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1A .The inner self provides us with a touchstone to evaluate our interface in nature.B. There is hierarchy of consciousnessC. 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

2A. Senior Management is usually overwhelmed by the complexity of budget setting.B. They are rather bored by the budget processC. It is a misconception that the budget is set by the senior managementD. Senior managers jump at a chance to accept a budget analysis recommendation for budget changes

A) CDAB B) CABD C)ABDC D) ABCD

3A. Risk stemming from fluctuation in exchange rate loans hover constantly on the horizon of foreigninvestmentB. In view of higher risk, a firm contemplating foreign investment would naturally expect a higher rate ofreturnC. A multinational company may be accused of profiteering, even when it may simply be following thesound financial practice of asking a high rate of return commensurate with risks charactering the projectD. In addition, foreign investment is subject to discriminatory treatment and selection control in variousforms

A) ADBC B) CDBA C) ACBD D) BACD

41. 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 thedemoralized leaderless Muslim league.B. He was reelected to the expanded national assembly, which met for the first time in Delhi in January1924.C. The khilafat movement launched by Gandhi in 1920 had by then collapsed and so had the final phase ofSatyagraha in Gujarat.D. Most congress leaders remained in prison cells, while Jinnah reorganized his Muslim league as itspresident, and won the respect of ram say MacDonald6. 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 separateelectorates for its Muslims and other minoritiesa) ADCB b)BCDA c)DBAC d)ABCD

51. vertical solutions are customized to the needs of a particular customerA. cross industry solutions can be customized to the industry, and then to the customer that they are installed

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withB. it can be said that this set of procedures and the data structures that are maintained by them became theback bone of the businessC. once either of these is in place, they literally define the way the business will be operatedD.data relationship must be maintained6.processes for updating the data need to be rigorously adhered to.

a)ABCD b)DBAC c)ACDB d)BDAC

Q6:1. The free market often seems better at recognizing and promoting leaders than large organizations.A. most of the job growth in the US this decade has come from small companies, according to cognetics, aresearch organization.B. Bill gates and Howard Schlitz stand out as heroes at a time when blue chips seem to be losing ground toentrepreneurial companies.C. executives of some large corporations, trying to recapture some of that dynamism, know that their staffsmust become more entrepreneurial so that future leader can be spotted early and supportedD. a theory called emergent leadership, which introduces some of the dynamics of the free market system to

corporate management, may help6.it tries to eliminate the office politics and an uneven power distribution that can distort corporateoperation.

a)CDAB b)ABCD c)DBAC d)BACD

7A. A good budget is one which makes a sincere attempt to change the policy environment.B. Government finances are terminally impaired with uncontrollable fiscal deficitsC. There are big gaps in perception and capability of managersD. 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

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A. Reporting is all about back breaking work, long and very irregular hours and work pressure.B. Most reporters join the profession with a dream of changing the world.

C. The truth is that reporters are usually passionate about their work and get their kicks from D. almost non-stop excitement and, of course, seeing their names in print.D. A few years later may seem to resign to the fact to the fact that reporting isunlikely to do that.E. Adding to that fact threat journalist the world over complains of being poorly paid in comparison to otherprofessionalF. and you wonder, why?A) ACBDEF B) ABDEFC C) BDAEFC D) BADCEF

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1. The world population Day has come and gone, accompanied by the usual hysteria and Malthusianprophesies: A billion strong and so little to go around.A. True, many Indians are barred by circumstances of birth and socio- economic position from realizingtheir full potential.B. Yet, the lament about the lack of resources is patently specious.C. Fact is, India has abundant resources: it is the skewed distribution system which has caused inequalities.D. As our population has grown, so has our productivity and, today, we are in a position to export food toother countries.

6. But for every Indian who performs below par, there is another who makes up, it is on the strength ofIndia's millions that we lay claim to being a great world power in the making.

(1) DBAC (2) CBAD (3) BDCA (4) ACBD

101. Oil spills that contaminate the soil around petrol stations could soon be cleaned up more easily usingsound waves.A. Researchers have been trying out sound waves to break up the droplets containing these heavier fractionsso they can be washed out.B. The longer, heavier hydrocarbons often stay trapped in large droplets between the grains of the soil

C. Techniques that clean the soil in situ tend to remove only the shorter hydrocarbon chains which are moresoluble in ground waterD. At the moment, the dirty soil must be dug up and replaced.6. Initial results show that this may provide an effective solution to the problem

DCBA 2.BACD 3. DCAB 4.BADC

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i knew we were right, Neil Simon thought to himself as the steward brought him a glass of Cardhu

single malt.A. Simon, the Director in charge of international franchise operations at Smith & Robin, a $8-billionmarquee garment retailer, had arrived in India exactly seven days back with mixed feelings.B. The whiskey felt good after a week when he was allowed to drink nothing but champagne by hishosts in India.C. Simon signaled to the steward that hed like a refill he planned to take his time over the second

one and thought about the week that had been.D. Ah, but then they had had a reason to celebrate.E. Hed been at S & R less than eight months he had been hired when the company decided toabandon its twenty-year-old strategy of expanding geographically through owned outlets as againstfranchised ones but he knew the India trip was one of those things that could make or break hiscareer.

1] ABCDE 2] CDAEB 3] ECBDA 4] BDCAE

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Whats a jarwal?

B. The jarwal stared at her malevolently; saliva dripping from its gaping jaws, making its fearsometeeth glistens in the harsh winter sunlight.C. I dont know.D. A bit like in Alien, only more like the maggot.E. Something fierce and nasty.F. A huge maggot-like beastie with a ferocious temper and huge teeth.

1] ACEBDF 2] AECBDE 2] BACEDF 4] BACEFD

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They soon learnt the sad inadequacy of bow and arrow and examples of successful resistance are

rare.B. They were too close to the main communications between North and SouthC. Over the centuries the fringes of tribal territory have steadily receded.D. On their western extremities in Maharashtra and Rajasthan the Bhil people still occasionallywaylay travelers though they are now largely settled and Hinduised.E. The sensitive, good-natured and gentle tribals were no match for the crusading incursions of

Rajputs, Muslims and Marathas.

1) DCAEB 2) CEADB 3) CAEDB 4) CBDEA

14A) 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 handsin absolute exasperation.(C) There are many takers for this line of argument.(D) But, ironically, say many government sources, the very political class that lambastes Pakistan forsponsoring

terrorism is shying away from matching its rhetoric with act.(E) It is like being in a popularity contest.(1) DCAEB (2) ADAEB (3) CBADE (4) EBCDA

15A) Malignancies were diagnosed in three family members on the basis of this abnormality and thensurgically removed.B) It appears to be the first instance in which this specific abnormality - in this case an exchange of materialbetween the chromosomes number three and eight in all cells of the person's body - has been traced fromgeneration to generation and thus permitted identification of cancer patients before they had any symptoms.

C) An inherited genetic abnormality has been linked to a specific type of kidney cancer in a family in whichten members were affected over three generations.D) The discovery by scientists at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, USA, provides apotentially important clue to the origin of at least some cancers.

1) DCAB 2) CBDA 3) ABCD 4) DABC

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1. The human society is plagued with environmental crisis.A. over population, depleting ozone layer, global warming, deforestation, soil erosion, depletion of non-renewable energy sources etc. are the issues haunting our minds.B. The plunder of environment since times immemorial is fast reaching a point of no return.C. it is an irony that human being as soon as he appeared on the earth, took everything including the naturefor granted.D. The list of ecological mishaps is growing longer each day.6. The prestigious world watch institute had forewarned in 1992 that, we have only four decades to gain

control over the major environmental problems to arrest the irreversible changes.

(1)ABCD (2) DACB (3) CBAD (4) BADC

17A curved titanium plate with five tiny screws would hold the bone in place and help reform the damagedmargin of the eye.B. Deftly, he replaced the wedge of bone in Tenneh's face.C. Intravenous antibiotics would take care of any lingering infection.D. When he'd eliminated most of the diseased tissue, he stopped.

1) ABCD 2) DCAB 3) DCBA 4) ACBD

181. He came finally to a road from which he could see in the distance dark and agitated bodies of troops,smoke-fringed.A. The wounded men were cursing, groaning, and wailing in the air, always was a mighty swell of soundthat it seemed could sway the earth.B. With the courageous words of the artillery and the spiteful sentences of the musketry mingled red cheers.C. And from this region of noises came the steady current of the maimed; one of the wounded men had ashoeful of blood.D. There was a blood-stained crowd streaming to the rear.

6. He hopped like a schoolboy in a game; he was laughing hysterically.

1] ADBC 2]CBDA 3] DABC 4] ABCD

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A It is not with pessimism that one confronts man with the truth of this sufferingB. Buddhism is however a reminder that even when all the suffering that is rooted in social maladjustmenthas been done away with, man will still be confronted with the problem of his destiny, of decay and death,and of the evanescence of everything that he tries to change desperately

C. The smile on the Buddha's face indeed carries the promise that if man strives hard enough, he can evenconquer this sufferingD. There is much suffering in the world which is socially conditioned and which demands social cures1) BACD 2) DBAC 3) CDBA 3) ABCD

20A. A.This fact was established in the 1730s by French survey expenditions to Equador near the Equator andLapland in the Arctic, which found that around the middle of the earth the arc was about a kilometer shorter.B. One of the unsettled scientific questions in the late 18th century was that exact nature of the shape of theearth.

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C. The length of one-degree arc would be less near the equatorial latitudes than at the poles.D. One way of doing that is to determine the length of the arc along a chosen longitude or Meridian at onedegree latitude separation.E. While it was generally known that the earth was not a sphere but an 'oblate spheroid', more curved at theequator and flatter at the poles, the question of 'how much more' was yet to be established.

a. BECAD b. BEDCA c. EDACB d. EBDCA

21A. As officials, their vision of a country shouldn't run too far beyond that of the local people with whomthey have to deal.B. Ambassadors have to choose their words.C. To say what they feel they have to say, they appear to be denying or ignoring part of what they know.D. So, with ambassadors as with other expatriates in black Africa, there appears at a first Meeting a kind ofambivalence.E. They do a specialized job and it is necessary for them to live ceremonial lives.

a.BCEDA b.BEDAC c.BEADC d.BCDEA

22A. most people, walking for pleasure, contemplate for three minutes; whenB. a couple will stand there talking for half an hour on a fine afternoonC. some one is always looking into the river near Waterloo BridgeD. having compared the occasion with other occasions, or made some sentence, they pass on

1)ABDC 2)CADB 3)BCAD 4)CBAD

231. 1.The advice from the others on Mr. Sterns team is just as diverse

A. Mr. Stern does not sayB. Not all the money managers he wanted to see wanted to see him.C How many of the nine have beaten S & P 500 over, say, the past 20 years and by how much exactly?D. But which of them is the most successful?6. And he rewards those who granted him an interview with uncritical acclaim

1)CBAD 2)DCAB 3)CDAB 3)DBCA

241. After eight miserable years during which she had written nothing that satisfied her, she soon establishedthe pattern of her day.

A. Here she revised her early novels and wrote the later ones.B. Emma, Mansfield Park and PersuasionC. By now she knew the reality of being a poor relation, of the little snubs and disappointments that wentwith life as a spinster.D. Rising early to practice the piano and prepare breakfast, she then settled down to write in the ground-floor parlour.6. Yet she did not lose her sense of comedy while continuing to satirize the social inequalities she observed.

1)DACB 2)DCBA 3)BDAC 4)DABC

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25A. So if determination were true, we would be trapped by the past and free will would be an illusion.B. Wouldn't our choices just be one more outcome determined by the past?C. Many philosophers hold that determinism is at odds with free will.D. According to determinism, we can't just decide to disobey the immutable laws that govern the universe.E. After all, if everything that happens is completely determined by the past, how can our choices be free?

1. CBDAE 2. CEBDA 3. DEBCA 4. ACEBD

26A. Therefore, the second one aims at undercutting the strength factors in the first.B. Or it might stem simply from the overconfidence of being a leader.C. White offensive principle one emphasizes on the strength of the leader's position, which makes it aleader.D. Offensive principle two is about finding the weakness in the strength of the leader.E .The weakness of the leader may lie in a point which is overlooked as unimportant.

1) CADBE 2) CDBEA 3) CADEB 4) CDAEB

271. Buybacks are a more tax-efficient form of cash distribution to the firm than dividendsA. However, there are some concerns that need to be addressed in the currently uncertain economic climatein IndiaB. Furthermore, they create value through changes in capital structure.C. And will the tax shield be fully utilized?D. Taxable income in India can be highly cyclical if the economy continues to nose-dive6. In the absence of clear answers, a case for increased valuation due to changes in capital structure onaccount of buybacks remains tenuous.

a. ABDC b. BADC c.DBAC d.BCDA

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1. Some business executives have adapted a 'wait and see' attitude.A. Like a driver changing a tyre in the middle o f the highway they hope an oncoming vehicle will not hitthem before their work is done.B. Discussions with several executives in both situations show that they recognize the danger is notapplying them to understanding the shape of future.C. Others are too busy bailing themselves out of troubles already caused by the changes that have takenplace around them to have any time to reflect on the future.D. Like deer caught in the headlights of an oncoming truck, they risk being turn over.6. Traditional ways of forecasting and strategic planning are not effective any longer.

a. DCAB b.ADCB c.DABC d.ACDB

29. 1. People today are indifferent to the aesthetic products of the past.A. And it has no value for the human species at large.

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B That is the position of both the industrial magnate, trade unionist or communist.C. They are suspicious of them; decline to receive them, until thay have been disinfected in Russia.D. In England, still the abode of private enterprises, indifference predominates.6. As a rule I am afraid to bore them with it lest I lose their acquaintance.

1. ABDC 2. DABC 3. BCDA 4. CADB

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A. This will ensure that MBA graduates will be more socially committed.B. Aspirants have to humane, sensitive and caring.C. Now it takes more than business sense to secure admission to Harvard Business School.D. The idea is to reshape the MBA experience from admission to job finding.

1. CDAB 2. CBDA 3. ACBD 4. BACD

31. A. This is obvious with respect to the bulk of the relevant problems and disappointingly small predictiveand controlling power of the available theories.

B. Some of the accident shortcomings of the scientific method are of particular importance at present.C There is little doubt that in contrast to the relatively mature state of physics, chemistry and astronomy, thescientific method has yielded, so far comparatively poor results in the social sciences and humanities.D The lag in the sciences is apparent from the largely controversial state of expert opinion.

1. CABD 2. BCDA 3. ABCD 4. DABC

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A. Moreover, as software is often built on the achievements of others, writing code could become a legal

hurdle race.B. Critics claim that such intellectual monopolies hinder innovation, because software giants can use themto attack fledgling competitors.C. By analogy, if Haydn had patented the symphony form, Mozart would have been in trouble.D. The of patents for software and business methods has been causing a stir in America ever since thePatents and Trademark Office started issuing patents on internet methods in 1998, most famously that forone-click shopping.E. Proponents argue that these patents provide the necessary incentive to innovate at a time when moreinventions are computer related.

(1) DBCAE (2) DEBAC (3) DECBA (4) DBEAC

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A. Now she has started a hunger strike, according to the American government, which slapped strictsanctions on Myanmar, in protest at such repression.B. For military-ruled Myanmar, it is either the best of times or the worst of times, depending on whom youbelieve.

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C. They even have a map to take the country there, but they have not yet made clear whether they willallow Miss Suu Kyi along for the ride, nor how long the trip will take.D. The generals, however, say that Miss Suu Kyi is fine, and that Myanmar will soon be on the road todemocracy.E. The State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), as the countrys junta styles itself, has detained AungSan Suu Kyi, the countrys most prominent dissident and a winner of the Nobel peace prize, at a secretlocation for over three months.

(1) EDACB (2) BEDCA (3) EBACD (4) BEADC

34A. America spends more on defence than the next dozen countries combined.B. The country is exceptional in more profound ways it is more strongly individualistic than Europe, morepatriotic, more religious and culturally more conservative.C. Military might is only a symptom of what makes America itself unusual.D. The best indication of American exceptionalism is military power.E. The National Security Strategy of 2002 says America must ensure that its current military dominance often described as thegreatest since Romes is not even challenged, let alone surpassed.

(1) DAECB (2) ACBED (3) EADCB (4) CAEDB

35A.When bids for an item are based on estimates of the items value, the winner is the bidder whooverestimates this value the most.B. Intuitively, most people bid more aggressively when faced with more bidders, but more aggressivebidding increases the chances that a bidder will fall victim to the winners curseC. The mathematical explanation for the winners curse, first observed in bidding for oil fields, reveals thesubtle intricacies of this apparently simple game.

D. The classroom experiment demonstrating the winners curse illustrates the complex relationship betweengame theory, human intuition, and optimal decision making.E. As more bidders enter the auction, the range of estimates increaseswhich in turn increases thelikelihood that the highest bid will exceed the true value.

1. BDCAE 2.CBDEA 3.DCAEB 4.CDABE

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(1) EACBD (2) DEACB (3) ECABD (4) DAECB

40AThey 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 whoattended the rally.

(D) Ever since the 12th anniversary of the 1991 war against Iraq on January 17, 2003, groups of Iraqis hadexpressed their anger in government-sanctioned protestsdenouncing the UN inspectors or the US forplanning war against them.(E) On the night of the anniversary, it was students and youth.

(1) DEACB (2) DAECB (3) EDACB (4) EADCB

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41AYou are the crucial component in the transformation of the US-India relationship, said ambassadorBlackwill.(B) Mani summed it up: If we can sustain the cohesion reflected here and successfully act on our collectivevision as alumni of a world class institution we will become a tour de force in enhancing Indias well-being and engagement with the US and the rest of the world.(C) The US-India trade relationship, which he describes as flat as a chapati, needs a leavening agent.(D) What better than the IITs and their alumni ?(E) Now that the IIT alumni have defined their charter it is up to them to step up to the plate and deliver on

the promise.

(1) EBACD (2) DEBAC (3) BDEAC (4) BEACD

421.But to achieve 8 per cent economic growth, India needs to power-lift its exports from $46 billion now toabout $100 billion.(A) L.Mansingh, feels that the industrial cluster towns with exports potential like Tiruppur (hosiery) Panipat(woollen blankets) and Ludhiana (woollen knitwear), which have efficient assembly-line productionfacilities, only need to be promoted and their infrastructure upgraded to transform them into export zones.(B) Even then, wed do less than what China does now.

(C) But Mansingh, director-general for foreign trade is optimistic, even as he acknowledges that the newSEZ scheme may not have a significant impact on trade or economy or offset the high transaction costproblem that plagues our exports.(D) Ajanta Clocks, for instance, saw drastic cut in production cycle from one month in India to two dayswhen it went to China.6. Its hard uphill road ahead if India wants to increase its share in world trade from the present 0.65 percent.

(1) DCBA (2) DABC (3) ADCB (4) ADBC

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(A) Similarly, turning to caste, even though being lower caste is undoubtedly a separate cause ofdisparity,its impact is all the greater when the lower-caste families also happen to be poor.(B) Belonging to a privileged class can help a woman to overcome many barriers that obstruct womenfrom less thriving classes.(C) It is the interactive presence of these two kinds of deprivation - being low class and being female.-that massively impoverishes women from the less privileged classes.(D) A congruence of class deprivation and gender discrimination can blight the lives of poorer

women very severely. .(E) Gender is certainly a contributor to societal inequality, but it does not act independently of class.

1. EABDC 2. EBDCA 3. DAEBC 4. BECDA

44(A) This is now orthodoxy to which I subscribe - up to a point.(B) It emerged from the mathematics of chance and statistics.(C) Therefore the risk is measurable and manageable.(D) The fundamental concept: Prices are not predictable, but the mathematical laws of chance can describe

their fluctuations.(E) This is how what business schools now call modem finance was born.

1. ADCBE 2. EBDCA 3. ABDCE 4. DCBEA

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A. Passivity is not, of course, universal.B. In areas where there are no lords or laws, or in frontier zones where all men go armed, the attitude of thepeasantry may well be different.

C. So indeed it may be on the fringe of the unsubmissive.D. However, for most of the soil-bound peasants the problem is not whether to be normally passive oractive, but when to pass from one state to another.( a) BDAC (b) CDAB( c) DBAC ( d) ABCD

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46A. Although there are large regional variations, it is not infrequent to find a large number of people sittinghere together and doing nothing.B. Once in office, they receive friends and relatives who feel free to call any time without priorappointment.C. While working, one is struck by the slow and clumsy actions and reactions, indifferent attitudes.Procedure rather than outcome orientation, and the lack of consideration for others.D. Even those who are employed often come late to the office and leave early unless they are forced to bepunctual.

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E. Work is not intrinsically valued in India.F. Quite often people visit ailing friends and relatives or go out of their way to help them in their personalmatters even during office hours.( a) ECADBF ( b) EADCFB ( c) EADBFC ( d) ABFCBE

47A. The situations in which violence occurs and the nature of that violence tends to be clearly defined at least

in theory, as in the proverbial Irismans question: Is this a private fight or can anyone join in?B. So the actual risk to outsiders, though no doubt higher than our societies, is calculable.C. Probably the only uncontrolled applications of force are those of social superiors to social inferiors andeven here there are probably some rules.D. However, binding the obligation to kill, members or feuding families engaged in mutual massacre will begenuinely appalled if by some mischance a bystander or outsider is killed.

( a) DABC ( b) ACDB ( c) CBAD ( d) DBAC

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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 partsand instants, a steam of events.6. In modern terminology, Buddhist doctrine is reductionist.

[1] ABCD [2] CBAD [3] BDAC[4] ABCD

491. 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 problems of India's agricultural sector, will remain with uslong 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 ofrural India.6. When it starts marching, India will fly.

[1] DABC [2] CDBA [3] ACDB [4] ABCD

501. 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 ofcontributions to it.

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D. To have four editors for an issue that contains only seven contributions 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 comprehensiveview of the Indian literary scene as it is today.

[1] ABCD [2] BCDA [3] ABDC [4] CBAD

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511. It's the success story of the Indian expatriate in the US which today hogs much of the media coverage inIndia.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 thosesunny smiles get so much media hype.D. Well groomed, with their perfect Colgate smiles, and hair in place, they appear the picture of confidencewhich comes from having arrived.6. The festival of feature films and documentaries made by Americans of Indian descent being screened thisfortnight goes a long way in filling those gaps.

[1] ACBD [2] DABC [3] BDAC [4] ABCD

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1. The wind had savage allies.A. If it had not been for my closely fitted helmet, the explosions might have shattered my eardrums.B. The first clap of thunder came as a deafening explosion that literally shook my teeth.C. I didn't hear the thunder; I actually felt it -- an almost unbearable physical experience.D. I saw lightning all around me in every shape imaginable.

6. When very close, it began raining so torrentially that I thought I would drown in mid-air.

[1] BCAD [2] CADB [3] CBDA [4] ACDB

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A)Investment banking income -- primarily fees from putting together initial public offerings and other deals-- is very volatile.B)Like many financial-services companies, Merrill has long wrestled with the cyclical nature of revenues.C)One reason, says Wharton finance professor Jeremy Siegal , "is the fact that the large brokerage firmshave not done well. Anyone who objectively looks at them sees that very few have done well. The fees arehigh and the performance is extremely mediocre."D)Trading on the firm's own account creates gains in some years, losses in others. Commission revenuedepends on investors' eagerness to trade, which varies as the market goes up or down.E)The specialists, such as free-standing mutual fund companies like Fidelity and Vanguard, have done farbetter at attracting fund investors than the multi-function firms like Merrill, which has actually suffered net

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reductions in fund assets since the late 1990s.

A)ABDCE B)EBDCA C)BADEC D)ECBDA

54A.The decision comes two days after Karnataka agreed to release 1200 cusecs of cavery water daily to themettur reservoir in TN till the end of february.B.The Karnataka government has decided to release 4500 cusecs of Cavery water daily to TN for a week.

C."We have decided to release 4500 cusecs for a week.What purpose would it have served if we release thewater later.We want to save the standing crops."State Law and Parliamentary affairs minister D B ChandreGowda said.D. On Monday,Karnataka Chief Minister S M Krishna had agreed to release 1200 cusecs on a daily basisafter the centre had asked both Karnataka and TN to work out the possibility of enhancing the quantum ofrelease in the next two weeks.

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AThe avian flu that is steadily making its way around the globe will develop into a pandemic that will killtens of millions, create chaos in companies and send the world economy into a tailspin.B)Or will it fizzle out?C)That uncertainty represents a huge challenge for governments, corporations and citizens worldwide: Noone knows what will happen to the avian influenza virus in the coming months and years. Will it mutate intoa strain that will allow people to readily infect others and sicken untold numbers?D)Nonetheless, many people are taking into account scenarios ranging from mild to severe in order to planfor what could turn out to be a calamity.E)Or it won't.

1)AECBD 2)ABCED 3)DAECB 4)DCBAE

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56A)Clarity had its limits, though.B)Still, Greenspan was very careful to keep financial markets informed, telegraphing every Fed move.C)When a senator said that he understood the chairman's comment, Greenspan famously replied: "If you

understood what I said, I must have misspoke."D)The policy of "no surprises" was a major factor in keeping financial markets smooth.E)Almost never did the FOMC surprise the markets.

1)ABCED 2)EDACB 3)ACBED 4)DECBA

57A)Now architects are starting to use the ubiquitous rectangular shipping units to build elegant, relativelyinexpensive, quickly constructed, and surprisingly sturdy homes.

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B)Or that their house had been to China and back?C)Aluminum or steel shipping containers -- used by the global freight business since the 1930s to transportgoods -- have been adapted by leading architects and designers (such as Japan's Shigeru Ban) in concept ormuseum projects for some years.D)How many people can say the previous occupiers of their home were 20,000 toy dolls, 6,000 pairs ofsneakers, or 500 computer monitors?

1) ACDB 2)DBCA 3)ACDB 4)ACBD

58A) Lulas strategists realise this, and the administration has begun to make explicit overtures to the countryspoor majority, where Lulas support is the strongest.B) Among the bottom half of the countrys population, the poor, approval for Lula and his administration ishigh.C) Among the wealthier segments of the population, support for the PT administration drops off.D)But what is different about the current scenario is that now, unlike a year ago, sympathies for Lula havebecome more polarised.E)The partys support in congress is the weakest since its election, and internal discussions within the PT

have once again returned to reassessing its policy of broad alliances with centrist parties.

1)EBCAD 2)DABCE 3) BCAED 4)ABCED

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A.Using the tragedies that took place in Handwara to attack the dialogue process is at best disingenuous and at worst plain dishonest.B Not a word of regret was voiced by Mirwaiz Farooq over the recent assassination of State EducationMinister G.N. Lone conduct which was of a piece with the stoic silence he has long maintained on the

murder of civilians like Tasleen.C. Sadly, the APHC's moral compass has long pointed in the direction of the expedient.D. Indeed, it is probable that the APHC will accept an invitation for further dialogue with Dr. Singh as longas its political adversaries are not also at the table.E. Although protected by guards provided by the Jammu and Kashmir Government, the APHC chairmanand his colleagues have never summoned the courage to speak out against the carnage.

1. DEACB 2. DACBE 3. CDEAB 4. DBACE

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1.the INdian states biggest failure has been in building human capabilities;as a result of which 40%Inidansremain illiterate.A)Simultaneously,there is a growing,impatient deand for these goods from below.B)It is primarily because of grass root pressures from below as social democracy has created upwardmobility among the lower castes.C)Indian literacy has already risen by 10% in the past 6 years.D)We have now realised that primary education and primary healthcare are the two most powerful ways toeradicate poverty.6.The push for liberal econimic reforms combined with investment in human capabilities will ensure thatmillions of indians lift themselves from poverty within a generation.

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1)DACB 2)ABCD 3)DCAB 4)ACBD

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611.It is undisputed that roads bring multifacetd benfits to villagers , the most important of which is povertyalleviation.A)Road connectivity stimulates the rural economy and its effects are transmitted to the entire economicstructure of rural society and it will reduce the pressure on the urban areas.B)The impact is palpalable in the villager's social life, be it better medical care, increased attendance inschools or higher levels of interaction.C)Rural roads also change life patterns by bringing in awareness about modern means of living like cookingdressing and recreation.D)Increase in agricultural production, better prices for the produce , creation of new employment

opportunities are only some of the economic benifits.6. Rural connectivity triggering a reverse immigration from urban to rural areas is a distinct possibility.

1)ABCD 2)BDAC 3)CBAD 4)DBCA

62A)Now, more than ever, we need to understand the past before trying to shape the future.B)So far as we know, humans are unique among Earth's creatures in being able to interpret and learn fromtheir past.C) The making of the chipped stones, the crude tool of our earliest ancestors, represent the beginning of

technology.D) Humans, from the very beginning, were thinkers and makers at the same time.

1) ABCD 2) DBCA 3) BADC 4) CDAB.

63(a) And hide the hearts of one people from these of another(b) Be recognized in international affairs(c) If may be long before the law of love will(d) The machineries of government stand between.

(a). ABCD (b). DCBA (c)CBDA (d). BCDA

64)(a) To forgive is not to forget(b) There is no merit in loving an enemy(c) The merit lies in loving in spite of the vivid knowledge that the one that must be loved is not a friend.(d) When you forget him for a friend

(a). ABCD (b). ACBD (c)DCBA (d). BCDA

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65)(a) My religion is based on(b) Truth and non violence(c ) Truth is my god(d) Non violence is the means of realizing him

(a). DCBA (b). DBCA (c)DCBA (d). ABCD

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661. The only virtue I want to claim is truth and non violence(a) I lay no claim to superhuman powers(b) My services have many limitations(c ) I want non I wear the same corruptible flesh that the weakest of my

(d) Follow being wear and on these fore is liable to err as any.2. but god has up to now blessed them in spite of in perfection

(a). ACDB (b). ABCD (c)ADCB (d). DCBA

67(a) methods even to serve the noblest of causes(b) I am an uncompromising opponent of violent.(c ) Admire worthy motives.(d) However much I may sympathies with and

(a). ABCD (b). DCBA (c)DBCA (d). BCDA68(a) Nonviolence is not quality to be evolved(b) or expressed to order. It is an(c) Upon intense individual effort(d) inward growth depending for sustenance

(a). ABCD (b). ACBD (c)ABDC (d). CDBA

69(a) disposal of mankind it is mightier

(b) then the mightiest weapon of(c) non violence is the greatest force at the(d) destruction devised by the in genuity of man

(a). CABD (b). ABCD (c) CBAD (d). ABCD

70(a) Love lived on island. One day(b) Happiness, Sadness, knowledge and(c) The Island began to sink so all

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(d) The felling prepared the boats to leave

(a). BADC (b). ABDC (c) BADC (d). BACD

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71(a) Vanity said you are all wet and will damage my beautiful boat(b) for help I cant help you(c) beautiful vessel she cried out(d) The love saw vanity in a

(a). DCBA (b). DCAB (c) ABCD (d). ACBD

72(a) Sadness declined, saying he needed to be alone. This, love saw(b) happiness love carried out Happiness, please take me with you(c) Next love pleaded with Sadness please let me go with you but(d) But happiness was so overjoyed that he didnt hear love calling to him

(a). CADB (b). CABD (c) ACBD (d). ACDB

73(a) Love began to cry. Then, she heard a voice Come leave,(b) I will take you with me it was an elder.

(c) When they arrived an land the elder want to his way. Love realized how much she owed the elder(d) Love felt so blessed and overjoyed that she forgot to ask the elder his name.

(a). ABDC (b). ABCD (c) CDAB (d). DCBA

74(a) Who helped me(b) It was time, knowledge an answered.(c) Love then found knowledge and asked(d) Only time is capable of understanding how great love is

(a). CDAB (b). CBAD (c) CABD (d). CDBA

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A) The very root of the word emotion is motere,the Latin verb "to move" plus the

prefix "e-"to connote "move away, suggesting that a tendency to act is implicit inevery emotion.

B) In our emotional repertoire each emotion plays a unique role, as revealed by theirdistinctive biological signatures

C) All emotions are, in essence ,impulses to act, the instant plans for handling life

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that evolution has instilled in us.

D) That emotion leads to actions is most obvious in watching animals or children; it is

only in "civilized" adults we so often find the great anomaly in the animal kingdom,emotions-root impulses to act -divorced from obvious reaction.

1) CADB 2) CBAD 3) ABCD 4) BCAD

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76A. Finally, democracy goes better with coke- consumption rises with political freedom. Have a cola, NorthKorea!B. In the same spirit we wondered how the globe looks when viewed through the bottom of a Cocoa- Colabottle.C. There is a lose but clearly positive relationship between Coke consumption and wealth perhaps notsurprisingly.D. Even clearer is the relationship between cola and an index developed by the U.N to show general qualityof life -Coke consumption takes off at the upper end of the development scale.E. Few Economic indicators are as often cited as our Big Mac Index , which uses hamburger prices as theindex of currency parity.F. It turns out that fizzy mass market stuff- ie, capitalism- is good for you.

1. EBFCDA 2.CFDEBA 3.EBCAFD 4.ACDEBF

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secrets once destined for the grave are nowadays exposed in no more time than it takes to analyse a

swab or two.B. They can, then take a trip to meet their long lost cousins.C. Americans and Europeans of Afro Carribean origin can find their remarkable accuracy where inAfrica their DNA came from.D. DNA based pattern kits can be purchased over internet for less than $250.E. When James Watson and Francis Crick first described the double helix structure of the DNAmolecule 50 years ago, they could not have imagined what a powerful light it would throw upon ourpast.

1. EADCB 2. DAEBC. 3. ACBDE 4. ECBDA

78A)The overall goal is to represent through resource materials the incredible diversity of Aboriginal peoplesin worldviews, languages, knowledge, cultural heritages, and political, economic and social structures.B)LAC offers a wide variety of programs, services and resources available for consultation in person, on ourweb site or through your local library.C)Welcome to the Circle of Aboriginal Heritage and Knowledge of Library and Archives Canada (LAC), acultural institution whose mandate is to serve all Canadians by protecting, promoting and making accessible

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Canada's documentary heritage.D)LAC has an extensive collection of resources by or about Aboriginal peoples.E)Here we will gather to celebrate, promote and provide access to a full variety of Aboriginal resourceswithin Canada, both through Library and Archives' collections and services and in partnership with FirstNations, Mtis and Inuit communities, associations, language and cultural centres, universities and libraries.

1)CAEBD 2)CEABD 3)CBDAE 4)CBADE

79A.Much more is on the cards , if the senior bureaucrats are to be taken at face value but concerns havecropped up since the current trend indicates a lack of a 'wholesome' strategy.B. In the maze of India's twisted economic policies, it is difficult to find a more complex bundle ofcontradictions than the aviation policy.C. While the implimentation of the open skiies agreements will take time these pacts indicate the hurry toput the horse before the cart.D. Piecemeal liberalisation will only harm the sector rather than encouraging growth , putting bothpassangers as well as the industry at a disadvantage.E. While the government is omnipresent in the closely guarded sector, a whiff of fresh air has startedblowing in the forms of open skies agreements with Thailand , some south asian countries and Srilanka

1. EDBAC 2. CABDE 3. BEADC 4. BECDA......

80A. This chemical compount finds wide usage in diversified industries such as refectories,ceramics.etcB. Indal developed the requisite technology in-house at its begaum centre.C. In 1982-83,it started developing special alumina,an import subsitute.D In pursuit of its policy of adding value to its basic products, Indal has been adding value to alumina too.

1)BCDA 2)CDAB 3)CBAD 4)DCAB

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1.The new economy has brought in a host of new concepts seeking convergence of several importantcharacteristics of the old economy with the infotech tools.A. Organisations which have superior knowledge processes will fare well in the years to come.

B. ITUC school of management (ISM) an affiliate of the institute of Chartered Financila Ananlyst of ofIndia (ICFAI) has organized the seminar.C. 'Knowledge management' is one such concept which plays a critical role in channelising the existingknowledge available within the organization and also in the external business environment.D. Several experts spoke at length on the topic at a one day seminar.6. Knowledge management has been greatly facilitated by information technology tools such as datawarehousing and messaging systems..

1.DACB 2. CDAB 3.DBCA 4. CBAD

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821.The Union Ministry has advised all the naxalite affected states to impose a ban on people's war, the mostmilitant extremist outfit but left the final decision to respective states.A. Mr. Pande Union Home Secretary said that it is left to their discretion and they have to go through legalprocess before slapping the ban.B. Meanwhile , sources said that Kamal Pande had assured Andhra Pradesh that the centre would reimburseRs. 82 crore, the expenditure incurred by the State Government on anti-Naxalite operations.C. Union Home secretary disclosed this to newsmen after charging a meeting of the joint police and senior

officials of seven naxalite- affected states.D. The Home Secretary said that the affected states had already been advised by the centre to impose a banon the People's war.6. The State Government once again renewed its request that all naxalite-hit should ban the People's War tohelp deal with the group in a more effective manner.

1. CDAB 2. ACBD 3. CABD 4.DCAB.......

83A)All of the great and wise people who ever made a difference on planet Earth heard their souls' yearningsand 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 differentfrom us -- better, smarter, more saintly, or more courageous.Sometimes they hardly seem human. But thetruth is that the only real difference between you and those people is that they all seemed to have a clearlydefined life purpose that they selected for themselves and then embraced with steadiest dedication andunshakeable determination.C)At one time or another you've probably asked yourself, "What is the purpose of my life? What is itsmeaning? 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 seeminglyendless 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 tothe 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

84(a)One can understand American anxiety to reward their favourite in their askewed global war on terror andsecure Pakistani help to tackle Iran but one cannot understand Indias anxiety to please the Americans.

(b) After all, he heads Pakistans strongest, best equipped and financially endowed political party thePakistan army.(c)But that is not our requirement. India is not obliged to let Musharraf continue in perpetuity. Anyconcession to him now will ensure him a life beyond 2007. And beyond 2007, even Bush does not care; histime will have begun to run out.(d) The US has a requirement to keep Musharraf in position.

1.ADCB 2.DBCA 3.ABDC 4. DCAB

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A.For seamers, the plus is the pitch is not gripping the ball as hard, ergo skid, therefore a marginal increasein pace off the deck.B.In this innings, he has been reduced to trundling.C. Against that, as the moisture has dried up, the seam and cut has noticeably reduced, and that shouldcontinue.D. In the first innings, he looked almost unplayable-- the ball was darting around both ways; the odd onewas bouncing just the little bit extra to find the high edges for the carry, and there was movement off theseam.

E. The best sign of what is happening is the bowling of Dwayne Bravo.

1. ADBEC 2.EBDCA 3.ACEDB 4.EDCAB

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(A)Pathak has a disciplined way of investing. "We don't believe in momentum investing. We just focus onour stock selection and valuations," he says.(B) But Pathak says, "We have a designated process for large caps and mid caps." While selecting large-capstocks, he follows a combination of top-down and bottom-up strategy. Pathak says, "We first identify sectorsand give weightage to each sector, then within a sector, we identify stocks and rank them."(C) To be a part of Pathak's portfolio a mid-cap company has to pass through five filters. It should be aleader in its business, should be globally competitive, should have a niche positioning, should be proxy tolarge cap (it should have equal or better growth opportunities but should be available at high discount tolarge caps) and it should belong to the sunrise sectors.(D)"In case of mid caps," says Pathak, "we invest only in those companies which have the potential tobecome large cap."

(E) So, how does Pathak select stocks? His way is quite different from others. Most of the fund managersfollow the same stock-picking strategy, whether it is a mid-cap stock or a large-cap stock.

1.AECDB 2.AEBDC 3.EDCBA 4.DCEBA

87(A)The work is monotonous, but it pays. Miners dig lumps of iron ore from the ground, pulverise them withhammers, and filter the resulting pile. A family of five working 12 hours a day can earn a consistent Rs.800a week doing this, Rs.7 for everyputti (iron basin) they manage to fill. A paltry sum? Not when contrastedwith the Rs.30 to Rs.50 a day they earn in agriculture, when they can find work at all.

(B) According to a report released in 2005 by Mines, Minerals & People in collaboration with other non-governmental organisations (NGOs), roughly 40,000 daily wage labourers work in Bellary-Hospet's iron oremines, half of them children under the age of 14. Migrants from a decimated agricultural sector, they floatfrom mining plot to mining plot searching for sustenance in an informal system of contract labour.(C) THE lives of miners are stained red with the dust from "red gold", as some rightly call iron ore. Feet,hands, faces; even the makeshift blue tents they squeeze into at night are covered with red dust from thepockmarked land they work on, the rock they haul up, and the iron basins that scoop the ore.(D) Conditions in the mines back her argument. The workers have no running water to fight the sun, nomasks to filter the suffocating dust, and only basic medical care to take care of smashed fingers and cutsfrom errant shards of flying rock.

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(E) Given these wage differentials, it is no surprise that nearly all the mineworkers say they support iron oremining in Bellary. But K. Bhanumathi of Mines, Minerals & People, argues that this preference has to beseen in the context of deprivation. "It's not that the workers want mining, it's just that they need some meansto survive," she says. "Given a choice they would never opt for this kind of work."

1)CBAED 2)CABED 3) BAECD 4) BAEDC

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(A)Photographs depict objective realities that already exist, though only the camera can disclose them.(B) That is, photography has two antithetical ideals: in the first, photography is about the world, and thephotographer is a mere observer who counts for little; but in the second, photography is the instrument ofintrepid, questing subjectivity and the photographer is all.(C) These conflicting ideals arise from a fundamental uneasiness on the part of both photographers andviewers of photographs toward the aggressive component in "taking" a picture.(D) Picture-taking is a technique both for annexing the objective world and for expressing the singular self.(E) And they depict an individual photographer's temperament, discovering itself through the camera'scropping of reality.

1) DABCE 2)DBACE 3)DBCAE 4)ABCED

891. They came, they spoke, and now they are gone.(A) But was it wrong for the Indian government, industry, and even Bollywood to celebrate non residentIndian ?(B) We are, after all, your brothersit is almost as if we want them to be guilty for having left us behind,literallyand figuratively.(C) India and its problems are back to square one.(D) No. Whats wrong, however is this : in wooing the NRI what we are doing in effect is telling them, Weenvy you for all your wealth and success, wont you please share some of it with us ?

6. We are chasing the NRI dollar because we want investments despite our problems, and not because wethink wecan deliver on the promise that is India.

(1) CADB (2) ACDB (3) ADCB (4) CABD

90(A) Not surprisingly, Agro Techs Sen Gupta claims Shunu was one of the main architects of the HLLapproach tomarketing and branding.

(B) He wanted all managers to have a common brand vision, vocabulary essentially be in the same boat,saysHCLs Adhikari.(C) Pant, and several other managers still remember the Brand Management Forums Shunu organised inHLLsboardroom.(D) He taught us the ABC of marketing, says Muktesh Pant, a one-time Shunu protege.

(1) ADCB (2) CDBA (3) ABCD (4) DCBA

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91(A) According to estimates, its mobile services fetched about Rs.25 lakh a month in 2002.

(B) The question, however, is this : will the Indian market ever be big enough for the 600-pound gorilla oftheinternet ?(C) The only area where things have clicked for the company is in internet to mobile services, where it has arangeof clients, including new ones such as Airtel and RPG.(D) In this segment, Yahoo India offers news, SMS, and downloads of ringtones and screensavers.(E) This may well grow, given that mobile subscriber base in India is clipping and at last count had crossedthemarginal 10-million mark.

(1) ADCEB (2) CDAEB (3) DCAEB (4) CEDAB

921. It was Indias first biotech company, boasts of global leadership (a 25 per cent share) in select industrialenzymes such as Pectinases, Tea Tannases, is profit-making and has ambitions of being one of worlds top10biopharmaceutical companies by 2010.(A) You dont need more reasons to buy into biotechs first IPO.(B) Simultaneously, it is exploiting opportunities in contract research.(C) To do that, Biocon plans to raise Rs. 150200 crore shortly.

(D) Says Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairperson and Managing Director, Biocon Group: In the next threeyears, we will be one of the largest human insulin and statin producers in the world.6. In fact, the success and failure of Biocon may well determine the future of Indias biotech industry.

(1) BDCA (2) CDBA (3) DCBA (4) ADCB

935. 1. LG is the market leader in CTVs, air conditioners, fully automatic washing machines, and microwaveovens.

(A) Therefore, while in 1998 LGs sales were mere Rs. 465 crore, in 2002 calender it is expected to haveracked upRs. 2,700 crore in topline.(B) Never mind that like its compatriot Samsung, it entered the market less than seven years ago.(C) LG which employs strategies similar if not identical to Samsungs, has products across the price range,fromRs.8,000CTVs to Rs.1 lakh-plus Plasma projection CTVs.(D) What explains the quick rise to top ? Deep pockets, state-of-the-art technology, and aggressivemarketing.6. It has clearly positioned itself on the health platform and restlessly advertises through the yearcompared

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A. But he is also thought to be indecisive and too much of a micro-manager.B. He is intellectually curious, more comfortable in the spotlight than Miss Megawati, and widely viewed asa man of integrity who would be strong in times of crisis.C. This is amply reflected in the understanding that he won the election on character, not ideology.D. Though Indonesias voters have now signaled that they want change at the top too, it is not clear that MrYudhoyono can deliver on this mandate.E. Besides these personality traits, his party worries that there is not much to separate him from MissMegawati on policy.

1. DBAEC 2. AEDBC 3. DEABC 4. AEBDC

98A. Take her account of Mr Bushs Yale years.B. Mr Bush, on the other hand, spent his time doing everything but burnishing his credentials.C. The case against Ms Kelley is not just that she fails to rake new muck.D. The Ivy League universities are full of grubbing prodigies who regard themselves as the next president.E. It is that she makes her principal target, the current president, look rather good.

1. CDEAB 2. AEDBC 3. CEADB 4. AEBDC

99A)Nanotechnology has been around for two decades, but the first wave of applications is only nowbeginning to break.B) Technological revolutions travel with the same stealth.C)A tsunami is unnoticeable in the open oceana long, low wave whose power becomes clear only when itreaches shore and breaks.D)As it does, it will make the computer revolution look like small change.

E)Spotting the wave while it's still crossing the ocean is tricky, which explains why so few of us are awareof the one that's approaching.F)It will affect everything from the batteries we use to the pants we wear to the way we treat cancer

1)ABCDEF 2)CBEDFA 3)CBEADF 4)AFBCDE

100A)a group of about 35 bhumij tribal families here still hang on to the traditions of the discipline.B)the dance portrayals are mostly enactments of hunting scenes and self defence.C) today, firkal survives in just one obscure village, Jamundih, of Potka block in East Singhbhum district ofJharkhand.

D) Experts say, Firkal is in fact, A variation of 'Kirpan Susan' (Kirpan means sword and susan dance), atraditional dance form among the bhumij tribes of Chotanagpur.

1)ADBC 2)CADB 3)DCAB 4)CBDA101A) "you are the crucial component in the transformation of the US INDIA relationship", said ambassadorBlackwill.B)Mani summed it up:"if we can sustain the cohesion reflected here and successfully act on our collectivevision as alumni of our world class ijnhstitution we will become a ' tour de force' in enhancing India's wellbeing and engagement with the US and the rest of the world"

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C)The US India trade relationship, which he describes as " flat as a chapati", needs a leavening agent.D)What better than the IIT's and their alumni ?E)Now that the IIT alumni have defined their charter it is up to them to step up to the plate and deliever onthe promise.

1)EBACD 2)DEBAC 3)BDEAC 4)BEACD

102A).Each concept ,such as a man or an apple,refers to the qualities which a group of things share.B) Concepts are the means by which the universe is made intelligible.C) Plato's point is that to think or to communicate at all requires the use of concepts.D) The simplest statement -"there is a man"-uses the concept man;"there is an apple" uses the concept apple.

1)ADCB 2) ADBC 3) CDAB 4)CBDA 5) BCAD

103A.Nonetheless, Tocqueville was only one of the first of a long line of thinkers to worry whether such roughequality could survive in the face of a growing factory system that threatened to create divisions between

industrial workers and a new business elite.B. "The government of democracy brings the nation of political rights to the level of the humblest citizens."He wrote,"Just as the dissemination of wealth brings the notion of property within the reach of all themembers of the community".C. Tocqueville was far too shrewd an observer to be uncritical about the United States, but his verdict wasfundamentally positive.D. No visitor to the United States has left a more enduring record of his travels and observations than theFrench writer and political theorist Alexis De Tocqueville, whose "Democracy In Amercica", firstpusblished in 1835, remains one of the most trenchant and insightful analyses of American social andpolitical practices.

a. DACB b. BACD c. DCBA d. DBAC

104A. The charming headwaiter answered our questions very politely.B. There were so many young long-legged waiters that they were in danger of running into each other as mycompanion and I considered the overheads.C. These boys have taken the place of the middle-aged women in white overalls with a lot of Nanny aboutthem who used to serve the excellent plain English nursery food in a plain English nursery way.D. We enquired about the number of covers, the existence of a private room and many other questions aboutthe cuisine and service.

E. He may have smelt a rat and guessed that we were from one of the many magazines which describeplaces to eat, or perhaps he just thought we were naturally curious country bumpkins on an outing.F. Bread-and-butter pudding and raspberry crumble came as naturally to them as they do to the customersbrought up on such no-frills fare.a. ADEBCF b. AEDCBF c. ADECBF d. ABCDEF

105

.A. As if being embroiled in a murderous conspiracy was not enough, there is further sadness for Harrodsowner Mohammed Fayed.

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B. This accusation comes from the fact that Mr Fayeds tinned mince-pie programme has been infiltrated bya batch of rogue Bakewell tarts.C. He has been forced to issue a product-recall notice in top peoples paper the Times that may permanentlydamage his standing as a purveyor of culinary fancies to the aristocracyD. What is irksome about this fact is that Bakewell tarts are a rather common form of sugary comestible; notquite the thing the purchasers of Harrods finest mince pies expect to find for pudding.E. This news came in a full month and a bit after Christmas with the information - Bakewell tarts maycontain nuts.

F. The obvious implication: that a Traditional Mince Pie With Harrods Brandy and these proletarian oldBakewell tarts are, in fact, made in the same factory.a. ACBEDF b. ABDECF c. AEDCBF d. ACEDBF

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A. Ethnography has long been used in the academic world, and was first employed in commercial researchin the 70s.B. I spent time with different consumers while they were shopping, cooking and eating in their own home.C. Perhaps the difference now is that a great deal of market research is not conducted solely at a singlepoint in time.D. Anne-Marie McDermott, managing director of Quaestor Research, points to a project 13 years ago,which looked at a new chicken-burger product.E. This method of conducting research was revolutionary at the time.F. Researchers spend a lot of time with respondents, living in their environment even to the point of

moving in with them and sharing the experience being researched, she says.

a. AEDCBF b. ACDEBF c. ADECBF d. ADBECF

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In general, the British Internet boom mirrored what had happened on the other side of the Atlantic a

year or two earlier.B. Lastminute.com shared all of these attributes.C. This was a replay of events twelve months previously, when the US market witnesses

Priceline.com issuing stock on the Nasdaq and ending its first day as a public company worth almost10 bn $.D. In March 2000, for example, Lastminute.com, the most widely-hyped of all British companies,issued stock on the London Stock Exchange and achieved a valuation, albeit fleetingly, of more than800 mn $.E. Priceline.com allowed airlines and hotels to unload their spare capacity cheaply online; it madeheavy losses; and Morgan Stanley, a leading Wall Street investment bank, marketed its shares to thepublic.F. The principal difference between the British bubble and the American bubble was one of scale.

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a. AEDCBF b. ACDEBF c. ADCEBF d. ABCEDF

108A. An old and semi-apocryphal story is routinely doing the rounds at the electionsB. The nub of the story is this: Sir Peters association sought to dissuade him from standing on the groundsof his advanced age, reasoning that, should he die mid-term, the cash-strapped Tories of Louth would not be

able to bear the cost of fighting a by-election.C. It concerns negotiations between Sir Peter Tapsell, the 74-year old Conservative member for Louth andhis constituency association, ahead of the forthcoming general election.D. Sir Peter is said to have a written a personal cheque for the estimated 10,000 $ cost of a by electioncampaignE. He posted it along with the instruction that it is cashed in the event of his death.F. This is seen as one more instance of his wit and ability to create hype about his candidature.

a. ACBDEF b. AEDCBF c. AEDCBF d. ACEDBF

109a) Moreover, there are very basic differences between the two tripartite theories.b) Plato had given aggression a more honorable status as a spirited element, thus revealing the importance ofwar in the Greek world and the honorable status Athenians gave to warriors.c) Plato's concept of the bodily appetites may be compared with Freud's concept of the id, which is,however, a very much more complex concept.d) Freud demoted aggression, a part of Plato's spirited element, to one of the drives or instincts.

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A. My Brother has posted me here to watch over u.B. Do not ask me to leave u alone & go.C. Do not be deceived & grieve 4 nothing.D. The voice we heard was not this.E. It is a Raakshaas trick.

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111A. 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.

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1. CDBA 2. ADBC 3. DCBA 4 ABCD

112A. A good budget is one which makes a sincere attempt to change the policy environment.B. Government finances are terminally impaired with uncontrollable fiscal deficitsC. 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

1131)The concept of a nation state assumes a complete correspondence between the boundaries of the nationand 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 theconcept.

B) there r always people living in particular states who r not considered to be (and often do not considerthemselves 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

1141) Will mtnl's latest offer of cell phones at a monthly rental of Rs.100 revolutionaize the market for cellphones the way sachets revolutionized the market for shampoos.

A).in market like ours where purchasing power is limited but aspirations are unlimited companies haverealized 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 smallpacks that are ,at best,good for just a few cases.

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(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 handsinabsolute 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 forsponsoringterrorism is shying away from matching its rhetoric with act.(E) It is like being in a popularity contest.

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1191.The rise in inflation is a global phenomenon.AAlthough the reserve bank of india recently signalled higer short term interest rates, by and large it haspreferred to restrain an explosive growth of bank lending only in certain sectors where bubbles are seen to

be developing.B.Along with many other countries, india is learning that there are no simple solutions.C.The central bank has to strive for a balance between the iperatives of holding the price line and meetinggenuine credit requirements.D.Restraining credit growth by raising interest rates has not always been feasible.6.For policy makers, supply side solutions involve the balancing of confilcting interests.

1.ACDB 2.BDAC 3.BCAD 4.DCAB

1201. But to achieve 8 per cent economic growth, India needs to power-lift its exports from $46 billion now toabout$100 billion.(A) L.Mansingh, feels that the industrial cluster towns with exports potential like Tiruppur (hosiery) Panipat(woolen blankets) and Ludhiana (woollen knitwear), which have efficient assembly-line productionfacilities, only need to be promoted and their infrastructure upgraded to transform them into export zones.(B) Even then, wed do less than what China does now.(C) But Mansingh, director-general for foreign trade is optimistic, even as he acknowledges that the new

SEZscheme may not have a significant impact on trade or economy or offset the high transaction cost problemthat plagues our exports.(D) Ajanta Clocks, for instance, saw drastic cut in production cycle from one month in India to two dayswhen it went to China.6. Its hard uphill road ahead if India wants to increase its share in world trade from the present 0.65 percent.

(1) DCBA (2) DABC (3) ADCB (4) ADBC

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121(A) And what if you and I get a shot at the peak that yielded to Tenzing and Hillary in May 1953 ?

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(B) But what can be better than the tallest of em all, the 8,848-metre Mount Everest ?(C) In the 50th year of Everest conquest, the Indian Army has tied up with the National Geographic Channelto allowfive average Indians to be part of their team for the commemorative expedition along with the RoyalNepalese Army.(D) Climb every mountain, they said.

(1) CBDA (2) DCBA (3) DBAC (4) ABDC

1221.India and China begin the eight round of talks betn their special representatives on the border disputemarking another step forward on the slow road to resolution.A.the area of Tawong is a sticky point since the Chinese claim it to be central to tibetan buddhism given thatthe sixth dalai lama was born there.B.India however has ruled out any populated areas as part of a border deal which makes concessions inarunachal pradesh unacceptable.C.This solution has been talked about ever since the 1950s even before the 1962 war and was reiterated bydong xiaping in 1980.D.China's traditional position has been to resolve the dispute on the basis of territorial swap - exchangingaksai chin in the west with arunachal pradesh in the east.

6.The entrenched position of the two sides thus complicates the project of a swap.

1.ABCD 2.DBAC 3.BADC 4.DCBA

123.1.Few people are comfortable with change.A.Leaders who have stumbled in their attempts to drive change in their organisations may have failed tounderstand the dynamics of workplace behaviour and why employees tend to dig in their heels.B.The phenomenon which has long fustrated executives is beginning to draw new atention from academicreseearchers and even from psychiatrists and neuro scientists.

C.But as a time of disruptive technologies, shifting business models and global uncertainty, continouschange has become a way of life for many companies.D.Whether they are overhauling their strategy in response to competition or retooling their products in themarket place, resistance to change looms as a large obstacle.6.In many cases psychological or even physiological factors may be coming into play.

1.BDAC 2.CDBA 3.ABCD. 4.DCAB

124(A) This is the newest metro after all, and it must share the south with Ammaville and Naidu Nagar, which

have very distinct personalities.(B) Writing software, and sinking pintsthis is the Beer Shift at Pubworld.(C) We can forgive Bangalore its identity crisis.(D) But behind the facelessness of S.M. Krishnas city, Bangloreans quietly get on with what they do best.

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(A) The clubbing of their names would have pleased Niralait should make us sit up and take notice.(B) I can think of only one other poet whose work is similarly available : Tagore.(C) Books like the one under review, featuring the work of a single poet competently translated, are a rarity.(D) A small amount of bad Indian poetry is available in worse English translation in a few anthologies.

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126(A) Of course, they werent known then IPOs (initial public offerings).

(B) Back then, seasoned investors will recall, it wasnt uncommon to have public issues from 30-40companies hitting the market every monthtrue many of those companies were of dubious antecedents,several have since disappeared without a trace.(C) It was 1990, and IPOs were hitting the market like a hailstorm that refused to stop.(D) That happened a bit later, thanks to the entry of foreign institutional investors (FIIs), who brought jargonwith their money to the Indian market.

(1) CDBA (2) DCBA (3) CABD (4) CBDA

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(A) The cold calculus of business doesnt recognize sentiment : to expect NRIs to invest in India simplybecause it is their country of origin is downright stupid; the community will invest in the country if the risk-reward equation is favourableif it isnt theyll seek better avenues.(B) Pravasi ..... will likely not fetch the returns expected of it, or anywhere close to it.(C) India will have to undertake major political, administrative, and judicial reforms, explains SamPitroda, Chairman, World Tel, if it wants to tap its NRI network like China did.(D) China succeeded in attracting investments from overseas Chinese on the basis of policies that made itattractive for foreign companies to invest in the country.

(1) DCBA (2) BCDA (3) BDCA (4) CDBA

128(A) While the actual deal-making and selling may be taken care of by others, and while his association, inthem may merely be a CEOs, theres no taking away from the fact that Pauls backgroundan MBA fromthe Univ of Massachussets, stints at Pepsi Co, Bain and Co, and notably, GEand location make him theideal brand ambassador for pro Technologies.(B) From his base in Santa Clara, California, Paul orchestrates Wipros strategy : he is widely perceived tobe the man behind the Wipro-Ericsson deal.(C) Rainmaking is all about being able to front a deal, speak the same language, business and cultural, as thecustomer and Pauls credential on both fronts are impeccable

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(D) Wipro acquired Ericssons development centres in Indiaa logical acquisition for a company withsignificant expertise in telecom softwarebut not before Paul managed to wring out the commitment ofsome consulting assignments from the telecom major.

(1) CDBA (2) DCBA (3) DCAB (4) BDAC

129(A) Recall the last time that one of our employees told you he could not come to work because his child was

sick.(B) But if you immediately thought of who would fill in for the missing employee then the ability to juggleseveral variables at once is your dominant talent.(C) If you immediately focused on the child, asking what was wrong and who was going to take care of her,empathy is one of your strongest themes of talent.(D) What was your first thought ?

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A)This is not a ploy to sell more blood pressure medicationB) But the more scientists learn about how hypertension affects various arteries and organs the more theyrealise that damage begins long before that somewhat arbitrary cut offC) The new guidelines make it clear that prehypertension is best treated with exercise ,weight loss and amore balanced diet.Several studies have proved that the so called DASH diet,which emphasises fruits,vegetables and modest quantities of nuts ,reliably lowers blood pressure in all ethnic groups.D) Doctors have known for years that anyone with a blood pressure reading of 140/90 mm Hg or higher hasa greatly increased risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke o developing kidney problemsE) This growing awareness prompted the National Heart , Lung and Blood Institute last week to revise itsblood pressure guidelines so that 45 million Americans whose blood pressure is between 120/60 and 139/89-a level that was considered to be on the high side of the normal -will now be told that they have

prehypertension

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131A. After missile defence, counter terrorism has emerged as an important platform for strategic cooperationbetween New Delhi and Washington.B. Both these actions, of course, were driven by India's perceived interests.C. Ever since Bush's election, liberal outfits and publications have joined hands with the Republicanadministration in projecting India as a strategic partner.

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D. Just as India promptly supported President George Bush's plans for recasting the framework of neucleardeterrence by building missile defences, so did it quickly back his call for a war on terrorism.

1] ABCD 2] CBAD 3] CDAB 4] ADBC

132A. Characterization of materials is an important area in the evolution of new materials having tailor-madeproperties for a specific application.

B. Various properties of materials have to be studied towards developing a specific product.C. The properties are interlinked and one needs to study them towards ensuring optimal performance.D. The needs are also varied based on its intended application whether it is heterostructure interfaces forsemiconductor devices or sensors for chemical industries or structural materials in nuclear reactors oraerospace engines.

1] ADBC 2] BCDA 3] ACBD 4] BDAC

133A. Indians obviously care for medicinal plants because they know so much about them and have done a lot

of work on their applications.B. The living folk traditions in the rural communities as well as the scholarly traditions of the codifiedknowledge systems i.e.,Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Tibetan emphasize the fact that the use of medicinalplants is still a living tradition.C. No other medicinal culture in the world has so extensive, detailed and deep an understanding about themedicinal value of plants.D. The people of India had an incredible knowledge of phyto-medicine driven apparently by a tremendouspassion for the study of medicinal plants.

(1)ABCD (2) DCAB (3) DBAC (4) BCAD

134A. Except recuding the number of vehicles on the road there seems to be no possible solution.B. Reacting to the alarming findings in the report published by the centre for science and Environment, thesupreme court in an unprecedented move proposed sweeping changes and restrictions, ranging fromsuspension of vehicle licenses to keeping automobiles off the road in order to check pollution levels.C. Vehicular pollution has emerged a front-runner among other major pollutants in metropolises and majorcities.D. Pollution caused by vehicles is snow-balling and causing a major threat to city dwellers.

(1) DCAB (2) CDAB (3) CADB (4) BDAC

135A. The healthy and positive effects of yoga make people revere this ancient science.B. Yoga, an ancient discipline, has gained relevance in todays world as a means of attaining a balancebetween body, mind and soul.C. Yoga has been made a part of the school education in Northern India and studies have revealed that bypractising yoga the students become more self-confident and there has been a significant increase in their

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power of concentration, reasoning and analysis.D. In the modern world where depression, stress and psychosomatic problems have become the order of theday, practising yoga seems to be the most viable solution to problems in living.

(1)DBAC (2) ABCD (3) BCDA (4) BACD

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