advertising spend at stake each year.
(D) Says, Byfield : We have enough of data, but sometimes we may be lacking in, insights.
(E) When Sheila Byfield began researching media 12 years ago, it was a job that got the smallest and the remotest cabin in the offices of major advertising agencies.
(1) EACBD (2) DEACB (3) ECABD (4) DAECB
3
AThey are particularly furious because they believe the sanctionswhich they blame on another US-led warhave ruined their lives, and their future.
(B) They stopped us from thinking and dreaming like others do.
(C) The sanctions were economic, intellectual, scientific, and even in sport, said one young man who attended the rally.
(D) Ever since the 12th anniversary of the 1991 war against Iraq on January 17, 2003, groups of Iraqis had expressed their anger in government-sanctioned protestsdenouncing the UN inspectors or the US for planning war against them.
(E) On the night of the anniversary, it was students and youth.
(1) DEACB (2) DAECB (3) EDACB (4) EADCB

my take in red

Set 140

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

my take in red

Set 141

1
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.
1. CDBA 2. ADBC3. DCBA 4 ABCD
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
1)The concept of a nation state assumes a complete correspondence between the boundaries of the nation and the boundaries of those who live in a specific state.
A) then there r members of national collectives who live in other countries, making a mockery of the concept.
B) there r always people living in particular states who r not considered to be (and often do not consider themselves to be members of the hegemonic nation.
C) even worse, ther r nations which never had a state or which r divided across several states.
D) this, of course, has been subject to severe criticism and is virtually everywhere a fiction.
6) however, the fiction has been, and continuous to be, at the basis of nationalist ideologies.
1)DBAC 2)ABCD 3)BACD4)DACB
4
1) Will mtnl's latest offer of cell phones at a monthly rental of Rs.100 revolutionaize the market for cell phones the way sachets revolutionized the market for shampoos.
A).in market like ours where purchasing power is limited but aspirations are unlimited companies have realized that the trick is to package things in small affordable packs.
B).the best example of this is , perhaps , in the cosmetic market.
C).Just look around.
D)Or, more recently, the way the Rs. 5 -a-bottle coke took the soft drinks market by storm?quite possible.
6)Lipsticks,nail varnishes,deodorents,shampoos,you name it,almost every product is available in small packs that are ,at best,good for just a few cases.
1)cabd 2)cadb 3)dbac 4)dabc
5
(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 lambasts 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) DACEB (3) CBADE (4) EBCDA


My take in red.

Set 141

1) 2
2) 3
3) 1
4) 4
5) 2

where is 139 set ka OA??

SET 141

My takes..

1->2
2->1
3->1
4->4
5->2

SET 141

My Take:

1. 4 ABCD
2. C FEDCBA
3. 2 ABCD
4. 3 dbac
4. 2 DACEB

gvipul443 Says

I am new to PG. Doesn't anyone provide the official answer? I thnk everybody just posts his or her answer.

The person who has posted the question will post the original answers after some time so that people can try and post there answers and when the original answers are out,they can match there answers.

I am new to PG. Doesn't anyone provide the official answer? I thnk everybody just posts his or her answer.

Set 141

1. 4 ABCD
2. C)FEDCBA
3. 3)BACD
4. 3)dbac
5. (2) DACEB

monika2 Says

D is a very good starter and EA is an evident sequence..

when you post answers then specify the set numbers.:grin:

SET 140

My Take:

1. b CEBD (EB is the link)

2. b EDCB (CB is the link)

Set 141

My take -

1) 2
2) 3
3) 1
4) 4
5) 2

Set 141

1>2. ADBC
2>C)FEDCBA
3>1)DBAC
4>4)dabc
5>(2) DACEB

Set 140

1 d
2 b

My take:141...
1---2
2---2
3----3
4---4
5---2

Set 141
1)1
2)4
3)3
4)2
5)4


I found them tough...phew!!

set 139:

(3) DCBA
(1) EACBD
(2) DAECB

D is a very good starter

D is a very good starter and EA is an evident sequence..

Set 140

1. d
2. b. Here ED is a link. Going by that.

Set 140

my take:

Q1.
(d) CBDE
Q2.
(b) EDCB
:)

SET 139:
My take-
2
1
1

Set 140

My Take
1)(b) CEBD
2)(b) EDCB

Proximus Says

bhai thoda kasht aur kar do....explanation for Option A(Q3)

Set 134:
Please could you also give the explanation for Q2(opt C) ; confused betwn opt c and opt d

Proximus Says

bhai thoda kasht aur kar do....explanation for Option A(Q3)

Please could you also give the explanation for Q2(opt C) ; confused betwn opt c and opt d

P.S- What is statement A doing in the SET? Just to confuse?

it has been used as the starting statement....well i dont have the OA....lets c wat others say about this

Set 140

CE is a definetive link because the "It communicates emotions both in a concealing and a revealing way" what is this "It"? Laughter is thus one stylistic device to mark a standpoint in narration.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.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.
Ans:(b)CEBD My take


2)(b) EDCB

P.S- What is statement A doing in the SET? Just to confuse?

Set 141
1
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.
1. CDBA 2. ADBC 3. DCBA 4 ABCD
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
1)The concept of a nation state assumes a complete correspondence between the boundaries of the nation and the boundaries of those who live in a specific state.
A) then there r members of national collectives who live in other countries, making a mockery of the concept.
B) there r always people living in particular states who r not considered to be (and often do not consider themselves to be members of the hegemonic nation.
C) even worse, ther r nations which never had a state or which r divided across several states.
D) this, of course, has been subject to severe criticism and is virtually everywhere a fiction.
6) however, the fiction has been, and continuous to be, at the basis of nationalist ideologies.
1)DBAC 2)ABCD 3)BACD 4)DACB
4
1) Will mtnl's latest offer of cell phones at a monthly rental of Rs.100 revolutionaize the market for cell phones the way sachets revolutionized the market for shampoos.
A).in market like ours where purchasing power is limited but aspirations are unlimited companies have realized that the trick is to package things in small affordable packs.
B).the best example of this is , perhaps , in the cosmetic market.
C).Just look around.
D)Or, more recently, the way the Rs. 5 -a-bottle coke took the soft drinks market by storm?quite possible.
6)Lipsticks,nail varnishes,deodorents,shampoos,you name it,almost every product is available in small packs that are ,at best,good for just a few cases.
1)cabd 2)cadb 3)dbac 4)dabc
5
(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 lambasts 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) DACEB (3) CBADE (4) EBCDA


PS:
This question was in 2011 thread but no ans was posted....
I know its exasperating not 2 have OA's and solve question...Bt we can discuss it here and get the best out of this question...

Set 140

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

I don't have the answers so we can discuss it in the evening.

PS:
My take
1)d
2)b

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