Paragraph Summarization .. Part 1(Answers)

Which of the following best summarizes the paragraph?

1. The human race is spread all over the world, from the polar regions to the tropics. The people of whom it is made up eat different kinds of food, partly according to the climate in which they live, and partly according to the kind of food which their country produces. In hot climates, meat and fat are not much needed; but in the Arctic regions they seem to be very necessary for keeping up the heat of the body. Thus, in India, people live chiefly on different kinds of grains, eggs, milk, or sometimes fish and meat. In Europe, people eat more meat and less grain. In the Arctic regions, where no grains and fruits are produced, the Eskimo and other races live almost entirely on meat and fish.

A. Food eaten by people in different regions of the world depends on
the climate and produce of the region, and varies from meat and fish in the Arctic to predominantly grains in the tropics.
B. Hot climates require people to eat grains while cold regions require people to eat meat and fish.
C. In hot countries people eat mainly grains while in the Arctic, they eat meat and fish because they cannot grow grains.
D. While people in Arctic regions like meat and fish and those in hot regions like India prefer mainly grains, they have to change what they eat depending on the local climate and the local produce.

2. You seemed at first to take no notice of your school-fellows, or rather to set yourself against 'them because they were strangers to you. They knew as little of you as you did of them; this would have been the reason for their keeping aloof from you as well, which you would have felt as a hardship. Learn never to conceive a prejudice against others because you know nothing of them. It is bad reasoning, and makes enemies of half the world. Do not think ill of them till they behave ill to you; and then strive to avoid the faults which you see in them. This will disarm their hostility sooner than pique or resentment or complaint.

A. The discomfort you felt with your school fellows was because both sides knew little of each other. You should not complain unless you find others prejudiced against you and have attempted to carefully analyze the faults you have observed in them.
B. The discomfort you felt with your school fellows was because both sides knew little of each other. Avoid prejudice and negative thoughts till you encounter bad behavior from others, and then win them over by shunning the faults you have observed.
C. You encountered hardship amongst your school fellows because you did not know them well. You should learn to not make enemies because of your prejudices irrespective of their behavior towards you.
D. You encountered hardship amongst your school fellows because you did not know them well. You should learn to not make enemies because of your prejudices unless they behave badly with you.

Answer's to Yesterday's Para Jumbles

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

Logical Reasoning Part 2

Nine horses participated in a horse tournament. Five races were held in this tournament. The winner of a race gets 5 points, 2nd gets 3 and the 3rd gets 1. The table gives the points tally.

Horse A B C D E F G H I
Points 5 5 8 2 5 6 4 10 0


One race is held between five horses. The first race is held among the first 5 horses from the left in the above table. Out of these horses, A drops out of the race and a new horse. ie. F enters into the race. In the next race, B drops out and G enters and so on. It is also given that H is the only horse that scored in 2 consecutive races.
Q.1 What was the position of horse F in race 4?
a. 4th b. 2nd c. 3nd d. cannot be determined e.1st

Q.2 What is the ratio of the points scored by “G” and E in race 5?
a. 1:3 b. 3:1 c. 1:5 d. cannot be determined e. 5:1

Q.3 The first 3 rankers of the race 3 in some order?
a. C,E,G b. D,E,F c. C,D,F d. C,E,F e. C,G,F

Q.4 D could have come third in which of the following races?
a. Race 1 b. Race 3 c. Race 4 d. Race 5 e. cannot be determined

Q.5 Suppose if C had 6 points and E had 7 points while the points of the rest of the horses remain unchanged
then E could’ve come second in
a. One race b. Two races c. At most one race d. At most 2 races e. Cannot be determined

Logical Reasoning Part 1

Question 1

In a shooting competition, each player in his turn takes 3 shots at the target. The competition starts with first player taking 3 shots, followed by second player taking three shots and so on. After the last player has taken the shots, the turn comes back to the first player who again takes 3 shots then second player takes 3 shots and so on. For each player if he hits the target he gets 3 points while no point is awarded to or deducted from the other players, whereas is he misses1 point is deducted from his score and 1 point is awarded to each of the other competitors. The first player(s) to reach the 100 points mark will be declared as the winner(s) of the competition. Once the winner(s) is/are decided, the competition ends. Exactly 5 players A, B, C, D and E participated in the competition, with their turns not necessarily being in the same order. At the end of the competition, D alone won the competition and had the same number of misses as that of A. The net score of C was 74 points and he registered same number of hits as that of B. The net scores of the players whose turns were third, fourth and fifth were in the descending order. There were a total of 86 hits and 54 misses.


Q.1.) What was the number of hits registered by E ?

a)14 b)15 c)16 d)Cannot be determined


Q.2.) Who had the second least number of misses ?

a) A b) E c) B d) C


Q.3.) The player whose turn was fourth is...

a) A b) B c) C d) Cannot be determined


Q.4.) The net score of A was ?

a) 75 b) 90 c) 95 d)Cannot be determined


Q.5.) What is the difference between the net scores of B and D ?

a) 21 b) 24 c) 22 d)Cannot be determined

Paragraph Summarization .. Part 1

Which of the following best summarizes the paragraph?

1. The human race is spread all over the world, from the polar regions to the tropics. The people of whom it is made up eat different kinds of food, partly according to the climate in which they live, and partly according to the kind of food which their country produces. In hot climates, meat and fat are not much needed; but in the Arctic regions they seem to be very necessary for keeping up the heat of the body. Thus, in India, people live chiefly on different kinds of grains, eggs, milk, or sometimes fish and meat. In Europe, people eat more meat and less grain. In the Arctic regions, where no grains and fruits are produced, the Eskimo and other races live almost entirely on meat and fish.

A. Food eaten by people in different regions of the world depends on
the climate and produce of the region, and varies from meat and fish in the Arctic to predominantly grains in the tropics.
B. Hot climates require people to eat grains while cold regions require people to eat meat and fish.
C. In hot countries people eat mainly grains while in the Arctic, they eat meat and fish because they cannot grow grains.
D. While people in Arctic regions like meat and fish and those in hot regions like India prefer mainly grains, they have to change what they eat depending on the local climate and the local produce.

2. You seemed at first to take no notice of your school-fellows, or rather to set yourself against 'them because they were strangers to you. They knew as little of you as you did of them; this would have been the reason for their keeping aloof from you as well, which you would have felt as a hardship. Learn never to conceive a prejudice against others because you know nothing of them. It is bad reasoning, and makes enemies of half the world. Do not think ill of them till they behave ill to you; and then strive to avoid the faults which you see in them. This will disarm their hostility sooner than pique or resentment or complaint.

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

Answers to Para Jumbles .. Part 1

Question 1

A.When I got to IBM's sales school in Endicott,New York,I was hoping that people would treat me like any other Joe Blow just starting out.

B.Dad was such a tremendous force in that town that as I walked down the street with my books under my arm.people would point and say,"Mr Watson's Son."

C.How I could think that was possible I do not know.

D.During the first week I caused a stir by going into a bar after school to get a drink.

options: a.ABDC b.ACBD c.ADBC d.BADC e.BDAC

Question 2

A)The concept is termed 'intellectual' because it applies to products of the mind and 'property' because the products belong to the person whose mental efforts created them
B)What exactly is intellectual property?
C)Control over access to certain types of knowledge /information is referred to as intellectual property
D)Knowledge is free but its flow is restricted
E)The 20th century could be summed up as the age of information revlution

1)ABCDE 2)BCDEA 3)DCBAE4)EDCBA

Question 3


A)while HLL scours high and low just to turn a positive topline ,Amway schorches ever upward-in another five years,Amway could even be the country's second largest FMCG player,reckons Amway's former country chief Sudershan banerjee
B)yet,business is about growth,and the contrast in pace is dizzing
C)not that one is eating the other's lunch;their markets do not overlap much,and India offers enormous potential
D)but William Pickney,the MD and CEO,Amway India gets to sleep a lot easier than Lever chief MS Banga.
E)in absolute terms,thats not even as large as the ad budget of hindustan lever ltd(HLL).

1)EDCBA 2)AEDBC 3)EADBC 4)ABEDC