@hedonistajay said:yes right ... but why .. why not 'some'
Sorry yar...cant explain...
any seemed/sounded/looked....whatever..better...
Hi All,
This is my first post on the forum so please bear if I miss out on something :)
I'm stuck with a few "Fill in the Blank" questions where I'm confused between the options provided provided. Please help!
1. There is almost no part of the world, or period of its history, that is not the __ of vigorous and sophisticated investigation by __ and historians.
a) object...sociologists
b) subject..archeologists
c) matter...psychologists
d) issue...scientists
Option (b) appears logical except that option (a) to be correct as well. In fact, I have a feeling that option (a) appears to be more appropriate.
2. It is truer that it has ever been that knowledge is growing and ____ multiplying more quickly than can be _____ and recorded in synthetic form.
a) information...stored
b) perceptions..applied
c) understanding..utilized
d) perspectives..assimilated
Option (a) seems to be the most obvious choice, however that is not the correct answer.
Both the above sentences have been taken from the book "A History of Latin America to 1825", so I know the 'correct' answers. The point is, can anyone please explain why the other choices are wrong?
3. With the __ letters that were written by the accused as evidence, it would be __ to expect to arrive at the nature of his connection with the deceased.
a) illegible..feasible
b) meager..audacious
c) infrequent..optimistic
d) exiguous..ridiculous
Again, I'm stuck between options (c) and (d).
Please help!!
I don't have OA for this currently.( took from testfunda,wanted to discuss it)
Select an order to form a coherent paragraph.
A In today's interdependent world,the debate about the role of public policy, the size and functions of government, and the legitimacy of public decision-making should be conducted with the four levels of governance much more clearly in focus.
B. The levels often will overlap, but democracy could be greatly strengthened if the issues were linked to the levels at which decisions can best be taken.
C. As Pascal Lamy, the director of the World Trade Organization, has said,it is not only the “local” that has to be brought to the “global”; the inherently “local” political sphere has to internalize the global or regional context.
D. That is a huge challenge for political leadership and communication, but, if it is not met, democracy and globalization will be difficult to reconcile.
1) CABD
2) ADBC
3) ABCD
4) CDAB
@nole said:I don't have OA for this currently.( took from testfunda,wanted to discuss it)Select an order to form a coherent paragraph.. In today's interdependent world,the debate about the role of public policy, the size and functions of government, and the legitimacy of public decision-making should be conducted with the four levels of governance much more clearly in focus.B. The levels often will overlap, but democracy could be greatly strengthened if the issues were linked to the levels at which decisions can best be taken. C. As Pascal Lamy, the director of the World Trade Organization, has said,it is not only the “local” that has to be brought to the “global”; the inherently “local” political sphere has to internalize the global or regional context. D. That is a huge challenge for political leadership and communication, but, if it is not met, democracy and globalization will be difficult to reconcile.1) CABD 2) ADBC 3) ABCD 4) CDAB
I have seen it yesterday ... AB and CD seems to be pair but not sure how to place them
@hedonistajay C is reinforcing a point "As pascal said " so para shouldn't start with C.out of remaining two ADBC sounded more convinding,because in ABCD, D talks about challenge by using "THAT" and i wasn't sure which THAT was it. i may be wrong though .
@nole said:@hedonistajay C is reinforcing a point "As pascal said " so para shouldn't start with C.out of remaining two ADBC sounded more convinding,because in ABCD, D talks about challenge by using "THAT" and i wasn't sure which THAT was it. i may be wrong though .
see according to me B shud follow A as there is continuation of idea ....
@hedonistajay yeah i am sorry,i think ABCD would be the answer because D says "democracy and globalisation would be difficult to reconcile" if i use ADCB, then B again says democracy can be strengthened.first we give reasons for what should we do,then we end up by saying if we don't do then it would be difficult to reconcile.so ABCD.
@nole said:@hedonistajay yeah i am sorry,i think ABCD would be the answer because D says "democracy and globalisation would be difficult to reconcile" if i use ADCB, then B again says democracy can be strengthened.first we give reasons for what should we do,then we end up by saying if we don't do then it would be difficult to reconcile.so ABCD.
yes it makes sense 
ENFORCE
a)Have you any statistics that would enforce your argument?
b) Such a strict rule is not easily enforceable.
c) The teacher enforced the children into obedience
d) The police are entrusted with the enforcement of law and order
b) Such a strict rule is not easily enforceable.
c) The teacher enforced the children into obedience
d) The police are entrusted with the enforcement of law and order
@techgeek2050 said:INAPPROPRIATE USAGE :ENFORCEa)Have you any statistics that would enforce your argument?b) Such a strict rule is not easily enforceable.c) The teacher enforced the children into obedienced) The police are entrusted with the enforcement of law and order
@techgeek2050 said:and what will the form of C be?
well i gave edited the ans...
enforce means - apply , implement , impose so A seems to be wrong one
enforce means - apply , implement , impose so A seems to be wrong one
@techgeek2050 said:@hedonistajayThe OA given is C.
Initially marked C as it didnt sounded correct then saw meaning of enforce .. one meaning was 'Compel to behave in a certain way' so changed my ans to A @hedonistajay said:well i gave edited the ans...enforce means - apply , implement , impose so A seems to be wrong one
it also means
To give force to; reinforce ;
So "enforce your arguments" should be correct.
@hedonistajay said:Initially marked C as it didnt sounded correct then saw meaning of enforce .. one meaning was 'Compel to behave in a certain way' so changed my ans to A
Ya your first choice was correct. I guess VA is all about following your very first instinct.
Btw i don't understand what's wrong with C. And what should the correct form be.
@miseera said:SET (47) PCs 41. Since the IPCC report, the science has tended to confirm the idea that something serious is happening. In the 1990s, satellite data seemed to contradict the terrestrial data that showed temperatures rising. The disparity puzzled scientists and fuelled scepticism. The satellite data, it turned out, were wrong: having been put right, they now agree with terrestrial data that things are hotting up.__________________. (1) Glaciers are melting surprisingly swiftly. (2) Arctic sea ice, for instance, is melting unexpectedly fast, at 9% a decade. (3) Observations about what is happening to the climate have tended to confirm what the models predicted would happen. (4) A range of phenomena, such as hurricane activity, that were previously thought to be unconnected to climate change are now increasingly linked to it. (5) The world is warming up because of human activity, the IPCC report has argued.42. It is true that the allocation for secondary education has indeed increased by just under Rs 2,000 crore. But it is immediately evident that this is not even a small proportion of the requirement for meeting the growing demand given the population bulge and the need to ensure universal education up to Class VIII and increasing enrolment up to Class X ._________. (1) This is despite the fact that the goal of sarva shiksha is nowhere near being reached. (2) So clearly the Central government continues to wash its hands of the financial commitment that will be necessary to ensure universal school education. (3) Since elementary education covers only up to Class V, the resources for Classes VI to VIII have to be met from the secondary education budget. (4) While enrolment at the primary stages has improved the dropout rates remain very high, especially of girls. (5) Even by the end of elementary school (Class V) at least 25 per cent of children in the relevant age group will not complete elementary education.43. Former Director-General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research R.A. Mashelkar has brought disgrace upon India's scientific establishment by producing a tawdry, poorly argued, unbalanced and pro-big business report on India's patents law, at the core of which lies rank plagiarism. Mashelkar has withdrawn the discredited report of the "Technical Expert Group on Patent Law Issues", which he headed. ____________________.(1) He says he did this to uphold "scientific ethics". (2) He says: "I stand by the report and its findings, 100 per cent... ." (3) He claims that there was no "plagiarism" and that "it would be wrong to attach motives" to the fact that a critical part of his committee's report was bodily lifted from a previously published paper. (4) He minimises and trivialises this thoroughly deplorable and indefensible practice as consisting of mere "technical inaccuracies" or a"copying error by the sub-committee" that wrote the draft. (5) What is crucial is that the plagiarised portion forms the heart of the Mashelkar Committee's recommendation.44. As far as I can recall, the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and the Information Technology Act, 2000, are the only laws dealing with the subject of obscenity in India. Section 292 of the IPC prohibits the sale of obscene books, pamphlet, and so on, and prescribes a sentence of two years and a fine of Rs 2,000 to a first offender. A repeat offender gets five years and a fine of Rs 5,000. Section 293 deals with sale of such material to a person under 20. ________________.(1) This law has been invoked by the police in several instances of the Net being used to sell pornography. (2) How far can acts of child pornography be brought under these sections will merit a debate. (3) Section 67 of the IT Act deals directly with pornography on the Net. (4) It renders publication or transmission of material that is lascivious or which appeals to the prurient interest of another person an offence punishable with a sentence of five years and a fine of Rs 100,000. (5) Performing obscene acts and reciting obscene songs in public are punishable under Section 294.45. With all the air-conditioning, the cushioned seats, the more comfortable coaches and all the rest,one needs really to look at the entire process of undertaking a train journey. Is it, one needs to consider,a passenger-friendly experience? This is not merely a matter of comfortable seats and all the other facilities being provided. The purchase of a ticket is where the process of a journey's assenger friendliness, or lack of it, begins. _______________. (1) True, it comes with an assurance that it will almost certainly be confirmed on the day of the journey. (2) Most passengers will agree that it is usual to get a wait-listed ticket even a fortnight before the journey. (3) With all the counters, all the electronics, the computers and the now much-touted on-line booking arrangements, the process is as mystifying as it is harrowing. (4) Why is it so difficult to provide a ticket that is confirmed, as in the case of an air journey? (5) And the other great Indian railway mystery: No ticket has the passenger's name on it- just the letter. Happy CATing
OAs 
41 (3) Things are hotting up the next sentence should confirm these findings, which is happening in (3).
42. (3) The argument is Mashelkar. It should continue with his justification for making the mistake, which is stated in (1) only.
44. (5) The paragraph is describing punishment. It talks of Section 293, and in the next line it should talk about further penalties, in Section 294, hence (5).
45. (3) The paragraph talks about "is not merely a matter of comfortable seats and all the other facilities being provided. The purchase of a ticket" hence it should continue with (3) which states that the process is quite mystifying and confusing.
about allocation of secondary education and universal education. Hence the next sentence should be about financing the elementary education, which is part of universal education. No other choice addresses this.
about allocation of secondary education and universal education. Hence the next sentence should be about financing the elementary education, which is part of universal education. No other choice addresses this.
43. (1) The paragraph is about the charges against
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