Para Jumbles Part 2

Question 1

A.The unfolding Enron scandal brings new meaning to two favourite American sayings:'What goes around comes around' and 'People in glass houses should not throw stones.'

B.Countries were told to follow the American model,use American auditing firms,bring in American entrepreneurs to teach them how to run their companies.

C.Remember the East Asian crisis,when the US treasury and its IMF allies blamed that region's problems on crony capitalism,lack of transparency and poor corporate governance.

D.Never mind that under the leadership of their own entrepreneurs,East Asia has grown faster than any other region over the past three decades.

a.ABCD b.BDCA c.CBDA d.ACBD e.ADBC

Question 2

A. The Expo, on average, received 4,00,000 visitors everyday.
B. The huge crowds; however, did not seem to deter visitors in recent weeks, with the number of daily visitors crossing 1 million on October 16.
C. In China, the Expo has been promoted aggressively by the State media.
D. The public reception has generally been positive most of the 73 million visitors came from the country’s own 27 provinces and administrative regions.
E. This often meant long lines and four to five-hour waits for visitors at the most popular pavilions.

1) CAEDB 2) CABED 3) CDEBA 4) CDABE 5) CDAEB

Question 3

A. The tendency of this statement is clear - it implies that history is propelled, and the fate of man determined, by the war of classes and not by the war of nations.
B. An example of such a phenomenon which is of great significance for Marxist theory is the historical trend towards increasing productivity.
C. An important place among the various formulations of Marx's 'historical materialism' is occupied by his statement, 'The history of all hitherto existing society is a history of class struggle.'
D. But over and above this, class struggle and class interest are capable of explaining phenomena which traditional history may in general not even attempt to explain.
E. In the casual explanation of historical developments, including national wars, class interest must take the place of that allegedly national interest, which in reality, is only the interest of a nation's ruling class.

(1) EDBAC
(2) CAEBD
(3) CAEDB
(4) CADEB

Question 4

A. For a change, divisive issues like language, religion or nationality have little influence on how cricket fans enjoy the game.
B. Once again a promising initiative is embroiled in controversy, money-laundering, nepotism, corruption and subsidy for the rich and famous - this time it is the Indian Premier League (IPL).
C. There is a demand for such a form of cricket and the IPL capitalised on this passion.
D. History repeats itself where public trust is misused and a great opportunity to make a positive impact on society is lost.
E. Irrespective of how one feels about the IPL the fact is that it provides three hours of excitement and entertainment to millions of cricket enthusiasts worldwide.

(1) DECBA
(2) DBECA
(3) BECDA
(4) BDECA

Question 5

A. Underweight children and obese adults are two manifestations of this scourge; this is a relatively new phenomenon in developing countries - especially in the middle-income segment.
B. Among children in developing countries underweight is more prevalent than overweight.
C. The emergence of the double burden is symptomatic of the nutrition transition under way in developing countries as a result of their growing prosperity and urbanisation.
D. Diets are shifting from traditional foods towards low-cost, energy-deuse foods, high in salts, fats and sugars, physical activity patterns have become less strenuous and more sedentary.
E. Among adults, on the other hand, obesity has shot up in a few years.
F. While the relentless battle against poverty and hunger continues, the double burden of undernutrition and obesity that afflicts millions in developing countries has barely received carefulattention.

(1) ACBEDF
(2) FABECD
(3) FDCBEA
(4) FCDABE

Question 6

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 the peasantry 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 or active, but when to pass from one state to another.
(a) BDAC (b) CDAB(c) DBAC (d) ABCD

Question 7

A. Although there are large regional variations, it is not infrequent to find a large number of people sitting here together and doing nothing.
B. Once in office, they receive friends and relatives who feel free to call any time without prior appointment.
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 be punctual.
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 personal matters even during office hours.
(a) ECADBF (b) EADCFB (c) EADBFC (d) ABFCBE

Question 8

A. 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 Irisman’s 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 and even here there are probably some rules.
D. However, binding the obligation to kill, members or feuding families engaged in mutual massacre will be genuinely appalled if by some mischance a bystander or outsider is killed.
(a) DABC (b) ACDB (c) CBAD (d) DBAC

Question 9

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 parts and instants, a steam of events.
6. In modern terminology, Buddhist doctrine is reductionist.
[1] ABCD [2] CBAD [3] BDAC[4] ABCD 

Question 10

1. 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 us long 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 of rural India.
6. When it starts marching, India will fly.
[1] DABC [2] CDBA [3] ACDB [4] ABCD 

Question 11

1. 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 of contributions to it.
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 comprehensive view of the Indian literary scene as it is today.
[1] ABCD [2] BCDA [3] ABDC [4] CBAD