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I think I have prolonged this article for quite some time now but it's never too late than never. Although I admit that it is not a very well researched or well thought article but I think it will do the needful in case you get such questions in this CAT as well. With time I'll work and rework on this article till I am happy myself with what I have written.

Talking from my personal experience I have always thought that paragraph completion is a game of well read people. It is no rocket science but someone who doesn't read, would never be able to crack paragraph completion atleast. In one phrase if you ask me how to crack a paragraph completion question, I'd say 'Maintain The Continuity'. That is all it takes and hence proves my point that you have to be well read to understand the flow of the passage. Most of the time the crux of the passage will lie in the first line itself, and the rest of the passage will move with the same flow. The flow can be maintained wither by maintaining the parallel structure or through contrast. Let's look a some examples from previous year CAT papers.

Maintaining continuity through maintaining a parallel structure:


1. I am sometimes attacked for imposing 'rules'. Nothing could be further from the truth. I hate rules. All I do is report on how consumers react to different stimuli. I may say to a copywriter, "Research shows that commercials with celebrities are below average in persuading people to buy products. Are you sure you want to use a celebrity?" Call that a rule? Or I may say to an art director, "Research suggests that if you set the copy in black type on a white background, more people will read it than if you set it in white type on a black background." (CAT 2006)

1. Guidance based on applied research can hardly qualify as 'rules'.

2. Thus, all my so called 'rules' are rooted in applied research.

3. A suggestion perhap s, but scarcely a rule.

4. Such principles are unavoidable if one wants to be systematic about consumer behaviour.

5. Fundamentally it is about consumer behaviour - not about celebrities or type settings.

The paragraph starts with the author mentioning that he does not impose 'rules'. To validate his assertion he gives two examples, X and Y. And then see the structure-

Example X followed by “Call that a rule?”

Example Y followed by….

What will you choose except option 3? You need a sentence which would point to example Y, implying that Y is not a rule.


2. We can usefully think of theoretical models as maps, which help us navigate unfamiliar territory. The most accurate map that it is possible to construct would be of no practical use whatsoever, for it would be an exact replica, on exactly the same scale, of the place where we were. Good maps pull out the most important features and throw away a huge amount of much less valuable information. Of course, maps can be bad aswell as good - witness the attempts by medieval Europe to produce a map of the world. In the same way, a bad theory, no matter how impressive it may seem in principle, does little or nothing to help us understand a problem. (CAT 2006)

1. But good theories, just like good maps, are invaluable, even if they are simplified.

2. But good theories, just like good maps, will never represent unfamiliar concepts in detail.

3. But good theories, just like good maps, need to balance detail and feasibility of representation.

4. But good theories, just like good maps, are accurate only at a certain level of abstraction.

5. But good theories, just like good maps, are useful in the hands of a user who knows their limitations.

If you understand the structure of the last sentence you would invariable get this right. Let me put in a simple form: X, even if it's impressive, is Bad. However Y is good…

If I continue the structure of the last sentence, the complete thing would be:

X, even if it's impressive, is Bad. However Y, even if it's not impressive, is good.

What can you choose except option 1?

Maintaining continuity through contrast:

3. The audiences for crosswords and sudoku, understandably, overlap greatly, but there are differences, too. A crossword attracts a more literary person, while sudoku appeals to a keenly logical mind. Some crossword enthusiasts turn up their noses at sudoku because they feel it lacks depth. A good crossword requires vocabulary, knowledge, mental flexibility and sometimes even a sense of humor to complete. It touches numerous areas of life and provides an "Aha!" or two along the way. _______________________ (CAT 2005)

1. Sudoku, on the other hand, is just a logical exercise, each one similar to the last.

2. Sudoku, incidentally, is growing faster in popularity than crosswords, even among the literati.

3. Sudoku, on the other hand, can be attempted and enjoyed even by children.

4. Sudoku, however, is not exciting in any sense of the term.

This paragraph is starts with mentioning a contrast… (…but there are differences…). The first contrast comes as “A crossword attracts a more literary person, while sudoku appeals to a keenly logical mind.” The second contrast starts with “A good crossword requires X, Y and Z…” The second contrast is to be completed. If you keep in mind the first contrast you can complete the second contrast with option 1.


4. In the evolving world order, the comparative advantage of the United States lies in its military force. Diplomacy and international law have always been regarded as annoying encumbrances, unless they can be used to advantage against an enemy. Every active player in world affairs professes to seek only peace and to prefer negotiation to violence and coercion. (CAT 2006)

1. However, diplomacy has often been used as a mask by nations which intended to use force.

2. However, when the veil is lifted, we commonly see that diplomacy is understood as a disguise for the rule of force.

3. However, history has shown that many of these nations do not practice what they profess.

4. However, history tells us that peace is professed by those who intend to use violence.

5. However, when unmasked, such nations reveal a penchant for the use force.

If you see the contrast happening between diplomacy and use of force you will end up at option 1 and 2. Option 2 has to be chosen because it is providing an intended contrast to “Each player professes to seek..” by the words “when the veil is lifted..”. If you go by the implied meaning of “someone is professing to have or do something…” you automatically get a notion that something is hidden behind. And the words “veil is lifted…” bring out the notion in words by telling you that the hidden thing is unmasked.

The best way to practise these questions is to pick up questions from previous year CAT papers and write down every reason fro picking up or eliminating the option. Good Luck! This article would have not been possible without TG's help so my heartfelt thanks go to him. 😁👍


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The concept of samsara, of maya and mithya, the illusory nature of the material world around us, was crystallised in the Upanishads by the 8th or 9th century BCE. The high purpose in life was to be able to see the eternal truth beyond the veils of illusion. Persons who were able to achieve this were known as Buddhas, or enlightened ones, and Tirtankaras, or victors over the fear of death. Over the next 2,000 years, this vision of life and of a path to escape from the web of maya spread to many countries of Asia. It pervaded the culture of present-day Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Tibet, Central Asia, China, Korea and Japan. Present-day Bangladesh was culturally very close to Bengal in India. In fact, the Buddhist traditions of Bihar, Odisha and West Bengal were deeply connected to those of Bangladesh. Even today there are districts in Bangladesh where Buddhist sites can be found every few kilometres. Afghanistan is situated at a crossroads on the Silk Route. Owing to its geographical position, it became the meeting point of different people and civilisations. The Chinese pilgrim monk Xuan Zang visited Afghanistan in the 7th century. He mentions that there were many monasteries and Buddha sculptures in Bamiyan.


Which of the following most accurately encapsulates the main idea of the passage?

OPTIONS

1)One of the greatest achievements in the story of philosophy is the spread of ideas, across formidable mountains, vast oceans and national boundaries.

2)The warm acceptance of concepts from distant lands goes to underline the deep similarity of human nature and aspirations everywhere.

3)One of the greatest examples of the dissemination of philosophic ideas is the spread of Buddhism from the Indian subcontinent to the other countries of Asia.

4)The warm acceptance of concepts of Buddhism by people in distant lands goes to underline the deep similarity of human nature and aspirations everywhere


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1.The relevant question here seems to be: should Americans become complacent in the face of terrorism? Or, to phrase it less provocatively: is "complacent" really the word we're looking for here? How about "calm", "level-headed", or "judicious"? The bombing in Boston on Tuesday was gruesome, awful and pointless, and it naturally riveted the nation due to its attention-grabbing setting. But that kind of attention-grabbing setting is precisely what terrorists seek out, with the aim of distorting the public's perceptions of the actual threat. Planting two bombs at the Boston Marathon is a sick, twisted act of mass murder, but it doesn't necessarily augur any more widespread campaign of terrorism.

a. Morever, it doesn't imply the need for major behavioural or policy changes.

b.You're dealing with evil people who are very hard to control, and frankly there are sleeper agents that we've found in the past that have been here for years, and they show up and you had no idea.Says Orrin Hatch, a Republican senator from Utah.

c.So far, the response to the bombings has been admirable precisely because it has been rather low-key.

d.But neither does it warrant the attitude of "The glass is half full".

e. If the American people can maintain that dispassionate attitude, it could go a long way towards reducing the incentive for people to commit acts of terrorism in the first place.



2.All of which is to say that Nolan isn't trying to push a crude, Ayn Rand-esque parable about heroic Gotham capitalists threatened by resentful, parasitic looters. His model, as the movie's literary references make clear, is “A Tale of Two Cities” rather than “Atlas Shrugged,” which means that he's trying to simultaneously acknowledge the injustices of the existing regime while suggesting that both the revolutionary and anarchic alternatives would be much, much worse. Across the entire trilogy, what separates Bruce Wayne from his mentors in the League of Shadows isn't a belief in Gotham's goodness; it's a belief that a compromised order can still be worth defending, and that darker things than corruption and inequality will follow from putting that order to the torch.


a.It's no exaggeration to say that the “Dark Knight” universe is fascistic.

b.This is a conservative message, but not a triumphalist, chest-thumping, rah-rah-capitalism oneand it reflects a “quiet toryism” rather than a noisy Americanism.

c. Maybe it's an oversimplification to say that that's the purest form of the ideology that was bequeathed from Richard Wagner to Nietzsche to Adolf Hitler, but not by much.

d.Anyway, in case you can't tell, I really liked the movie .

e.And for this reason,I prefer to call it "The evil Masterpeice".



3.An important component of the research on achievement gaps highlights the role of stereotype threat, which could be internalised or externalised by those who are pejoratively stereotyped, and lower academic performance. Externalisation of negative stereotypes—expecting to be judged prejudicially by majority group members on the basis of a stereotypical belief in minority intellectual inferiority—increases the performance burden experienced by individual minority group members, and this extra psychological burden lowers grade performance. Internalisation—believing that at some level the myth of intellectual inferiority might actually apply to them—leads students to reduce their academic efforts in keeping with a psychological process of "disidentification".


a.In this country, no groups are "left out of the process" of higher education; here it is not racial exclusion but racial advantaging that is the source of resentment and disharmony.

b.The status quo is always seen as meritocratic and any attempt to change it is challenged, whether the change is based on income/socio-economist status or social markers such as race, caste, ethnicity or gender, and whether the change comes early or late in the life span of individuals.

c.This results in minority members disengaging from grade achievement as a domain of self-evaluation.

d.Should the disproportionate number of Jews as law professors, Chinese as doctors, Indians as engineers and blacks as basketball players, for example, be seen as a problem requiring racial adjustment?

e.President Obama's daughters, a Stanford admissions officer insisted, would be granted preference, if needed, whether they wanted it or not; it is enough that they are black.



4.This week, however, China faced a less familiar complaint: it is not growing fast enough. New figures showed the economy expanding by 7.7% in the year to the first quarter, marginally slower than the previous quarter's pace and notably slower than expected. The loss of momentum was a puzzle, given the spectacular surge in credit in January and March . The fact it came at the same time as a lull in the American economy and a relatively gloomy set of forecasts for most big economies from the IMF did not help the mood.


a. The regime is also busy easing the fiscal burden on the sector, replacing a clumsy turnover tax with a lighter value- added tax.

b. Even more notable, services have trumped industry's contribution to GDP in the past three quarters and have almost matched it over the past four—which has not happened since the 1960s.

c. In economic life, as one economist has put it, “Result becomes cause and cause becomes result.”

d. China's stockmarket reacted unhappily.



5. I can say that in my human relations I am often frustrated (and worse) because other people do not fit my needs. They do not fit me. I berate them for it, but I recognize that they are other than me. I see the difference clearly enough. It is easy to see that the other person is not what would fit me. But only after a lot of living do I come to the deeper recognition that others do not live in terms of what does not fit me. They live in their own terms: Of course they are not what would fit me, but they are also not what does not fit me. Another person is not alive in terms of my issues, and does not consist of what is other-than me. Each person is another life altogether.


a. You may not like this, but you are not free to make it something nicer!

b. It carries forward how things were.

c. But There is no way to show abstractly that "other" can mean anything other than "other than."

d. It has a very compelling but more than logical continuity with what was there before.

e. Only thereby do I sense the other as "really" other.


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Choose the combination showing the CORRECT sentences:


A. Democracy fosters the freedom of expression.

B. He played really good in the last match.

C. She fell in the well in her back yard.

D. The party was held on the hotel's roof.


OPTIONS

1)A, C and D

2)B only

3)B and C

4)All are incorrect

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A)All of the great and wise people who ever made a difference on planet Earth heard their souls' yearnings and chose a purpose for their lives. People such as Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and Nelson Mandela seem to have been driven by a self-defined purpose that they chose for themselves.


B)Now, we often think of such people with a sense of awe and respect as if they were somehow different from us -- better, smarter, more saintly, or more courageous.Sometimes they hardly seem human. But the truth is that the only real difference between you and those people is that they all seemed to have a clearly defined life purpose that they selected for themselves and then embraced with steadiest dedication and unshakeable determination.


C)At one time or another you've probably asked yourself, "What is the purpose of my life? What is its meaning? Why am I here on Earth, and what am I supposed to be doing?" Chances are, you work hard, whether you take care of a household or have a job outside of the home. Your days are filled with seemingly endless chores and tasks like getting the oil changed in your car and going to the grocery store.


D)You may have a sense that given the right circumstances, you could do much more than you are doing now. Perhaps you long to make a real difference in the world, to assign meaning to your life, and to listen to the yearnings of your very soul.


E)Perhaps sometimes, when you get tired or stressed out, life can seem like just one long and meaningless "to do" list with a bland retirement and a gold-plated watch at the end of it.


1) CEDAB 2)ABCED 3)ABDEC 4)ECDAB


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@DN2686

@dhanishtha

None and each are both singular and are used with singular verbsEach of my friends 'is' going to the concert this SundayNone of my friends 'is' going to the concert this SundayEach student in the class is going to contribute Rs. 100 for this fund.Plural verbs usage is never seen with none and each


some mistakes in your reply.


Each is a singular indefinite pronoun, it will always take a singular verb. The examples cited above can be referred to.


'None' is an indefinite pronoun which takes singular or plural verb depending on the context.


Ex:


None of the cake was left


and


None of the cookies were left.


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A. But this doea not mean that death was the Egyptians only preoccupation

B. Every papyri come mainly from pyramids.
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 Egyptian 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 5. ECDAB
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Sentence Correction 😁😁

61. A. Show me an intelligent woman in a house and I will show you an unhappy man in the same place.

B. They were charged for murder.

C. She was advised to lie in bed for a week.

D. Underconfident people have a problem with expressing themselves and portrayal of their true feelings.


a. A and D b. C and A c. B and D d. B and A 62.


A. It is not only important to look enthusiastic but also to feel it.

B. The Reliance Group have come up with a customer-friendly scheme, for people who can't pay the entire amount at one go.

C. Dora can't go to the party tonight because she is studying for her final examinations.

D. I understand your apprehensions regarding the new project.


a. A and D b. B and C c. A and B d. All of these


63. A. The quake-hit people worked hard to keep the dog from the door.

B. What are you referring to?

C. Three-fourths of the cakes have been eaten.

D. The majority believe that a male child is better than a female.


a. Only A b. A, B and D c. A and D d. Only D


64. A. Neither of them was available for comment.

B. Charles is going to pick up Mike at his office.

C. The range has so many colours to choose from.

D. Newsport is as big a company as Marshall Limited.


a. A and C b. Only B c. Only D d. No errors 65.


A. What did you do to look so stunning?

B. The kind of house I am looking for is the one with two rooms.

C. Two dollars are all I had to pay for this doll.

D. The comparison made between the products was unfair.


a. C and D b. Only A c. A and D d. B and C



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Four alternative summaries are given below each text. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the text.


51. Greece has both natural and cultural assets. But it has lacked in infrastructure — be it inadequate, or unsuitable public transport from the airport, or poor service at a restaurant, or in a shop. Representatives from across the sector of the Greek tourism industry — hoteliers, restaurant owners, travel agents, tour bus operators, tour guides, ferry companies, and so on — have long touted the problems they have faced. From its first day in government, the New Democracy indicated its intention to address these problems. And in the first few months it has been in power, it has already gone beyond simply stating its intentions and has actually begun to do something.


a. Greece is a major tourist attraction albeit plagued by lack of basic transportation facilities and poor services, which are being addressed by the new order.

b. The fact that the basic amenities are lacking is detrimental to tourism.

c. The New Democracy is alive to the problems being faced by the tourism industry and has already initiated steps to rectify them.

d. Greece is destination of Olympics regardless of its infrastructural inadequacies.



52. If one wishes to form a true estimate of the full grandeur of religion, one must keep in mind what it undertakes to do for men. It gives them information about the source and origin of the universe, it assures them of protection and final happiness amid the changing vicissitudes of life, and it guides their thoughts and actions by means of precepts which are backed by the whole force of its authority. It fulfils, therefore, three functions. In the first place, it satisfies man's desire for knowledge; it is here doing the same thing that science attempts to accomplish by its own methods, and here, therefore, enters into rivalry with it. It is to the second function that it performs that religion no doubt owes the greater part of its influence. In so far as religion brushes away man's fear of the dangers and vicissitudes of life, in so far as it assures them of a happy ending, and comforts them in their misfortunes, science cannot compete with it.


a. Religion is incomparable.

b. Religion scores over science as far as the emotional quotient goes.

c. Man in his quest for knowledge prefers science and scientific methods.

d. Science cannot provide a security cover.


53. This generation of young people are far less likely to be able to learn how to make decisions when on their own, how to act responsibly and how to assess the motives of those they do not know. They are less likely to be able to have adventures, extend personal frontiers, be mischievous, learn directly the consequences of being careless, gain self-esteem and self-confidence from acting sensibly, and contribute to family and community life by shopping, visiting or running errands for old people. These are all essential components of becoming responsible citizens.


a. Modernization is responsible for the new generations' tale of depravity.

b. Life is essentially an amalgamation of experiences.

c. One's experiences at the micro level get manifested at the macro.

d. A responsible citizen would have definitely led a wholesome childhood.


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In the following questions a sentence or paragraph is fragmented into 4 parts and labelled A, B, C, and D. Choose the fragment that carries a grammatical error in the context of the sentence or paragraph.


A. A good number of such tourists,

B. both Indian and foreigners,

C. who generally remain unidentified,

D. visit the core areas of tiger reserves every year.


OPTIONS

1)A

2)B

3)C

4)D

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The question below contains a paragraph followed by alternative summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the paragraph.



Although the first SMS was sent by an engineer, from his computer to a mobile device on Vodafone's UK network, it was only in 1994 that Nokia launched a mobile phone that let people easily write messages. What Nokia made popular is today proving to be its Achilles Heel as a new generation of smartphones coupled with a proliferation of applications like BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) and Whats App relegate text messaging to just another service.



OPTIONS

1)What began as a computer to phone text messages became popular as SMS with the launch of phones and smartphones that have relegated it to just another service.

2)SMS which began in 1994 became popular with Nokia phones but have since been taken over by smartphones and various other applications.

3)SMS became popular after Nokia launched a mobile phone capable of writing text messages in 1994; however, today's smartphones and several applications have made SMS redundant.

4)SMS became popular after Nokia launched mobile phones capable of writing messages in 1994 and later by the proliferation of smartphones and messaging applications.

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@Logrhythm

The question below contains a paragraph followed by alternative summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the paragraph.



Although the first SMS was sent by an engineer, from his computer to a mobile device on Vodafone's UK network, it was only in 1994 that Nokia launched a mobile phone that let people easily write messages. What Nokia made popular is today proving to be its Achilles Heel as a new generation of smartphones coupled with a proliferation of applications like BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) and Whats App relegate text messaging to just another service.





1)What began as a computer to phone text messages became popular as SMS with the launch of phones and smartphones that have relegated it to just another service.



2)SMS which began in 1994 became popular with Nokia phones but have since been taken over by smartphones and various other applications.



3)SMS became popular after Nokia launched a mobile phone capable of writing text messages in 1994; however, today's smartphones and several applications have made SMS redundant.



4)SMS became popular after Nokia launched mobile phones capable of writing messages in 1994 and later by the proliferation of smartphones and messaging applications.



3?

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RULES RULES !!!

4 Rules to Master Para Completion

Rule 1: Scope of passage and answer choice should be the sameScope loosely refers to the subject of the passage and the issues discussed in it. Scope of the correct answer choice should be the same as that of the passage. For example, if the passage discusses the benefits of Nuclear Energy, choices discussing Solar Power are unlikely to be correct. When a choice is out of scope, it is discussing issues or subjects that are different from those in the passage. Out of scope can be loosely translated as out of syllabus.

Rule 2: Scale of the passage and answer choice should be the sameConsider a passage on the outbreak of bird flu in a city, the correct answer choice will also focus on the city, it will not significantly change the scale (or size) of the problem. Thus any choice that extends the bird flu problem of the city to the country or reduces it to a small part of the city is unlikely to be correct. In other words the size of the problem will be the same in the paragraph and the correct answer choice.

Rule 3: Tone of the passage and the answer choice should be the sameIf the author of the paragraph has a favourable opinion on an issue then the correct answer choice should also reflect it. The tone of the passage and the correct answer choice has to be the same. If the passage is laudatory, it is not possible for the correct answer choice to be critical.

Rule 4: ContinuityJust as Ganges flows from Gangotri to Rishikesh to Varanasi and cannot reverse its direction, an issue that has been discussed and closed in the paragraph will not be taken up again, remember from Rishikesh Ganges can flow only to Varanasi and not to Gangotri. It is the last thought or issue that has to be taken forward and not something that is dead and buried.

How to apply these 4 Rules?

Obviously you start by reading the paragraph and going thru the choices. Check each choice for similarity with the passage on account of Scope (syllabus), Scale (size) Tone and Continuity (flow). Any choice that does not adhere to these four has to be incorrect and eliminated.1. If you are able to eliminate 3 out of 4 choices the remaining choice is the answer.2. If you are able to eliminate 2 out of 4 choices, compare the two remaining choices and the one which is closer to the paragraph in terms of scope, scale, tone and continuity is the answer.

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PARA COMPLETION # 1


Q1. Teaching creationism in American public schools has been outlawed since 1987 when the Supreme Court ruled that the inclusion of religious material in science classes was unconstitutional. In recent years, however, opponents of the theory of evolution – first developed by Charles Darwin, have regrouped, challenging science education with the doctrine of “intelligent design”, which has been carefully stripped of all references to God and religion. Unlike traditional creationism, which claims that God created the earth in six days, proponents of intelligent design say the workings of this planet are too complex to be ascribed to evolution. There must have been a designer working to a plan – that is, a creator. _____________________

(a) However, these kinds of teachings are unacceptable to the American public.

(b) However, there are many schools that are in favour of teaching traditional creationism to the students.

(c) However, such beliefs are not substantial enough to convince the American courts to allow teaching the subject in its schools.

(d) However, the American government believes that the students must have the knowledge of traditional creationism, as well as, intelligent design.

(e) However, some believe that parents should decide what subjects should be taught to their children


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1. So how big is the potential market?

A. But they end up spending thousands more each year on hardware overhaul and software upgradation.

B. Analysts say the new machines will appeal primarily to corporate users

. C. An individual buyer can pick up a desktop computer for less than $2,000 in America

D. For them, the NCs best-drawing card is its promise of much lower maintenance costs.

6. NCs, which automatically load the latest version of whatever software they need could put an end to all that.

a BCAD

b DABC

c BDCA

d DCAB

e ABCD


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Q2. The Ninth Schedule was created by Jawaharlal Nehru's government as a vessel to protect agrarian reform legislation. Nehru's vessel became a constitutional dustbin for Indira Gandhi's and later governments to provide immunity for any kind of legislation relating to elections, mines and minerals, industrial regulation, requisition of property, monopolies, coal or copper nationalisation, general insurance, sick industries, acquiring the Alcock Ashdown company, Kerala Chitties Act, Tamil Nadu reservations of 69 per cent and so on. _____________________

(a) This misuse is only characteristic of the political situation in India.

(b) Protection has become a veil for rampant corruption.

(c) No principle underlies this selection.

(d) Theoretically, all state and Union legislations lack substance.

(e) The dustbin was of limitless capacity.

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Ray:bray a)god:satan b) hide:chide c)light :quite d)dawn dusk


dentist:drill

a)teacher :cane b)surgeon:operation c)farmer :plough d)sailor:boat


pulsate :throb

a)deprive :Rob b)star:planet c)twinkle:wink d)shimmer :glitter


reward:virtue


a)triumph:creativity b)profits:acumen c)muscles:dieting d)repentance:penance


gypsy:caravann

a)hare:byre b)knight:mansion c)monk:temple d)convict:cell


Romantic : Realistic


a)love:sadness b) fanciful:real c)novels:plays d)thought:action


Tactiturn:verbose

a)epigrammatic:redundant b)softspoken :quiet c)brash:brazen d)epithet :epigram


Mural:WAll

a)Statue:Courtyard b)painting:Wall c)lithograph:Stone d)design:paper


mutton:Sheep


a)veal:lamb b)pig:pork c)hide:steer d)beef:bullock


piston:cylinder

a)elevator:shaft b)rifle:revolver c)bullet:revolver c)elevator:escalator


virtue:integritya)vice:sloth b)wicked:greedy c)goodness:honesty d)pleasure:pain

Antimacassar:Sofa


a)rug:floor b)table:Chair c)door:window d)picture:frame


water:Conduit a)electricity:magnet b)elevator:Shaft c)shell:rifle d)noise:cannon


Vindicable:Reprehensible


a)mild:serious b) bitter:sad c)mild:sad d)solid:porous


Sonnet:Line a)ballad :poetry b)symphony:harmony c)novel:Chapter d)game:Score


SAtellite:orbit

a)ball:pitcher b)missile:trajectory c)moon:phase d)Rocket projectile


Condone:Condemn

a)Concede:disallow b)White:Red c)elevate:enhance d)adulate:malign


Always:never


a)often:Rarely b)frequently:occasionally c)constantly:frequently d)intermittently:casually

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@sushant1002001

Ray:bray a)god:satan b) hide:chide c)light :quite d)dawn dusk



PM if there are other sets like these with you..or plz refer the BOOK/material u r using for this.