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1.

The Proper sequence should be:

A. PQRS
B. QSPR
C. SQRP
D. RSPQ
Answer» D. RSPQ
Discussion
2.

(i) The reality is that studies do not confirm such phases.
(ii) There in an almost universally accepted perception that we must pass through certain phases in our processing of grief.
(iii) Grief reactions never follow the simple stages often described in textbooks and other media in the public domain.
(iv) This idea has its basis in the fact that well-known theorists many decades back wrote about these phases.
(v) Since then, this has been repeated so many times and in so many contexts and in so many media that it has been believed as a fact.

A. (iii) (ii) (i) (iv) (v)
B. (ii) (iv) (v) (i) (iii)
C. (iii) (iv) (ii) (i) (v)
D. (ii) (v) (iv) (i) (iii)
Answer» C. (iii) (iv) (ii) (i) (v)
Discussion
3.

(i) Only a small part of which is devoted to preparing them for the responsibilities of citizenship that lies ahead.
(ii) Much of the focus of their lives is on the development of social relations and on school.
(iii) Youth lack an attachment to the larger political world that is fundamental to fostering interest and engagement in the issues of democracy.
(iv) Adolescents and young adults today are less interested and engaged in politics than their elders.
(v) Add to that, a cynicism toward politics and politicians, and it is not surprising that many youth are disengaged from what is going around them.

A. (iii) (iv) (v) (i) (ii)
B. (iii) (iv) (ii) (v) (i)
C. (iv) (ii) (i) (iii) (v)
D. (iv) (i) (ii) (v) (iii)
Answer» C. (iv) (ii) (i) (iii) (v)
Discussion
4.

(i) Atal Bihari Vajpayee too was a fan of mangoes, and his childhood friend Anna Kiwalkar would send him two crates every week during the season.
(ii) The exchange is termed as 'mango diplomacy' and is seen as winning over foes.
(iii) Former PM Indira Gandhi's love for mangoes was well known within her circle, and close friend visiting her would always get mangoes for her.
(iv) This exchange is based on the intense national pride across South Asia about whose mangoes are the most delicious.
(v) Prime ministers of India and Pakistan frequently send the best varieties of mangoes from their respective countries to each other.

A. (iii) (i) (v) (iv) (ii)
B. (ii) (iv) (v) (i) (iii)
C. (iv) (v) (i) (iii) (ii)
D. (ii) (i) (v) (iv) (iii)
Answer» B. (ii) (iv) (v) (i) (iii)
Discussion
5.

(i) The app was designed for transferring money over the mobile, since carrying cash was risky.
(ii) Vodafone brought m-pesa to India and launched as a pilot in Rajasthan, rolling out fully in 2013.
(iii) But it soon changed into a financial service and became a big hit.
(iv) M-pesa, a mobile-based application, started in Kenya in 2007 as a CSR pilot project by Safaricom, a Vodafone subsidiary.
(v) It, however, has had a slow start, considering only 1.5 million of Vodafone's 170 m-pesa subscribers use this service.

A. (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (i)
B. (iv) (i) (iii) (ii) (v)
C. (iv) (iii) (i) (ii) (v)
D. (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) (v)
Answer» C. (iv) (iii) (i) (ii) (v)
Discussion
6.

(i) Of these, 40,000 were disciplined, 400 expelled and 12,000 had their marks deducted, affecting their final degree classification.
(ii) More than 58,000 undergraduates have been investigated by their universities for plagiarism in the past four years.
(iii) But a more recent development has been the rise of online essay- writing companies that can produce 'original' work for students making cheating hard to detect.
(iv) Software tools, such as Turnitin, are now helping universities detect plagiarism more easily.
(v) A new study has found that cheating is rampant in British colleges and universities.

A. (v) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
B. (ii) (i) (v) (iv) (iii)
C. (ii) (i) (iii) (iv) (v)
D. (iv) (v) (iii) (i) (ii)
Answer» B. (ii) (i) (v) (iv) (iii)
Discussion
7.

(i) He went to his house and had himself announced.
(ii) This time, however, his greeting, though still polite, was colder than usual.
(iii) Since Monsieur de La Tremouille belonged to no faction, he ordinarily had no prejudices in his social relations.
(iv) The two men greeted each other politely, for while there was no friendship between them, there was at least respect.
(v) They were both honourable, great-hearted men.

A. (v) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
B. (iii) (iv) (ii) (i) (v)
C. (i) (iv) (v) (iii) (ii)
D. (i) (ii) (iii) (v) (iv)
Answer» D. (i) (ii) (iii) (v) (iv)
Discussion
8.

(i) The world's chief interest is, and has always been, in successful men.
(ii) There is a popular interest in Henry Ford, which is not difficult to explain.
(iii) And we want to know all there is to know about them.
(iv) It does not matter much in what field their achievement lies, so long as they have achieved.
(v) Pirates, outlaws, prize fighters, soldiers, statesmen, writers, painters, movie stars and so on - we are interested in them, if only they are a success.

A. (i) (ii) (iii) (v) (iv)
B. (i) (ii) (v) (iii) (iv)
C. (ii) (i) (iv) (v) (iii)
D. (ii) (iv) (i) (iii) (v)
Answer» D. (ii) (iv) (i) (iii) (v)
Discussion
9.

(i) Always precarious, his finances had become especially troubled after his sense of personal honor compelled him to turn down the lucrative chance to become the Persian professor at the Delhi College.
(ii) But after reaching the college gate, he refused to enter until Mr. Thomason, the secretary, came and welcomed him, as his aristocratic status dictated.
(iii) Ghalib had arrived at the Delhi College in his palanquin, having being invited to apply for the new post.
(iv) Ghalib, like many writers before and since, suffered from the potentially combustible combination of expensive tastes, a keen sense of his own worth and insufficient financial resources to support either.

A. (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
B. (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
C. (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
D. (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
Answer» E.
Discussion
10.

(i) Hundreds of German Jewish and anti-Fascist artists, writers and film makers also headed for the United States in the 1930s.
(ii) Paris would remain the pre-eminent metropolis until the 1940s and 1950s, when New York took over as the foremost cultural capital of the world.
(iii) W.H Auden and Christopher Isherwood notoriously left the stricken shores of England.
(iv) Leading up to the Second World War, the direction was from the envenomed shores of Europe to the United States.

A. (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
B. (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
C. (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
D. (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
Answer» D. (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
Discussion
11.

(i) All they had really wanted to do was shift the balance of power within the university structure, about which I could not have cared less.
(ii) Massive amounts of capital had been invested in them, and they were not about to dissolve just because a few students had gone wild.
(iii) And, in fact, those students who had sealed off the campus had not wanted to dismantle the university either.
(iv) The universities were not so easily 'dismantled'.

A. (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
B. (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
C. (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
D. (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
Answer» B. (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
Discussion
12.

(i) When someone stops us in the street and asks us the way, we may give a perfectly adequate verbal answer, but we rarely omit to add a Forefinger Point in support of those words.
(ii) The most popular form of deliberate guide singing in our species is undoubtedly the Forefinger Point.
(iii) It is an action that is observable in almost all countries in the world and replaced by the Head Point where finger pointing is taboo.
(iv) Even when the pointing is clearly superfluous, we still feel compelled to do it.

A. (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
B. (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
C. (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
D. (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
Answer» C. (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
Discussion
13.

(i) Kennedy was the first presidential candidate to properly utilize the power of the media and the idea of looking 'right' to connect with audiences through the medium of television, and it paid out in dividends.
(ii) But of course, looking right was only part of the story; Kennedy had to have the right policies to fully tap into the pool of voters.
(iii) Subsequent presidents and their PR teams would never forget it.
(iv) To this day, the presidential debates are given the highest priority, with Pr consultants spending hours coaching and teaching respective nominees when to smile, when to laugh and how to look, even down to the shoes and ties they should wear.

A. (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
B. (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
C. (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
D. (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
Answer» E.
Discussion
14.

(i) If you are self-centered, you will be selfish whatsoever you do.
(ii) The first thing is to be selfish or self-centered and the second to always look for one's blissfulness.
(iii) It is in how you grow - deep down you feel blissful and silent, happy about yourself.
(iv) You may go and serve people but you will do it only because you enjoy it and you feel happy and blissful doing it.
(v) You are not doing any duty; you are not serving humanity; you are not a great martyr.

A. (ii) (i) (iv) (v) (iii)
B. (ii) (iv) (i) (iii) (v)
C. (i) (ii) (iv) (v) (iii)
D. (i) (ii) (v) (iii) (iv)
Answer» B. (ii) (iv) (i) (iii) (v)
Discussion
15.

(i) But this being India, many of the rules are flexible, and it is possible to gain entry into the dilapidated complex which is slowly succumbing to the forest's fecund advances.
(ii) Today, the entire complex is part of the Rajaji National Park and closed to visitors.
(iii) It is easy to imagine the place in its original avatar during the earlier happy hippie times.
(iv) Through Beatle mania was instrumental in putting Rishikesh on the global map of nirvana seekers, Maharishi's ashram had to shut shop in 1981 following a court order.

A. (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
B. (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
C. (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
D. (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
Answer» C. (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
Discussion
16.

(i) Let me take my own case, to illustrate what I have in mind.
(ii) There is no contradiction in that, as I think we all know from ordinary experience.
(iii) Goals and visions can appear to be in conflict, and often are.
(iv) My personal visions are fairly traditional anarchist ones, with origins in the Enlightenment and classical liberalism.

A. (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
B. (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
C. (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
D. (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
Answer» B. (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
Discussion
17.

(i) I had only two pence and had nothing to eat all day except bread and margarine, and was damnably hungry; however, as always happens when it is a choice between tobacco and food, I bought tobacco with my two pence.
(ii) I had no idea how long I was going to be incarcerated and supposed that it would be several days at least.
(iii) Then, I went down to the Church Army shelter in Waterloo Road, where you get a kip, two meals of bread and corned beef and tea and a prayer meeting, for four hours work at sawing wood.
(iv) However, between 4 and 5 O'clock, they took me out of the cell, gave back the things which had been confiscated and shot me into the street forthwith.

A. (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
B. (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
C. (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
D. (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
Answer» E.
Discussion
18.

(i) But in the last few years - in one millionth of the lifetime of our species on this planet - we have achieved an extraordinary technological capability which enables us to seek out unimaginably distant civilizations, even if they are no more advanced than we.
(ii) No matter how deep the concern or how dedicated the effort, human beings could not scratch the surface of the problem.
(iii) Radio astronomy has, in the last decade, opened a new window on the physical universe.
(iv) That capability is called radio astronomy and involves single radio telescopes, collections or arrays of radio telescopes, sensitive radio detectors, advanced computers for processing received data and the imagination and skill of dedicated scientists.

A. (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
B. (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
C. (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
D. (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
Answer» B. (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
Discussion
19.

(i) There is tension between what we call ethical and what we call pragmatic.
(ii) If, even in the long run, ethical behavior were self-defeating, eventually we would not call it ethical but foolish.
(iii) In making such decisions, we are concerned not only with doing right, but also with what works - what makes us and the rest of society happier and more secure.
(iv) Bearing in mind the variety and complexity of human behavior, are there any simple rules - whether we call them ethical or pragmatic - that actually work?

A. (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
B. (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
C. (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
D. (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
Answer» B. (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
Discussion
20.

(i) The projection was not publicized, but 150 people turned up to watch and many played music while others looked on.
(ii) Japan and Switzerland, among others, have pledged support for the rebuilding of the statues.
(iii) A Chinese couple who were saddened by the destruction of the 6th-century statues undertook the project.
(iv) Fourteen years after the destruction of the Bamiyan's giant Buddha statues, they were resurrected with 3D light projection.

A. (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
B. (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
C. (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
D. (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
Answer» E.
Discussion
21.

(i) Group decision making is inherently a convergent process.
(ii) The primary goal is for members to agree on one of several decision options.
(iii) Examples of such decision making include a jury deciding a criminal's fate or a family choosing a vacation spot.
(iv) In each of these cases, the task is to narrow the options down to one that is collectively endorsed by the group.
(v) In this sense, group decision making seems to be the antithesis of group creativity.

A. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
B. (i) (iv) (iii) (ii) (v)
C. (ii) (iii) (v) (iv) (i)
D. (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (i)
Answer» B. (i) (iv) (iii) (ii) (v)
Discussion
22.

(i) Monsanto's Roundup Ready crops are genetically modified to be immune to the herbicide Roundup, which Monsanto also manufactures.
(ii) That means farmers can spray the herbicide freely to eliminate weeds without damaging their GM corn, cotton or soybeans.
(iii) Their contract with Monsanto does not allow them tom save seeds for planting; they must purchase its patented seeds each year.
(iv) The particular GM crops Fraley pioneered at Monsanto have been profitable for the company and many farmers, but have not helped sell the cause of high-tech agriculture to the public.

A. (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
B. (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
C. (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
D. (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
Answer» E.
Discussion
23.

(i) That was under the Woodrow Wilson Administration.
(ii) That was right in the middle of the World War I.
(iii) Let us being with the first modern government propaganda operation.
(iv) Wilson was elected President in 1916 on the platform 'Peace Without Victory'.

A. (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
B. (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
C. (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
D. (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
Answer» D. (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
Discussion
24.

1. And then word
P. came from inside
Q. meet the released civilians,
R. that after all,
S. the press could
6. but fleetingly.

A. RSQP
B. SRPQ
C. PRSQ
D. RPQS
Answer» D. RPQS
Discussion
25.

(i) The affair will do little to help strained bilateral relations.
(ii) He says the case is an attempt to cow down South Korea's domestic press.
(iii) Prosecutors have already searched the home of a reporter at NewsPro, a South Korean outlet that translates foreign news, including articles from the Sankei.
(iv) Few South Koreans have any sympathy for the Sankei, But that is precisely why Mr. Kato is 'the perfect scapegoat', says Oh Changik of Citizens' Solidarity for Human Rights, a Liberal lobby in South Korea.

A. (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
B. (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
C. (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
D. (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
Answer» C. (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
Discussion
26.

(i) She has damaged both Petrobras, the state oil company, and the ethanol industry by holding down the price of petrol to mitigate the inflationary impact of her loose fiscal policy.
(ii) Instead, she has revived Brazil's corporate state, dishing out favors to insiders such as tax breaks and subsidized loans from bloated state banks.
(iii) This corporate state of voracious insiders is symbolized by Ms. Rousseff's absurdly large coalition and her 39-member cabinet.
(iv) A bribery scandal in Petrobars underlines that it is the PT and Not its opponents, as Ms. Rousseff claims, who cannot be trusted with what was once a national jewel.

A. (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
B. (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
C. (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
D. (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
Answer» B. (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
Discussion
27.

1. Space technology
P. a socio-economic revolution
Q. that can transform,
R. even revolutionise
S. has created
6. stagnant societies.

A. QRSP
B. SRQP
C. SPQR
D. SPRQ
Answer» D. SPRQ
Discussion
28.

1. The salmon fish pushed themselves
P. to return to their spawning grounds
Q. and fertilized them
R. but once they laid their eggs
S. to their limits
6. they died

A. SQPR
B. RSQP
C. SPRQ
D. RPSQ
Answer» D. RPSQ
Discussion
29.

1. The only choice
P. universities will be to
Q. tuition fees to meet
R. left before the Indian
S. substantially raise the
6. the rising expenditure

A. RPSQ
B. PQSR
C. SQRP
D. QPSR
Answer» B. PQSR
Discussion
30.

1. Some say that failure is like toxic waste.
P. I see failure more as a fertilizer.
Q. Thinking about it pollutes and undermines the attitudes needed for success.
R. The seeds of success must be planted afresh.
S. It can be used to enrich the soil of your mind.
6. Turning failure into a fertilizer is accomplished by using your errors as steps in learning.

A. SRQP
B. PQSR
C. SPQR
D. QPSR
Answer» E.
Discussion
31.

1. Louis Washkansky was a 56 year old South African.
P. He had a damaged heart.
Q. A team of doctors led by Dr. C. Barnard was formed.
R. He could not be cured.
S. So the doctors decided to give him a new heart.
6. The team conducted the operation.

A. QSRP
B. RPSQ
C. SQPR
D. PRSQ
Answer» E.
Discussion
32.

1. Jai Hai is a hand-ball type game.
P. In fact, this game orginated in the Basque region of Spain.
Q. And in Florida it is legal to place bets on the players of Jai Hai.
R. It is one of the fastest-moving ball games.
S. Although played quite well in Florida & Latin America, it is not an American game.
6. Sports experts agree that Jai Hai requires more skill, speed, endurance and nerve than any other game.

A. PSRQ
B. PSQR
C. SRPQ
D. SPRQ
Answer» E.
Discussion
33.

1. Martha taught English Literature.
P. She would involve them in roleplays.
Q. Her students were young learners.
R. This way the students found it easier to identify with the characters.
S. They fell into the age group of 14- 16 years.
6. They looked forward to attending her classes.

A. QSPR
B. QPSR
C. RSPQ
D. SQRP
Answer» B. QPSR
Discussion
34.

1. A man wearing dark sunglasses walked into the bank.
P. Then he shouted, Give me all your money, all the money in this bank right now.
Q. Everyone in the lobby screamed and started running.
R. He went up to the teller and held up a hand grenade for all to see.
S. Nervously the young female teller handed the man three big bags loaded with cash.
6. Holding the grenade in one hand and the bags in the other, he walked out of the building.

A. PSRQ
B. QSPR
C. RPQS
D. SRQP
Answer» D. SRQP
Discussion
35.

1. Six year old Prabodh aimed his toy gun at his sister while playing.
P. You may aim at the pole, or at the wall or at the tree, where no one can get hurt.
Q. Mother got up immediately saying, No one shoots a human being and calmly removed the gun from Prabodh.
R. Still Prabodh aimed his gun at the kid.
S. When his mother saw this she said, No, Prabodh ! Not at the baby!
6. With such a firm action on his mother s part, Prabodh realized where the gun should not be aimed.

A. PRSQ
B. QSPR
C. SPRQ
D. SRQP
Answer» D. SRQP
Discussion
36.

1. A mob went berserk at R G Kar Hospital on Friday.
P. The agitators also smashed equipment and windows of the hospital.
Q. The boy had died on the operating table soon after being administered anaesthesia.
R. This happened after the death of a 15 year old boy.
S. The victim s relatives and neighbours clashed with the police.
6. Work at the hospital stopped for the rest of the day.

A. QSPR
B. PRQS
C. RQSP
D. SQPR
Answer» D. SQPR
Discussion
37.

1. Lata was caught in a traffic jam.
P. Would she really have to miss the interview ?
Q. But the vehicles on either side looked as though they would be there forever.
R. The reason was that she was due to appear for an interview in less than halfan-hour.
S. She was fretting : she could not afford to be late.
6. Or, worse would she arrive late and create a bad first impression ?

A. RSQP
B. RSPQ
C. SRQP
D. SRPQ
Answer» D. SRPQ
Discussion
38.

1. Sappho was one of the greatest and earliest of women poets.
P. Whatever we know about her poetry today is from the quotations found in the works of others.
Q. She lived on the island of Lesbos in the late 600 s BC.
R. Most of Sappho s works about 10 books of verse have been destroyed.
S. Only one of her poems has survived in its complete form.
6. Without doubt, she was one of the best lyric poets of Ancient Greece.

A. PRQS
B. PQSR
C. QSPR
D. QRSP
Answer» E.
Discussion
39.

A. which had some
B. had no use
C. I found a firm
D. components for which they

A. DACB
B. CADB
C. BDAC
D. CBDA
Answer» C. BDAC
Discussion
40.

(A) well skilled in his job
(B) he is a capable person..
(C) but his roughness of a rustic nature
(D) devalues his achievements

A. BCDA
B. ADBC
C. CDBA
D. BACD
Answer» E.
Discussion
41.

(A) a vaulable aid to education
(B) the cinema offers
(C) not only amusement
(D) but is also

A. DABC
B. BCDA
C. BDAC
D. CBDA
Answer» C. BDAC
Discussion
42.

1. A devastating earthquake struck Maharashtra and parts of Karnataka.
P. The communication network cut off the quake hit villages from the rest of the world.
Q. The quake measured 6.6 on the Richter scale.
R. Ten thousand people were killed and an equal number of people were injured.
S. 40 villages of Maharashtra were destroyed completely.
6. 10 medical teams of the Army were sent from Mumbai to the devastated zone.

A. SPQR
B. SQPR
C. QRSP
D. PQSR
Answer» D. PQSR
Discussion
43.

1. The highway bypass would have disastrous effects on the area s home owners.
P. Finally the new road would cause residential properties to depreciate.
Q. What is more, home owners would have to deal with the increased noise and pollution.
R. This would increase vehicles in the neighbourhood.
S. The new road would cut directly through the middle of the subdivision.
6. This means that families who chose to move away would have to sell their homes for far less than their current value.

A. SRQP
B. PQRS
C. SPQR
D. QRPS
Answer» B. PQRS
Discussion
44.

1. Researchers say that jogging alone is unhealthy.
P. It was found that communal joggers have double the number of brain cells as solo runners.
Q. These positive effects are suppressed when running occurs in isolation.
R. Experiments indicated that running alone stifles brain cell regeneration.
S. Experienced in a group, running stimulates brain cell growth.
6. However, joggers around the world should remember that jogging is healthier than the rat race.

A. PQSR
B. RPSQ
C. RQPS
D. SPQR
Answer» C. RQPS
Discussion
45.

1. Mandela led the battle of freedom against slavery.
P. The way was fighting with non-violence and truth.
Q. He fought it in a unique way.
R. This struggle brought the racists down to the ground.
S. Many nations got their freedom in this way.
6. But some nations still wouldn t get the desired freedom.

A. RSPQ
B. QPRS
C. SPQR
D. PQRS
Answer» C. SPQR
Discussion
46.

1. It is surprising to note that
P. AIDS and SARS may hog news headlines
Q.that kill the most R. but it is heart attacks
S. people in India every year.
6. This is something to be noted

A. RQSP
B. RPSQ
C. PRQS
D. SQPR
Answer» D. SQPR
Discussion
47.

1. Derozio was a very bright student who often stood first in English and other subjects and got gold medals.
P. Derazio was a brilliant teacher.
Q.Students had great respect for this young teacher.
R. He became a teacher of Hindu college (now presidency University) in the year 1826.
S. He was 17 years old then and some of his students were even older than him.
6. Some students of senior classes also came to attend his lectures.

A. QPSR
B. PQRS
C. SRQP
D. RSPQ
Answer» E.
Discussion
48.

(A) He was a versatile writer who
(B) that are all considered the best in their spheres
(C) Tagore was a poet before everything else but
(D) wrote novels, dramas, essays, and short stories

A. BDCA
B. CADB
C. CABD
D. ABDC
Answer» C. CABD
Discussion
49.

A. Tagore pointed out various evils of society of the time.
B. And the beginning of the twentieth century were very tradition-bound.
C. The Indian people in the nineteenth
D. Through the Brahmo Samaj he tried to abolish evil customs like child-marriage and caste system.

A. BADC
B. CBAD
C. ABCD
D. BACD
Answer» C. ABCD
Discussion
50.

(i) The value of a particular myth resides not in the myth itself, but in its alignment with society's incipient identity desires.
(ii) Iconic brands function like cultural activists, encouraging people to think differently about themselves.
(iii) The most powerful iconic brands are prescient, addressing the leading edges of cultural change.
(iv) Rather, their myths prod people to reconsider accepted ideas about themselves.
(v) These brands do not simply evoke benefits, personalities or emotions.

A. (ii) (iii) (v) (iv) (i)
B. (ii) (iv) (v) (iii) (i)
C. (i) (iv) (iii) (ii) (v)
D. (i) (v) (ii) (iii) (iv)
Answer» B. (ii) (iv) (v) (iii) (i)
Discussion