PJ Set 1


A.Last year a New York counsellor proposed a law that would prohibit the use of mobile phones in ' places of public performance' such as theatres, art galleries and concert halls , punishable by a $50 fine.
B.At the same time, though, using a mobile phone can seem profoundly anti-social ,not least to people in the immediate vicinity.
C.In retausrants, theatres ansd museums or trains or even standing in the super market check out queue , there is no escape from chirping and bleeping phones, nor from the inane converstaions of theit owners.
D.But his proposal has been denied as unenforceable.
E.The mobile phone is a paradoxical device.Its primary function is social; to enable its owner to communicate with other people.
1.CADEB 2.EBCAD 3.ECBAD 4.ADEBC
A.The years following the 1982 Asian Games saw an exponential rise in growth, which coincided with the setting up of Doordarshan kendras in many parts of the country.
B.The govt. adopted a policy of encouraging the sector, which resulted in many TV companies being established.
C.By 1989, there were over 200 TV companies with sales of 5.2 million sets.
D.However due to high import content (picture tubes) of Tv's there was a huge outflow of foriegn exchange .
E.The 80's saw the TV industry growing at a fast rate of 30% per year.
1.EABCD 2.BDEAC 3.BCDAE 4.ECDAB
A.Is the Kyoto Protocol dead?
B.A delegation from the European Union was rebuffed in Washington when they tried to get the US to reconsider its decision to turn its back on the treaty.
C.The visit followed two recent bombshells dropped by George BUsh.
D.Last month, he abruptly announced a U-turn on his intention to control the emission of carbon dioxide , the principal greenhouse gas, through domestic regulations.
E.And lst week, he made it clear that his opposition to the Kyoto deal was not just posturing but "unequivocal".
1.BECDA 2.ECDAB 3.BCDAE 4.ABCDE
A.The French are renowned for their sensitivity to smell - Parisian cabbies are said to be able to nme perfumes that linger in their cabs long aftre the wearer is gone.
B.Legend has it that when the royal famlliy tried to flee France disguised as commoners, they were betrayed by Marie Antoinette's perfume.
C.Their's is assumed to be culturally conditioned talent.Sensitivity to smell is believed to be the result of nurture not nature abd is bound up with Proustian memories,sexual instincts and other enigmatic impulses.
D.As she emerged from their carnage at Varennes, her heavenly Houbigant scent revealed her to be no ordinary citoyenne.
E.Alone of all the senses, smell has remained a mystery ; no one yet has fully understood how the nose knoes.
1.BADCE 2.ACBDE 3.BDEAC 4.ACEBD
A.Towards the end of the boom and bust cycle, cement prices fell down taking down with it th cement companies' profitability.
B.The last two years gave testimony to the last stage of the cycle.
C.The profitability of cement companies suffered and the scrips took a beating on the stock markets.
D.But the good part is that the glut in the industry and the resulting crunch in profitability deterred many enterpreneurs from entering the sector.
1.DCAB 2.CDBA 3.ABCD 4.BDCA
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